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CHANGES TO LEADERSHIP DURING TERM 3
During Term 3, Miss Karen Robson will be away due to caring for her mum who is unwell. This has led to some changes in our leadership structure to support the school and our students. Mr Michael Gallery has stepped up into Acting Assistant Principal Learning & Teaching in her absence, followed by our Leaders of Learning Natalie McKenzie and Rachael Cullen assisting in additional time to support staff with Mr Gallery’s role. Mrs Kristy Robb has also needed to have leave for the first half of the term, so her role is being supported by other staff members to ensure coverage of roles. At all times, children are at the centre of these decisions, so any changes in the classroom have involved careful staff consideration and consistent and tight timetabling to ensure learning is not interrupted.
ATTENDANCE
The Diocese of Lismore Catholic Schools have updated the procedures for monitoring and supporting schools to promote student attendance. Every school day builds upon the previous one, making it essential for students to attend regularly. Regular attendance is crucial as it fosters resilience and enables students to form vital social connections. Across all NSW education systems the expected level of student attendance is above 95%, and we aim to support all of our students to achieve this.
If your child’s attendance is below 90% you may receive a COMPASS communication in the coming weeks. We acknowledge that there may be many reasons for absences and you may have already provided information to the school about why your child has been away. However, this communication is to ensure all parents are aware that their child’s attendance is currently at or under 90%.
We believe that by working together, we can ensure that every student has the opportunity to succeed. Please ensure you contact the school if you would like any support with your child’s attendance.
MISSION
YOUTH CLUB
St Peter’s is lucky enough to have two of the Lismore Diocese Regional Ministry Officers visit our school every second Tuesday! Jacob and Jaz, ex-students of St Joseph’s Regional and MacKillop Colleges, spend time in classrooms supporting the students in their learning and faith development, and run our CSYMA Youth Club at Lunch 2 in the Don Farrell Hall. Youth Club is open to students in Years 3 to 6 on an optional basis. Those that choose to come get to play some fun games and share in a prayer experience designed to help them grow closer to Jesus. Youth ministry is an integral part of the Diocese of Lismore Catholic Schools and includes the ever popular WILDFIRE Worship band, and a number of Regional Ministry Officers based all over the Diocese working in all of our Catholic schools. Young people respond incredibly positively when young adults share their faith journey, encouraging them to follow Jesus and live a better and more fulfilling life. We appreciate Jacob and Jaz immensely!
TELL THEM FROM SURVEY PARENT FEEDBACK
You spoke, we listened! Each week this Term we will share a key message from the parent ‘tell them from me’ surveys conducted at the start of Term 2.
BOOK WEEK PARADE + GRANDPARENTS DAY
This year Grandparents are invited to our Book Week dress up parade as well as families, followed by fruit break and a Celebration of the Word to honour Grandparents.
FREE WEBINAR
DEALING WITH SCHOOL ANXIETY
This webinar explains why school anxiety happens and why anxiety isn’t the problem, but how our response can cause trouble for our children. It also highlights three things that helps our kids stay connected to their education and is a highly worthwhile listen for all parents of ALL school age children. Listen at your leisure for free until 11th September.
LEARNING
BULLYING NO WAY WEEK
MONDAY 12TH AUGUST
GO AUSTRALIA !!
Year One have been very excited watching the highlights of the Olympic Games in class. They watched the lighting of the Olympic torch which symbolises the beginning of the games. Year One then made their own Olympic torches. What beautiful and bright creations Year One!
NATIONAL SCIENCE WEEK
National Science Week is running next week from 10th-16th August. At St Peter’s students are actively engaged in Science lessons, varying from animal adaptations to manipulations of matter. We would like to showcase Year 3 and Year 4 science this week leading up to National Science Week.
