Diary Dates Thursday May 18

Year 6 Canberra Depart 6:30am

Second Hand Uniform Shop Open

8:30-9:30am

Friday May 19

Year 6 Canberra return 8:30pm

Parish Mass Year 4

Monday May 22

School Assembly 8:50am – Prayer Yr 3

Year 4 Rocks Excursion

Tuesday May 23

Nude Food Day

Thursday May 25

Year 5 Bathurst

Stage 3 Girls Soccer

Friday May 26

Year 5 Bathurst Return

Monday May 29

School Assembly 8:50am – Prayer Yr 4

School Photos – Winter Uniform

Upcomming dates:

*Friday 9th

June – St Monica’s Athon

Term 2, Week 4 Tuesday May 16, 2017 St Monica’s Primary School

NEWSLETTER

WEBSITE: www.stmonicasrichmond.catholic.edu.au

PO Box 274 -32 Francis Street, Richmond 2753 Principal: Mr Cameron Lievore

Phone: 45885405 Fax: 45885605 Assistant Principal: Mrs Jacqui Van Der Burg Parish ~ Phone: 45781410 Parish Administrator: Fr Clifford D’Souza

Dear Families,

Welcome back to another week of learning. This week there are

some great things happening at St Monica’s.

Thank you to the committee who planned and organised

the Mother’s Day Liturgy and Breakfast. It was wonderful to

see so many Mums and Grandmothers attending, taking time

out of their busy schedule and sharing this important event

with us. I know the children were very happy to see you and

spend time with you.

Canberra - Year 6 are departing early Thursday morning

and travelling to Canberra for an overnight stay. I am sure

they are going to learn many new things during their visit and

will have lots of stories to share when they return.

Bathurst – Year 5 are going to Bathurst W5. This will

also be an overnight visit.

Mathematics – We are going to have another parent

information session for Mathematics. It will be held on the 5th

June in the hall after the Monday morning assembly. The focus

for this session will be ‘Problem Solving’. We will be

distributing flyers inviting you to attend.

Have a wonderful week

Jacqui Van Der Burg

Assistant Principal

Fete Meeting Please join us for our Fete Meeting on

Thursday 18th May at 7pm in the Parish Meeting Room. Come and show your support and help organise the 2017 School & Parish

Fete. Please forward any FETE enquiries to

stmonicasfete@gmail.com

Lost Property We have large numbers of clothing in our lost property bin with no names on them. Lots of jackets and jumpers now the mornings are cool and the days are warm. PLEASE label your children’s clothes as they will be donated to the 2nd hand uniform shop if they are not collected after 2 weeks.

To a wonderful MUM

Canteen Roster

Thank you to the following parents who will be working in our canteen canteen this week. We appreciate the time and effort you give to our students. If you are unable to attend on your rostered day

please contact Alison on 0428 228 121

Cake Raffle Roster

Cake Raffle is held on Thursday mornings. Check each fortnight to see if your child is rostered to supply a cake on this day. The cake

can be homemade or purchased from the grocery store. Tickets are sold for 20cents each. All proceeds go towards purchases for our

library.

Sports News

Representative Sport

Congratulations to Siennah-Lilly B in year 6 who was successful in making the MacKillop team for NSW PSSA Basketball. We wish her well when she travels to Canberra in August. Joshua V in year 5 was successful in making the Parramatta Diocesan Rugby League team and was very close to being selected for the NSW PSSA Rugby League team.

Cross Country Congraulations to all the students who competed at the Diocesan Cross Country during week 2. They represented our school

with great pride and displayed an outstanding effort. The following students finished in the top 8 of their age group and were

successful in making the NSWCPS Cross Country Team. Holly D (6B), Jamie A (6W), Siennah-Lilly B (6B) and Ashton H (4B).

Also Jonah B (5W) finished in 9th place and will be first reserve for his age group. A special congratulations to Holly D who has

finished first in her age group for 4 consecutive years.

What an amazing effort!

We wish the students the best of luck in week 8.

Mrs Buccini

PE Teacher

Golf Imogen C (4B) last week competed in the US kids Golf Trans –Tasman Cup Tournament. Imogen competed in the 8-9yrs girls’ age division and won the competition playing a 9 hole round, winning 7 out of those 9. Australia won the overall comp beating New Zealand. Imogen will now be representing Australia in her next big tournament. Congratulations and we look forward to hearing of your results.

