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Newsletter June 15, 2016 Term 2 – Week 10

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Next week we commemorate the Feast Day of

St. Aloysius, patron saint of our school and parish.

St. Aloysius was born in Northern Italy, the eldest son of and Italian noble, Marquis Gonzaga. At age eight he was sent to Florence to serve in the court of Grand Duke Francesco I de Medici, for his father expected him to become a great soldier and had already begun his training. Aloysius had other interests and in the following years when he suffered from kidney disease, he devoted himself to spiritual reading and prayer during his illness and recovery. At age 17, against his father’s wishes Aloysius sought to become a student with the Jesuit Order and in 1588 was accepted as a Jesuit novice. In 1591 a terrible plague broke out in Rome and Aloysius volunteered to care for the sick, during which time he contracted the disease, Aloysius died soon after, on June 21st, 1591.

In his short life, he burned brightly for Christ, canonized by Pope Benedict XIII on December 31, 1726 and announced as the Patron Saint of Youth.

Patron Saint of Youth.

Following Mass,

families and friends

are invited to join

with us in the gym

to enjoy an Italian

performance

by the children.

Dear Families.

We will keep in mind and pray for those still suffering from the sadness in Orlando, US this week.

Hold our hands, Lord, walk us through the loneliness and the valley of our sorrows. Hold on to us when we’re too afraid To think about the future. Let us lean on you, Lord, when we’re too weary to continue. hold our hands, Lord, through the night until we see the light of dawn

Children’s Semester One reports will come home on Friday so please keep a look out in the children’s bags for them. Next week’s parent / teacher interviews will be an opportunity to discuss the reports and anything else you need to share with your children’s teachers. Parent / Teacher interviews will be held next Monday, 20 June in the children’s classrooms. I hope families have made appointments to come and speak to your children’s teachers as spaces fill up fast. Those of you who do not make an appointment will have one made for you from the remaining timeslots and sent to you. Hope to see everyone next Monday afternoon. On Tuesday, 21 June we celebrate the Feast Day of St Aloysius, the patron saint of both our school and our Parish. We will have Mass at 9.30 to start off our day’s celebrations and then there will be special activities for the rest of the day. I’m sure the children will come home with lots of stories at the end of the day. On Friday 24 June, the last day of Term 2 school concludes at 2:30pm for students. On this day please remember you will need to make arrangements to pick up your children at this earlier time, and on time as they do tend to get distressed if they are late being picked up. School will resume with Term 3 starting on Monday, 11 July at 8.50am

Have a great week everyone.

Joe Caruana

ONLINE BOOKINGS CLOSE TODAY!

NTERVIEW YET? Parent Teacher Interviews will be held on Monday, 20 June 2016

The online booking service is closing at 4pm today.

To access the online booking service, please visit: www.schoolinterviews.com.au before 4pm today

- Enter the code as follows pt52m (please note, this is case sensitive)

- Then select ‘Go’ and follow the prompts to complete your interview booking

Once you have booked your preferred timeslot a confirmation email will be sent to you. Any parents that have not yet booked their parent teacher interview by this closing time will be allocated a timeslot for their interview. Thank you for your support and we look forward to our parent teacher meeting with you.

Dear Families,

Next Tuesday, we commemorate the Feast Day of St. Aloysius, patron saint of our school and parish and invite our whole school community to come together for Mass at 9:30am in the St. Aloysius church.

After Mass our whole school community is invited to join us in the school auditorium (gym) for an Italian performance by the children, commencing at around 10:20am and should finish at approximately 10:50am. The children from our Year 1/2 classes will be singing for us and our newly formed St. Aloysius Choir will also perform for us, with an authentic Italian song. The children are very excited, so please come join us and let’s celebrate together!

After recess the children will continue to commemorate this special day with a range of activities paying homage to St. Aloysius’ Italian heritage, albeit with a modern twist, our activities are; Gondola Racing, Bocce, mask making, La cappella Sistina painting and Futsal along with a traditional Italian music lesson. The rotation of activities will continue through the day.

