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‘If we walk in the light, as he is in the light,

we have fellowship with one another,

and the blood of Jesus, his Son, purifies us from all sin.’

John 1:7 We all have a friend who loves to take long walks with us. God enjoys walking with us as our companion on life’s pathway. And he brings blessing into our lives when we walk closely with him. Dear Parents and Students, Yesterday the students participated in Public Speaking. The teachers and I were impressed with the speeches that the students had prepared. Standing up in front of a large group of people is always a frightening experience but all the children did a fantastic job. Congratulations to all the students especially all those were placed first and second.

Year 6: First: Lily M. Year 5: First: Teighan L. and Jacinta B. Second: Taylah W. Second: Molly C.

Year 4: First: Adam W. Year 3: First: Zinta H. Second: Bridie S. and Grace F. Second: Natalie D.

Year 2: First: Ella H, Isaac T. and India R. Year 1: First: Erin D. and Liam G Second: Ben S. Second: Isabella J.

Kindergarten: First: Matthias M Second: Isabella C.

The students will receive their medals at our Assembly next week.

Ku-ring–gai Chase Catholic Parish Fr Jinto Administrator Peat Island—Chapel Lane, Mooney Mooney Fr Thomas Assistant Priest Saturday Vigil—4.00pm Deacon Kevin WEEKEND MASS TIMES St Patrick’s Asquith St Bernard’s Berowra Heights Saturday Vigil—6.30pm Saturday Vigil—5.30pm Sunday—8.00am 10.00am &6.00pm Sunday—9.00am

2014 Week 4

7th August

From the Principal

St Bernard’s Catholic Primary School

PO Box 367 Berowra Heights 2082

Phone: 9456 2104 Fax: 9456 4904

Email:[email protected]

www.sbbdbb.catholic.edu.au



Farewell As previously informed, Miss Heywood is leaving St Bernard’s and her last day is this Friday 8th August. I would like to take this opportunity to thank Sarah for all she has done to teach and support our students over the past three years that she has been at St Bernard’s. I am sure that you will join with me in wishing Sarah all the best in her endeavours. We will miss her greatly. Special Assembly We would like to congratulate the students who successfully achieved at our Athletics Carnival during a special Assembly on Monday afternoon, 11th August at 2.30pm. Book Week and Numeracy/Literacy Week This week a note was sent home with information about our planned activities for Book Week and Numeracy/Literacy Week. We hope that you will be able to join us for one or more of these activities. During this week we are celebrating the feast of St Bernard with the students from St Patrick’s. We are looking for parent helpers for the day. If you can help out, especially with the sausage sizzle, please contact the school office. School Performance – The Battered Suitcase Please remember to keep the dates for our school performance free. All students will need to be present each night so that all families have an opportunity to attend. As in the past, there will be performances on two nights to accommodate the number of people who will be attending. Parents and families will be able to purchase tickets for the performance from the school office. More information will be sent home shortly.

Take care Cheryl Walsh

GATEway

On Tuesday 22nd July, Jake, Austin, Emma, Sam and I attended the Gateway Visual Arts program at St. Patricks’ Primary School, Asquith. During the day, we got to look at a Power Point presentation about the “Tree of Life”. The Tree of Life is all about yourself, your personality, your likes and dislikes and all the things that make you who you are. Next, we made paintings contrasting cold and warm colours. The teachers gave us some ideas about what we should include in our painting. After that, we had to choose a warm colour for a wash – either a yellow or red – and a cold colour – either purple or blue – to use as the background. Then we created our circles and glued them on to our canvas. After lunch we set up some chairs to make a “Gallery” to show off our work. Then we took photos of everything school by school, then together as a whole group and then we were presented with certificates. It was a BRILLIANT day! By Hannah C. 4B

In our Prayers

Please keep the Desmarchelier family in your prayers. Erin has recently been moved from ICU and, while progressing, is seriously ill. Our thoughts and prayers are with Malcolm, Michelle and Jack at this time. We pray also for the Tyson family (Holly 4M) and the Fisher family (Alice S3M and Daphne 3B), these children all have seriously ill family members. Please join us in praying for all those members of our community who need our care.



