St Joachim’s Catholic Parish Primary School

St Joachim’s Newsletter 25 Broderick Road, Carrum Downs 3201 P: 9785 2633 E: principal@sjcarrumdowns.catholic.edu.au

Fr iday 31st March 2017

Diary Dates March 31 Last day of Term 1

April

13 Holy Thursday

14 Good Friday

16 Easter Sunday

18 Term 2

Commences

25 ANZAC Day Public

Holiday

26 Family Maths Night

June

12 Queen’s Birthday

Public Holiday

30 Last day of Term 2

Dates and Times are Subject to Change

Parish Sacramental

Programme 2017 (includes dates)

Use Tiqbiz for Absence

Notifications

Paul Dwyer, Principal

Dear Parents,

Congratulations to our parents who completed our first Parents as Classroom Helpers

course this week! I strongly encourage all interested parents who haven’t completed the

course to register for our Term 2 evening course.

Thank you to Reagon Haines, all staff, parents and children for working together to ensure

our Twilight sports on Tuesday afternoon this week was a great success! The weather was

magnificent and I was very proud that all children gave their best effort, encouraged

others and really enjoyed the athletics. Congratulations to Blue Team who were our

winners this year.

Our Stations of the Cross was held today. This solemn commemoration of the events of

Good Friday, remind us of the sacrifice Jesus made for us. Thank you to all classes for their

preparation and reverent presentation of each Station of the Cross and for the reminders

that each Station gives us for how we can live our lives more fully as followers of Jesus.

An invitation was sent home to all families today to attend our Family Maths night on the

evening of Wednesday 26th April from 6:30 p.m. until 8:00 p.m. in the hall. (Wednesday of

Week 2 next term). I commend this night to all families as a way for parents and children to

work together on fun mathematical activities which promote mathematical thinking,

mathematical language and problem solving.

This Sunday is the Fifth and last Sunday of Lent. The Gospel reading focuses on Jesus raising

Lazarus from the dead. This reading invites us to reflect upon what it means to call Jesus

the “Resurrection and the Life” in the lead up to the joyful Resurrection on Easter Sunday.

Thank you to all children and families for generously supporting our 3 Lenten charities. They

are; Mums supporting families in need, Parishioners Crisis Support Fund and Caritas

Australia (Project Compassion). Your efforts raised a total of $527.00 which will go to these

very worthy charities.

Term 1 finished today with much to be thankful for. Term 2 will resume on Tuesday 18th April

at the usual time.

I wish all children, families and staff a restful, relaxing holiday break and a joyous and

Happy Easter.

Regards,

Paul Dwyer, Principal.

Ms Zeeta Andrew

Religious Education Leader zandrew@sjcarrumdowns.catholic.edu.au

“The students’ preparation has helped them to

have a deeper appreciation for the rich tradition

of Stations and the journey Christ took to the

cross,”

Thank you to the parents who came to join in. I

am sure you’ll agree that the children did a

wonderful job and were very prayerful.

Thank you to Fr John for his blessing and for his

10/10 score for the students presentations.

I’d like to take this opportunity to wish all of our St

Joachim’s family a safe and holy Easter.

(Austra l ian Cathol ic Rel ig ious Against

T raff ick ing Humans).

Pope Francis said that “every person

ought to have the awareness that

purchasing is always a moral – and not

simply an economic – act.”

Are you buying and eating, or giving away

Easter chocolate this year? It is estimated that

up to 30 million people are trapped in slavery

globally. The United Nations estimates that one

in every three victims of human trafficking is a

child.

Much of the chocolate we consume in Australia

is made with cocoa beans picked by children,

many of whom have been enslaved.

ACTION: Go the ACRATH website:

https://acrath.org.au/slaveryfree-easter/ to

find out more. Spread the word about

slavery-free Easter chocolate and enjoy

chocolate carries any of the following

symbols on the wrapper.

If you buy chocolate featuring one of these

three certification symbols you will know that

production of the chocolate is okay.

Irene Stewart

Deputy Principal / Student Wellbeing

istewart@sjcarrumdowns.catholic.edu.au

Congratulations to our whole school

community on an incredibly successful

first term. Parents, teachers and students

working together have accomplished

great things.

I’d like to wish all members of the St Joachim’s

community a safe and happy Easter and I look

forward to seeing you on the first day of Term 2.

Every Friday at 3:00pm in the library there is

“Story Time” for our pre-school friends.

This story time is open to all of our siblings who

are coming to Prep at St Joachim’s next year.

Take a Stand Against Bullying

takeastand@sjcarrumdowns.catholic.edu.au

Reagon Haines

Physical Education

rhaines@sjcarrumdowns.catholic.edu.au

St Joachim’s

Annual Twilight

Athletics Carnival

held on

Tuesday, 27th March

I would like to commend all the students on their

efforts, sportsmanship and support for one

another. The winner on the day was definitely

Sport.

The success of the day is due to a collaborative

effort: students, parents and staff; I would like to

thank everyone for your help in making the day a

success.

I think we would all agree that all the children had

fun. You must be extremely proud of yourselves for

having a go. Congratulations to our winners: The

Blue House.

