School Newsletter. Dear Parents, Teachers and Friends,

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1 School Newsletter St Mary Star of the Sea CARNARVON To Jesus through Mary Term 2, Issue 7 11th June 2014 St Mary Star of the Sea School Board Fr Adam Babinski Ex-Officio Karen Gilbert Treasurer Steve O Halloran Ex-Officio Di Ramirez Secretary Paul Mullane Chairperson Andrew Alston Vice Chair Max March Member John Nuttall P&F Rep Parish Rep Prayer: Please pray for our Confirmation candidates. Creator Spirit, strengthen our children with the gifts of grace, to love and serve as a disciple of Christ. Grant that they may grow into the fullness of the stature of Christ. Fill them with the joy of your presence. Increase in them the fruit of your Spirit: the spirit of wisdom and understanding, the spirit of love, patience and gentleness, the spirit of wonder and true holiness. We ask this prayer through Christ our Lord, Amen. F r o m T h e p r i n c i p a l s d e s k IMPORTANT DATES TO REMEMBER 9th June to 11th June Book Week Thursday 12th June Cross Country Year 4 to Year 7 Year 3 Assembly Parent -Child Holy Communion meeting 6pm P&F Meeting 7.30pm in the staffroom Sunday 15th June MS3 and MS4 Class Mass - 10am Dear Parents, Teachers and Friends, On the weekend the children receiving the Sacrament of Confirmation this year made their commitment at the 10:00am parish mass. We wish these students the very best as they prepare to receive the gifts and fruits of the Holy Spirit at their Confirmation Mass on the 21 st August, where Bishop Justin will be the main Celebrant. Confirmation is one of the Sacraments of Initiation, the others being Baptism and Holy Eucharist. Initially in the early years of the church, all three were administered at the same time, however with the necessity of having the Bishop present it was decided to split the sacraments. The focus now is that the students receiving the Sacrament of Confirmation do so of their own volition and confirm the decision made by their parents at Baptism to become members of the Catholic faith. We will continue to pray for our Year 6 students as they receive their final Sacrament of Initiation PERGOLA UPGRADE Many thanks to our hard working groundsman, Mr Peter Brooks, for the excellent job he has done in rejuvenating our large oval pergola. It has become a feature of the oval and definitely adds a splash of colour to that section of the school. CAMBODIA TRIP With just over 2 weeks to go, our travellers are getting excited about their trip to Cambodia. A lot of hard work has gone into preparations thus far and they are on the countdown to their departure date of the 29 th June. PARENT/CHILD COMMUNION WORKSHOP There will be a workshop for those students preparing to receive their First Eucharist on the 22nd June and their parents. It is due to begin at 6:00 pm and it is important that all be in attendance.

2 INTERSCHOOL CROSS COUNTRY The Interschool Cross Country is being held this Thursday. Students participating have been notified and we wish them all the very best as they compete with students from the other schools in Carnarvon. MIDDLE SCHOOL LOCK-IN The Middle School Lock-In was a great success on the weekend. As well as a good night for all, funds were raised for the students trip to Cambodia. Congratulations to Miss Chilvers and all her fellow helpers who ensured the evening was a success. God Bless Mr Steve O Halloran Principal Back in time. We are now taking application s for Kindy and 3 Year Old Kindy for Please contact our school office on for further information Class Group School Liturgies Term 2 From the REC Kate Chilvers MS#3 & 4 Homeroom Mass Sunday 15 June 10:00am Corpus Christi - First Eucharist Sunday 22 June 10am NAIDOC Liturgy of the Word Thursday 3 July 1:45pm First Holy Communion SACRAMENTAL PROGRAMS 2014 Over the past six weeks, our children have been preparing to receive the Sacrament of Holy Communion for the first time. Please keep these children, and their prayer buddies, in your prayers over the next two weeks. They will receive the Sacrament of First Holy Communion on the Feast of Corpus Christie (Body of Christ) Sunday 22 June. The final meeting for First Holy Communion will be held this Thursday 12 June at 6:00pm. Please bring along your completed Sacramental booklet as well as your First Holy Communion commitment form.

3 Confirmation From the REC Kate Chilvers The first meeting for the Sacrament of Confirmation was held last Thursday. If you would like your child to receive the Sacrament of Confirmation in 2014, but missed this meeting, it is essential that you touch base with Fr Adam, Mr Windle or Miss Chilvers as soon as possible. Cambodia Update In 19 days a group of seven students and five adults will be leaving Australia for the hot and humid environs of Cambodia. The students have achieved an incredible target in the fundraising efforts and are well on track to be able to sink four wells, support a teacher for at least 12 months, provide funds for a milk program in an orphanage in Siem Reap as well as provide resources for a school and home for landmine victims. This is an amazing achievement! Thank you to everyone who has supported this social justice project over the past 12 months. Thank you to the Middle School students for participating in the Middle School Lock-in on Friday night. Thanks to their involvement (and non-stop eating) a total of $590 was raised. These funds will be used to support House of Joy, an orphanage in Siem Reap. The night could not have happened without the organisation of our Year 10 students and the support of the following teachers: Sandra Griffiths, Melissa Slattery, Natalie Liddelow, Nazzim Khan, Katrina Ward, Sam Punch, Mrs Bassett, Nicole Nuttall and Maria Yelash. Thank you also to Louise Faithfull for organising movie packs for all participants. We had a great night, and although not much sleep was had, the students seemed to enjoy themselves...maybe we can do it all again in Term 4! We will be running three more events in a last ditch effort to achieve our goals for 2014, if you are able to support any of these projects your assistance would be very welcome: Friday 13 June - Adult movie night - The Killing Fields As part of their preparation for travel to Cambodia the Year 10 students have a modern history briefing followed by a viewing of The Killing Fields. The purpose of this is to help set the current social, political and economic context of Cambodia. We welcome anyone who is interested in viewing this film to join us on Friday night 6-8pm in the school hall. A raffle and simple refreshments will be for sale on the night; entry to view the film is free. Please note this film is rated M and is therefore inappropriate for children under 15 years of age, it contains graphic violence. Friday 20 June Primary School Social We will be holding two sessions of our primary school social. Children in Kindy to Year 2 are welcome to join us between 4:30-5:30pm. This will be followed by a session for the older children, Year 3 to 6 from 6:00-7:30pm. Please refer to the special flyer for details about entry and canteen prices. Please note we will be operating our parents nook once again so feel free to come along and relax while your children dance the night away! School Bag Appeal We will be once again running our School Bag Appeal. Please refer to the separate flyer for details about items needed and who these items are for. Social Justice Cambodia Service Projects The St Mary s Breakfast Club Each Thursday morning this term Hot Chocolate and Fruit Smoothies will be available to provide a healthy start to the day for our staff and students. These will be available at a cost of $1:00 per cup. Thank you to Mrs Griffiths for generously donating all the ingredients for this fundraising venture. All funds raised through this project will be donated to the House of Joy, an orphanage run by the Sisters of Charity in Siem Reap. Up-Coming Events: Primary School Social Friday 20 June (TBC)