Calendar 2014

Friday 8th August Staff Development Day (pupil free) Monday 11th August 2.30pm Athletics Carnival Assembly Tuesday 12th August 11.30am ICAS Maths test Wednesday 13th August GATEway Prouille—Music Friday 15th August 9.10am Assumption Mass Yrs 3-6 North Shore Cluster Athletics—Narrabeen 2.30pm Assembly WEEK 6 Book Week, Education Week, Literacy & Numeracy Week Monday 18th August Maths Day Tuesday 19th August Dress up day (BOOK WEEK) K-2 incursion “Floating on a Sea of Stories” Wednesday 20th August St Bernard’s Day (St Patrick’s visiting) Thursday 21st August Maths Olympiad 4 2.30pm—4pm Open Classrooms S3 Cluster Public Speaking finals Friday 22nd August 3-6 incursion “Descendants of the Dragon” 2.30pm Assembly Saturday 23rd August 5.30pm Year 4 Family Mass Tuesday 26th August Book Fair begins Wednesday 27th August 10.30am Year 2 Clergy visit Diocesan Athletics—Narrabeen (helpers needed) Friday 29th August 2.30pm Assembly Sunday 31st August 9am Sacrament of Confirmation Tuesday 2nd September The DISH “The Battered Suitcase” dress rehearsal & 7—8.30pm performance Wednesday 3rd September “The Battered Suitcase” 7—8.30pm performance Friday 5th September Father’s Day breakfast and footy Polding Athletics—Newcastle 2.30pm Assembly Tuesday 9th September Book Fair ends 11.45am Year 6 students to Fox Studios Wednesday 10th September Maths Olympiad 4 Friday 12th September 2.30pm Assembly Sunday 14th September 9am Year 3 Family Mass Friday 19th September 2.30pm Assembly LAST DAY OF TERM

Year 6 Graduation

Mass

6pm

11th December

Year 6 Social

16th December

Children’s Liturgy (Rachel Stephen)

Children’s Liturgy will be held at the 9am Sunday Parish Mass on the following dates for Term 3:

17th August Children of all ages can participate and parents are welcome to accompany younger children. Please see Mrs Stephen (1B Teacher) if you have any questions or if you are interested in being involved.

Thank you to all those families who are up to date with fees. Please note that the Catholic Schools Office monitors our Accounts on a monthly basis and will intervene if an Account is in arrears or payment arrangements are not being honoured. If you are having difficulties paying or need to change your payment arrangement, please contact the office.



REC News ( Jackie Tod)

This Thursday 7th August the classes will be celebrating Mary MacKillop Liturgies. The following are the times and venues for each grade. You are warmly invited to attend your child’s class liturgy.

Kindergarten at 1pm in the KM classroom

Year 1 at 2:30pm in the 1B Classroom

Year 2 at 12:30pm in the 2B Classroom

Year 3 at 2:30pm in the 3M Classroom

Year 4 at 9am in the Eco Spiritual Garden

Stage 3 at 1pm in the S3B Classroom

On Friday 15th August at 9am, we will join together at a whole school Mass for the Feast of the Assumption of the Blessed Virgin Mary. Thank you to the wonderful Year 2 teachers and children who will lead us in the readings and Prayers for this Mass. Mary is an example of faith and hope and was open to God’s word and shows us how to have faith in God. Because Mary is now with Jesus in heaven she cares for all of God’s people in a special way. Wednesday 20th August is a very special day in our year as it is the Feast day of our patron saint, Bernard. On this day we will have the students and teachers from St Patrick’s come to join us for this celebration. The day will run as follows: 10:15am: Years 3-6 in the Church for Mass whilst Kindergarten-Year 2 enjoy “The Battered Suitcase” display in the hall. 11:00am: Morning Tea 11:45am: Kindergarten-Year 2 in the Church for a liturgy whilst Years 3-6 enjoy “The Battered Suitcase” display in the hall. 12:30pm-2pm: Sausage sizzle and rotations of activities. 2pm St Patrick’s depart and St Bernard’s enjoy shared story time.

Be shepherds with the smell of the sheep

A Prayer Reflection

In Evangelii Gaudium Pope Francis issued the call to all Christians, called as we are to be missionary disciples.

“Evangelisers thus take on the ‘smell of the sheep’ and the sheep are willing to hear their voice”(pg, 24).

