Assistant Principal News…

Winter has certainly arrived with some very chilly days at school this week. A reminder to families that our

students should only be wearing school jumpers and tracksuits on these colder days. A copy of our Winter

Uniform Policy has been included in this newsletter. The School Locker currently has a stock of our winter

uniforms and the pullover is a very warm option at a reasonable price. If your child has misplaced their jacket

or jumper, please ask them to check the lost property outside the canteen, as there are several jackets without

names on them currently in the box.

In Literacy, our Year 6 students are exploring informative texts through the lens of biography. Students are

researching different people who have had a significant impact on the world in some way. This research will

then be presented as an informative text by creating a personal tribute webpage or podcast. I can’t wait to see

the finished products and we will be sharing the students’ podcasts and webpages via the Year 6 Webpage

soon. What a fantastic project Year 6 with a real-world audience and platform!

Regards and God Bless,

Matthew Ritchie

Assistant Principal

Ordinary Time

With the Easter Season culminating in Pentecost last Sunday, we now move into the Ordinary Time of our

Church. During Ordinary Time we are invited to live, learn and celebrate the whole life of Jesus as we take

our direction from Him as His disciples. Through the Holy Spirit the Church was born at Pentecost.

RELIGIOUS EDUCATION NEWS

SCHOOL NEWSLETTER Week 6 Term 2 Friday, 5th June 2020

ST FRANCIS XAVIER PRIMARY SCHOOL

38-50 Swift Street, Ballina NSW 2478

PO Box 1647, Ballina NSW 2478

Phone: 66 86 33 70

Email: balp@lism.catholic.edu.au

Website: www.balplism.catholic.edu.au

Praying with Music

Without You – Wildfire

Without You was written by Wildfire as a heartfelt and honest response to who Jesus

is in our life. It is simply a love song written from a place of enduring gratitude and

unshakable hope. Without You reminds us that we are always held by love as our

world experiences both the beauty of light and, at times, disorienting darkness. It is

our sincere hope that Without You will draw you into an experience of that of love.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=SWKcDbjPRSY

Together - For King & Country

Two-time GRAMMY award-winning duo For King & Country makes a powerful statement in this

collaboration with Kirk Franklin and Tori Kelly. Filmed in their homes during the quarantine, ‘Together’

collates 2000 messages and stories of people’s experiences throughout the COVID-19 pandemic.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?time_continue=31&v=lR1Hk0FVi_k&feature=emb_title

Is He Worthy - By Andrew Peterson

It is a season of hope. This is an emotive and poetic description of what Jesus did for us. Is He worthy? He

is!

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=fs7Kah6wnY8&feature=youtu.be

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Prayers

God Bless, keep safe and well.

Kerrily Jelfs

Leader of School Evangelisation

Kristie Coster

Leader of Catechesis

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Parish Update Father Peter and Father Anselm are celebrating Masses in our Parish as follows –

5.00 pm Saturday Vigil Mass - SFX Church & Lennox Head

9.00 am Sunday - SFX Church

11.00 am Sunday - SFX Church.

7:30am Sunday – Lennox Head (20 people only at Lennox Head Masses)

From next Tuesday, 9th June, all weekday Masses will be at 12.00 noon in SFX Church

with a capacity of 45 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 3pm on Fridays to register your name and contact details.

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BISHOP of LISMORE — GREGORY HOMEMING OCD —

The Opening of Churches from 1st June 2020

Churches will open but no more than 50 people may attend at once (this must be supervised by the

parish priest or delegated person);

Churches are open for Prayer, Confessions, Mass, Baptisms, Funerals and Weddings;

Only 20 attendees are permitted at Weddings;

Contact details of all those entering the church (name and phone number or email address) must be

recorded;

Spatial distancing (at least 1 1/2 m from each other, the 4 square-metre rule) and hygiene directions

(including regularly disinfecting the church) must be observed; attendees may sit only in marked

places, to queue at a distance from others, to take care when coughing or sneezing and to avail

themselves of hand sanitizer provided;

Congregational singing is suspended until further notice;

Holy Communion shall be received on the hand only; the Chalice will not be distributed;

Those who are unwell or at high risk due to compromised immune or respiratory system should not

attend; those over 70 should exercise particular caution.

Further relaxations are expected over coming months, but this will depend upon infection rates not spiking

and churches being able to demonstrate responsible behaviour.

Further special directives have been issued to clergy and parishes.

Even with fifty in attendance and some multiplication of Sunday Masses, many of the faithful will be unable

to attend. The faithful are therefore dispensed from attending Sunday Mass. You can keep Sunday holy by

setting aside some time for prayer at home, reading the Scriptures of the day, watching Mass on television or

online, and asking God for the graces you would normally receive in Holy Communion.

Bishop of Lismore | 10 Orion Street (PO Box 1), Lismore NSW 2480 | P 02 6622 0407 | E bishop@lismore.catholic.org.au

Canteen Roster - Term 2, Week 7

08.06.2020 to 12.06.2020

Thursday, 11th June Christiana Whitty

Friday, 12th June Sandra Gale

CANTEEN NEWS

Please Note

Normal Menu - Monday to Friday.

