School Newsletter - Term 2 Week 6 - 29th May 2017

Burdens Can Be Blessings

Our Father knows what is best for us - so why

should we complain.

We always want the sunshine - but He knows

there must be rain.

We love the sound of laughter and

the merriment of cheer,

but our hearts would lose their tenderness

if we never shed a tear.

So whenever we are troubled and life

has lost its song,

it is God testing us with burdens just

to make our spirit strong!

Amen

DATES TO REMEMBER...... Tuesday 30th May Kinder Liturgy, 11.35am Infants Hall Wednesday 31st May School Board Meeting, 5.00pm

Primary Staffroom Sunday 4th June Kinder, Yr 3 & 6 Family Mass, 9.00am Monday 5th June Tamworth City Eisteddfod Choral

Speech - Kinder, Year 1 & 2 students Tuesday 6th June Tamworth City Eisteddfod Choral

Speech - Year 4 students Thursday 8th June Kindergarten class photos in NDL Monday 12th June Queen’s Birthday Public Holiday Wednesday 14th June Year 6 RE Test Wednesday 14th June School Photos - Primary students Thursday 15th June School Photos - Infants students Friday 16th June Last day for return of Pie Drive orders Sunday 18th June First Eucharist, 9am MHOC Church Thursday 22nd June NAIDOC Day Celebrations (K-6),

12.30pm Primary Campus Thursday 22nd June School Disco in Primary Hall; Infants:

5.00-6.15pm & Primary: 6.30-8.00pm Friday 23rd June Bishop’s Inservice/Staff Development

Day (PUPIL FREE DAY) 26th June - 29th June St Ed’s “Wellbeing Week” celebrations Thursday 29th June Andrew Fuller Parent Information Evening, 7.00-8.30pm, Primary Hall Friday 30th June Staff Development Day with Andrew

Fuller (PUPIL FREE DAY) Friday 30th June Term 2 concludes Monday 17th July Term 3 commences

Family Mass - this Sunday Our Kinder, Year 3 & Year 6 Family Mass will be celebrated this Sunday 4th June at 9.00am in Mary Help of Christians Church, Hillvue Road. We are kindly asking the Kinder, Year 3 and 6 students and their families to participate in the Mass and support the morning tea by bringing a plate of food to share. These masses are for ALL students, parents and friends of our school, Catholic and Non­Catholic alike. We look forward to seeing you there.

School Fees School fees are due for payment this Friday 2nd June. We are aware of financial difficulties facing people in these hard times and are more than happy to talk with families experiencing problems. Please make contact with Mr Gary McSweeney by phone or by appointment to discuss your financial responsibilities. It is vital that you do make contact. Please note: Fees may be paid by cash, cheque, internet banking, EFTPOS, Qkr!, credit card or direct debit (through the Armidale Diocesan Investment Group, at no cost to you). If you would like to pay by direct debit which is by weekly, fortnightly or monthly payments, please contact either office for the relevant information.

VALUE OF THE WEEK: “Teamwork” 1

RE NEWS

Primary Year 4 Grade Mass has been cancelled for this Tuesday 30th May 2017. Shoe Box Collection Please don‛t forget the “Winter Shoe Box Collection” for 2017. We are asking families to fill a shoebox to help out a refugee or homeless person. Items to fill a box can include non perishable food items, up & go breakfasts, muesli bars, toiletries, hats, scarves, socks, underwear, books. Please write on the box if it is intended for a man, woman, boy or girl. You may want to include a letter, it is up to you! Please dig deep for those in need. Filled boxes may be taken directly to the church at any weekend Mass. We are still on the hunt for more empty shoe boxes as well. Please send any to Mrs Clarke at the Primary Campus, or Mrs Willis at the Infants Campus. The shoe box collection will run for all of May and June, to be distributed in early July. Thank you in advance for your support. Feast of the Ascension Last Thursday, we celebrated the Feast of the Ascension of the Lord. This is the day Jesus left his disciples and went to be with his Father in Heaven. It is celebrated on the fortieth day after Easter Sunday. Jesus had told his disciples that he would ascend into Heaven so that he could send the Holy Spirit and they could go out and spread the Good News of God.

Pentecost Sunday This Sunday, 4th June, we celebrate Pentecost. This is day that the Holy Spirit was sent to the disciples. The disciples felt the strong wind around them, had flames of fire dancing on their heads and were able to speak in many different languages. Pentecost is celebrated on the seventh Sunday after Easter. Kindergarten, Year 3 and Year 6 Family Mass Kindergarten, Year 3 and Year 6 students will celebrate the first Family Mass for Term 2 this Sunday, 4th June. We invite the families of these students to come and celebrate Pentecost with the Parish community, and bring a plate of morning tea to share after Mass. We would also love to see families of students from other grades as well.

Your thoughts and prayers are asked for……. Please keep the following people, and their families, in your prayers after they sadly passed away last week. ∙ Robin Gardiner, Father of ex-students George, Avril and Jock Gardiner, and husband of Cassie. ∙ Denis O‛Callaghan, Grandfather of ex-students Sophie, Holly and Thomas Littlejohns, and

Father of Jacquie Littlejohns and Tim O‛Callaghan. ∙ Col Easter, Father of ex-students Ben, Matthew and Taryn Easter, and husband of Kath.

