Term 3 Week 1 16/07/2015 Dear Parents, Welcome back to Term 3! I

Term 3 Week 1 16/07/2015
Dear Parents,
Faith Life Actions from Term 2
Welcome back to Term 3! I hope everyone had a restful and happy
holiday and are ready for this new term. This term we welcome Eliza
Courts who will be replacing Catriona Murphy in the Juniors for the
rest of the year. We welcome her to the St. Margaret Mary’s Community and wish her well for the coming two terms. We would also
like to welcome back Fr. Ian Ranson from his trip. We look forward
to seeing him at the beginning of the term mass in week 2.
To finish the Term 2 Faith Life Inquiry around
‘Environment and Sustainability’, the children will
participate in a number of actions in Week 2. Two
particular actions for next week are the Plastic Free
Lunch Boxes all week and a Green Day to be
held on Tuesday 21st July. On this Tuesday, children are asked to wear green and bring an item of
clothing to donate to St. Vincent de Paul. Please
see attached for more information.
Our Sincerest Condolences
Last Saturday, Davin Chan (Husband of Jacinta and father of Emma,
Lauren and Travis) and a well-loved member of the St. Margaret
Mary’s Community, passed away. On behalf of the St. Margaret
Mary’s Community, I would like to express our sincerest condolences to Jacinta and the family. Our prayers and thoughts are with them
at
this
very
sad
time.
Davin’s funeral will be held at the St. Margaret Mary’s Church at
2.30pm on Friday 17th July. As a large crowd is expected at the funeral, we will be re-arranging the day with recess altered to 10.30am
and lunchtime being shifted to the earlier time of 1.00pm. Children
will be back in classes by 1.50pm. The schoolyard will not be
opened to accommodate car parking for the funeral. Parents need to
be aware that at the end of school day, car parking for pick up will
be limited.
2016 Prep Enrolment Interviews
This week we begin Enrolment Interviews for prospective 2016 Prep
Families. These interviews will be occurring over the first 5 weeks
of the term. If you have not enrolled your child for Prep next year,
please see the office as soon as possible.
Parent Teacher Interviews
On Tuesday 21st July (next Tuesday) school will finish at 1.00pm
so as the Parent Teacher Interviews can be conducted. At the end of
last term, your child would have brought home their school report.
Contained in the envelope were the instructions for booking an appointment for the Parent Teacher Interviews and they have also been
attached to this newsletter. I encourage all parents to avail themselves of this opportunity to speak to their child’s teacher about their
report and their progress. Eliza will also be taking part in the Parent
Teacher Interviews. Parents of children in Junior B are encouraged
to make an appointment to introduce themselves to Eliza and speak
to her about their child.
Whole school beginning of the Term Mass
Also next week on Tuesday 21st July, at 9.15am, will be our whole
school beginning of the term mass. We invite our parents and community to come along and celebrate with the children and staff the
beginning of a new term. Please note: SRC & Mini Vinnies representatives are being commissioned.
ACARA Student data collection-refer page 2 please
School Improvement Surveys
During this term, the various members of the St.
Margaret Mary’s Community (Staff, Students and
Parents) will be asked to complete a School Improvement Survey which is conducted each year.
These surveys are extremely important to our community as they help us to ascertain how well we
are doing in the various areas of the survey and
give us direction for the following year. In 2016,
St. Margaret Mary’s School will go into its next
review phase, where we look at what we want and
need to achieve over the next four years. This data
will support this process. Parent Surveys will be
available from next Monday 20th July. I strongly
encourage all parents to complete this survey.
Senior Camp
A reminder to all Senior Parents that the Senior
Camp is taking place in Week 3 of this term –
Monday 27th July to Wednesday 29th July. Could
all payments for the camp please be finalized by
Friday 24th July.
School Closure Day for Term 3
Finally, a reminder that there will be a School Closure Day on Monday 7th September, if you wish to
have Care for your children on this day you need
to contact Camp Australia directly on 0452 247
159. Please be aware, for Camp Australia to operate on the day that they require 20 or more children.
Wishing everyone a wonderful term 3!
Regards,
Andrea Richards
Principal
ACARA Student data collection
The Catholic Education Commission of Victoria Ltd (CECV) has been requested by the Australian Curriculum, Assessment and Reporting Authority (ACARA) to provide student background data for the purpose of
calculating the measure known as the Index of Community Socio-educational Advantage (ICSEA), which
is used for reporting school performance on the My School website. The data includes de-identified
student personal details, residential addresses and parent background information. Under the provisions
of the Privacy Act 1988, the parent or legal guardian of each student must be advised that personal information will be provided to ACARA. If you do not want the school to provide this information to ACARA
about your child, please advise the school by the 20th July.
