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St Laurence’s Primary School NEWSLETER ◊ Number 11 ◊ 6th June, 2018

2018 YEAR OF YOUTH

Open new horizons for spreading joy—Pope Francis

Friday Footwear Fun - Fundraiser for our friends’ feet in Haiti GOLD COIN DONATION

This Friday, 6th June, students are invited to wear funny footwear on Friday. Footwear can be odd shoes, funny shoes or ridiculous shoes or crazy socks.

A donation of a gold coin will ensure that money can be sent to buy shoes for some of the children at Mystery of God school

in the slum of Cite de Soleil in Port-au-Prince, Haiti.

CONFIRMATION: Congratulations to the following students who made their Confirmation on Saturday:

Charlotte Berry, Katie Blackshaw, Sam Carmody, Bayleigh Cowell, Blake Denbrok, Sandra Dyke, Lucy

Falls, Tadgh Gannon, James Heneghan, Harry Hoekstra, Raph Jefferis, Alex Johnston, Isaac Karipel,

Bella Licciardello, Stella McGannon, Zac McRae, Kealy Oliver, Ally Oliver, Will Patton, Billy Trotman,

Sophie Wright, Nathan Giardina, Jasmine Taylor.

PREP ENROLMENTS FOR 2019

Sibling enrolments close 31st May.

Please collect an enrolment form from the school office asap.

FOR NEW FAMILIES: School tours are available by request

most days of the week during school terms in 2018.

Enrolment packs are available form the office.

YOU ARE INVITED TO OUR NEXT OPEN

MORNING:

TUESDAY, 31st July Session 1 9:30am

Session 2 10:30am

SCHOOL AS NORMAL ON FRIDAY, 8th JUNE

HOWEVER, NO BUSES RUNNING

WORKING TOGETHER

We shape our self to fit this world and by the world are shaped again. The visible and the invisible working together in common cause, to produce the miraculous. I am thinking of the way the intangible air passed at speed round a shaped wing easily holds our weight. So may we, in this life trust to those elements we have yet to see or imagine, and look for the true shape of our own self, by forming it well to the great intangibles about us. -- David Whyte from The House of Belonging ©1996 Many Rivers Press

DIARY DATES Please check regularly for date changes.

JUNE Thursday, 7th Division Cross Country—Stony Creek—Good Luck Team Friday, 8th

NO BUSES—School AS NORMAL

Footwear Fun - Fundraiser for our friends’ feet in Haiti—GOLD COIN DONATION

Class Mass P/1D, 2L & 5/6A Monday, 11th Public Holiday—Queens Birthday Saturday 16th First Eucharist Mass 5pm Tuesday, 19th

3/4 Town Library Visit 9:30-11:30am

Lap-a-thon Tuesday, 26th Gr 5 Pilgrimage Mass—Sale. Please ensure that CareMonkey permission is given Thursday, 21st Lap-a-thon Sponsor Form to be returned Thursday, 28th

Last day of Term - 3:15pm Finish

School Disco TBC Friday, 29th School closure—Staff PD JULY Monday, 16th School Closure—Staff PD Tuesday, 17th Term 3 commences Monday, 23rd P & F meeting 9am. Conference Room Monday, 30th Whole School Incursion Tuesday 31st Open Morning 2019 Session 1 9:30am, Session 2 10:30am AUGUST Wednesday, 1st Family Life 3/4 Wednesday, 8th Family Life 5/6 Thursday, 9th Australian Mathematics Competition Friday, 10th Bushwahzee whole school incursion Friday, 24th No Buses Running—SCHOOL AS NORMAL SEPTEMBER Friday, 14th Division Aths—Cranbourne Friday, 21st Last day of Term 3 OCTOBER Monday, 8th Term 4 Commences Tuesday 16-Friday 19th

