P.O. Box 35

3 Scott Street, Cranbourne, Vic. 3977

www.stacbourne.catholic.edu.au

info@stacbourne.catholic.edu.au

5996 2724

5996 8510

August 31st, 2017

Issue 27

FROM THE PRINCIPAL (Anne Hassall)

END OF SCHOOL DAY

We request that all parents/carers who pick up their children after school be here promptly at 3:30pm.

Staff are currently reviewing our after home time bell procedures in light of our current industrial

award and face to face time with students. At present, I believe our current practice of staff remaining

in class until 3.45pm is outside our industrial award.

Dear Families,

Tomorrow morning we are celebrating our fathers and male carers

with a breakfast, classroom visits and Mass. It is one of our

favourite and busiest events of the year. We hope to see as many

dads and significant males as can make it to school with their

children. Thank you to all who have helped with preparation,

especially Kirsty Cortese for her assistance again with the pre-

breakfast preparation.

Thank you to Parents and Friends and to so many mums who helped

with the Father’s Day Stall set up last Thursday and the Father’s Day

Stall last Friday. The students seemed to have been ‘savvy’ shoppers

and I am sure all our dads and male carers will enjoy their gifts

bought with love and enjoyment.

Staff Meetings

Meetings are held on Tuesdays and

Wednesdays and begin at 3.50pm.

Please be aware of this as teachers are

often caught between their desire to

meet with parents and the expectation

to that they will be at staff meeting on

time.

Staff also attending a briefing session on

Monday morning until 8.45am

SCREECH OF TYRES OUTSIDE ST AGATHA’S

This morning a student was narrowly missed being run over by a

car! Once again, a parent dropped their child off in Scott St on

the opposite side of the road and left their child to cross the road

by themselves. The child came out behind the car and was nearly

hit by another car.

Another near miss.

Apologies to the driver who must have been very upset at nearly

hitting a child.

How can we get it through to parents that it is not safe to let

children cross the road by themselves…all for the sake of a few

minutes?

Breaking News: Celebrating Stories Dress Up Friday

the 8th September...More info on back page!

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Fathers’ Day Breakfast

We would like you, Dad and male guardians to

come and join your children for breakfast at St

Agatha’s School Hall.

When: Friday 1st September

Session 1: 7.30 - 8.00am

Session 2: 8.15 - 8.45am

Followed by Fathers’ Day Prayer Service at 9.15

- 9.45am

The first session will start promptly at 7:30am, with food being served until 7:50am. We will then

ask dads and children to please vacate by 8am, so we can start our next session.

The second session will then commence at 8:15am, with food being served until 8:35am and the

session finishing at 8:45am.

We ask you to please be punctual for your session, so we can help everyone to get a fair feed.

There will be supervision from 8am tomorrow after the first session for those children and all

students need to be in class by 8:55am.

Year 3 Incursion

The Year Three classes had a stimulating and hands on experience during their workshop provided by ‘Mad about Science’. This workshop related to our current Inquiry unit of living

and non living things. The students looked at and identified properties of living things such as

insects and plants. They used microscopes to observe properties that cannot be seen with the

naked eye.

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IMPORTANT TERM DATES

Friday 1 September

Father’s Day Breakfast

Father’s Day Liturgy at 9am

Sunday 3 September

First Eucharist Mass at 2pm

Sunday 10 September

First Eucharist Mass at 2pm

Tuesday 5 September

Summer Lightning Premiership Senior

Thursday 7 September

Summer Lightning Premiership

Friday 8 September

Celebrating Stories Dress Up

Year 2 Mass at 9:30am

Monday 11 September

Year 1 Incursion—Wildlife Exposure

Foundation Excursion—Moonlight

Sanctuary

Wednesday 13 September

Parents & Friends Meeting at 2pm

Thursday 14 September

Footy Day Lunch

Friday 15 September

Foundation Mass at 9:30am

Tuesday 19 September

Advisory Board Meeting at 7pm

Wednesday 20 September

Casey Division Athletics

Thursday 21 September

Years 3 & 4 Production

Friday 22 September

Year 1 Mass at 9:30am

Last day of Term 3 at 3:30pm

Monday 9 October

Curriculum Day - School Closure

Tuesday 10 October

School resumes for Term 4

Wednesday 11 October

Parents & Friends Meeting at 2pm

Monday 16 October

Foundation swimming starts

Tuesday 31 October

Advisory Board Meeting at 7pm

THE SECOND-HAND SCHOOL UNIFORM SHOP

IS OPENED EVERY THURSDAY MORNING AT

9AM IN THE HALL MEETING ROOM.

We have plenty of summer & winter uniform

available for sale for a gold coin donation

Hats, school bags & library bags are also

available. Please come & get a bargain

Canteen Roster Mon 4/9 9am-12.15pm HELP PLEASE

Mon 4/9 12.15-2pm Liesl Bertrand

Wed 6/9 9am-12.15pm Anna Drakopaulas

Wed 6/9 12.15-2pm Julia Bracci

Frid 15/9 9am-12.15pm Renee Van Ginkel

Frid 15/9 9am-12.15pm Victoria Tumu

Frid 15/9 12.15-2pm Kyle Marks

Frid 15/9 12.15-2pm Jo Schalks

Leaving St Agatha’s

Are you leaving St Agatha's? If your child/children in

Foundation to Grade 5 are not returning to St Agatha's

in 2018, can you please advise the school office ASAP.

SAVE THE DATE

St. Peter's College 2019 Information Evenings

Cranbourne West Campus - Wednesday 18th October.

Registration from 6pm for a 6.30pm start.

Cranbourne East Campus - Tuesday 31st October.

Registration from 6pm for a 6.30 start.

Congratulations to Senon

Mesthrige (4E)and his family on

the birth of a new baby girl, her

name is Athena.

Family Week

Family Week is a time to focus on celebrating and strengthening families. At St Agatha’s, we are recognising our families by holding a Father’s Day Breakfast and Liturgy. All dads, grandfathers and male carers are invited to revel in the fun so that the school community can applaud them and show appreciation for all that they do for us.

The Father’s Day Breakfast is a great opportunity to highlight these special people. All visitors are also welcome into classrooms after breakfast and/or Father’s Day Liturgy, to share in our students’ learning.

To support other families in the wider community that are less fortunate then ourselves, we are inviting visitors to donate a gold coin upon arrival at the hall for breakfast. Raising funds will assist in supporting Catholic Care’s Programs in our diocese.

Thank you for your support and enjoy the Father’s Day celebrations.

Michelle Hinds (REL)

Who Is Your Child Talking To?

I often hear adults bemoan the fact that kids of today are anti-social. I think it is almost the opposite.

Their social experience uses different methods. And of course adults are never on their phones!

We have a human desire to feel connected. Social Media and technology connects people. It can also

pressure students into the idea that they aren’t connected enough. Not liked enough. So the following

happens….”I didn’t get enough likes, that person got more likes, I’ll do something more outrageous to get

more likes, I’ll talk to ‘randoms’ so I have more friends.” It becomes a cycle. It can happen quickly.

Remember that children must be 13 to have Social Media. For those that have accounts, be aware of who

they are talking too. We lock our doors to protect children, but the people who we try to protect them

from may also use different ways to gain access.

There is no need to be alarmed if you are aware.

Paul Sharp

Celebrating Stories Dress Up

To celebrate the official end of the Premier’s

Reading challenge, St Agatha’s will be having

a ‘Celebrating Stories’ dress up. Students are

encouraged to dress as their favourite

character from a story they love! Classes will

spend the day creating more special stories.

It will be held next Friday the 8th of

September.

We will send out more information via the

app.