Term 1 Week 4 2010 - St Andrews Primary, Marayong

36 Breakfast Road, Marayong, N.S.W.
P.O. Box 4010 Marayong, N.S.W. 2148
Phone: 9671 6622 Fax: 9831 6627
Newsletter - Term 1 - Week 4 - 19th February, 2010
Dear Parents,
Included in our Opening School Mass last Friday was the installation of our School Captains and Student
Council for 2010. They recited their pledge of loyalty to the school in front of eight hundred students.
Supporting them were their family members who were present to witness the event and see them receive
their badges and be applauded by all present at this Mass in the church. Appropriately we had our School
Captains and Student Council for 2009 pin the badge of office on our 2010 recipients. We all adjourned for
morning tea following the ceremony.
Congratulations to:Girls:
School Captain:
Student Council:
Boys:
Bernadette Marquez
Anasimone Attalla
Sherilynne Diaz
Isabelle Palmer
School Captain:
Student Council:
Jarrod Litonjua
Noel Amoranto
Peter Bernardo
Thomas San Pedro
Solar Panels/Installed
We are nearing completion of the installation of our solar units and water tanks. On top of our Year 1
buildings the solar panels have been installed. The power generated from the panels supplies electricity
to all Year 1 and Year 2 classrooms. Once the water tank is installed the water collected will be used to
flush the Infants toilets installed in these new buildings. We are thankful to the Commonwealth for the
$55,000 which has paid for this project.
Diocesan Library Borrowing for 2009 Winner
We were pleased to be informed last week that St. Andrew’s was awarded the honour of the top book
borrowing school in 2009. There are 55 Primary Schools in the Diocese and we were the top school. Our
figures were 82,143 books borrowed in 2009 . Well done all!
With every best wish
Richard McGuiness
Online Training Module—Child Protection for Volunteers
We have so many wonderful parents who help us with
reading groups, excursions at St. Andrews etc the CEO
have now changed the way parents do the Volunteer
Training Programme. Below are these instructions. If
you need help please see Mr. McGuiness or Miss
McDonald.
The online training module is a system requirement
that child protection training be completed by all volunteers commencing work in our schools and a briefing
be held every second year for existing volunteers.
An online training module for use by volunteers is now
available. After successfully completing the module, an
email notification will be sent automatically to the volunteer’s email address and to the school email address. The email is a confirmation that the training has
been successfully completed by the volunteer.
Child Protection for Volunteers may be accessed via
the following link located in the Child Protection Kit,
Section 10, Child Protection Training for Volunteers.
http://ceo-web.parra.catholic.edu.au/asp/
volunteerscpmodule/index.asp
Using Child Protection for Volunteers
1.
Open the module by clicking the Start link
2.
Read through the presentation
3.
Complete and submit quiz questions—this will
take approximately 45 minutes
4.
After successful completion of the module, fill out
the form by typing name, email address, contact
number, contact address and the school.
5.
A notification of successful completion of the
module will be sent via e-mail to the school and
also to the volunteer’s email address
Week 5 at St. Andrew’s:
Monday 22 Feb:
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P&F Annual General Meeting 7:30pm
Tuesday 23 Feb:
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St Andrew’s Awards—School Amphitheatre
9:00 Infants classes
9:30 Primary classes
Friday 26 Feb:
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9:00am Assembly 1D
Blacktown Zone Swimming Carnival
Week 6 at St. Andrew’s
Monday 1 Mar:
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Meet & Greet Parents—teacher will send
home appointment time
Wednesday 3 Mar:
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1st Site Meeting for the new hall
Thursday 4 Mar:
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7:30pm New Bishop Installed for the Parramatta Diocese
Friday 5 Mar:
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9:00am Assembly 4B
Clothing Pool
We have had another busy start to the year.
Many thanks to the parents who helped out. We
have a good supply of new hats and second
hand clothes for sale. We are open Tuesday
mornings 8:30am-9:10am and Tuesday afternoons 2:45pm-3:15pm
Thank you
Kathy McKinley
Meet & Greet
KEEP THIS DATE FREE
Following the success of the Parent Information Night
the teachers have decided to have a more informal
meet and greet with parents. We had some excellent
questions raised by many parents on these night. As
aspects of Education are changing continually it is always helpful to be updated in how teaching and learning is being carried our in your child’s class. Please
respond to the invitation sent out by each class
teacher.
