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Dear Parents and Carers,
Mary has arrived The beautiful statue of Mary Mackillop (St Mary of the Cross) arrived from South Australia on Thursday, in time to be placed at the front of the church for yesterday’s parish celebration of Mary’s feast day. In the coming weeks we are choosing the stone that will become the plinth below the statue and preparing the site in the school grounds that will become Mary’s new home.
So far twenty-five families have made a donation to the cost of the statue. Next Friday, all names will be provid-ed to Peter Hill who will engrave them onto the plaque that will be placed on the plinth. Parents and parishioners still wishing to make a donation, and have their children’s names or their family name added to the plaque, have until Friday 19 August to do so. Details regarding donations are included in today’s newsletter.
St Mary of the Cross is such an important spiritual guide for our school community because she demonstrated how to be a disciple of Jesus, how to love like Jesus. In fact Fr David described her to our children yesterday as one of our heroes. Her simple mantra, “never see a need without doing something about it”, reminds us that fol-lowing Jesus is about being grounded in loving those around us in word and deed. Michael Leunig’s prayer (below) is a further reminder of what a challenge this can be.
“Love one another and you will be happy”. It’s as simple and as difficult as that. There is no other way.
NAIDOC Today is International Day of the World’s Indigenous People’s and the UN site explains that there are an estimated 370 mil-lion indigenous people in the world, living across 90 countries. They make up less than 5 per cent of the world's population, but account for 15 per cent of the poorest. They speak an overwhelming majority of the world's estimated 7,000 languages and represent 5,000 different cultures. On Friday St Finbarr’s celebrates Australia’s Indigenous People through NAIDOC. The children will lead the community at a special assembly at 9:00am. Following this, Aunty Delta will work with each stage, one at a time, leading up to morning tea. I hope you are able to join us. Please Help all to Stay Healthy! There is a lot of illness around our community at present, particularly a gastro bug and a flu virus. If your child is unwell please keep them at home. Several students have had to be sent home during the day recently. By keeping your child at home you will help to limit the spread of germs. With best wishes for the coming week,
Kind regards,
John Wilson Principal Loving, growing, learning for life
Principal’s Message
Term 3 9 August 2016 Week 4
celebrating
100 years
1916– 2016 * St Finbarr’s school photos 1949—early 60’s
1 Arakwal Court, Byron Bay NSW 2481 tel: 6685 6342 fax: 6685 8784 email: [email protected] www.bbplism.catholic.edu.au
This week’s value: Encourage Each Other, Work and Play Together
(Friendliness, Generosity, Gentleness, Joyfulness)
Joyfulness Is being filled with happiness, peace and well-being and appreciating life.
Signs of success
Enjoying whatever it is you are doing and the peo-ple you are doing it with
Believing that you are loved and cared about
Appreciating and saying positive things about yourself and others
First Holy Communion Program Our First Holy Communion program continued with last Friday’s lesson look-ing closely at the Mass and how we gather and listen. We discussed when, how and why stories are shared. Again, students participated thoughtfully and reverently. Stage Masses As always you are most welcome to join us for the following Stage Masses:
Kindy Friday 26th August 9:30 at St. Finbarr’s Church, Byron Bay.
Stage 3 Friday 9th September 9:30 at St. Finbarr’s Church, Byron Bay.
Whole School Masses Yesterday we celebrated the Feast of St. Mary of the Cross MacKillop with a whole school/parish Mass. Mary is Australia’s first Saint. She was one of Australia's most remarkable women who demonstrated incredible strength, devotion, inspiration and absolute trust in God. Mary’s example was fol-lowed by other women and we celebrate her life with the Sisters of St. Jo-seph who continue her good work today. We will celebrate the Assumption of the Blessed Virgin Mary next Monday 15
th August. Again, the mass will be at 9:30 at St. Finbarr’s Church and we
look forward to seeing you there.
Altar Serving Roster
Year of Mercy
Pope Francis says, "We need constantly to contem-
plate the mystery of mercy. It is a wellspring of joy,
serenity, and peace.”
The motto for the year, Merciful like the Father,
serves as an invitation to follow the merciful example
of God who asks us not to judge or condemn but to
offer love and forgiveness instead.
Reflecting on the image
In this image Pope Francis blesses the young man.
