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Heyfield

St. Michael’s Primary School

PO Box 93, Davis Street, HEYFIELD VIC 3858 Phone: (03) 5148 2514 Fax: (03) 5148 3078 principal@stmheyfield.catholic.edu.au

ABN 32 427 767 599

DIARY DATES TERM ONE MARCH Monday 20th Peter Centra CCS visit - 11.15am - Yr 5/6 Tuesday 21st Mass - Yr 2/3/4 Wednesday 22nd Hot Cross Bun orders due Thursday 23rd Basketball - Marcus Cope - Yrs P-6 Friday 24th Working Bee - 4pm-7pm (BBQ afterwards) P & F Lunch Order Day Tuesday 28th Mass - Yr 5/6 Wednesday 29th Hot Cross Buns delivered Thursday 30th Easter Raffle tickets & money due Basketball - Marcus Cope - Yrs P-6 Planks Workshop - Multi-age Day Planks Parent evening Friday 31st Easter Raffle drawn Last day Term 1 - 2pm dismissal

PRINCIPAL’S MESSAGE

I am currently doing my Masters of Clinical Teaching through Melbourne University. I’m finding that the learning is invaluable, not only for my own professional growth, but for what it can do for our school. Over the two years, I will be sharing and collaborating with the staff and looking to implement best practice that has come from the course. The underlying premise within a clinical approach is not to look at the deficits, what students cannot do, but to know them so well that you know exactly what they need to learn next to achieve and succeed. It is a developmental approach and very personalized. This is a mindset that can be applied to our own lives; it’s important not to focus on what you can’t do but what you need or want to know and

how you can set about getting it. We all need something to aim for and to have a sense of purpose in our lives– this is what contributes to our self esteem and feelings of self-worth. I hope that we can give your children, our students, this sense of purpose and motivation towards their learning and a growth mindset that will stay with them long after they have left school. We want to encourage a growth mindset, not a fixed mind-set. A growth mindset can enhance our children’s resili-ence, confidence, collaboration, and critical and creative thinking. If you are interested in finding out more, look up Carol Dweck and the large amount of evidence based re-search she has compiled about the power of having a growth mindset.

NEWSLETTER No. 7

Friday, 17th March, 2017

OFFICE HOURS The school office is open: Monday to Friday 8.30am - 4.30pm School Phone: (03) 5148 2514

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STUDENT ACHIEVEMENTS

GIPPSLAND REGION SWIMMING

Congratulations to both Zac and Liam who swam in the

Gippsland Region Swimming Carnival yesterday repre-

senting our school. Zac came 3rd in both Freestyle and

Backstroke. Great effort boys!

WELL DONE XAVIER

Last weekend Xavier went to Horsham to compete in the MX Amateurs round. Xavier finished 3rd in the 50cc Div 2 and 10th in the 65cc Class. Well done Xavier!

BASKETBALL TOURNA-MENT We had quite a lot of students participating in the basketball tournament last weekend. Both teams were very competitive and ended up in the finals.

EASTER RAFFLE & HOT CROSS BUNS Parents & Friends sent home raffle tickets this week for the Easter Egg Raffle. There will be heaps of prizes! We do rely

on donations for this raffle so please place your donation in the box at the school office. Raffle tickets and money are

due back at school by Thursday, 30th March. The raffle will be drawn on Friday, 31st March.

An order form for Hot Cross Buns was also sent home this week. Order forms and money need to be returned to school by Wednesday, 22nd March. Orders will be ready to collect on Wednesday, 29th March.

CARITAS: PROJECT COMPASSION The theme for Project Compassion this Lent is ‘Love Your Neighbour’ and we will be fundraising for this. Today was our first event - GREEN DAY for St Patrick’s Day and students were en-couraged to wear green. We raised 100 for Caritas!