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WEEK
ASSEMBLY
MASS
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Sport
No Mass
2
Singing Practice:
*Glee club Presentation
PREPARE: SRC
ATTEND: Whole School
3
Juniors (Grandparent
Assembly)
THURSDAY
PREPARE: SRC
4
Middle B
PREPARE: Senior B
ATTEND: Prep & Senior A
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Senior A
PREPARE: Junior A
ATTEND: Junior B
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Middle A
PREPARE: Middle B
ATTEND: Middle A
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Senior B
PREPARE: Senior A
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Juniors
PREPARE: Middle A
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Prep
PREPARE: Junior B
ATTEND: Junior A
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Singing Practice
PREPARE: SRC
Green Day!
Green day will be held on Tuesday the 21st
July. Let us remember what we can do to
help look after the earth.
We encourage everyone to wear green this
Tuesday 21st July and donate one piece of
clothing that can be reused by someone else.
Please ensure it is in good condition.
The clothing will be donated to a local op
shop.
For more information see Lauren, Lucas,
Luke and Jedidah in Middle A.
TERM 3 DATES
Friday 17th July-Divisional netball @ Williamstown PS - 9.30am
Monday 20th July– Environmental Week—
Middles and Senior Actions
Tuesday 21st July-Parent Teacher Interviews 1pm
finish
Wednesday 22nd July– Pizza lunch
Friday 24th July-Seniors Hoop time
Saturday 25th July-First Eucharist @ SMM.
5.30pm
Sunday 26th July-First Eucharist @ SMM. 9:30am
Monday 27th July-Wednesday 30th July- Senior
Camp: Sovereign Hill
Thursday 30th July– Grandparents Day (see attached
flyer)
Tuesday 4th August– Pizza lunch
Friday 7th August-Kids Movie Night: FSG 6:308:30
Saturday 8th August - Feast of Mary MacKillop:
Blessing of the Eucharist children @ SMM. 5:30pm
Wednesday 12th August- Confirmation Evening
@ SMM Hall. 7-8pm
Tuesday 18th August– Pizza lunch
Wednesday 19th August- Hoop Time: Grade 3/4
Tuesday 1st September– Pizza lunch
Thursday 3rd September- Father's Day Stall 911am
Friday 4th September-Confirmation reflection day
Monday 7th September– School Closure day
Thursday 10th September– Confirmation 7pm
Tuesday 15th September-Pizza lunch
Friday 18th September – LAST DAY TERM 3
1pm finish
TERM 4 DATES
Friday 16th October-SMM Trivia Night: Spotswood Cricket Club 7pm
Saturday 17th October- St. Margaret Mary's Feast
Day
Friday 23rd October- Combined Schools Day
Wednesday 28th October-Baptism Formation
Evening @ SH Hall 6:30
Monday 2nd November– Teachers report writing
day-school closed for students.
Friday December 4th– School Closure Day
Tuesday 15th December– End of year Mass 2 6pm
Wednesday 16th December– Children’s Last Day
Pizza Dates-please note change for next
week due to parent / teacher interviews!
Wednesday 22nd July
Tuesday August 4th
Tuesday August 18th
Tuesday September 1st
Tuesday September 15th
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Learning Experiences
Prep
Revising partitions of 5 and 10 and counting forwards
Revising magic words, letters of the alphabet and common blends
Excursion to Science Works and writing a simple recount
Faith- Life- Discussing a stimulus picture and quote and distinguishing between old and new things to tune us in to
the history topic for this term
Juniors
Children will create questions that ask about the past and practising interviewing skills with each other.
They will orally retell stories including information such as who was in the story, what happened, when did it happen,
where the story happened and feeling of the characters in the story. They will also be focussing on checking for understanding while reading.
In science we will raise questions and gather existing ideas about how everyday materials can be physically changed in a
variety of ways.
In maths children will obtain and test rules to continue number sequences. They will classify objects/shapes according to
simple criteria, describing and representing the classification.
Middles
English
Reading Comprehension strategy of Reciprocal Reading Recounts and focus on a case study of a convict
Maths
Investigating fractions, equivalents and problem solving investigating area and perimeter of regular polygons.
Inquiry
Exploring the history of 18th century England placing events on a timeline and discovering what life was like for
the people then.
Action Week - refer to Newsletter for the details
Scence
Introduce the unit for Term 3 - Melting Moments
Investigate the properties of liquids and solids
Faith life
The Sacrament of Eucharist
Focus of the Last Supper Scripture
Grade 3's are making cards for the Grade 4 students.
Unpacking of the quote and image to go with our unit - Our Journey to Freedom
Seniors
Students will begin learning about the Gold rush in preparation for camp.
