Newsletter Number th April 2018

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1 Newsletter Number th April 2018 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 ST BENEDICT S CATHOLIC PRIMARY SCHOOL 3 9 CENTRAL AVENUE BURWOOD St Benedict s Primary School Burwood During our Information Evenings, parents were also asked to nominate an address that they were happy to have shared on a friendship list for their child s class. Without parental or caregiver consent to share addresses, we are unable to share any contact details with other members of our community. If you were unable to attend our evenings and you would like Leadership Day Welcome back to Term Two. I hope that everyone had a lovely Easter with their families and a restful holiday. We have many things to look forward to this term, including our school cross country, First Reconciliation, Mother s Day celebrations, our continued partnership with Catholic Education Melbourne in the area of Maths, NAPLAN and excursions and incursions to name just a few as well as our Semester One Reports and Learning Folios. Twilight Fair Our amazing Twilight Fair was certainly an event that we should all be proud of. This was not only a wonderful way to raise money for our school but also a time to showcase our school and community. It is wonderful to be able to share with everyone that our fair raised over $14,000 for our school. This is a phenomenal total and one that everyone who supported this event should be well and truly proud of. I am currently looking into how this money can be spent to improve the learning of all of our students. If you have an idea, please feel free to contact me via . School Photos This week, our school photos for 2018 were delivered. All of our photos really capture the personality of each child and I hope they are something that can be shared with family and friends. Our whole school photo will be delivered to us in the next few weeks and will then be displayed in our office area.

2 Photos of our School and Sport Captains were also taken on our photo day. Proofs of these photos are available at our office and an envelope for orders of these photos can also be collected at the office. If you have any concerns with your photos or did not receive all of your order, please contact us at Cross Country Next Tuesday, all of our Year Three to Year Six children will participate in our school cross country at Burwood Reserve. All children received a permission note in relation to this at the end of last term. Please ensure that your child has returned his/her form by the end of this week. All parents, caregivers and families are welcome to join us at Burwood Reserve from 9:30am on Tuesday. Uniform As we are all aware, the weather in Melbourne is quite varied during this early part of Term Two. Due to this, all children are able to wear either Summer or Winter uniform to school for the first two weeks of this term. From Monday 30th April, all children are to wear Winter uniform to school. If your child would prefer to wear shorts during our cooler months, he/she is able to do so. During Term Two and Three, our children are not required to wear hats during break times, however I ask that they are kept in your child s bag in case the UV Index is higher than expected on a given day. Parent Forum On Tuesday 1st May from 7:30pm - 9:00pm, I will be holding a parent forum in our Italian room. During this forum, I will share my vision for our school moving forwards and also encourage parents and caregivers to share their ideas and thoughts for making our school even better. Originally, this forum was going to be held on Wednesday 2nd May, however we have an Education Board meeting that evening. My apologies for any inconvenience due to the date change. If you are able to attend this forum, please let me know via so I can ensure we have enough space for everyone. Congratulations It is wonderful as a principal to be able to share happy and exciting news with our wider community. Congratulations to Jess Fielding and Lachlan who became engaged over the holidays. This is an exceptionally happy time for the two of them and I know that you will join with me in wishing them all the happiness for their lives together. Enhancing Catholic School Identity Surveys Every four years, Catholic schools are externally reviewed to highlight our strengths and areas that require further development. Part of this review process is our Enhancing Catholic School Identity (ECSI) surveys. Our surveys are now open and can be accessed using the following details. Scroll down and choose St Benedict s Burwood (E1152) or enter the group code T5zH54. You will then be given a login and password. Please write these details down as the different surveys can be completed at different times. These surveys collect information relating to ourselves as a Catholic school and how we see our tradition moving forward.

