Good Afternoon Parents and Friends,

Welcome to this week's newsletter. In this newsletter, we will interview four people about Cross Country and Touch Football. We will round up the term, talk about Celebration of Learning and District Cross Country Training. We will celebrate the students who received Aussie Of The Month and the Light The Way Awards. We will reflect on how we have celebrated Palm Sunday, Holy Thursday and Good Friday as a school. We will share some of the wonderful Easter Bonnet creations and have a brief snapshot of what is happening at the beginning of next term.

Cross Country

Hazel

What was your favourite bit about cross country?

My favourite bit was running and cheering on the Red House.

How far did you run?

The Year 3/4 girls ran 2 km, which was harder because it was more than last year.

Do you think you did well?

I think I went well because I was running as fast as I could.

Harry

How far did you run?

3/4 boys ran 2 kilometres, which was a lot more than last year.

Do you think you did well?

I think I did well because I ran as fast as I could and kept my pace up.

What was your favourite bit about cross country?

My favourite bit about Cross Country was running because it was my first time running 2 kilometres and cheering my friends on.

Hamish

Do you think you did well?

Yes because I came first and ran as fast as I could.

What was your favourite bit about cross country?

My favourite bit was running and cheering on Red House.

Alice

Do you think you did well?

I think I went very well because I ran as fast as I could and because I came second place.

What was your favourite bit about cross country?

My favourite bit about Cross Country was cheering everyone on.

Touch Football

Daphne

What was your favourite thing about touch footy?

My favourite thing about touch football was learning a new sport and being a part of a team with my friends

Do you think this sport was hard to learn?

I think this sport wasn’t hard to learn because of the great help of Elies and Leah.

Ava

What was your favourite thing about touch footy?

My favourite thing about touch football was playing with our friends and having good teamwork, and cheering everyone on.

Do you think this sport was hard to learn?

It was pretty easy because of the help from Leah and Elies coaching and training us early on Tuesday and Friday mornings.

What did you think about the experience?

I think the experience was so fun and helpful for learning new skills, overall in my opinion the day was awesome!

Spencer

Do you think this sport was hard to learn?

I don’t think this sport was hard to learn because we got lots of good help.

What was your favourite thing about touch footy?

My favourite thing about touch footy was the early morning training.

Dash

What was your favourite thing about touch footy?

I enjoyed playing, cheering and supporting my team and the girls.

Do you think this sport was hard to learn?

I think It was easy because we had the help of Leah and Elies.

What did you think about the experience?

Good because I didn't think it would be intense and I like when things are intense because we work harder.

Holy Week Liturgies

Palm Sunday

The Foundation - Year 2 celebrated our first day of Holy Week which was Palm Sunday. They shared the story and we all sang ‘Hosanna to our King’

Holy Thursday

The 3/4 students shared the events of the washing of the hands and the very important Last Supper. This a very important occasion as Jesus shared his body and blood with his disciples.

Good Friday

All the 5/6 students represented Good Friday by doing the Stations of the Cross. There were 14 stations and every student contributed making it a respectful and reverent reenactment of this extremely important day in our faith.

A great job to all of the students presenting and it was all amazing!

Wonderful things we have done this Term

We have done alot of great things this term. Some of them were: the Cross Country, Celebration of Learning, the 5/6 camp at Coonawarra, the Holy Week Liturgies led by all of the levels, the Easter Bonnet Parade, and so much more!

Celebration of Learning

During the Celebration of Learning, everyone moved from class to class asking questions about what people learnt, and what they had to do for that task. When they finished explaining their main work, (if they had spare time) they could go around the room and ask other students about their work.

On Monday morning, the parents came to school and look at their kid’s work.

District Cross Country

Congratulations to everyone who made the Cross Country Team:

Kyle, Royce, Briar, Lacey, Alfie, Nic, Ava, Torin, Ben, Lachlan, Charlotte, Mason, Luke, Jake, Pip, Emelia, Tom, Daphne, Jye, Eva, Nate, Christina, Angus, Edith, Jack, Ava, Laylah, Jess, Chloe, Hazel, Isabel, Blake N, Daphne, Dash, Kit, Blake M, Raf, Levi, Josh, Iris, Sienna, Flynn, Isaac, Emerson, Ethan, Louise, Tom, Patrick, Harry,

Isla, Oscar, Islah, Will, Saorise, Jean, Lisa, Grace, Noah and Sarah.

In Term Two, there will be District Cross Country training on Tuesday 13th May.

What's happening Next Term

What’s Happening Next Term?

Tuesday 22nd April - First day of Term 2
Tuesday 22nd April - Easter Sunday Prayer service
Wednesday 23rd April- District Cross Country Training
Thursday 24th April - ANZAC Day Prayer service
Friday 25th April - ANZAC Day
Monday 28th April - Wednesday 7th May - F-4 Swimming
Wednesday 30th April - District Cross Country Training
Friday 2nd May - District Cross Country Training
Friday 2nd May - General Assembly

And that's just the first couple of weeks!!!

