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Reflection: Dear Parents,
Tomorrow, students may dress in crazy clothes
and have crazy hair, however please ensure they
are sunsmart and are wearing sensible footwear.
This Sunday is “World Day of the Poor” and
students are fundraising for the children who live
in the Nuba Mountains in Sudan. Dressing up will
cost and least a gold coin donation and hopefully
some are more generous than this.
Tomorrow I will be returning from Melbourne
having received an award for the work the three
schools in the Western Trinity are doing to make
a difference in our learning and teaching and
student outcomes. More on this next week.
Next Monday, the Kinder Kids will transition
until 1:00pm. Melanie and I will be in Hamilton
for a South West Network Data Day. This day is
to unpack our data so that we can set goals in our
annual action plan for 2018. It is all about trying
to improve student learning outcomes.
On Tuesday 21st the Year 2-6 students will be
participating in Memory Lane Café at Henley
Park. The Year 4/5/6 students will attend from
10:00 – 11:00am and the Year 2/3 from 11:30 –
12:00. This is an opportunity for our students to
mix with the older residents in our community.
On Wednesday, some staff will be attending the
Western Trinity Senior Planning day in Coleraine.
This day is to prepare and plan for what will be
taught in first term 2018.
On Thursday, I will be in Warrnambool for a
Fountas & Pinnell Reading PD. We use this
program to identify the level your child is reading
at and the consequence support they may need
with their comprehension. Students are tested at
the beginning and end of each year using this
program. I have to be in Warrnambool the next
day for a Principal Meeting.
Ang
Important Dates Term 4
November
Fri 17th
Mon 20th
Tues 21st
Wed 22nd
Thurs 23rd
Fri 24th
Mon 27th
Tues 28th
Wed 29th
Crazy Clothes/Hair Day – gold coin
Ang & Mel in Hamilton – Data Day
Kinder Transition until 1:00pm
Memory Lane Café Henley Park
WT Senior Planning – Coleraine
Ang PD Fountas & Pinnell Reading
Principal Meeting in Warrnambool
Golf Clinic
Kinder Transition until 1:00pm
SAC Meeting at 6:30pm
Sarah Macdonald Speech Pathologist visit
Teresa – Maths Support
December Mon 4th
Tues 5th
Wed 6th
Mon 11th
Fri 15th
Sun 17th
Mon 18th
Tues 19th
Wed 20th
Swimming Program Commences
Whole School Transition
WT Junior Planning Day in Coleraine
Reports to go home
Parent Conversations
School Graduation Mass at 11:00am
WT Break Up in Coleraine
St. Mal’s Student Break Up – Last Day
School Review Staff
St Malachy’s School Advisory Council
Chairperson-Stacey Dubois
Vice Chair-Melanie Mulraney Secretary-Jess Sambell
Maintenance-Darren Ferluga
Parent Representatives – Kevin Mills
Brooke White
School Association Representative
Jenny Munro Staff Representative
Melanie Mulraney
Ex-officio members Fr John Corrigan
Maureen Payne
Angela Kealy
St Malachy’s School34 Lake St Edenhope, Vic 3318 Ph: 03 5585 1396 Mobile: 0428 913 777
E-mail: [email protected] Web address www.smedenhope.catholic.edu.au
NEWSLETTER
Vol 33 No 34 – 16th November, 2017
Pursuing fullness of life for all by inspiring faith, lifelong learning
and community engagement
Address: 34 Lake St Edenhope 3318
Telephone: (03) 55851396 Mobile: 0428 913 777 Email: [email protected]
Catholic School Culture Sunday Church Roster
November 19th READER:
PRAYERS:
GIFTS:
LEADERS:
MINISTERS:
CLEANING:
LINEN:
COLLECTION:
LAWNS:
C McCann
G Griffin
T & A Kealy
C Heenan
H Munn, B Ryan
G Clarke
R Burgess
G McDonnell
D Brook
Sunday Mass Times 33rd Sunday in Ordinary Time
Edenhope 11:00am Mass
World Day of the Poor At the end of the Jubilee Year of Mercy, Pope Francis
announced a new ‘World Day of the Poor’, which is to
be celebrated on Sunday, November 19th, 2017. He
describes the genesis and the idea behind this day.