Sally Clarke & Amy Willis, Religious Education Coordinators

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School Board Meeting The next meeting of the School Board will be held this Wednesday 31st May at 5.00pm in the Primary Staffroom. Winter Uniform All students are expected to be wearing full school winter uniform by Tuesday 13th June (Week 8). Up until this time students may decide to wear either full summer or full winter uniform. A reminder that a tie is to be worn at all times with our winter uniform. We remind all students and their parents to label all items of clothing, lunch boxes and drink bottles so that these items can be returned to their rightful owner as soon as possible. Thank you to all parents for ensuring that your children are well presented each day. It is important as a school community to continue to set high expectations on the way we present each day. School Photos Master School Portraits will be taking our school photos on Wednesday 14th June at the PRIMARY Campus and Thursday 15th June at the INFANTS Campus. Master School Portraits offer a Pre­Pay system for their photographic services and advise that photos cannot be taken without the envelope being filled out and payment returned. Payments can be made by cash, cheque or via online. Please make cheques payable to MSP Photography and write your child’s name and school on the reverse side of the cheque. Please note that no change will be given by the school or the photographers. Online payments can be made through their website www.msp.com.au using Credit or Debit cards from MasterCard or Visa. The website will display an order reference code, which should be noted on the back of the envelope in the box provided. Personalised envelopes, with the student’s name, went home last week. Please return the envelope and payment to your child’s class teacher by Tuesday 13th June. Family Portraits : Family (a single portrait of two or more children who attend the school) pre­pay envelopes also went home with the eldest child last week. Family photos will be taken in the Primary Hall at 1.10pm on Wednesday 14th June for families with children at BOTH campuses. INFANTS parents will need to transport their children from the Infants to the Primary Hall. If your children attend the Infants only, and you would like a Family Photo, they will be taken at the Infants Campus on Thursday 15th June after the class groups. Special Group Photos : The Student Representative Council, House Captains and School Captains will be taken on Wednesday. Tamworth City Eisteddfod - Choral Speech Section – Kinder, Years 1, 2 & 4 students only We wish to advise that the Choral Speech Section of the Tamworth City Eisteddfod will be held at the Tamworth Town Hall on:

Monday 5th June for our Kindergarten, Years 1 & 2 students. Session commences at 10.00am .

Tuesday 6th June for our Year 4 students. Session commences at 10.00am .

Permission notes have already been sent home, so please sign and return to your child’s class teacher ASAP. Our students are very excited and have been busy preparing and practising for their performance. All children are requested to wear their full WINTER uniform (including tie) on the day of the Eisteddfod .

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St Edward's School Cookbook Don’t forget as part of our ‘Wellbeing Week’ initiative, we will be launching our very own St Edward's School Cookbook, but WE NEED YOUR HELP!! Please email Mrs Ryan or Mrs Mitchell your favourite HEALTHY nibble, entree, main or dessert, along with your family's name to feature in it. cryan@stedwardstamworth.catholic.edu.au tmitchell1@stedwardstamworth.catholic.edu.au

LOST at the Infants Campus…. Size 8 school jacket labelled and belonging to Cooper Allingham (2B); Size 8 school jumper labelled and belonging to Henry Thomas (1H); Size 8 school jumper labelled and belonging to Logan Jordan (2A); Size 6 school jumper labelled and belonging to Reid Gray (KG).

We encourage parents to please check your children’s belongings and if found please return to the respective class teacher or Mrs Sauer at the Infants Office.

FOUND at the Primary Campus - Girls Cardigan A girls peach coloured glittery cardigan, size 3 Pumpkin Patch brand, was left behind following the Mother’s Day celebrations on Friday 12th May. To claim, please see Mrs Sauer at the Infants Office.

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GREEN TEAM We’ve been working hard this week in Green Team and we’ve been keeping our plants well watered. Green Team have picked lots of capsicums and snow peas. We dug up our cabbage last week and they were nice and healthy. Some of the cabbages were very big and plump, while others were small.

The weeds have been growing very quickly and Green Team has been working hard to get rid of them. The weeds have been coming up everywhere in all our gardens creating more and more work for us!

In the next couple of weeks we are aiming to have some more garden beds up and running, with carrots and some new cucumber shoots.

The chickens are happily pecking away in their pen at the yummy scraps from the Canteen. We give them these scraps everyday. They have finished moulting now and two of them have finally started laying fresh eggs for us. The other four should start laying soon.

By Parker and Hallie

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SHERPA KIDS ST EDWARD’S Before, After & Vacation Care

Primary & Infants Campus Monday to Friday 7am – 6pm

Breakfast & Afternoon Tea Included This Week’s Theme: Snowies!

(L to R) McKenzie, Charlotte & Amity are beautiful rainbow butterflies

We are Open on the Pupil Free Days Friday 23 rd & Friday 30 th June – email us for a booking form today!