In the afternoon our senior students will be holding a Cultural Expo in the Auditorium to present their Geography Projects, as part of their Term 2 Inquiry. Families are invited to come and see the children’s work.

The children’s lunch break will be staggered on this day to suit the rotation of activities and the lunchtime Pizza will be supplied by school to the children - there is no additional charge for this. A permission slip for the children to share in the pizza lunch will be sent home to families this week, so please indicate if you consent for your child to share in this Feast Day lunch. If your child would prefer to bring their own lunch they may still do so. If you do not wish your child to have pizza on this day please indicate this on the form and return to school.

Families are most welcome to join us at any point throughout the day.

Please note: Our Feast Day Pizza lunch next Tuesday, is not to be confused with the P&F ‘Pizza’ lunch day to be held on the last day of term. Separate order forms will be sent home for this, as this is a Term 2 fundraiser for our school and will replace our Tuckshop menu on the last day of term. Thank you.

Tuesday 21st June, 2016.

St. Aloysius Feast Day - Activities. 9:30 am Mass St. Aloysius Church 10:30am - 10:50am St. Aloysius school Auditorium Italian performance of song. 10:50am - 11:20 am Recess 11:30am - 2:30pm Italian Feast Day Rotations of activities

- Gondola racing

- Bocce

- Futsal

- Painting La cappella Sistina

- Mask Making

- Pizza Making

- Traditional Italian music - Music Man

- Senior Cultural Expo

Families are most welcome to join us for any part of the day.

JUNIOR NEWS

Welcome to week 10! This Friday Foundation G will be hosting our whole school liturgy. We welcome family and friends to attend and ask that all of our Foundation G children arrive at 8:30am for an 8:40am start on Friday. As the end of Term is fast approaching, a request please to have all library books returned to school as soon as possible.

We are looking forward to meeting with our families on Monday at our Parent/Teacher interviews. It is at this time that you will receive your child’s Learning Journal to take home and look through with your child. There are a few Learning Journals from Foundation LW that need to be returned to school.

Only one week to go everyone! Stay warm. Georgia and Leah. The Foundation Team.

Hi everyone! We are all working beautifully in the Year 1/2 unit. The children are enthusiastically completing the final touches to their Individualised Inquiry Projects. We are very impressed with everyone’s effort. Parent/Teacher Interviews, are on Monday and we are really looking forward to meeting with all parents to discuss your child’s successes throughout the Term.

St Aloysius Feast Day, is next Tuesday. We will all celebrate our Patron Saint, St. Aloysius with a range of Italian activities and a greast lunch of ‘homemade pizzas’. Have a great week everyone! Bev, Shay and Savior

MIDDLE NEWS

Greetings, everyone. We hope everyone is refreshed after the Queen's Birthday long weekend. Many thanks for the returning of the Learning Journals. We almost have 100% return of the journals. This Thursday is the final week of homework for the term. There is only Grammar, Spelling and Reading required this week. Please encourage your child to read regularly at home and, where possible, discuss what they are reading with them or, listen to them read or have them listening to you read. In Inquiry we are looking at the similarities and differences between Australia and our Asian neighbours comparing food, occupations and games. We are looking forward to meeting you all next week at our Parent/Teacher interviews and discussing your child's progress. Keep warm. Best wishes, Jo, Anne and Kelvin

SENIOR NEWS

Hello and welcome to Week 10 news from the Senior Area. We hope you all enjoyed the long weekend with family and friends. During our writing time, we are developing our knowledge of common nouns, our editing skills and our persuasive writing skills. Our, ‘Geography Projects’ are due back at the end of this week and we would like to congratulate our children with their efforts on this Inquiry. The children will present their work in an expo next Tuesday, after lunch in the auditorium. Families you are invited to come along and have a look at the children’s projects.

The children from 5/6PW will be attending our parish Mass this Thursday at 9:30am and parents and guardians are invited to join us for Mass.

A reminder that some of our children will be participating in the ‘Catholic School Netball Lightning Premiership’ this Thursday, our best wishes to them.