There will be NO Friday Specials or Sushi Days.

Orders to be made via the QKR App or placed on a paper bag.

ALL orders to be placed by 8:55am.

5th June to 11th June

Kinder

Dakota Bostock Grace Hosie Darcy McDermott Josie Davy

Year 1

Beau Yardy Cannon Hamilton Cassie Llewellyn Alexander Twiname

Year 2

Gabriel Lyons Esther Currie Jasmine Davis Lucas O'Brien

Year 3

Dimity Jackson Marlee Balcombe Harley Ainsworth-

Puglisi

Samuel Hatton

Ava Morley Alexandra Dogan Bella-Jaye Soelkner Zion Apanui

Year 4

Rhyah Bateman Citrine Healy Jayden King Fraser Ironside

Year 5

Ada Campbell Yali Amit Oceane Meredith Indiana Peachey Summer Nesbitt

Year 6

Lukah Noble Jack Davy Toby Schofield Ruby Balcombe

Evie Clark

David Greenhalgh

Edee Muldoon

Citrine Healy

Toby Meany

Teleah Puglisi

Henry Buchanan

HAPPY BIRTHDAY

STUDENT AWARDS Term 2, Week 6

Please click on the link below to visit our website for

enrolment information and an overview of our school.

SFX Website Link

Thank you for your interest in enrolling your child at St

Francis Xavier Catholic Primary School, Ballina. If you

are seeking to enrol your child in our school, please:

Download a copy of our enrolment form and school

prospectus from our school website

Complete the enrolment form and return by post or drop

it into the school along with copies of all relevant documents (birth certificate, baptismal certificate and

Medicare immunisation records)

St Francis Xavier Catholic Primary School

PO Box 1647

BALLINA NSW 2478

The school will contact parents to arrange an interview at an

appropriate time and date.

All of our enrolment decisions are made by the Principal, taking into

account current enrolment numbers and the needs of each

student. Offers of enrolments to families will be prioritised in

accordance with the School Enrolment Policy.

Unfortunately, due to the current developing conditions around COVID-19, we will not be conducting face-

to-face interviews or walk-throughs until further notice. Any enquiries in relation to the potential enrolment

of your child in our school should be emailed to our school: balp@lism.catholic.edu.au

The school Facebook page has now been published. We will be using

this platform as a celebration of events that have happened within our

school community. This will not be the main communication page for

parents, so please ensure you continue to read our weekly school

newsletters and class communication pages for other important information and

updates.

Go ahead and like us @ St Francis Xavier Primary School, Ballina

KINDER 2021 ENROLMENT INFORMATION

PARENT NOTICES

Dear Families,

Statements were mailed out to you for your reference in Week 3. If you are experiencing financial difficulties

or you have been in receipt of JobSeeker Allowance at any time in 2020 please contact Mrs Kathy Buckley

via telephone 66863370 or by email at balpfinance@lism.catholic.edu.au.

WINTER UNIFORM:

BOYS: Navy Tracksuit Pants with School Emblem or Navy Shorts with School Emblem, Navy, Green, White

Polo Shirt with School Emblem, Navy Tracksuit Jacket with School Emblem, navy ankle socks (visible above

shoes) and Navy School Hat with School Emblem.

GIRLS: Navy Tracksuit Pants with School Emblem or Navy Culottes/Navy Shorts with School Emblem,

Navy, Green, White Polo Shirt with School Emblem, Navy School Tracksuit Jacket with School Emblem,

navy ankle socks (visible above shoes) and Navy School Hat with Emblem. Navy, green or white (to match

School Polo) hair ribbons or scrunchies only. During Terms Two and Three in colder weather, navy tights

may be worn as an addition to the school uniform, however, the first preference is still for children to wear

the school tracksuit pant. Tights must be worn under either the school culottes or school shorts. The

tights must be navy blue, 70 denier, they can be opaque or ribbed. If the tights are ripped, torn or not of the

type designated in this policy, children will be asked to remove them. Leggings or dance pants are not

allowed.

SHOES: Both boys and girls wear all black leather school shoes or joggers (polishable) no coloured

stripes, trims or logos and no coloured shoe laces. (No skate shoes/basketball boots, canvas shoes or ballet

type shoes allowed – these pose a WHS issue).

Substitute uniforms are not permitted (this includes shoes, shorts, tracksuit pants, leggings or dance pants and

hats).

All students must be neat and tidy. At St Francis Xavier Catholic Primary School, we believe this to mean:

Correct uniform worn at all times. If a student is out of uniform a note of explanation is required.

No jewellery, other than sleepers (max 10mm diameter) /studs or a watch to be worn.

Hair that reaches collar length must be tied back off the face.

No bleaching, colouring or “extreme” haircuts will be allowed.

No nail polish or makeup to be worn.

SCHOOL FEES

SCHOOL UNIFORM POLICY

Year 5 – In Religion this week, Year 5 have completed a Bible Journal

with reference to a Scripture passage from Isaiah. A Bible

Journal is a creative way to express and document a personal

response to a scripture passage.

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Last Day of

Term 2

Friday, 3rd July

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First Day of

Term 3

Monday, 20th July

DATES TO REMEMBER

CLASS NEWS