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Thursday November 2, 2017 No. 34- 2017

St. Damian’s Newsletter 5 Settlement Road, Bundoora 3083. Phone: 9467 8566 Email: [email protected]

PLEASE NOTE: SUPERVISION OF STUDENTS IS BETWEEN 8.30am and 3.30pm ON SCHOOL DAYS.

From the Principal Disco Congratulations to the P&F committee and all involved in the disco held last Friday evening. It was definitely a great success. We thank everyone in the community who supported this event. Year 4 Camp Our happy campers returned from their camp on Tuesday afternoon having spent two days and one night at the Briars in Mornington. Despite the wet weather, the students managed to enjoy all the activities and each others‟ company. A huge thank you to the staff who attended and most especially to the two parents who re-organised their work schedules to support our camp program. Thank you Mr Fuga, Mr Gullone, Mr Watson, Mrs Cannatelli, Mrs Marotta, Mrs DiStefano and Mrs Hodgson. We hope all adults and children have now fully recovered and caught up on sleep. Beginning of Year Testing In the past our school has used the first two days of the beginning of the year to complete individual testing of students. This year we trialed a different system and assessed the students during the term, however we found that this was not successful as it took too long to complete the testing which resulted in programs being implemented later in the term. Therefore, next year we are returning to the previous system and will be using the first two days of the school year to complete this process. Students in Years 1-6 will be given a time to come to school on one of the days, either Tuesday 30

th January or Wednesday

31st January, to allow for the testing to take place. All students, including Prep, will formally resume school on Thursday 1

st

February. Families will receive their allocated testing time with their child‟s report in December. Thank you everyone for your patience and understanding. Child Safety- Parent Responsibilities Just a gentle reminder to all our parents that we have a Parent Code of Conduct here at St Damian‟s which frames expectations of everyone in the community, most especially how interactions occur with all members of the community, ie staff, students and parents. There is an expectation within this code that all interactions be done in a respectful manner. I remind parents that should there be situations where students are having difficulties, it is not appropriate for parents to take matters into their own hands. As part of the Child Safety Standards, which is law, there is a responsibility on everyone to ensure that all children, staff and parents/guardians, feel and are safe. Therefore difficulties should be referred to teachers or the school to deal with and resolve. If parents have misplaced or lost the Code of Conduct sent out to all families earlier in the year, please contact the school office for a replacement. Collective School Board Meeting Several Education Boards from across our N.E. Zone met last Wednesday evening at St Mary‟s Primary School to hear a presentation from the Catholic Education Office regarding funding to Catholic Schools into the future. The two presenters talked about the implications of the ten year funding proposal. They also talked about the committee, which has just been established, appointed to look into the SES (Social Economic Standing) which has been used to determine funding. I am sure that you are all aware of the concerns expressed by CEM around the imbalance of funding based on the SES scores. I am sure we will hear more within the next twelve months. I thank Andrew McGregor who attended the meeting with Mrs Rubira and myself to represent our school. Prep Information Evening Last night we held our Prep Information Evening. It was well attended and it was a pleasure to meet all the families that will join our St Damian Community in 2018. Thank you to the Prep teachers who led the evening, Mrs Stubbs and Mr Diez for their input into the evening, the School Leadership for their support, to our Learning Support Officers for organizing the refreshments and to our students for helping set up. A real team effort. We look forward to the first orientation session for our new preps on Tuesday November 15

th November.

Carols Evening December 6

th

All our students are preparing for this wonderful community event which celebrates our faith. St Damian‟s school is a catholic school where important religious events are celebrated. As this is part of what we do here at St Damian‟s, it is an expectation that all students attend and participate on the night. If there is a valid reason as to why students are not able to attend then parents should contact their child‟s teacher in writing with an explanation. School Closure Day Next Monday, November 6

th and Tuesday, November 7

th, the school will be closed due to Report Writing time and the

Melbourne Cup Public Holiday. I hope our community enjoys the long weekend.

REMINDERS:

P&F AGM November 27

th at 7.30pm. Please look out for paperwork related to this meeting.

School Sports: Friday November 27

Staff News Mrs Aoife McCarthy has been appointed Deputy Principal of St John‟s, Footscray from 2018 and will therefore leave St Damian‟s at the end of the year. Whilst we all wish Aoife our warmest congratulations on her appointment and know that she will be an outstanding leader in her new school, we are very sad to lose her from St Damian‟s. I am sure you will join me and the staff in congratulating Aoife, and thank her for the wonderful contribution she has made to our school in the past seven years. St John‟s is indeed fortunate to have such an experienced and capable leader in their school next year. We have advertised for the position of REL and hope to make an appointment as soon as possible.

