ST JOHN`S PRIMARY SCHOOL NEWSLETTER

ST JOHN’S PRIMARY SCHOOL
NEWSLETTER
17 June 2015
Edition 18 - 2015
From the Principal
Dear Parents,
CONFIRMATION
Archbishop Denis Hart confirmed the Year 6 students and a small group of children within our Parish, in a reverent and prayerful celebration, at St Patrick’s Cathedral on Sunday. In his homily, the
children were called to deepen their faith each day and to welcome the Holy Spirit into their
hearts. Archbishop Hart ended his homily with this prayer:
Come Holy Spirit, fill the hearts of your faithful and kindle in them the fire of your love.
Thank you Fr Mario, Miss Elizabeth Williamson our Religious Education leader, the Year 5/6 teachers, Mrs Connie
Bandiera, Ms Connie Costa, Miss Stephanie Doutre, Mr Matthew Sortino and Sr Loreto, for preparing the children for this
special Sacrament. Thank you also to Carla P and Erin M (sister of Eadric M 5/6S) for altar serving at the cathedral. It was
a special occasion for the children, their sponsors, families and friends of our community.
SCHOOL BALL -THURSDAY JUNE 18
The Centre Ivanhoe- Upper Heidelberg Road, Ivanhoe
All is in readiness for our annual School Ball. The children will have their final lesson with Ken Marshall on Thursday morning. (Preps and Year 1 at 9.00 am; Year 2 and Year 3 at 10.00 am; Year 4, 5 and 6 at 11.45).
A few reminders:
 Evening will commence at 7.30pm.
 Prep children are to arrive by 7.00pm. and to assemble in the foyer.
 Children in other year levels are to arrive no later than 7.15pm.
 Children will be sitting in class groups with their teacher.
 A light supper will be served during interval.
 Soft drinks, tea and coffee will be available throughout the evening.
 Bring your tickets.
 PIC Raffle.
We are looking forward to sharing an enjoyable evening together!
PARENT TEACHER MEETINGS
Midyear reports will be sent home on Friday. Parent/teacher interviews will be held next Tuesday 23 rd June, between 1.50
and 8.00. Thank you to the families who have booked their meeting times. Please ring the office if you have not already
done so.
Please note that students will be dismissed at 1.00pm on Tuesday 23rd June.
ASSEMBLY
Congratulations 5/6B for sharing their learning at this week’s assembly. The students led our prayer; shared many interesting facts about our Earth; proudly congratulated the sporting achievements of teams and individuals during this term
and showed us the result of their maths inquiry. Well done!
55 Cape Street, Heidelberg Vic 3084
Ph. 9459 2963
E. [email protected]
A highlight for the football team was the unveiling of our new St John’s football jumper at this week’s assembly. This was
made possible due to the efforts of Angela Di Paola, Jamie’s (Year 5/6) mum. Angela was determined to get the jumpers
in time for the finals. She had no doubt that the team would be in the finals this year and she was right! Thanks Angela!
PIC
Have you booked your tickets for this year’s major fundraiser? “Winter Glam” Cocktail Party, Saturday July 18 th. The children have started creating a beautiful canvas to be auctioned on the night. They are keen to know what their artwork will
be worth! Check your diary and let the PIC know that you will support the event... and have an enjoyable evening too!
CONDOLENCES
Our sincere sympathy extends to the Stefanetti family and William 2D on the loss of their grandmother. Our thoughts and
prayers are with you all.
Have a happy week,
Carmel Armiento, Acting Principal
RE News - Elizabeth Williamson, Education in Faith Leader
'Send your Holy Spirit upon them to be their helper and guide.'
(from the Rite of Confirmation)
Congratulations to the young people of our parish (38 students from St John's School and 13 children from the parish who
attend schools other than St John's) who were confirmed on Sunday at St Patrick's Cathedral.
We were very proud of the children on the day and during their preparation to receive Confirmation. Our grateful thanks
goes to their teachers, Sr Loreto, Connie Bandiera, Connie Costa, Matthew Sortino and Steph Doutre who prepared the
children so beautifully.