“During the “Jubilee for Socially Excluded People”, as
the Holy Doors of Mercy were being closed in all the
cathedrals and shrines of the world, I had the idea that,
as yet another tangible sign of this Extraordinary Holy
Year, the entire Church might celebrate, on the Thirty-
Third Sunday of Ordinary Time, the World Day of the
Poor.
This would be the worthiest way to prepare for the
celebration of the Solemnity of our Lord Jesus Christ,
King of the Universe, who identified with the little
ones and the poor and who will judge us on our works
of mercy. (cf. Mt 25:31-46). It would be a day to help
communities and each of the baptised to reflect on how
poverty is at the very heart of the Gospel and that, as
long as Lazarus lies at the door of our homes (cf. Lk
16:19-21), there can be no justice or social peace. This
Day will also represent a genuine form of new
evangelisation (cf. Mt 11:5) which can renew the face
of the Church as She perseveres in her perennial
activity of pastoral conversion and witness to mercy.
Student Crazy Day As stated previously students are asked to dress up
‘crazy’ tomorrow. This initiative has come from the
senior students who wish to raise money for the poor
children living in Sudan. This is all directly related to
our teachings of Catholic Social Justice. Students will
be sending any money raised along with their paintings
of comparing life in Edenhope to life in Sudan. Very
appropriate given this Sunday is World Day of the
Poor.
Learning and Teaching In the 4/5/6
Classroom Religion
During our Mission Unit, we have focused on
“serving others.” We have focused particularly on
Uganda, considering how our lives in Australia
differ from those who live in poverty. Students
have researched diseases like typhoid and malaria.
They have also looked at the distances Ugandan
children walk to get to basic services like water,
schools and hospitals, and have reflected on how
they can help others.
To finalise our work on mission and serving
others, students will select a volunteer who works
in a local or global capacity to serve others. They
will research their life and write a biography about
them.
Maths
We have completed our work on money and move
onto time, where students will learn about
conversion between 12- and 24- hour time,
between minutes, seconds and hours, as well as
reading and writing timetables.
We are continually exposing students to worded,
multi-step problems which take time to consider
what the question is actually asking! Additionally,
we continue to review number facts, operations
and counting.
English
We have just finished our work on writing a
recount. We were very proud to see the effort
students put into their post-test, with a great focus
on achieving the “I cans” we had worked so hard
on in class. Students used a variety of time
connectives, used plenty of rich descriptive
(“expensive”) words and began their sentences in
varied ways.
We have now moved on to writing narratives,
focusing firstly on using a scaffold to plan their
writing carefully. The students did a wonderful
job of rewriting fairy tales to have a ‘twist’!
PE We continue to develop tennis skills. We have been
focusing on developing forehand and backhand strokes
and improving rallies. We have also been working on
developing game sense, knowing where to stand and
move to when facing a ball.
Assembly Awards
Student:
Fletcher – great spelling results
Brianna – great spelling results
Archer – taking on new challenges in math sans
working hard
Josh Rob – sticking up for his mates and being a
great friend
Josh Ry – looking out for his friends
House:
Glenelg
Behaviour of the Week:
Putting the playground and sports equipment
away in the right place.
Leadership & Stewardship School Fees It would be greatly appreciated if any outstanding
fees could please be paid in full by Thursday,
November 30th. This enables us to tidy the budget
for this year and to plan for what we can do next
year. School Fees can be paid electronically into:
St. Malachy’s School War Memorial Fund
BSB: 083 633
Account Number: 515 780 181
Please include your family surname and initial as
your reference so we can track who has paid.