It is a challenge for each of us in our various roles of ‘leading’ and ‘shepherding’ others, whether it be our children,

our students, our parishioners, neighbours, colleagues or others in the wider community. How do we ‘live among’

and remain close to the little ones, the poor, the vulnerable, those who grieve, and those facing difficult daily

challenges, whether they be economic, psychological or spiritual?

Dates for the Diary: Thurs 7th Aug St Mary MacKillop grade liturgies. Fri 15th Aug 9:00am Assumption Mass, led by the Year 2 students. Wed 20th Aug 10:30am St Bernard’s Day Mass / Fun Day (St Patrick’s coming) Sat 23rd Aug 5:30pm Year 4 Family Mass

Sun 31st Aug 9am Sacrament of Confirmation Tues 2nd Sep THE DISH Sun 14th Sep 9am Year 3 Family Mass

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PBL News (Dominique Tomsett)

The focus for PBL for Weeks 4-5 is:

We speak and act with kindness

This means we: use our manners wait our turn consider others say the person’s name when talking are bucket fillers (not bucket dippers)

Remember, this is one of the school rules, but it easily transfers to the home environment as well. You might like to even ask your child/ren how this rule could apply at home. Below you will find a small PBL poster of this rule which you may wish to display on your fridge for the next few weeks.

For you to read

This fortnight I have included a fantastic article written by Maggie Dent, from the Parenting Ideas website, titled ‘Get a grip on worry-warts’, helping parents to recognise and then assist their kids manage anxiety. Lots of tips! You can read other articles from the magazine by visiting: http://www.parentingideas.com.au/Parent_Magazine.html Happy reading!

At St Bernard’s we RESPECT OTHERS

We speak and act with kindness when we:

* Use our manners * Wait our turn * Consider others

* Say the person’s name when talking * Are bucket fillers (not bucket dippers)

http://www.parentingideas.com.au/Parent_Magazine.html



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by Michael Grose - No. 1 parenting educator

Getting a grip on worry-warts

As parents we often grapple with our own worries but one of the most common questions I get asked by mums and dads is ‘what do I do when my child seems overly worried or anxious?’ By Maggie Dent

Early anxiety is developmentally normal – in fact,

being fearful or anxious is an essential human survival

response. However, as parents we need to know how

to soothe our children to help them get a handle

on their anxiety. Otherwise it may interfere with

their wellbeing.

In fact, anxiety is the most significant mental

health issue in childhood and yet it frequently goes

undetected, untreated and is frequently misdiagnosed

as one of the attention disorders.

Anxiety can begin as early as age two but we see a

significant rise when children enter the school system.

Unless it’s addressed many will go on to suffer their

whole lives.

Why kids worry

We must remember that children under 6 or 7 see the

world through children’s eyes. This often means they

find plenty to fear as the parts of their brain that rule

rational thinking are not fully developed.

Research shows that the number one thing that

children fear is feeling separated or unloved by

their parents.

This means going to childcare or school, going to sleep,

seeing mum or dad walk out the door, sharing mum or

dad with a new baby, or not feeling connected to their

parents can be huge triggers for anxiety.

While separation anxiety is normal, it’s important for

parents of sensitive children to really be on the lookout

for when it becomes excessive.

Symptoms of separation anxiety disorder include:

Worrying about bad things happening to loved ones and being

separated as a result

Persistent reluctance to go to preschool/school, to be alone,

to be without adults or loved ones (e.g. at home or when going

to sleep)

Repeated nightmares with themes of separation

Physical complaints/symptoms when separated or

anticipating separation

Obvious distress.



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What does anxiety look like?

Symptoms of general anxiety can include: stomach aches,

headaches, difficulty sleeping, avoiding school, nail biting and

physical reactions such as increased heart rate or breathing.

Canadian researcher Dr Lynn Miller has also found that there

are many frequently overlooked symptoms of anxiety:

Angry outbursts

Oppositional and refusal behaviours

Temper tantrums

Aggression

Attention seeking behaviours

Hyperactivity and difficulty sitting still

Attention and concentration problems

Scholastic underachievement or excessive resistance to

doing work

Frequent visits to school nurse

High number of missed school days

Difficulties with social or peer group (i.e. worrying obsessively

about what others think of you).

How to help an anxious child

Many parents I speak to wonder if they should try to

‘toughen up’ their sensitive worriers, but I would

caution against this approach. Sometimes pushing a

fearful child who’s not ready can just make the fear

even more real.

