No. 8.2015

Thursday 21st May

"Friends forever,

learning together"

Immaculate Heart of Mary School

Newsletter

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Immaculate Heart of Mary School Newsletter 21.05.2015

For Pope Francis

Recently ISIS has targeted the Vatican and plans to harm the Pope!

We pray for the Holy Father that the heavenly Mother intercedes for him and protects him in his ministry. We invite our community to say this prayer for peace each day.

Dear Lord we pray for peace. Weep not for what you have lost, fight for what you have. Weep not for what is dead, fight for what was born in you. Weep not for the one who abandoned you, fight for who is with you. Weep not for those who hate you, fight for those who want you. Weep not for your past, fight for your present struggle. Weep not for your suffering, fight for your happiness. With things that are happening to us, we begin to learn that nothing is impossible to solve, just move forward.

Amen THE HOLY FATHER MAKES A REQUEST FOR PRAYERS THAT GOD PROTECTS HIM AND GIVES HIM FORCES TO MEET THIS DIFFICULT TASK.... SO BE IT!! The goal is to reach ten million Hail Mary's for Pope Francis. Hail Mary, full of grace. The Lord is with thee, blessed art thou among women and blessed is the fruit of thy womb, Jesus. Holy Mary, Mother of God, pray for us sinners, now and at the hour of our death. Amen.

Parent Information Session - Supporting Children with Asthma

On Tuesday we attended a talk by Pam Hicks from Latrobe Community Health Services about asthma. We found it be very informative and a good refresher for us.

It was good to see the different types of “puffers” available. We talked about the correct storage and cleaning of puffers and went over the correct technique to administer Ventolin.

We discussed the importance of having an up to date asthma plan and learnt these should be reviewed after each asthma attack. It is important to be aware of your child’s asthma triggers and to try as much as possible to minimise their exposure to the triggers.

Parents should ensure all caregivers are aware of their child’s asthma plan. It is important to ensure the school has a current plan and in date medication on hand.

Pam invited parents to contact her at LCHS for more information or alternatively to contact Asthma Australia. Adam & Christine Herben

Dear parents,

Over last weekend the 16th

and 17th of May. A group of parents and friends under took the following tasks

• Removal and mulching of many hazardous trees around the oval.

• Garden bed prepara$on next to new footpath.

• Cleaned the portable buildings walls and pathways.

• Gardening.

I would like to thank those listed below for dona$ng their $me and tools:

Mark Chandler ,Mathew Chandler, Mellissa Chandler, Steve Denholm, Steve Dargan, Wayne Moore, Jo Micallef,

Sco, Laidlaw, Renee Laidlaw, Rebecca Lovison and Heather Watson

Special thanks goes to Mark, Mellissa and Mathew Chandler of Tanjil East Tree Services for dona$ng their $me and

equipment to undertake this major tree removal.

A small sewer spill has been identified at St Mary’s Primary School in Newborough.

The sewer spill is affecting a small area of the school’s playground and was immediately blocked off

from students by school staff. Gippsland Water repair crews taped off the affected area upon their arrival and have begun cleaning and repairing the surrounding area to ensure student safety.

Clean-up works will continue until the area is deemed safe. We anticipate this will take approximately two weeks. Gippsland Water apologises for this inconvenience.

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Cross Country

On Friday the 8th of May the following students went to the Western Valley Cross Country: Levi, Ayden, Miles, Paris, Imogen, Logan, Jack, Jesse, Cooper, Elli, Jazmyn and me Sam. We all went to Newborough East Primary School. The day was cold and windy but we did a warm up lap to warm us up. And we braved the weather. Students in in grade 3 and 4

Ran 2km, and grade 5 and 6 ran 3km. All kids were put into their age groups and ran their own race the best they could. It will be good to see more run-ners next year. By Sam

Congratulations to all of our children who recently participated in the 1500 metre running on Monday.

