95A Railway Street North, Altona 3018

Principal: David Kelly Phone: 9398 4842 www.smaltona.catholic.edu.au Parish Priest: Archpriest Michael Kalka Phone: 9398 2964 altona@cam.org.au

No. 30 September 13th, 2019

Dear Parents SOCIAL JUSTICE STALLS: Congratulations to our Year 5/6 students and teachers who worked tirelessly to organise and run our Social Justice stalls this week. Read more about their success on the RE page in this newsletter. EARLY FINISH & FREE DRESS DAY on FRIDAY 20th SEPTEMBER Friday 20th September will be a free dress day for staff and students. No coin donations are required – this is a thank you for all of your donations throughout this term. Your generosity is appreciated. Please note: Students must still wear a hat and have closed in shoes. Term 3 concludes on this day and school will finish at 2.30 pm. TERM 4 2019 School will resume for Term 4 on Monday 7th October. OPTIONAL PARENT / TEACHER CONTACT: Online bookings have now closed. Please contact your child’s teacher if you wish to make an appointment. 2020 INTENTIONS: As we will soon begin discussing our class structure for 2020 we would appreciate it if you could let us know if your child is currently in Prep - Year Five and is NOT RETURNING to St. Mary’s next year. Please email by the end of this term. Thank you.

SUNSMART

Please ensure that your child has a hat to wear. Our SunSmart policy requires all students to wear their hats from the beginning of September (Monday 2nd September) to the end of April. NO HAT, NO PLAY.

Check out the SunSmart link on our website for the latest weather and sun protection information.

WALK / RIDE TO SCHOOL Our next Walk / Ride to School day will be on Wednesday 18th September. Come along in an active way. Let’s hope the sun is shining!

DIVISIONAL ATHLETICS: Congratulations to all our children who represented our school and our District at the Divisional Athletic Carnival this week. Special congratulations to the following children who finished either first or second in their event and therefore will progress to the Regionals. Amelia P (Long Jump & Shot Put), Xavier R (Long Jump & 200m), Keely W (800m & 1500m), Anna A (100m), Sebastian M (100m & 200m), Shannon W (200m) and Aidan L (Discus). Congratulations also Jonathan A who came third in triple jump and Josh M who came third in shot put. Wishing you all a wonderful weekend as we move into our final week of school for Term 3. Regards Marg Masseni Deputy Principal

BUNNINGS BBQ AND CAKE STALL The annual Bunnings BBQ and Cake stall was held on Saturday 7th September, and despite the wind and rain the day was a great success. As always the BBQ was conducted in great spirits, and the sausages & drinks provided valuable nutrition to the hordes of Bunnings patrons, tradies, Dads on lunch duty, and hungover punters who needed a pick me up. Our cake stall was a sight to behold. So many wonderful, yummy creations to indulge in. Thank you to everyone who volunteered or donated goods, with a particularly big thank you to:

Lisa Curran for helping to organise the BBQ. The Curran’s family business All West Bin Hire for kindly donating all of the condiments. Baker’s Delight Altona for generously donating all of the bread.

The net profit made was $1,797.20 (BBQ) and $895 (Cake Stall), which will go towards purchasing further resources for the kids, although our suggestion would be for a Ted Whitten-style brass statue of our outgoing principal for his amazing service to our school! Special mention also goes to one of our Grade 1’s, Miles Derham, who’s personality & upselling skills helped to make this our most successful BBQ yet.

Thanks again & congratulations to all involved for making it a great day. Jarrod and Katrina (P & F) STUDENT LEADERSHIP CONFERENCE: On Thursday the 12th of September, 10 of our school leaders attended a Grade Six Leadership Conference at Our Lady's in Sunshine. The theme of the conference was "Fly high and let your leadership soar". Children were able to hear from guest speaker former homicide detective, Charlie Bezzina; author and western suburbs native, Alice Pung; as well as motivational speaker Mike Rolls, all of who spoke of respect, reputation, resilience and perseverance. In the afternoon, the Year 6 students from Our Lady's had organised a Leadership Expo where they demonstrated how leaders acted as active citizens and how a democratic process was used to create, manage and organise all of the things required to develop and run a leadership conference like this one. Our students were highly engaged and inspired by those speaking and were able to give the following feedback upon return: “I thought the day was really fun and I learnt a lot from it. A key message from today was not everything in life goes to plan.” Keiana C “It was good that they didn’t get celebrities but people that had interesting things to share but were not that well known because smaller people can rise up to do great things and that’s what they all talked about.” Jesse S “Charlie Bezzina told us a lesson in life is “If it’s to be, it’s up to me” which means to me that if something is going to happen, good or bad, I am going to be the one to sort it out or it is because of me that it happens.” Isabella Mi “Charlie Bezzina taught me that if you respect others and show respect, then you will gain respect and others will show you respect.” Zed D “The 3 keywords that stuck out to me from what Charlie Bezzina spoke to us about were reputation, team-work and experience and the main word from Mike Rolls speech was resilience.” Ava D “Charlie Bezzina’s speech to us was all about building our reputation and how that followed us through our lives. Mike Rolls spoke to us all about resilience.” Eliza P “I thought all of the 3 guest speakers were really inspiring and we learnt something from each of them. A quote I took down from Alice Pung was “Keep your head down, study hard and be successful.” Isabella Me