Rather, I think parents can build their child’s capacity by

gently walking them through some of the things they

need to face with lots of love, lots of reassurance and

lots of soothing.

Assess the environment

If a child is experiencing anxiety, or even to prevent

anxiety, try to look at their environment through their

eyes and ears.

For example, a huge trigger for children is listening to

or watching the news. We must be very mindful of not

leaving TVs or radios on around children, exposing

them to reports and/or images of disaster, death or

trauma. Even online, be mindful if your home page is a

news page that may sometimes feature horrific images.

To help prevent anxiety becoming an issue we can

make childcare choices that suit our children,

particularly being mindful of our sensitive children or

children under two who are often developmentally

unable to manage environments that cause them stress.

These children really need a ‘mothering’ influence. This

can come from mum, dad or someone else. I encourage

parents to co-parent around work schedules as much

as possible and seek care with trusted relatives, friends

or family day care.

Top tips for reducing anxiety:

Slow things down, leaving plenty of time for transition between

activities.

Have good routines particularly around eating and sleeping.

Soothe your child with safe, loving touch and warmth – lots of

cuddles, and rubbing the ‘tickle point’ at the base of their neck.

Don’t overschedule your children’s lives or put too much

pressure on them to perform/achieve.

Make time for silence and relaxation every day. Research

shows 10 minutes has proven benefits for the whole family.

For separation anxiety, make an effort to build ‘love bridges’

with kids: take a small bite out of their sandwich before placing

it in the lunchbox; place kisses in their hands to hold onto all

day; lay with them at night. Little things are big things to kids.

Maggie Dent is an author, educator and speaker dedicated to

quietly changing lives through commonsense wisdom. She is

the author of five books. Learn more about Maggie at

www.maggiedent.com



Will reading aloud 15 minutes a day make a difference? Every child, Every parent, Every DAY! http://www2.readaloud.org/importance

Time is running out, so where are you up to? The PRC Challenge closes for students on 22 August. All children must have their reading log completed online by this date. Logon at: https://online.det.nsw.edu.au/prc/home.html If you have any problem please let me know. Book Week is rapidly approaching and offers opportunities for students, staff and parents to be involved in Growing Reading Connections! Please come along and enjoy the activities. Coming UP: The Scholastic Book-fair. Wednesday August 27 until Friday morning, September 5th.

Library News (Maria Richards)

Sports News

Our Sport Assembly will be held on Monday 11th August at 2.30pm. All awards from the Athletics Carnival will be presented at this time.

Cluster Athletics Carnival: At present, we only have two parents who have volunteered to help at the long jump on the day. If you are coming to the carnival, please consider helping for a small part of the day, even one hour is helpful. It makes it extremely difficult for our school if we arrive at our designated duty without the required number of helpers. All permission notes are due back this Friday.

St Bernard’s Catholic Primary School, Berowra Heights

STUDENT ABSENTEE NOTE We are required by law to record all absences for children enrolled in our school with an accompanying note.

My child _________________________________ of class _____ was absent from school on the following date/s: _________________________________________________________ Please sign below to indicate that your permission was given for this/these days absent. I, _______________________________ verify that my child was absent from school with my permission on the dates above. Reason: _________________________________________________________________ Signature: ______________________________________________date: _____________

http://www2.readaloud.org/importance

https://online.det.nsw.edu.au/prc/home.html

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P & F News

Canteen News

Please consider volunteering in the canteen. You must have completed a volunteer induction workshop in order to help.

Week 4 Week 5 Week 6 Week 7 Week 8

4th Aug 11th Aug 18th Aug 25th Aug 1st Sept MONDAY

K. Ebbs R. Cove

C. Jennings

Help K. Ebbs

Help C. Jennings N. Locke

K. Ebbs

Help 11.30—1.00

R.Cove N. Locke

N. Shearan T. Pearce

L. Dolphin

Help C. Miles N. Shearan

L. Dolphin

Help 1.00—2.30

6th Aug 13th Aug 20th Aug 27th Aug 3rd Sept WEDNESDAY

M. Skene C. Hindmarsh

Help

M. Roach L. Smith C. Navarria

Help 1.20—2.15

7th Aug 28th Aug THURSDAY

Gozleme Day M. Pistachia M. Chivers

Hot Dog Day J. Lysien-Bednarz M. Chivers

Specialty Days

8th Aug 15th Aug 22nd Aug 29th Aug 5th Sept FRIDAY

CLOSED (pupil free)

P. Waite M. Lord

N. Day G. Dean

M. Jose K. Davenport

P. Tonkin N. Day

P & F Meeting Wednesday 13th August

(Week 5)

at 7pm in the library



Student Banking

St Bernard’s School Banking

Berowra & District Community Bank® Branch is pleased to offer our School Banking service to

the students of St Bernard’s Primary School.

