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Important Dates

November

27 Frank Fraser Lecturettes ISS

Board Meeting 5.30pm

December

1 Year 6 & 7 Trip to Townsville

2 Year 6 & 7 Gilroy Orientation

Day

3 Year 6 & 7 Liturgy & Dinner

5 School Ends at 11.30am sharp

Lourdes News

38 26 November 2014

18 Abbott Street / P.O. Box 1553, Ingham Qld 4850 Ph: (07) 4776 2719 Fax: (07) 4776 3882

Email: [email protected] Web: www.olltsv.catholic.edu.au

From the Principal ...

Dear Families,

What a week it has been! We began with a very confident and well prepared group of Year

5 students delivering their Leadership Speeches to our school community. Each and every one

of these students did themselves and their families proud. Many thanks to Mr Gori and Mrs

Kemp for the way in which these students were prepared and congratulations to these

students for the way in which they conducted themselves. We will announce 2015 leaders on

Thursday morning at 8.35am under the school.

Last night’s Christmas Concert was certainly a success. It was wonderful so many families could

join us for our yearly concert. Many thanks to our very talented musical team: Mrs Jessica

Blake, Mrs Monica Vitale and Mrs Vera Di Bella.

Despite the fact that we only have eight school days left for this year, we still have a number

of important events. The Year 6 and 7 Farewell, Awards Presentation Assembly, End of Year

Thanksgiving Mass and the issuing of report cards! I invite and encourage all of our families, if

possible, to join us for these special events.

Have a great week.

Paula Martin - Acting Principal

From the APRE ...

This morning in our Mass we celebrated the beginning of Advent, reminding us to 'be ready' for the coming of our saviour Jesus Christ. We are a little early as Advent doesn't officially begin until Sunday. Advent is the Liturgical season we observe as a time of expectant waiting and preparation for the celebration of the Nativity of Jesus at Christmas. Advent marks the

beginning of the Liturgical year and begins on the fourth Sunday before December 25.

St. Patrick's Church certainly looks ready! Congratulations to the artistic people involved in

decorating the Church for Advent and Christmas. It looks absolutely beautiful.

As usual, Our Lady of Lourdes participated whole heartedly to make Mass a wonderful

experience for all involved this morning.

I look forward to seeing many of you at our Year 6 and 7 Farewell Mass next Wednesday

evening at 6:00pm and then again for our final Thanksgiving Mass on Friday 5th December.

Many blessings, Melissa Pavin

Acting APRE

Remember the reason

for the season ...

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fa ith … mercy … educat ion … hope

Sports News

Town vs Country Swimming Carnival What a great night of swimming on Monday night! Students competed against swimmers from Ingham State School, and the “country” team, consisting of all the smaller schools in the district. All swimmers represented our school with pride and put in some excellent performances in the water. Despite our hardest efforts, Lourdes came a close

runners up to Ingham State School. Well done to all swimmers.

Achievement Awards

Prep VV Amelia Vella ... for always setting out to do her best in all her activities in the classroom. It is wonderful to see Amelia!

Prep AG Ciannah Shannon ... for working hard each day and completing her activities to the best of her ability! Well done Ciannah!

1DM Cameron Giuffrida ... for his dedication and hard work when completing his assessments. Amazing job Cameron, keep up the great work!

1MB Savannah Lee ... for achieving outstanding results in her Role M test by attaining 96%. Fantastic work Savannah!

2PC Olivia Rosenberger ... for applying herself in her mathematics showing improvement in many areas.

2/3CA Codey Masters ... for showing an excellent understanding of 3D shapes, 2 digit addition and subtraction and graphing.

3PB Mary Vella ... for planning and presenting her oral reports each week with increasing ability.

4ED Paige Benfell ... for working hard learning her number facts and spelling.

4/5MG Deegan Mancinelli ... for working hard to complete all set tasks in class.

6CT Sidnee Sadleir ... for working hard in class and achieving excellent results in all English assessment tasks this term.

6MQ Bailey Barbi ... for achieving pleasing results in his Math test and striving hard to complete all assessment pieces on time.

7MB Luci Muftic ... for always striving to do her best in all areas of school life. Well done Luci.

