Whitefriars School

Newsletter

10 May, 2017 Term 2, Week 2

CATHOLIC EDUCATION SA

103 schools…..46,000…..Students….6,500 Staff

Where Every Child Matters

Next week we celebrate Catholic Education SA Week.

Educating 46,000 students means that our Catholic schools make a

significant contribution in providing quality education and nurturing the

growth of young people who are and will continue to contribute to our

South Australian community and beyond for years to come.

To celebrate Catholic Education Week at Whitefriars we will:

- Showcase our children’s sporting talents in our annual Sports Day

- Invite families to reach out to those in need in our community: Give to

Vinnies Winter Appeal by donating blankets, shoes, clothes, bed linen

and items of food (see page 2)

- Care for our Environment: be Sustainable by ‘switching off’ for a

day (Monday 9–11am, Thursday 11:30am–1:00pm, Friday 1:30—3pm)

- Open our Doors to enable visitors such as our neighbours,

parishioners, prospective families, and other interested people to come

and view what happens inside our classrooms.

Our children are all looking forward to Sports Day next Tuesday. We

hope that many of you may be able to come and watch for some or all of

the day, at Santos Stadium. The programme for the day has been sent

home.

Happy Mothers’ Day to all of our mums, grandmothers and others

who ‘mother’ us in different ways. We especially remember those

mothers and other significant women in our lives who have died.

All Mums and Grandmothers (and

others in our community) are invited

to afternoon tea on Friday to

celebrate Mothers’ Day at 2:30pm outside the library.

(Side gate will be opened.)

The following is a delightful prayer that Year 5/6N shared at Community

Prayer on Tuesday:

“See the hand of God...in all that happens.”

(St Mary of the Cross MacKillop, 1871)

For your diary…..

Term 2 Friday, 12th May - 9.15am Mass, 7B and 3/4F in Church Friday 12th to Friday 19th May - Catholic Education Week Tuesday, 16th May - Sports Day at SA Athletics Stadium Wednesday, 17th May - 7pm, School Board Meeting at St Margaret Mary’s Friday, 19th May - 9.15am Mass, 5/6L and 1/2TK in Church Wednesday, 24th May - 9.300—11am, Open Day Friday, 26th May - 9.15am Mass, 5/6RA, 3/4BF and Rec R in Church Friday, 2nd June - 9.15am Mass, Sacramental students with 3/4 classes in Church Friday, 9th June—PUPIL FREE DAY Friday, 16th June - 9.15am Mass, 5/6H and 1/2NK in Church Wednesday, 21st June - 7pm, School Board Meeting at St Patrick’s Friday, 23rd June - 9.15am Mass, 5/6N, 1/2W and Rec RW in Church Friday, 30th June - Whitefriars Arts Festival - 9.15am Mass, 5/6CR, 3/4C and Rec M in Church

45 Beaufort Street, Woodville Park, 5011

Phone - 8445 1895 Fax - 8445 1876

Email address: info@whitefriars.catholic.edu.au

Our website: www.whitefriars.catholic.edu.au

Principal: Ms Mary Hemmings Deputy Principal: Mrs Barbara Ahern

APRIM: Mrs Angela Scodella

OSHC & Vacation Care Phone: 8244 4155 or 0459 988 149

Croydon Park Parish Office Phone: 8346 0944

Prayer for Mums

God our loving Creator, we pray:

for new mothers, coming to terms with new responsibilities,

for expectant mothers, wondering and waiting,

for those who are tired, stressed or depressed,

for those who struggle to balance the tasks of work and family,

for those who are unable to feed their children due to poverty,

for those whose children have physical, mental or emotional disabilities, for those who raise children on their own, for those who have lost a child,

for those who care for the children of others, for those whose children have left home,

and for those whose desire to be a mother has not been fulfilled.

Bless all mothers, loving God, that their love may be deep and tender,

and that they may lead their children to know and do what is good,

living not for themselves, but for God and for others.