St Vincent De Paul Winter Appeal
Each year St John’s School supports this appeal. You are
invited to send non-perishable food items to your child’s
classroom to contribute to this appeal from
Tuesday June 16th –
Friday June 25th
Blankets are also very welcome.
Thank you.
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Family Offertory Roster
Saturday 6.00pm
Sunday 8.30am
Sunday 10.30am
Sunday 5.00pm
Saturday June 20th/
Sunday June 21st
Cahill Family
(Ella)
Burns Family
(Timothy)
Stokhla Family
(Stacey)
Campbell Family
(Ella)
Saturday June 27th/
Sunday June 28th
Saturday July 24th/
Sunday July 5th
Caminiti Family
(Claudia and Isabella)
Cortese Family
(Amy)
Russo Family
(Alex)
Neuchew Family
(Dante)
Stewart Family
(Callum)
Smith Family
(Petria)
Cardamone Family
(Alessio)
Samas Family
(Alexander)
Sport News - Steph Doutre, Sport & Physical Education
Inter School Sport
Last week we had our last round game against Mother of God PS. Each team played a strong game and have shown
huge improvements in skill level and teamwork throughout the last 9 weeks of winter Interschool Sport. We have a had a
very successful term with 4 out of our 5 teams, netball A, B, football and boys teeball finishing in the top 4 and making it
through to the semi finals. A big congratulations to the boys teeball and football teams who made it through the term undefeated. Well done to our girls teeball team who showed the most improvements throughout the term and who
only just missed out on the top 4.
This Friday is a double header day, which means we have semi finals in the morning at 9:30 and if successful we play the
grand final in the afternoon. Locations and times below. Good luck to everyone involved!
Cross Country
Last week a handful of St John’s students ran in the Division Cross Country at Bundoora Park. All 5 children did an amazing job with Rachel H finishing 2nd, Lucy B and Zac H 3rd and Mairead and Isabella 15th. Well done to everyone finishing
in the top 15 it is a huge achievement. Good luck to Rachel, Zac and Lucy in the next round.
Swimming
Congratulations to Olivia N who has made the Victorian Swimming team again! This is Olivia’s third time making the State
team. What an amazing achievement! Well done Olivia! The dedication you show to your sport is enormous and it clearly
shows that all your hard work pays off! We wish you the best of luck with your training and the competition later in the year
in Adelaide.
Uniforms
As you might have seen at assembly on Monday, Angela Di Paola has been very busy this term organising our new St
John’s football jumpers! They look great Angela and the children are very excited to wear them on Friday!
Thank you for all the time and effort you have put into these jumpers they look fantastic and it’s much appreciated.
A reminder, if you have any school sport uniform at home or you know a past student who has uniform they have forgotten
to return, please hand it to Miss Doutre as soon as possible.
I would like to say a big Thank you to Jeremy Foenander and Steve Cross for their help this term in coaching the netball A
team and the girls teeball team. Thank you for taking the time to run training sessions with the girls and passing on knowledge and feedback to them. Your help has been greatly appreciated.
CLASSROOM CUISINE
IMPORTANT MESSAGE
Friday, 19th and Friday, 26th June, 2015
Please note that on both the above days, the cut-off for placing lunch orders online
will be 8:00am.
Commencing from term 3, the cut-off day will return to the normal time of 8:30am.
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Maths Challenge - Connie Bandiera, Maths Leader
Family Mathematics Challenge 13 - Answer
The only way this can happen is if one of the mothers is also a daughter, so really there are only 3
people at the table. Therefore they would all get seven $1 coins.
Family Mathematics Challenge 14
Divide the face of the clock into three parts with two lines so that the sum of the numbers in the three parts are equal.
Record how you do the challenge and then bring it in to school
(with name and class) and post it into the Mathematics Family
Challenge Box in the office by Friday.
