BULLETIN

St Paul’s Catholic Primary School, Camden PO Box 589, 20 Mitchell Street, Camden NSW 2570 Ph: 02 4654 8900 Fax: 02 4654 8999 www.spcdow.catholic.edu.au Email: info@spcdow.catholic.edu.au

A Catholic Educational Community providing a quality Learning and Teaching Environment for all

PARISH DETAILS Fr Michael Williams - Parish Priest 36 John Street (PO Box 7), Camden NSW 2570 Office Hours: Tuesday-Thursday 9am-4pm and Friday 9am-1pm Ph: 02 4655 8797 Fax: 02 4655 3684

PARISH MASS TIMES Tuesday to Saturday: 9.00am Saturday Vigil: 5.00pm Sunday: 8.00am 10am 5.00pm

PARENTS & FRIENDS ASSOCIATION President: Mrs Amber Linden Contact: pandfstpaulscamden@gmail.com Meeting: 7pm - 1st Wednesday every month in School Term

21 February 2017 Week 5 Term 1

2017 Fete Meeting

The first fete meeting for the year will be tomorrow evening at 7.30pm in the school hall. All are welcome to attend.

Year 6 Art Works

This year Years 5&6 are involved in some focused skills lessons in Visual Arts. Mrs Deb Clancy will work across the classes this year. The work focuses around Religious Education as the vehicle for expression in a visual form. Below is some of the work completed by Year 6 over the last couple of weeks.

Larkin Place Carpark

Thank you to the many parents who, each morning and afternoon, take care when parking in the marked bays. It is these parents who are consistently mindful of the safety of both children and adults in the carpark. Please make sure that your driving behaviour is always safe around the school area.

Remember that there is NO kiss & drop zone in Larkin Place. You are risking the safety of your child

and others by stopping and dropping your child/ren at the Larkin Place gate.

Catholic Schools Week

Catholic Schools week begins on Monday, 6 March 2017. Throughout this week we celebrate all that it means to be a Catholic school. Thursday, 9 March 2017 we will celebrate a Lenten Liturgy together as a school community. On Friday, 10 March 2017 we welcome parents into our classrooms from 2.30pm. P&F Meeting

The P&F Annual General Meeting will be held on Wednesday 1 March at 7pm in The Heritage Hall. As this is also Ash Wednesday parents wishing to attend the meeting will need to attend mass throughout the day with the children.

FROM THE PRINCIPAL’S DESK

KINDERGARTEN ENROLMENTS FOR 2018

Enrolment forms can now be collected from the School Office

School Fees

A reminder school fees and the ‘Diocesan School Fee Agreement’ are due this Monday, 27 February 2017.

Library Amnesty

Our recent Library stocktake has shown that there are over 130 books overdue from the Library. All families are urged to look high and low, inside and out for any St Paul’s library books and return them to the Library as soon as possible.

Congratulations

Our school Captains, Abby and Dylan, who received their School Captain badges at our Opening School Liturgy last week. Congratulations also to all our Year 6 students who are already demonstrating student leadership

in their interactions right across the school community.

Thank You

Thank you to the St Paul’s P&F for supporting the Cheese and Drinks evening last Friday. A good time was had by all who attended.

Monday, 6 March 2017

Pupil Free Day

No students attend school on this day.

SCHOOL NEWS

Mark your calendar as Thursday, 27 July 2017 for our Grandparents and

Great Friends Day.

CANTEEN NEWS

TERM 1 Week commencing Wednesday, 22 February 2017

4th Wednesday Belinda Latta, Kerrianne Cassidy, Nicole Dunn

4th Thursday Alethea Fordham, Hillary Nguyen, Jodie Rodgers

4th Friday Michelle Bromley, Nicole Riley, Kerrie Walsh, Natalia Bellamy, Melissa Williams

4th Monday Cathy Molusso, Meryl Lamacchia

4th Tuesday Alana Apps, HELP NEEDED

If you can’t make your day, please

advise the Canteen on 4654 8997 or

0404847921 between 9.00am

and 2.30pm

PRINCIPAL’S AWARD

Congratulations to the following students who have achieved their Principal’s Award. Students will receive their awards on Friday, 24 February 2017 in the playground.