3 Parish Raffle Last term, all families received a book of raffle tickets from our Parish for the Combined Parishes Raffle. Thank you to all of our families who have returned sold or unsold tickets to school. If you have not returned your tickets yet, please return them to school by the end of April. CareMonkey This online facility for maintaining current information about all children is now being used by our school. Please remember that it is your responsibility to ensure that the information is current. Communications about excursions and other events will be done via this App in the near future. If you are new to the school or have not yet submitted your child s profile, you will receive an invitation requesting you to complete this important task. Please contact the school if you have any questions. Meredith Bennett Principal SOCIAL JUSTICE Hi all, Just a reminder that this week the Social Justice Leaders will be selling ANZAC badges so make sure to send your child with some money. We will be selling them until Thursday next week before and after school. Thanks Emma, Lucy and Teagan

4 TERM ONE Diary Dates April 16 th Term 2 commences 8:45am April 24 th Cross Country, Years Three to Six 9:15 11:30am April 26 th Sacrament of Reconciliation, Year Three 7:00pm 8:00pm May 1st Parent Forum 7:30pm 9:00pm *note change of date May 11 th Mother s Day Mass & Stall 9:00am Mass May 15 th -17 th NAPLAN May 22 nd District Cross Country 9:30am May 31 st June 11 th June 12 th June 27 th June 28 th Prep 2019 Letters of Offer Queen s Birthday holiday School closure day Reports & Folios go home Year Five/Six Excursion June 29 th Term Two concludes 3:15pm July 16 th Term Three commences 8:45am July 24 th First Communion Faith Night, Year Four 7:00pm 8:00pm August 10 th First Communion Reflection Day, Year Four 9:00am- 3:00pm August 12 th Sacrament of First Communion, Year Four 10:00 am Mass September 5 th School Concert 6:30pm September 21 st Term Three concludes 3:15pm FRIDAY ASSEMBLY 2.45pm Alternate Fridays Week 2 27 th April Year Three/Four C Week 4 11 th May Year One/Two PH Week 6 25 th May Prep F Week 8 8 th June Year Five/Six PN Week nd June Year Five/Six O TUCKSHOP CLOSED TOMORROW FRIDAY, 20 th March Shift One Shift Two

5 Education in Faith Fourth Sunday of Easter Year B Gospel: John 10:11-18 Gospel Reflection The image of Jesus as the good shepherd is such a familiar image that it can sometimes become over-familiar and cease to engage us. Countless works of art have presented this image literally, picturing Jesus as a shepherd with a crook and surrounded by sheep or even with a lamb draped around the back of his neck. The image from this week s gospel often gets merged with the image from the parable of the lost sheep that appears in the gospels of Luke (15:1-7) and Matthew (18:10-14) where artists frequently place Jesus as the hero of his own parable and portray him as the good shepherd going out to retrieve the one lost sheep. Such amalgamations of different gospel images can become very confusing. Some of this confusion and literal interpretation stems from the gospel writer s choice of metaphoric language. In the gospel, Jesus says, I am the good shepherd, not I am like the good shepherd. The writer s use of metaphor, rather than simile, provides a much more compelling image but can result in a more literal interpretation. The emphasis of the image is on the adjective. Jesus is the good shepherd. Shepherds generally were not regarded as particularly good people more like the scum of the earth! so the choice of image is a deliberate one to unsettle the listeners. Unlike their normal expectation of shepherds cut-throats who would run away at the first sign of danger Jesus is the good shepherd: the one who does not abandon his flock; the one who has concern for his sheep; the one who will lay down his own life for his sheep. The final verses of the passage make an interesting extension to the image of shepherd and sheep. Unlike the sacrificial lamb, the good shepherd chooses to lay down his life and also has the power to take it up again. Historical Context The GOOD Shepherd? The John gospel writer s use of the image of Jesus as the good shepherd would have been a confronting image for the initial audience. Shepherds in first century Palestine were far from the idyllic pastoral image that we generally associate with the image. They occupied one of the lowest steps on the social ladder men of such poor reputation that they could only be trusted to herd sheep; they certainly couldn t be trusted around other people! Jesus use of the image cut two ways: it was a confronting image for the audience; but it was also a challenge to those leaders who had been charged to shepherd their people and behaved no better than thieves Jesus was giving them an image of what it means to be a good shepherd. Scriptural context The Shepherd Messiah The gospels go to great lengths to affirm the lineage of Jesus and associate him with the house of David, the first great Jewish king. David began life as a simple boy tending his father s flock of sheep. When the line of kings was instigated through David they were charged with being shepherds of their people. However, down through the line of kings, this care for the people was lost and they ceased to be shepherds. Jesus claim to be the good shepherd is his claim to be in the line of the true kings of Israel a shepherd of the people. Different View The Australian Shepherd Australian audiences can tend to struggle a bit with the image of Jesus as the good shepherd. The Australian image of sheep is one of huge flocks of sheep that number in their hundreds and thousands and roam freely over enormous open plains. I guess we also tend to look on sheep as pretty stupid animals that will follow anything anywhere. It doesn t seem to work to put Jesus into this image of vast sheep stations. The idea of a shepherd knowing his sheep individually seems a bit ridiculous in this context. Greg Sunter Weekday Mass and Adoration Week Day & Date Mass Adoration School Events 1 18/04/18 PrepF 2 25/04/18 ANZAC Day ANZAC Day 25/04/18 Sacrament of First Reconciliation 26/04/18 3 2/05/18 5/6O Ms Mary Brooks Religious Education Leader

