St Therese’s elegraph November 10, 2014 Issue 34 “Together, We Grow” School Website: Email: Phone: www.sttcbourne.catholic.edu.au principal@sttcbourne.catholic.edu.au 5996 7525 From the Principal…. IMPORTANT DATES Dear parents, Tue — 11th November Why do you send your children to St Therese’s? I ask this question when parents apply for enrolment of their children. I generally hear reference to values, community feel, discipline, the extra care given by staff, the school’s good name etc. All these things, which are true and vitally important, are the direct result of our Catholic Faith. We present decent values because of our belief in the Gospel message and in the person of Jesus Christ; we have a sense of community because of our need to treat people as Christ did and that wherever two or more are gathered in Christ’s name, He is present. Being a Catholic school isn’t about being named after a saint or about having crucifixes on the wall; its about being Christ to others. It‘s about providing high quality education. It’s worth a thought. Remembrance Day. Wed — 12th November Mass at 9:15am. Come and celebrate Mass with the Juniors (Prep—Yr 2) in St Therese’s Chapel. Year Six students will be able to receive the sacrament of Reconciliation from 10am onwards. On Friday, after school, we had a working bee to tidy up the grounds. We painted, planted, shovelled, raked, dug and swept. We were gone by 6:30pm and the place looked th so much better for it. My thanks go to Jess and Matt Paynter, Mel Rawoteea, Lindy and Mal Fri — 14 November Tuffnell, Luis Lineros, Katherine and Ronnie Roch, Damien Green and Paul Cowan (along JobCo. Training Enrolment with their respective children) for giving up their time for the school. Sessions @ 9:30am. Last week we had our 2015 Preps and their families join us and we had some Year Seven students from St Peter’s talk to our current Year Six students about what High School will be like. Preparation for next year is well and truly underway! Next Monday, November 17, we’ll have another Graduation Committee meeting at 2:45pm in the Parent Room. All are welcome to attend. Have a great week, Mr Cahill Tue — 18th November Prep Excursion to Casey Safety Village. Thu — 20th November Prep 2015 Orientation Session @ 2:00pm—3:00pm. Information Sessions for 2015 Courses Are you thinking of studying next year then, come along to one of our information sessions to find out about the government funded courses we have to offer. • Childcare • Aged Care • Outside School hours • Integration Aide/Education Support • Leisure & Health • Disability, Home & Community Care • Business • Training and Assessment Tuesday 2nd December 10:00am or 7:00pm or Thursday 4th December 4:00pm - 5:30pm Please phone Merinda Park Learning and Community Centre to advise us of your attendance on Ph: 5996 9056 141-147 Endeavour Drive, Cranbourne North. www.merindapark.com.au PARISH CHRISTMAS CONCERT On Friday 28th November, the Parish will be holding its first ever Christmas Concert on the St Agatha’s Primary School Oval. This will be a combined effort of all the parish schools and parish music groups, so it is going to be a big celebration! Come and be a part of something special for our parish. The night starts at 5:00pm for a picnic/dinner with Christmas Carols commencing at 6:00pm. Bring your picnic blanket, your dinner and wear something ‘Christmassy’. There will be no alcohol on the night. St. Therese’s Primary School Page 2 ST AGATHA’S PARISH WEEKEND MASS TIMES St Agatha’s Church Community St Thomas the Apostle Church Community Saturday Vigil: 6:30pm Sunday: 9:30am HELD AT St Peter’s College Sunday: 9:00am, 10:45am, 6:00pm Heather Grove, Cranbourne East. 2015 Home & Away Season Recruitment Looking to take netball a little more competitively? Want to be coached to become a stronger player? Want to be a part of a club and experience more that just playing netball? We want you! Juniors: U/13’s, U/15’s and U/17’s Seniors: A Grade, B Grade, C Grade and D Grade Hampton Park Football Netball Club is apart of the Casey Cardinia League. We aspire to be a stronger, competitive club, filling all teams. With new coaches coming into the club in 2015, we would also love to attract more players to come down and be proud to play for our club. 2015 dates for tryouts, pre-season and round one are still to be confirmed. For 2015 dates please contact our committee members. Kylie Widdows (President) 0409 792 379 Cherie Hardy-Diaz (Vice President) 0423 306 988 Katie Ricerby (Secretary) 0413 831 854 Claire Waite (Treasurer) 0459 799 911 ST PETER’S COLLEGE YEAR 7 2016 Enrolments are NOW OPEN for Year 7 2016. For an Enrolment Pack contact our Registrar, Kelley Cooper, on 5990 7777 or kelley@stpeters.vic.edu.au Enrolments close Friday 6 March 2015 CANTEEN ROSTER Wed — November 12 Mon — November 17 9:00am — 11:00am Patrice Ray 9:00am — 11:00am Mel Anderson 12:30pm — 1:30pm Claire Waite 12:30pm — 1:30pm Mel Anderson We received wonderful news that Michelle Dennis-Wilcox and her husband Cameron, welcomed Selena into their family on Monday, November 3. 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