St Brendan’s Primary School 1581 40 Golf Links Road, Lakes Entrance 3909

Ph: 03-51552712 Fax 03-51554565

Internet Address: http://www.lakesent.catholic.edu.au

E-Mail Address: principal@lakesent.catholic.edu.au

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Newsletter No 28 September 13, 2018

Absence Reminder : If your child is absent from school, you must

advise the school as soon as possible on the day. Due to new

legislation, the school is required to contact parents/guardians if your

child is absent with an unknown reason. A Skoolbag App absentee form

is the most efficient contact method or you can phone the school office

and then provide a written note.

Friday 21st September

Pupil Free Day - No School

St Brendan's PS Working Bee

Saturday 15 September 8.00am to 11.00am

Parents and friends, if you can spare an hour or two this Saturday,

please come along to help maintain our school grounds and

classrooms. If you have a trailer,

gardening shears, an electric

pressure washer and hose,

chainsaw or building tools please

bring them along. We will have a

sausage lunch at 11am. Many

hands make light work. We

hope to see you there. Thank you

for your support.

SPORTS T SHIRTS All sports tops that have

been given out to children for sporting events this year now need to be returned to school as soon as possible. We are asking all families to check at home to make sure they don't have one sitting there.

Those who will be competing at Regional Athletics in October will be given a t shirt prior to that day. Thank you for your support in this matter.

SCHOOL NURSING PROGRAM

The primary school nurse Gail McGlone

from the Primary School Nursing Program

will be visiting our school early in Term 4. A

questionnaire has been distributed to all

Prep families. Thank you to the families

who have returned their form. If you

have not yet returned your form

could you please do so by next

Monday. The school nurse can also

follow up children previously referred in

Grades 1-6. For further enquiries please

contact the school.

Dear Families and Friends,

Well done to our athletics team who competed at the Division Athletics Carnival at Bairnsdale on

Monday. The children performed very well and we now have nineteen competitors going through to the

Regional Championships in Newborough.

We have had a couple of fantastic assemblies of late with the school leaders preparing and conducting the

events. They are being very creative and it has been a joy to see the talent on show at St Brendan’s. Last

Friday, India Boag and Olivia Greer delivered their Lions Club Public Speaking Competition addresses

which were of an extremely high standard. Well done, girls!

Well done to our Year Six students who have entertained audiences with their play ‘Troy Story’ over the

last week. Their final performance is this evening at 7.30pm, if you have not yet seen it. Congratulations,

also goes to Mr B and Miss Henderson for directing the performance. A big thank you to Emma Albert

who has done a magnificent job of the costumes.

The last day of term, Thursday, 20 September begins with our Golden Honour Assembly. Following the

assembly we have the walk up to the Footbridge Rotunda for the Big Picnic. This is a free dress day and

children are asked to bring in an item for our fete lucky dip. School finishes this day at 12.55pm. On

Friday, 21 September our school staff will work with Charles Lovitt who will present about differentiating

mathematics lessons. We are looking forward to learning new strategies.

This Saturday, 15 September from 8am – 11.00am we have a Working Bee at school. If you can spare an

hour our two please come along to help maintain our school grounds. If you have a trailer, gardening

shears, an electric pressure washer and hose or building tools please bring them along. We will have a

sausage lunch at 11.00am. We hope to see you there.

Good luck to everyone involved with the Lakes Entrance Football Netball club on Saturday.

Matthew Hamer

Healthy Tips – Healthy Mind Basics

It is important to find ways to express your feelings. This can help you to release built-up tensions and make better decisions. There are a number of ways you can express how you feel, including: Set aside some time for you – even it is ten minutes to take some

space for yourself.

Write about how you feel – this can be a useful way to explore your feelings. Some people keep diaries, others just write down whatever comes into their head. You may want to write a story about whatever is bothering you.

Walk away – from situations that might stress you out or make you angry.

Self-talk – change negative thought patterns to help you look at things in a more positive light.

Relaxation – is one way to focus your thoughts and consider the big picture. Is your stressful situation worth getting stressed about? Will it matter in the long run?

Play sport – sport gives you plenty of chances to yell or feel elated.

Be creative – draw or paint. Make a collage.

Use music – singing, playing or listening to music (or just shouting) can all help. Dance to music at home, or go out and dance as much as you like.

https://www.betterhealth.vic.gov.au

SEPTEMBER Dates for the Calendar

Thursday 13th 7.30pm Year 6 Play—TROY STORY

Friday 14th 9.00am St Brendan’s Playgroup in Hobby Room 9.10am Whole School Mass for Refugee and Migration Day

Saturday 15th Working Bee

Monday 17th Family Dinner : Year 4/5 Blue Andrew Chin workshops and concert Year 3 & 4 T20 Cricket @ Wy Yung 5.30pm Fete Meeting

Thursday 20th 9.15am GHC Assembly The BIG Picnic 12.55 School Finishes—End of Term

Friday 21st End of Term 3 - Pupil Free Day

OCTOBER

Monday 8th Term 4 commences Family Dinner : Year 4/5 Yellow

A reminder that the car park at the front of the school and the

church are NOT drop off zones. If you enter these car parks

you MUST walk your children into the school. DROP OFF

ZONE is via the Mary MacKillop Hall carpark only. The

Disabled Parking spaces are only for people with permits.