HARNESS THE ENERGY - YEAR 3 SCIENCE
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In Year 3 this Term we have been learning about different energy sources. This week we made a solar-powered oven to explore the use of renewable energy. I enjoyed working across the grade with my friends and having fun making the oven. We got to enjoy a melted Mars bar at the end of the day as we successfully created our ovens using foil, cling wrap, pizza boxes and lots of tape. Lewis Gallo - 3 Blue |
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We made a solar pizza oven to explore to see how solar panels work because we are learning about energy this Term. We put a mars bar in the centre of our solar pizza boxes and left it in the sun for a couple of hours and our mars bar melted into yummy gooey, squishy treats. Marley Tattersall - 3 Blue |
HERE COMES THE SUN - YEAR 4 SCIENCE
Science - Sun and Shadows
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In Year 4 we are investigating shadows and how they work. As the earth revolves around the sun, shadows are created at different times of the day. As the sun rises in the east and sets in the west the shadows the sun creates change direction. At 9:00am our shadows were quite long, facing west. At 12:00pm our shadows were short because the sun was directly above creating smaller shadows. The shadows that were created when it was 2:00pm were facing east and a bit shorter than when they were at 9:00am. Isaac Thompson - 4 Green |
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This week in Year 4 we learnt about the sun and shadows. We learnt that shadows move around the day depending on where the sun is. We went down to the netball court at the bottom of the oval at 9:00am, 12:00pm and 2:00pm and used chalk to draw around our shadows. We realised how the shadows became longer and shorter and were in different directions at different times depending on the sun moving in a westerly direction. Amelie Abi-Saab 4 Red |
MUSIC - RHYTHM TO RECOVERY DRUMMING
Discover the next benefits of the Rhythm to Recovery Drumming Program for St Peter's students, developing confidence and improved communication skills through the power of rhythm.
Develops Confidence
To be successful, drummers must learn to play dynamically: loud and soft. The act of playing a loud beat takes guts and confidence. In addition, drummers must possess a growth mindset. That is, you must believe that you can learn challenging parts by starting slow and breaking them down. Learning drums challenges you to break complex tasks into manageable parts. This is a skill that carries over in many areas of life. Believing you’re able to learn difficult material is crucial to overcome obstacles, both in music and in life.
Improve Communication Skills
Students with musical training communicate better with peers, are more empathetic, and get lots of practice expressing ideas without using words. Drumming also teaches you to read non-verbal cues, which can help you learn to read between the lines.
 Tess Koning Principal |
 Karen Robson Assistant Principal Learning |
 Rebecca Cameron Assistant Principal Mission |
ENHANCING FAITH THROUGH SPORT
“The South Sudan Olympic Basketball team has been fascinating to follow. They are the youngest country in the world, have no indoor basketball courts and had a civil war that displaced millions. Yet their basketball team has had the opportunity to play and got their first win ever at the Olympics against Puerto Rico because they have been funded by Luol Deng, the South Sudanese former NBA great, out of his own pockets for 4 years.
They had no funding for flights, hotels and other accommodations that are routine for every other team that is playing basketball in the Olympics. Deng stepped in and made sure they could.
What a story and I can only imagine how proud this team is making all the South Sudanese. That’s the beauty of sports. They aren’t just an escape, they are a beacon of hope.” Robert Griffen III
DIOCESAN ATHLETICS
We have 35 athletes competing at the Lismore Diocesan Athletics Championships in Coffs Harbour on Friday August 16. Training has commenced for all athletes and are on the following days:
| Monday | Long Jump | 1st lunch playtime |
| Monday | Relay | 2nd lunch eating time |
| Tuesday | Discus and Shot Put | 1st lunch eating time |
| Wednesday | 100m | 2nd lunch playtime |
AFL STATE FINALS
Our AFL Team has been training hard in the lead up to the NSW State Finals. Training will continue each Monday and Wednesday at 1st lunch eating time.
WELL DONE NETBALLERS
SO PROUD OF YOU....
On Wednesday, our Netball Team played in the Regional Finals in Port Macquarie and played very well. St Peter’s Nation is so proud of you. The team were undefeated coming into the Grand Final and came runners up. A massive effort by the entire team given the Regional Finals are the area surrounding the entire Mid North Coast. A special thank you to Mrs Ryan, Miss McKenzie and Miss Wotherspoon for your amazing coaching. The growth in the team has been amazing and was on show today.
ASHER YOU SUPERSTAR !!