In class this week we have been learning about St Eugene de Mazenod. I have learnt that:

St Eugene de Mazenod was born in France, 1782.

St Eugene de Mazenod became a Priest in 1811.

St Eugene de Mazenod tried to help the young by showing God’s faith and love.

St Eugene de Mazenod began a new religious order of priests and lay brothers in 1826.

St Eugene de Mazenod called his new religious order Oblates of Mary Immaculate.

Bishop Ignace Bourget continued St Eugene de Mazenod to send seven of his members to him.

In 1837 St Eugene de Mazenod became Bishop of Marseilles.

Bishop de Mazenod special quote was “Working together for the faith of the Gospel.”

The year the Church was recognised was on October 19th, 1975.

He was officially canonized on December 3rd, 1995.

I feel like Father Harry and Father Matthew have taught me a lot about God and the love God shares with us all. I also feel blessed and spiritually welcome to the Catholic Life at my school.

The quote ‘strive towards a greater perfection’ means to me that I should never give up and that I should always try my best in everything I do.

By Joshua grade 4/5

Ashley, Matthew & Joshua with their

St Eugene de Mazenod artwork and

favourite quotes.

Kylah with her favourite

St Eugene de Mazenod

favourite quote.

Congratulations

We offer our congratulations to Nicholas (grade Prep/1TA) and his family on the recent birth of his new little brother Alexander.

We wish your family all the best.

Western Valley Athletics Carnival

Good luck to our squad students representing St Mary’s at the Athletics Carnival today!

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Class Awards - Weeks 4 & 5

Prep/1B Chloe Skyla

Prep/1TA Archie Joshua

Gr 1/2 Layna Kurt

Gr 2 Liam Xander

Gr 3 Jack Hayden

Gr 4 Ryan Lara

Gr 4/5 Kylah Hayley

Gr 5/6 Kyle

Enrolments for Prep 2016

Enrolments are now open for 2016. If you have a child that is due to start school next year please come past the office and collect an enrolment form .

Oblate Young Adults Sunday@6.30pm

StKieran’smeetingRoom

Nextgatheringdates:May17th&31st

Come and learn who you are in the eyes of Christ!

Help needed - St Mary’s Parish

St. Mary’s Parish is in urgent need of people to be in-

cluded on our Church cleaning Roster. If you could help

in any way, please contact Carol Elswyk on 5127 4676.

CAR & BIKE SHOW FOR HARMONY

There will be a car show at school on Sunday 24th of May. ALL money raised on the day will go towards ongoing medical costs for Harmony.

Car or bike exhibitors – From 8:30am – Cost $5 each

General Public Entry – From 9:30am – Gold coin donation

There will be raffles, spinning wheel, jumping castles, fairy floss, BBQ, Cake stall, face painting, Live entertainment and much more.

We will need some parent helpers on the day – to hand out raffle tickets, operating fairy floss machine and for general assistance. If you can spare some time please contact Natasha Hoekstra on 0409 040 700 or Barbara Gatt on 0427467979.

‘Maths at Home’ Research shows that strengthening the partnership between school and home increases student’s chances of success in their education. At St Mary’s we encourage you, our parents to be active participants in your student’s learning. To further support you, our families, we are going to suggest a ‘maths at home’ activity on each newsletter. We hope to show that many of our day-to-day activities involve maths. We hope you have fun further exploring maths at home. A simple activity you may like to try is the following from www.math.com

Activity: Guess my Number.

Grades Prep to 6

Let your child think of a number between a stated range of numbers for example 1-100. You try and guess the number by asking questions (depending on child’s ability). Here is an example of a conversation you may have.

Child: I am thinking of a number between 1 and 50. Parent: Is it more than 50? Child: No. Parent: Is it an even number? Child: Yes. Parent: Is it more than 20 but less than 40? Child: Yes. Parent: Can you reach it by starting at zero and counting by 5's? Child: Yes. And so on….

After you have guessed your child's number, let your child guess a number and reverse the process.