Aussie of the Month

Pip leads by example. She is a good friend to all and is constantly looking out for her peers. She gives everything a go and approaches all tasks with a positive attitude and a willingness to learn. She loves to lend a helping hand and is always the first to volunteer to do a class job. An all round pleasure to have in 3A. Well done Pip!

Light the Way Award

Lerumo (1F) for always being ready for learning and for his active listening skills during learning time.

Liam W (56H) for his ongoing effort to improve his Narrative Writing. He used a plan to organise his thoughts and ideas in an effort to add greater detail and depth to his draft of the story. He is working continuously to edit and enhance his draft for publishing.

Easter Bonnet Parade

The Easter Bonnet Parade was very colourful. Everyone wore an Easter bonnet or hat and walked around the basketball court with music playing, showing off their bonnets. It also brought everyone in the school together on the last day of Term One.

Running Club

Term 1 week 10 - Running club

We had a big turn out this week at Running Club. Don't forget those that are on the cross country team, if you want extra training, come down to Running Club on Tuesday mornings 8:15 - 8:30.

Laps = 250

Km run = 12.5km

Total km = 784.2km

We are on the Hume Fwy/National Hwy in New South Wales in Yerrinbool.

We are less than 100km away from Sydney! Wahooo

Wishing everyone a very happy and safe Easter. Don't forget - there is no school tomorrow!! Yay!!! Enjoy the holidays and we will see you on Tuesday 22nd of April.

Charlotte, Ollie, Nick, Thomas, Iris, Blake and Luke

Arts and Culture Team

News from Mrs Sullivan

What an amazing and busy term we have had! I want to extend my thanks to all the parents who have helped out in any way at school, whether that be as a classroom helper, walking to Mass, spectators and helpers at the Cross Country, Touch Footy and Interschool sports, wrapping Easter Eggs for our Raffle and creating wonderful Easter Bonnets. You all make our sense of community so strong and the children and staff appreciate all the support you give them.

Special mention to Hayley and Lisa who have been managing our fundraising activities behind the scenes - we couldn’t do these activities without you - Thanks Hayley and Lisa.

I want to thank the staff for the wonderful commitment they have to their children in their class. They have worked so hard to build up relationships, learn new programs (Ochre Maths and LIttle Learners Love Literacy), target the teaching to suit the needs of individual children and to make sure the school is a safe and welcoming place for all.

Last but not least, the children. They are the most caring, compassionate and collaborative group who are always on the lookout to make our school a better place to be!

Special mention to the Arts and Culture group - Charlotte, Iris, Luke, Tom, Nic, Blake, Ollie who have written the Term 1 newsletter for us. They have done an outstanding job - Thank you.

Special mention also to the Liturgy and Community Leaders - Saoirse, Louise, Gemma, Laylah, Spencer and Ethan for running our assemblies each fortnight - Thank you!

Celebration of Learning

What an amazing morning our students had showcasing their sensational work to their families! The students were so proud to explain to parents and other classes the work they had been doing over Term 1. What a lovely way for the children to be acknowledged. Thank you to all the parents who came to not only look at their children's work, but also checked out the work of other children and other year levels.

Easter

What a lovely start to our last day of school with an Easter Bonnet Parade . Mrs Marziano sent me the beautiful video of everyone wishing me a very happy Easter. It made my day. The children (and staff) looked so good.

I have to say a big thank you to Jodie and the children for the beautiful Holy Week Liturgies. The children have been so reverent and respectful, which is so lovely to see.

Colouring Competition

Thank you to everyone who entered the Easter Colouring Competition! They were all amazing! Tracey and I had a very hard time choosing the winners!

Winners:

Age 1-4 - Eden

aAge 5-7 - Billie

Age 8-12 - Isabel

Winter Uniform

Term Two sees a change to our Winter Uniform.

We will have a two week period to transition from summer to winter for the first two weeks of Term 2. We ask that you not mix the two.

The PSW Uniform Shop - 1 Age Street, Cheltenham will be open over the holidays. Please note girls winter tunics and skirts are not available at PSW. They can be ordered online via CDFpay app. See Tracey regarding sizes when school returns. We are still selling a few other items via CDFpay - winter beanies, school hats, St Brigid's sports socks and girls winter tunics and skirts. Our winter beanies are great for the colder months and cost $15.00. Now that we have a St Brigid's beanie, no other beanies can be worn at school.

A reminder to our Foundation to Year 4 families - swimming commences week 2 of Term 2 and the children will be wearing their sports uniform for the 8 days of the swimming program.

Farewell

Today we say a sad farewell to the Saunders Family. Kate, Hamish, Hudson, Leo, Samuel and Julia have been valued members of our community for the last four years. They are making the move to the Peninsula with a little more room to roam. We wish you all the very best.

Wishing you all a very Happy Easter and safe holidays. I'm heading off on my BIG adventure tonight.

Wendy Sullivan

Principal

Community News

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St Bede's College

Kilbreda College

Synergise Kid's Touch Football

Mordialloc Community Centre

Mordialloc Redbacks

Saint's Holiday Program

Mordialloc Tennis Club

St Kilda Football Club Holiday Program

Auskick

Mordialloc-Braeside Mustangs Footy Club

Club Pilates

Skilled Legal

Junior Rockers