It has been a huge week for Asher Winters at the NSWPSSA Boys Touch Football in Wollongong. Asher played for Polding and played very well. Congratulations Asher on your wonderful achievements.
Another Polding Member!
It is with great pleasure that we announce our latest Polding Member in Joseph Gornall. Joseph this week played in the NSWCPS Golf Tournament and was successful in making the Polding Golf Team.
HOCKEY, HERE WE COME !
We were fortunate to receive a Sporting Schools Grant of $3,025.00 for Term 3. This grant money has given us the opportunity to have all students in Years 4, 5 and 6 participate in Hockey. The program will commence in Week 4 and conclude in Week 7. A Compass Notification was sent out earlier in the week. Please consent via Compass by the due date to allow your child to attend.
| Mondays - Week 4 to 7 |
4R - 11.45am to 12.20pm 4G- 12.15pm to 12.50pm 4B - 12.45pm to 1.30pm |
Compass Consent CLOSES 11th August |
| Tuesdays - Week 4 to7 |
6R - 11.45am to 12.20pm 6G - 12.15pm to 12.50pm 6B - 12.45pm to 1.30pm |
Compass Consent CLOSES 12th August |
| Wednesdays - Week 4 to 7 |
5R - 11.45am to 12.20pm 5G - 12.15pm to 12.50pm 5B - 12.45pm to 1.30pm |
Compass Consent CLOSES 13th August |
SUPER SATURDAY
Super Saturday (could also be any day or night of the week) is a tradition that extends back many years. It is a very unique initiative to our school. This tradition involves our staff, where available, coming into the community to watch your child play in a sporting event. This might be finals of soccer, netball. It might also be one of their final games of rugby league for the season. It might also be motorbike racing or gymnastics. For our staff, we get to cheer on and support your child in a different setting. Please feel free to email the date, location, time and fields/court etc of a particular event and I will send this through to staff. We can’t wait to see your kids getting out and active. My email address is jeff.arkinstall@lism.catholic.edu.au
YEARS 3 AND 4 TOUCH GALA DAY
On Thursday September 5, all Year 3 and 4 students will participate in the Touch football Gala Day at Tuffins Lane, Port Macquarie. Over the years, it has been a wonderful day out in getting out and active and enjoying the company of friends and playing in a team environment. A Compass Notification will be sent shortly.
SOCCER AND NETBALL GALA DAY
The Hastings Zone Soccer and Netball Gala Day will be held on Thursday September 12 in Laurieton. Nominations have now closed and trialling will occur very shortly.
ALL SCHOOLS RUGBY LEAGUE
A registration session for all Years 3-6 students will be held for an upcoming Rugby League Gala Day in Week 10. The registration session will be Tuesday 2nd lunch eating time in 4 Red.
St Peter’s Sport- Facebook Page
You may or not know that we have a St Peter’s Sports Facebook page. This page keeps families up to date with sporting events and provides a host of information about all things school sports. If you aren’t currently a member, please feel free to join.
Sport Questions?
Sport is very BIG at St Peter’s and every week there are many opportunities that we offer. Each year, we have a new cohort who enter our Pathway Sports, as well as many new families. Due to so many sports on offer, it can become confusing. Please feel free to contact me and I can hopefully assist: jeff.arkinstall@lism.catholic.edu.au
TERM 3 .... The Road Ahead
| Week 4 | Friday 16th August | Lismore Diocese Athletics Championships |
| Week 7 | Thursday 5th September | Years 3 & 4 Touch Football Gala Day |
| Week 8 | Thursday 12th September | Zone Soccer and Netball Gala Day |
| Week 10 | Wednesday 25th September | Rugby League |
| Week 10 | Wednesday 25th September | Soccer and Netball |
Last Friday St Peter’s students and our school community enjoyed a full day of cultural activities to celebrate NAIDOC week with a focus on the theme ‘Keep the fire burning, black, loud and proud’.
Our day began with a Smoking Ceremony and Welcome to Country delivered by Uncle Bill O’Brien. It was wonderful to have families visiting in the morning session to participate in the liturgy. The students enjoyed cultural activities throughout the remainder of the day - rob the emu nest, face painting, totem game, wristbands and bush tucker tasting.
