St Mary of the Angels Primary School
PO Box 254 (Wirruna Street) GUYRA NSW 2365
Ph 6779 1661 Fax 6779 2016 Email [email protected]
Website www.stmarysguyra.catholic.edu.au
TERM 1 WEEK 8 Wednesday 15th March 2017
Dear Parents
This week our School Executive Team are
attending
a
two
day
professional
Development
course
promoting
the
Diocesan Collaborative Inquiry Initiative.
The course will focus on the work of Dr Lyn
Sharratt and her work on “Putting Faces on
the Data”. These two days form a valuable
part of our School Annual Improvement
Plan to ensure the best possible learning
opportunities for all students within our
school.
Payments to school
Please be aware that the school does not
keep money on the premises. Should you
need to send money in for fees, excursions
etc, please send in the correct amount of
money as we may not be able to give you
change.
School photos
Thank you to everyone who provided the
school with feedback regarding school
photos. We will advise you of the outcome
of this once we have looked over the
emails.
Wood for sale
With winter fast approaching, Year 5/6 are
running a wood drive to help raise funds for
the upcoming Canberra excursion. They
are selling the split wood at the amazing
price of $150 per load. But you will have to
be quick as there are ONLY 10 ute loads
available. All orders need the be received
by 22nd April and will be delivered by the
1st of May.
ADIG Student Saver Accounts
A Student Saver account, is a 31 day notice
of withdrawal account, available for primary
school students who wish to bank at school.
This account replaces Rainbow Club
Banking. These changes will not affect the
convenience of how you currently bank at
school. Schools will still be able to collect
school banking for ADIG. Schools will
continue be paid a commission for all
school banking that occurs at school.
Importantly, saving with ADIG assists the
religious and charitable purposes of the
Armidale Catholic Diocese.
If you are a Rainbow Club banker you can
still use your current account until the end
of 2017. For new accounts ask for an
account information sheet, or a question
and answer sheet at your school office. For
all other information contact Jason or Meg
on 1800 803 194 or 1800 040 903.
New website
Have you had a chance to check out our
new school website? If not, please take the
time to have a look. It includes upcoming
dates,
links
to
permission
notes,
newsletters, photo galleries and much
more. Save it as a favourite and visit it
regularly to help you keep up to date with
events happening at the school.
www.stmarysguyra.catholic.edu.au
Guyra Hockey Club
Guyra Hockey Club is now taking
registrations for the winter comp played
every week in Armidale at SportUNE.
Offering under 9s, 11s, 13s, and 16s. Under
13s and 16s will be a mixed comp played
on Friday nights with under 9s and 11s
played Saturday mornings also being
mixed. We also offer a range of senior
men's and women's teams. Men play
Sundays and Women predominantly on
Saturday afternoons. Anyone interested or
looking for more information please contact
Emma Ellis on 67797616 or email
[email protected].
Charity Bullride
Congratulations to the following students
who won a family pass to this weekends
“Bulls in the Bush” - Sharnahleiah Bishop,
Lily McFarlane and Jessica Taylor.
Tickets for this event are available from our
front office. Adult tickets $20 and family
tickets $50.
It would be greatly appreciated if all cakes
and slices being donated for catering could
be dropped to the school by 9:30am this
AFL Auskick
Friday.
Pre-season Come ‘n’ Try Day for 5-12 year
School Board
old boys and girls. Saturday 25th March 2The first meeting of our School Board will 3pm at Bellevue Oval, UNE. Season
be held next Thursday 23rd March in our commences Saturday 29th April, 12:30school staff room. This year some very 1:45pm. For enquires phone Rachel
important changes will be made to this 0400663071.
valuable advisory body. Firstly a change of
name will come into place. We will now be Yours Sincerely
represented by a new St Mary of the Angels
School Advisory Council. A new constitution Sharon Wittig
will be introduced and meetings will now be Principal
held once a term unless urgent business
requires a special meeting to be called. As
Hot Lunch Roster
our last AGM was held in November we will
continue with our current members until our
Morning - Terry Varley
next AGM in November. I sincerely thank
Afternoon - Kate Wesley
the volunteers who represent our school
community in this important work.
Good morning, Jesus!
Thank you for keeping me safe
during the night.
Thank you for giving me a good
night’s sleep.
Help me today to think
of you often
and to be kind and loving
to all whom I love,
and to all whom I meet.
Stay with me this day,
please Jesus.
DATES FOR THE DIARY
Thursday 23rd March 2017
School Board Meeting
Friday 24th March 2017
Diocesan Winter Trials
Wednesday 29th March 2017 - 2:30pm
Assembly Year 2 & 3/4 presenting
Friday 31st March 2017
Bulb fundraiser due back at school
Friday 7th April 2017
Last day of Term 1
Monday 24th April 2017
Pupil Free Day
Tuesday 25th April 2017
ANZAC Day
Wednesday 26th April 2017
Students return for Term 2
Friday 2nd June 2017
Pupil Free Day
Weekend Mass Times
Saturday Guyra (every Saturday)
1st Sunday of the month
Ben Lomond
2nd Sunday
Guyra
3rd Sunday
Wards Mistake
4th Sunday
Guyra
5th Sunday
Armidale
6pm
9am
9am
9am
9am
9am
Transition
Kayne Brennan for his amazing questions during news time
Sharnahleiah Bishop for always using her best manners and trying hard
Scarlett Newberry for her brilliant artwork and recognising colours
Zac Jones for participating in all class lessons
K/1
Archie Foster for his great attitude toward learning!
