COLUMBA CATHOLIC PRIMARY SCHOOL

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1 COLUMBA CATHOLIC PRIMARY SCHOOL Hope Street Phone Bunyip 3815 Fax Website 28th May Dear Columba Families, As you can imagine the Grade Six students have been preparing well for their Confirmation over the past few weeks. They participated in a beautiful Reflection Day on Tuesday facilitated by Marist-Sion students and many families took the opportunity to attend the prayer session with Fr Hilarion on Tuesday evening. Across the school, teachers and students have been discussing the importance and significance of this beautiful Sacrament. Some of the ideas explored in class have been; There are three Sacraments of Initiation: Baptism, Eucharist and Confirmation. When we make our Confirmation, the promises made on our behalf at Baptism are deepened, and we confirm our commitment, in front of our family, friends and church family that we want to be members of the Church community and live as Christians. Please remember the Confirmation Candidates in your prayers as well as all members of the Columba Community; We pray: Spirit of the loving God, may your peace rest on this place and time. May your spirit fall afresh on us, so that your flames of love warm our hearts. Let the power of your spirit transform us, so that we become messengers of your good news. IONA-MARYKNOLL & KOO WEE RUP CATHOLIC PARISHES IN PARTNERSHIP Including the communities of St Joseph s, Iona; St James, Nar Nar Goon; Holy Family, Maryknoll; St John s, Koo Wee Rup and St Mary s, Lang Lang. Administrator Fr. Dom Hilarion Fernando OSB Parish Deacon Rev. Tony Aspinall Parish office, St James 60 Nar Nar Goon Rd Nar Nar Goon 3812 Phone ionaparish@dcsi.net.au Sacramental Co-ordinator Sr Patricia Hickey sgs WEEKEND MASS TIMES: St Joseph s, Iona Sunday 11am Holy Family, Maryknoll 2nd Sunday 8am St James, Nar Nar Goon Saturday 6pm St John s, Koo Wee Rup Sunday 9.30am St Mary s, Lang Lang 3rd Sunday 8am Reconciliation: Refer to Parish Office

2 Congratulations to Eddy, Liam, Cailyn and Jess, who have been selected as school leaders for the next fortnight, Many thanks to Christina, Ethan, Bronson & Keely Hampton for an exceptional job, they set a great example for all Columba students to follow. Well done! Assembly The next Assembly is scheduled for Friday 5 June at 2:30 pm. The Prayer will be lead by students from Grade 5/6. Please come along and help celebrate the achievements of the students. All families are welcome to attend each Assembly. Columba Day Tuesday 9th June Events for Columba Day: 9:00 Each class makes a Banner which will depict an event in the Church s liturgical calendar (Banners will be used in the Multipurpose Room during Mass and Liturgies) 10:30 Students leave for Mass at Iona 12:30 Return to Columba for a pizza and fruit lunch (kindly provided by Parents & Friends) Students may bring their own lunch if they do not eat pizza! 1:00 Early play 2:00 Columba s Got Talent (back by popular demand!) Please note: Permission forms were sent home yesterday. (One permission form per family)

3 Deepest Sympathy Please keep the Pisa and Williams families in your prayers. Those we have loved and lost are no longer where they were but always where we are. Congratulations Award Winners Help Needed Global2 Don t forget to check out Columba s Parent Blog: To log in: URL: Click global2.vic.edu.au Log in Username: columbaparents Password: iona If you can help sew hems/borders around our Liturgical Banners please contact the Office. The banners will be large enough to cover the pin-up board in the Multi-purpose Room during Liturgies and Masses. The Banners will be decorated on Columba Day and any help would be gratefully appreciated. Upcoming events excursions Friday 29th June Interschool Sport St Joseph s Trafalgar (Grades 5 & 6) Tuesday 9th June Columba Day Mass Iona 11:00 am (Grades Prep-6) Go Columba! Well done to our amazingly fit and fast Cross Country Team who represented their school with tremendous determination today. Many achieved personal bests and all team members can be proud of their effort. Friday 19th June Interschool Sports St Joseph s Warragul (Grades 4 6)

