12 Robb Street

Reservoir

Phone: 9471 0883

www.hnpe.catholic.edu.au

principal@hnpe.catholic.edu.au

22 August 2019 Newsletter No.23

Dear Parents,

Congratulations to all our children who dressed up on Wednesday for Book Week. It was wonderful to see the children get so involved, and of course, this can’t happen

without your support. I hope that those parents and pre-schoolers who joined us, enjoyed the parade.

Each level has also created a door display that reflects a book, so come in and have a

look around. We have some incredibly talented students and teachers. The children are also fortunate to have had two authors come and talk about their

experiences. I hope this inspires your child to write or illustrate their own stories.

If you are free tomorrow afternoon, drop by at 2.50pm, ready for a 3pm start, as the

children enjoy our annual read around. I would like to extend a big thank you to Maria Lontos, Gordana Jordanovska, and the

whole staff, for their efforts in making book week such an enjoyable event for the children.

Condolences

On behalf of the Holy Name school community, I would like to extend our deepest sympathies to Skye (Prep PM) and her mother Holly, on the recent loss of Skye’s father

through a road accident.

Father’s Day On Friday August 30th, all Fathers or important males are invited to a sausage sizzle

which will be commencing at 3:30. This is an opportunity for them to spend some quality time with their child/children that attend Holy Name. A special soccer match

will be organised. Please see the flyer sent home today, for further information.

Head Lice Alert

We have had some cases of head lice reported. Please check your child’s hair at least once a week, and if you see eggs or live lice, treat your child immediately. Children

with head lice must not be at school until treatment has commenced. You must be vigilant in following the instructions on the treatment leaflet. In most cases, you will

be instructed to do at least one follow up treatment. All eggs should be removed from the hair shaft. It only takes one or two eggs to survive the treatment, for the whole

infestation to start again….. very quickly! Note: Head lice DON’T have knees or wings! They crawl very quickly when children

put their heads together. Eggs look like dandruff, but are stuck to the hair shaft. (If you aren’t sure what you’re looking for, see Mrs Fraser in the office).

Caroline Galea Principal

PRESTON REGIONAL DEBATING

On Tuesday 20th August, twelve Year 6 students participated in the 2019 Preston Regional Debating Day at St Raphael’s Primary School. This day was a great experience

for the students to apply their learnings about persuasive writing and improving their speaking and listening skills in a formal debate setting. All students had the opportunity

to participate in a formal debate and also work together in a collaborative setting. Although it was a challenging experience, the learning to participate in rebuttals and

expanding arguments was invaluable. I would like to congratulate all our students for their efforts and determination to improve their debating skills.

5/6 RESERVOIR CUP BASKETBALL TOURNAMENT Tomorrow, twenty Year 5 and 6 students will be participating in the Reservoir Cup

Basketball Tournament at Darebin Community Sports Stadium (857 Plenty Rd, Reservoir). They will be competing against other schools from the Preston District. We

wish them all the best tomorrow, and hope they have a great time playing against other teams from other schools. All parents are invited to watch and cheer the students

on. The first game will be at 9:30am, with the finals taking place at 2:00pm.

ATHLETICS Next Thursday 29th August, between 9:30am - 2:30pm, students who have qualified

for the Holy Name Athletics Team, from Year 4-6, will travel to Coburg Athletics Stadium (Outlook Rd, Coburg North) to participate in the Preston District Primary

School Sports Association competition. A Caremonkey form will be sent out later today, which will need to be completed by Wednesday 28th August 2019. All parents are

welcome to attend and support the children.

MAD NEWS A reminder that we have our Working Bee this Saturday, and Social events coming up.

School Working Bee THIS SATURDAY - 24th August @8:00am

Jobs to be done: Pruning trees, cleaning hall stage, finish hall kitchen (install sink, plaster around rangehood), flag pole garden paving, general garden tidying.

Even if you can only pop by for an hour or two, it’s all very much appreciated.

Social Event – Big Swing Golf Simulator

Wednesday 4th September (we have it booked between 7pm – 10pm)

RSVP essential…… Address: Drummond Golf 105 Bell St Preston. Cost: $25 We have booked all 5 lanes at Big Swing golf in Preston. We’ll have a laugh playing

some virtual golf/soccer/footy whilst enjoying refreshments.

RSVP to Adrian G 0407 058 497

CLASS DOJO

Class Dojo is a great way to keep up to date with what is happening in the classroom. We still have a few parents who are not yet connected to their child's Class Dojo

account. Please see me if you need help connecting. Please do not use the chat function to communicate with your classroom teacher as our main form of

communication is through staff emails.

DEPUTY PRINCIPAL NEWS - MR DERRYN LING

ASSEMBLY ROSTER A reminder that School Assembly begins at 2:45pm every Monday in the Hall.

Each class will present, in their own way, a snapshot of what has been happening in their year level. Everyone is welcome to attend our assemblies.