Students will investigate the use of brackets when completing written equations.
Students will reflect on the parable of the mustard seed and respond to a Godly Play session.
Students will continue to analyse images and develop their ability to see themes and mood in imagery as
well as make inferences.
Students will begin to develop their understanding about reversible and irreversible changes.
Students will practise their ability to read and interpret maps using grid references.
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We would like to welcome Scarlett Cooper to the St
Margaret Mary’s community. Scarlett is a new little
sister to Celeste in Junior B and arrived during the
school holidays
Congratulations to Meagan, Peter and family.
ST MARGARET MARY’S MOVIE NIGHT “Despicable Me 2”
The FSG is hosting a movie night for all SMM students. Students are encouraged to bring something comfortable to sit on while they are watching the movie such as a blanket, pillow or bean bag. We encourage students to wear their PJs to the event.
Date:
7th August 2015
Time: 6:30pm to 8:15pm
Cost: $10 per student
Snack: Bag of Popcorn and Drink On Sale: Freddo Frogs for 50c
Parents are welcome to drop off and pick up their children.
For this activity to proceed there is a requirement to have a ratio of one parent to
ten students, for this reason could parents who are in a position to volunteer
please indicate on the form. sent home 14/07/2015.
Please return forms by 31st of July 2015.
Please contact Jodie Millar (Chloe – Junior B) on 0402 050 717 if you have any
questions.
A diary date reminder for the Emmanuel College Open Day to be held on Sunday 13th September: 10.30am-1.30pm at St Paul’s Campus and 11.00am-2.00pm at Notre Dame Campus. There
will be a meet the principal talk at the beginning of each tour. To arrange a tour of either campus or obtain a copy of the College information pack please contact the College Registrar on
83255119 or visit the college website at www.ecmelb.catholic.edu.au for more information.
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From Jack Knight and Xavier Ryan
Middle B
Composting checklist
DO!
DONT!
Turn the compost every 14 days.
Don’t put recyclable stuff like
cardboard and other recyclable
things
Put food scraps and garden waste in
the bin(except for the foods on the
don't list) in your compost bin
Don't put citrus peels like oranges mandarins and lemons in the
compost.
Lay the greens,browns and compost
and water but NOT too much water,
just to keep it moist
Don’t forget to turn the compost
every 14 days
These are the green’s you can put in
the compost - grass and leaves.
Don’t forget the lid then the
yard will smell
These are the browns you can put into
compost dead leaves, animal manure,
dirt and worms
If you forget the lid, the worms
could find a way out.
Noody foody day (Nude Food) is all about not bringing packaged food to
school to help our environment. it will be held on Wednesday 22nd July.
whatever class has the least amount of packaging on this day, wins a prize
Jose Luiz, Anaru and Isaak
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Footy Tipping Update Round 15
Welcome back from holidays and into the final stretch of the 2015 Football Season. We have a very open competition this year and many tipsters are still in with a chance of winner the TV/DVD Combo (kindly donated by Stan
Cash)., and the cash prize donated by Werribee & Western Automotive Group.
Just a quick recap on the rounds played during the break.
Round 13 was the last of the Bye rounds. No one pick 6 winners but no fewer than 21 tipsters scored 5. Richmond upsetting Sydney was the match that caught most people out with a couple slipping up on the last
game of the round with Carlton defeating Gold Coast.
Round 14 saw as back to the normal 9 games a round and despite being away in Malta on Holidays John Penza
(grandfather of Bethany and Hannah Prior) tipped 9 winners. He was the only tipster in the competition to
correctly tip Gold Coast to defeat Nth Melbourne. He has already asked me how he can get is free Whopper. Six tipsters scored seven.
Round 15 was one of the harder rounds to tip in recent times with quite a number of 50/50 (or close to it games)
with Port v Collingwood, Essendon v Melbourne, Bulldogs v Gold Coast, Nth Melbourne v Geelong splitting our
tipsters. No one tipped nine winners but we did have two tipsters score 8. The youngest tipster in our Comp Adelaide Prior went close only missing out on a perfect score due to Ports narrow win over Collingwood and Andy
Webster (I won’t say the oldest tipster) only missed out due to selecting Geelong over North. Seven tipsters scored
7 including Emily Roberts & Joshua Leszczynski in Junior A, Maya Wittman (Junior B), Mia Vincini (Middle A),
Simon Devlin, Kristian Leszczynski and John Penza. It wasn’t a week for not submitting your tips with the 8 that
did so only scoring 1 due to eight out of the nine home teams winning. This however, was not the lowest score of
the round. Justin Connolly (Father of Maeve in Prep) has the honour or scoring the first 0 of the season. I can only
assume that due to being a little off the pace he decided to tip all of the outsiders in an effort to catch the leaders.