We would like to thank our special guests: Uncle Bill O’Brien for the Welcome to Country and Smoking Ceremony. Our amazing Indigenous Education Workers from our Hastings cluster - Tegan, Josh, Nikki, Lisa, Wes, Lynda, Sarina and Monique. Special thanks to our visiting Indigenous students from MacKillop and Newman College for assisting with activities and to all of our school staff for their support. What a great day!
We would like to thank our Indigenous Education Worker, Leanne Parsons for organising the day with so many activities to assist our students in building their understanding and experience of Indigenous perspectives and culture.
Congratulations to ....
NAIDOC COLOURING IN COMPETITION WINNERS
| Kindergarten | 1st | Olive Canham |
| 2nd | Marley Pattinson | |
| 3rd | Olive Healey | |
| Year 1 | 1st | Emily Tarbox |
| 2nd | Josef Kelemec | |
| 3rd | Jasmine Abel | |
| Year 2 | 1st | Milla Pitts |
| 2nd | Harper Wrigley | |
| 3rd | Ruby MacGibbon | |
| Year 3 | 1st | Ella Goulding |
| 2nd | Will Geary | |
| 3rd | Eloise Ford | |
| Year 4 | 1st | Ava Halverson |
| 2nd | Willow Morris-Boyd | |
| 3rd | Halle Colthorpe | |
| Year 5 | 1st | Amelia Opitz |
| 2nd | Layla Farnsworth | |
| 3rd | Jaxon Cerato | |
| Year 6 | 1st | Piper McGuigan |
| 2nd | Lilly Goulding | |
| 3rd | Jessie Winter |
OUR YEAR TWO A4 ART FINALISTS
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Maya W First Place Artwork: Unique Shapes I created all different abstract shapes with oil and added detail to them with metallic pens on watercolour background. Watercolour does not stick to oil pastels. I love using all the colours of the rainbow. |
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Gracey N Highly Commended Artwork: Dream Big Dreams My artwork is inspired by Jessica Watson who sailed around the world. Sailing around the world is my dream and I hope when I get the chance I will see lots of magical things, like a girl riding a big rubber ducky, a girl ziplining and a bat in a cave. |
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Anna M Artwork: Where the Sky Meets the Land As the sky meets the land, the river flows and the grass is swaying in the breeze. We are lucky to have our land.
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Isabelle 0 Artwork: Koala by Izzy
A painted a koala in a tree.
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Norah A Artwork: Out the Window To Candyland An artwork about looking out my window to Candyland. I was amazed by what I saw out my window.
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Athena G Artwork: The Emu King I was painting and I thought I would paint an emu. I thought to do it green and orange. He’s the King and rules the Emus. When he came back home to visit his brothers and sisters he got his crown when he did something awesome!
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Jack S Artwork: Astronaut in the Galaxy I love space and watching rocket launches with Papa. I cut a bit of tape from the A4 paper and made this into the Astronaut's tether and the stars. I used textas and watercolor paint with a sponge for the background.
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TERM 3 BOOK WEEK CELEBRATIONS
It's beginning to look at lot like ..... BOOK WEEK !!
Book Week Book Stall (via Compass):
In celebration of Book Week, students also have the opportunity to pre-purchase a $5 “book pack” which includes the following:
- Choice of a new book from a select range of grade-appropriate titles;
- Entry into our book week raffle to win one of seven amazing, “magic-themed” prize-packs (winners to be announced during our book week parade); and
- A donation to the Indigenous Literacy Foundation
Donation to the Indigenous Literacy Foundation Link
A Compass Event has been sent out to families to pre-purchase these book-packs, with the optional offer closing on Sunday 18th August. Children will be able to select their chosen book at school during Book Week (19th-22nd August) at a stall that will be set-up in the Don Farrell Hall.
Online Book Fair:
A Compass notification also went home to families this week advising that the St Peter’s online book fair opened on Monday. Thank you so much to all the families that have purchased a book to donate to our school library. There has been an overwhelming response to this initiative with a large number of books already donated. Your generosity is greatly appreciated by all members of our school community!
