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Newsletter: September 20th – Term 3, Week 10 MASS TIMES IN PARISH: Anglesea: Saturday 5:30pm St Christopher’s, Camp Road

Torquay: Sunday 8:45am St Therese, Surfcoast Highway Torquay.

Grovedale: Sunday 10:30am Nazareth, Griffith Street

Dates for your Diary:

St Therese Feast Celebrations: 10th

October

School Photos: Thursday 25th

October

ACMI Cyber safety Parent evening: Wednesday 31st October

Closure Day: Monday 5th

November

Melbourne Cup Holiday: Tuesday 6th

November

Dear Parents,

Last Day of Term Friday 21st September- ‘Rainbow Hair for Foster Care’

Children are able to wear Football colours tomorrow (Fri. 21st). We also invite students who would like to, to wear

Rainbow Hair to raise awareness for Foster Care and contribute a gold coin donation to help support Glastonbury

services in Geelong. Glastonbury is an independent, not-for-profit organisation, run by a Board of Directors which

delivers a range of care, support, prevention and developmental programs and services for children, young people

and families.

The Parents and Friends are organising a sausage sizzle for this day. Sausages-$2.50. Icy poles/snakes-50c

Reminder: School concludes for the Term 3 break at 12pm

Fees: Fee Statements have been sent home with your child today (Thursday). Payments can be made via direct

payment (refer statement for school bank details), credit card, cheque or cash payable at the office. Please make

your payment as soon as possible.

Our sympathy goes to Trinette McKoy and family, whose father/grandfather, Robert Graham died recently.

This newsletter is full of the many exciting learning activities that the children have been involved with lately,

We wish all families a great holiday, with best wishes,

Pauline Audley and staff.

Dates to Remember – Term 3, 2012

Last Day of Term Friday 21st September 12:00 Finish

No Green Bus

Red and Blue Bus leaving 12:05 Prep Specialist Day

Wear Football colours P & F Sausage sizzle

Rainbow Hair For Foster Care – Gold coin donation

Dates to Remember – Term 4, 2012

Wk 1 8th October

9th October

10th October

St Therese Feast Day Celebrations-

activities all day 9:15 Whole school prayer in the hall- all

welcome

11th October

3/4 Specialist Day

12th October

1/2 Specialist Day

Wk 2 15th October

16th October

17th October

Hot Dog Orders

9:30 Bentleigh Secondary School Band

Concert in Hall

18th October

5/6 Specialist Day

19th October

Sushi Orders: Will commence Monday 22nd

October. Please ensure your child has correct money in a clearly

labelled paper bag. Snack pack $ 3.50. Lunch Pack $7.00.

3/4 Learning Community

The Chickens Recently this term we have welcomed five feathery new members to our school community. As part of their

Investigation on the environment, Riley Beste and Mackenzie Ewings from 3/4 Red cleaned and fixed up the

chook shed in the back corner. They researched how to care for the chickens and have been doing a wonderful job

ensuring they are safe and well looked after here at school. The boys got the idea for introducing the chickens as a

result of our increasing school compost, and the chickens love the food. The first eggs were laid on the weekend! If

you haven’t seen the newest members of our school yet please go over and have a look at the chook shed and what

the boys have done, and remember to read the rules and signs on the fence and act respectfully around the chicken

yard. If you would like to know more about the chickens please see either of the boys.

From the 3’4’s:

Hello, we are here to tell you about ‘six word’ stories.

Georgia- What is a six word story?

Here is one example: Waves coming together to make fun. A six word story is when you might have a

magazine, photo, newspaper or a book and you choose a picture and you tell a story in six words.

Daisy- A six word story is a story you have tell in only six words by looking at a picture, book or a

photo. Here is an example: Good times take chances in life.

Jessie- A six word story is a story that you can only use six words to tell and you can do it with a photo.

Here is my best: Nature is closer than you think.

In 3/4 Purple we have been working on writing a proposal. We have written them to ask our teachers if

we could start workshops to teach our fellow students how to do something that we are good at. Our

teacher, Miss Fiesley had written up on the white board a step by step procedure on how to write a

proposal. Step one was to write your name and the subject. The second step was to write the purpose and

the third to write down any background knowledge you have in your head. The fourth step was to write

the solution to the problem and the fifth step was to mention if there would be any costs involved. The

sixth and final step is to write down the conclusion to completely persuade or convince the reader to

agree with you. By Jack Farrow, Darcy Hindle and Lincoln Sertic

Writing a proposal!