Student Awards
Luca F PN, Sibella M PN, Charlie L PV, Adelle M PV, Luca C PV, Ava L 1L, Benji F 1L, Isabel G
2D, Stefania P 2D, Shanelle W 2P, Stella M 2P, Ava T 3P, Carla P 3W, Daniel R 3W, Oliver T
3W, Dante N 4C, Alex R 4C, James C 5/6B, Tori M 5/6B, Jessie C 5/6C, Noah E 5/6C, Eadric
M 5/6S, Massimo F 5/6S, Sophie M 5/6S, John N 5/6S
BIRTHDAYS
June 18
Nicholas B 1L
June 22
Sara C 1L
FORTHCOMING EVENTS
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Thursday
June 18
School Ball
Tuesday
June 23
Parent/
Teacher
Interviews
REMINDERS
Please check the Lost Property Tubs - all uniform not
collected by the end of term will be donated to the
Second Hand Uniform Shop.
Please remember to pay your term 2 school fee
instalment, including any outstanding amounts by
Friday June 26
Student Wellbeing - Carolyn Walsh , Student Wellbeing Coordinator
Reports will be sent home at the end of this week and Parent / Teacher interviews are on next
Tuesday. Two resources that may help you with these are:
1. The new SchoolMate app (see below) which contains good explanations of what your child is
learning at each level of school, as well as some great tips on how you can help at home.
2. A Michael Grose article “Reading Your Child’s Report” (included in the newsletter)
SchoolMate
Want to find out more about what your child is learning at school in each subject at
each year level?
Need practical tips about what you can do at home to help support your child’s education?
SchoolMate is an essential App for parents of school-aged children in Victoria, Australia.
Produced by Victoria’s Department of Education and Training, SchoolMate will provide parents with a roadmap to help
aid their child’s learning at home and at school.
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Hours of Operation:
Before Care 6:45am-8:45am
After Care 3:20pm-6:00pm
Staff: Trent Harkom
Hi everyone,
Last week we finished our amazing melted crayon artworks! They’re on display in the room and they honestly look really
fantastic. We also had the children run a cooking activity last week. We let them choose what they wanted to make (rumballs) and had them help each other prepare enough for everyone to eat - it was really awesome.
Please be aware that as our numbers are increasing significantly (particularly on Mondays, Tuesdays and Thursdays) it
is becoming more important for parents to book their children in online or to give more notice for an on the day booking.
This gives us enough time to ensure we are adequately staffed and able to provide a quality program for you and your children.
If your child/ren are absent from school or other arrangements are made for them, could you please let us know that they
won’t be attending afterschool care. On the day cancelations/bookings must be made with a
phone call or text to the program number on 0401 333 932.
You will not be able to make online bookings or cancelations on the day. Online bookings or cancelations can be made up
until midnight the night before.
We hope to see you at OSHClub! Enjoy the rest of your week.
NEXT WEEKS ACTIVITY
Before Care
Activities
After Care
Activities
Wednesday
Thursday
Friday
Monday
Tuesday
Solar
Systems
Finger
Painting
Box Cubby
House
Pancakes
Zoo
Creatures
Paddle Pop
Stick
Constructions
Winter
Pom Poms
Finger
Printing
Coffee Filter
Peacocks
Making
Dips
Parent Information
OSHC program phone: 0401 333 932
Coordinator: Trent Harkom
Assistants: Jill El-Khoury
OSHClub Head Office: 03 8564 9000
All families must be enrolled to attend the program, remember this is Free!! Please create an account online at
www.oshclub.com.au all bookings and cancellations can also be managed via your online account. For on the day bookings
please contact the Coordinator direct at the program.
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Father Mario’s Sermon
14 June 2015 (Eleventh Sunday during Ordinary Time, Year B)
Ezekiel 17:22-24; Psalm 91:2-3,13-16; 2Corinthians 5:6-10; Mark 4:26-34.
We walk by faith and not by sight!
