S t Th er es e’s Pr ima r y S cho ol

N E W S L E T TER Principal: Matthew Mann Deputy Principal: Margaret Brohm

SCHOOL OFFICE Monday - Friday 8.30am to 4.30pm UNIFORM SHOP Monday & Thursday 8.30am to 9.30am Tuesday 3pm to 4pm ST THERESE’S HALL HIRE Tel: 5443 3200 STEPPING STONES All enquiries to: Stepping Stones Tel: 1300 665 699 KENNINGTON PARISH Tel: 5443 3052 ST THERESE’S PLAYGROUP Monday (school terms) 9am to 11am

11 MAY 2016 -

ISSUE 14

Anyone own a Drone? Our school will be celebrang Catholic Educaon Week from Monday 20 May to Friday 3 June. One of the acvies we are planning to undertake is to get all the students standing on the oval in the shape of a Mercy cross and taking a photo. A drone capable of holding a camera would make this possible. If anyone knows of a person who owns such a device and is willing to operate it for our school acvity, please contact Ma'hew Mann.

Successful Grant Congratulaons to Marna Thomson (Mid Thomson) on her successful applicaon to the City of Greater Bendigo for funds under the Community Grants Funding Program. Marna has secured $2000 to go towards further development of “The Patch”. According to the reply we got back from the City of Greater Bendigo, our applicaon was successful because the panel considered our school’s project offered significant community benefit and demonstrated a commitment to working with the council to make Bendigo the most liveable regional city in Australia

Amanda Abley 0429921980

Bendigo Catholic School Posters Bendigo Catholic Schools have produced a poster promong Catholic Educaon in Bendigo. If any parents are able to display a poster at their place of work or business, could you please respond via email to: adminoff@stkennington.catholic.edu.au—subject line “Poster”.

TERM DATES T 1: 28/1/16 - 24/3/16 T 2: 11/4/16 - 24/6/16 T 3: 11/7/16 - 16/9/16 T 4: 3/10/16 - *22/12/16 *TBC Term dates and public holidays for 2016 can be located on our website. (School Information)

Movie on the Green One of the major fundraisers the parents and Fiends Associaon are conducng this year is a “Movie on the Green” (school oval) in Term 4. There is a planning meeng on Tuesday 17 May at 7.30pm at Hashtag, Kennington Village. All parents are invited to a'end this meeng for your thoughts and input.

REMINDER: NEW Traffic Arrangements at Pick Up Time ALL drive through pickups will take place at the hall. The tee pee drive through is NOT to be used for picking up students aer school. Thank you. Please note traffic on MacMillan Street will have priority over any traffic (and there should be very li'le) trying to exit at the Tee Pee. There will be two teachers on duty at the hall to assist four cars at a me to load up with children. St Therese’s Primary School - 27 Albion Street, Kennington 3550 Tel: 03 5443 3200 | Fax: 03 5442 6454 Email: [email protected] | W: www.stkennington.catholic.edu.au

Be Brave and Shave Dear Families,

This year the Senior Unit fundraiser is the World's Greatest Shave for the Leukaemia Foundation. We hope to raise an enormous amount of money to help research into a cure for this disease.

The students having their heads shaved include: Oscar Horan, Andrew Beens, Flynn Anderson, Cooper Watson, Samuel Taylor, Tim Long, Christian Iuliano and Patrick Hannaford. The staff shavees are: Father Andrew, Mr Mann, Mrs Pieper, Mrs Cole, Mr Gallagher and Mr Stirton.

We hope to reach our goal of $5000 before these brave shavees have their heads shaved at Assembly on the 6th of June, 2016.

BE BOLD,

There are donation boxes in the of%ice or you can BE BALD! donate online by following this link: https://secure.leukaemiafoundation.org.au/registrant/ TeamFundraisingPage.aspx?TeamID=97294

So please donate and make a difference... and see your staff and classmates looking very funny!

