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St Finbarr’s Student Protection Contacts
Genny McNair ~ Melissa Moran
St Finbarr’s Parish School
Jabiru Street, P.O. Box 34 Quilpie, QLD, 4480
Phone: (07) 46561412—Fax: (07) 4656 1306
Email: [email protected]
Attachments
School Photos
Yr 3 Music
Forms
Tuckshop Enve-
lopes
NOVEMBER
6th Melbourne
Cup Holiday
30th Swimming
Carnival
21st Mike Thom-
ason Visit
25th End of
School Mass
DECEMBER
4th Awards Night
6th Last Day of
Term 4
6th POOL PARTY
23rd Christmas
Mass 7pm
Dear Parents and Friends
The annual St Finbarr’s School Fete was very successful again this year. This event is certainly a credit to the cur-
rent P&F committee, our parents, both present and past, school staff and the people of the Quilpie Community who
support the fete each year.
An event such as this does take a great deal of organisation and I am very proud to work with our families who pull
everything together to make the night entertaining for the children and families of Quilpie. The children thoroughly
enjoyed the laser tag, games, lucky dips and face painting. Ben Hall’s bubble machine was a great surprise for every-
one, particularly the children, who delighted in slipping and sliding in the soapy froth that emanated from the mouth
of the crazy creation.
The Mystery Holiday this year was won by Bob and Lorraine Hall. Bob and Lorraine, as past parents and now grand-
parents of the school, have been wonderful supporters of the school and the fete for many years.
I would like to thank Ben and Jean Hall for their organisation leading up to the fete, all of our parents who helped on
the night, as well as Jennie Anderson, Courtney Bartlett and John and Esther Thallon who also helped with stalls and
activities. We really appreciate the efforts of Debbie Hall for seeking sponsors for the mystery holiday and of course,
Chris Paulsen for organising the holiday prizes. Our appreciation also extends to Snr Constable Mark Baker with the
Blue-light video games and to Mike Castles and Jamie Wensley for providing the music for the night.
This term we are taking advantage of the camera technology supplied to us by the University of Southern Queens-
land. We have been linking up with Year 12 students from Emmanual College who have choreographed a dance
for our students to perform at the end of year Speech and Awards evening. This project was initially created during
the visit by the Emmanual College students at the end of Term 2. Also this term we have employed professional sing-
er and instructor, Cathy Drummond, to provide weekly singing lessons to our students via Skype. Cathy is well
known in the area as she has spent much of her life in Charleville and has performed at many functions in the area
over the years. Year 3/4 students from St Finbarr’s School in Ashgrove also met with our year 3-6 class last week as
part of their geography unit, investigating the impact of drought in rural and remote areas. It will also be a wonder-
ful opportunity for Marcus to meet some of the students who will be attending Marist College Ashgrove, where he
will be boarding for high school next year.
During the last 3 years we have been very fortunate to have Stewart Sloane as our Instrumental Music teacher. Not
only is he a very talented musician, skilled in many woodwind and brass instruments, but he is also a wonderful
teacher who has motivated and inspired our students and lead the Quilpie Band to great success. Stewart will be
moving to the Gold Coast next year to further pursue his teaching career. Stuart has certainly brought ‘alive’ many of
the local social events from our school fete to polo events, race meetings, and even weddings. He will certainly be
missed by the whole community. Stewart has thoroughly enjoyed his time in the Charleville area but is also looking
forward to following another passion of orchestral performance. Last week Stewart conducted assessments on the
Year 3 students to identify a suitable instrument for each of them should they wish to join the Instrumental Music
program next year.
I am currently at Principals Forum in Toowoomba but look forward to seeing everyone on my return next week.
Warm regards
Genny
Education is not the learning of facts but the training of the mind to think. Albert Einstein
Volume: 7
Issue: 18
Date: 7th Nov 2018
TERM DATES
TERM 4: 8th October - 6th December
Spooky Tuckshop - Thank you to last weeks
amazing tuckshop Ladies, Sarah and Ange who created a seriously spooky themed tuckshop.