School banking will be collected on a Friday morning, each fortnight, commencing Week 1. On the

Thursday students can bring their Piggy Passbooks and any money they wish to deposit in their

white plastic passbook pockets and place them in the special school banking pouch that will be in

each classroom.

The class banking pouches will be collected from the office by banking staff on Friday morning, with

passbooks to be updated and returned to the school on Friday afternoon.

We look forward to helping students learn to save with their Piggy Account!

Next date for school banking is Thursday 14th August

Students can of course also bring any additional banking into the branch at other times

Messages From the Community

Saturday 9th August 2014

11:30am to 3:30pm at 6 Boundary st

Jack & Jill will be hosting a Fundraiser for

Children’s Cancer.

Please come along with all the family

The day will include: Sausage sizzle, Cake stalls and hot soup Face painting and glitter tattoos Lucky dip and games Silent Auction Raffles Art auction (art made by the children at Jack and Jill Kindergarten) Market stalls Live music Frozen (as in the movie) room Baked bean eating contest Lucky door prizes for the whole family

Hope to see you there!



Apex Club of Berowra Inc PO. Box 60 Berowra NSW 2081

A.B.N. 63 374 752 267

Dear Sir/Madam,

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See the amazing powers of Man Vs Wood in the woodchopping arena.

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Spin the Chocolate wheel, win raffle prizes, buy children's show bags and see many more fun attractions.

It is the single largest community event held annually in Berowra and promises to be one of the best fundraising events ever.

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ooff ssiizzee oorr vvaalluuee -- aanndd wwee wwoouulldd bbee hhaappppyy ttoo ppiicckk iitt uupp ffrroomm yyoouu..

TThhaannkk yyoouu iinn aaddvvaannccee ffoorr yyoouurr aassssiissttaannccee wwiitthh WWooooddcchhoopp.. WWee hhooppee yyoouu aarree aallssoo

aabbllee ttoo aatttteenndd tthhee eevveenntt wwiitthh yyoouurr ffaammiillyy.. IItt pprroommiisseess ttoo bbee aa mmeemmoorraabbllee ddaayy.. With warm regards, Ron James The Apex Club of Berowra If you are able to assist then please contact any Berowra Apex member you know as soon as possible or email me at [email protected]. Alternatively please call me on 9456 - 0104.



BUSH FIRE PREPARATION STREET MEETINGS Berowra Rural Fire Brigade will be conducting street meetings for residents to present information on preparing their BUSH FIRE SURVIVAL PLAN, and their properties. Following the meeting we will be available to perform property inspections to provide advice on preparing your property for this bush fire season. Barnetts Rd Sunday 3 August 1pm – 3pm Yallambee Rd Sunday 17 August 1pm – 3pm Wideview Rd Sunday 7 September 1pm – 3pm The Gully Rd Sunday 28 September 1pm – 3pm

For more information please visit our Facebook page. www.facebook.com/berowrarfb .

We would like to thank the residents of the Turner Road area who attended our first street meeting on 19 July. The feedback we received was very positive and we hope you left the meeting better informed about property and personal preparation

http://www.facebook.com/berowrarfb



Did you know …

Equipping our children with good mental

fitness is one way to help ensure they have

the strength, flexibility and endurance to

prepare them for the challenges both in

school and beyond in the 21st Century.

As parents we can assist them in developing

skills and strategies to have a positive

outlook that builds mental fitness.

To read more and for links to videos, Apps,

resources and websites Click Here

Supporting Your Child’s Learning

Build Your Family’s Mental Fitness

ASQUITH Monday 18 August 7.30 pm

Parenting Gifted / High Ability Children

PYMBLE Tuesday 16 September 7.30 pm

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