Overall Jacintha Anders remains in the lead on 91 closely followed by Simon Devlin on 90. There is then a little
gap back to Emily Roberts (Junior A, Joe Vincini and Kristian Leszczynski who are tied for third place on 88.
In the Best Class Competition Junior A & B tied for the Best Class Average of the week with 6. Senior B was third
on 4.67. Overall we have seen quite a change over the holidays with students not putting in their tips significantly
affecting the standings. Junior A are now in First Place on 84.33 followed by Junior B on 82.67. Senior B (despite
Mr Devlin’s continued good form) have slipped from First to third over the break and are now sitting on 81.67.
There are still eight rounds to go so anything can happen. Even if you think you aren’t a chance of winning the
overall Competition your score still impacts your class average so don’t forget to submit your tips!
As always we thank our sponsors Stan Cash (535 Geelong Rd Brooklyn, Ph 9314 6966) and Werribee Automotive
Group and ask that you support them.
Let’s Clean Up Spotswood
On Friday the 24th of July, A Clean Up Spotswood day will be held for the
Prep - 4 students. It will work like this, the Juniors and Preps will clean inside
the school grounds picking up rubbish and sweeping the sand and tanbark.
The Middles will be going around the perimeter of the school picking up rubbish and bringing it back to school for correct disposal.
The things that will be needed are tongs, a plastic shopping bag and gloves.
Thanks for your cooperation.
Summer Tapping, Anabelle Goullet and Lilly Mullins- Middle B
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Class
Student
Award
Prep
Ethan S
(Week 1, Term 3)
For excellent listening skills. Great effort!
Junior A
Darcy Cole
For modelling an excellent oral retell of a story to Junior A
and Junior B
Junior B
Michael M
For his excellent manners and supporting his friends in Junior B. Well Done Michael!
Middle A
Charlotte S
for her enthusiastic approach to helping others in the classroom. Very proactive, Charlotte!
Middle B
Summer T
for her magnificent handwriting skills. How absolutely creative, Summer!
Senior A
Ali A
For his fantastic budgeting skills in maths
Senior B
Anthony D
For making some great inferences and predictions
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Making paper from Recycled paper
PROS
and
CONS
.Recycling paper helps the environment
.It takes time to recycle
.It makes much more jobs
.Mostly there are dents on the sides
.It saves people's money
.It uses water
.Recycling paper saves our trees
.It takes time to dry
LIFE
CYCLE
1. it's a forest
2. Manufacturing time
3. Put it in the shop
4. you buy the paper
5. it’s time to use it
6.end of life or they recycle it
Middle B Our Action
Last term we had a Recycling competition that lasted a week for the Preps and Juniors. We had
fun planning it and presenting it. We thank all Preps and Juniors for participating. We hope this
taught them to recycle more. We hope the Preps loved their lolly bags.
What great recycling winners!
By Maks, Thet and Adele
Middle B
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Hi Everyone at St Margaret Mary’s
We have written this letter to Mr Abbott and we thought you’d like to have a copy to read.
Enjoy
Katie Hogan and Chiara Webster-Middle B
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St. Margaret Mary’s Primary School
181 Hudsons Rd.
Spotswood, 3015
Parliament House
Canberra, 2006
Dear Mr Tony Abbott,
We’ve been learning about the importance of recycling and how it helps our world in so many different ways. We
would like to know what the government is doing to help make the planet a and a healthier place to be.
We are writing to you about why we should recycle more. Most people put chemicals in their rubbish bin and it ends
up in a tip. When it rains and the chemicals mix into the water and it creates a poisonous soup called Leachate. The
smell of the Leachate will poison the air and the plastic that is trying to hold the Leachate in will break and end up in
our water system and will poison us and we can get very sick. When a tip is full people make more and more tips.
We now know that recycling is one of the most important things to do to keep the environment healthy.
There’s good news and bad news about how the environment is being saved. The good news is that tips try to help
by putting pipes in and around the rubbish so that the leachate goes through the pipes and it gets rid of the leachate.
The bad news is, it’s not enough.
Not everyone knows how to recycle and we think it would be great if this information was shared. It’s easier to upcycle than to damage the land, which is simple. People like us can very easily litter without even noticing which is
very bad, so we must start noticing more. We need a strong message to get out to the community.
There are many benefits to recycling. For instance, it takes 95% less energy to make aluminum from recycling aluminum than to make it from raw materials. Aluminum dumped into our landfill today will remain there for over 200
years.
We’d love to hear your thoughts. Please write back.
Yours Sincerely,
Chiara Webster & Katie Hogan.
Middle B
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