Prayer for the Week

We pray for all those dear to us who have gone to their eternal life. In Your loving mercy, Father, be pleased to receive them in Your heavenly company. Amen

Have a great week,

Rosanna

SRC News Dear Parents, The Student Representative Council provides the students at St Damian‟s with the opportunity to further their leadership skills and is responsible for providing a voice for the student body in making ongoing improvements to school resources and supporting student wellbeing.

Earn and Learn Update: Thank you to our school community for supporting the SRC by collecting stickers from Woolworths throughout the Earn and Learn Campaign. We have „spent‟ our points on equipment that will supplement Literacy and Mathematics programs. This equipment is valued at $2,464.05. We are very excited and look forward to opening the parcels that are due to arrive in early 2018.

SRC Initiative Term 4 2017: Following a request to increase the digital devices at St Damian‟s the SRC have organized a raffle to raise funds to purchase additional Digital Devices to support student learning at St Damian‟s.

The prize for this raffle is a Sphero Ollie valued at $159.

Tickets will be available from tomorrow. Tickets are $2 each or 3 for $5. If you would like to win the Sphero Ollie, please send your money in a clearly labeled SRC Raffle envelope with your child‟s name and grade via the class office tubs. Ticket stubs will be sent home upon receipt of the money. The raffle will be drawn at our School Assembly to be held on Monday December 4, 2017. Please support this very worthy SRC initiative. We wish all the families who enter this raffle the best of luck and thank you in anticipation for your support. Student Representative Council 2017 and Mrs Rubira

Faith News Advent Prayer Services will be celebrated in December, led by Year Six, Year Five and Year One. Dates and times will be advised in the „Dates for your Diary‟ section of the next newsletter. Year One will celebrate a Year level Mass on Friday 10

th

November, please join us in celebration if you are available. Aoife Mc Carthy Religious Education Leader

Sacrament Dates 2018 St Damian’s School

Reconciliation

Confirmation

Eucharist

Aoife Mc Carthy Religious Education Leader Social Justice News We will be holding a fundraiser called „Onesie Funsie‟ on the 24th of November. We invite everyone to participate in some fun activities. On the day we ask you to wear your Onesie‟s or Pyjamas. Please bring a gold coin to donate to Catholic Mission. Make sure you bring along your sport clothes to change into, because it may be quite hot. Thank you for your support, Sofia, Samuel, Simone and Laura Social Justice Leaders

Sacramental Evening (parents only) Thursday 1st March 7.30pm

Presentation Mass 17th March 5.30pm & 18

th March 10am

Reconciliation Ceremony Tuesday 27th March 7.00pm


Presentation Masses 5th May 5.30pm & 6

th May 10am

Confirmation Parent / Child Night Wednesday 9th May 7:00pm

Confirmation Masses Sunday 3rd

June 2pm and 4.30pm


Eucharist Parent / Child Night Wednesday 25th July 7:00pm

Presentation Masses 4th August 5.30pm & 5

th August 10am

Eucharist Masses 25th Aug 5.30pm & 26

th Aug 10am

Literacy News

Junior writers of the week:

Gracie R 3CW

Archer W 3CW Jessica K 3CW

Natalie F 2M Lucas F 3CW

Senior writers of the week:

Tiara 6G

Laura 6G Ashley 6G Jack 6 C Adam 6M Holly 6M Isaac 6M

Madeline 6M Jade 6M

Alana 5O

Congratulations to the following students for receiving Mathematician Awards for Term Four, Week Four. We are proud of your achievements in Mathematics. Keep up your persistence and hard work.

Billy M (Prep B) for practising his skip counting in 2s, 5s and 10s.

Samuel R and Lucas Z (1T) for sharing their ideas and strategies when solving multiplication problems.

Isabella K (2M) for an outstanding improvement in multiplication and division and for understanding the link

between the two operations.

Jana G (3CW) for referring to the Maths Wall in the classroom to explain her understanding of Mass and

Capacity.

Ella H (4M) for showing determination when finding angles to 180 degrees.

Andrew C and Madeline K (5C) for working hard in Maths to adopt a positive attitude to challenges.