6 Learning and Teaching Junior News! Welcome back to Term Two! We hope you all had a lovely break over Easter with your families. This term promises to be a busy yet exciting one for all of the students. It s great to see all children back at school ready to learn. All children have begun their term by writing a recount about an event from their holidays. This term we will be having our Parent Helpers starting in Week Two. Parents are invited to come in during the morning block (usually one hour, 9:00am - 10:00am). Any parents who are wanting to join us are asked to put their name down on the sheet outside your child s classroom to nominate the day/s. Each parent helper must sign in and out at the office each day. We look forward to having you helping out in the classrooms! In the Junior School we have started off our new Inquiry investigation of, Caring for Our World with a visit from the Victorian Police (Rebecca and Graham) on Tuesday. The students learnt about how the police help us as a community and investigated different ways that police travel, including cars, motorbikes, bikes, helicopters and horses. Rebecca even let the students try on police uniforms and sit in the police car with the sirens and lights flashing! In Year One/Two we are exploring sequencing in Reading and procedural texts in Writing. In Prep we are exploring different features of texts including detail in pictures, words and beginning to look at authors and illustrators. In Writing we are writing recounts and have begun to look at drafting and good copies by creating our holiday recounts. In Mathematics all the Juniors are learning about counting, place value and some addition strategies. The Preps have explored different ways to add to ten and have made 10 as many different ways as we could with unifix blocks. We are then learning how to write these as a number sentence.

7 In Religion we will be learning about the Genesis story of Creation and the students will become familiar with their call to Stewardship and their responsibility to care for the environment. The Preps have begun the term by finishing off the story of Holy Week and celebrating the Resurrection. We have now completed our Hand Prints of Holy Week which will be presented as part of the children s Learning Portfolios. If you have any comments, questions or concerns please feel free to or organise a time to pop in to see Grace or Jess. Our contact details are below. Grace Parker gparker@sbburwood.catholic.edu.au Jess Fielding jfielding@sbburwood.catholic.edu.au Warm regards, Grace and Jess

8 Learning and Teaching cont d Maths Our Catholic Context - Horizons of Hope The Catholic school community contributes to the full flourishing of all learners. The notion of a Catholic school community includes learners, their families, their teachers and other staff at the school, young people and adults in the parish and others in the local, wider and global communities all of whom come together to form a connected and organic learning environment for the benefit of students. This sense of connectedness and belonging provides the foundation for the full flourishing of each student. ( Horizons of Hope- School Community) At home, a positive and supportive environment is ideal for your child to flourish in his/her Mathematical development. 1. Have a positive attitude towards Maths you want your child to start thinking with an I can do attitude. 2. Talk about Maths in everyday life and ask your child how he/she works out problems or questions. 3. Let your child enjoy talking about what he/she has learnt and praise him/her when they try very hard. 4. Let your child use other strategies to work out problems that are not reliant on traditional algorithm methods. One of the best things parents can do to improve their children s Mathematical literacy is to regularly expose them to practical applications of Maths at home. Here are a few ideas: Estimate, Estimate, Estimate When grocery shopping, estimate how much all the groceries will cost. When driving, estimate how long it will take to get to your destination. When you re on a road trip and you can see the road kilometres ahead, estimate how many kilometres away the furthest point is and use the odometer to check your estimate. Read The News The news is filled with statistics, all of which must be taken with a critical eye. Students should know the source, year, sample size (if applicable) and methodology used to find these statistics. This also helps them remain up to date on current affairs and become informed citizens and critical thinkers. Be Financially Savvy When you re grocery shopping and there are multiple brands for the same product, look at the price per kilo (usually in small letters at the bottom of the price tag).

