SCHOOL NEWSLETTER 1 7 T H M A R C H , 2 0 1 5 I S S U E S E V E N - W E E K 8

SAINT JOSEPH’S SCHOOL COMMITTEE

ACTING PRINCIPAL: Michael Tomkins PHONE: 5623 2943, MOBILE: 0407 515 988 EMAIL: principal@stjwarragul.catholic.edu.au WEBSITE: stjwarragul.catholic.edu.au

Stuart Simmie 0407 720 784 Renae Peck 0423 373 377 Boris Mirkovic 0409 010 059 Tim Bethune 0419 314 720

John Van de Burgt 0418 300 788 Kim Debnam 5622 1162 Narelle May 5623 4608 Katrina Magyar 0413 518 258

Bernard Miron 0418 581 930 Margot Baker 0402 475 149 Ken Heywood 5634 2111 Bruce Campbell 5622 2482

MESSAGE FROM THE PRINCIPAL

Dear Parents, There are many opportunities this week to be involved in our school community / parish activities this week. We are in the second last week of term and we have an activities day to cele-brate the feast of St. Joseph on Thursday as well as the Sacra-ment of Reconciliation at night. The school athletics carnival are on this Friday and Stations of the Cross next Thursday, which is also the last day of term for students. The weather is looking okay for athletics on Friday and we will keep our fingers crossed.

School Sports We have our school sports this Friday. Students are invited to come dressed in their house colour. All family members are very welcome. Similar to last year we are selling sausages in bread and drinks. The first sausage is $2 and each subsequent sausage after that is only $1. Drinks are also $1. Melia Silver is still looking for assistance if you are willing to help. If there are some people interested in helping cook the sausages please contact the office. We will start cooking about 11.00am.

School Committee AGM We had a very successful AGM with four new people joining the school committee. Thanks to Luke Patterson, Stuart Dal-ton, Mark Dunsmuir and Nella Marx who have volunteered to represent you. We have at least four committee members leav-ing at the end of the year and therefore we will be in a transi-tion year with a larger committee but those who have joined this year will already have a working knowledge for next year. Thank you to Russell Pitkin, Danielle Auldist and Stuart Simmie for their time and dedication whilst attending school committee meetings.

Hoop Time Co-ordinator We have our Hoop Time co-ordinator for basketball. Thanks to Shayne and Leanne Cruwys. We appreciate your help and hopefully the children will have fun.

New Building Only a couple more sleeps until the building is complete. This week should see the interior completed and then we just need to complete the landscaping. If people are willing to assist in landscaping the new area we will take names and contact you if we need help.

Sacrament of Reconciliation This Thursday night students are making their First Reconcilia-tion at the Church at 7.00pm. Congratulations to the students on the next step in their sacramental journey. Reconciliation is the second sacrament in the Sacraments of Initiation. Baptism, Eucharist and Confirmation are the three other Sacraments. Children need encouragement and reminders to participate in reconciliation. Michael Tomkins (Acting Principal)

L E N T

If we were knives, Lent would be a time to sharpen our cutting edges. If we were cars, Lent would be a time for an oil change and tune up. If we were gardens, Lent would be a time to fertilise our soil and dig out our weeds. If we were carpets, Lent would be a time to get steam cleaned.

If we were computers, Lent would be a time to overhaul our disk drive. If we were highways, Lent would be a time to repair our cracks and fill our potholes. If we were silverware, Lent would be a time to clean away our tarnish. If we were batteries, Lent would be a time to get recharged. If we were seeds, Lent would be a time to germinate and reach for the sun. But we are none of those things. We are people who sometimes do wrong things, we need to atone for them. We are people who sometimes get spiritually lazy; we need to get back into shape. We are people who sometimes become selfish; we need to stretch out of our narrowness and begin to give again. We are people who sometimes lose sight of our pur-pose on earth and the immense promise within us; we need to regain our vision. And because we are also people who some-times tend to put those things off, We need a special sort of official time to concentrate on doing them. So we have Lent. Jesus, you came to help us to see what you could see in the world. Your love for the poor was enormous. During this time of Lent, lend us your eyes, your heart and your mind so that we may see, feel and think as you do. May we be always generous in our resolve to help the poor; For they are the ones who are dear to you