There are still a wide variety of books available to donate through the flexi-schools app should families wish to participate in this initiative which will run throughout Term 3. Students will have a commemorative sticker placed inside the cover of any purchases to recognise their donations and those students will be given the first opportunity to borrow their donated titles.
NSW PREMIER’S READING CHALLENGE COUNTDOWN…
2 weeks remaining!
A friendly reminder that there is now 3 weeks remaining until the Premier’s Reading Challenge closes. All participants must have their online student reading records completed by 11.59pm on Friday 23rd August, 2024 so that validation can occur. Only students who have a completed and validated reading record will receive a PRC certificate.
How to Log Books on the PRC Site:
If you have any issues with logging books, please email Mrs Amanda Ayres at amanda.ayres@lism.catholic.edu.au
WEEKLY BORROWING:
Flexischools orders close at 8.30am !!
Click on the picture below to read the Menu
Canteen Roster
- Volunteer Working With Children Check required
- Please sign into Who's On Location (St Peter's sign in) at the front school office.
- If you would like to volunteer in the Canteen please click on the link below:
Canteen Roster - Week 4 Term 3
| Monday | Erin Maker |
| Tuesday | Jodie Brindle |
| Wednesday | Hayley Dwyer, Emily Skinner & Anthony Grasso |
| Thursday | Nita Hancock, Freya Peck & Pat Shirt |
| Friday | Hayley De Somma & Jodie Brindle |
| Kindergarten Red | Kindergarten Blue | Kindergarten Green |
| Jemima Gallo Lucy Maker Huey Sonogan |
Ivy Shepherd Ava Baird Cooper Coves |
Albie Wells Maalia Tuetue Madden Thomas |
| Year 1 Red | Year 1 Blue | Year 1 Green |
| Sawyer Sheldon Edwina Furney River Alley |
Jensen Yates Jordan Marshall Pippa Sonogan |
Ella Storrier Heidi Smallwood Sonny Ramsey |
| Year 2 Red | Year 2 Blue | Year 2 Green |
| Eden Carpenter Reuben Kennedy Charlie Ziade |
Byron Forbes |
Marli O'Brien Aiden Close Nina Canham |
| Year 3 Red | Year 3 Blue | Year 3 Green |
| Zaiden Ball Henry Dawson Brooklyn Borger |
Braxton Dolsen Mae Regan Zander Purcell |
Brax Clarke William Hay Eliza Pettitt |
| Year 4 Red | Year 4 Blue | Year 4 Green |
| Annabelle Gregory Ava Halverson Otto Easton |
Valli Sadler Coraline Martin Eleanor Campbell |
Chloe Barn Caroline Costello Audrina Stone |
| Year 5 Red | Year 5 Blue | Year 5 Green |
| Fletcher Bemmann Jorja Dicker Ryan Matheson |
Tia Saad Jaxon Ingram Flynn Gridley |
Jasmin Dickinson Oliver McNeil Albi Winters |
| Year 6 Red | Year 6 Blue | Year 6 Green |
| Nate Walker Sienna Close Ezekiel Eshman |
Isla Garel Jonah Files Hailey Venter |
Aiden Walsh Ella Wheatley Steele Cottom |
Term 3 Calendar Dates
Week 4, Term 3:
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Sunday 11th August
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Monday 12th August
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| Tuesday 13th August |
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| Thursday 15th August |
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| Friday 16th August |
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| Sunday 18th August |
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Week 5, Term 3
| Monday 19th August |
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STAFF DEVELOPMENT DAYS
Friday 27th September
Monday 14th October
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ST PETER'S DANCE CONCERT INFORMATION
In Term 3, all St Peter’s Primary students will be involved in our school Dance Concert at the Glasshouse. The theme this year is: “2024 By Request”. Julie-Anne is continuing as our professional dance teacher. Each class will be attending and participating in weekly lessons over Term 3.
The dance lessons will provide support to the PE timetable.
Please try NOT TO BOOK any appointments during your child’s dance lesson time.
St Peter’s Dance Concert Class Rehearsal Timetable Term 3 2024
2024 By Request
All lessons are in the Don Farrell Hall