Wednesday 17th May

Jeanette Rogers & Ella Avery

Friday 19th May

Mardi Mantell & Louisa Berry

Monday 22nd May

Volunteer Please

Wednesday 24th May

Alexandra Bourke & Kim Pearson

Friday 26th May

Agi Tomaszewski & Catherine Chadevski

Monday 29th May

Joanne Apostolatos

Week 5 – Thursday May 25

KW Madison P KB Lucas O

1W Charlotte H-H 1B Elizabeth P

2W Caitlin H 2B Hunter R

3W Jesse H 3B Emily H

4W Alvin K 4B Emily K

5W Jack H 5B Alanah K

6W Jazmine G 6B Molly M

K6Gold Dylan C

Week 4 – Thursday May 18

KW Alexander P KB Tomas N

1W Desmond H 1B Eamonn P

2W Peter H 2B Benjamin M

3W Lincoln D 3B Cruz H

4W Samuel K 4B Cody J

5W William H 5B Eva H

6W Jasmine F 6B Kyle H

To the children who celebrated their Birthdays last week and over the next 2 weeks …………………………

*Blake H 6W *Rowan H 1B *Elise L 6B *James A 4W *Lily C KW *Jai C 5W *Archer B 1W *Jayden C 5W *Ryan C 6B *Georgiana Z 3B Sydney B 1W *Madison P KW

Rugby League On Tuesday in week 2, two rugby league teams from St Monica's competed in the Royce Simmons (Years 3&4) and Greg Alexander (Years 5&6) Shields. Both teams of boys represented their school with pride and played with great courage and determination in every game. Their sportsmanship was noted by many of the spectators present on the day. Our Year 5&6 boys played some very good teams winning one game convincingly and going down to two quality sides in tough games. The Year 3&4 boys won all four of their games and in doing so won the Hawkesbury section of the competition and will play some further games at a later date. I would like to thank Mr Bill Jansen and Mrs Kellyanne Kemble for their invaluable assistance with the Junior Boys on the day and to all those parents who were able to lend their support as well. Thank You,

Mr Mark Feneley

Gymnastics Charlotte R (3W) & Jasmine R (4W) were selected to compete at the NSW State Gymnastics Championships held recently. Charlotte placed 7th in her age group for tumbling. Jasmine placed 2nd in her age group for tumbling, and has qualified to compete at the Australian National Championships to be held in Melbourne at the end of May.

A big congratulations girls!

Yr. 2 Class Visit

Last Thursday, Year 2 had some very special visitors. Dr Ian Wright is a scientist who works at Western Sydney University and

he investigates the impact of human activities on creeks and rivers of the Sydney basin. He told us all about his work

investigating the health of a river, and what we can do to care for the river. We found him to be extremely passionate and

enthusiastic about his work, and he has inspired us to be better caretakers of our environment. Dr Ian’s sister, Sally, also came

and showed us how to draw scientific illustrations.

Maths is Fun at home … Here is a maths activity you can play at home with your children.

Beat That!

Skills: Equipment:

Number 2 dice or up to 7 dice for older players Place value Paper and pencil for scoring Strategic thinking

How to play : Roll the dice and put them in order to make the highest number possible. If you roll a 4 and a 6, for example, your best answer would be 64. Using 3 dice, a roll of 3, 5 and 2 should give you 532, and so on. Write down your answer, pass the dice, and challenge the next player to “Beat That!” Play in rounds and assign a winner to each round.

For a change, try making the smallest number possible! This is a great game for reinforcing the concept of place value. If you are playing with younger children, explain your reasoning out loud and encourage them to do the same.

The countdown begins St Monica’s!! National Simultaneous Storytime is an annual campaign that aims to encourage more young Australians to read and enjoy books.

Our school will join together in the hall to read ‘The Cow Tripped Over the Moon’. The theme of the story is perseverance, friendship and triumph!

The Plan

A short promo will take place on Tuesday (23rd May)

Come together to share the book in the hall at 11am on Wednesday 24th May The children will have a slightly different eating time - 10:20 - 10:30 Play time 10:30 - 11:00 Seated in hall for 11.

Leanne Duval Teacher Librarian, LTST and Reading Recovery Teacher

Our Mothers, Grandmother’s & Carers enjoyed a lovely breakfast and Liturgy on Monday celebrating Mother’s Day

Competition Time……

Nude food is held every Tuesday. Nude food is about eating healthy, unprocessed food and bringing it to

school in reusable containers. It is not only healthy for your body but it is great for the environment by

preventing rubbish.

On Tuesday the 30th May in week 6, there will be a Nude Food tasting competition. Students

who would like to participate will be asked to cook a healthy Nude food recipe and bring it in,

in a Nude food container for a panel of judges to taste and judge. There will be prizes for 1st,

2nd and 3rd.

Looking forward to seeing all of the great recipes.