Week 2 Term 2, 2017

"They shall grow not old, as we that are left grow old; 

Age shall not weary them, nor the years condemn. 

At the going down of the sun and in the morning 

We will remember them."

(The Ode comes from For the Fallen, a poem by the English poet and writer Laurence Binyon, 1941).

Thanks to Mrs Mullan and our Year 5 students who led our ANZAC Service on Monday.

Learning Community Site Updates for Term 2

As we continue to develop this site, you will be able to find further information. Parents and Friends and Parish Education Board meetings have now been uploaded to the site. Staff are uploading Term 2 timetables and newsletters too.

Year 5 Historical Imovies

Thank you to the Year 5's for sharing their Imovies with our children, parents and families. They were very informative and reflected the engaging learning from last term with our historian in residence Alicia Cerreto-Dillon.

Parish Education Board

Our new board met last night for the Annual General Meeting and were pleased to have Fr Paul present at the meeting. Please continue to pray for Fr Paul as he slowly heals from his accident.

Thank you to our new office bearers: Travis Westcott (Chairperson), Kylie Newman (Deputy Chairperson) and Gabby Paroli (Secretary) with Kim Johnston (support secretary). We have set up a Parish Education Board (PEB) tab on our Community Learning Site. This will become a 'go to' place for PEB news and resources for all parents to access. Our next meeting is on Wednesday 8th May at 7pm.

Parent and Friends

Out next P & F meeting is on Friday 5th May at 9am. Similarly, there is a P & F tab on the Learning Community Site. This will become a 'go to' point for P & F news and resources. The Term 2 working bee date has been set for Saturday 3rd June. More details to follow.

POPE (Parents Open Partners in Education) Meeting tomorrow 2:30pm

In order to prepare for future interviews we would like to gather some feedback from our parent community. Please come and join me this Friday afternoon to have a chat. If you can't make it but would like to share your ideas and suggestions, then email principal @spmurrumbeena.catholic.edu.au

Parent as Helpers Course

Prep and Grade 1 parents are invited to attend this course if you would like to help in your child's classroom during literacy blocks. Please advise which date you would prefer, your name, your child's name and class in an email to koliver@spmurrumbeena.catholic.edu.au

School Fees

A reminder that all term one school fees are now overdue.

Lunch Orders

In order to stem the increase in children forgetting to put their lunch orders in of a morning,commencing this term, any student who has not remembered by the second cut off time, will be offered a $2.00 Vegemite, butter or cheese sandwich instead. This payment will come out of their lunch order money and will in turn be donated to Project Compassion.

Condolences

Our thoughts are with the Comito family on the passing of Mark's mother Pina, grandmother to
Michael, Lucas (2T) and Alicia (5J). May she rest in peace.

UPCOMING DATES for TERM 2

Fri 28th April 5/6 Interschool sports commences
Fri 12th May Mother's Day Stall
Fri 19th May Dendy Cross Country years 4-6
Mon 22nd May Year 5 Camp until Wed 24th May inclusive
Fri 16th June Dendy Football Lightening Premiership
Wed 21st June School Closure Day
Fri 23rd June Reports home
Thur 29th June Parent/Teacher Interviews
Fri 30th June End of term 2. Children dismissed @ 2pm.

Week 1 Term 2, 2017

Welcome Back to a New Term

We wish all of you hope and joy as we celebrate the risen Christ. Here is a prayer for the start of the term. You are welcome to join us for our Easter mass celebration in the church this Friday at 9:10am.

God of our journey, God of hope,

we give you thanks and praise,

as we gather to begin a new term together.

May all who are part of this community,

find a welcome place to grow and be.

Especially at this Easter time,

give us the grace to begin our journey

with hope and joy.

This we pray in Jesus’ name.
Amen
Fr Paul has asked that we pray for his return to good health. Here is a message from Rodney Dearing, our Parish Pastoral Associate.

Fr Paul had a push bike riding accident last week.

