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ST. THOMAS THE APOSTLE

251 Diamond Creek Road

Greensborough North, 3088

Telephone: 9434 4565

No 2

14th February, 2019

Hello Everyone,

GENERAL FAITH NIGHTS

At Saturday night, we celebrated our

Opening School Year Mass.

At this mass we welcomed our new

families to our school community and

parish, whilst welcoming back our

existing families. We are looking for-

ward to an exciting 2019 school year.

Next Tuesday, 19th February and Thursday, 21st February, commencing

at 7.00pm, the school will host two General Faith Nights in the church.

We will be joined by other sacramental parents from Sacred Heart,

Diamond Creek and St Mary’s, Greensborough.

We expect these sessions to run for about one hour. If you haven’t booked

into one of these sessions could you do so as soon as possible. Fr Steve

and Fr Lenin will be facilitating these identical nights so it should be

very interesting.

PARENT TEACHER INFORMAL CHATS

On Tuesday and Wednesday night we hosted our annual Parent/Teacher Chats. These were very

well attended. Hopefully some valuable information was passed onto your child’s teacher that can

be used to assist their learning this year. If you need to talk to your child’s teacher you can make an

appointment in person, via email or by calling the office. Staff are unavailable on Tuesday and

Wednesday nights as they have formal meetings are which makes it hard to meet on these nights.

When making an appointment, provide a brief statement describing what the meeting regards and

a mutual time for the meeting will be negotiated. Staff will acknowledge emails within 24 hours or

their next working day and emails will be responded to between 8.30am and 5.00pm Monday to

Friday.

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Last Monday fourteen parents and staff attended the first SCA meeting of the year. It was a very

productive and enthusiastic meeting. The SCA really want to connect with the school community

and will regularly contribute to the newsletter and inform you of any of their initiatives.

PARENT PROTOCOL POLICY

Please see the attached Parent Protocol Policy at the end of this newsletter. It can also be found on

our school website. It was ratified by the School Board last year and clearly states how we communi-

cate with each other and deal with issues within the school.

DISTRICT SWIMMING

Last Friday we held our swimming trials for the upcoming Eltham

District Swimming competition. We congratulate the students who

attended the trials. Based on these swimming trial times Mr Wals

will select a team to compete at the Eltham District Swimming

completion on Friday, 22nd February, at Watermarc.

It is very important that all children learn to swim and this is fun-

damentally a parent responsibility. We do provide lessons to our

Prep – Year 2 students however this isn’t sufficient to develop long

term swimming stamina and skills. There have been twenty-two drownings over this summer alone

so all children need to be able to swim confidently.

PREP 2020

It may sound ludicrous, but we are already receiving and accepting

Prep enrolments for 2020. If you have a sibling due to start Prep

next year, enrolment forms are available from Carly and Francine

in the office.

SCHOOL COMMUNITY ASSOCIATION (SCA)

David Delaney,

Principal

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CSEF– ARE YOU ELIGIBLE TO APPLY?

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DIARY DATES 2019

FEBRUARY

15th Swim Team training 7.30am Watermarc

Year 1 Swimming

16th Blessing Mass 6.00pm

(for all sacramental families)

17th Blessing Mass 10.30am

(for all sacramental families)

18th Year 2 Swimming

19th Swim Team training 7.30am Watermarc

General Faith Night, 7pm - 8pm

20th Year 1/2 Incursion

21st Swim Team training 7.30am Watermarc

General Faith Night, 7pm - 8pm

22nd Eltham District Swimming

Year 1 Swimming

25th Year 2 Swimming

MARCH

1st Open Morning

Year 1 Swimming

4th Nillumbik Division Swimming

Year 2 Swimming

5th Open Morning

6th Ash Wednesday

7th School Closure

8th School Closure

11th Labour Day Public Holiday

12th School Photos

14th Prep 2019 Teddy Bear’s Picnic

15th Year 1 Swimming

18th Year 2 Swimming

19th Open Morning

20th Eucharist Faith Night—Yr 3 families

22nd Year 1 Swimming

23rd Open School Morning (Saturday)

23rd Eucharist Commitment Mass 6.00pm

24th Eucharist Commitment Mass 10.30am

25th Year 2 Swimming

27th Year 5/6 Camp - Waratah Beach

28th Year 5/6 Camp - Waratah Beach

29th Year 5/6 Camp - Waratah Beach

Year 1 Swimming

APRIL

1st Year 2 Swimming

2nd Prep 2020 Information Evening

3rd Parent/Teacher Chats

5th Prep Easter Bonnet Parade 9.15am

Year 1 Swimming

End of Term 1. Finish at 1.30pm

7th Daylight Savings ends

19th Good Friday

20th Holy Saturday

21st Easter Sunday

22nd Easter Monday

23rd Term 2 Commences

25th Anzac Day

27th First Eucharist 6.00pm - 3ST (1/5)

28th First Eucharist 10.30am - 3ST (2/5)

MAY

4th First Eucharist 6.00pm - 3OR (3/5)

5th First Eucharist 10.30am - 3OR (4/5)

10th Mother’s Day Morning Tea

11th First Eucharist 6.00pm - 3MP (5/5)

12th Mother’s Day

14th NAPLAN

15th NAPLAN

16th NAPLAN

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MAY

17th School Closure—Report Writing Day

JUNE

3rd Book Fair in the Library (3rd - 7th)

