St Paul's Newsletter: Thursday, 31 March 2022
2022 St Paul's Newsletter - Term 1, Week 9
From the Principal
Dear Families,
As we move through Lent towards Easter, it is a time to stop and reflect on the sacrifice made by Jesus as he drew closer to his crucifixion and death, which he knew lay ahead of him. It is an amazing thing to comprehend…knowing your fate, to die for the sins of humanity so that people could spend eternity in the Kingdom of Heaven.
When I think of the Easter story I often think of what Jesus endured for others. It was extraordinary! For me, the message is that if Jesus can go through all of that for the sake of others, then using that as an example, I can get through any challenge. I am grateful that the challenges I have in my life are almost always quite minor, in comparison to what others go through each day.
What a gift Jesus gave… what a sacrifice he made! I hope you are finding this Lenten season spiritually nourishing and are taking every opportunity to stop and reflect, to stop and pray for everything we have to be grateful for.
Prayer Gathering: Stations of the Cross
This Monday at 2:10pm we will hold our final Prayer Gathering Assembly for Term 1. The Prayer will be lead by our SRC students and will focus on the Stations of the Cross. We will stream over Zoom and a link will be sent to parents on Monday.
A note from our Year 4/5 and 5/6 students:
Easter Raffle
With only two weeks of Term 1 left we are starting to feel pretty egg-cited about Easter!
Over the next week the 4/5/6 students will be selling raffle tickets at drop-off and pick-up time…this is your chance to win an EGGSTRAVAGANT Easter hamper choc full of yummy treats and fun things to do over the holidays!
There are 6 hampers to win, one for each class and one for any adults who would like to purchase tickets…that means each class is guaranteed a winner! Tickets will be 50 cents each or 3 for $1. All money raised from the raffle will be donated to help build a library in Tramri, Pakistan.
Thank you for your support
Confirmation Family Workshop
This Tuesday at 3:30pm Irene Haritos will lead our Confirmation Family Workshop. The workshop will be held in the Church. All students that are receiving the Sacrament of Confirmation are expected to attend with a parent.
Condolences
Our deepest condolences are extended to Maree Ranhan and her family on the passing of her father recently. Please keep Maree's family in your thoughts and prayers at this very sad time.
Senior Sausage Sizzle
Our Year 6 "Mini Monbulkers" Social Justice group are working extremely hard to raise money for Social Justice projects.
On the National Day of Action Against Bullying and Violence our "Mini Monbulkers" did a superb job feeding St Paul's! With the support of Ms Paula and Ms Boyd they planned, cooked, distributed and enjoyed a magnificent sausage sizzle - what a fantastic effort.
The effort they went to was noticed by the Grogan family (Friends on the Hill Cafe). Brent and Kerry Grogan were so proud of our Year 6's that they donated the cost of the sausages. We are extremely grateful for this generosity! The funds raised will go to the building of a library in Pakistan. Thank you to everyone involved.
Boys Lighthouse
Over the years St Paul’s has been invited by St. Joseph’s College, Ferntree Gully to work collaboratively with them in providing opportunities in boy’s education through ‘The Lighthouse Literacy Program’. This program involves selected Year 5 boys working with Year 10 students on a task that aims to develop and extend the boy’s literacy skills. This invitation has once again been extended to St Paul’s in 2022, and next week we begin the Boys Lighthouse program.
Neighbouring Fence Replacement
Families might have noticed that the paling/timber fence, up behind the oval adjacent to our next-door neighbour on Mt Pleasant Rd, has a slight lean over. This fence will be replaced. The work will start this Monday 4 April and should conclude by Friday 8 April.
Our Parents and Friends Committee is BACK!
It was very exciting to meet 'online' with existing Parents and Friends (P&F) Committee members, as well as some fresh faces last Monday evening. We had a very energetic and positive meeting, and we are all keen to re-establish the St Paul's P&F by getting our community activities up and running again.
It was terrific to have Carla, Kim, Tameka, Tasha and Tamara join me to discuss established events and activities, as well as provide ideas for new activities and events. We are so keen that we are meeting online again this Tuesday evening!
It is NEVER too late to join the P&F Committee. If you would like to log in to our meeting this Tuesday evening at 7:30pm please email me and I will send you the Zoom link.