Term 1 Dates WEEK 8 Monday 16th-17th March - Grade 4 Camp (Forest Edge) Thursday 19th March - St.Joseph’s Day (Wear Red) Liturgy 9.15am in the Hall Friday 20th March - Athletics Carnival & Sausage Sizzle WEEK 9 Thursday 26th March - Stations of the Cross (10.00am) - School Canteen Day END OF TERM 3.20PM Friday 27th March - SCHOOL CLOSURE DAY

Term 2 Dates WEEK 1 Monday 13th April - TERM 2 Classes Commence

SCHOOL CLOSURE DAY NO CLASSES

Friday 27th March

CLASS CLASS AWARD

Prep Wans Mischa Ward

Prep Rhodes Jay Pilla

One/Two Jeffers Ollie Hilton

One/Two Barry Isaac Kittelty

One/Two Fechner Lauren Marx

One/Two Ford Eleanor Graafsma

One/Two Kennedy Blair Loft

Three/Four Shannon Tia Jenkins

Three/Four Dodman Harrison Cant

Three/Four Kennedy Keeley Pyle

Four/Five Thompson Molly Schuurmans

Five/Six Stanley/Shelton Deakin Day

Five/Six Clancy Meg Debnam

Five/Six Silver Jody Johnson

Five/Six VB/Inchincoli Brodie Lowe

Awards Term 1, Week 7

School Photos Wednesday 29th April

Religious Education & Parish News

School Masses & Liturgies Term 1

Weekend Mass Times For The Parishes of Warragul & Drouin: Warragul: Saturday 7pm & Sunday 9am Drouin: Sunday 10.30am Neerim Sth: Saturday 5.30pm

WEEK FRIDAY MASS CHURCH DISPLAY MONDAY ASSEMBLY

8 NO MASS - SCHOOL ATHLETICS Liturgy Team Grade 1/2 Ford

9 NO MASS - SCHOOL CLOSURE Liturgy Team Grade 5/6 S/S

Project Compassion Boxes Reminder that project compassion boxes need to be returned by the end of term with any loose change or donations you may have collected. Thanking you

menAlive What? Men’s Weekend, Where? Marist-Sion Hall, When? 21-22nd March 2015 Who? Blokes – only blokes, Why? An enjoyable and

very grounded experience of spirituality for men. Be the best husbands, fathers, men you can be! *Info and registration flyers at the Churches or contacts. *www.menalive.org.au Contacts: Dcn Mark Kelly 0427748646 Fred Allen 0419768178

St Joseph's Day This Thursday On St Joseph's Day, this Thursday 19th March, we are gathering as a school to celebrate this very special feast day. There will be a short liturgy at 9.10am after which the children will return to their classrooms to spend the morning focusing on the Sacrament of Reconciliation. After recess the children will be breaking up into multiage groups to complete activities focusing on St Joseph who lived his life in service to others. St Joseph is the patron saint of our school and Parish. We pray to Saint Joseph to guide and protect us and our families. Saint Joseph is also very important to Italian Communities. Here at St Joseph's School we study the Italian culture and language. It is therefore fitting that we take on board some of the St Joseph Day customs. Everyone is invited to wear red on Thursday. This will highlight our love of St Joseph and his passion of caring for others.

Please Remember To Wear Red Thursday And Celebrate This Special Day

Sacrament of Reconciliation Ceremony Our Reconciliation candidates will make their First Reconciliation this Thursday, 19th March at St. Joseph’s Church, in a Second Rite beginning at 7pm. Candidates are asked to bring their Baptism candle, or any candle, and wear their white stole. All school families are welcome to attend this celebration and receive reconciliation or a blessing from Father.