Congratulations to last Friday’s Award Winners ...

School Spirit Awards … Honesty &

Trustworthiness

Prep VV Roman Grottelli ... by being a trustworthy and caring friend towards his peers.

Prep AG Ryan Oswin ... by always being a reliable and honest student. Thank you Ryan!

1DM Sophee Lepinath ... by being an honest and trustworthy class member throughout each and every day. By standing up for her friends and knowing what is right. Awesome work Sophee!

1MB Radayne Spina ... by always being honest and trustworthy to complete set tasks on his own. Keep up the great work Radayne!

2PC Abby Isokangas ... by being an honest and reliable student in class and towards her friends.

2/3CA Emily Scott ... by always telling the truth, being considerate and understanding to her friends and honest with her teachers.

3PB Zane Robinson ... by always being a trustworthy student who is ready and keen to do school work.

4ED Belle Bourke ... by always being a reliable student who gives 100% effort.

4/5MG Darcy Hill ... by showing a caring and honest attitude towards others.

6CT Nicholas Stokes ... by treating others with honesty and fairness, and showing he can be a responsible leader.

6MQ Tess Motti ... by working diligently to complete her assessment pieces always striving to do her best.

7MB Lucyanne Valinoti ... by always displaying honesty, truthfulness and trustworthiness in her peer relationships.

2015 School Leaders Announced Tomorrow

Grade 5 students presented their leadership speeches to our school community on Monday. Everyone did such a great job and they should all be proud of their efforts. We know they will all make fantastic school leaders next year. Grade 3, 4 and 5 students, together with staff, voted on Monday and an announcement regarding School Captains, Sports Captains and Media Officers will be made at 8.35am tomorrow, Thursday, 27 November under the school.

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New SKOOLBAG App Launch

GIVING MASS—FRIDAY, 5 DECEMBER AT 9.00AM

At this time of the year, charitable organisations invite the public to contribute to their Christmas appeal. At Our Lady of Lourdes, our last Mass for the school year is a THANKS GIVING Mass …THANKS for all that

has been … and GIVING something to the poor.

Mass will be held in St. Patrick’s Church. We would like each child to bring a GIFT. Children are asked to bring items as listed, and representatives from the St. Vincent de Paul Society will collect, and distribute

them to the needy.

Each year families from Lourdes School have generously supported this appeal and once again, we ask for

your co-operation.

Prep: Tinned/packet soup, puddings, cake mix. Grade 1: Tinned meats including spaghetti, baked beans etc. Grade 2: Breakfast cereals, grains (e.g rice, spaghetti etc.) Grade 3: Biscuits (sweet or savoury), fruit cakes. Grade 4: Lollies, processed cheese, boys’ & girls’ handkerchiefs. Grade 5: Tinned vegetables (corn, peas, carrots, 3 bean mix, beetroot). Grade 6: Bottles (spaghetti sauce, cordial, jams, vegemite). Grade 7: Nuts, fruit cakes, Christmas pudding.

Children may bring these items to their class teacher or office any time before 5 December.

At assembly last Friday, our School launched our own Skoolbag iPhone and Android App to help us communicate more effectively with our Parent/Student community. We are asking parents/students to install our Skoolbag School App. To install it, just search for our school name "Our Lady of Lourdes Catholic Primary Ingham" in either the Apple App Store, or Google Play Store. Let us know what you think!!!

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Christmas Concert

What a beautiful night of Christmas cheer in our Menegon Centre last night! Our Christmas

concert was a spectacular journey around the world. All students (and staff!) performed carols

and a nativity play to a huge crowd of families. Thank you to our music team: Jessica Blake,

Monica Vitale and Vera Di Bella, together with their helper Rita Phillips, together with all

teachers, for preparing children so well. Thank you to all families that were able to join us

last night in our Menegon Centre.

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Help for Year 6 & 7 Rite of Passage Dinner

Wednesday, 3 December - Menegon Centre

If any parents, other than those of Year 6 and 7 students, are able to lend a hand to set up and help with food service/softdrink sales etc. on the

night (particularly Grade 5 parents), it would be greatly appreciated.