In 3\4 we have been writing proposals for either changing something in the area or making a workshop

for Kidspeak on Friday.

A proposal is like a persuasive text except it has different steps and it is asking someone for permission

to do something.

Here are the steps to writing a proposal,

Subject, Introduction, Background Information, Solution, Cost and Conclusion.

We had fun and the whole 3/4 wish to do it again. Remony

Kidspeak

Kidspeak is an opportunity for kids to teach something they know to people who don’t know it. We were

allowed to go into a group or by ourselves when we did our proposal. We had to write a proposal to

convince the teachers to let us run a workshop. Three teachers ran workshops that went for two hours and

all of the others were for one hour, so we had to choose two or one if we went with the teachers. Some of

the workshops were dancing, cooking, art and craft, basketball and Lego. There were lots of really cool

activities, like the one I did with Ms Jordan which was cooking spinach triangles. I liked it because we

learnt things that we did not know. I had lots of fun and I can’t wait until next time when we have

different workshops to choose from. This has been an exciting week for all of the 3/4 kids.

Annie, Moana and Hayley

Two weeks ago we had swimming. First, we were tested to see which group we were going in. The

activities were lots of fun. I learnt how to hold my breath longer.

At the end of the week we did lots of races and diving. It is really important to learn how to swim

because one day you might get stuck in the water and not know what to do.

SUSTAINABILITY NEWS

Sustainability Blog

You are invited to have a look at our new St Therese School Sustainability Blog using the link below.

Please read the posts and leave a comment.

http://sustainabilitysttherese.global2.vic.edu.au/

Taken from the Geelong Advertiser 18th

of

September

This letter to the editor was written by Daniel Clarke

from 3/4 Blue. Daniel wrote it as part of his

investigation into the effect plastic bags have on

animals and the environment.

Well done Daniel on having your letter make it to

press.

RESURRECT THOSE EXCESS REUSABLE

BAGS!

Plastic Bag Free Torquay is launching a Bag Amnesty –

where excess reusable bags will be collected, checked and

cleaned, before being returned and offered at the checkout

to those who have forgotten theirs – for free! The Amnesty

will be trialled at the IGA Supermarket, before being

rolled out to other stores.

A collection point for excess bags will be located in the

foyer of St Therese Primary School Office, so dig them out

of storage, and put them to use! And help us in

making Torquay plastic bag free!

Thanks once again, Stacie Bobele for Plastic

Bag Free Torquay Inc

5/6 Learning Community

Follow the 5/6 Learning Community on Twitter here

5/6 EXPO – A JOB WELL DONE! – You can leave us a

comment on our blog here On Tuesday and Wednesday our 5/6 students held an expo in the hall at school to

showcase their Negotiated Tasks which they had been working on for the majority

of the term.

Our BIG IDEA this term was Olympics with sub foci of Geography, History

and Economics. Each of the students were asked to complete 3 Negotiated

Tasks, with each having an Olympic focus and then each individual one

linking in with either History, Geography or Economics. The students

negotiated these tasks with the teachers and once an agreement was made on

the path each student was taking, they were off.

After 8 weeks of hard work the end result was an array of interesting and fabulous Negotiated Tasks all on display

at our expo. Tuesday's expo was held for the parents and Wednesday's expo was held for the rest of the school. All

feedback given from parents, teachers and students was positive. The students did an amazing job and should be

very proud of them.

NETBALL – TEACHERS v STUDENTS – You can leave us a comment on our blog here

On Wednesday a Netball game

with a twist was played at St

Therese during lunch time –

Teachers V Students. It was

decided by the Year 6 students

that the Sports Leaders would

represent the student body while

a large selection of Teachers

were in rotation for the teacher

side.

There was a lot of support from

all St Therese students who

created cheer squads on the side

lines. The competition was

fierce with both sides playing

their hardest. In the end the

teachers won 10-2.