Sacrament of Confirmation An information meeting for the Sacrament of Confirmation is to be held on Wednesday 15th April in the St. Ita’s school Hall, Drouin, at 7.00pm. This meet-ing is for families who wish to have their child continue their journey of initia-tion into the life of the Catholic Church Community of St. Joseph’s through the Sacrament of Confirmation. To receive Confirmation children must have previ-ously celebrated the Sacraments of Baptism, Reconciliation and First Eucharist and be in grade 6. Children and parents are asked to attend this meet-ing. The actual date for Confirmation still needs to be finalised, but will be to-wards the end of May or beginning of June. A note will be sent home in the near

future. For more information contact Liz on 5623 1642 or see Mr Thompson at school. Reconciliation 2015 Congratulations to the following students; Lachlan Barry, Chloe Bell, Joshua Cutler, Chloe Davidson, Matisse Debnam, Jessica Haley, Mackenzie Handley Dorling, Daisy Harford, Sam Heenan, Tia Jenkins, Kailey Kelton, Jacob Lennox Ramm, Magenta Licciardello, Katrina Malacarne, Mia Malady, Caleb McKenna, Adam Mills, Brydie Nyko, Ellie O’Connor William O’Connor, Matthew Parker, Alby Phillips, Ella Pitkin, Autumn Polimeni, Riley Pratt, Makayla Rob-erts, Meaghan Romano, Capprice Wells & Sapphire Wells. Children’s Liturgy There will be a Children’s Liturgy at the Sunday parish mass on March 22nd, at 9am. All primary aged stu-dents are invited to attend.

Let the children come to me.

(Matthew 19:14)

Religious Education & Parish News

HOLY WEEK TIMETABLE 2015 RECONCILIATION 2ND RITE

Tuesday 31ST March Warragul 7.30pm

HOLY THURSDAY 2nd April Mass of the Lord’s Supper:

Drouin: 7.30pm (Adoration until 10pm) Neerim South: 7.30pm

GOOD FRIDAY 3rd April Stations of the Cross

Warragul: 10am Drouin: 10.30am

Celebrations of the Lord’s Passion

Warragul: 3.00pm Drouin: 3.00pm

HOLY SATURDAY EASTER VIGIL 4th April

Warragul: 7.00pm

EASTER SUNDAY MASSES 5th April Warragul: 9.00

Neerim South: 9.00am Drouin: 10.30am

EXTRA INDIVIDUAL RECONCILIATIONS

Warragul: Wednesday 9.00-9.25am Drouin Saturday 9.00-10.00am

Warragul: Saturday 10.30-11.30am

Parents & Friends Rosters & News

St Joseph’s Playgroup Every Monday morning 9.30am or straight

after morning assembly in the library. All welcome.

For further information contact Silvia 0418 764 954 or

silviantony@vic.australis.com.au.

Icypoles Term 1 Wednesdays

Icypoles available on Wednesdays during Term 1. Vouchers available for 50cents

from your classroom teacher on Wednesday mornings.

Cake Raffle Roster - Fridays At Assembly 50 cents

Please remember not nuts when baking and to provide a list of ingredients with the cake. The cake is required at School by 2.45pm on a Friday afternoon so raffle tickets can be sold prior to assembly. If you are interested in this please con-tact me. Thanking you, Meg Height 0438 514027 or admin@thesummit.net.au. 20th March - Melissa Patterson

School Support Thank you for volunteering your time to help out with school support. Please make a family sized meal to feed approximately 5 people. Can all meals be labelled with the name of the meal, ingredients and the date it was made. Please include your initials. Some ideas for your meal includes lasagne and pasta bakes, pies, casseroles and slow cooked dishes and soups. Anything which freezes well is appreciated. Due to nut and sesame seed allergies at school, please don’t include them in the meal. If you are unable to make a meal when rostered on, just make it when you are able. There will be a reminder in the weekly newsletter. I am only at school periodically so if you become aware of a fami-ly who could utilise a meal from the freezer, you can let me know or go directly to Kitty or Deb in the office. Any questions please don’t hesitate to email or ring me. Many thanks, Naomi Simpson simpsonsigns@bigpond.com 0438 558 152 March 16th – Angela Campbell, Kate McDonald, Kathryne O’Leary, Melissa Patterson March 23rd – Richelle Harris, Paula Gowans, Leanne Dunsmuir, Danielle Auldist

Movie Money Movie Money available from the office at $13.00 each

Baker’s Delight Dough Raiser Program

Once again, Baker’s Delight in cen-trepoint arcade are conducting their dough raiser program. Just mention that you are from St.Joseph’s or pick

up a baker’s delight card from the office. Every pur-chase counts with a percentage coming back to us at School.