4 IONA-MARYKNOLL PARISH 60 Nar Nar Goon Road, Nar Nar Goon 3812, Vic., Australia, 3815 Or PO BOX 1, Koo Wee Rup, 3981 Telephone: (03) Please remember the following students in your prayers as they make their commitment to prepare for the Sacrament of Confirmation Keely Bow, Ethan, Lachlan, Josh Collins, Bronson, Patrick, Josh Evans, Keely Hampton, Teagan, Eddie, Ben, Jess King, Campbell, Liam, Greta, Christina, Cailyn and Tanja Cross Wall Many thanks to the McDonagh/Aspinall Family and the Monteiro/Donaldson Family who have donated beautiful crosses for our wall. Pictured are two crosses, both from Portugal, one with the Our Father written in Portuguese, donated by the Monteiro/ Donaldson Family. Baptism Please pray for Ellie-Ruth Barnes as she prepares for the Sacrament of Baptism: The McDonagh children are holding a cross made from Welsh slate and oak especially chosen by Deacon Tony and June Aspinall on their recent travels. God Bless and many congratulations! Mass at Columba Tuesday 2 June Tuesday 9 June Tuesday 16 June Tuesday 22 June Prepared by Junior Grades Columba Day (Iona 11:00 am) Prepared by Middle Grades Prepared by Senior Grades Mass is celebrated in the Multi-purpose Room every Tuesday at 9:30 am except the second Tuesday of the month. Parents & parishioners are most welcome to attend.

5 In Grade 1/2H, we have been exploring all the different ways we can represent the different parts of a number up to four digits. Here are some of the different ways we have found... Bundling Sticks Chase has made 74 with bundling sticks - 7 bundles of ten and 4 individual sticks. Expanded Form Carlie is showing the four different parts of her numbers - thousands, hundreds, tens and ones. MABs Deakin and Albert can build their numbers using the blocks. These blocks are placed by themselves, in sticks of ten, squares of 100 or cubes of Arrow Cards Eilish and Sammy can use these cards to make a number and then split it to show the four different parts of the number. Bead Strings Isaac models 82 using beads 8 groups of ten and 2 beads Lucy and Hayley have been writing their numbers in words

6 May Friday 29 June Winter Sports (Away Traf) Friday 5 Assembly Prayer: Grade 5/6 Monday 8 Public Holiday Queens Birthday Tuesday 9 Columba Day Wednesday 10 School Board Thursday 11 Newsletter Class in Focus: Prep Friday 12 Parents & Friends Meeting Tuesday 16 Pilgrimage Mass (Sale) Grade 5 Tuesday 16 Mass at Columba (Grade 3/4) Friday 19 Winter Sports (St Joseph s Warragul) Friday 19 Assembly Prayer: Grade 3 Sunday 21 Sacrament of Confirmation Thursday 25 Newsletter Subject in Focus: LOTE Thursday 25 Reports sent home Friday 26 Last day of term (1:00 pm) Teacher: Why are you late,? Student: Because of a sign down the road. Teacher: What does a sign have to do with you being late? Student: The sign said, School Ahead, Go Slow!' Have you seen? We would be very grateful if all Columba Families could keep a look out on the weekends when driving past the school. Unfortunately someone has been driving their car on the oval and the damage to the turf is extensive! We would love to be given the vehicle s number plate to pass on to the police. The last episode was sometime on Friday night. Please ask your family and friends to keep a lookout as well. Don t forget to collect your PAKENHAM BUCKS VOUCHERS When you shop at THE GOOD GUYS In Pakenham Tan Bark 30th/31st May Hughes Family 6th/7th June Morgan Family 13th/14th June Moyle Family Sick Bay Linen 29th May Payne Family 5th June Millis Family 12th June Pullin Family GOAL: To ensure there is a consistent and even coverage of Tan Bark throughout the adventure playground. You will need to bring a rake with you. This task can be completed anytime between 3:30pm Friday and 8:00am Monday. With kindest regards, Jan Gubbins Principal GOAL: To ensure that the sick bay linen is clean and hygienic. TASK: Stripping the sick bay bed of linen and making it up again with fresh linen, which is usually done on a Friday. The linen from the bed needs to be laundered and returned by the following Thursday. Website Please make sure you have a look at the school website which can be accessed at;

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