St Damian’s MATHEMATICIAN AWARDS

Happy Birthday to the following

students who will celebrate their birthday:

November

3rd Sebastian 2BW

5th Adam 3CW

6th Anastasia 2M

NEWS FROM THE PARISHNEWS FROM THE PARISHNEWS FROM THE PARISH

UPDATING THE PARISH DATABASE

A reminder to please help us with updating our database by filling

in the pink card you received last term. Please return it in the self

addressed envelope to the school office as soon as possible. Thank you

4DA “TOGETHER EVERYONE

ACHIEVES MORE!!!” Our inquiry unit for Term 4 is Together Everyone Achieves More. We recently

attended camp at “The Briars” in Mt Martha with the entire year 4 cohort. We made

loads of connections between our camp experience and our inquiry unit.

In our cabin group, some of us made a fun game to get to

know each other. We learnt how to work with each other

without fighting.

When we did the Hut Building, if we didn’t work together as a team, we would have all been VERY wet!

You had to wear a safety harness for

the Flying Fox. If no one helped you

to put it on, you could not go on.

That’s teamwork. The Giant Swing used a lot of team-

work. We had to pull a heavy black

rope to lift people into the air. We

showed cooperation and kindness and

really stuck together as a team.

The Low Rope activity is all

about walking on tricky ropes;

two people have to spot you or

make sure you don’t fall, and

that leads to cooperation. We all listened to each

other’s ideas and no-one was

left out during construction

of our hut.

Barb, our camp

cook, was amazed

at how well the

children and adults

all worked well

together to serve

up meals and help

clean up

afterwards.

November

Monday 6th Student Closure Day, Report Writing Day

Tuesday 7th Melbourne Cup, School Closure Day

Monday 13th Whole School Assembly, 4DA

Tuesday 14th Education Board Meeting

Friday 17th School Sports Day

Friday 24th Onesie Funsie Day

Friday 27th P&F AGM, 7.30pm

December

Monday 4th SRC Sphero Ollie raffle drawn

Wednesday 6th Carols Evening at 7pm

Monday 18th Year 6 Students Last Day, finish at 3.15pm

Year 6 Graduation at 7pm

Tuesday 19th Last day of Term 4, students finish at 3.15pm

DATES FOR YOUR DIARY

Student of the week Prep B Eva For always doing her best and setting an excellent example

Prep S Cinzia For her dedication towards her learning at school and home!

1MO Ipsita For consistently doing her best in all learning areas. Well done

1T Ava For having a growth mindset when completing difficult tasks! Well done

2M Ronit For always taking feedback positively to improve his work

3CW James For always doing his best in the classroom. Well done!

5C Spencer For his persistence in achieving his goals and trying his best

5O Sienna For sharing her insights and enthusiasm during Literature Circle discussions

5L Zara For consistently doing your best in all subject areas. Well done!

6C Corey For „doing his best‟ by listening and making every effort to complete all his work

6G Justin For always working to the best of your ability ain all subject areas

6M Aidan For being committed and doing his best in assisting in the setting up and clean up of activities for the Soccer Gala Day. Well done

P&F News

On behalf of PF committee we want to say a big thank you

to all parent helpers on the night and for the students and

their families who came along, dressed up and made the

night a huge success.

Parents & Friends

AGM – 7.30pm on 27TH November 2017 WE NEED YOU!

The Parents and Friends Committee needs your help.

For us to be able to give our children the opportunity to have fun events like sausage siz-

zles, Hot Cross Buns morning tea, fun-a-thon, Mother’s and Father’s day stalls and

Halloween Disco, we need mum, dads grandparents etc to join our committee.

All these events take time to plan and as we all lead busy lives with work, children etc. it

would be great if everyone could give a small amount of time rather than left to a small few.

You can even do some photocopying or other small jobs which help the committee.

We need as many parents as possible to join the Parents and Friends Committee in any way

you can.

Without your support our children will miss out on these fun events.

If you can assist in any way please come to the Parents and Friends AGM on the 27th

November at 7.30pm.

We look forward to seeing many new faces.

Parents and Friends Committee

([email protected])

School Banking Reminder

Please note there will be no school banking next Tuesday

7th November due to Melbourne Cup public holiday.

Next banking day is 14th November.

Our last banking day for the year will be Tuesday 12th December. Any outstanding reward orders will need to be

placed by 28th November in order to be received and distributed before school conclusion

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