Parental and Consent Forms At the beginning of each year, we ask that parents
sign a ‘Parental and Consent Form’ which gives
permission for your child to participate in general
school activities for the coming twelve months
without having to sign a form each time we take
students offsite.
This form covers activities such as visiting the
Hostel or Barkala Flats, walking up the street or to
the Church or around the lake etc. Please sign the
attached form and return to school by the end of
next week.
Wellbeing Be Safe Be Respectful Be Responsible
The Resilience Project I am sure many of you have heard me speak about
the Resilience Project and how there are three
things we should be practicing daily: mindfulness,
empathy and gratitude.
In 2008, Hugh van Cuylenburg was fortunate
enough to spend a few months living and
volunteering in the far north of India. In this
desert community, there was no running water, no
electricity and no beds; everyone slept on the floor
of their desert hut. Despite the fact these people
had very little to call their own, he was
continually blown away by how happy they were.
It was this experience, and subsequent post
graduate studies, that have led Hugh to some
pretty simple conclusions about the things that we
need to be doing here in Australia if we want to be
happier. In a nutshell, he learnt in this desert
village that practicing gratitude, (appreciating
what you have not begrudging what you
don’t) empathy (thinking of the needs of others
and being kind) and mindfulness (being present in
the moments, not becoming distracted by
unhelpful or negative thoughts leads us to a
happier more fulfilling experience.)
Hugh will be speaking about mindfulness,
gratitude and empathy at the Dimboola Health and
Fitness Centre adjacent to Dimboola Secondary
College on Monday, 11th December at 2:00pm.
Parents, teenagers, community members and
leaders, teachers and welfare workers are invited
to attend. The presentation is free but bookings are
essential. [email protected] by Dec 5th.
What is Mindfulness? Mindfulness is a whole body-mind state of
awareness that involves ‘tuning in’ to the present
moment, with openness and curiosity instead of
tuning out from the experience. Mindfulness is a
state of being fully awake to life- being aware and
undistracted in the present moment. It is about
focusing our attention on the present, rather than
thinking about the past or worrying about the
future-which is often the brain’s default mode.
We can strengthen mindful awareness through
practice. Mindfulness can be developed through
formal sitting meditation, or through informal
everyday mindfulness activities that use the senses
to anchor the attention; mindful walking, listening
to music, eating or conversation. Mindfulness is
proven to support wellbeing and mental health by
reducing stress and allowing life to be experienced
more fully.
Benefits of Mindfulness with Children
Increased connectivity in the frontal lobe
of the brain which is linked to improved
attention, memory processing and decision
making abilities
Increased self-awareness, social awareness
and self confidence
Increased ability to self-regulate emotions,
especially difficult emotions such as fear
and anger, through breathing and other
grounding techniques
Improved empathy or the ability to
understand what another person is thinking
or feeling which improves children’s
awareness of others and helps them to
build positive relationships.
For more details go to the Kids Matter Website
Urgent Attention Please
School Sores - Impetigo There has been a reported case of school sores at
St. Malachy’s so please check your child/ren
carefully as they are highly contagious. Please
seek immediate medical attention if you find
them. Keep the sores covered and please exclude
your child from school until they have dried or
crusted over. This could be between 3 -5 days.
Please consult with your GP on this matter.
Sport Shorts
Golf Tony Collier will return to school on Friday, 24th
to take the students for golf. The Year 4/5/6
students will be playing at the golf club so we are
after some volunteers to take students in cars. If
you are able to assist it would be greatly
appreciated. Please let the school know by
tomorrow so we can send permission notes home.
All students may wear their sport uniform next
Friday.
Swimming Program As our two week Swimming Program will
commence on Monday, 4th December please
ensure that your membership is paid up and that
you have completed the permission form attached
to this week’s newsletter.
As swimming is considered a ‘high risk’ activity,
a special permission form is required to be signed
before your child can swim.
Community Engagement Gardening Roster
Robinson/Payne Family
Please weed garden beds; it
doesn’t matter which one as
they are all being overtaken
with weeds.