For Pope Francis ‘Mercy’ is one of the names of
God. Mercy is a key to his spirituality, his papacy,
his entire life. Many of the images we see of Pope
Francis show him embracing God’s little ones – the
elderly, children, those with disabilities. John Burland Live in Concert Our school is fortunate to have singer John Burland performing on Thursday 25th August at 1:45pm in our school hall. Students will be immersed in a joyful and prayerful celebration of our Catholic faith. Parents, younger sib-lings and parishioners are also invited to attend the live concert. Kind Regards, Chantelle Cotes Shayne Conlon Leader of School Catechesis Leader of School Evangelisation
13th August Angus Wilkie Sara Crawford
Chloe Crawford
August 2016
12 NAIDOC Celebrations
15 Mathematics ICAS Years 2-6
Assumption of the Blessed Virgin Mary Mass (Whole School) 9:30am
Term 3 School Fees Due
16-18 Stage 3 Sydney Excursion
16-17 Gymnastics begins (tues, Wed for next 5 weeks)
19 Stg 2WC Assembly prayer
25 1.45pm John Burland performing School hall
26 9.30am Kindergarten & Stg 1—Mass
First Holy Communion retreat day
27 6.00-7.00pm First Holy Communion
September 2016
2 7.30-9.30am Father’s Day Breakfast
5 6:30pm General Forum meeting
6 6.00-7.00pm Maths parent educa-tion night
9 9.30am Stage 3 Mass
12 Leadership photos yr6
21-23 Stage 2 Camp
23 Last Day Term 3
October 2016
10 Pupil Free Day
11 First Day Term 4
28 4.30-7.00pm Kinder Orientation
November 2016
4 7pm Trivia Night
December 2016
3 Christmas Fair
16 Last Day of School
Evangelisation
LEARNING CELEBRATIONS Congratulations to Scarlett Bear and Mia Bridger on their outstanding ICAS Science results. The girls were presented with their certificates at last week’s Assembly. Scarlett received a Credit, scoring in the top 17% of Australian par-ticipants. Mia received a High Distinction, scoring in the top 3% of all partici-pants in Australia. Well done girls, we are really proud of your learning! We received our digital results for ICAS Writing today. The students who par-ticipated performed exceptionally well. In Year 5 we received a High Distinc-tion, Distinction, Credit, Merit and participation awards. In Year 4 our students received a High Distinction and two Credits. Whilst in Year 3 we received a Merit award. Congratulations to all of our students who participated, the as-sessment was very challenging! The awards will be presented at the next Assembly. Warm regards, Lisa Conte
Leader of Pedagogy
Learning
DIOCESE OF LISMORE
CATHOLIC SCHOOLS OFFICE
9 August 2016 Dear Parents During Term 3 on Tuesday 23 August 2016, Carolyn Wade will be involved in an assistant principal appraisal pro-cess as part of her contract renewal conditions with the Catholic Schools Office. The appraisal process seeks information from a variety of people associated with the parish school. The process aims to highlight the positive aspects of the assistant principal’s performance and identify areas for further develop-ment. A timeline will be constructed to suit the needs of the parish school community. A panel consisting of two CSO Con-sultants, one of whom will act as Chair, and the school principal will conduct the appraisal. The full assistant principal appraisal process involves:
a survey and self-appraisal statement completed by the assistant principal
surveys of parish school staff, Catholic Schools Office personnel
an interview with the principal
input as arranged with the parish priest
interviews with parish school staff
interviews with any parents who wish to present
a formal interview with the assistant principal by the panel Any parents who wish to make contact with the panel are welcome to do so by contacting the Chair of the panel on (02 6622 0422) before the appraisal date. Thank you for your support of the parish school’s leadership team. Yours sincerely
Dirk Botha Assistant Director – School Resources Services cc. Chair Consultant
Uniform Shop News The Uniform Shop is looking for second hand uniforms, if you have anything suitable it would be most appreciated. Donations of uniforms can be left at the school office anytime. Thank you Fran
Cookbook Update CONGRATULATIONS we are a quarter of the way with our Cookbook sales… 512 books sold, with 1488 to go! Thanks to everyone for enthusiastically promoting the book. The Cookbook has been promoted on Bay FM, Byron community Radio station, it has also been sold at The Farmers Market, both in Byron and Bangalow. This week the Finnie’s Cookbook was featured outside Woolworths Byron Bay. We braved the elements and got amongst the community, successfully making sales. We are very excited to have also had our Cookbook feature at this year’s Byron Bay Writers Festival. The Cookbook is a fundraising initiative of the School Forum, and ALL sales are fundraising dollars for our children’s direct educational benefit. Once all 2000 books are sold, we will have raised a net profit of over $50,000… that is the equiv-alent of three entire Christmas Fairs. Please, if you are free to assist with sales, or have any ideas, don’t hesitate to con-tact the school forum, via the office [email protected]
BOOGIE (WINTER) WONDERLAND DISCO Last Wednesday Evening, our School Hall was transformed into a Retro Disco/Winter Wonderland, complete with a galaxy of 8 Mirror Balls, Fairy Lights, Shimmering Silver Curtains, and tunes that had even the most reluctant parents up dancing by the end! THANK YOU TEACHERS TO: Carolyn Wade MC, Chantelle Cotes, Tish Whittingham, Eliza Oldfield, Harriet Blower (awesome playlist) and Don-na Morgan who donated their time to plan and run the games and the memorable dance offs! and Sharon Boggis who helped us work out those tricky sliding Hall Doors!