It is very often our experience that we look up and wonder whether God is really listening to our prayers. At times, especially when things do not go as we would have liked them to, we question: ‘where are you Lord?’ In today’s second reading Paul reminds us that to live our life as humans is to live ‘exiled from the Lord.’ This does not mean that God does not
care about us, but it does mean that most times we struggle to see God’s hand in our daily life. Paul reminds us that we
live by faith and not by sight! Through our limited human senses, we cannot always see God’s work in our own life or in
the world around us; we experience God through our faith.
God called us at birth to grow and develop his own image and likeness within us. Through our Baptism God strengthened
his call to us by filling us with his Holy Spirit; God’s own breath of life within us. Our response to this great invitation and
love of God is to trust him and have faith in him. Yet very often we cannot see God! Some people even express disappointment in the fact that although they try their best to be ‘good’ people, things always seem to go wrong in their life.
In the gospel today Jesus teaches us how to be continuously faithful to God. He tells the crowds two parables: the parable
of the seeds in the field and the parable of the mustard seed. In the first parable the farmer sows the seed and goes. He
trusts that the seed will grow; how he does not know, but he needs to wait and trust in the process of nature. It is useless
for him to stand by, staring at the field to watch the seeds do their work, this will all be done in due time. The Kingdom of
God, God’s life within us and around us, is similar to the seed. Like the farmer our job is simply to sow the seed. We need
to do the work that is assigned to us and to respond to God’s love by allowing his image to develop within us. We are invited to continuously love God and neighbour at each moment of our life. It is not up to us to make the seeds grow, the
land does that of its own accord. God will certainly make his kingdom grow, in God’s own time – which is slightly different
to the way we measure time!
The second parable is similar to the parable of the seed: the mustard seed is a very small seed, yet once it is sown into
the ground, it grows into a large shrub, welcoming all the birds of the air. The word of God can often look like the small
mustard seed. In our day today we often feel that there is no space left for God’s word in our world. God’s word seems so
small that one may often wonder about its effectiveness in our world. Where is God today? Has he abandoned us?
God’s word and our actions of love of God and neighbour may be small and insignificant, but they are powerful because
they are sown in love and in God. It is not our job to make the kingdom grow, our job is to continue tirelessly sowing the
good seeds. It is God’s work, in his own time, to make the tree grow. Through the eyes of our faith we know that our tiny
and insignificant seed will grow into a large shrub, big enough to welcome the birds of the air that come to rest in its
shade.
When we compare this second parable with the first reading in today’s Mass we notice that the birds of the air represent
the nations of the world who will come together as one empire. In the New Testament the Kingdom of God, represented in
a visible way by the Church, is the new empire that welcomes into it all the nations of the world.
Often we look up and ask: ‘When Lord will this come about.’ With a nice smile on his face Jesus replies: ‘Do not worry
about times and seasons; when you have done your work, walk by faith and let me do the rest of the work.’ God needs us
to be faithful, to be faith-filled, giving witness to God’s word. If we continue to walk by faith in this world, we too will get to
see God’s glory!
Let us continue walking in faith even when our sight is blurred!
Fr Mario
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˚• Winter Glam Cocktail Party •˚
.....less than 5 weeks to go!!!
Book your tickets by 5pm Wednesday 24 June to go
into the draw to win a $100.00 Noone Imagewear
Ivanhoe (uniform shop) voucher
www.trybooking.com/HSKD
Date Venue & Cost
Saturday 18th July • 8pm - 12am
Likor Lounge• Stolberg Beer Cafe • 197 Plenty Road, Preston
•$150 per double ticket (all inclusive)
•$80 per single ticket (all inclusive)
•$50 per single ticket (non-alcohol beverage package)
Door Prizes and Auctions Items on the Night from:
•AFL Footy Show •Danahers Mitre 10 •Goodlife Health Club
•Barwon Heads Resort •Luna Park •Focus on Physique
•Barkly's Hotel •Melbourne Museum •Skaterz
•Lime •Yarra Valley Country Club •Cold Rock
•The Enchanted Maze •Bulleen Art & Garden
Plus more including an exciting auction to be announced shortly!