Grade 6 s Home Tomorrow. And we are off. Week 9. War Memorial

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1 And we are off Week 9 NEWSLETTER NO.17 THURSDAY, JUNE 8TH, 2017 Monday: School Closure Queen s Birthday Tuesday: Grade 3-6 Rotations Wednesday: COBAW Winter Sports (Grade 5 & 6 s) Music Work Tuition Lessons: 10:00am 8.00pm Thursday: Staff Meeting 3.45pm 5.15pm Grade 6 s Home Tomorrow The Grade 6 s have been having an amazing time in Canberra. Their time has been action-packed and it s hard to believe that we will be welcoming back home tomorrow afternoon! War Memorial

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3 The Premiers Reading Challenge has only three more months to be completed. All children at St Ambrose School are enrolled in the Challenge; unless parents have requested otherwise on their Care Monkey form. 102 children from St Ambrose have already completed the Challenge and are set to get their certificates soon after the end of August; when the Challenge finishes. Please HELP US give warmth and understanding this winter! 3,079 books have been read by children at our school already which is a fantastic achievement. Please remember that all P/1/2 children are reading the books in class time. Parents do not need to do anything as their books will be recorded by the teachers on the website. Grade 3/4/5/6 all have their login details so they can record the books they have read. Please encourage your children to record their books on the Challenge website. Enjoy reading. Jenny Boldiston Literacy Leader. From now until the end of Term 2 the Social Justice Team (Mini Vinnies) will be partnering with the St Vincent de Paul Society to run a Winter Blanket Appeal. This year the St Vincent de Paul Society are in desperate need of warm, life-saving blankets for our homeless. This year we are asking our generous school community to donate warm blankets (and/or sleeping bags) for the homeless in our community. The blankets do not need to be new, as long as they are clean and in good condition.

4 Social Justice Team Prayer At last week s Social Justice Team/Mini Vinnie s Meeting Hannah picked out the prayer for us to reflect upon. If we are Jesus hands, eyes and feet in our world today. what can we do? What would Jesus have done? By: Luke, St Catherine s Primary School Berwick How does this prayer speak to me? Does it call me to action? How does it inform or change my thinking? Homeless Jesus by: Timothy Schmalz Jesus is huddled under a blanket with his face and hands obscured; only the crucifixion wounds on his uncovered feet give him away. Hannah focused on the words...brings us safely together... as the Manchester Bombing was fresh in her mind. She said this prayer reminded her of how these tragedies always show the good in people and that we all should make each other feel safe! Q: What do you think? St Ambrose Social Justice Team/Mini Vinnies for 2017 Ruby, Lily, Patrick, Lorelei, Maisy, Hannah, Cai, Thomas, Dana and Alyssa Let s make a difference this winter!

5 Week 10 Monday: School Assembly 2.55pm Wednesday: Music Work Tuition Lessons: 10:00am 8.00pm Friday: Evidence Into Action Workshop No.2 (Leadership Team) Saturday: Parish Family Mass Grade 5/6R Week 11 Tuesday: Grade 3 6 Rotations Parent Teacher Interviews 3.45pm to 7.45pm Wednesday: Music Work Tuition Lessons: 10:00am 8.00pm Thursday: Parent Teacher Interviews 3.45pm to 7.45pm Friday: Whole School Mass - Witness to the Word of God: 12.30pm End of Term 2 Students dismissed at 1.30pm 3rd May 26th May 28th May 29th May 29th May 29th May 30th May 1st June 3rd June 4th June Cruz N (1/2R) Daniel S (1/2R) Georgia J (1/2T) Jemima S (3/4P) Charlotte S (3/4M) Scarlett M (4/5WB) Rachel F (1/2R) James C (3/4P) Charlee C (P/1E) Isla W (PrepR) Term 3: Week 1 Monday: School Assembly 2.55pm Tuesday: Grade 3-6 Rotations Wednesday: Music Work Tuition Lessons: 10:00am 8.00pm Please Note: Whole School Closure Day for Visible Learning Professional Development will be Monday 31 st July, 2017 STAR Reader Award - Presented to Flynn A (3/4M) For completing the Premier s Reading Challenge 2017! STAR Reader Award - Presented to Charlotte S (3/4M) For completing the Premier s Reading Challenge 2017! St Ambrose Sports Star of the Week - Jack C For showing excellent sportsmanship out in the yard. St Ambrose Sports Star of the Week - Bridgette A For always considering and encouraging others in P.E classes

6 Student Awards PrepR Matthew M For always working hard to be the best learner he can be! PrepR Milla F For making wonderful progress with her writing. P/1E Saila H For being a friendly classmate and for working hard on all of her tasks! P/1E Buster C For working hard on his writing!! 1/2R Safara K For having a positive attitude and showing great persistence in Maths. 1/2R Hayden J For having great focus during work tasks and acting on feedback. 1/2R Liam C For his enthusiasm and readiness to consolidate and extend his learning. 1/2R Bronte M For being a responsible and caring class member. 1/2T Seb B For working well and staying on task! 1/2T Tilly M For always being a team player in class. 3/4M Adelaide L For turning up to early maths group every morning and trying hard. 3/4M Jesse W For sharing his wonderful ideas and his positive attitude towards his learning. 3/4M Hayden G For his positive attitude towards his learning - it has been 100%! 3/4P Hayley Z For being a willing class helper. 3/4P Sam B For his have a go attitude to all tasks. 4/5WB Anna M For always sharing her passions and interests with her peers. 4/5WB Archie B For asking questions when he is unsure of task at hand. SRC UPDATE 1. Each classroom representative has already had a chance to pick a new book for the Library and will be able to choose 1 new book each from each new Scholastic Book Club we welcome any of your new book suggestions. 2. Reflection Boxes in each classroom - we would love to hear about the things you love about St Ambrose and also any suggestions you might have about how we can improve things at school. 3. We had our first SRC Team 7 minute challenge we were brainstorming new ideas for Book Week this year. We would like to ask you for your ideas also. We will do this by hosting a whole class brainstorm next week or people can write their suggestions down and pop them in the SRC Reflection Boxes in each classroom. 4. Keep an eye out for our book reviews in the newsletter!

