P.O. Box 7, Cowra 2794 Email: straphaels@bth.catholic.edu.au Tel: 6342.2940 School Website: www.straphaelscowra.catholic.edu.au

Dear Parents I congratulate those students who were elected to

leadership positions for 2015 – a page is included later

in the Newsletter with names and roles. I also honour

those students who accepted nomination by staff and

who were not elected – that calls on equal courage.

At a lovely ceremony on Friday a camellia garden and

memorial plaque were dedicated to the memory of

Charlotte Vella who lost her life in a car accident in

2012. Charlotte’s class mates, teachers and family

gathered in support of one another and prayed in

thanks for the privilege of having Charlotte light our

lives. The garden and plaque are at the front of the

school where our children gather of an afternoon to

await their buses.

In the years before 1997 the school magazine “The

Crocus” had been an annual publication made up of

student work samples, photos and class lists. In 2013

“The Crocus” was again published – this year “The

Crocus” is out again, a photographic record of the

events and people of 2014. Every student is included.

In due course there is going to be a call for orders and

the magazines will be delivered at the start of the 2015

school year (so that events right to the very end of the

school year can be included). I am grateful for the work

of Mr Phil Dean who has taken the lead role in this

project that has been underway since the start of this

year.

As we head towards the end of November our big

focus now is to ensure that the P&F Christmas Fair is

a roaring success. A couple of vacancies still remain

for two volunteers to help sell tickets for the rides. If

you are able to help please register on the P&F website

accessed through www.straphaelscowra.catholic.edu.au

If not then just come along on the 28th November and

enjoy a great night out for the family.

Michael Gallagher Principal

Matthew 25:14-30

Being thankful brings energy to our Christian life and to our prayer. When prayer is dull, we may bring new life to our prayer by going over

what we are grateful for in our lives. We realise how much we are gifted. Good prayer

will encourage us to give back of what we have received. All we are and have in the

Christian life is for the service of God in the service of our neighbour.

Monday 17 Happy birthday to Aarthika Baskaran, Emma Clements

and Beth Kollas. Swimsafe.

Tuesday 18 Swimsafe.

Primary Summer Trials in Dubbo.

Wednesday 19 Happy birthday to William Lawler and Jessica

Trengove. Swimsafe.

Thursday 20

Happy birthday to Shiane Murray. Swimsafe.

Friday 21

Happy birthday to Shaun Petty. Swimsafe.

Blast 20 November – 23 November.

Happy birthday to Hannah Chamberlain and Duncan Muir for the 22

nd and Matthew Banks for the 23

rd.

St Raphael’s Catholic School

Term 4, Week 7/A Newsletter

17th November 2014

P.O. Box 7, Cowra 2794 Email: straphaels@bth.catholic.edu.au Tel: 6342.2940 School Website: www.straphaelscowra.catholic.edu.au

School Vinnies Christmas Appeal A reminder, as a part of this year’s “St Raphael’s School St Vincent de Paul Christmas Appeal” we are asking for donations of Christmas Gifts for Children. This appeal will support our local Vinnies store and help struggling families experience all that Christmas has to offer. Each stage has been given an age group which their gifts will be for; however, if they wish to buy a gift for another age group you are more than welcome. It is asked that gifts are wrapped and labelled with the age and gender of the recipient and deliver it to your child’s Homeroom. As a school community we always think of others, we thank you in advance for your generosity. Altar Servers’ Roster Sat 22

nd: Tom Heilman, Owen Munro

Sun 23rd

: Isobelle Lynch, Mikelli Garratt School Eucharistic Ministers for Weekend Parish Masses: Sat 22

nd: Miss Downes

Sun 23rd

: Mr Gallagher, Mrs Whiteley, Mrs Johnston School Computer Roster Sat 22

nd: Joe Waters

Sun 23rd

: Sam Gallagher Student Leaders (2015) Elections

As indicated in Mr Gallagher’s principal’s passage the

school’s captains, vice-captains and prefects have

been elected. These students will be taking up

leadership positions next year.

This week Sports Carnival Captains will be chosen this

Friday, 21st November (Primary).

Secondary Sports Carnival Captains will be chosen

later this term.

English – Maths Awards

Friday, 14th

November, 2014

Last Friday, students were acknowledged for their

efforts and achievements in Mathematics and English.

Congratulations to these students on their good work

and recognition. Students who received awards are

listed below.

