Term 4 Week 1 Newsletter- October 2
Acknowledgement of Country
We acknowledge the traditional owners, the Gunditjmara people, on whose land we learn, work and play. We recognise their continuing connection to land, waters and culture. We pay our respects to their elders- past, present and emerging believing that we can walk together for a better future.
Principal's Report
Welcome back everyone! I hope you have all had a restful and relaxing holiday break. It was wonderful to hear all the children back at school today, cathing up with their friends and telling stories about their holiday adventures. We cannot wait to see what learning and growth that we can achieve this term.
As much as it pains me to say but congratulations to all of our magpies supporters on your AFL grandfinal win. It seemed that black and white had become part of our school uniform, especially for staff, today.
A remider for all students that school hats must be worn in the playground during term 4. Children who arenot wearing a hat will be required to stay in the undercover area. Hats can be purchased from the office for $10.
Please read below some information regarding our dates for the end of the school year. These have changed slightly from the dates we put out earlier in the year. We wanted to make families aware as early as possible.
Just a reminder to our families that links to the newsletter (including the archive of previous newsletters), the calendar, CDFPay nad PAM can be found on the home page of our website. https://www.asportland.catholic.edu.au/ . I encourage families to keep an eye on the calendar for any dates of upcoming events.
We look forward to working with families and students for a successful term 4.
Regards
Jamie
Prayer
Learning and Teaching
Foundation Swimming
Our Foundation classes will be participating in swimming lessons this term. Swimming lessons will occur each Monday for the term commencing on Monday October 2.
- FCL 11:00am - 11:45am
- FRP 11:45am - 12:30pm
Children will need to bring their towel, warm jumper, shoes to wear to the pool and a bag for wet clothes to school each Monday.
Foundation students can wear their sports uniform to school on Modays for term 4.
Regional Track and Field Championships
The Regional Track and Field Championships are in Ballarat on Friday October 6. We have 8 students qualified. We wish the following students all the best as they compete to try and make it to the next level which is State Finals:
Students:
Ruby Rowe 1500m, 800m
Kaydence Oswald 1500m, 800m
Tyler Leishman 800m
Vossie Vosloo Shot Put
Mitchell Jarrett Hurdles
Julian Mochales Hurdles
Banjo Mewburn Hurdles
Alice Chapman Hurdles
Physical Education & Sports Report
CRICKET
Wednesday week 10, our girls and boys cricket teams travelled to Henty Park to put our Physical Education learnings into action at the district championships. Both teams did their PE teacher proud!!
BOYS
The boys started off winning a very tight one against South Portland PS, before romping home against Bundarra and qualifying for the final against Portland Primary School. Confidence was high after building a reasonable innings with the bat and only losing a couple of wickets. Angus Smith in particular, did a great job keeping the scoreboard ticking over. Our opening bowlers did a great job taking a few wickets and keeping the Portland Primary batters at bay, however after that, Portland Primary started to repeated boundaries to run away with a 30 run win. Well done to the boys, who all did an amazing job, particularly our first time cricketers.
Game 1 All Saints 127 def South 124
Game 2 All Saints 217 def Bundarra 48
Grand Final Portland Primary 177 def All Saints 147
GIRLS
Our girls team did an amazing job, losing only to eventual winners Rurals (Narrawong, Bolwarra & Dartmoor). All Saints did a fantastic job, outscoring Rurals with the bat, however a very good opening bowling spell from Bolwarra’s Arlee Wilson was the difference, who took a heap of wickets with some dead-eye bowling. With each wicket adding 5 runs to your teams total, wickets made a huge difference. Highlights for All Saints included the camaraderie amongst the team as well as first time cricketer Ruby Rowe’s impressive skills with the bat and ball.
Game 1 Rurals 111 def All Saints 105
Game 2 All Saints 81 def South 62
Upcoming dates:
Friday October 6 - Greater Western Regional Track & Field Finals, Ballarat
Wednesday October 18 - Regional Volleyball Finals, Horsham
Tuesday October 24 - All Stars Regional Basketball Finals (Grade ¾) – Hamilton
GO ALL SAINTS!!!!!
School Information
Just a few reminders for this term.
*All children will be required to wear the school hat in term 4. If you do not have a purple school bucket hat they can be purchased through CDFPay and we can give them to your child at school or you can send money to the office to buy a hat. School hats are available for $10.
*Canteen in term 4 will be held on Thursday each week. All orders will need to be completed online by Wednesday night. All orders that were placed for Friday September 8 (the day we had no power) will be carried over for students on Thursday October 5.
*Our 5/6 students will participate in surfing lessons later in the term. More information will come closer to the date.
*Grandparents Day is scheduled for Monday October 23. More details about this day will be sent early next term.
*Our Art Show will be held from Tuesday October 24 - Friday October 27.
*October is International Walk to School Month. Children are encouraged to walk, ride, scoot or run to school. We will work on a plan for bus travellers to participate if they wish.
*Monday November 6 is a Student Free Day. There will be no school for students on this day. Tuesday November 7 is a public holiday for the Melbourne Cup. We hope everyone enjoys an extra long weekend.
School Uniform
As we begin term 4 I would like to remind our families about wearing the correct school uniform. We ask that all families follow the uniform requirements inline with our uniform policy. A picture of our summer uniform is included below. Remember that if the weather is cold students are still able to wear their winter uniform.
Hats must be worn by all students while outside during term 4. Children without hats will be required to play in the undercover courtyard area. Hats are available at the office for $10 if students require a new one.
Child Safety & Wellbeing
Child Safety
Child Safe Standards (eleven in total) came into effect in July last year and are a vital part of what we do here at All Saints. More information about these standards can be found here:
https://ccyp.vic.gov.au/child-safe-standards/the-11-child-safe-standards/
TheSafety Commissioner has a number of free webinars coming up in Term 4. These webinars
provide parents and carers with the knowledge, skills and tools to support their children to have
safe, positive online experiences. They usually run at different times during the term. The dates and
times will be released early in Term 4. If you would like to find out more, please visit
https://www.esafety.gov.au/parents/webinars
Leadership & Stewardship
Change of dates for the end of the year
Please read the attached letter from the MacKillop Network Schools outlining a change of dates for the end of our 2023 school year.
SAC Meeting
Our next meeting is on Tuesday October 17 at 7:00pm in the school library.
Happy Birthday
OCTOBER BIRTHDAYS
STUDENTS: Ella Mifsud, Nestor Vassiliou, Raphael Shetata, Georgiana Litowschenko, Willow Sutton, Sarah Dunn, Ebony Hawker, Winnie Foster, Xavier Vecchio, Logan Rethus, Phoebe Boersma, Zayden Lipscombe, Lance Chase, Bailey Sharam, Liam Webb, Atley Sutton, Bentley Johnstone, Amelia Burns, Zane Oliver, Easton Cracknell.
STAFF: Adele, Mr Debono, Mr Walsh, Miss Michelle, Miss Punton, Fr Greg, Miss O'Keefe.
Praying With Children
27th Sunday in Ordinary Time 8 October 2023 - Year A
“A landowner leased his vineyard to other farmers.”
Something to Think About: God has given us the world to look after and ‘cultivate’. What are we doing to care for the world? What are we doing to care for the people of the world who have less than we do?
The Story: In today's gospel, the vineyard represents the Jewish nation. The owner is God. The servants
represent the prophets sent by God to challenge and call back those who have lost their way.
Many of these prophets were killed. The son who finally comes is of course Jesus!
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