“I was inspired by how many stories all of the speakers knew and by the motivation they gave us, in Charlie Bezzina’s words “Take every opportunity that comes to you.” Summer L “Mike Rolls was the most inspirational speaker I heard, especially to all people who have a disability. We heard from Alice Pung who told us how difficult it was for her growing up in the ’80s as an Asian in Braybrook and how she loves to fight racism. Charlie Bezzina had a story that we all enjoyed, he loves to show respect and be respected. His favourite word of his speech was reputation.” Caitlyn G “Today was educational as well as inspirational, the different personalities they chose to speak on the day made the experience better, it was humorous while being a good presentation and as I said I think educational while being inspirational really sums up the day.” Thomas P

PRINCIPALS AWARDS WEEK BEGINNING 9th September, 2019

PREP D Jamelia F for always staying focused in her reading group Alyssa C for always working hard and putting in her best effort

PREP L Chalia B for remembering correct spacing in her writing Owen C for writing a great sentence about losing his first tooth

YEAR 1/2D Alessio B for continuously working hard in all subjects across the day Miles D for writing an excellent explanation on the life cycle of a butterfly

YEAR 1/2G Ava R for always being a helpful and friendly member of our class Laughlin D for his hard work in reading and writing

YEAR 1/2S Jody B for working hard during all tasks Adam C for his great work during Maths

YEAR 1/2T Gracie-Ella A for practising really hard and getting all her spelling words correct Chloe M for being a positive member of 1/2T and always volunteering to help in the classroom

YEAR 3/4HT Finian M for the enthusiastic way he challenges himself in Maths Senan D for his great commitment to developing his reading skills

YEAR 3/4K Ethan S for his excellent efforts learning about multi-digit multiplication Susannah E for taking the initiative to help others

YEAR 3/4M Daniel C for his detailed Literature Circle reading responses Jacquelyn L for her continued effort and dedication to learning multi-digit multiplication strategies

YEAR 5/6C Adrian B for his positive attitude and enthusiastic approach to all learning activities Grace A for her ability to work cooperatively with all members of the classroom

YEAR 5/6H Melina M for her excellent attitude and enthusiastic approach to learning Hugo F for his ability to work cooperatively with others

YEAR 5/6T David T for using strategies he has learnt in Circle Time to manage conflict Zoe B for always being a helpful and friendly member of our class

Book Fair is coming! Scholastic Book Fair is coming back next term to St. Mary's. At our first assembly we are hoping to have a children’s book special guest. There will be opportunities that first week for children to browse the Book Fair with their class teacher to see the great reading for sale. The Fair itself will open for sales during the second week of term.

When: Monday 14th October - Friday 18th October 8:30 - 9:00 am and 3:20 - 4:00pm each day Where: St. Mary's School hall Watch out for some great competitions, with fantastic book prizes! More information coming next term.

TUCKSHOP HELPERS – Week Beginning 16th September, 2019

Friday: Paula Luppino Manager: Amy Xu Tel: 9315 0799

EDUCATION IN FAITH

Social Justice Week We just wanted to

thank all the students,

parents, families &

friends as well as staff

who attended our Year

5/6 Social Justice

stalls on: Tuesday 10th

Sept,

Wednesday 11th Sept

They were a great success and would not have been

so without the support of the families of our senior

students especially, along with the organisation and

talents of our Year 5 and 6 students. At first count, we had raised $2,365.75 for the St

Vincent de Paul Society who we are confident will

use it to benefit those most in need of our care and

concern in the local community.

On behalf of Noah & Grace Social Justice Leaders

This weekend’s Gospel

Luke 15: 1–32

There will be joy in heaven over one sinner who does penance.

You can continue to support Vinnies in our area at the Altona North or Newport stores

“Do all you can to assist

and love one another.” 1890

Special Dates September: Month of Prayer for the Care of Creation 21 Sep Feast of St Matthew, Apostle, Evangelist 21 Sep UN International Day of Peace 27 Sep Memorial of St Vincent de Paul

EMMANUEL COLLEGE NEWS:

Well done to our students and families who supported the St Vincent de Paul Winter Appeal, through donations of food and warm clothing, and to Sandra Kalala, Andrew Liv and Kasey Maddock as Age Group Champions at the inter-school athletics carnival. Congratulations to our Senior Girls Lacrosse team on their victory in the schools competition and to Luke Martin and Tess Meiers on receiving Debating Victoria Swannie awards as the best speakers in their grade and region.