A reminder also to parents and guardians to ensure that you have booked a time for our Parent/Teacher interviews which will take place next Monday. We look forward to seeing you then.

Enjoy your week! June,Tamara and Katherine.

What is happening at St. Al’s…

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Thank you to the many parents and teachers who have contributed to our 'What we are excited about' OLSEL display in the passageway. OLSEL stands for Early Language Supporting Oral Language.

The purpose of this wall is to celebrate the commitment our school, students and teachers have made in their classrooms to focus on Oral language.

You may have noticed your child...expanding their vocabulary, talking about synonyms and antonyms of words or using a 'Phoneme Fist' to decode words. The other day in the middle of the supermarket, I heard a child from our school say..."hang on mum, I will use my phoneme fist!" whilst reading a shopping list. This is very exciting and we would love to hear these stories! Please feel free to use a Post-It note to write these celebrations up. Take some time to read our wall and add to it. All our teachers are very excited about the developments and progress our students have made embracing our new OLSEL approach. Please read, add to and enjoy our OLSEL Wall. Any questions or concerns please see me, Jo Townsend.

That is why we need your help…

Dear St. Al’s community, the Mission Group is running a

to help provide a little extra warmth to those in need in our community

We are need of…

that we can give to those in need, here in Ballarat.

Donations can be kindly placed in the basket in the school office before the end of this term. We will then pass them onto Craig Schepis at the Soupbus to distribute.

Many thanks for your support everyone! Kelvin Porter, Bev Baxter and the Mission Team.

Can you imagine not having warm clothes this winter?

St. Al’s Senior Student’s - Music Performance

Next Thursday, 23 June the children in 5/6MB and 5/6PW will be involved in a Musical Exhibition from 2.30pm to 3.20pm in the auditorium. During this Exhibition children will showcase what they have been learning in Music throughout the semester.

The children have been hard at work composing and rehearsing group songs, so we hope you will be there to witness some of their amazing performances.

You are invited to attend the Exhibition at any stage from 2.30pm to 3.20pm

COMMUNITY NEWS AND EVENTS

NETBALL NEWS

Our Year 3/4 Netball Team played against Skipton this week and had a narrow loss. A congratulations and thanks to Aileen who stepped into the coaching role this week and to our girls for their enthusiasm and sportsmanship. It is wonderful to see so many supporters take the time to come along and watch our girls play each week, thanks for your support. A reminder that training will take place at 1:00pm this Friday and that next week is our last game before we break up for the school holiday. Louise and Aileen

What is happening at St. Al’s…

Tuckshop: Yes, Tuckshop will be operating this week - Friday 17th. This is the last Tuckshop for term as next Friday, last day of Term is our P&F ‘Pizza’ Lunch day.

P & F meeting - Our next meeting date is Tuesday, 21 June. Please feel free to come along as we welcome all input from our school community.

Thank you A thank you to Christine Kelly for running the canteen this term along with her team of helpers; Jacinta, Ellen, Erin, Erin M., Nicole, Nicole L and Sharon for assisting. Friday lunch times will return to the regular time next term.

Save the Date - Friday, July 22nd - Comedy Night, (book your babysitter) Save the Date - Sunday, Sept 11th - Regent Movie Fundraiser ‘Kids Movie - family social event’. Save the Date - Friday, October 28th. We are planning an evening market to be held here at school and are

seeking expressions of interest for stall holders from our school community. If you are interested in holding a stall or would like more information please call Emma Donald on Phone 0402 221 162.

Second-hand Uniform Shop - If you are in need of a particular item, or would just like to have a browse please message Bron Kennon on a Thursday during school hours on - 0409 162 353 or enquire at the school office. If you would like to place an item for sale - please place clean, clearly labelled items in a bag with your name, item(s) description, sale price and contact details - on an envelope attached to the bag. All items for sale can be left at the school office. We also accept donations of clean outgrown uniform items as these come in handy for spares during winter.

