Newsletter 31/7/2023 Term 3 Week 4

Our Prayer

From the Principal

Dear parents, carers and community members,

We had a wonderful celebration of Grandparents day for our Foundation students on Friday and it was fabulous to have families gather together for Mass, some classroom activities and morning tea. 

Specialist Timetable - Term 3

Monday - No Specialist Classes

Tuesday - 
PE – 1WF, 5/6C, 5/6CH & FSB
Stem – 3/4WP, 5/6MJ, 5/6C & FDF
Auslan/Health – 3/4HP, 5/6CH, 5/6S & 1M
Art – 3/4L, 5/6S, 5/6MJ, 1WF

Wednesday -
PE – 3/4HP, 3/4WP, 2B, FDF & 2DS
Stem – 3/4L, 3/4HP, 1M, 2DS & FSB
Auslan/Health – 3/4WP, 3/4L, 2DS, 2B & FDF

Thursday - 
PE – 5/6S, 5/6MJ & 3/4L, &1M
Stem – 5/6CH, 5/6S, 2B & 1WF
Auslan/Health – 5/6MJ, 5/6C, 1WF & FSB
Art – 5/6C, 5/6CH, 3/4HP, FSB & FDF

Friday - 
Art – 3/4WP, 2B, 2DS & 1M

2023 Census Information

Community Meal

It is our turn to host Community Meal this Wednesday 2nd of August. Our Senior students from 5/6CH will help prepare, serve and clean up on this day.

Grandparents Mass - Foundation

What a wonderful celebration it was. Thank you to all our Foundation parents, grandparents and friends who attended the day. 

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Hooptime Competition

The Hooptime basketball competition for school commences shortly in Terang and we will enter teams in the following events.

Hooptime 5/6 All stars - Friday 4th August
Hooptime 5/6 Rookies - Friday 11th August
Hooptime 3/4 All stars - Friday 18th August
Hooptime 3/4 Rookies - Friday 25th August

If your child is selected you will be notified and a PAM permission will need to be completed.

Taster Day

On Thursday 17th of August we are holding a "Taster Day" for families to experience what it is like at St Patrick's, so that they can choose if this is the place for their child to attend school. The children at Baranbali Camperdown Kindergarten and Banana Splits on this day will attend with their teachers. If your child is not at these centres on this day or attends another preschool, you are most welcome to join us from 9:30am to 11am.

Enrolments Closing

Enrolments for 2024 have been open for some time now and to help with planning for 2024, we are asking existing St Patrick's families and new families to the school to complete and return an enrolment form before Friday 18th of August. If you know of new families who intend sending their child to St Patrick's next year, please encourage them to come to the school office to complete this task.

Parents Association Meeting

Our next parents meeting will be held next Tuesday, August 8th

Please consider coming along to the meeting 7.30 at school.

Support Available Today

ST VINCENT de PAUL CAMPERDOWN CONFERENCE - UTILITIES RELIEF – August 2023

Persons/house-holds in need are encouraged to apply for utilities relief of up to $300. This phase of the scheme ends August 31^st, 2023.  To apply, phone 0437 726654. The recipient will attend an interview at the Regional Assistance Centre Corangamite, 158 Manifold St. Camperdown. SVdP will pay up to $300 off an unpaid/outstanding account. The RACC will need to take a copy of the bill for payment to be made online, asap.

Camperdown Conference greatly appreciates your calling on Vinnies for help.

Yours,

Andrew O’Flynn (President, Camperdown Conference) 

Footy Clinic

On Monday 7th August St Patrick’s are lucky enough to have representatives from AFL Primary Play Program coming to run a footy clinic with our junior school. Students in Foundation, Grade 1 and Grade 2 will be involved in a 1 hour session that involves highly trained staff members coming into the school and teaching our students the fundamentals of AFL Football through fun and engaging games and activities.

We will be encouraging students to wear sports clothes and be free to wear their favourite footy colours on the day. A program of the sessions will be.

Time                                Class      
10:00 – 11:00               Grade 2
11:30 – 12:30                Grade 1
12:30 – 1:30                  Foundation

Kind Regards,

Matt Harkin

Concussions

Please find below important information about concussions.

If your child has experienced concussion, it is important that you follow recommended medical advice. Returning to school can be a graduated approach with the aim of increasing tolerance to a full day, the same situation could occur with sport. It is always important to check with your doctor and seek medical treatment after a child sustains a concussion.

It is important to inform the school if your child has sustained a concussion outside of the school setting so we can monitor for ongoing symptoms and adapt activities if required.

This factsheet link below from the Royal Children’s Hospital is valuable to read and understand.

https://www.rch.org.au/kidsinfo/fact_sheets/Head_injury_return_to_school_and_sport/

There is also a great evidence-based app from the Murdoch children’s research institute that walks you through what to do in the result of a concussion.

https://www.headcheck.com.au/

Foundation - Possum Magic Workshop

The Foundation students enjoyed the COPACC Theatre Company of the Mem Fox classic, Possum Magic today in the Big Room. Julia from Monkey Baa Theatre Company kept the children enthralled as they explored being a possum from the story "Possum Magic".

Lions Eye Health Program

The Lions Eye tests for Foundation and Grade 6 students will take place on Monday the 14th August.

If you would like your child to be tested and they are not in Foundation or Grade 6, please contact the office.

Wellbeing News

Catholic School Culture

Mary of the Cross MacKillop Feast Day

Next Tuesday 8th of August we celebrate the Feast Day of Mary of the Cross MacKillop. Mary MacKillop is an important Australian having spent her life helping people, especially children. After she died the Sisters of Saint Joseph continued to perform the work she started.

Mary MacKillop was declared Australia’s very first Saint on 17 October 2010 by Pope Benedict XVI at the Vatican in Rome. To commemorate this event, the schools of the Hampden Catholic Schools Network held a joint celebration. A photo of the combined schools on the Mercy Oval in the shape of a Josephite Cross can be viewed in the McKinnon Room. 

To attain the title Saint, the Catholic Church must recognise two miracles. Mary’s first miracle was recognised by the church in 1995 when a woman was cured of leukaemia in 1961, a second miracle was recognised in 2010 when a woman was given a month to live due to inoperable lung and brain cancer in the 1990s She was cured after wearing a relic of Mary’s clothing attached to her night clothes and through prayer

Mary of the Cross MacKillop said in 1867;  “We must teach more by example than by word.” Which fits very neatly with our own school motto “Deeds Not Words Only.”

Term 3 Friday Class Masses

Our Class Masses continue this week with the Grade 1 Mass at St Patrick’s Church. All are welcome to attend the 9.30 Friday Mass with their child’s class. The dates for the remainder of the term are as follows:

Friday 4th August - Grade 1
Friday 11th August - Grade 2 
Friday 18th August - Grade 3/4
Friday 25th August - Grade 5/6 

Kind regards,  Mr. S. 😃

Parish Bulletin

The Week Ahead

Student of the Week

Birthdays

Happy Birthday to the following students who celebrate their birthday this week.

Chase L, Xander K, Airlie L  & Maya O'S

COMMUNITY EVENTS

Camperdown Kindergarten Enrolments

Camperdown Preschool 2024 enrolments are now open.

Collect enrolment forms from either Baranbali (4year) or Kanandah (3year) rooms between 9am-2pm each day.

Enrolments close Friday 25^th August 2023.

Please call 5593 1936 for more information.

Mercy Production

Our 5/6 classes have been invited to attend a dress rehearsal of Mercy College's production of "The Addams Family" on Thursday 17th of August at 11:30am at the Camperdown Theatre.

Rock-Up Hockey