A big thank you to all teachers

and students who participated in

the game and a HUGE thank

you to Miss Day who organised

the game!

YEAR 5 EXCURSION – You can leave us a comment on our blog

here On Thursday 13th September, the Grade 5’s enjoyed a day full of activities. We

started off at Vic Beach Geelong where the students participated in beach volleyball

and soccer. After that, we headed off to Bella’s Restaurant in Waurn Ponds for some

delicious pizza before then going over to Leisurelink. Students had a fantastic time

and represented our school beautifully. A great day was had by all!

COTTAGE BY THE SEA – THANK YOU! For the past 3 weeks we have been selling raffle tickets to win a skateboard

and also doing a food drive for “Cottage by the Sea” in Queenscliff.

By selling raffle tickets we raised $239.50 and we bought a whole box full

of food like canned tomatoes, flour, sugar, milo, honey and juice boxes. We

went around every day after lunch to every class and sold tickets - we sold

741 raffle tickets. We earned a lot more than we expected, so thank you

everyone who participated and supported us. The winner of our raffle was:

Eddy. M from 3/4.

“Cottage by the Sea” is a place for children who don’t have enough money

to go on holidays. The children go there for a week and have a great time at the beach and interesting

places like that. They play football, basketball, make paintings and dress up. Thank you for your

generosity, Emma Walters, Emma Quinn, Alexia Conway and Kesia Buckley

5/6 LEARNING COMMUNITY BLOG – You can go straight to our blog here

Each fortnight we feature one of our student’s blogs from each homeroom for you to check out. Please

visit the blogs and leave a comment for the students, they really love hearing from visitors. We look

forward to reading your comments.

This week’s featured blogs are…Make sure you check out their posts titled “Trialling Domo Animate”

Green Homeroom – Matt. H

Blue Homeroom - Ella. D

Red Homeroom - Bri

Purple Homeroom – Isabella. H

Yellow Homeroom – Ruby. H

5/6 Interschool Sports

During Term Three the 5/6 learning community were involved in interschool sports. The sports were

football, netball and softball. We managed to play 4 games out of the possible 7 due to the weather. The

schools we played against were St Patrick’s, Star of the Sea, Holy Spirit and St Patrick’s again. The games

were fun and quite competitive. We managed to win most of our games through good teamwork and great

skills.

Football Team

Softball Team

Netball Team

St Therese Golf Team News! Congratulations to the St T Therese Golfers from Year 5 and 6 who have competed in a number of events

this term. After some early tough competitions, one of our students, Ruby Hurley from Year 6, qualified

for the State finals and recently participated in the event at Koringal Golf Club against some very tough

opposition from all around the state. Ruby tried her very best on the day and should be very proud of her

achievements even though she didn't quite have her best score in the final event. The St. Therese school

community is very proud of you Ruby! Well done!

Dates to remember: St Therese Casino Fun Night 27

th October

P&F Meeting Friday 19th October 2pm

St Therese Casino Fun Night – Tickets will be on sale this Friday after school near the Hall, or you may

choose to fill in the form below and return to the P&F Box.

St Therese Primary School Parents & Friends Association are holding our major fundraising event for

2012. This year’s event will be a Casino Fun Night.

We would love to get the support of local businesses. If you are a local business that would be willing to

help out in the form of a generous donation toward prizes for raffles or silent auction on the night, we

would love to hear from you. We are also offering advertising to businesses that are able to donate.

(There are limited places for advertising) If you are interested please contact Margie Grima 0419503879

or Flick Jones 0438 944 447 for more info.

St Therese Casino Fun Night Name: ………………………………………..……. Phone: ………………………………

Eldest child and year…………………………………………….………..

Tickets ………………. @$45 ………….Total ……………….

Bus ……………………..@$5 …………. Total ………………

TOTAL AMOUNT:$

Payment: Cash/ Cheque / Visa/MasterCard

Credit card: …………. /…………/……..……/……….

Expiry Date: ……………….

Please place this in an envelope in the P&F Box in the school front office.

GRADE 1/2 MUMS DINNER DATE

DATE: Thursday 18th October

TIME: 7pm

Where: Torquay Hotel

Much needed catch up with the 1/2 mums. Would love to see you there for dinner or pop in for a drink.