THANK YOU PARENTS Stage 2 Parents thank you for being a fantastic Event Team: baking, serving, snow coning, fairy floss-ing. So many things helped shape this Event into the success that it was. I don’t like naming people as inevitably I forget someone (sorry in advance!) but I have to thank the
following parents who were the Silent Achievers behind the Disco: Danie and Jake Davidson Emma Taylor Carmel Horner Mike and Nat McCabe Kylie Neale Su Reynolds Sarah Fisher Kim Fowler Alice Rhodes Denise and David Woolsey (thanks also
Earth ’n’ Sea for donating the Snow Cone Ice) Sprees Vella (who will never never forget what
a Dab is!) Natalia & Emil Jonasson Fran Taylor
Sophie Monti OFFICE STAFF Thank you to Alison Mason and Rita Vella for whom nothing was too difficult. Behind every successful Event is a supportive and patient Admin Team!
Canteen Helpers Needed Helpers needed and warmly invited to join the Can-teen Roster. If interested, please contact Cyra 0419 968 611 or the School office to be added to the Roster. Alternatively, just turn up any Tuesday or Friday morning and lend a hand!
General News - On Display - Parent Notice Board
General Messages
Musical Instruments for sale
Drum kit (CB 700) complete including cymbals and stool. Colour red/burgundy. $400
Clarinet (Yamaha) including storage case and stand. $80
Please call: 0417 579 86
Term 3 School Fees
Fees are due by 15 August Outstanding Term 2 Fees are due Immedi-ately. Payments can be made by cash, cheque, credit card or forwarded direct to: Bank account BSB 062-514 A/C No. 00900371. Please quote account number or child’s name as details. BPAY facilities are also available using biller code & reference number from statement. Please contact Alison Mason immediately, [email protected] , if you are experiencing financial difficulty.
ABC PLAY SCHOOL CASTING
CALL
We are looking for Byron
Shire families to take part
in our next ‘Through the Win-
dow’ series.
This series aims to explore the Cubby House. Today
it may be a home to invite friends to tea; tomorrow
a fort to defend from enemies. It can be a school-
house, a store, doctor's office, or a space ship. A
cubby house can help kids learn how to create en-
tire worlds out of four walls. This is their space to
take care of and enjoy - and we would like to see
yours!
We are looking for kids aged 5-7 years who have
an interesting cubby house and would like to be on
Play School.
It doesn't matter what the house looks like; it can
be a tree house, a nook under the stairs, a box or a
collection of cushions.
The shoot dates will be either the 22nd, 23rd or 24th of
August. It will take approximately 4 hours and will
most likely be filmed in and around your home.
If you are interested please send the following infor-
mation to the email or mobile below.
1. A link to a short video of your child chatting to
camera. They could introduce themselves and tell
us about their cubby house and why they love it.
This doesn’t have to be good quality; it’s purely to
gauge how they might be in front of the camera. If
you have a smartphone then just use that. NB:
please don’t send the file itself (unless it’s very
small!) – Upload it to a dropbox, or youtube, etc
and send me the link.
2. Their name and age, and your contact details.
Please send it to either the email address below or
mobile number below.
Rebecca O’Brien
Segment Producer, Play School
Mobile: 0413 127 295
Email:[email protected]