ALSO WE REQUIRE ANY YEAR 6/7 PARENTS WHO CAN HELP SET UP.

Please advise the office URGENTLY if you are able to help.

GRADE 6 & 7

RITE OF PASSAGE

Place: St Patrick’s Church

Time: 6.00 p.m.

Date: Wednesday 3 December

Everyone welcome!

2015 Booklists

Booklists were distributed yesterday to all children. Please contact the office if you require another copy of your

child’s booklist, or visit the school’s website at www.olltsv.catholic.edu.au—go to the News & Events , then School

Notes. You will note that many of the textbooks are being sold from the school again next year and will be

available for purchase from Wednesday, 21 January to Friday, 23 January, 2015 (the week before school

commences).

For those who wish to participate, please return your HR Newsagency bookpack order forms back to the school

office by Friday, 5 December. Packs will be available for collection DIRECTLY FROM THE HR NEWSAGENCY (near

Woolworths) FROM 5 DECEMBER TO 14 DECEMBER. Please contact HR News on 4776 2594 to make different

arrangements or for more information.

Multi-Age (Composite) Classes

As has been the case at Lourdes for many years, we will have a number of multi-age

(composite) classes across the school in 2015. When compiling classes, teachers take

into account many factors including, age, work habits and friendship groups. As in any

class, teachers will follow the Australian Curriculum guidelines for each year level whilst

also catering for individual needs of children. Teachers in all year levels work

collaboratively to plan, assess and moderate students’ work to ensure that all students

develop skills and strategies that allow them to have a high level of independence and

efficiency in learning individually or in combination with others.

“Research has highlighted the benefits for both teachers and children when learning and teaching in a multi-age classroom. Benefits include more holistic, child-responsive curriculum practices that consider the understandings, capabilities and dispositions that children need for future work, e.g. working in diverse environments that seek workers who are multi-skilled, literate, cooperative, creative, adaptable, independent and resourceful.” (Queensland

Curriculum and Assessment Authority).

For more information please refer to https://www.qcaa.qld.edu.au/downloads/p_10/ey_lt_multi-age.pdf

Thank you to Role M Helpers

A big thank you to all of the mums who assisted with making Role M maths

resources this year. This enthusiastic group of mums from Prep and Year 1 cut

and laminated their way through many Friday mornings this year to make

resources for the students to use in maths. Your help was truly appreciated!

Again, thank you!!!!!!!

https://www.qcaa.qld.edu.au/downloads/p_10/ey_lt_multi-age.pdf

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Term 1: Tuesday 27 January - Thursday 2 April (10 weeks) Term 2: Monday 20 April - Friday 26 June (10 weeks) Term 3: Monday 13 July - Friday 18 September (10 weeks) Term 4: Tuesday 6 October - Friday 4 December (9 weeks)

Pupil Free Days Monday 19 October

Public Holidays New Year's Day Thursday, 1 January Australia Day Monday, 26 January Good Friday Friday, 3 April Easter Saturday Saturday, 4 April Easter Monday Monday, 6 April Anzac Day Saturday, 25 April Queen's Birthday Monday, 8 June Labour Day Monday, 5 October Christmas Day Friday, 25 December Boxing Day Saturday, 26 December & Monday, 28 December

School Fees Reminder

Just a reminder that Term 4 fees were due last Friday. We would appreciate if you could settle your account as

soon as possible. Thank you if you have already attended to this matter.

Class Captain Badges

Please take a look at home for any class captain badges you might inadvertently forgotten to return. Please drop

them into the office as soon as possible.

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Tuckshop—URGENT HELP NEEDED FOR 2015! We are currently trying to fill a roster for 2015. Your help would be greatly appreciated in the next year. We

hope you can assist by volunteering to be on the roster. This would involve working once a month starting at 9.00am

and finishing by noon. Please return the completed form to the tuckshop asap.

Grandmothers (and dads/grandfathers, of course!) are welcome too.

Name __________________________________ Phone Number _________________________

Please tick which suits best: Mondays Wednesdays Thursdays Fridays

I can/cannot work once a month but I would like to be on call. Yes/No

Signed _______________________________________

LAST DAY OF THE SCHOOL YEAR

The last day of school is Friday 5 December 2014. Please note that school ends at 11.30am on this

day. Parents will need to make arrangements to collect their children no later than 11.45am as

supervision ends at this time. Please note that NO BUSES will depart Lourdes this afternoon.