DONATE NOW - PLEASE STUDENT AWARDS: Congratulations to the following students who recently received awards at assembly: JUNIOR PREP UNIT;

Jack Johnston, Bella Cail, Tahlia Fletcher, Liam Smith, Kelly Ginnivan. Mayumi Wickramarathna.

JUNIOR 1 UNIT:

Georgina Cooney, Riley Travagalia, Lydia Webb, Nicholas Harvey, Grace Clark, Will Jeffrey, Eden Howes

SENIOR UNIT:

Marisa McNutt, Charlotte Strahan-Ferrie, Jake Nihill, Polly Robertson, Kade Mulquiny

Now in its 20th year,

National Reading Month is designed to get more kids reading with their families. Research shows that family reading time is one of the BEST ways to grow a child's interest in the wonderful world of books.

Kids who read, succeed! Fill in the reading log each time you and a family member read, add up your reading time and hand it in to the library to have your chance to win a $50 Dymocks voucher!

How good is that?

Information Night and Open School TONIGHT

Wednesday 11th May 6pm

1. An Informa,on Evening will be held in the McCarthy Learning Centre (Junior Prep area) on Thursday 26 May at 7.00pm. The session is conducted by the Prep teachers and will give an insight into school life at St Therese’s. Enrolment applicaons will be available. 2. An Open School will be held on Friday 27 May from 9.00am -11.00am. Tours are conducted by Grade 6 students and families will get to visit classrooms and hear about the school from a student’s perspecve.

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25% of sales will be donated back to our school

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Limited spaces

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RSVP to Sally Austin - 0407 813 907

Shopping, Socializing & Bubbles...how very lovely!!!

3. Principal tours are being held Tuesday 31 May 9am - 10.30am and Thursday 2 June 9am 10.30am. Alternavely, families can arrange for school tours by phoning the school and making a convenient appointment me with the principal or deputy principal. Current families who have a child ready to commence school in 2017 are welcome to collect an enrolment form or download an applicaon form from school.

Please have your orders in Thursday morning. The new menu seems to be going quite well. If there is anything you would like added please let me know and I will see what I can do. This week’s volunteers are: Thursday 10am - Debbie Knight. Friday 12.30pm - Rebecca Macumber & Nicole Rooke If you are unable to help out on your rostered day please try to find someone who can and if not please let me know. Lunch Bags $10 each

Thankyou - Mary E: [email protected]

M: 0421 068 471

ST THERESE’S BREW BREW--HOUSE Thursday’s 8.30am to 11am @ Allison Arts Centre Come along for a cuppa, sweet treat and a catch up.

EVERYONE WELCOME! (Grandparents, Relatives, Friends, Parishioners etc. - All Welcome) Latte & Cappuccino $2.50 | Hot Chocolate $2.50 | Tea $1.50 | Sweet Treat of the Day $1.50

FOR SALE - From Our PATCH BUY DELICIOUS FRESH, ORGANIC PRODUCE THURSDAY MORNINGS Available at The BrewBrew-House Cafe

Division Cross Country Good luck to all the students who are represenng our school this Friday at the Sandhurst, Goldfields Divisional Cross Country, which will be held at the Bendigo Race Course. Lisa Hercus, Brendan Gallagher, David Mo' and Gabby Walsh will be the supervising teachers of the students throughout the day and will get them to their events on me. Thank you to Briony Tyndall who was one of only two parents who offered to volunteer. All notes should have been returned, if not, students will be unable to parcipate.

Policy - Selec,on of students into a VSSA School Spor,ng Team. 1. 2. 3. 4. 5.

Students can only be selected for one winter sport (e.g. football, soccer, netball) and one summer sport (e.g. basketball) per year. Students must be currently playing/registered in that parcular sport (either for the school or other club level) to be selected. Grade 6 students will be selected first as this is their last opportunity to represent the school. If further numbers are required, the students will be selected at random from Grade 5. At the discreon of the student’s P.E. team, alternave to clause 4, the following can be applied. Grade 5 students can be selected on ability, if, a series of selecon trials are conducted, by an independent panel.