Including Severed hand punch, spooky cake pops, ghost biscuits, spider cakes and many more deliciously wicked items for lunch. The students got a great thrill
from it thank you again,
Sarah and Ange
Remembrance Day
Sunday
11th November 2018
Remembrance day falls on a
Sunday this year.
All St Finbarr’s students are encouraged to attend the ser-
vice at Bob Young Park. Please assemble at the park at
10.30am in preparation for commencement at 10.45am.
Students are asked to be in full school uniform including hat,
White socks and Black shoes.
We hope to see you all there
2020 Plenary Council
The Plenary Council, 2020 is a gathering of the Church in Australia to make decisions for the future. Your voice is important. All people are invited to contribute to the Plenary Council agenda by sharing your experi-ence of faith and of the Church. Please see http://plenarycouncil.catholic.org.au/ for more information.
School Photos - Have Arrived
Multiple photos have been taken of each class and
the best overall photo was chosen and printed.
If you have any queries about your order or to order
other photos please contact Donna on 0427946360
or email: [email protected]
Prep
2019
If you have not already done so and would like to, Please enrol your child now for school
in 2019.
St Finbarr’s Ashgrove
Using the equipment provided to us by the
University of Southern Qld, Year 3/4 Stu-
dents from St Finbarr's Ashgrove met with
our 3-6 Class. As part of their Geography
unit, the students discussed and investi-
gated the effects of drought in rural and
remote areas and Communities.
Finnies friends in action
The Finnie’s Friends in Action Group recently raised $30 for the Daniel Morcombe Foundation. More importantly the day commemorated the life of Daniel Morcombe and emphasised the importance of safety awareness amongst our students.
The final activity of our Finnies Friends in Action Group will be the annual St Vincent de Paul Christmas appeal. It is a tradition at the school that toys are donated as part of the end of year awards evening which we then pass on to the St Vincent de Paul society to distribute to children of families in need this Christmas. Small gifts for boys and girls (without wrap-ping) can be dropped at the school before the 4th December.
APRE - Remembrance Day & All Saints and All Souls
This Sunday is Remembrance Day. This is a day to commemorate the end of World War II.
At 11 am on 11th November 1918 the guns on the Western Front fell silent after more than
four years of continuous warfare. Although Remembrance Day falls on the weekend this year
we would encourage all students to attend the service to begin at 10.45 am. Please ensure
that students are in full summer uniform including white socks and black shoes.
We also Celebrated All Saint and All Souls day last week at the Church. During this ceremony
we gave thanks and celebrated the memory of those we have loved and lost.
The End of Year School mass will be held on Sunday
25th November at 6 pm.
Prep - 2 News Welcome to week 5!
This week in English we have been reading the traditional and fractured fairy tale of Little Red Riding Hood
to compare and contrast the sequence of events, the characteristics of characters and the language features
used. The students are thoroughly enjoying reading the fractured fairy tales to see how the Author has por-
trayed the characters to the well-known traditional stories. Next week, the students will begin their English
assessment of creating a fractured fairy-tale ending to Goldilocks and the Three Bears. They will have the
opportunity to plan their stories by using film strips and story maps to assist in their writing. Once their
writing is finished, the students will create a digital story of their fractured fairy tale on an iPad using the
app ‘Stop Motion’.
In Religion the students have been exploring key words within the bible and connecting these to prayer. We
have been learning and reading the Hail Mary and how we can use this prayer to remember and honour
Mary through praying. The key words that the students found within the Hail Mary prayer were blessed,
hail, Lord, women, God, Jesus, grace and womb.
Thankyou to all the students who brought items in from home last week for Science to show how sound can
be produced and describe whether it was a low or high sound. Some items that were brought in were very
interesting!
Chelsea – hitting chopsticks together
Delany – playing a guitar and didgeridoo
Nate – clicking the button on a stud check
Elroy – hitting a tin container
Stuart – playing a guitar
Ava – flapping cardboard and
hitting a basket
Jamie – clicking his fingers
Hope you have a wonderful week!
Thanks,
Melissa Moran
FETE 2018 Once again this years Fete was a wonderful success. Thank you to all those who
helped, sponsored and attended this years Fete.