Most Parents pay between $4.60 and $9 per day. Please contact us for a quote.

For enquiries call or email Angie – 0481 373 883

New enrolments, please contact William – 0410 841 628 stedwardstamworth@sherpa­kids.com.au

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ST EDWARD’S SCHOOL ASSEMBLY AWARDS

Class

Student of the Week

Curriculum Award (Science)

Value of the Week Award (Learning)

KBC Zac Robertson Jacob Mihell Wilson Maloney

KG William Jefferys Emily Camilleri Callum Fox

KP Brooklyn Stacpoole Isabella Hoskins Madison Thomas

1H Paul Refalo Caine Morgan Jade Marsh

1P Claire Kimber Ruben Gibbs Emma Robertson

1S Cooper James William Tomlinson Brooklyn Hayes

2A Evelyn Kendall Alyssa Sleiman Sam Studte

2B Grace Dietrich Fergus McGilchrist Lucy Stuart

2P Riley Bellenger Blake Ward Kane Glasby

3G Riley Jones Dylan Mihell Elizabeth Flood

3L Paris Edwards Matthew Frost Kristyn Thomas

3R Cordelia Wilson James He Kai Morris

4C Cody Baxter Fletcher Norman Hayden Hunt

4L Liam Poflotski Jack Thompson Cohen Wolter

4W Liam Dahl Wilson Buttenshaw Lexi Maguire

5K Jayde Elliott Bailey Brooke Kerwin Richards

5Q Sam O'Sullivan Zoe Cosgrove Gabi Higgins

5S Noah Morley Isaac Fensbo Aiden Lee

6C Milly Maguire Caitlin Jackson Aleisha Young

6M Chloe Bateup Cameron Smith Brayden Boonstra

6U Cy Sweeney Innes Munro Sian Austin

HOUSE AWARD : Primary: Kennedy Green Infants: Kennedy Green PRIDE & PRESENTATION : Primary: 6C Infants: KP

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BRONZE AWARDS Congratulations to the following students who have been awarded a Bronze Award for a consistent effort to be well behaved: Rosie Bremner (KBC); Bella Hill (KBC); Stella Baker (KBC); Francis Frost (KBC); Konnor Harris (KBC); Paris Michell (KBC); Anghus Scates (KBC); Emily Weber (KBC); Siara Wolter (KG); Mia Goodfellow (KG); Charlotte Goulding (KP); Harper McCulloch (KP); Sally Dietrich (KP); Brock Slingsby (KP); Jett Lamb (KP); Emily Tobin (2A); Declan Clark (2B); Trisha Dizon (2B); Riley Miller (2B); Riley Bellenger (2P); Cameron Southern (2P); Riley Jones (3G); Caitlin Refalo (3G); Emma Newlan (3G); Caitlin Dunstan (3L); Angus Bridge (3R); C-Jay Marsh (4C); Hannah Pawsey (4L); Chelsie Ashford (4L); Gabrielle Miller (5K); Jayde Elliott (5K); Yul Angelo Barbero (5K); Kyra Mihell (5K); Lucas Southern (5Q); Tarnee Ingram (5Q); Kaydence Larkham (5S); Addison Black (5S); Kahni Craig (5S); Aiden Lee (5S); Makayla Hoffman (5S); Charlotte Bridge (5S); Sophia-Rose Markham (5S); Nadine Tremayne (5S); Bailey Wills (6C); Amelia Newlan (6C); Georgia Sheppard (6C); Lachlan Croker (6M); Evie Bower (6U) and Annalise Hewitt (6U). RESPECT RULES AWARD : Primary : Congratulations to Matthew Sullivan (4C) for displaying respect for our school environment by sweeping the verandah. Infants : Congratulations to Lola Jackson (KG) for her beautiful manners and remembering to say thank you with such enthusiasm every day.

CANTEEN ROSTER Date Primary Infants

Tues 30th May

Emma Walsh

Jamie Boreham

Bec Evans

Wed 31st May

Natalee Leonard

Anna Jefferys

Belinda Hayman

Thurs 1st June Kellie-Ann Hansen Renee Wrigley

Fri 2nd June

Tania Young

Bec Evans

Catherine Thomas

Leon Brydon

Mon 5th June

Carissa Smith

Katrina Masters

Bec Evans

Carissa Smith

Katrina Masters

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ST ED’S PARENT ASSOCIATION NEWS

St Edward’s Pie Drive

Order forms were sent home last Monday with orders to be returned by Friday 16th June !

Lots of yummy sweet and savoury pie varieties and lamingtons available.

Orders will be available for collection on Tuesday 27th June from the Primary Hall.

Thank you Kellie­Ann Hansen for organising this delicious fundraiser!

Come and enjoy this fun family day out on Sunday 18th June.

Extra order forms available from either school office. Thank you Karissa Burrows and Grant Lee for organising this fundraiser.

Parent Association Meeting tomorrow evening, Tuesday 29th May

7:30pm Primary Staffroom All welcome!

Jenny Maloney, Co-President

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