New Healthy Food Pyramid The new food pyramid reflects a change in eang habits. Nutrion Australia has updated its iconic Healthy Eang Pyramid for the first me in 15 years. The new pyramid provides clearer advice on the five core food groups we should aim to eat every day for a healthy and balanced diet. The previous pyramid grouped all foods in three layers: The eat most layer containing plant-based foods (fruit, vegetables, grains, nuts and legumes); the eat moderately layer containing dairy foods (and dairy alternaves) and meat (and meat alternaves); and a small top layer with added fats and sugars. The new pyramid separates each layer into the five specific food groups, to provide clearer informaon about how much each one contributes to a balanced diet. (Lifestyle Australia)

St Therese’s Middle Unit

NIGHT MARKET Thursday 9th June 3pm - 5pm As part of our community inquiry unit, the Middle Unit will be having a night Market on Thursday 9th of June from 3pm to 5pm, to raise money for the needy in our community. More informaon to come….watch this space!

Arts Celebration Evening! Thursday 16th June Keep this date free as our very own student performers take to the stage in a fabulous night showcasing the amazing talent in our student community!

DENTAL SCREENING ALL students are eligible

At St Therese’s School Friday 13 May and

Monday 16 May We strongly encourage those who do not have regular dental screenings to complete a consent form for their child to receive a FREE dental screen at school. (Forms available to download or from the school office)

If you have any questions please do not hesitate to contact Bendigo Health Dental Service on 5454 7994

STEPPING STONES AFTER SCHOOL CARE St Therese’s offers an aPer school program in our school hall each school night unl 6pm. We do not offer before school care however we do operate on Pupil Free days 8am to 6pm. This service is separate from the school and is known as Stepping Stones Children Services, a Tasmanian based company.

Children must be enrolled with us before they can start. Enrolment forms are available from the school office or from the aPer school care staff in the hall. For ALL enquiries please ring our head office on or feel free to pop in and speak with our friendly staff at the school hall from 3pm onwards. TEL: 1300 665 699

SCHOOL REMINDERS School Late Pick Up & Early Drop Off: If you are going to be late collecng your child from school, could you please inform the office. School finishes at 3.25pm and teachers are on duty unl 3.45pm at designated pick up points. Please a'empt arranging other avenues to have your children collected on me or consider ulising Stepping Stones. Students should not be on the school grounds prior to 8.30am when teacher yard duty supervision begins. Before this me, students are not supervised on the yard. The yard duty teacher commences duty at 8.30am. Please be mindful of what me your child arrives at school for their own safety. PLEASE NOTE: Students are to be signed in if arriving late and signed out if being collected early.

Car Parking—St Therese’s: • •

Parking in the front Albion Street car park, outside the parish and alongside the church is reserved for staff and parishioners only. St Therese’s School offers two areas where parents can ‘drive-through’ to collect their children. 1. School Hall and 2. Tee-Pee (morning only). These areas are strictly drive-through areas, parents are not to stop for any other reasons (i.e. chaSng) than to collect their children.

Community of Readers:

From 8.45am onwards, students are expected to be in their classrooms to parcipate. This me provides valuable and purposeful reading acvies for students. It is an opportunity for teachers to hear individual children read in order to monitor their progress, and provide feedback to students. This reading me provides an extra 50 hours of reading pracce per year.

School Fees:

Thank you to all those parents who have already paid their school fees or who have set up Direct Debits. Such a'enon by families makes financial management and planning for the school much easier. Families are required to either pay their full fee account in one lump sum by Friday, 15th April or set up a Direct Debit with the school using a fortnightly opon. These will commence on Friday, February 4th, 2016. An account and calculaon regarding your account and any adjustments for exisng families will be emailed prior. Please note payment of fees can only be made by CASH, CHEQUE or DIRECT DEPOSIT - we do not have EFTPOS facilies.

