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Growth Through Love & Loyalty

SAINT FRANCIS XAVIER PRIMARY SCHOOL

Athletics Carnival 2021

38-50 Swift Street, BALLINA NSW 2478 PO Box 1647, Ballina NSW 2478

Phone: (02) 66863370 Web: [email protected]

Email: [email protected]

Week 9 – Term 2 2021


Assistant Principal News…

Dear Parents and Families,

Athletics Carnival

It was a beautiful day yesterday out at Xavier Catholic College for our annual Athletics Carnival. After last

year it was so good to see all of our students out competing in events again. We have many fine young athletes

at our school across the grades and I have no doubt we will see a large number of these students representing

our school at the next level. A massive thank you to Mr Wilde for his organisation of the day plus an equal

thank you to all the staff who made the day such a success.

Parent Forum

The final Parent Forum meeting for Term 2 was held on Tuesday night and we had another great turnout from

our school community.

Mrs Hallie Watt obtained an art funding grant for the school involving artist Amelia Kalifa. Amelia presented

at the meeting on her work as a community artist as well as sharing our students’ amazing creations with the

group. Amelia’s art can be viewed via her website below. http://www.ameliakalifa.com/

The main topic of discussion at the meeting was around the new school playground. The forum reviewed

several concepts from different manufacturers and we are now ready to move to the final stage of the

purchasing process.

New soccer goals and netball nets were also discussed and larger safe goals plus new netball nets for the

students are to be ordered for Term 3.

If you cannot make it to the first Parent Forum meeting next term on Tuesday, 27th of July, yet have a topic

that you would like to address, please let our Chairperson Amy Campbell or our Forum Secretary Sean Davy

know prior to the meeting and they will add it to the agenda for you.

Matthew Ritchie

Assistant Principal

http://www.ameliakalifa.com/


TERM 2 2021

Week 10 Monday, 21st June Spelling Bee

11.45am K-2

12.30pm 3-6

Tuesday, 22nd June Matt King Cup – Rugby League Gala Day - Casino

Thursday, 24th June Across Grade Mass – Years 2, 3 & 4 – 9:30am

Friday, 25th June Assembly Year 6 Prayer – 2.30pm

LAST DAY TERM 2

TERM 3 2021

Week 1 Monday, 12th July First Day of Term 3 Staff & Students

Week 2 Monday, 19th July PUPIL FREE DAY - (Staff Development Day)

Tuesday, 20th July Gymnastics-Year 3, Year 1 and Year 5

Wednesday, 21st July Richmond Zone Athletics Carnival

Gymnastics-Kinder, Year 2 and Year 4

Thursday, 22nd July Gymnastics-Year 5 and Year 6

Week 3 Tuesday, 27th July Gymnastics-Year 3, Year 1 and Year 5

Wednesday, 28th July Gymnastics-Kinder, Year 2 and Year 4

Thursday, 29th July Gymnastics-Year 5 and Year 6

Week 4 Tuesday, 3rd August Gymnastics-Year 3, Year 1 and Year 5

Wednesday, 4th August Gymnastics-Kinder, Year 2 and Year 4

Thursday, 5th August Gymnastics-Year 5 and Year 6

Week 5 Tuesday, 10th August Gymnastics-Year 3, Year 1 and Year 5

Wednesday, 11th August Gymnastics-Kinder, Year 2 and Year 4

Thursday, 12th August Gymnastics-Year 5 and Year 6

School Calendar


Religious Education News…

Parish Mass Times

Upcoming School Masses

As we are still restricted in numbers in the church, we will continue to attend Mass across classes. Parents are

most welcome to join us for Mass. Please use the QR code to sign in at the church door. Week 10- Thursday,

24th June at 2.30pm - Years 2, 3 and 4 will attend Mass together.

Student Awards…

Kinder Learning & Class Awards

Ryan Piercy Coen Loughrey Luna-Rose Davidson Leo Marboeuf

Year 1 Learning & Class Awards

Daniel Dorey Braxton Whitton Dakota Bostock Yunna Yagi


Lennox Hannah Amy Sharpe Molly Gerada Stella Marboeuf


Evie Clark Chase Thompson Dustin Kennedy Bonnie Chason


Maximus Davy Raine Wallace Jayden King Helena Druzynski

Making Jesus Real Awards

SFX Ballina Parish

(max 200 people) Lennox Head

Parish

(max 75 people) 6.00 pm Saturday Vigil Mass 5.00 pm Saturday

Vigil Mass 9.00 am Sunday 7:30am Sunday

11.00 am Sunday

All weekday Masses will be at 12.00 noon in SFX Church with a capacity of 200 people at each Mass, including our

weekend Masses. Registration is essential.

If you wish to attend a Mass, please contact the Parish Office on 66811 048 by 12 noon on Fridays to register

your name and contact details or you can use the QR codes available upon entry.


Mason McMahon Josie Davy Cannon Hamilton

Welcome Award Lachlan Saunders

STAR Awards…

Happy Birthday…

Canteen News…

Mila Bernardes Skelton

Braxton Whitton

Ayla Eggleton

Mabel George

Teo Amit

18th June to 24th June 2021

Maggie Rehwinkel Tyler Starkey

Lachlan Jacobson Locklyn Moran

Jacob Fear Carlos Gonzalez

Jack Judge Oliver Scott

Madeleine Druzynski

Tammy is looking for volunteers for the canteen. If you are

able to spare a couple of hours, between 9am and 11:30,

once a month please contact the school office on 66863370

or see Tammy in the Canteen and just let her know what

day suits you.