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WORKING BEE Just a reminder that the working bee is on from 4pm—7pm and then we will have a BBQ after this (we’ll test out the new barbe-cue purchased by P & F). I hope you can make it—we really ap-preciate your support in helping to make our school environment safe and attractive. Some of the jobs to be done:

Level and set up the vegie garden

Sand and varnish the outdoor picnic tables

Remove art work from outside learning space/possibly line it

Fix the trike and walking machine

Remove excess furniture from parish hall and rearrange equip-ment in sheds

Redo garden edging

Weed and mulch the fruit trees

Make up flat packs (two bookshelves) for our science re-sources

General weeding and gardening

SCIENCE & TECHNOLOGY We are gradually sorting out the computer room and be-ginning to set it up as a multi-media and resource space. Throughout the year we will make changes so that it be-comes a more collaborative learning space, one that sup-ports our students creativity and problem solving skills through a focus on science and technology. I had a lesson in using the video conferencing unit the oth-er day—it was very impressive and is a great addition to our learning space. We are also trying to build up our store of construction kits for students to access. If anyone has any Lego or Meccano they no longer want, we would love to have it to support our technology programs.

LENT At the beginning of Lent, Father Darren reminded us that it is a time when we have responsibilities; he did this in a very novel way through connecting actions to each of the responsibili-ties (prayer, fasting and almsgiving). How are you going with your Lenten journey? I saw a slogan that resonated with me. It said ’Lent isn’t just about giving

up, it’s about giving more.’ ‘Giving more’ doesn't mean giv-ing money—it means giving more of yourself, your time, your energy, your compassion, your kindness. We are en-couraged to think of others, to help someone out and do those random acts of kindness.

SRC NEWS SRC had their first meeting on Tuesday. Their first job is one set by P & F. P & F would like to know what sports and play equipment the students would like to have at play-times. Jack and Keiffer will be sur-veying the whole school to find out what the students’ wish list is. The St Patrick’s Day fund-raiser is also their first social justice event. Throughout the year the SRC will be responsible for organising fundrais-ing events to support those in our world who need a bit of a helping hand.

LUNCH ORDER DAY Everyone should have received a lunch order form today for the P & F lunch order day next Friday. The departure of Liv and Mel left a big hole but Luke and Adrian have risen to the challenge and volunteered to run the first lunch or-der day. I like how there is gender equity in this as well—great role modelling from our dads.

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HAPPY BIRTHDAY Happy Birthday to everyone celebrating their birthday dur-ing the past week.

Phoenix 11th March

STUDENT AWARDS - Each week we will record the student awards and why they received them. However, the awards listed in the newsletter will be from the previous week due to publica-tion deadlines.

CHURCH CLEANING ROSTER

Remember the church key is always available from Timberline so you can clean the church and support our parish at a time convenient to you.

Cox & Akers Families 20th March

Stevens & Mezenberg Families 27th March

St Michael’s School

Church Cleaning Roster

Tasks:

Arrange a mutual time to clean the

church.

Church key to be picked up from and

returned to school office or Tim-

berline General Store.

Vacuum all carpet areas including the

sacristy (which is the room on the

right of the altar)

Lift kneelers and vacuum underneath

including any cobwebs. Then place

kneelers back down and vacuum

the kneelers.

Dust the seats only

Check the vacuum cleaner bag and

change when required. When on to

the second last bag (found in cup-

board in room left of the altar)

please let the School office know so

that we may purchase new bags.

Toilet: please clean and place rubbish

in outside school bin. Check that

there is a toilet cleaner, toilet paper

and hand towel available. (Please

let the School office know when

more needs to be purchased.)

NB. The ladies of the Parish organise

the flowers and dust everywhere

else.

TERM DATES 2017: TERM 1 - 2 February—31 March TERM 2 - 18 April—30 June *Please note 17 April is the Easter Monday public holi-day TERM 3 - 17 July—22 September TERM 4 - 9 October—22 December PUBLIC HOLIDAYS: Term 1 - Monday 13 March (Labour Day) Term 2 - Tuesday 25 April (ANZAC Day) Monday 12 June (Queen’s Birthday) Term 4 - Tuesday 7 November (Melbourne Cup)