With Deepest Sympathy,

To the Hawkins family—Melissa, Andrew, Lucy (1/2 Yellow) and Jane (Foundation

Red) on the loss of a loved one. Our thoughts and prayers are with you all.

Indie-Rose Upton ( Foundation)

Congratulations on completing the Premiers’ Reading

Challenge 2018

St Brendan’s ~ St Colman’s Catholic Church - Mass Times

Friday 14/9 9.10am St. Brendan’s, Lakes Entrance

WHOLE SCHOOL

Wednesday 19/9 9.30am St. Colman’s, Orbost

Saturday 15/9 5.00pm St. Colman’s, Orbost Thursday 20/9 9.30am St. Brendan’s, Lakes Entrance

Sunday 16/9

9.00am

11.00am

St. Brendan’s, Lakes Entrance

St. Joseph’s, Swan Reach

Tuesday 18/9 5.00pm St. Brendan’s, Lakes Entrance

Well done, to the 52 students from St Brendan’s that

completed the challenge this year.

RELIGIOUS EDUCATION NEWS UPCOMING EVENTS: Whole-school Mass for Refugee and Migrant Day.

Friday, 14th September (Week 9) All welcome!

ANDREW CHINN CONCERT

On Monday, 17th September, Australian religious songwriter and singer,

Andrew Chinn, will be visiting our school to share his songs with our children.

Andrew’s songs, such as “These Hands”, “Rainbow” and “An African Blessing”

are used in classrooms and liturgies around Australia, New Zealand, USA and

Canada. Parents/parishioners are warmly invited to be a part of the

celebration of faith and fun. There is no charge for adults. The concert will

take place in the Mary MacKillop Hall, at 1.45pm sharp. We look forward to

seeing you there.

TERM 3 BAPTISM PROGRAM: For anyone interested in having a

school-aged child baptised, we will be running two

preparations sessions on Thursday 18th and Thursday 25th

October. Please contact Helen Renehan for more details if you

are interested.

Prayer from our Confirmation Retreat Day

Dear God,

Thank you for the ocean and the beaches.

Thank you for land and water, food and drinks.

Thank you for animals and plants.

Most of all, thank you for the gifts of the Holy Spirit!

Catalogues have been sent out to all families. If anyone is interested in ordering any goods you can place

an order at parentdirect.com.au and nominate St Brendan’s for the fundraising

voucher during checkout. By ordering toys from Parent Direct, up to 25c of every

dollar you spend will be given back to our school to buy education resources. Plus

for every 20 orders, we get an additional $200 to spend.

We would like to thank all of the businesses and families below for their

contributions to our School Fete Raffle. We have been overwhelmed by

the generosity of our school and wider community.

Raffle Prizes

1ST PRIZE – District Apartments South Yarra 2 Night Accommodation Vouch-

er for 4 people Value $600 Donated by Saltwater Properties & Village

Cinemas Gold Class Vouchers Value $200 Donated by Glenn Hodges of Hib-

bert & Hodges Lawyers

2ND PRIZE – $500 Surf-Shack Voucher Donated by Surf-Shack

3RD PRIZE – Wheelbarrow filled with Goods Value $500

Donated by The Lakes Timber & Building Supplies

4TH PRIZE – Baby Q Weber Value $320 Donated by Dahlsens

5TH PRIZE – Koonwarra Family Holiday Park Lakes Entrance 1 Night Accom-

modation Voucher Value $200 Donated by Koonwarra Family Holiday Park

6TH PRIZE – Secrets of the Skin Voucher & Hair + Salon Voucher Value $150

Donated by Bree Capobianco and Loren Brooks

7TH PRIZE – Wine pack Value $130 Donated by Lazzarotto Family

8TH PRIZE – Pinocchio Inn Restaurant Voucher Value $100 Donated by Pinoc-

chio Inn

9TH PRIZE – Albert & Co Dinner Voucher Value $100 Donated by Albert & Co.

TICKETS $2.00 each

Drawn at St Brendan’s Catholic School Bi-Annual Fete, Golf Links Rd, Lakes

Entrance,

CRAFT

STALL The craft stall coordinators

for the fete are asking all keen sewers and knitters to create a fabulous tea cosy for our craft stall. These will be displayed beautifully on the day and available for sale. We are looking for fabulous creations to wow our customers. There are some images attached for ideas and there are lots of free patterns on the internet .

Thank you to all of the families who have

returned their raffle books Its been a great

response so far.

Just a reminder completed books are due back

now. We still have more books available.

If you require another book please see the office.

Craft - If anyone can cut/sew material for

reusable bags can you please leave your name at

the school office. Also if anyone has any pillow

cases they could donate that would be greatly

appreciated.

Fete meeting is on this Monday 17th at 5:30 -

6:30 all welcome. Can all stall coordinators

please attend.

A collated list will go out early in Term 4. If you

have put your name down to donate goods these

can start coming in as of next term.

Teachers and class reps will soon be sending out

information regarding your child’s class stall.