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10 December

Last Chance!

When contemplating this end of year report and trying to remember all that we have achieved as the Lourdes P&F for 2014, I was prompted to ask myself if we had contributed well enough to our school and students’ way of life, had we made enough effort to involve the parents and carers of our Lourdes kids in their primary school years and how do we

more effectively communicate to our parent body so as to achieve greater involvement?

The P&F began the year with two new executive position holders. Nadine Jorgenson took on the Secretary’s role and we finally filled the Treasurer’s position with Elena Liesenberg taking on this role. Thank you to Christine Stephensen, Nadine &

Elena for all your assistance throughout the year.

And so I began reviewing our monthly meeting minutes and jotting down some points regarding our discussions and achievements. The page quickly filled and I realised how fortunate the school is to have had such a committed P&F body who have delivered much over the course of the year. With the assistance of Timothy Ham, Paula Martin & their staff, we

have had another great year.

The P&F have again contributed to significant resource upgrades through several major fund raising events during 2014. Some of these have included the purchase of 20 Google Chromebooks for student use. This was the most significant contribution from P&F and has allowed our kids to stay abreast of the technological advances in education that are ever changing. Funding towards Interactive learning software packages, History, Geography & reading resources as well as

significantly increasing the funding provided for our years 6 and 7 final camp at The Whitsundays.

In keeping with our Christian values, we have also contributed to those less fortunate through donations to the Missions of the Poor in the Philippines and sending proceeds raised from our annual St Vincent de Paul Sleepover to assist this organisation with their needs. We helped to fund the replacement of the old organ in St Patrick’s Church when it failed, as our school Masses are made more uplifting with music and children’s voices. On this note, I would like to take this opportunity to thank Fr. Damian McGrath and the assisting priests for their continuous involvement in providing school

masses and other services to our children and school.

In stepping through the fundraising events of the year, we would normally have kicked off with our Fete. This year was a little different as it was Lourdes turn to assist with organising the Catholic Deb Ball. This was done in close association with

another small group of people on the Deb Ball Committee.

The Ball date had been set to occur one week prior to our Fete and this caused a reasonably high level of anxiety for me. It was an extremely busy start to the year for some. The P&F called on all available troops for this period and came

through with very few injuries (maybe just one involving Mr. Ham of particular note!)

Thank you to Rita Melara for co-ordinating the fete once again and thanks to all parents and staff who helped on these nights, but more importantly to those who also dedicated many hours to attend meetings and make preparations in the

lead-up to these great community events.

For the first time, and with the help of our tuckshop convenor, Raylee Minato and a team of helpers, the Lourdes P&F provided a taste of India at the International Food Festival held at Rotary Park. This was also very well received and will feature as an

ongoing annual event.

And then there was Cannoli. What would Maraka be without cannoli? Susan and Mark Di Bartolo and helpers give us a small taste of them early in the year at the fete and always bring it home in a big way at the end of the year with Maraka. Once again many

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hours dedicated, but with many a laugh had along the way. Some of us actually look forward to the cannoli working-bee days, maybe a little crazy but I see this as a credit to the way that Lourdes has refined the process over the years, making it an enjoyable few days. This year we were able to purchase some cooking and mixing equipment that has already paid

dividends and will potentially allow more cannoli to be made for future events.

The annual Mark Mappas awards night held in Townsville was also attended, with Lourdes P&F nominating John and

Mirella Silvini for their contributions to the P&F over many years.

Added to these events were end of term discos, a bait drive, a pasta drive, a Father’s Day raffle, Maraka float preparations, general working bees and end of year break-ups. So the year really has been a momentous one for the

P&F.

Almost exactly in between all of these happenings, came the news that our principal, Timothy Ham, had been seconded to Mt. Isa. I would like to congratulate and thank Paula Martin for carrying the role of Acting Principal and Melissa Pavin as

Acting APRE for the latter half of the year and maintaining a very close relationship with the P&F.