We thank you for the love of the mothers you have given us,

whose love is so precious that it can never be measured,

whose patience seems to have no end. Amen.

Whitefriars Arts Fest

Our Arts program is a significant part of our teaching and learning here at Whitefriars. This year we have a focus on

Visual Arts and children are creating some fine pieces of work which will be on display on Friday 30th June from 7pm.

Mark the date on your calendar and watch this space for further details!

Yours sincerely

Mary Hemmings

Please note that we will be having a Pupil Free Day on Friday 9th June. Out of School Hours Care will be available on

that day.

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Ecological Conversion Called to hope; spurred by action

This term our whole school focus is on Sustainability. Our Earth is a precious gift from God and we are called to be caretakers;

to nurture, look after and protect this resources so that our future generations can wonder at the beauty and awe of God’s creation. Each unit is looking at

a different aspect of sustainability and throughout the term they will be called to action; called to make changes in order to preserve our environment.

Pope Francis states in his encyclical ‘Laudato Si’: “Everything is related, and we human beings are united as brothers and sisters on a wonderful pilgrimage,

woven together by the love God has for each of his creatures and which also unites us in fond affection with brother sun, sister moon, brother river and mother earth.”

Inspired by the example of Pope Francis, grant us the humility to remember that we are but one part of a vast ecosystem,

an integral ecology, all of which is precious in your eyes. Enriched as we are by faith, nourished as we are through the Eucharist, grant us the strength we need to be steadfast advocates for the voiceless,

mindful of the intrinsic importance of every living thing on Earth.

A HUGE thank you to Annie Mc Cleave (3/4F) and Kate Sanders (3/4BF) for their Christian leadership and their dedication to supporting

Caritas. During the holidays the girls led a mission activity and raised $33.60 for Project

Compassion. Well done girls!

A very special thank you is also extended to our whole school community who generously contributed to

Project Compassion. Approximately $2500 has been donated.

St Vincent de Paul

– Winter Appeal The St Vincent de Paul Society will

hold a Jumble Sale on Saturday

27th May and are appealing for warm,

clean clothing, bed linen,

blankets and shoes.

Please remember to give generously

over the next two weeks.

These goods will be offered for sale for

the people the Society visits.

The following students celebrate their birthdays from the 10th May to 16th May:

Kosta Athanasas, Isabella Chirkoff, Georgia Huppatz, Hannah Saju and Parin Vangapandu.

AFTER SCHOOL NEWS & SPORTS RESULTS

Congratulations to Daniel De Ruvo (7R) who won the Handicap 100m Boys’ F inal at the

Stawell Gift in Victoria over Easter. Well done on this fantastic achievement Daniel!

Sport Whitefriars Team Score Opposing Team Score

Basketball U9 Whitefriars Lightning

U13 Whitefriars Allstars

10

40

St Joseph’s

Nazareth Gold

7

8

Netball U11 Whitefriars Warriors

U13 Whitefriars Wildcats

20

15

Grange PS

St George College

2

8

Our class has also been learning about the

Australian Government.

We had a lot of questions and organised these into

categories. We learnt that there are three levels of

Government: the Federal Government, the State

Government and the Local Government. We

researched what roles and duties each level of government is responsible for.

In Art, we used primary colours to create secondary

colours. We did a range of Art activities including

our colour wheels (we created a picture from these

wheels) and our oil pastel echo effect Art. We all got

creative with our Art and our final products were

quite impressive!

(Kinsey, Claudia and Deshawn for 5/6L)

Parent and Friends

MOTHER’S DAY AFTERNOON TEA— Everyone is well to come along and join us for an afternoon tea in celebration of Mother’s Day this Friday, 12th May at 2.30pm in Courtyard.

MEETING—At 1.45pm on Friday (just prior to the Mother’s Day Afternoon Tea) there will be a meeting to discuss upcoming events. We need your ideas to plan the Arts Festival on June 30th. Danielle Lyons (Music Teacher) will be with us to work on this. All welcome to come along and join us.