Whole School Sports Day
Our Whole School Sports Day will be held tomorrow! Students will need to apply sunscreen before school, and we ask that students bring sunscreen with them to re-apply throughout the day. Students can wear coloured sports tops, socks and hair ribbons to represent their ’house’ if they wish. Hair is not to be sprayed in house colours, thanks.
Students will assemble on the oval at 9:15am, and events will begin shortly after, at approximately 9.30am. The Whole School Sports Day is scheduled to finish at approximately 1:30pm.
We are still working with Covid restrictions and we respectfully inform our parents that in order to stay and watch our Whole School Sports Day, we will need to site vaccination certificates off your phone or in hard copy.
SAUSAGE SIZZLE: An Operoo eForm was sent home last week for families to order a sausage in bread at the conclusion of our Sports Day. The eForm closed on the weekend so that we could place the order at Woolworths. We received orders for 135 sausages, but we have ordered plenty more just in case anyone missed their opportunity to order. Huge thanks to Tameka and her team of volunteers for organising our sausage sizzle.
Students will need their fruit, snacks, drink bottles (filled) and their lunch if they didn't order a sausage, or a sausage is not enough to fill them.
We are looking forward to a great day!
SCHOOL CLOSURE DAY NEXT FRIDAY 8 APRIL (not tomorrow)
TERM 1 SCHOOL CLOSURE DAY
Friday 8 April - No School For Students
Yours sincerely,
Michael Watt
TERM 2 SCHOOL CLOSURE DAY
Tuesday 26 April - No School For Students
Newspower Easter Colour to Win Competition 2022
Newspower newsagency are running an Easter Colouring In Competition. Please click the link below for details.
Lunch Clubs are BACK!
Our lunchtime clubs are back up and running. They are held in the library/open learning space 1:30-2pm, on Tuesdays, Thursdays and Fridays.
From the School Office
Have you got our school App yet?
Our school app, SZapp, is a handy tool for easy communication between home and school.
With the app you can:
- Receive timely updates, reminders and notifications from school
- Read the school newsletter
- Report an absence
- Check the school calendar
- Quick access to CDF Pay
- Quick access to the school website (for general information such as downloading Medication Authority forms or finding the link to the uniform shop, via the Current Parents tab)
If you do not yet have the app, can we please ask that you follow the instructions below to download the SZapp to your smartphone. If you are unable to download the app please contact the school office.
Help wanted please ...
Daffodil bulbs needed for Year 1/2KR.
If any parent has some spare daffodil 🌼 bulbs they can donate to 1/2 KR we would be most grateful. We will be planting them in pots during our kitchen garden time.
Please leave any donations at the office or send them into Mrs Ranahan.
Thanking you in anticipation.
Uniform Shop
Ross Haywood Sports - Update:
St Paul's Online Uniform Shop
https://www.rhsports.com.au/product/school_wear/st_pauls_monbulk_ps
For in-store purchases RH Sports are located at 12/100 New St, Ringwood (subject to any COVID restrictions in force at the time).
The store is now a CASHLESS STORE, EFTPOS transactions will be the only acceptable method of purchase. Recent changes to improve the health and safety of staff and customers include perspex screens at the registers and the supply of hand sanitiser. We ask that customers please apply this on entry to the store.
Online ordering continues as normal with all delivery options available including contactless pick up. Please phone the store on 9870 1377 if you have any further queries.
Secondhand Uniform Shop
Our secondhand uniform shop is managed by Carla Rademaker with items being purchased by gold coin donation. Payments can be made via CDF Pay. If you are looking for items of secondhand uniform please feel free to text Carla on 0409 866 901 with your wish list. Items will usually be sent home via class tubs or collected from the school office by arrangement.
The secondhand uniform shop welcomes donations of St Paul's current school uniform items which are still in good condition. We do not accept the old St Paul's round neck jumpers, yellow shirts or non-St Paul's items. If you have any current uniform items you no longer need please feel free to leave your donations at the school office.
OSHClub
Out of School Hours Care: OSH Club
Enrolments, Bookings and Enquiries
Parents will need to enrol with OSHClub. Please visit https://www.oshclub.com.au/ and click on "REGISTER". You will need to enrol with the Monbulk Primary School service.
Community Notices
Transition Information
Catholic Education Guide 2022
To assist your decision making in relation to your child's education for 2023 and beyond, please find below a link to the 136 page 2022 edition of the Catholic Education Guide.
CLICK HERE: https://victoriaschoolguides.starcommunity.com.au/catholic-education/