7 Recounts from our Excursion to Scienceworks Last Week!! On Tuesday the Grade 5 s from 5/6R and 5/6F created crystal names with borax, pipe cleaners, hot water, skewers and fishing line. Yesterday we went to Scienceworks. Our team was Sophie s Mummy s team. First we went to Nitty Gritty Super City. Our team had the best time. Then we went to the races and I had a race with Oscar. Then we went to have a snack and then we went to play! Tahli M (P/1E) Yesterday we went to Scienceworks. My favourite thing was the climbing wall. Then I went to the running race and had to press the yellow button. The pictures went darker when we pressed the button. First we got the borax and put some in hot water. Next we formed our names out of pipe cleaners. Then we tied on the names on to the skewers then we put them in some dyed hot water. We left them in the container for twelve hours and they started to crystallize. If you go into 5/6 R's room, you will see them hanging up on the roof. It was a fun experiment. Isabelle D (P/1E)

8 REFLECTION A God of Love One day two learned men were walking along the seashore, discussing the mystery of God. However, they weren t making very much progress. Suddenly they came upon a small boy playing on the beach. He had dug a hole in the sand and kept running down to the sea, dipping his toy bucket in the water, and running back up the beach to empty the water into the hole. The two men watched him for a while as he ran back and forth filling and emptying his bucket. They found the scene amusing. They went up to the boy and asked him what he was doing. Very seriously he told them he was emptying the ocean into the hole he had dug in the sand. This Weekend s Gospel Gospel The two smiled and walked on, resuming their discussion about God. After a while, one of them stopped and said to the other, You know, we were amused just now when that child told us what he was trying to do. Yet what we have been trying to do in our discussion about God is just the same. It is as impossible for us to understand the mystery of God as it is for that child to put the water of the ocean into that hole. Our minds are but tiny thimbles, whereas the reality of God is as great as the ocean. Jn 3:16-18 A reading from the holy Gospel according to John God sent his Son to save the world through him. Jesus said to Nicodemus, God loved the world so much that he gave his only Son, so that everyone who believes in him may not be lost but may have eternal life. For God sent his Son into the world not to condemn the world, but so that through him the world might be saved. No one who believes in him will be condemned; but whoever refuses to believe is condemned already, because he has refused to believe in the name of God s only Son. As the story says: it is impossible for us to understand God. God is a mystery. But a mystery is not something we can know nothing about. A mystery is something which is so full of meaning, that no matter how hard we try, we will never get to the bottom of it. Therefore, the story must not be used to justify laziness or superficiality in our efforts to understand something of the mystery of God. It s possible to know of the existence of God by our own reasoning. At the sight of something or

9 other, a person will know in an instant that these things do not exist through themselves, and that God is. God is a God of love. Our response can only be one of trust in God and love towards one another. What Paul said to the Corinthians is meant also for us: Help one another. Be united; live in peace, and the God of love and peace will be with you. Once a young girl stood watching a gypsy as he drank from a well in the town square. After drinking, the man continued to gaze into the well, as though looking at someone. He was a giant of a man but had a friendly face. So the girl approached him and asked: Who lives down there? God does, answered the gypsy. Can I see God? Sure you can, said the gypsy. Then taking the girl into his arms he lifted her up so that she could see down into the well. All the girl could see, however, was her own reflection in the water. But that s only me, she cried in disappointment. All I see is me. Ah, replied the gypsy, now you know where God lives. God lives in you. By: 2014 GPBS Grade 1/2T Paraliturgy Prayers for our families! Our classes have been talking about Signs of God s Love this week. May we see, recognise and appreciate these signs which are all around us. Oran C My family gives me advice if I don t know what I am doing and they care for me. Ben C My family helps me when I get hurt and whenever I need help. My family helps me if I am stuck with a word. Noah N My family helps me when I get stuck. Tyler K We pray for those in our own community of Woodend. May we be blessed by the Holy Spirit to love others even when it is not easy to do. Lord, hear us. Hattie B

10 COMMUNITY NEWS COMMUNITY NEWS Log Cabin Café The Queen s Birthday weekend will once again see the Log Cabin Café open its doors during the Woodend Winter Arts Festival. This 1 st Woodend Scout Group popup café will be offering Devonshire tea/coffee, light lunches (including steaming bowls of homemade soup) and refreshments. The atmosphere within our rustic Log Cabin promises to be warm and inviting whether it is for a hearty lunch, an afternoon tea, or a quick cuppa in our conversation nook perfect for a break amid the events of the Woodend Winter Arts Festival, or a family outing. Log Cabin Café: 41 Forest Street Woodend, 11am to 4.00pm, Sat 10 to Mon 12 June 2017