For RSVP contact Tania Huxtable on 0408994372 or Leanne O'Brien on 0425774035

END OF TERM BBQ

Dont forget that the P&F will be holding a sausage Sizzle on the last day of term.

Sausages $2.50

Drinks $1.00

Treats $50c

Extend OSHC at St Therese Primary School: A message from the Team Leader:

“We have had a happy and productive term at After School Care. Most days we were able to get outside for a play,

in spite of the winter weather. On cold days, the children enjoyed hot snacks. When the weather forced us to stay

indoors, the children produced an amazing variety of artworks. A small but dedicated group is still making up

puppet plays. We went through the “Master Chef” phase, had lantern making competitions and built towers to rival

those at San Gimignano.

Next term we will be able to spend more time outdoors in the spring weather. We have also planned lots of

interesting indoor activities, including making our own books. In the second half of the term, we will be making

Christmas decorations, cards and preparing a Christmas play. Again, we are keen to hear any suggestions from our

parents.

Nicola, Melissa, Jo and I hope that you and your children enjoy the holiday break and we look forward to

welcoming you back next term.”

- Moya Connell

Community News:

TORQUAY CRICKET CLUB UNDER 13, 15 & 17 REGISTRATION: THURSDAY 27

TH SEPTEMBER

2012, 6.00PM – 7:30PM SPRING CREEK RESERVE TORQUAY.

MILO IN2CRICKET & U11 REGISTRATION: SATURDAY 6TH OCTOBER 2012, 12PM – 2 PM SPRING

CREEK RESERVE TORQUAY. ENQUIRIES CALL 0418 340 175

September School Holidays Tennis Clinics: The clinics will be conducted at Jan Juc Tennis Club courts from

Tuesday 25th to Thursday 27th September 2012 during the following times:

Beginners 9.30am - 11.00am

Intermediate/Advanced 11.00am - 1.00pm

For more information and bookings please contact Peter Hubacek - 0428399973

School Holiday Program: Surf Coast School Holiday Program

Monday 24th September – Friday 5th October 2012. Information

and enrolment forms are available at the school office.

School Holiday Program: City of Greater Geelong Spring School

Holiday Program Monday 24th September – Friday5th October 2012.

Information and enrolment forms are available at the school office.

Rainbow Riders Holiday Program: September 22nd to October 7th,

2012 Morning and Afternoon Sessions half day or all day. Activities on

the farm include: Horse and pony riding, feeding all the farm animals,

collecting eggs from the henhouse, hay rides, horse & cart rides

Ph: 03 5264 1175 or Email:programs@rainbowriders.com.au

www.rainbowriders.com.au

Spring Creek Community House Interest Courses:

Life Drawing with Julie Roddy 8th September 9.30am-2.30pm $45

Certificate III Education Support 15th October

Mummy’s First Aid 20th October 10am-12pm

Spring Creek Community House

Ph: 5261 2583 Fax: 5261 2584

www.springcreekcommunityhouse.org.au

A RUN GEELONG REMINDER... This year’s Run Geelong will be held on Sunday 18

th November and there is an event for everyone! Members of St Therese

can participate in the Burke Britton 12km run, the Telstra Store Geelong CBD 6km run or the GMHBA 6km family walk.

WHAT’S IN IT FOR ST Therese?

Up to $10,000 and it’s simple! The incredible cash incentives for your school are:

150 registrations = $1,000

250 registrations = $2,000

500 registrations = $5,000

750 registrations = $10,000

WHAT DO I NEED TO DO?

1. Register for Run Geelong at www.rungeelong.com.au

2. During the registration process, you will see a drop down box: ‘How did you hear about Run Geelong?’ Select

‘Other’ and type St Therese into the space provided.

3. Once registered, each participant’s race pack will be ready for collection during the week before the race (details to

follow). Part of the race pack includes a competitor booklet and on the back page of the competitor booklet is an

‘incentive form’.

a. Complete the incentive form and return it to St Therese.

For sale: Sacred Heart and St Joseph’s Year 7 Uniforms. Excellent condition. Bought brand new, 9months old.

Call Mandy Ph: 0457 972 391