Antonia Brajuha, Thomas Connelly, Jayden Estephan, Kayne Gray, Leila Tulich, Fletcher Willard, Matthew Dunbar, Monique Racca, Patrick Mannion, Ava Moraghan,

Zac Gorman

Happy Birthday to the following students who are celebrating a birthday this week. Michael Bucca, Teeah Williams, Emily Chan-Sau, Addison Lovett, Alessandra Saena, Jacob Baric,

Ella Middleton, Ashton Chan-Sau, Kristijan Solomun, Angus Buck, Tahlee Nauta, Zoe DeBono, Angelina Fakher, Emily Moore, Andre Ravino, Lachlan Suffell, Dylan Burgess, Riley Hagarty,

Cooper Mangan, Alexander Newman

CLAIM THE DATE - TUESDAY, 7 MARCH 2017 7PM

THINK YOU KNOW- A PRESENTATION FOR PARENTS

St Paul’s will be hosting a ThinkUKnow presentation on Tuesday, 7 March 2017 at 7pm in the school hall, and all parents, carers and teachers are encouraged to attend.

ThinkUKnow Australia is a cyber safety education program that educates parents, carers and teachers of how people are using technology, the challenges they may face online, and how to help them overcome these in a safe and ethical way.

ThinkUKnow Australia is a partnership between the Australian Federal Police, Microsoft Australia, Datacom and the Commonwealth Bank. The program is delivered in collaboration with policing partners New South Wales Police Force, Northern Territory Police, Queensland Police, South Australia Police, Tasmania Police, Western Australia Police, as well as Neighbourhood Watch Australasia.

The presentation will be delivered by a local law enforcement member and an industry volunteer. The presentation covers issues relating to children and young peoples’ privacy and security online, their relationships with other users and their online reputation. It provides insight into the devices young people are using, as well as the popular websites, apps and social networking sites they’re accessing.

This is a fantastic opportunity for you to learn more about young people and the online environment, and how you can help them to be safe and responsible users of technology.

PARISH NEWS from the church bulletin…..

Sacrament of Penance Programme

Many thanks to the overwhelming number of people who have been so responsive to the requirements of the programme. There were a few families who expressed difficulty with the workshop times. So because the parish clergy are helpful by nature, a decision has been taken to add another workshop on Tuesdays at 6:30 PM in St Paul ’s parish meeting room to be led by the priests. However, to avoid a stuff-up this workshop will apply from Week 2 onwards. So families are requested to go to their assigned workshop in Week One, and then change to the Tuesday night workshop from Week 2 if necessary. But we need to have an idea of numbers. If you are interested please email the Parish Office by Tuesday, (today).

CYBERSAFETY NEWS

DATES FOR THE CALENDAR…

STAFF ACTIVITY

Date Staff Members Professional Development

Tuesday, 21 February 2017 Kindergarten Teachers & Mrs Manning Letters & Sounds (am)

Wednesday, 22 February 2017

Mrs Sillis Principals’ Meeting

Thursday, 23 February 2017

Mr Phipps, Mrs Lloyd, Mrs Snushall, Miss McDonald, Mrs Riley and Miss Bartsch

Focus On Reading

Classes attending Mass

Thursday, 23 February 2017

Wednesday, 22 February 2017

Tuesday, 28 February 2017

6T 4F 4T

Wednesday, 22 February 2017 7:30pm Fete Meeting - All Welcome

Thursday, 23 February 2017 Canteen Caper Day - Sausage Sizzle Pre-order only

Monday, 27 February 2017 School Fees & ‘Diocesan School Fee Agreements’ Due

Wednesday, 1 March 2017 9:30am Ash Wednesday Mass

Wednesday, 1 March 2017 7pm P&F AGM Meeting

Monday, 6 March 2017 Pupil Free Day

Tuesday, 7 March 2017 Magdalene visiting Year 6

Tuesday, 7 March 2017 Western Region Swimming Carnival

Tuesday, 7 March 2017 7pm Cybersafety—’Think you know’– a presentation for parents