Canteen Roster – Term 2 – Week 10 2021

Monday, 21st June to Friday, 25th June

Date Parent Helpers

Monday, 21stJune Aimee Mattinson, HELP NEEDED

Tuesday, 22nd June Nicole Graham, HELP NEEDED

Wednesday, 23rd June Louise Tyrrell, HELP NEEDED

Thursday, 24th June Natalie Hannah, Kristie Pettit

Friday, 25th June Sue Keough, HELP NEEDED

Wednesday Specials Term 2

Date Weekly Special

Week 10 Wednesday, 23rd June Roast Beef & Gravy Roll Day

Wednesday Weekly Special

(Wednesday, 23rd June)

Roast Beef & Gravy Roll Day

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Tuesday Sushi Day - Term 2

Week 10 Tuesday, 22nd June

COST - $3.90 each - Sauce 20c each - Chicken, Tuna, Avocado or

Vegetarian

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Year 1 Class News…

Year 1 Science and Technology

Our Year 1 engineers have designed some amazing constructions! They used

their knowledge of forces and materials and worked through the design process

to create their own model of a playground. Well done Year 1!

Sports News…

Action shots from the Netball Gala Day last Thursday.


Spelling Bee News…

Annual School Spelling Bee 2021

The 7th Annual St Francis Xavier Spelling Bee will be held next

Monday, the 21st of June, in the School Hall. Students in K-2 will

compete from 11:45-12:30pm. Students in Years 3-6 will compete

from 12:30-1:45pm. Congratulations to all of the students who

competed in their grade heats. The following students from our school family will compete in the final to

determine St Francis Xavier’s Spelling Champions for 2021. We warmly welcome family and friends to come

along and support our students – please ensure you sign in before entering the school grounds.

Kindergarten Stella McOmish

Maxon Andrews

Koah Matheson

Ari Hilyard

Enzo Conomos

Year One Kace Peachey

Spencer Baldwin

Ruby Hernage

Darcy McDermott

Grace Rohn

Year Two Luke Dogan

Lincoln Lockwood

Sameer Harshad-Patel

Lilla Morley

Alexis Simpson

Year Four Alana McCarthy

Bella-Jaye Soelkner

Nash Gasnier

Maggie Doyle

Ellen Freeman

Athletics Carnival 2021

Please click on the link to view photos of our school Athletics Carnival.

Athletics Carnival Gallery

https://drive.google.com/drive/folders/15YYu7DosWBx4naZKwGIhUAEaEoKrMUXe?usp=sharing


Year Five Elijah Currie

Lillian Bruncke

Zachariah Wilton-Ryan

Sophie Wigley

Ryder Price

Year Six Max Groves

Max Buchanan

Celeste Dalby

Tristan Howie

Olivia Jackson

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Green Zones

Those of you who have been on site this term will be well aware of the Green Zones at all entry points to the

school. As previously mentioned, the Green Zone has been initiated by the Catholic Schools Office as part

of the updated guidelines for parents and visitors

presenting on site at schools under Child Protection

procedures. We initially partitioned off areas

around school entrances to provide a clear visual of

each of the Green Zones. This visual did not form

any physical barrier, but simply served to make

parents aware of the need to register their presence

via the QR Code or iPad. Parents presenting on site

for the purpose of dropping children off or picking

them up are not required to sign in if they do not

venture beyond the Green Zone. If you are

attending to business beyond the Green Zone,

however, you are required to sign in and identify your reason / the person you are visiting. We will no longer

have taped off sections, but still require parents to respect our Green Zones and associated sign-in protocols.

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Our school will be transferring over to The Compass platform at the beginning of Term 3. The app and

computer parent portal will be our school and classroom communication to you. The Compass app will

allow you to:

● Monitor your child’s attendance, and enter in explanations for absences.

● Update family contact details

● View student reports.

● View newsfeed of school announcements, updates or events.

● Provide consent for events and pay for excursions and school fees.

Please note that there are many features of The Compass app available to parents. Please keep an eye out in

our newsletter more information regarding these features in the coming weeks.

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Office Hours

A reminder for parents that our school office hours are

8:30am to 3:30pm Monday to Friday.

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Late Arrivals

If your child arrives after the school bell in the morning, you MUST bring

your child to the front office to be signed in. Your child will then get a late

slip to hand to their class teacher. If you choose to walk your child to their

classroom you MUST sign in to the school in accordance with our Child

Protection Policy.

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I have had my name marked off the roll at the office


Student Pick up Arrangements

We recognise that students’ pick up arrangements can change throughout the day and this then needs to be

communicated to students prior to the end of the day. A reminder that if your child’s pick up arrangement

does change during the course of the day, please phone (no emails) the school office prior to 2pm – please

note that office staff are not allowed to advise students that they will be collected outside of school grounds.

It is extremely important that, where possible, your child is very clear about their daily pick up arrangement.

Reminder

Students are supervised at school from 8:30am. When students

arrive at school they are to sit in the Shelter Shed until instructed by

the teacher on duty.

The School Bell for the end of day goes at 3.15pm - When leaving

school, students depart in one of four ways:

Bus - Children are to sit in bus lines and wait for teachers’ instructions to board their bus. Bus pass

forms are available on-line.

Bike - Students are to move quickly to their bikes or scooters and walk these to the gate at the front

of the school. They must not ride these on school premises and they should take the shortest

and safest route home.

Walking - These children should leave through the front school gate without delay. Any child needing to

cross Swift Street should wait at the crossing and be directed by the Crossing Supervisor.

Pick up - Children being picked up should wait in the School Hall until collected and then leave with

their parent or guardian.

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Change of Details

It is extremely important that you notify the school of any change of

address, telephone contact numbers, email addresses, family status and/or

residential arrangements.

Please email these changes to

balp@lism,catholic.edu.au

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Last Day of Term 2

Friday, 25th June 2021

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First Day of Term 3

Monday, 12th July 2021

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Pupil Free Day

(Staff Development Day)

Monday, 19th July 2021

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