26th August - Grade 6 2nd September - Grade Prep and Music Instrumental

9th September - Grade 5

IT’S BOOK WEEK!!!

Holy Name has been enthusiastically celebrating Book Week this week, and what an amazing week it has been!!!

We have shared some fantastic books, made some incredible artwork, paraded in our best costumes, listened to two talented authors and voted for our favourite picture books. Some of us have even challenged our brain with some tricky competitions!!!

I would like to thank EVERYONE in our school community for being so enthusiastic and energised this week. It has been so wonderful to see the love of stories come alive in our school, and the talents of each and every one of us shine, as we have participated in various activities.

However, the week is not over yet! Don’t forget that our annual Read-Around is happening tomorrow afternoon at 3pm – (please arrive at 2.50pm)! Students are invited to wear their house colours and bring their favourite stories to share in their house groups. Parents, grandparents, siblings and special friends are invited to join us for the last part of the day. Please enter through the office, where you will be escorted to the designated area by our school leaders and house captains.

LITERACY NEWS - MS MARIA LONTOS, LITERACY LEADER

VICTORIAN PREMIERS’ READING CHALLENGE

The Challenge closes on Friday 6th September! If you haven’t finished reading, please do before then.

Here are this week’s Challenge Champions! Congratulations to:

*These students will be presented with their Certificates at Monday’s Assembly*

So far, the children have read books, which is fantastic!

Parents: Please note: If your Grade 3 to 6 child wants to ‘meet the challenge requirements’, the challenge books they read must be from their grade level

or above. For example, if your child is in Grade 3 or 4, then their challenge

books must be from the 3-4, or 5-6 level, not Prep-2.

MATHLETIC CERTIFICATES

The students below will be presented their certificates at next week’s Assembly. All parents are welcome to attend.

Gold

5C – Alessio C 5H – Eden B

5H – Josh S

Silver

2C – Lachlan C Olivia D 3K – Tessa H Joseph R

5C – Thomas A Alessio C Oliver D 5H – Eden B Josh S

6M – Julien F

Olivia A

2C Zac W

2C

Dylan G

4A

MATHS NEWS - MRS LUISA VIVARELLI & MR DERRYN LING

MATHS LEADERS

James D

5H

PREP SCHOOL NURSING PROGRAM - 2019

Dear Prep parents, In your child’s bag today, is an important notice and questionnaire to all Prep students

from the School Nursing Program, which is offered by the Department of Education and Training. Completion and return of the questionnaire allows the opportunity for your

child to have a health assessment by the Visiting Primary School Nurse. Please return the questionnaire even if you do not wish your child to be assessed by the School

Nurse. Just tick ‘No” in the red consent block on the form. Please return the form to your child’s classroom teacher by next Friday 30th August

PREP 2020 ‘I’M GOING TO HOLY NAME’ T-SHIRTS Have you collected your FREE t-shirt yet? If not, please come to the office to collect

one for your Prep 2020 child – they come in size 6 & 8.

NUDE FOOD DAYS FOR THE REMAINDER OF 2019

We only have TWO more Nude Food Days - Tuesday 3 September & Tuesday 3 December.

SMS MESSAGES Dear parents,

As you may have noticed, we are now using Caremonkey to SMS you with generic ‘head

bump’ notifications and other regular SMS messages. Unfortunately, Caremonkey does NOT allow you to respond via SMS.

FOUND On the last day of Term 2, a large size ‘almost brand new’ windcheater was found.

Unfortunately, the owner didn’t put their name on it. If you lost yours, please contact Mrs Fraser in the office.

ALSO If anyone in the Prep area picked up a ‘fur jacket’ on the 100 days of Prep day, please return to PF.

ACADEMY UNIFORM

If you place an order online (our password is – reservoir), or by phone with your credit card, Academy will deliver the item to the school, (usually ONLY once a week), at no

extra cost to you.

Privacy Matters If you care about the share, you’ll protect your privacy, no matter what. Regularly

check your privacy settings on social media, and always think before you post. It’s amazing where data ends up – usually all over the internet.

ADMINISTRATION & OTHER NEWS

eSMART NEWS - CYBERSAFETY TIPS

The Honour Roll Winners this week (awards presented at Monday’s Assembly) are:

PF Isla R - Samaritan

PM Isaac M - Mannix 1L Sienna M - Edwards

1M Olivia N - Cleary 2C Grace P – Edwards

3F Maxi P - Edwards

3K Stella V - Mannix

4A 4L Ava R - Samaritan

5C James A – Cleary

5H Brock D - Mannix & Isabella P - Edwards 6M Noah H – O’Grady

6Z Sebastian C - McGrath

OUR BEFORE & AFTER SCHOOL PROGRAM

OPERATES IN THE SCHOOL’S ILC

What we’ve been up to this last week……… We are so excited about this week's Book Week.