6 March - 10 March 2017 Catholic School’s Week

Thursday, 9 March 2017 10am Lenten Liturgy

Friday, 10 March 2017 2:30pm Open Classrooms - Parents welcome

Friday, 24 March 2017 Year 3 Excursion - Illawarra Tree Tops

Friday, 31 March 2017 Camden Show

Friday, 7 April 2017 10am Holy Week Liturgy

Friday, 7 April 2017 Last Day of Term 1

Monday, 24 April 2017 Term 2 commences

MARK YOUR CALENDAR

This year the St Paul’s Athletics Carnival will be held on Monday, 17 July 2017 at Onslow Park.

We are returning to Onslow this year as the only available dates at Campbelltown Stadium were throughout NAPLAN.

Please note 17 July 2017 is the first day of Term 3.

Listed below is information on this year’s International Schools Science, English, Digital Technologies and Mathematics Competitions conducted by the University of New South Wales. Participation is a voluntary decision by parents. All of the Schools’ Competitions provide an opportunity for all students to gain a measure of their own achievements in an external assessment situation. They can also be used to monitor individual progress in a range of subject-related skills and recognise and reward achievements at all levels. Each student will receive a Certificate and a detailed results letter. Schools will receive comprehensive results in printed form and will also be able to access their results via the internet. This table shows the important dates for the Competitions in 2017:

The Entry Fee for the Science, Mathematics, English and Digital Technologies Competitions is $8.80 for each student. Students may enter any or all of the Competitions.

To participate in any or all of these Competitions, please complete the Entry Form below and return it together with the appropriate entry fee to the School Office in a sealed money

envelope no later than Friday, 17 March 2017

_ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ UNIVERSITY OR NEW SOUTH WALES INTERNATIONAL COMPETITIONS & ASSESSMENTS

** ONE FORM TO BE COMPLETED FOR EACH CHILD **

[Please return to the School Office no later than Friday, 17 March 2017 in clearly marked envelope with correct money]

My child wishes to participate in the following Competitions as indicated: Child’s Name: __________________________________________________ Class: __________ Competition Yes No $8.80 per test included with Entry

Digital Technologies □ □ □ English □ □ □ Mathematics □ □ □ Science □ □ □ Parent’s Signature: __________________________ Telephone: ___________________ Date: ________

Competition Date of Competition Cost Closing Date for ALL Entries

Digital Technologies [Years 3 to 6] Tuesday, 23 May 2017 $8.80 Friday, 17 March 2017

Science [Years 2 to 6] Tuesday, 30 May 2017 $8.80 Friday, 17 March 2017

English [Years 2 to 6] Tuesday, 1 August 2017 $8.80 Friday, 17 March 2017

Mathematics [Years 2 to 6] Tuesday, 15 August 2017 $8.80 Friday, 17 March 2017

INTERNATIONAL COMPETITIONS & ASSESSMENTS FOR SCHOOLS 2017

AVAILABLE FOR STUDENTS IN YEARS 2 TO 6 ONLY

ST BENEDICT’S CATHOLIC COLLEGE, ORAN PARK

YEAR 7 2018 INFORMATION EVENING

Wednesday, 15 March 2017

7pm

Camden Civic Centre

Mitchell Street, Camden Enrolment packages will be available on the night. Applications close at the end of Term 1 with interviews to be conducted in Term 2.

For further enquiries please contact the College on 4631 5300 or info@sbccdow.catholic.edu.au

YEAR 7 2018 - HIGH SCHOOL OPEN DAYS