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October 3rd 2017 / Term 4 Week 1 www.roma.catholic.edu.au

Principal’s NewsDear Parents and Friends of St

John’s,

Welcome back to Term Four of

the school year; I cannot believe

that I have been here nearly

twelve months. My first visit to

St John’s when I was aware that

I would be coming here in 2017

was to the Moonlight Fair. This is

fast approaching and I encourage

you all to be part of this great social and fundraising event.

Pencil in Friday 20th October as it is going to be a wonderful

afternoon and night. Our thanks go to the organising

committee, teachers and students who work towards this

fun-filled evening. This year, funds from this sub branch of

the P & F contributed $160,000 to the building of our seven

new classrooms.

It is a very short term, so it is important that students remain

Events in this month

Thursday, October 5thParent/Teacher Interviews

Thursday, October 5thMoonlight Fair Meeting - 6pm

Wednesday, October 11thFull School Assembly -- 10.45 am

Saturday - Sunday, October 14th - 15thOpti-MINDS State Final

Monday, October 16thStudent Free Day

organised and focused. Before we know it, we will be saying

good bye to our Year 12 students and welcoming our new

Preps for 2018. I hope we all have a safe and happy term and

that the Holy Spirit is with us as we plan for 2018. God Bless.

Donaugh

School attendance / latenessAttendance at school is imperative if your child is to succeed.

After all of the sickness and days missed last term, it is very

important that students are here every day and all day. Last

term when I visited classrooms on a Friday, I noticed that

often children were away from school because parents were

attending events etc. Teaching and learning happens on

a Friday all day, so it is important that your child attends.

Punctuality is a very important life skill and we need to instill

this in our children from an early age. The weather is now

warmer and the sun is rising earlier, so perhaps it is easier

to get to school on time. Late students cause more work in

the office as well as interrupting the beginning of the day in

the classroom. Please ensure your children are at school on

time.

Years 3 / 4 Reading Inservice and Phonological AwarenessOur Prep – Year Two teachers have finished their in-service

around reading with Pat Edgar and will continue to roll this

out this term, with our Years Three & Four teachers to finish

theirs in Week Three. Mrs Pat Edgar, who is the consultant,

will also be visiting our school for three days to follow up

on how our phonological awareness program has developed

and to support the fine tuning of it in 2018. Pat will be

working with the students in the classrooms demonstrating

and supporting teachers. I thank all the teachers involved in

this project for their support, dedication and hard work.

TuckshopPlease be reminded there is no

tuckshop this week. Tuckshop will start Week Two.

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CurrentNEWS!

Roma Saints AGMRoma Saints AGM and General Meeting

will be held on Tuesday 10th October in

Coral Cove from 5.30 am - 6.30 am.

Presentation NightThe Presentation Night Award Ceremony

for Years Four - Twelve will be held on

Thursday 2nd November at the Cultural

Centre from 6.30 pm until 8.30 pm.

P-3 PresentationsThe Prep - Three Presentation Ceremony

will take place on Friday 3rd November in

the P & F Multi Purpose Centre from 9.00

am until 10.15 am.

DATE CLAIMERMoonlight Fair 2017

Friday 20th October commencing at 5.30 pm

Enrolments for 2018Towards the end of last term and now coming into this term, I have been

conducting interviews for students and families who wish to enroll at St

John’s in 2018. As we move towards class and staff allocation, I encourage

all to let us know if there will be changes to your enrolment for 2018 and

any other people who wish to enroll to come for an interview. We still have

some places in some classes, but these are filling quickly. In 2018, we hope

to have three streams in the primary in all year levels except Years Two and

Four. There are still a number of spots in Prep as we will be applying to have

three streams as well.

Queensland Secondary Schools Tennis

The last week of Term Three

saw our secondary boys tennis

team travel to Rockhampton to

represent the South West Region

at the Queensland Secondary

Schools Team Tennis State Finals.

While the wind made for less

than ideal playing conditions,

the Rockhampton tennis centre

offered the opportunity to play

on fantastic hard courts against

other top school teams from

around the state. Finishing 11th,

Henry, Luke, Lachlan, Walker and

Adam all played extremely well

and are to be congratulated on

their playing, efforts and conduct.

Special mention also goes to Byron

who trained with the squad as a

reserve and who would have been

willing and able to step into the

team if needed.