Easter Fundraisers

Reminder about our easter fundraisers hot cross bun orders should

have been placed and raffle tickets need to be sent back by this Friday. Thank you for your support!

Dear Families, The Parents & Friends Auxiliary are running the following Easter fundraisers. HOT CROSS BUNS FUNDRAISER Orders for hot cross buns should have been returned to school by now. Buns will be sent home with children on Wednesday 25th March (or larger orders will need to be picked up). (Orders not collected will be stored in the school freezer). EASTER RAFFLE FUNDRAISER This year we have 10 quality chocolate prizes and are on display at the Office. Please put name and contact number on each ticket, you can sell 10 or 20 tickets per book at $1 per ticket. Please return tickets and money to the office by THIS Friday 20th March 2015 Raffle will be drawn at assembly on Thursday 26th March 2015 (Last day of Term) Thanks for your support, Parent and Friends Auxiliary

Parents & Friends Easter Fundraisers

What’s Happening In & Around Classrooms

Grade 1/2’s - Harmony Day As part of our unit ‘Relationships and Community’ we would like to celebrate Harmony Day on the 23rd March. We would like the grade 1/2 students to come dressed in one bright col-our, so we can stand together and form a giant rainbow. We will be running multicultural activities in the classrooms on this day. If you have any special talents e.g. cooking or craft that relate to multiculturalism, that you would be happy to share with us sometime this term, please let your classroom teacher know. If you would like more information about what the day symbolises please visit: http://www.multicultural.vic.gov.au/ From all the Grade 1/2 Teachers

Grade 3 - Poems

Haiku Poems About Our Inquiry Learning Topic On The First Fleet

Sailed on a ship It was really a tough life Many people died Jasmine Spencer 3/4Dodman

I was caught stealing Sent quickly to Australia Rough and stormy sea Jess Haley 3/4Dodman

They went on a ship They brought 5 chickens and rabbits And a piano Mathew Parker 3/4Shannon

It wasn’t easy Stole from England got locked up It was very hard

Kailey Kelton 3/4Moritz

Aborigines They didn’t want the aboriginals to come Here to Australia Caleb McKenna 3/4Kennedy

I stole some jewellery Sent to Australia for life Long way on a boat Autumn Polimeni 3/4Kennedy

Full of bad convicts The ship never stopped leaking It was full of holes Ashleigh Kubale 3/4Moritz

In Literacy, across the school we are renewing our focus on Writing. Many teachers throughout all levels of the school have been participating in professional development to keep them informed of contempo-rary practice in the teaching and learning of writing. February samples of children’s Narrative writing have been collected. We are noting where the children are at in terms of their writing development and planning and teaching for further progress. A June and November Narrative sample will also be collected to track progress and to inform teaching and learning. One approach to writing that some teachers have engaged with of recent times has been an approach developed by David Hornsby and Deborah Sukarna who have researched and practiced the teaching and learning of writing across varied settings and age groups for several years. The approach to writing begins with a ‘seed’, be it a photograph, artefact, movie clip, postcard, a book or art piece. The ‘seed’ provides the stimulus for discussion before writing. It may remind the writer of an experience they have had, raise questions about a topic to research or stimulate thinking about creating a story around the seed. The writer decides on the genre (format/style of writing) eg. letter, report, flow chart, the writing’s pur-pose eg. to entertain, inform or persuade, whilst considering it’s audience. There is much for a young writer to think about when the writing is undertaken. Planning and drafting are taught and used to pro-duce a quality piece. Not all pieces developed need to be published, that is the writer’s decision. Children are encouraged to always have an active piece of writing underway. This approach to writing can be encouraged to be undertaken at home, as children have different experi-ences with their families, they can collect a number of ‘seeds’ for purposeful and enjoyable writing. Seeing adults write and hearing about their experiences of writing also teaches children valuable lessons about their own writing.