4 Other Social Justice Projects Help Support the Royal Flying Doctors! Our Mini-Vinnies group have been doing an awesome job of collecting cans in support of the Royal Flying Doctors. We are urgently trying to get cans in before the end of the financial year. If you have cans at home please bring them in. They can be left outside my office (Miss Chilvers) or handed to one of the Mini-Vinnies representatives in Year 3. On behalf of the Royal Flying Doctors I would like to thank everyone who has 'donated cans' so far this year! God Bless Kate Chilvers Religious Education Co-ordinator Pre Primary and Year One On Monday morning the Pre-Primary and Year One classes attended the theatre to watch a musical comedy, 'Pete the Sheep' performed by the Monkey Baa Theatre Company. This excursion provided the children with the opportunity to build on their own social experiences and to connect with the local community. We would like to thank the parents and carers who accompanied us to this event, Sophie, Tammy Bumbak, Damien Preston, Shannon Bettini, Rachel Smith, Carolyn Legg and Ceri Spackman. Read on to find out the thoughts of some of the young audience who attended the live show. When the sheep went baaaaaaa. It was a funny bit Jack I liked the dogs. I liked the sheep as well. They were funny Noah It was very funny when the lambs came to where we sat. It was very funny Boston I liked it because it was funny. I liked the dogs Rose I thought it was funny when the dog thought the sheep poo were maltesers Blake I liked when the stage changed from a shearing shed to a pretty sheep salon Bridget I loved the cool sheep hair styles Alex Kind Regards Mrs Durmanich and Mrs O Halloran Gascoyne Biannual Art Award Congratulations to Jason Le Luong from Year Ten and Khan Henderson from Year Nine for their entries in the Gascoyne Biannual Art Award recently held at the Town Library. Khan received a Highly Commended award on the night and one of his graphic art images was sold on the evening. Well done boys!

5 Interschool Cross Country The Interschool Cross Country event will be held for Years 4,5,6 and 7 students on Thursday the 12th June. St Marys will be taking our 4 fastest boys and girls from each year group for this event. It is commencing at the Carnarvon Community College and the first race commences at 9.30am. Congratulations to the following students chosen to represent St Mary s School. Year Four Bridget Anderson Melanie Pidala Tiana Beveridge Candace Campbell Year Five Lily Baker Darcie Botica Angelina Smyth Isobelle Warren Year Six Linzey Roberts Adanna Okoronkwo Fynn Morgan Leah Ferreirinha Year Seven Brooklyn Roberts Bree Hudson Jessica Fernihough Savannah Donegan Mathew Gilbert Favour Okoronkwo Jack Robinson Finnian Beard Jared March Daniel Smith Matthew Burt Ricky Linklater Will Durmanich John Perry Adam Clarke Tyrell Oakley Patrick Mullane James Morgan Duke Warren Daniel Bumbak BOOK FAIR BOOK FAIR BOOK FAIR BOOK FAIR BOOK FAIR BOOK FAIR Big News Everybody. We will be running a Book Fair in the Library, commencing Monday the 9 th of June. All classes will be visiting and the students are all encouraged to choose a couple of books they would enjoy reading. Please drop into the Library between 8.30 and 4, Monday the 9 th June, Tuesday the 10 th June and Wednesday the 11 th June and we can help you with your selections. The Library makes a commission on all items sold and these proceeds will be used to purchase new books for the Library. Thank you for your support and we look forward to seeing you all. Jean Stretch & Susanne Aiken BOOK FAIR BOOK FAIR BOOK FAIR BOOK FAIR BOOK FAIR BOOK FAIR

6 St Marys Footy Tipping Winners for Round 11 and 12 Round 11 - lids Round 12 - Radze Competition is still fierce after 12 rounds. Lids and Bobo are 2 clear of the pack on 76. Glenness on 74 and 6 tippers on 73. Good luck for Round 13 Carnarvon School Dentist The Dental Therapy clinic at the Marmion Street Campus will be closed from Friday 6th June to 22nd August. We will reopen on Tuesday 26th August till Friday 26th September. Cricket Clinic with the Mid West Development Officer Mr Steve Broberg will be held on Saturday 14 th June 2014 at the Festival Ground Cricket Nets Under 17 s age group Time: 12.30pm to 2.30pm All old and new players welcome