NewsleEer / Community Services:

The majority of our school informaon such as Newsle'ers, Community News, Uniform Pricelists, Canteen Menu, etc, can be found on our website. The school newsle'er is emailed each Wednesday aPernoon (somemes Thursday morning) and hard copies are available from the office for your child to collect if needed. All informa,on located on the website can be made available as a hard copy from the office.

CATHOLIC COLLEGE BENDIGO INFORMATION EVENING FOR PARENTS/CARERS OF GRADE 6 STUDENTS WITH ADDITIONAL NEEDS Tuesday 24 May, 2016 6.30pm to 7.30pm Library LaValla Junortoun Enquiries to Mrs Therese Lynch Learning Support Facilitator Tel: 5449 3466 E: [email protected]

KENNINGTON CATHOLIC PARISH Father Andrew Fewings Tel: 5443 3052 Mass Times - St Therese’s ⇒

Tuesday & Wednesday: 9.00am

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Thursday (St Francis of the Fields): 9.15am

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Friday: 9.15am

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Saturday: 6.00pm | Sunday: 10.30am

Parish Sacramental Program Please contact Joe for ALL queries regarding the Sacramental Program: [email protected] PLEASE NOTE: Car parking outside the Presbytery is reserved for parishioners only.

Our current Positive Behaviour Intervention Support (PBiS) Blitz is on the:

CANTEEN

LOST & FOUND If any of these ‘bits-n-pieces’ belong to you, or your child — please claim them from the school office. Some of these items have been here for quite a long me.

School banking every TUESDAY Please ensure your bank books are in the office before 9.30am

MARIST COLLEGE BENDIGO TRANSITION DAY: 18 May 9.30am to 2.30pm www.marist.vic.edu.au Tel: 5400 1252

Raw Elements Yoga Gentle Yoga class for all fitness levels

Friday 9.15 - 10.15am @ St Therese’s Hall Commences May 13th Benefits: * Create calm & se'led mind * Increase energy levels * Reduce stress & improve mood * Strengthen, tone & shape body * Meet new people & develop new skills

Contact : Peita Carter (new school mum) M: 0409 855 835 for prices & further info. *childcare available for pre-schoolers addional $4 per child.

Bookings essential

MUSIC LESSONS St Therese’s is blessed to have four instrumental teachers in 2016. Please contact the teachers directly for any queries or to organise lessons. Miss Susan Steele: Piano

0408 343 658 or email at [email protected]

Mrs Karen Harris:

Piano, Voice, Guitar, Cello

email at [email protected]

Mr John Piccolo:

Piano, Guitar (currently full)

0417 114 341 or email at [email protected]

Mr Rod Bradbury:

Drum Kit , Percussion, Voice, Guitar

0410 985 208 or email at [email protected]

Here at St Therese’s we prefer to share smiles - not germs!! Please remind your children the importance of washing their hands with soap and covering their sneeze or cough. Some reasons when you should wash your hands with soap and water….. Adults and children should wash their hands: • When hands are visibly dirty • Before you eat • Before you prepare food items • APer contact with any body fluids like blood, urine or vomit • APer touching animals or pets • APer blowing your nose or sneezing • APer going to the toilet

Dates Dates: Saturday 28th May & Sunday 29th May Times: 9.30am to 11.30am and 2.30pm to 6.00pm Each family is allocated approximately 15 minutes

Location: White Hills Gardens Have you been meaning to update your family portraits? Chrisne is a very talented local photographer who has offered a wonderful deal to our school community that we are very excited about. Normally the cost of a family session is $270 but we are able to offer it for less than half price at only $120 For this price you receive : 10-15 High Res Retouched Images and your images also provided on a CD or USB for you to print as you please.

BOOK YOUR SITTING NOW! Contact Justine Harrington Tel: 0409 215 088 Email: [email protected] Payment of $120 is to be made in full at the school office by Friday 6th May. Please feel free to look at Christine’s Facebook page and Website for more examples of her work. tracychristinephotography.com | Christine Treacy Photography - Bendigo