General News
Joke of the Week
An exasperated mother, whose son was always getting into mischief, finally asked him,
"How do you expect to get into Heaven?"
The boy thought it over and said,
"Well, I'll run in and out and in and out and keep slamming the door until St. Peter says,
'For Heaven's sake, Dylan, come in or stay out!'"
Maths Olympiads 2024
Once again Holy Saviour is taking part in the highly regarded Maths Olympiads in 2024. This is an annual contest that has been offered by Australasian Problem Solving Mathematical Olympiads Inc (APSMO) since 1987.
Unlike many other maths competitions, the Olympiads consist of four separate contests held approximately six weeks apart between May and September. The Olympiads are designed to be challenging, however the overall aim is to encourage students to develop important mathematical problem solving skills in an enjoyable environment.
Even though the students will be competing against teams from other schools, they are primarily competing against themselves and trying to improve their skills over the course of the year.
Students who will be participating in this contest will be working with Mrs Turner throughout the term to practise and then undertake Maths Olympiad contests (Years 5 and 6).
Lunch Time Clubs
Lunch time clubs are back! This term children can participate in the following clubs during half of their lunch breaks:
Monday - Gardening Club with Mrs Congerton
Tuesday - Art Club with Mrs Turner
Wednesday - Fun & Games in the Library with Mrs Corcoran
Thursday - Cross stich Club with Ms. Congerton
Wine & Cheese Night - Friday 17th May
The Holy Saviour Festival Committee are holding their first event of the year as a fundraiser for the 2024 Holy Saviour 50th Anniversary Festival. Please come along for an exciting night of wine, cheese and fun! All money raised will go towards making this year's festival extra special!
Calling all Netball Players!
St Timothy’s netball team currently has 8 players though it looks like they might lose a few next season when they swap to playing on Saturdays. If there are any Holy Saviour students who might be interested in starting up or joining a second team, they’d love to have you on board. They are mainly looking for Grade 4s and Grade 5s, but could easily accommodate a Grade 6, or even a Grade 3 if they were really keen. The games are currently played on Monday nights though this will change to Saturdays in July. The games are held at Sportslink in Vermont. Please contact Laura Di Scala, via email or phone, for more information. (laura_discala@outlook.com 0412782369)
Mobile Phones
Just a Reminder to students and parents of our rules and regulations regarding the use of mobile phones and other personal devices. In our Holy Saviour Acceptable Use of ICT Agreement, it states that students will, “give my teacher a written ‘BYOD consent form’ from my parents/guardians before bringing my own devices to school. Otherwise I will leave my equipment at home.” If you have an urgent message to get to your child, this is to be done via the office, even if your child is offsite at an excursion or interschool sport event. If you cannot get through on the phone, an email to office@hsvs.catholic.edu.auis always promptly responded to. This is important for the care and safety of all children at Holy Saviour.
Excel Music Lessons At Holy Saviour
Excel Music will once again be offering music lessons at Holy Saviour. All children enrolled in 2023 will automatically be re-enroled in 2024. Excel Music will contact you directly with any additional information.
If your child is interested in music lessons, Excel Music provides private or group music lessons in guitar, keyboard or drums during school hours.
If you are interested in music lessons for your child, please complete an enrolment form and return it either to the office or email it directly to music@excelmusic.com.au. More information about Excel Music can be found here.
Beyond EduCare After School Care
If you are interested in our wonderful after school program run by Beyond EduCare, please refer to the attached enrolment information and CLICK HERE for the enrolment link.
Sun Smart!
As the weather continues to warm up it is timely to revisit ourSunSmart Policy. All students need to wear a hat at school for outside activities and come to school with sunscreen applied on exposed parts of the body. If your child has a skin sensitivity to sunscreen then please send an appropriate sunscreen product.
Follow us on Social Media
Don’t forget, Holy Saviour now has a Facebook page & Twitter! Search for “Holy Saviour Primary School, Vermont South” or “@HolySaviourPS”, then like and share our page to keep up to date with what is happening around the school. We also need people to review our school via the facebook page, so please do this too! The page will be mainly used to promote the school and celebrate achievements of our students. Don’t forget, we are also on Twitter @HolySaviourPSand Instagram “holy_saviour_ps_vs” !