10th Queen’s Birthday—Public Holiday

18th Confirmation Faith Night - Yr 5/6

19th Basket Supper

22nd Confirmation Commitment Mass

6.00pm - Yr 5/6

23rd Confirmation Commitment Mass

10.30am - Yr 5/6

27th St Thomas Feast Day

28th End of Term 2. Finish at 1.30pm

JULY

15th Term 3 commences

25th School Disco

31st Term 3 Goal Setting Chats

AUGUST

15th Feast of the Assumption

21st Grandparents’ Afternoon, 2.00pm

26th St Thomas’ Book Week (26th –30th)

30th St Thomas Book Week Parade

SEPTEMBER

1st Father’s Day

4th Art Show

13th Confirmation (Yr 5/6) at St Patrick’s

Cathedral 7.00pm

20th Footy Day

20th End of Term 3. Finish at 1.30pm

OCTOBER

6th Daylight Savings commences

7th Term 4 commences

8th Reconciliation Faith Night

Yr2 families 7.00pm

12th Reconciliation Commitment Mass

Yr 2

13th Reconciliation Commitment Mass

Yr 2

18th Gymnastics - Years 3/4

24th Sports Carnival

28th Year 4 Camp at Amberley

29th Year 4 Camp at Amberley

NOVEMBER

1st All Saints Mass 9.15am

Gymnastics - Year 3/4

4th Inservice — Report Writing Day

5th Melbourne Cup Day

8th Gymnastics - Year 3/4

11th Remembrance Day

12th Prep Orientation (1/3)

15th Gymnastics—Year3/4

19th Prep Orientation (2/3)

20th First Reconciliation 5.30pm & 7.00pm

22nd Gymnastics - Year 3/4

26th Prep Orientation (3/3)

DECEMBER

2nd Advent begins

4th Carols Evening

17th End of Term 4. Finish at 1.30pm

DIARY DATES 2019

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RE NEWS

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Welcome to 2019 in the Library

Library Bags

Each student must have their own school library bag.

Parents are asked to support the school by teaching your child(ren) to be

responsible for looking after library books.

Teachers take their classes to visit the library each week.

Students will be asked to bring their library bag on their allocated li-

brary day. It’s suggested that they keep this in their school bag.

No library bag means - no borrowing.

Overdue Books

A reminder letter will go home if a student has an overdue book after two weeks.

If a student has a well overdue book, an account of $15.00 will be sent home.

Overdue books means - no borrowing.

Damaged Books

If a student returns a book and it is damaged, a letter will be sent home with an

invoice to have that book replaced.

Replacement library Bags

If a student should lose a library bag they are available from the School Office or Uniform Shop at a

cost of $20.00.

It is important that as a school community we are all responsible in looking after school resources.

Thank you for your understanding and support. Please feel free to pop in and look at our wonderful

library. Students are welcome to browse and are encouraged to borrow before and after school if I

am there.

Kindest regards,

Michelle

Library

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Hi Everyone,

We are your School Captains for 2019

SCHOOL CAPTAIN NEWS

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INSTRUMENTAL NEWS

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Michelle Zealley is a private Speech Pathologist who visits St Thomas the Apostle School during

school hours. She is offering a free screen for any new or Prep families who wish to determine if

their child may benefit from a full Speech Pathology assessment.

If you are interested in your child being assessed please complete the forms below and forward to the

school office.

PREP FAMILIES—FREE SPEECH PATHOLOGY SCREEN

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Join the Dollarmites on a savings adventure with School Banking!

Every year the School Banking program launches a new savings theme and eight new exclusive

School Banking reward items.

In 2019, School Banking is taking children on a Polar Savers adventure to the Ice Cave of Savings.

There are 8 new reward items for 2019 from the Polar Savers range:

Scented Stackable Highlighters

Snowy Origami Set

Icicle Slapband Ruler

Yeti Fluffly Notepad

Arctic Owl Fluffy Keyring

Scratch Art Cards

Water Skimming Bounce Ball

Polar Pencils & Pencil Toppers

SCHOOL BANKING

CHANGE IN SECOND HAND UNIFORM HOURS FOR 2019

Monday afternoon (after school)

Wednesday morning (before school)

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PRINCIPAL AWARDS

PKK Liam B

PLS Eloise A

1CM Andrew F & Selena K

1FL Mikayla V & Michael C

1SH Alex V

2JL Oisin McC

2DH Lucie G

3OR Ryker C

3ST Roman V

3/4MP Jarvis K & Max E

4RS Hirusha F & Michael D

5/6AP Mason W

5/6LC Jessica C, Elaria M, Lyla T & Giulia P

5/6MG Ava K, Jack P & James F

GOLD AWARD

Jack P & Nicholas S (5/6MG)

ALL AWARDS AND GOLD PINS WILL BE PRESENTED TO

STUDENTS AT THE NEXT ASSEMBLY.

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Happy Birthday to the following students who celebrated their birthdays

10th February - 17th February

Alexander B, Amelie I, Millicent S, Martin K, Darcy W, James B, Georgia O’K,

Mia C, Aarav L, Zara M, Alexia M, Allegra T,

ATTENTION: YEAR 5 STUDENTS

Applications are now open for Year 5 students commencing Year 7 in

2021 at Catholic Secondary Schools.

(Applications close 23rd August, 2019)

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CHANGE IN SECOND HAND UNIFORM HOURS FOR 2019

Monday afternoon (after school)

Wednesday morning (before school)

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