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The Moonlight Fair is a great night of family fun and a wonderful fundraiser for the school. The Fair is fast approaching and we are looking for help in many different ways. RAFFLE TICKETS All families in the school have been sent a book of 20 tickets in the raffle. The tickets and money need to be returned to the school office by 13th October. Please make an effort to sell these tickets as the profit from the raffle goes straight back to resources and equipment for your children. For example, the new school buses were purchased by the P&F and make excursions much less expensive for all families. ENTERTAINMENT FOR SECONDARY STUDENTS This year’s Moonlight Fair will feature a special area for secondary students including arcade games, laser skirmish and a lounge. We would love a parent (or group of parents) to assist with organising and setting up this area for the night. Please let us know if you are able to help as we would like to make this area very inviting for our secondary students. ARMBANDS FOR STUDENTS A letter was sent home late last term with details on how families can purchase armbands that allow your child UNLIMITED entry to either the primary or secondary school entertainments. This is excellent value and we encourage people to pre-purchase their armbands to remove the need for you to wait to purchase them at the Fair. The armbands are available by returning the form to the school office OR they can be purchased at Kimlin’s Camping World in McDowall St. CLASS STALLS A list of class stalls and requests for donations and other assistance will be sent home in the coming weeks. Please consider carefully how your family can help with the set-up, running and clean-up of the Moonlight Fair. All students at the school benefit from the funds raised at the Fair and if everyone gets involved, it will be a successful night. FACEBOOK Please find and like our Facebook page as it will keep you up to date with the preparations for the Fair and provides lots of other information. We are using Facebook to acknowledge our wonderful sponsors and by liking and sharing those posts you are thanking our sponsors and this can also encourage other sponsors for the future. OUR CURRENT SPONSORS Thanks so much to the businesses who are already sponsoring the Moonlight Fair. Your very generous contributions will be acknowledged in the Newsletter, on Facebook and on the evening by our MC and a visual display. MAJOR: The Commonweath Hotel PLATINIUM: Roma Tools and Industrial Supplies Mounts Machinery Hornick’s Cypress Sharpe’s Engineering GOLD: Moorelands Bush Nursery Dave Lee Transport SILVER: Roma Transport Services Crawfo’s Tyres Maney Transport Landmark Pumps and Solar Rayham Engineering BRONZE: Burke Cattle Transport Roma Grind Gretel Lane Roma Printers Westlands Engineering VALUED: DTM Contracting and Equipment Roma Milk Depot Bond Design NEXT MEETING The next Moonlight Fair meeting is on at the school library at 6pm on Thursday 5th October. Please consider becoming involved with this event as it is a great way to get to know the staff and other parents. Even if you are unable to attend the meeting, please don’t hesitate to contact us if you would like to be involved. Please email Moonlight.Fair@twb.catholic.edu.au or call Leesa Murray on 0403 174 450 if you would like more information or would like to be part of an email group to receive updates. All donations can be left at the school office or call Leesa to arrange for collection.

FRIDAY 20th OCTOBER 2017 WE NEED YOUR HELP!!

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In the next issue

Prep - Year SixYear One - Writing

Year Three - Maths

Year Six - Canberra Trip

Inclusive Education

Years Seven - TwelveYear Eight - Maths

Senior Physics - Science

Tennis Trip

Basketball Trip

St John’s School

29 Duke StreetRoma, Queensland 4455Phone (07) 46 221 842

roma@twb.catholic.edu.au

www.roma.catholic.edu.au

EditorsJenny Ford

Tracey Leard

Rebecca Lynch

Yenda Emery

EditionTerm 4 Week 1 We acknowledge the original inhabitants of this

land, the Mandandanji people, and show our respect for their ancestors and traditions.

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This luncheon will incorporate the many elements of retail success. Join us to hear from: Social media superstar - Jody Allen. Jody created a massive online presence with her website Stay at Home Mum. The Stay at Home Mum Facebook page has nearly half a million followers, the website has a million unique users a month and the daily newsletter lands in 60,000 inboxes. Visual merchandiser – Nick Pritchard. Nick has a flare for improving in store sales by positioning stock in unique displays. Nick also has extensive experience in successful brand, advertising, direct marketing and outdoor campaigns. Customer service guru Bonnie Davidson is also attending to share her tips and tricks to help you and your team provide exceptional customer service. WHEN: Wednesday, 11th October 2017. 12pm to 2.30pm. WHERE: Ernest Brock Room, Cultural Centre

Bungil Street, Roma COST: $30pp includes light lunch. RSVP: By Monday, 9th October online at: www.commerceroma.com.au/bookings

ONE ON ONE SESSSIONS A limited number of one on one sessions with Jody Allen and Nick Pritchard are available throughout the day on Wednesday, 11th October 2017. Get in quick to book your session. Bookings can be made by contacting Katrina Marsh at Katrina.marsh@dsd.qld.gov.au or ph: 4624 1555.

FREE CUSTOMER SERVICE TRAINING

Customer service guru Bonnie Davidson is providing training on Wednesday, 11th October from 5.30pm. Book in your team now. Limited spaces are available. Bookings can be made by contacting Don Shaw at Don.Shaw@tafe.qld.edu.au or ph: 4624 4329.

The customer service training is supported by:

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