Everyone wore some super-colourful and vibrant costumes on dress up day. It is great to see so many book characters coming alive through the children's

costumes. Some of our favourite costumes are Harry Potter, Disney princesses, Where's Wally and superhero Marvel characters.

On Tuesday afternoon, Abbey, Eliza and Laura helped Helen cook some yummy pancakes.

Just to remind parents that St Raphael's holiday program has closed, the nearest holiday program in our area is Ivanhoe Girls Grammar. Please go to our website if you

are interested in making a booking for your child/ren.

Parents….if you would like your child to attend for a trial, the first session is free. Come up and meet us and have a look at our program!

Reminder To enrol your child/ren in our program, or to view fees, go to

www.campaustralia.com.au and search for our school OR ring 1300 105 343. If you need to contact me, the OSHC mobile number is 0418 576 410.

I am happy to assist you with information about our before and after school program.

Helen, Co-Ordinator & Cathy, Assistant Co-Ordinator

Congratulations

to our

Honour Roll

Winners!

HONOUR ROLL WINNERS

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PARENTS & FRIENDS (P&F) NEWS

NEXT P&F MEETING

Will be held NEXT Monday 26th August at 7pm, at school. Everyone is welcome to

attend. Come along and find out about the great things we do for our students and community.

2019 Holy Name Parents and Friends Calendar

TERM THREE: August 30 Father’s Day – Afternoon BBQ - Marianna Kotoulas (Co-Ordinator)

Sept 19 Footy Day & Hot Food Day - Jackie Di Stefano & Zoe Konomas

TERM FOUR: Oct 26 Trivia Night - Piera Calandro, Jackie Di Stefano & Vicky Sartor (Co-Ordinators)

Daily School time structure

8:50 -10:50 1st Learning Block

10: 50-11:00 Eating time

11:00-11:50 Lunch Break

11:50-1:50 2nd Learning Block

1:50-2:00 Eating time

2:00-2:30 Recess

2:30-3:30 3rd Learning Block

COMMUNITY NEWS

ENROLMENTS

Attention Parents of Year 5 Students. Please note that Year 7 2021 enrolments will close TOMORROW Fri 23 August. Enrolments are currently being accepted for Year 7, 2021 - 2023

For further enquiries please contact the College Registrar Mrs Enza Sinopoli, on 94098444

4th PRESTON SCOUT GROUP – LOCATED AT 744 PLENTY ROAD (just around the corner

from our school). Fees are affordable and the first four trial visits are free. Are your kids looking for a fun, engaging and safe activity? Scouts means adventure,

challenge and new skills – programs which develop life skills, leadership and resilience. Joeys (age 5-7) Wed 6-7pm

Cubs (age 8-11) Wed 7-8.30pm Scouts (age 11-14) Thurs 7-9pm For more information contact the Group Leader gl.4thpreston@scoutsvictoria.com.au or

www.scoutsvictoria.com.au

ROSEBANK CRICKET CLUB – LOOKING FOR JUNIOR BOYS & GIRLS For the 2019-2020 North Metro Junior League season. The club is at Le Cotchin Reserve, Cnr Hughes Pde & Massey Ave, Reservoir. For further details contact: John Pappas 0439 884 990

or email johnp@damon-group.com.au

With today’s newsletter, the attachments are: - School Nursing questionnaire to ALL Prep students (large envelope) - P&F Father’s Day invitation to ALL families via eldest

Calendar of Known Dates for 2019 Reminder – some dates may need to change

(ADDED DATES FEATURED IN RED)

AUGUST Gr 5 & 6 Basketball Tournament Fri 23

Book Week Read-Around Fri @2.50pm P&F Meeting Mon 26 (@ 7pm) District Athletics Carnival Thurs 29

Father’s Day Afternoon BBQ Fri 30 (P&F co-ordinating event)

SEPTEMBER

Nude Food Day Tues 3 Gr2 Children’s Bowling Night Fri 6 @6pm (class rep organised event) Gr 5 & 6 Soccer Tournament Fri 13

Maths Olympiad #5 Wed 18 Footy Colours Dress Up & Hot Food Thurs 19 (P&F co-ordinating event)

Gr1 Student Catch-Up Fri 20 (Playcentre TBA) (Class Rep org. event) End of Term 3 Fri 20 (3.30pm finish)

OCTOBER Term 4 begins Mon 7

School Closure Day Fri 18 Trivia Night Sat 26 (P&F event) (Pls note the change of date)

NOVEMBER Gr2 Parent Only Night Fri 1 @6pm onwards (class rep organised event)

School Closure Day Mon 4 Melbourne Cup Day Public Holiday Tues 5

Gr 3 & 4 Soccer Tournament Fri 8 School Closure Day Wed 27 Gr1 End of Year Get-Together Picnic in the Park (Class Rep org. event)

DECEMBER Nude Food Day Tues 3

Gr2 End of Year Disco Wed 11 (Class Rep organised event) End of Term 4 Wed 18 (3.30pm finish)