Dear Parents

SAUSAGE SIZZLE HELPERS: The Sausage Sizzle held last week was a great success, with proceeds going to Life Link. The grill was manned by Justin Cooper and Eric Keulemans (Dad and Grandfather to Matilda and Tahlia Cooper). Thank you both for all of your help and support!

COMMUNION CELEBRATION: Congratulations to all the children who received the Eucharist for the first time last Sunday. The beautiful celebration reflected why these students attend St. Columba’s School and our parish. As they progress through their faith journey, their commitment and participation at weekend masses is very important. Sincere thanks to Fr Minh-Thuy for celebrating the Eucharist with the children, to Caroline and Julie Kelly, Mr Murphy, Ms Martin, Mrs Desiree Pierre for coordinating the flowers and Greg Owens for being the official photographer. I also take this opportunity to congratulate and thank the choir for their attendance and beautiful singing. Thank you also to all the parents, especially Sally Cook, for their support in coordinating the celebration and for decorating the parish hall.

The high resolution photographs have been received from Greg and will be processed and saved into the individual students’ folders. This will occur over the next couple of weeks. Once the photos have been placed in the folders, all parents will be invited to bring to school a thumb drive, or external drive, to save the photos. Parents may then take the images to Harvey Normans, etc to have the photos processed. Parents will be advised when the school is

From the Principal’s Desk

Parish Mass Times

Weekdays: 9.00 a.m.

Saturday—Vigil Mass 6.00 p.m.

Sunday—Mass 7.30 a.m. and 9.30 a.m.

Parish Youth Mass—Last Saturday of each

month.

Term 2 Dates: Thu. 26Apr.—Fri. 6July

School Times: 8.30 a.m.—3.00 p.m.

Recess: 10.30 a.m.—11.00 a.m.

Lunch: 1.00 p.m.—1.40 p.m.

Parish Priest: Fr Minh-Thuy

Almondbury Street, Bayswater

Phone: (08)9271 1414

parish@stcolumbasbayswater.org.au

*PLEASE CHECK THE WEBSITE PLANNER FOR REGULAR UPDATES TO THE CALENDAR

At St. Columba’s Primary we believe that Compassion is a core value that encourages children to

actively make a difference.

MERCY VALUE FOR 2012 IS COMPASSION

MERCY JUSTICE SERVICE COMPASSION EXCELLENCE

St. Columba’s School Core Values based on the values of the Sisters of Mercy, our founders.

IMPORTANT DATES*

Week 8

Thursday

14 June 2012

• Yrs 4 & 5 Rugby & Netball clinics

(Aranmore)

• 2.30-3pm Assembly (Yr 3) -

Parish Hall

Friday

15 June 2012

• No Parish Mass

• 1-2.30pm Sacred Saints Interschool

Sports: Yrs 5 & 6

(Maida Vale

Reserve)

Week 9

Thursday

21 June 2012

• Yrs 5-6 Options

Friday

22 June 2012

• 9am Parish Mass Yrs 2 & 5

• 10am-1.45pm St. Columba’s

Feast Day

celebrations: Yrs

1, 2 & 3 to visit St.

Columba’s, South

Perth and Yrs 4-6

from South Perth

to visit Bayswater

for tabloid sports

• 2012 Canteen Roster

• Scholastic Book Club info

• Disco Tickets order form

• Raising Teenage Girls flyer

Attachments

Cont. page 2

Be Allergy Aware! Families are reminded that St. Columba’s is an Allergy-friendly school. Please DO NOT bring nuts or nut by-products onto the school grounds. Some of the foods to avoid are Muesli Bars with peanuts, Nutella products, peanut butter and any other foods containing traces of nuts.

St. Columba’s School Bayswater

13 June 2012

Term 2, Issue 8

32 Roberts Street, Bayswater Phone: (08)9208 2700 Fax: (08)9370 3985

PO Box 61, Bayswater WA 6933

Email: admin@stcolsbays.wa.edu.au

Website: www.saintcolumbas.com.au

Newsletter

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ready to save the photos on to the parents’ thumb drives.

CROSS COUNTRY: Due to the inclement weather we have been experiencing, the Cross Country events have been cancelled this week and rescheduled for next week at the same times.

ST COLUMBA’S FEAST DAY CELEBRATION: On Friday the 22nd June, all students in Years 1-6 will be celebrating St Columba’s Day with the students from St Columba’s South Perth. To celebrate the occasion, all students in Years 4-6 will be receiving an ice-cream from the canteen. If your child has an allergy and requires a special ice cream, please liaise with Sheryl in the canteen. The parents of those students who have an allergy and are travelling to St Columba’s South Perth are requested to advise their child’s teacher prior to the event. Any queries, please liaise with your child’s teacher.