Mackenzie Ellem for her excellent number work
Camilla Grills for putting her best effort into her lifecycle
Noah Brennan for his excellent work on the mustard seed story
Year 2
Marli Jones for being so patient and helpful around the classroom
Hugo Brazier for improvement in his reading
Archie Colvin for always being ready to learn and listening to instructions carefully
3/4
Aliya Baker for being quick to catch up on her work as well
as catching up on missed work. Well done!
Archie Jackson for the effort and extra work that he puts in to
improve the quality of his work. Great work Archie!
Anna Grills is enjoying Mathematical pursuits. Well done Anna!
Annie Williamson for being a helpful member in our class and also
for contributing to class discussions. Great work Annie!
5/6
Trisha Varley for having a kind heart and serving others during this Lent Season
Reegan Jackson and Emily Jackson for their impressive skills
with 2D Space concepts. You are amazing!!!
Thank you to all of the wonderful Year 5/6 students. You represented our school with
great pride and displayed great maturity and independence and time management
to complete all set work. Keep up the fantastic work Year 5/6!
Bulls in the Bush BBQ Roster
Time
Service Food/Cold Drinks
10:30 set up
Tammy Brazier, Tracy Reeves, Alisa Kennedy, Dennis Kraan, Matt Frizell, Sharon Wittig
11am - 12pm Prep
Tammy Brazier, Tracy Reeves, Alisa Kennedy, Dennis Kraan, Matt Frizell, Sharon Wittig
12pm - 1pm
Tammy Brazier, Tracy Reeves, Alisa Kennedy, Dennis Kraan, Matt Frizell, Sharon Wittig
1pm - 2pm
Amber McFarlane, Tammy Brazier, Tracy Reeves, Alisa Kennedy, Matt Frizell, Sharon Wittig, Troy Wesley
2pm - 4pm
Tammy Brazier, Tracy Reeves, Alisa Kennedy, Michael Colvin, Matt Frizell, Sharon Wittig
4pm - 6pm
Bronwyn/ Stuart Grills, Tammy Brazier, Tracy Reeves, Michael Colvin, Alisa Kennedy, Matt Frizell, Sharon Wittig
6pm - 7:30pm
Tammy Brazier. Tracy Reeves, Alisa Kennedy, Matt Frizell, Sharon Wittig
7:30 PM Pack up
Tammy Brazier, Tracy Reeves, Alisa Kennedy, Matt Frizell, Sharon Wittig
Mini Vinnies News
Mini Vinnies would like to thank you for all the donations and money that we raised at the Shrove
Tuesday fundraiser. We are proud to announce that we raised $66.20.
On Thursday 2nd March our school had a visit from Caritas. Naomi and Semeti visited our school
to talk to us and gave us a better understanding of what and where our Caritas Fundraising money
goes to. Semeti is from Fiji and he shared some of his life stories with us. Semeti also told us his
story about when he was 6 years old and he was just waiting to die because of the living
conditions. His government didn’t care and they just laughed when people asked for help. He
didn’t have clean water or food. It was only one day that a person from Caritas told him that they
could make his future brighter. His message is that together we can empower the poor people in
Fiji by giving them the opportunity for a better quality of life.
Fijian Mufti Day
Our Mini Vinnies committee has voted on holding a Fiji Mufti and fun activity day on Thursday 6th April. Children
can come to school wearing Fijian Flag Mufti clothes for a gold coin donation. Mini Vinnies are busy organising fun
events for the Thursday lunch time. Some of these events include: nail polish painting, hair spray, Face painting,
Water bombing and much more. We will have more details after our next meeting.
O’Connor Step Day with Year 6
Last week we went to O’Connor for the first step day for Year 6. When we got to
O’Connor we met the teachers and principal and then split into some groups.
Each group got to learn about some of the subjects that high school students
learn about when they go to O’Connor. The activities that we got to participate
in were cooking smores, playing PE, coding robots and performing musical
theatre.
First we went to music and we learned how to sing, clap and do drama. We had
to pretend to make alien voices which was funny. We then had recess and
played with spheros in stem class. Ryan won the race with his sphero and
Charlie came 3rd. Ty came 4th in his race.
In cooking we had to learn how to make smores. They were made with two
biscuits, marshmallow and chocolate. We got to make them and then eat them.
They were delicious. In sport we played tail tag, parachute and run the
gauntlet. We had a good time playing sport because it was fun getting each
other out.
It was a blast going to O’Connor and we can’t wait to go again in Term 3.
By Charlie, Ty, Ryan, Stephanie and Ruby Year 6 2017
Wood for sale
With winter fast approaching, Year 5/6 are
running a wood drive to help raise funds for
the upcoming Canberra excursion. We are selling the
split wood at the amazing price of $150 per load.
But you will have to be quick as we ONLY have 10 ute
loads available, first in best dressed.
So do not be caught by the cold, contact the
school to get your order in quick.
All orders need the be received by 22nd April and will
be delivered by the 1st of May.