NEWSLETTER Term 2 June 29th 2017

St. Monica’s Primary School 20 Robinson Street Moonee Ponds 3039

Phone (03) 9375 1132 www.stmonicasmp.catholic.edu.au

Parish Priest: Rev. Fr. Anthony Feeney Principal: Mr. Peter Moore

Parish Office: Phone 9370 5035

Mass Times: Saturday 6:30pm (Vigil), Sunday 8:00am, 9:15am in Italian, 10:30am and 5:30pm

OSHP Number 0412 616 491

Faith

Hope

Love

Dear Parents and Children,

As we prepare to celebrate a hard term’s work by commencing school holidays, it gives me great pleasure

to congratulate Max Caputo for being selected in the 12 Years and Under State Football (Soccer) Team.

This is a significant achievement for Max and he will share the honour with past St. Monica’s student Max

Kyrsinski (Year 6 2016). Congratulations and best wishes; no doubt the holidays will be all about training!

Use of Photographs School Volunteers and Those Undertaking ‘Child Connected Works In accordance with the School’s ‘Child Safety Code of Conduct’ members of the school community

undertaking ‘Child Connected Works’ (refer to the definitions section) are:

Not permitted to photograph / video a student or young person under any circumstances. All photographs /

videos will be taken by the supervising teacher.

Where a volunteer is suspected of breaching this obligation the school will take immediate action to

address the concern. Where deemed appropriate, this may be referred to Victoria Police.

School Performances, Assemblies, Sporting and Other Sanctioned School Events St Monica’s Primary School allows members of the school community to take photographs and videos of

their children at school assemblies, class presentations, performances, sporting events etc….

In accordance with the Privacy and Data Protection Act 2014 (Vic), Copyright Act 1968 (Cth) and

Education Department guidelines, members of the school community are restricted to only photograph /

video their children. These images must not be published on social media or in any other form without the

prior consent of parents and guardians whose children may unintentionally appear in the images.

The school does not permit any member of the school community or invited guest to take photographs /

videos of the annual school production. Note: The school does not own or control any photographs or

video taken by members of the school community or invited guests.

Photography Reminder The text above is an excerpt from our Child Safety Code of Conduct and has been printed to remind all

families that taking videos and photos of the children is acceptable at this school, provided that ‘still shots’

or ‘videos’ taken during school assemblies/events that feature children other than your own are not

uploaded to Social Media. There are a significant number of parents who have specifically requested that

their children do not feature anywhere on Social Media sites, such as: Facebook, Snapchat, Instagram etc.

Some schools ban all photographs on site but we do not wish to implement this at our school. We want all

parents to be able to capture their children’s achievements and memories, but there is a reciprocal

responsibility that each parent has to every other parent—and that is: these images must not be uploaded to

social media sites.

Grandparents and Special People Day

Do you remember meeting Charlie Bucket’s

Grandparents in Charlie and the Chocolate Factory?

Everyone loves Grandparents!

We’d like to meet the children’s Grandparents and

any other special people in their lives.

When: 26th July, commencing with our Whole School Mass at 9:15am.

Family members and visitors will be able to visit the classrooms and then enjoy morning tea in the Symons

Centre. Everyone is welcome to attend.

Special thanks to

Mrs Hodgetts

Year 3 Family Mass

Let Your Light Shine No-one after lighting a lamp puts it under the bushel basket, but on the lampstand, and it gives light to all in the

house. In the same way, let your light shine before others, so that they may see your good works and give glory

to God in heaven. Mt. 5:15-16

Julie Bibby appeared on

Who Wants to Be a

Millionaire (20 June)

and won $100,000!

On the weekend Angus completed a 40 kilometre bike ride as part of the "Melburn

Roobaix" (no, that's not a typo). The Melburn Roobaix is a fun take on the Paris-Roubaix

professional bike ride which is known for its rough terrain. The Melbourne version covers a

random course around the north/east of Melbourne over all the cobblestone sections of

road. There are no prizes for speed, just the fun of participating.

From Fr. Tony

Right to Life Aust. is hosting

International speaker Prof William Toffler –

anti-euthanasia Doctor from Oregon, USA.

His talk titled “A Doctor-Assisted Disaster for Medicine”

The Symons Centre.

St Monica’s Catholic Parish Wednesday 28th June from 7.30 to 9.00pm.

Come and be informed about the horrors of euthanasia in his state of Oregon. A Legalised

Assisted Suicide Bill is being introduced into our Victorian Parliament in August this year.

Year 6 Interschool Winter Sport

Congratulations to all those staff and students who were involved in a successful season of Interschool

Winter Sport. A big thank you to Miss Crowe, Miss Morgan, Mr Kelly and Mrs Leeanne Hili for their

coordination of match days, and special congratulations to the Netball Girls, Netball Mixed and Soccer

Boys teams who went through the season undefeated and have now qualified for the next round of

Divisional playoffs. Well done St. Monica’s!!

Thank to the Parents Association for organising another wonderful special food day for

the children. The feedback from children was not only did the cup cakes look amazing, they were

delicious too!

State Cross Country Championships Congratulations to Charles Saunders (6C) who finished 3rd at the recent Regional Cross

Country Trials and has now qualified for the State Cross Country Championships to be

held at Bundoora on Thursday 20th July. An outstanding effort by Charles who will com-

pete against the top runners from right across Victoria. We wish him all the very best for

a successful competition. Well done!

Mr. McGuinness.