Literacy News - Donna Synan

Teacher School Email Addresses To assist with communication between teachers and parents, please find teacher email addresses listed below. Please remember that teachers will respond to emails when they are able, during office hours, and this will not necessarily be as soon as you have emailed them. If you need to contact the school immedi-ately, ringing reception is still the best option on 5623 2943. The principal email address is listed on the front page of the newsletter. Office Admin - kbarrett@stjwarragul.catholic.edu.au, drobbins@stjwarragul.catholic.edu.au Prep Rhodes - erhodes@stjwarragul.catholic.edu.au Prep Wans - lwans@stjwarragul.catholic.edu.au Grade 1/2 Barry - vbarry@stjwarragul.catholic.edu.au Grade 1/2 Ford - kford@stjwarragul.catholic.edu.au Grade 1/2 Fechner - kfechner@stjwarragul.catholic.edu.au Grade 1/2 Jess Kennedy - jkennedy@stjwarragul.catholic.edu.au Grade 1/2 Jeffers - cjeffers@stjwarragul.catholic.edu.au Grade 3/4 Dodman - ldodman@stjwarragul.catholic.edu.au Grade 3/4 Kennedy - jkennedy001@stjwarragul.catholic.edu.au Grade 3/4 Shannon - mshannon@stjwarragul.catholic.edu.au Grade 3/4 Moritz - smoritz@stjwarragul.catholic.edu.au Grade 4/5 Thompson - kthompson@stjwarragul.catholic.edu.au Grade 5/6 Clancy - mclancy@stjwarragul.catholic.edu.au Grade 5/6 VB/Inchincoli - evanboven@stjwarragul.catholic.edu.au, minchincoli@stjwarragul.catholic.edu.au Grade 5/6 Silver - msilver@stjwarragul.catholic.edu.au Grade 5/6 Stanley/Shelton - tstanley@stjwarragul.catholic.edu.au, gshelton@stjwarragul.catholic.edu.au

Grade 3/4 Footy Clinic

What’s Happening In & Around Classrooms

SMACK! "Ooh, that would have hurt! What a great tackle on Aaron Black" (North Melbourne player). So all the grade 3/4’s from St. Joseph's went down to Eastern Park to do a footy clinic with some of the North Melbourne players. The activities were: tackling, kicking & handballing, poison ball, a question & answer group and a specky group. All the groups were so fun! By Luke Garner

Class Classroom Learning Focus — Week 8

Prep Rhodes Prep Wans

In Prep this week we are learning about Lent. We are learning that Jesus asked us to look after each other and that we can help people in our world who live in poverty, by giving money to Caritas. We are very excited to hear our Mission box filling up with coins. Keep up the great work Preps. We are also learning how to use the letter 'a' in the middle of words. In maths we are using dice to play counting games. We have an exciting end to our week with St Joseph's Day fun activities on Thursday and School Athletics Day on Friday.

Grade 1/2 Barry Fechner Ford Jeffers Jess Kennedy

Literacy: * Phonological Awareness – Rhyme, Segmenting and Blending * Sound Waves chart knowledge * Recounts and narratives Maths: * Place value- ones, tens, hundreds, thousands * Recognising and classifying 2D & 3D shapes * Chance Inquiry: * We will be looking at ourselves and seeing where we fit within the our local community and global community. Religion: * We will discover more about Lent and how we can use this time to become closer to Jesus and prepare for Easter

Grade 3/4 Dodman Kennedy Moritz Shannon

This week the Grade 4's are on camp at Forest Edge till Tuesday af-ternoon. On Thursday we will be celebrating St. Joseph's Day with multi age activities and in the evening we will celebrate the Sacrament of Reconciliation for those Grade 3's making their first Reconcilia-tion .Then on Friday it will be our Athletics Sports day. We will be continuing our projects on the First Fleet in Inquiry. In Literacy, we will be looking at text structures and language features of expositions, reading and viewing different types of persuasive texts. In Maths, we will be working with Multiplication and learning about dif-ferent strategies to use. Also we will be working with Units of meas-urement (volume and capacity).