Thank you to everyone who has supported us so

far. With only 7 weeks to go we will need a lot of

hands on deck next term.

Fete committee.

On the 10th of September, 36 St.

Brendan’s students competed at the

District Athletics Carnival. It was a great

day, the weather was fine and there was

great sportsmanship displayed.

Everyone competed to the best of their

ability, it was a tough competition.

Congratulations to the 19 kids who have

progressed to the Regional level to be

held in Newborough early next term.

Thank you to Wendy and Mr. Bates and

all the other people that helped out and

the parents who were able to come and

support us on the day.

By Brianna Thewma

On Friday, the 7th of September the school had a cent line. The cent line was to raise money for farmers in drought. All the Houses met down in the hall and placed their coins on 4 different lines in the hall. The way to win was not the most money but the longest line, and the house with the longest line was GREEN HOUSE! All of the money we have raised will be sent to the farmers. The amount of money we have raised is $523.60 Thank you to all the students that brought in money and to the parents that allowed them to. By Tenielle and Ethan

Last Show Tonight! Thursday 13th September @ 7:30pm

St Brendan’s Church Hall All welcome No bookings required Entry by gold coin donation

Tea coffee and ice creams will be available at interval

A HORSE-TERICAL

MUSICAL!

Starring

THE YEAR 6

CLASS OF 2018

3 Red News

Spelling

This term we have been doing SMART spelling. We have sure learnt a lot more than we knew in the previous term thanks to Ms Thompson. On every Monday we pick our new spelling words for the week and on Friday we test each other. During the week we do activities that help us learn sounds and spelling patterns. We really enjoy doing spelling and are all grateful that we get the opportunity to do it.

By:Amelia Midson and Kaitlin Dorling.

Father’s Day Breakfast

On Friday the 30th of August we had the Father’s Day breakfast. Everyone dressed up in their favourite AFL colours. Everyone bought raffle tickets so they could win amazing prizes for their dads. There was lots of delicious food for everyone. It was a really fun day and thank you everyone who helped prepare the breakfast.

By Shayla and Siena

Typing

You can practice typing so you know how to type faster and better. We have been doing typing to help get us ready for Naplan in grade 5, which will be done online. By Xavier Geography

This term Year 3 Red and Green made islands.

We had partners and we each made an island. Every island had to have three producers, consumers and decomposers. Everyone had to choose if their island was in the Polar Zone, the Tropical Zone or the Temperate Zone. We all had to build our own island the way we wanted it to look. All the islands look AMAZING. Everyone had heaps of fun while working together and giving each other ideas.

By Matylda Petersen and Isabella Wilkie-Pitt.

Foundation

We have been learning about anti-bullying

with the Foundation class and we have

been listening to story books and making

friendship chains. We have been learning

about growth mindset and how to make

good choices at school.

We went outside to play a game with

Foundation and it was fun.

We have had a great term with Foundation.

By Alyssa and Taliah

Division Athletics

On the 10th of September some St. Brendan’s students went to Division Athletics at Howitt Park, Bairnsdale. The first event was 1500 metres. Harley was in that event. He was very nervous.

Harley walked over to the starting line. All of a sudden the horn went off. Harley came in 3rd place. Caleb came 2nd in the 1500 metres. Keira came 1st in her age group.

The last events were the relays. First were the 9/10 year old girls. They got 5th. Next were the 9/10 boys. They got 1st. The 11 year old girls got 2nd and the 11 boys got 3rd. Both 12 year old teams came 4th.

By Harley Young and Dexter Collins

Paragraphs

We are learning about paragraphs and how they are a group of sentences about the same topic. Paragraphs can be used in information reports. We wrote information reports on AFL, sports, animals and famous people.

By Blake and Bailey

Cooking and Gardening

In the afternoon, Mike Ryan has been taking people out to go cooking and gardening.

In gardening we plant little seeds and we take the full grown plants out to use for cooking. In cooking we have been making yummy recipes. We have made sausage rolls, food for the funeral, apple crumble and soup.

By Tayah and Ava

Maths

We have learnt number lines, multiplication and

division in maths this term. We learnt that in

multiplication, we can skip count, make groups, do

arrays and repeated addition.

By Leroy and Isacc

Guess how many lollies are in the jar

We had a competition where you had to guess how

many lollies are in the jar.

We were raising money for Caritas Australia. Caritas is a

Catholic Agency for International Aid and Development,

Caritas is Latin for love + compassion – two qualities

which are central to their work. Caritas help raise money

for people in need.

The person who won the small jar is Logan Malandrini.

The person who won the medium jar is Beau Newman.

And the person who won the large jar is Eve Hamer.

Our total of money is that we raised was $ 63.50

Thank you for all those people who had a guess. The

money is going to a good cause.

Thankyou Charlotte Vella and Ella Wells 4/5 Red.

Louise Coventry joined the kitchen crew to teach us how to make yummy jam donuts. it was a very busy day in the kitchen as we also prepared a delicious lunch called Coq Au Vin for the teachers Thursday meal. There were also leftover bacon and eggs from the Fathers Day breakfast so we made five egg and bacon pies for families. From the Kitchen Crew