Teachers who love teaching … teach students to

love learning! Here are some examples of passionate

‘teaching and learning' at St Monica's this week!

Plants for Sale - Catholic Missions

A group of very enthusiastic Year 3 students have been working

behind the scenes to grow some plants to sell to raise money for the

Catholic Missions! Keep an eye on the newsletter as these will be

ready at the start of Term 3.

Marble Run

Following last week's pictures on

creating a marble run using pool

noodles ….check out his amazing

marble run built by Cooper and his

Dad for a hands-on homework task!

Mrs Hodgetts can stop playing with

it!

Year 6 Science Expo

The Senior Space was an exciting

place to be on Tuesday morning!

Amongst the mould, fungi and

bacteria ... were plenty of engaged

visitors learning about the best way

to control the smell of your

runners ...which brand of bread

grows mould the fastest to ...even a

comparison of surfaces in one's

home compared to McDonalds!!

Well done, Year 6.

Key Dates

June 2017 Thursday 29th Parent/Teacher Interviews 4.00pm to 7.30pm

Friday 30th Parent/Teacher Interviews

Staff finish Term 2

Term 3 July 2017 Monday 17th Term 3 begins

Thursday 20th 1S Class Mass at 9.15am

Sunday 23rd Year 5 Family Mass - 5.30pm

Wednesday 26th Grandparents Day and Special People Day

Friday 28th Whole School Awards Assembly - 3.00pm

August 2017 Tuesday 1st ICAS English

Parents Association Meeting at 7.30pm

Thursday 3rd 1L Class Mass at 9.15am

Friday 4th 3.00pm Assembly Years 3 to 6 hosted by 3O

Monday 7th School Closure Day

Wednesday 9th Parish Education Board Meeting at 7.00pm

Thursday 10th 1C Class Mass at 9.15am

Communion Workshops 5.30pm and 7.00pm - Senior School Building

Friday 11th Whole School Awards Assembly - 3.00pm

Tuesday 15th ICAS Mathematics

Thursday 17th Buddy Class Mass 1S and 3O at 9.15am

Friday 18th 3.00pm Assembly Years Foundation - 2 hosted by 1S

Saturday 19th Year 3 Children receive Our Father Prayer Card at weekend masses

Sunday 20th Year 3 Children receive Our Father Prayer Card at weekend masses

Thursday 24th Buddy Class Mass 2T and 5J at 9.15am

Friday 25th Bookweek Parade

Sunday 27th St Monica’s Feast Day

Foundation Family Mass at 10.15am

Opening of New Senior Building at 2.00pm

Monday 28th St Monica’s Feast Day - Whole school mass

Wednesday 30th District Athletics

Thursday 31st Father’s Day Stall

September 2017 Friday 1st 3.00pm Assembly Foundation to Years 2 hosted by FS

5.00pm Father’s Day BBQ

Tuesday 5th Parents Association Meeting

Thursday 7th Buddy Class Mass 2D and 4D at 9.15am

Friday 8th 3.00pm Assembly Years 3 to 6 hosted by 5J

Saturday 9th Anil’s Ordination

Wednesday 13th Parish Education Board Meeting - 7.00pm

Thursday 14th Buddy Class Mass Foundation S and 6K at 9.15am

Friday 15th Whole School Awards Assembly - 3.00pm

Saturday 16th First Communion Medals presented at weekend masses

Sunday 17th First Communion Medals presented at weekend masses

Wednesday 20th Year 5 Camp

Thursday 21st Year 5 Camp

Buddy Class Mass 2M and 4P at 9.15am

Friday 22nd Year 5 Camp

Price List Update:

Brownies $1.00 Choc-Chip Cookies $1.00

New Menu Items:

Unibic Gingerbread Kids $1.50 Orange Quarters 20 cents

2 Arnott's Teddy Bear biscuits in a zip lock bag 50cents

Thank you!

Mel Caputo

Week 1 Beginning July 17

Monday 17 - July

Tuesday 18 - July Natalie Storey

Larissa Cole

Mia McMenamin

9 - 10:30

9 - 11:30

9 - 11:30

Wednesday 19 - July Chloe Coleman 10:30 - 11:30

Thursday 20 - July Mariya Saril

Nina Ieria

Vivian Scarpino

9 - 10:30

10 - 11:30

10 - 11:30

Friday 21 - July Maria Pricone

Serena Smith

Kim Beath

9:30 - 11:30

9:30 - 11:30

9:30 - 11:30

Week 2 Beginning July 24

Monday 24 - July Donna McInnes 9:30 - 11:30

Tuesday 25 - July Rocchi Conidi

Vicki Baresi

9 - 11:30

9 - 11:30

Wednesday 26 - July Aneta Spigulia

Kate Farmelo

10:30 - 11:30

9:30 - 10:30

Thursday 27 - July Ange Horton

Bec Jones

Peta Goodyear

9 - 11:30

9 - 11:30

9 - 11:30

Friday 28 - July Kim Murphy

Jane Henderson

Michelle Thomason

9:30 - 11:30

9:30 - 11:30

10:30 - 11:30

NOTICES

Did you know that we have read a total of 3,371 books for the Premiers’

Reading Challenge so far?

We have a long way to go to beat the 8, 233 books read in 2016!

Let’s see how many books we can read over the holidays!

Our target is 10,000 books read by the 1st September, 2017.

NOTICES Entertainment Books

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THANK YOU FOR YOUR SUPPORT!

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