On Friday 19th March, as part of our Catholic
Schools Week, we are inviting parents and
grandparents to our school.
The brief outline of the day:
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Mass in the parish church
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Morning tea for parents and grandparents
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Open classrooms—Visitors are encourage
to visit the classrooms to see the wonderful
work the children are doing.
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Performances– each grade will present an
item
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Picnic– children will join their families for
lunch
More information to follow closer to the day.
Student Banking
Commenced: Monday 1st February 2010
School Student Banking is a great way to teach children how to save for their future or for that something
special they may want to buy. No amount is too small.
If your child already has a Commonwealth Bank Dollarmite or Youthsaver account they can start banking
straight away. If not, you can pick up the forms from
the School Office and once they have been completed
they need to be returned to the school office.
The children hand their bank books to their teacher on
a Monday morning and the bank books get sent to the
office in the bank bags. After processing they will be
returned to the class by the end of the day.
Holy Cross Hurricanes JRLC
We are a member of the Parramatta
Catholic Convents RL Association
Contact: Spiro Papadatos (Vice President)
Phone: 0418 600 625
Canteen News
In recent weeks we have been flooded by children
coming to the canteen saying they have no recess or
lunch.
The school procedure is:When unpacking their bags at 9:00am and a child
discovers they have no food, they will be directed to
go to the office where the office staff will ring parents
to come to some arrangement about food for their
children. If parents are working and unable to get to
the school each child will be given an order form
which they will take to the canteen and will be provided with food for the day. This form comes home to
parents who will be asked to pay the canteen for the
food provided.
If, however, a child on eating time discovers they
don’t have lunch they will be provided with 2 options.
1.
A vegemite sandwich or
2.
A jam sandwich
A note will go home to parents informing them that
the canteen supplied a sandwich and the cost.
P&F Annual General Meeting
Monday 22nd February at 7:30pm in Staffroom.
Election of Officers for 2010.
President, Secretary, Treasurer, Vice President,
Committee Members.
Come and help make our school a better place.
Active After School Community Sports
Program
Our FREE 7 week program began this week with
some exciting activities.On Monday’s we’re doing
karate with Shihan Frank from Shihan Frank’s Karate Academy. On Tuesday’s we’re doing rugby
league skills and on Thursday’s we’re doing circus
skills and dancing. If you would like to enrol your
child please collect an enrolment form from the
front office or contact Donna on 0410206606.
Birthdays
Congratulations to the children who celebrated
their birthday this week….
15/02/2010
16/02/2010
17/02/2010
19/02/2010
20/02/2010
21/02/2010
Reece Janamian, Stephanie Magno,
Kristian Walker, Arnav Rao
Julianna Stankiewicz, Georgia Green
Alvin Gaunder, dana Devine, Ana
Guerra
Simranjit Badhan
Kristelle Sangalang, Jeremy Mathias
Anger Gorjok, Adit Gorjok, Nathan
Tagle, Crystal Sharma
6C
6H
6M
6P
5HB
5M
5S
5SL
Special
Class
Ariik Ajak
Simrat Sandhu
Katrina Quizon
Ryan Abela
Bianca Andersen
Isis Martirez
Ye Bala Naingsoe
Emmanuel Mante
Louie Tabios
5SL
4B
4K
4S
4WB
3F
3HL
3R
3S
2A
2F
Lydia Marchand
Adriana Vella
Nicolas Menouhos
Derica Elogious
Justine Fernando
Matthew Pereira
Sydrael Fajardo
Isabella Santos
Shanay Yeo
Lauren Tabone
2M
2B
1A
1R
1I
1D
KC
KT
KR
KSH
Victoria Cabral
Tayla Welsh
Gabrielle Ciantar
Alyssa Callus
Maiah Lazaro
Dufie Antwi
Danny Petsas
Monique Vasquez
Alexis Kalemusic
Jeremy Mathias
2010 Sports House Captains and Vice Captains
Congratulations to the following year six children who were voted by their peers to be the Captains and Vice Captains for 2010. These boys and girls will share a great responsibility during
carnivals, and school sports activities.
Macquarie:
Georgia Donaldson
Cameron Field
Sturt
Simone Morcos
Jake Campbell
Cook
Taylor Dorsett
Alexander Zarafetas
Lawson
Katrina Quizon
Alvin Gaunder