Class English Mathematics

KB Mia Lewis Luke Britten

KF Cohan Howden Hugh Williams

1SO Phillipa Richmond Nicholas Varela

1W Aurinia Emseis Will Campbell

2P Kai Fitzgerald Yoi Yap

2W Lecksi Killick George Kollas

3M Meg Jones Phoebe Simunic

3S Tianna Azzopardi Elizabeth Heilman

4D Hamish Newell Chloe Robertson

4J Benjamin Varela Annaleise Prescott

5O Mackenzie Bone Zoe Budge

5P Kelsey Pollard Zara McKenzie

6C Ky Thompson Jeremy Cains

6S Phoebe Varela Benjamin Varela

Special Awards Assembly

Primary

28th

November, 2015

Four students from each of the Primary Homerooms will be acknowledged for their efforts this year at the next Primary Assembly. Parents of students to receive awards will receive notification towards the end of this week or early next week. This assembly will be held on Friday, 28

th November. This assembly will commence

immediately after lunch at approximately 2pm. Also, at this assembly the Year 6 Public Speaking Finals will be held. The students in the final are Jeremy Cains, Kate Johnston, Kate Price and Phoebe Varela. The winner of this final speaks at the Whole School Annual Speech Day on Tuesday, 9

th December.

Secondary Awards Assembly

Secondary subject awards are to be presented at an

assembly in St Raphael’s Hall on Tuesday, 2nd

December. These subject awards acknowledge

students’ efforts and achievements during the course

of the whole year. The assembly will commence at

11.30am and will conclude by 12.30pm. Parents of

students to receive awards will receive a letter of

invitation at the beginning of next week.

Speech Day

Annual Awards Presentation

Tuesday, 9th

December, 2014

The Kinder – Year 10 Annual Awards Presentation will

be held in St Raphael’s Church on Tuesday, 9th

December. This awards day commences at 9.30am

and will conclude prior to 11.30am. This presentation

day is the culmination of the awards presented to the

students. The end-of-year awards assemblies prior to

this occasion include the Primary Special Awards,

Primary English and Maths Awards and the Secondary

Subject Awards. Speech Day provides an opportunity

to acknowledge students in the year group classes for

the categories of:

- Religious Education and Gospel Values - Academic Achievement - Application and Industry - Special Community Awards - Achievement and Effort in Sporting Categories

Level 7 Lunch

One of the privileges for primary students who have

reached Level 7 on the school’s Behaviour

Management Plan is to leave the school with Mr Maher

and have lunch at McDonalds. A note will be sent to

parents next week inviting these students to this

occasion. The date planned for this lunch is Thursday,

4th December.

P.O. Box 7, Cowra 2794 Email: straphaels@bth.catholic.edu.au Tel: 6342.2940 School Website: www.straphaelscowra.catholic.edu.au

LIBRARY NEWS As we approach the end of the year and stock take approaches it is time to ensure all books are returned. There are some outstanding overdue loans so it would be appreciated if parents please assist students in locating these books. At our assembly on Friday 14

th students received their

book awards from the lucky book draw courtesy of our successful Book Fair and Scholastic . As a result of the fantastic support of everyone we now have $729.00 worth of new books in our library. The books purchased are those the students indicated they wanted during the Book Fair. Book Fair Winners: Charlotte Tindall, William Campbell, Charlie Graham, Eppie Emseis, Misty Williams, Joshua Gocin, Zoe Stedman and Kate Johnston. Harriet Perry, Carter Langfield, Ruby Frazer, and Jeremy Cains who were absent for the previous assembly received their Book prizes also from the Book Week poster competition. Congratulations all of you. Kerri Skinner HOMEWORK K-2 During our Swimsafe week there will be no homework for Year One and Year Two.

Summer Sports Trials Tomorrow, Tuesday,18

th November, fourteen Year 4

and 5 students will head to Dubbo to trial for a spot in the Bathurst Diocesan side for 2015. Mikelli Garratt, Zara McKenzie, Matilda Proctor, Charlie Williams and Oliver Wilson will be serving, volleying and smashing at the tennis try-outs. Ruby Frazer, Emma Wilkinson, Philippa Austin, Riley Langfield, Harry Thuaux, Daniel Britten, Hugo Skene and Luke Banks will be dodging and darting around the touch football fields. Bill Statham will be sending them down and hitting them out of the park at the cricket ground. We wish all of these athletes all the best in Dubbo tomorrow. Primary Physical Education Lessons Wednesdays

This Wednesday, 19th November students in Years 3,

4 and 6 will need to wear their sports uniforms. Next

Wednesday, 26th November students in Years 1, 2 and

5 will need their sports uniform.

NOTE: Due to Infants Swimming this week Year 6 will

have PE on Wednesday and Year 1 will have PE next

week.

Sporting Events Primary

Nov 18 Summer Sports Trials (Dubbo)

Dec 11 National Cricket Finals (Melbourne)

Stage 3 Girls

School Magazine Orders – The CROCUS If the old adage of "a picture is worth a thousand words" is true then this year's THE CROCUS school magazine would have in excess of 900,000 words or would be over 4,500 pages in size. Invest in your child's history. Order a copy of this year's magazine by week 7 of this term. Please complete the order form at the end of the newsletter with your numbers wanted.