Garden Working Bee On Friday, 1st December commencing at 8:30am
(to allow for hot weather) there will be a
gardening Working Bee at school. With all the
wet and warm weather the weeds are winning and
there is a lot of pruning and tidying up to be done
before the real hot weather and we need to be fire
ready.
We will also be having a big clean up in and
around the vege garden area so that we can start
fresh in 2018.
If you are able to come please bring all gardeing
tools, chainsaws and trailer so we can take the
rubbish straight to the tip and not have it lying
around the school as a fire hazard.
I would be most grateful if as many people as
possible could turn up and if you could please let
me know if you will be coming. Thanks Ang.
Please see attached handout from Julie Bruce on
Snapchat and Parents.
Foundation Year 1 Camp Recounts On camp, we went to the fantastic swimming pool
and the amazing puppet shop. At the swimming
pool I went down the deep end.
By Elias
On camp, we went to the pool and we had a swim.
We went to the park and the bus river bought us
snakes.
By Hudson
On camp, we went swimming and it was fun. We
went to the puppet shop and it was very fun.
By Grace
On camp, I played with a giant puppet dragon.
After the puppet shop we went swimming then we
went back to school and slept there.
By Olivia
On camp, we went to the puppet shop. Next we
went to the pool. We has a sleepover at school.
By Nyima
As we are
approaching the
end of the year
it is time to
return all
library books.
As an incentive
children who
return all of
their library
books on or
before
Wednesday 22nd November will receive 100
house points. After this date, the points will
decrease weekly as follows:
Books returned by
22nd November – 100 points
29th November – 50 points
6th December – 20 points
13th December - 10 points Thank you for your cooperation in this matter.
Mrs Robinson.
Brolga Exhibition Miss Farran has had the students very busy over
the past few weeks preparing brolgas for the
Brolga Exhibition which is being held at the Red
Tail Gallery. The opening of this exhibition is on
Saturday, 25th November at 6:00pm.
Please see students at work, making their brolgas.
Parenting Points Michael Grose
Don't let lack of confidence and anxiety hold your
child back
Children with healthy self-esteem and self-confidence
learn more, achieve more and are generally happier
than those with low confidence levels.
1. Model confident thinking Parents and teachers, play a part in modelling
confident thinking and behaviour particularly when it
comes to tackling new activities. In particular, let kids
hear positive self-talk when you tackle something new.
They should hear something like, “I’ll have a go at
this. If I don’t do so well then I can try again
tomorrow.”
2. Focus on effort & improvement Current thinking shows that people who believe that
they can increase their intelligence through effort and
challenge actually get smarter and do better in school,
work, and life over time. One way to develop a growth
mindset is to focus your language on effort an
improvement rather than on the results of what they
do. By linking success with effort you are teaching
them success comes from something other than their
purely ability, talents or smarts.
3. Praise strategy
While effort is key for achievement, kids need to try
new strategies and seek input from others when they’re
stuck. Comments such as “That was a smart idea to
tackle the hardest task while you were fresh!”(strategy)
and “You recognised the first few steps were the most
important but then after that you were right” are
descriptive statements that have significant
instructional value for kids.
4. Develop self-help skills from an early age A child’s self-esteem comes as a result of his or her
successes and accomplishments. The most important
competencies to build confidence are basic self-help
skills. These form the building blocks upon which
other competencies such organisational skills and
many social skills are formed.
5. Let them spend more time in environments
where they feel confident Some children thrive on the sporting field but struggle
in the classroom. While self-confidence tends to be
situational, it is also transferrable. That is, often when
you feel brave in one area of their life then these
feelings tend to merge into other areas. Confidence has
a snowball effect so increase the time your child
spends in areas where they shine to give their self-
esteem and feelings of self-worth a boost.
Most importantly, great parents and teachers have a
knack of communicating confidence in kids. They find
ways to let kids know that they believe in them.