You may also like to encourage your child to also use Mathletics at home. Each child has their own username and password which their teacher can provide them. Simply logon to the Mathletics website on your computer (www.mathletics.com.au) and sign in using their username and password.

Mother’s Day Raffle

1st Skyla gr Prep/1B

2nd Micallef family

3rd Indee gr Prep/1B

4th Bethanie gr 5/6

5th McQuade family

6th Joshua gr 5/6

7th Pat Dargan

8th Penny Anderson

9th Darnell Grech

Our Mother’s Day raffle and stall raised $1843.30. A special thanks to our wonderful craft group for all their hard work on making items for the stall.

Our Easter Raffle raised $511.00, for our sponsor child.

Casual Clothes day raised $246.10 for St Vinnies Soup Kitchen.

We raised $497.45 for Caritas, which was presented to Mrs Susan Grout last week at assembly by our mini Oblates; Hayley, Imogen, Jazmyn and Abby.

MAY Fri 22nd Volunteers Workshop 9.00am in the Library

Reflection (half )day at St Mary’s School, for First Eucharist candidates

Mon 25th School Closure - School Renewal

Wed 27th Grade 1/2M & 2B excursion to Walhalla

Sun 31st First Holy Communion Mass, 9.00am St Mary’s Church & 10.30am St Kieran’s Church

JUNE Wed 3rd Altar Serving Session year 4 students (who celebrated First Eucharist)

Fri 12th Sacred Heart Mass

Mon 15th IMAX Melbourne Museum excursion, grades 3, 4, 4/5 & 5/6. TBC

Tues 23rd Pilgrimage Mass in Sale, year 5 students

Thurs 25th Last Day Term 2

Fri 26th School Closure - Staff Spirituality Day

JULY Mon 13th First Day Term 3

Mass at St Kieran's for Father Harry’s 25th anniversary, 9.30am

Fri 17th Mass of Anointing

Diary Dates

Community Events - Located in the corridor outside the Multipurpose Room.

• The Kidz Rock Show - Friday 29th May 7.00 to 9.00pm. Elizabeth Street Primary School. $10 entry

• GEST - Gardening Classes

• GEST - Cooking on a budget

• Australian Catholic University - Notre Dame Folk Choir, Sat 23rd May 10.30am to 4.45pm

• Music lessons - Violin, Viola, Cello, Acoustic Guitar, Recorder, Flute, Clarinet, Saxophone & Trumpet

Alter Serving Roster:

Sun 24th May Jerri & Matthew Sun 31st May Alana, Brendan and Jazmyn

Sun 7th June Alana, Brendan & Jazmyn Sun 14th June Amelia, Imogen & Jade

IMMACULATE HEART OF MARY SCHOOL PO Box 281 Newborough 50 Monash Road Newborough Phone: 5127 2342 Fax: 5126 1334 Mobile: 0409 145 138 Email: principal@stmnewbor.catholic.edu.au Web: www.stmnewbor.catholic.edu.au

"Friends forever,

learning together"

IMMACULATE HEART OF MARY PARISH - PARISHES IN PARTNERSIP

St Mary’s Church, Newborough and St. Kieran’s Church, Moe Contact: 5127 1057

Weekend Mass Times: St Brigid’s Yallourn North Saturday 5.00pm St Mary’s Newborough Sunday 9.00 am St Kieran’s Moe Saturday 6.30pm, Sunday 10.30am

Website: www.stmnewbor.catholic.edu.au School App: Search Immaculate Heart of Mary

Uniform Shop - Opening hours

Monday: 8.30 to 9.00am and 3.00 to 3.30pm

Wednesday: 3.00 to 3.30pm

Friday: 3.00 to 3.30pm

School fees

Term 2 school fees are due date for payment by Friday 29th May.

Payment options available:

EFT, EFTPOS, cash or cheque. Direct Debit from your bank account and Centrepay for Centrelink customers.