If 100 copies are ordered the cost will be $34.50 per copy

If 200 copies are ordered then the per copy cost drops to only $23.50

Orders to date ONLY 69

BBQ Lunch 26 November On Wednesday, 26

th November a sausage sizzle will

be run by some Y7 students to raise money for “Soldier On”. Founded in 2012, the organisation was inspired by the death of Lieutenant Michael Fussell, who was killed in an IED blast in Afghanistan in 2008. His friend John Bale looked for a way to support those who survived the blast. Soldier On is about Australians coming together to show their support for our physically and psychologically wounded. We want to show the men and women of our Defence forces that we will always have their backs. Sausage sandwiches will be $2 and drinks will be $1

Canteen Update This week’s roster is as follows:

Tues 18

th

Wed 19th

Thurs 20th

Fri 21st

Mon 24th

Raelene Nelligan

Skye

Muddle

CLOSED

Lisa Mallon

Tracey

Gunnyon

Carrie Simunic

Mary Cooper

Kylie

Kollas

Vicki Banks

Karen Campbell

Sally

Bruncher

P.O. Box 7, Cowra 2794 Email: straphaels@bth.catholic.edu.au Tel: 6342.2940 School Website: www.straphaelscowra.catholic.edu.au

Next week is the Christmas Fair!

CHRISTMAS HAMPER RAFFLE This is the last week for the Christmas Raffle and the theme is “Your Choice”. Items can be edible or non-edible. Raffle ticket booklets went home last week. Please send in completed booklets as soon as possible. If you need extra tickets please collect them from the front office. House points are earned for each item brought in for the hamper.

JAZZY JARS Don’t forget to keep sending in your Jazzy Jars for the Christmas Fair. You can use clean glass or plastic jars of any size with a secure lid. Use your imagination to fill your jars with new items. Stationary bits and pieces, wrapped lollies, party supplies, hair accessories, art, craft and sewing supplies, small hardware items and small toys are always popular. We will have 2 JAZZY JAR PIZZA LUNCH PRIZES this year! One for the class that brings in the MOST Jazzy Jars and one for the class that brings in the BEST QUALITY Jazzy Jars. Jars with 2

nd hand items

and Halloween or unwrapped lollies won’t be counted. THE BOOK STALL Please send in donations of Young Adult books and Fiction and Non Fiction books for Adults. If students give them to their homeroom teachers or leave them at the front office, they will be collected each week. Cake Stall Next week the trays will come home on Monday for you to please fill with something delicious. Please list the ingredients used in your baking for those with allergies. All goodies for the cake stall can be returned to the school on Thursday or Friday depending on what the item is. Thank you in advance.

Please contact Ona Lawrence for more information and if you are able to volunteer some time and help before or during the fair – all help will be much appreciated.

Phone 6345 1789 or 0409 608 118, or email onalawrence@gmail.com

WELL DONE Congratulations to the following students who have achieved the

next level on the Behaviour Management Programme.

Level 6 Christian Petty 4J Jock Stephenson 4J Georgia Chapple 6S Duncan Muir 6S Level 7 Cameron Forsyth 4D Jessica Trengove 4D Lily Vardy 4D Eloise Cains 4J Clare Hines 5G William Lawler 5G Hugo Skene 5G Bernadette Zarb 5G Alexi Buchtmann 5O

Your Teachers are very Proud of You!

Cowra Community Cinemas Movie: Mr Peabody and Sherman Time: 6:00pm Date: Friday 21 November Venue: Cowra Civic Centre Theatrette Tickets at the door Adults at children’s Prices Single: $6, Family $18

School Magazine Order Form

Name: _____________________________________

Phone: _____________________________________

Child: ______________________________________

Class: _____________________________________

Number ordered: _____________________________

P.O. Box 7, Cowra 2794 Email: straphaels@bth.catholic.edu.au Tel: 6342.2940 School Website: www.straphaelscowra.catholic.edu.au

St Raphael’s Catholic School

Student Leaders of 2015:

School Captains:

Michelle Grech Tom Statham

School Senior Prefects:

Kitty Brooks Anna McNamara Mitchell Beer Jack Thurtell

School Vice Captains:

Matilda Proctor Hugo Skene

School Prefects:

Ruby Frazer Zara McKenzie Bill Statham Alex Brown

P.O. Box 7, Cowra 2794 Email: straphaels@bth.catholic.edu.au Tel: 6342.2940 School Website: www.straphaelscowra.catholic.edu.au

Carnival Rides

Pick a Box

Photos with Santa

Cake Stall

Jumping Castle

BBQ and Hot Food

Friday November 28, 2014 Carnival Rides start at 4pm

Christmas Fair 6pm-9pm

Lots of Raffles

Ham Wheel

Kid’s Corner

Market Stalls

Book Stall

Live Performances

FREE ENTRY! MAJOR PRIZES

All Welcome! Contact: Ona Lawrence 6345 1789, 0409 609 118 New stall-holders welcome

Christmas Fair Fai

r!