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Follow Directions

Keep hands, feet & objects to oneself

Ignore inappropriate behaviour

Speak appropriately

Include and help others

Inter-School Sport

The senior school students will participate in the

Frankston District Summer Lightning Premiership

activities in week one of term 2.

The basketball will be played at Cranbourne

Basketball Stadium and Volleystars, Cricket and

Softball will be played at Sweeney Reserve,

Berwick on Wednesday, 19th April.

All students in the Softball team must wear

protective mouthguards.

Caroline Hume

Literacy Leader / Reading Recovery

Congratulations to the parents who

completed our first Parents as

Classroom Helpers (PACH) course

this week. We are looking forward to

welcoming you into our classrooms to support our

students during the Literacy block.

In Term 2, I will be running the course over 3

Thursday nights from 7 - 8.30pm. The dates are as

follows - 11th, 18th and 25th May. Enrolment will

be opened via Care Monkey in early Term 2.

‘Absolutely brilliant and informative’ - Justyna

Rejman

‘Helped me to know how to help my own child as

well as children in the classroom. Great prompts to

use!’ - Melinda Mani

‘I enjoyed attending the course and catching up

with other mums. I have learned different

strategies that I can use not just in the classrooms

as a parent helper but also at home with my own

boys.’- Kit Santos

‘Relaxed and informative’ - Angela Gough

‘Broadened my knowledge about reading and

writing’ - Jaki Hart

‘Opens communication between home and

school’ - Melinda Armstrong

‘I wish I’d known this years ago!’ - Jaqui Lebreux

Reena Naidoo

Numeracy Leader

rnaidoo@sjcarrumdowns.catholic.edu.au

Dear Parents,

You are invited to discover the

excitement of maths with your child!

Place: St Joachim’s Catholic Primary

School.

Date: Wednesday - 26th April 2017.

Time: 6:30pm – 8:00pm.

Family Maths Night offers you and your

child an opportunity to experience a

variety of hands-on maths activities in a

supportive and fun environment!

Patterns here, patterns there, wow I see patterns

everywhere!!

Preps This week the

preps have

been looking

at making

patterns and

continuing

patterns.

The Camp Australia Outside School Hours

Care program is an extension of St Joachim's

Primary School, providing children with a safe

environment in which they can explore and

play. Here’s their webpage!

Students are required to wear their sports uniform on:

The day of their Physical Education (PE)

lesson and

Fridays - the classroom teacher will take

the class for some activity.

Monday: SRN, MRT, JTF and PZA,

Tuesday: SEP, MDB, JRM, JNE and PRF

Wednesday: SEH, SFT, MHT, MJW and JDM,

Trading Hours

Wed 8:30 – 9:00am

Thurs 2:45pm – 3:30pm

Tracey Craddock Uniform Shop Coordinator

tcraddock@sjcarrumdowns.catholic.edu.au

If you are unable to make it to the

Uniform Shop you may use our

Uniform Shop Order Form

available on the above link,

the Tiqbiz app,

the school website –

www.sjcarrumdowns.catholic.edu.au

or can be picked up at the school office

We want all St Joachim’s students to continue to

always wear their black school shoes with their

school uniform.

Runners are for Sport / PE day only.

A whole school assembly is held in the

school hall every fortnight.

Level assemblies are held on the other

week.

Diezel PZA

For creating, describing and continuing a pattern.

Sensational job Diezel!

Holly PZA

For confidently reading the ‘Prayers of the Faithful

at our first Prep Liturgy. Super job Holly!

Dean PRF

For an excellent job creating and continuing

patterns. Awesome work Dean!

Ostin PRF

For working very hard at forming his letters

correctly. Sensational job Ostin!

Charlie JDM

For being able to confidently publish a procedure

using google docs

Lydia JDM

For being able to follow simple directions using

directional language

Gabrielle JRM

For her fantastic effort in working independently

and completing her writing task. Well done!

Anthony JRM

For concerntrating very hard and completing his

reading and writing tasks. Well done!

Willow JTF

For all the effort you are putting into your learning

over this term.

Luca JTF

For taking more time and effort with your work

tasks.

Issac JNE

For persistence when writing directions for others

to follow.

Harry JNE

For the care taken and details included on his

‘Belonging’ quilt square.

Axel MJW

For using dynamic dialogue and powerful

adjectives in his narratives to hook his audience in

Danielle MJW

For always striving for excellence in all areas of the

curriculum

Jack MDB

For an informative diorama about snakes

Andrew MDB

For a wonderful diorama about goldfish

Georgia MHT

For confidently presented her H. W. research &

diorama on Cats.

Mia MHT

For confidently presenting her diorama on

Meerkats.

Izaac MRT

For your positive approach to your learning!!

Ben MRT

For your honesty and ability to keep going!

Shea SEH

For being a wonderful role model in all areas of

her school life

Hayden SEH

For his extra hard work and effort with his Maths

learning

Ben SRN

For applying his knowledge of note taking when

researching information on flags of the world.

Anton SRN

For always showing a keen interest in classroom

activities.

Brayden SFT

For sharing his thoughts and ideas during

classroom discussions and activities.

Bethany SRN

For producing some fantastic narrative writing.

Emmanuel SEP

For his technological capabilities and willingness

to assist others in the classroom.

D’Angelo SEP

For a great understanding of Harmony Day

through his descriptive rap in w/n