Junior Swimming Program

Orientation #1 Monday 22—Thursday 25th Junior Swimming Program Tuesday, 30th

Junior Sports

Orientation #2 NOVEMBER

25/5—Writing competition winners: Liam O’Neill, Sam Johnson, Sandra

Dyke, Isabel Stefani

25/6 Awards: Aiden Treacy, Hayden Nielsen, Charlotte Berry, Sam

Johnson, Reece McRae, Ella White, Teagan Denbrok, Lachie Bowler

Cross Country: James Heneghan, Raph Jefferis, Tadgh Gannon, Sam

Carmody

Parish Priest Father Aju Varghese - Parish Secretary: Anne Hemming St Laurence’s Parish Office St Joseph’s Korumburra Parish Office

5662 2020 - laurleongatha@vtown.com.au 5655 2567 - stjoeskor@vtown.com.au Office hours 9:00am-5:00pm Tues, Thurs & Fri Office hours Mon 9:00am -5:00pm

ABC Awards 25/5: Nimiya Manavalan, Louisa Johnston, Rachel

Denbrok

Olivia Cumming, Zara Borg, Audrey McGannon, Lydia Giles

Cross Country: Tallarah Murdoch, Ana Heneghan, Ella White,

Gemma Meadley Alice Evans, Bella Licciardello, Sandra Dyke, Charlotte Berry

Cross Country: Kade Berryman, Angus McInnes, Mitch Croatto,

Reuben Gammon

Sam Carmody,

Indie Cameron,

Reuben

Gammon,

Charlotte

Berry,

Olivia

Cumming,

Gemma

Meadley

Sam Johnson, Eamon Reardon, Archie Gannon, Indie Cameron

HOUSE CROSS COUNTRY

SUPPORTING OUR SCHOOL COMMUNITY

BAKERS DELIGHT SCHOOL REWARDS: EASY

FUNDRAISING. When you buy your bread and

baked goods at Bakers Delight mention that

you would like your points to go to St

Laurence’s Primary School. A portion of your

purchase goes to the school. At the end of

the year we receive a cheque that goes to the

P & F to buy resources for our school.

Michaels IGA Rewards Program If you don’t have your points going directly to us, you can choose to

donate your points, it is easy. Just fill in a Points Donation Form,

available in store or from school or you can log onto

michaelsiga.smartrewards.com.au and change your points allocation

yourself. (Having trouble remembering your username or password?

Email tl@michaelsiga.com.au and they are happy to help you.

Handy Hint: Don’t like carrying the rewards tag around? Take a

picture of the barcode on your phone and use that at the register.

2018 TERM DATES

Term 1: 30 Jan —29 March

Term 2: 16 April - 29 June

Term 3: 16 July - 21 September (students

return 17th July)

Term 4: 8 October - 20 Dec for students & 21 Dec for staff

BOOK WEEK DRESS UP PHOTOS

Any comments or questions or to be added to our emailing list: email: stlaurencepandf@gmail.com

PARENTS AND FRIIENDS NEWS

President: Belinda Isted Vice President: Tona O’Connor

Treasurer: Di Marinou Secretary: Melissa Denbrok

Email: belinda.i.1978@gmail.com

P & F Board Rep: Julia Bowler

Canteen: Deb Carmody: 0400 140 449

Second Hand Uniform: Krista Evans 0409 585 080

Meals On Wheels: Ellen Wilson 0413 338 275

IGA Co-ordinator: Tanya Privitera 0408 649 259

NEXT MEETING: Our next meeting is Monday, 23rd July. 9am in the conference room. All welcome and encouraged to attend.

HOT LUNCHES — TERM 2 and 3: Hot lunches are on a Friday in T2 & T3.

Tuesday, 19th June Lap-a-thon Thursday, 28th June School Disco TBC Friday, 10th August Bushwahzee whole school incursion

We have two recent incidents at school where the glass bottles have shattered. For student and

teacher safety we ask that you please not send your child to school with glass drink bottles.

IMPORTANT - NO GLASS DRINK BOTTLES AT SCHOOL - IMPORTANT

BOOK WEEK

Book week was a wonderful success. Thank you so much to everyone who supported our book week by buying books.