Grade 4/5 Thompson With the grade 4s on camp, the grade 5 students will be focusing on narrative writing and developing multiplication skills. Thursday is St. Joseph's Day and Friday is our athletics sports day.

Grade 5/6 Clancy Silver Stanley/Shelton VB/Inchincoli

Rehearsal for Stations of the Cross. Research assignments on Government and Parliament. Revision of maths concept taught this term. Narrative writing.

Reading Recovery Children are learning to write in a conventional manner. Forming let-ters from the correct starting point and moving the pencil in the ap-propriate direction. The size and shape of letters is a consideration, as is the space between words recorded in a straight line.

Noticeboard Items

St. Joseph’s Netball Club Winter Registration

Winter netball competition will start on 2nd May so start registering with us now. All age groups accepted. Please contact Dorothy 0407 862 973 for information. Email all registrations to dearles@internode.on.net Send me an email if you want to play with us. Put your name on our list so you don’t miss out. Registration forms available from the school office.

Milk Bottle Tops Needed Grade 1/2 Jess Kennedy are wanting clean/washed milk bottle tops for use in class. If you can help out with these please send them into School. Thanking you

Warragul Scouts Fundraiser Warragul Scouts are holding a movie screening of 'Shaun the Sheep' on Friday 27th March at 6.00pm approx. Funds raised from the session are supporting local kids to attend the Australian Jamboree to be held in Cataract Park NSW during January 2016. For tickets and great candy bar deals please contact Felicity Ives on 56221936.

WARRAGUL BADMINTON CLUB

Galloway St. Warragul 2015 JUNIOR REGISTRATION

Monday 23rd March 2015 6.30pm – 7.30pm

NEW PLAYERS WELCOME

Teams cater for all ages and skills in 5 different grades. Training provided.

Competition night-Friday night. $20.00 deposit required on registration.

Contact: Julie Young 0438 302167

Shave for a Cure Thank you to everyone who supported the Leukaemia Foundation by donating to Mr.Thompson's Shave for a Cure on Friday. If you would still like to contrib-ute, there is a box in the office.

Sport News - Melia Silver

Athletics Carnival - This Friday Our school Athletics Carnival will be held this Friday on the Marist oval (senior carnival) and St Joseph’s oval (junior carnival). Children are reminded to wear their house colour T-Shirt and to make sure they have a drink bottle, hat and sunscreen. Both carnivals will begin at 9.10am on the Marist oval. Thank you to all the parents who have volunteered to help out. We are still looking for some parents to help out with the grade 1 age groups and we need a few more time keepers for the senior carnival. If you are interested in helping on the day

please contact Melia Silver. Mrs.Silver’s email address is msilver@stjwarragul.catholic.edu.au. You will also need to have a current Working with Children’s Check to help on the day. Athletics Carnival Sausage Sizzle Lunch At our Athletics Carnival this Friday we will be offering a sausage sizzle lunch. If your are around on the day and would be happy to assist us, par-ticularly Dads with cooking the BBQ that would be much appreciated !! Please contact Leonie Broeren if you are able to assist lbroeren@dcsi.net.au or mobile 0433 416 137. There will be sausages in bread available for purchase on the day. $2.00 a sausage with a 2nd sausage available for just $1.00. There will also be fruit juice boxes available for $1.00. So just bring along your money on the day for a sausage sizzle lunch. Please remember to still bring along your morning snack.

Regional Swimming in Sale Last Thursday we had 15 swimmers compete at Sale in the Regional Swimming Championships. Alex Mirkovic and Jaime Earles competed in individual events and we had relay teams in the under 10 boys 50m Freestyle, the under 11 boys 50m Free-style and the 12/13 girls 50m Freestyle. The under 10 boys had a tough race and ended up in 8th place overall. The under 11 boys came 2nd in their heat but finished in 7th place overall. The 12/13 girls came a very close 4th in their heat and were placed 8th out of 12. Congratulations to all our competi-tors on such an awesome effort and representing our school with great sportsmanship! I would like to say a big thank you to Boris Mirkovic, Paula Gow-ans, Lee Spencer and Melissa Harford for giving up their time and driving the children to Sale.