9 Play Games Chess, poker and Monopoly are great games for developing Mathematical thinking. In chess, there are many options for where to move. Players need to predict their opponent s best moves and calculate responses. As players get better, they think several moves ahead. Grandmasters can think more than twenty moves in advance! Chess helps with calculation, prediction, strategy and analytical thinking. Poker is great for developing a sense of probability. Calling, raising, folding, bluffing are all decisions that should be based on the probability of the player s cards being better than the other players. Monopoly is a fun simulation of real estate investments and also allows for good arithmetic practice. Turning everyday occurrences and household tasks into lessons not only helps students with their Mathematical reasoning skills and sense of applied Math, but prepares them for adulthood.

10 Learning and Teaching cont d Drama St Benedict s School Concert - Term Two Dear Families, Performing Arts classes are progressing well. All students have their own character and speaking part. They will perform a small group dance as well as being part of lots of songs and dances throughout the show. The draft script has been ed to families for children to begin practicing. They will be given a paper copy of their part of the script. Here are some of the skills that we are working on: Singing Dancing (different styles) Choreography (making up dances) Acting Memorising lines Working as a team Following directions (just to mention a few) Venue: Kel Watson Theatre, Forest Hill College, Mahoneys Rd, East Burwood Rehearsal date: Tuesday 4 September 9am 2pm The students will travel via bus to and from the venue. No costumes required. Concert date: Wednesday 5 September. Arrival time: 6.30 pm Concert begins: 7.00pm Finishing time TBA Costumes Costumes will be hired from K&C Performing Arts at a cost of $15 per student. An envelope has been sent home for this payment. Costumes will be sent home in late August after a dress rehearsal in the hall. Costumes are to be returned to school by Friday 7 September. Extra Opportunities Students in Year 3 6 can choose to add in some extra parts; Singing Dancing; ballet and/or hip hop Gymnastics style dancing Backstage Crew Many thanks Cathy Ellis Contact Cathy: cellis@sbburwood.catholic.edu.au

11 School Community TUCKSHOP ROSTER, TERM DATE FIRST SHIFT (9-9:30) SECOND SHIFT ( ) 20 April NO TUCKSHOP th FIRST WEEK OF TERM 27 April Jacqui Turner th Jacqui Turner Cas Coomans Kaz Palma Susannah Runci-Oddy Maria Filipovic Justine Percey 4 May th Leena Sutherland Leena Sutherland Jodee Kelly Annemaree Hoy Kate Sutherland Kathryn Woolridge Carolyn Peters 11 May th NO TUCKSHOP FRIDAY BEFORE MOTHER S DAY 18 May th Kaz Palma Kaz Palma Mary Munafo Leena Sutherland Nicole Hendriks Sarah Wearne Maria Filipovic 25 May th NO TUCKSHOP INSUFFICIENT VOLUNTEERS 1 June st Kate Pearson Kate Pearson Susannah Runci-Oddy Jacqui Turner Nicole Trippit Justine Percey Kathryn Woolridge 8 June th NO TUCKSHOP DAY BEFORE LONG WEEKEND 15 June th NO TUCKSHOP INSUFFICIENT VOLUNTEERS 22 June Annemaree Hoy nd Annemaree Hoy Carolyn Peters Kate Pearson Cas Coomans Rebecca Ceveri Melina Natsioulos 29 th June NO TUCKSHOP LAST WEEK OF TERM PLEASE USE THE VOLUNTEERS LIST TO CHANGE ANY SHIFTS

12 School Community cont d Extend OSHC at St. Benedict's Hello Everyone! It s good to be back! Hope everyone had a wonderful holiday, and an even better first week back at school. I know I did! This week we started off with discussing our new set up. We opened up all our new goodies for the service and found spots for them for us to test out. Some of our favourites are the air hockey and doing new hairstyles on the doll head. This week we have lots of fun stuff on! Along with some science madness and crafts, we are making the most of the sun before winter comes. Super excited to what's in store for this term! Hope you're going to enjoy it as much as I plan on! Lovely to be back and seeing all the familiar faces! And for those beautiful faces I haven t seen yet, can t wait to see you soon! Regards, Aisha S. Parish News

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