Upcoming P&F Meeting Dates for 2016 Tues June 21, Tues Jul 19, Tues Aug. 16, Tues Sept. 19, Tues Oct. 18 & Tues. Nov. 15.

Have a lovely Week!

Have a wonderful Week!

COMMUNITY NEWS AND EVENTS

Pie Drive Fundraiser. Thank you to our families who supported our Pie Drive Fundraiser.

Pie Drive delivery date to school will be on Tuesday, June 21st.

Special Lunch Day – Friday, 24 June Order forms for the upcoming P&F coordinated special ‘Pizza’ Lunch Day to be held on the last day of school, Friday 24 June will be sent home to families this week. Order forms are due back to school by ….. If you require a spare order form please collect one from the tray under the P&F notice board in the foyer or see Lesley or Robert in the school office.

Parents & Friends News .

ST. AL’S SPORTS UPDATE

St. Aloysius Debutante Balls 2017 Over 40s Deb Balls expression of interest

In the past we have had a number of enquiries regarding the possibility of a senior Debutante Ball. Thus, we are looking for expressions of interest in holding a ‘senior’ deb ball in 2017. Debutantes and Partners need to be aged over 40. Dance lessons will be provided as it is for the regular Debs.’ Enquires can be made to secretary@ballaratdebs.com

St. Aloysius Parish School - Term 2 Planner, 2016

TERM 2 Monday Tuesday Wednesday Thursday Friday Sat / Sun

Week 10

13-19 June

13 QUEENS BIRTHDAY

Public Holiday

14

15

Mass 5/6PW 16 Catholic School Netball Lightning Premiership.

Whole school Prayer 17 Liturgy Foundation F/G

18/19

Week 11

20-26 June

20 Assembly 2:45pm Parent Teacher Interviews

St Aloysius 21 Feast Day 9:30am Mass - Church

10:20am Italian presentations in the

Auditorium/Gym All welcome.

22

Mass 23 Student’s Senior Music Performance 2:30pm -3:20pm

Whole school Prayer 24

Last Day of Term 2

School Finishes at 2:30pm

25/26

Last update 08/06/16 Please check the calendar each week for updates – Thank you.

St. Aloysius Feast Day Tuesday 21st of June. Our whole school will join the parish for Mass to celebrate the feast of our Patron Saint.

Confirmation Information A Conformation information meeting for parents of children who are baptised catholic and who are in Year 3 or above will be held on -

21st July 10am or 7pm in Ryan Hall. An enrolment form will be sent home with children in Year 3 and will need to be returned at the meeting along with your child’s Baptism certificate. If your child is in year 4, 5 or 6, has been baptised and would like to be Confirmed please contact Bernadette at the Parish Centre on 53359460

Confirmations celebration dates will be held on 20th, 21st, 27th & 28th August

Thursday, Parish Mass Times for Term 2 Each Thursday Mass will be attended by a different class, please refer to the following schedule to see when your child’s class will be attending Mass. Families are invited to share this occasion with the children.

Thursday 9th June – Mass 5/6 MB Thursday 16th June – Mass 5/6 PW

All families are welcome to attend this celebration.

St Aloysius Parish News

We had a very special visitor to school today…

Beautiful little Damaris, the newest member to

our St. Al’s community.

And as you can imagine there was bit of a

queue for a cuddle.

It was lovely to see Claire and baby both

looking so well. We wish them both much

happiness for the days ahead.

Look who is in the news…

Beleza BALLARAT

Term 2 School Holidays Trading Hours

Last Day of Term (24th June 2016) – 9:00am to 2:00 pm

THE STORE WILL BE CLOSED ON SATURDAY 25th OF JUNE 2016

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TRADING 10:00AM TO 3:00PM

BETWEEN

MONDAY 27TH JUNE 2016 TO FRIDAY 1ST JULY 2016

We will resume back to normal trading hours as of Saturday, 2nd July 2016

NORMAL TRADING HOURS (effective as of 2nd July, 2016)

Monday to Friday 9:00am to 5:00pm

Saturday 10:00am to 1:00pm

COMMUNITY NEWS AND EVENTS