We will also be happily welcoming back Timothy Ham for 2015 and look forward to supporting him throughout the

coming year.

The coming year! I am sure you are all aware that 2015 is the Centenary Year for Our Lady of Lourdes School.

Preparations for this event have also been ongoing during the year and I need to extend my sincere thanks to Darren Firth for taking on the role of Centenary Committee Chairman and absolutely running with it. Well, I never knew Darren could run that fast! His passion as a past student has been inspirational and sometimes exhausting, but I can guarantee that he will leave no stone unturned for this momentous weekend in early June 2015. There are also many people on this committee and in the community who are currently working hard to bring this event together, and to all of them, I extend

my thanks.

You can appreciate the magnitude of the school Centenary celebration which will feature our annual Fete on the Saturday

night and a Mass and formal dinner in the Menegon Centre on the Sunday evening.

So, this will mean a lot of helping hands from very early in the New Year to ensure a great outcome for the community and

people travelling to Ingham for the event.

Please consider offering some of your time to come along to our meetings and get involved in the centenary preparations,

particularly those who are past students of Lourdes.

The end of 2014 brings us to farewell some families from our Lourdes community and some who have had a huge involvement in P&F activities for many years. To these parents and their children, I wish you all the best in your secondary school years and fully appreciate the true commitment you have given to not only assist in providing for your child, but for

all children who attend Our Lady of Lourdes School.

In closing, and after digesting the year that was, I know that the answers to my opening questions have been fulfilled and that the P&F has contributed well to Lourdes in many ways. It has contributed to the parish community and the wider community and it has provided many open invites to all parents and carers to be involved. Our best means of communication to you is Rita’s excellently presented weekly school newsletter which contains all the news regarding P&F

and school happenings.

Please take the time to read it well and consider the priority of making time in some very busy schedules to attend P&F

meetings in 2015.

The committee would love to see some new faces (particularly males) in February to help continue to maintain the positive

momentum that generates from working together for our kids.

Lastly, a special mention to my wife Natalie and my family for your patience and all the support you have offered me

during the year.

Thanks to all again for your friendship and help.

Best wishes for a Happy, Holy and Safe Christmas Season.

Paul Spina President

Lourdes P&F

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LOURDESINGHAM 2015 School Year

LUNCHTIME ACTIVITY

Lourdes Not iceboard


Tuckshop Roster

Thursday, 27 November J Morelli, N Spina

Friday, 28 November J Robino

Monday, 1 December R Firth

Wednesday, 2 December R Vettoretto, S Girgenti Thursday, 3 December J Nowak, S Thompson

Can you help in 2015?? Fill out the form on page 6 and return to the office or

see Mrs Minato!

LOURDES PLAYGROUP

Each Tuesday 9.00am to 10.30am At Lourdes School

in Prep Outside Area $3.00 per family BYO Morning Tea

All children under 5 and their parents welcome!!

Ingham Catholic

Parishes Weekend

Mass Times

St. Patrick’s, Ingham

Sat. Vigil 6pm

Sunday 8.30am, 7pm

St. Peter’s, Halifax

Sunday, 7am

Canossa Chapel, Trebonne

Sunday, 10am

St Teresa’s, Abergowrie

Sunday, 10am

Weekly Tuckshop Specials

Thursday, 27 November Pizza Bombs (Chicken or Ham) ..................... $5.00

Friday, 28 November Thai Beef Salad .............................................. $7.00 Roast of the Day: Beef

Monday, 1 December Chicken & Mango Salad ................................ $7.00

Wednesday, 3 December Fajitas ............................................................ $5.00

Thursday, 4 December Roast Pork & Veggies ..................................... $6.00 Roast Pork in Bread Roll ................................ $5.00

Mrs Minato would like to thank all parents and

grandparents who have volunteered in the tuckshop over the past year! We truly appreciate it!

Christmas Mass Times 2014

St Patrick’s, Ingham Christmas Eve: 6.00pm & 8.30pm Midnight Christmas Day 8.00am St Peter’s, Halifax Christmas Eve 6.00pm St Teresa’s, Abergowrie Christmas Day 7.30am Canossa Chapel, Trebonne Christmas Day 9.30am

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