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GREG MARTIN

Principal

From the Principal’s Desk (continued)

REFLECTION

God of Love and

Mercy

Bless our school, our

parish and community

as we aspire to walk in

the footsteps of

Catherine McAuley.

We ask for your help

to live by the Mercy

values that we hold

dear.

Holy Spirit, we ask you

to guide us

to act more justly

to strive for

excellence

to be generous in your

service

to show compassion

and to be examples of

your mercy

Guided by St.

Columba, let us grow

in faith

seek wisdom and live

in peace.

St. Columba, pray for

us

Catherine McAuley,

pray for us

Amen

CANTEEN PRE-ORDER

Special Morning Tea, Friday, 29 June 2013

Student’s Name ______________________________________________ Year ________________________________

Student’s Name ______________________________________________ Year ________________________________

Ham and Cheese English Muffin ____________ @ $2.50 = $_______________________ enclosed

Please return by Wednesday, 27 June 2013

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We are trying to complete the Canteen Roster for the year. Please help where you can.

Thank you.

SHERYL MILONAS

Special Morning Tea on Friday, 29 June! Pre-order a Ham & Cheese English Muffin for $2.50!

Would families please ensure that your account is kept in credit.

Canteen News Week 8-9 Roster

Fri. 15 June Jarvis family

Teresa Dix

Mon. 18 June Murnane family Helen Urquhart

Wed. 20 June Wishart family

HELP NEEDED

Fri. 22 June Fiona Dancewicz

Nicole Wells

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Uniform Shop News

Several parents have had difficulty coming to the uniform shop on a Tuesday to collect their hats which were ordered last year (on the summer order day).

These hats have now been given to the office and you can collect yours there (there are still a large quantity of hats awaiting collection from the office). Please note these are not for the people who may have ordered a hat on the recent winter order day. Your hats will be arriving shortly.

Should you have any questions, please contact Uniform Shop Coordinator, Pauline Moran (year 4 & year 1) on 0412 712 128 or Tammy Doyle on email: tammidoyle@westnet.com.au for any queries relating to Pre-Kindy, Kindy and Pre-Primary requirements. Thank you.

Uniform Shop

Opening Hours

Shop hours are

now once per

month, on the

first Tuesday of

each month.

The Uniform

Shop will next be

open on

Tuesday, 3 July

2012, from

8.45 a.m. to

9.15 a.m.

Term 2 , Issue 8

Friday is School

Banking day and

students should

remember to bring

in their weekly

deposit.

This week’s School

Banking tip:

Talk to your child

about the

difference

between needs

and wants. This

will help prepare

them for making

sensible

spending

decisions in the

future.

Pastoral Care Raffle

The Term 2 Roster is up on the classroom door for you to check when your child/children are due to donate the prize for their class. Kindy to year 4 provide a small gift (e.g. book, puzzle, textas etc.) to the value of $5. Year 5 and Year 6 provide a cake. Please remember the nut-free policy when sending in baked goods. Tickets are 20c each, with a maximum of 3 tickets. Thankyou!

Kindy Green Daniel O’Reilly

Kindy White Blake Partington

PP Green Mabel Armstrong

PP White Aleisha Biddle

Year 1 Cian Veale

Year 2 Isabella Migliore

Year 3 Tiandra Seal

Year 4 Jakob Strohmeier

Year 5 James Urquhart

Year 6 Calvin Pham

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P&F News

ST. COLUMBA’S WINE RAFFLE

Thank you to all of those wonderful families who have donated wine and returned fully sold raffle books!

As the draw date (5 July) is fast approaching, can we please ask ALL families to make an effort to leave their wine donations in the old canteen area and to return sold raffle books by 18 June 2012.

Reminder: Each family that returns a COMPLETELY SOLD raffle booklet will go into the draw to win a $330 bike voucher courtesy of Lisa Baker, MLA and Glenn Parker Cycles (the Lightfoot family). This will also be drawn on the last day of term.

Many thanks.

SAVE THE DATE!

VIP Red Carpet Disco—Fri 22nd June

We need volunteers to help make the night a success! If you'd like to help there's a roster outside the office.

Also, if anyone has anything we could use to decorate the hall in keeping with our theme can you email me—abbie@cathode.com.au

We're looking for posters and cut outs of movie stars or anything glitzy to spruce up the room! We'd be grateful for anything you can lend us!

See overleaf!

Leesa Vinciullo P&F President

Happy Birthday!

Wishing a very

happy birthday

this week to:

Elijah Ijjo

Stella

Strohmeier

(PP White)

Aidan

Campbell

(Year 1)

Ned Sheardown

(Year 4)

Sam

Marrapodi

(Year 5)

Sebastian

Brajevic

(Year 6)

Entertainment Book 2012/2013

Please note that ALL monies and/or unwanted books needed to

be returned to school LAST WEEK. If you have not already done so,

please return books/monies as a matter of urgency.