With your purchases we now have $1000 in commission to spend on more wonderful books for our library. Merci — Mrs

Gatehouse.

Thank you to all the grandparents, aunts, uncles, friends and parents who come along to see the children in the parade

and to stay for grandparents day. Everyone had a lovely time and we enjoyed having you here to see us in action. Thank

you again for all your support.

ROSARY BEAD MAKING: Alan Forbes running rosary

bead making on Wednesdays during lunchtime. We

thank Alan for his time and patience in helping chil-

dren to make their own set of rosary beads and the

children are having a great time picking out their own

bead colours.

PHONES, TABLETS, IPADS

If your child needs

to bring a phone or

tablet/iPad to

school, it must be handed in

at the beginning of the day

and collected at the end of

the day.

It is not acceptable to have

these items in school bags

or in class.

Classes begin at 8:50am sharp. Children

need arrive at school before line up at 8:45am.

SCHOOL NURSE PROGRAM FOR PREP CHILDREN

LARGE WHITE ENVELOPES WERE HANDED

TO ALL PREP CHILDREN LAST WEEK.

ENVELOPES NEED TO BE RETURNED TO

SCHOOL AS SOON AS POSSIBLE PLEASE.

GO TO PAGE 3 IF YOU DO NOT CONSENT.

On Tuesday the 19th of June, the students of St Laurence Primary School will be participating in an ADVENTURE LAPATHON

that is run by the Parents & Friends committee. The course will be within the school grounds and will include many

obstacles and activities to challenge our children and promote fun while being active.

The course will be modified as the day progresses to make the course more challenging for the older students.

The number of laps that students complete will be marked down for each student and the laps for each class will be tallied

up. The class with the most laps will win a lunch provided by the Parents & Friends committee.

This day will also be a fundraiser where students can raise money by getting sponsors for the lapathon. (PLEASE SEE THE

ATTACHED SHEET). This will be tallied up for each class and again the class who has raises the most money will be

rewarded with a lunch from the Parents & Friends committee. The class that runs the most laps will also be awarded a

lunch.

Other prizes will include a ‘King and Queen’ of the lapathon, the “boss of the bank’ as well as the family who raises the

most money.

PROGRAM FOR THE DAY:

Grade Prep/1 and 2: 10:15am - 10:45am

Grade 5 and 6: 11:30am – 12:00pm

Grade 3 and 4: 12:15pm - 12:45pm

So that this day is a fun and safe day, we will be requiring some parents to assist throughout the day. Mostly just standing

at each obstacle to assist and encourage the students.

A CareMonkey has gone out this afternoon. HELPERS NEEDED. Please indicate on CareMonkey if you are able to assist on

the day. Your help will be very much appreciated.

SPONSOR FORMS WAS ON THE BACK OF THE INFORMATION SHEET THAT WENT HOME TODAY. They are to be returned by

21st June.

LAP-A-THON

LIGHTNING PREMIERSHIP

Last Friday the annual Lightning Premiership was held at

Mary MacKillop College. The weather was perfect and a

large crowd of spectators were in attendance. This event

concludes this year’s winter sports program.

Many thanks to Mary MacKillop College for their assistance

on the day and throughout the winter sport program. The

College grounds and facilities are excellent and very well

presented. Kate Sperling the District Coordinator from

Mirboo North PS, did a great job with organisation and

preparation and the day ran smoothly.

St Laurence's is fortunate that we have such generous and

interested parents who give up their time to help not only

last Friday but also throughout our winter sport program.

Many thanks to Emma McGannon, Lorcan Heneghan, Trish

Bowler and Natasha McRae for your invaluable support.

Our school did not have any team move into the Grand

Final or onto the Division stage. However, our students

efforts were whole hearted and their behaviour and

sportsmanship was of high standard.

Finally many thanks to all those parents/grandparents who

came along last Friday to watch the various teams. It is

always great to have such support.