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He sustained several broken bones and is now taking a period of rest and recuperation before returning to active ministry.

Arrangements are being made for priests to celebrate weekend Masses and some Weekday Masses. Please refer to the Weekday Masses schedule for details

It will not be possible to have the Sacrament of Reconciliation at St Patrick’s until Fr Paul returns.

Please continue to pray for Fr Paul.

A Permanent Deacon for Our Parishes

The Archbishop has appointed the Reverend Paselio (Leo) Lemalu as a Permanent Deacon for Murrumbeena and Ormond parishes. Deacon Leo will be available to assist Fr Paul each weekend at Mass and in pastoral ministry.

Deacon Leo will be a wonderful asset for our parishes and he is looking forward to being involved in building up our faith communities.

Please make Deacon Leo welcome when you see him.

SPORTS NEWS from Michelle Barclay SHAMROCK is now TOBIN !!

We’re looking forward to a busy term and it all starts next week on Thursday 27^th April with our School Sports Day at Duncan Mackinnon Athletics Track. Information and a request for parent helpers has been sent home with your child this week- we hope that many of you are able to assist and/or attend on the day.

All of our house teams are named after former priests of St Patrick’s- Fr Bill Rovira (Red), Fr Max Grabau (Gold), Fr Bill Bainbridge (Blue). We’re delighted to announce that ‘Shamrock’ house (Green) has been re-named ‘Tobin’ in honour of our recently retired Parish Priest, Father Barry Tobin.

Next week also sees the start of the Year 5&6 Interschool Sport Program on Friday afternoons. Students will play either netball or football.

And finally, congratulations to the Year 5&6 students who participated in the Dendy Soccer Lightning Premiership last term. The fixture was full with approx. 8 matches during the day and the standard of play was high. Our boys team scored some great goals and drew many of their matches. Our girls team put in a fantastic effort to make the final but unfortunately, lost in a penalty shootout. We are very proud of the way they represented St Patrick’s and the manner in which they participated, behaved and supported each other.

History Expo Year 5 and 6 Wednesday 26th April
Years 5 and 6 will be sharing their historical iMovies and Digital Museum Exhibition next Wednesday.
Year 6's exhibition will take place from 9:00- 9:30 and Year 5's will be sharing their movies between 2:15-3:00pm. Parents and families are welcome to come along.

Zart Art Meditation Incursion
Our Year 3's, 5's and 6's had the opportunity to join into a special art session today. This was run by a teacher from Zart Art and organised by Karin Dornbierer our St Pat's Art Specialist teacher. The children designed some beautiful glass reflection stones and cardboard tiles as well as spent time learning the skills of meditation.

POPE (Parents Open Partners in Education) Meeting Friday 28th April 2:30pm Share your feedback about parent interviews

In order to prepare for future interviews we would like to gather some feedback from our parent community. Please come and join me next Friday afternoon to have a chat. If you can't make it but would like to share your ideas and suggestions, then email me principal @spmurrumbeena.catholic.edu.au

Children wanted for the 100 Year Fatima Procession Saturday May 13th
There will be a procession leaving from our school hall at 10:45 am. Please contact Kathleen Thompson. The procession requires a 10 year old girl, a 9 year old boy and a 7 year old boy to represent the children 

SCHOOL UNIFORM

There will be a transition period until 1st of May when either summer or winter uniforms can be worn dependent on the weather conditions.  As of May 1st, all children will be expected to be in full winter uniform.  School hats are not compulsory in term 2.

ICY POLES

There will be no icy poles this term.

UPCOMING DATES for TERM 2

Mon 24th Apr       Year 6 students attending the Melbourne ZOO

Tues 25th Apr      ANZAC DAY holiday

Thur 27th Apr      School Sports Day

Fri 12th May        Mother's Day Stall

Fri 19th May        Dendy Cross Country years 4-6

Mon 22nd May    Year 5 Camp until Wed 24th May inclusive