Scholastic Book Club

Hi Everyone

New catalogues have arrived and will be distributed this week! All orders need to be returned by Thursday 21st June!

We are still waiting for our last order of books to arrive hopefully this week (fingers crossed!)

Please read the updated attached information page - it may have the answer to your question!

Unfortunately cash will no longer be acceptable, this is due to cash/coins missing/falling out of envelopes and having to chase people up.

Orders can be paid by credit card (details on order forms) or by cheque (payable to Scholastic Australia); There are no credit card fees (so it doesn’t matter if your order is only little!) and all you need to do is add up the total and ring the number on your order form and pay for your complete order in one go!

Thankyou for your participation and understanding

The Book Club Volunteers

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P&F News

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Community News

Lisa Baker MLA

MEMBER FOR MAYLANDS

(08) 9370 3550

(fax) 9272 4291

St Vincent de Paul Society will be holding its annual ‘Vinnies CEO Sleepout” on Thursday, 21st June, 2012. This evening is a unique opportunity for leaders in our community to unite to increase awareness of homelessness and poverty in our community, as well as raise vital funds to support those most in need. The event has been held previously in WA with great success, including extensive community interest. If you are interested, you can register by emailing perth@ceosleepout.org.au, o r y o u c a n l o g o n t o www.ceosleepout.org.au to review the events held in WA last year. St Vinnies hope you can consider getting involved, or nominate a business or community leader you may know.

HALL OF EXCELLENCE -

LA SALLE COLLEGE

La Salle College is now accepting

nominations for the 2012 Hall of

Excellence, recognising the many

outstanding achievements of past

La Salle College students in the

areas of Business and Enterprise,

Community Service, Professional,

S p o r t i ng a n d Th e Ar t s .

Applications can be submitted

online via the College website

www.lasalle.wa.edu.au viewing the

link News and Events/Hall of

E x c e l l e n c e . F o r f u r t h e r

information, please contact Sabrina

on 9274 6266 o r e ma i l

events@lasalle.wa.edu.au

Applications close on Friday

29 July.

Raising Teenage Girls - a workshop for Dads - Tuesday 3rd July

The father-daughter relationship is particularly important during the teenage years to help girls navigate this difficult time. Find out how you can build a more rewarding relationship with your teenage daughter.

For further information or to enrol please ring 9489 6322

Don’t forget!

St. Columba’s Helpers meet every fortnight in the Sr Irena Meeting Room to

socialise and to assist classroom teachers by

creating simple resources.

Please join for a cup of coffee or tea on Monday, 23 June at 9.00 a.m. and

fortnightly thereafter.

Perth Wildcats Camp Details

Time: 9.00am to 12.00pm Date: 18th, 19th & 20th July 2012

Age: 5 to 12 year olds

Cost: $150 per person (inc GST)

$135 for additional siblings (inc GST)

For more information visit: https://secure.ticketdesq.com/book/index.cfm?fuseac-tion=main&TicketDesqID=600&OrgID=5295

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Community News

CHISHOLM ALUMNI QUIZ NIGHT

TICKETS ARE NOW ON SALE Tables of 8 people for $80.

Friday 22 June 2012 Arrive 6.30pm.

Bring small change for raffles and other games. Name your table to win a great prize!

Perhaps your table could come dressed up! Snacks available for purchase. BYO.

Purchase tickets via email to Mrs Ann Chew (a.chew@chisholmcc.wa.edu.au) or telephone 9208 2500.

The Alumni Quiz Night last year had 240 people in attendance. It was a spirited night! We are thankful to our generous sponsors for their support of

the night. We truly can say that it was because of their amazing support that so many people left the night with a prize in hand.

Are you able to contribute a prize? By sponsoring or donating you will help with the success of this event (alumni@chisholm.wa.edu.au).

Holiday Fun at the RSPCA WA

RSPCA WA has a huge range of holiday boredom busters that kick off this Ju-

ly. There are old favourites - Be a Volunteer, Talk to the Animals, Doggie De-

lights & Radical Reptiles. We have many new exciting sessions: Birds of Prey for

all ages, Be an Inspector, Be a Volunteer Junior and Intermediate and joint

sessions with the Perth Zoo “Wild about Animals” and a new session with

Landsdale Animal Farm. There’s something for all kids aged 4-17 years. All ses-

sions involve animal interaction, a shelter tour and are reasonably priced.

Visit www.rspcawa.asn.au to find out more and call

9209 9325 for bookings. Bookings open 18th June 2012

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Classifieds

Advertising space available!

$50.00 per term

for a business card-sized ad.

Contact admin@stcolsbays.wa.edu.au

with your pdf and to arrange payment to

the P&F.