Parents

&

Friends

SPORTS DAY 2017 TUESDAY, 16TH MAY

AT ATHLETICS SA STADIUM

RAILWAY TERRACE, MILE END

Information, Programme and Permission Slips

were sent home to all families last week. Please

ensure that one permission slip per child is

returned to each child’s class teacher.

The note, programme and slip are available on

our Skoolbag App if you have lost your copy.

We are hopeful of perfect weather next week

and looking forward to another successful

Sports Day.

Aidan Brigden, PE Teacher

Some of the services and events contained in this

newsletter are in no way connected with the school and

are included for your information only. Parents/

caregivers need to make their own enquiries and

assessments about the suitability of these events and

services for their needs and those of their children.

CANTEEN ROSTER - TERM 2, WEEK 3

(If you are able to help please contact Erica or Iris in the Canteen)

Mon—15 May Tues—16 May Wed—17 May Thurs—18 May Fri—19 May

CANTEEN

CLOSED

SPORTS

DAY

Joanne Lu

& Volunteer Please

Joanne Lu

& Angela Porcaro

Joanne Lu

& Denise Harrison

LOWES UNIFORM SHOP NEWS!

SPORTS DAY T-SHIRTS—Orders for T-shirts for Sports Day have closed. Families will be informed via the Skoolbag App when they are ready to be collected from Lowes (most likely this weekend). If you still require a T-shirt for Sports Day please purchase them elsewhere (no tank tops) ensuring the correct shade of your child’s house team is bought. There are a few T-Shirts of our stock from last year available to purchase at the office.

Do you have a love for sewing, painting, and/or

prop making? We are looking for volunteers to

help us out in preparation for our schools

WAKAKIRRI item (Primary School Dance

Competition).

If this sounds like you, email Jess D’Angelo

(Dance & Drama Teacher) to express your

interest jdangelo@whitefriars.catholic.edu.au

St Margaret’s Kindergarten

—Entertainment Books St Margaret’s Kindergarten at Woodville are

selling Entertainment Books to raise much needed

funds to purchase play equipment for the

Kindergarten. If you would like to support them by

purchasing an Entertainment Book for $70, please

use the link below to pay online or pay with cash at

the kindy. Digital memberships are available or

printed books are available at the kindy (or can be

left for you at the Whitefriars School office).

CLICK HERE TO ORDER NOW (Press Ctrl/Click).

QKR Payment System

– Accept payments 24 hours a day, 7 days a week

It is GREAT to see some of our families taking

advantage of the QRK app to order their children’s

lunches. It really is an easy, secure and convenient

way to order & pay. Canteen orders are accepted up

until 9am on the day with the app being available 24

hours a day, 7 days a week.

Over time, Whitefriars will set up QKR for parents to

pay school fees, camps and extra activities such as

Football, Wakakirri and Chess. No more searching for

cash.

Please take the time to read the set up instructions

below:

Step 1. Download Qkr!: On your Android phone

or iPhone. iPad users must download iPhone app.

Step 2. Register: Select your Country of Residence

as ‘Australia’ and follow the steps to register.

Step 3. Find our school: Whitefr iars will appear in

‘Nearby Locations’ if you’re within 10km of our

school, or search for our school by name.

Step 4. Register your child: When fir st accessing

our school you will be prompted to add a student

profile for your child/children. This allows you to

make orders and payments for them.

School Fees

Thank you to the families who have paid School Fees

for Term 1.

This is a reminder that the annual School Fees are

issued in Term 1 with 1/3 of the total fees due in each

of Terms 1, 2 & 3.

A payment schedule is available on the Skoolbag App

for your information. The schedule lists the school fee

amount payable depending on your family’s

circumstances. Term 2 Fees are due by the 9th June.

If you would like to discuss your account or are

experiencing financial difficulties please see either

Mary Hemmings or me to discuss. (If you have a

direct debit in place please ignore the payment

schedule.)

Thank you,

Lyn Harrison, Bursar