EASTER EGG RAFFLE

A BIG THANK YOU to all our families for the wonderful donations of Easter Eggs for our Easter Egg Raffle. A very Big Thank you to Martha Pavlou (Mother of Hugo 3ES & Millah 1MS) for coordinating the raffle and for putting together the wonderful hampers, assisted by Zoe Power.

The amount raised was $7523.90 of which $3761.95 has been donated to the Royal Children's Hospital. Thank you again and Well Done to all!!

Congratulations to our Raffle Winners, we hope you enjoyed your Easter Eggs!!

William Meinhardt, James Raios, Jess Smith, Henry Woolley, Ava Azzopardi, Jake Taylor, Con Vlassopoulos, Mae Mizunu Li, Eleni Sardellis, Chris Konstas, Slavik Sarkissov, Victoria Voulgaris, Jack Archer, Olivia Skipsey, Ayden Boothroyd, Stephen Chatzikyriazis, Xavier Achari, Pica Family, Oliver Mercuri, Liam Billett, Ella Quinn, Soula P, Nishant P, Chloe McNaughton, Mary Putz, Flynn Taylor, Antony Korisianos, Nishant Patnaik, Scarlett Picardo, Jack Mather, Nikolas.

Congratulations to the winners of Most Books Sold:

1st - Hugo (3ES) & Millah (1MS) Pavlou- Eyckens 

2nd - Timothy Despotis (3GJ)

3rd - Steven Chatzikyriazis (4MM)

4th - Mavriopoulos Family - Chloe (4MK), Mia (2PG), Jimmy (1RE)

ANZAC DAY - THURSDAY, 25th APRIL

SRC Representatives will be in the Breezeway every morning before school from tomorrow, Tuesday, 16^th April leading up to Anzac Day on Thursday, 25th April selling badges and other merchandise. Please support this worthy cause. Thank you.

Prices: $1, $2, $3, $4 & $5

TERM 2

WEEK 1

Tuesday, 16th April - FMM & FHK Parent Teacher Interviews - 2.00pm - 8.00pm - FMM & FHK Students finish at 3.20pm

Wednesday, 17th April - Auskick Clinic - 3.20pm - 4.30pm - For Students Enrolled

Thursday, 18th April - Parent Teacher Interviews - 2.00pm to 8.00pm - All Students Finish at 1.30pm

Friday, 19th April - Beginning of Term Mass - 10.00am / St. Peter's House Cross Country @ Centenary Park - 11.45am - 1.45pm - Year 3 to Year 6 Only

WEEK 2

Monday, 22nd April - Year 5 Camp to Portsea

Tuesday, 23rd April - Year 5 Camp to Portsea / Year 1 Excursion to CERES

Wednesday, 24th April - Year 5 Camp to Portsea

Thursday, 25th April - ANZAC DAY PUBLIC HOLIDAY

Friday, 26th April - PJ/OODIE DAY

WEEK 3

Monday, 29th April - NEWSLETTER / P & F Meeting - 7.00pm - All Welcome

Tuesday, 30th April - Year 2 Excursion to CERES

Thursday, 2nd May - 4MK Visiting Warrawee - 1.50pm - 3.15pm / FEDPAS - 4.00pm - 6.00pm

Friday, 3rd May - Walk/Ride to School Day

Dear Diary,                                                                                                                                                                                                                   20 May 1914

Today I woke up from my comfy bed, ‘Xavier!!!’ Yelled Captain Woodhouse “I need to know where I need to go!” “Coming” I yelled. I am the navigator of the Polly Woodside. I used to be a floor scrubber.

Then I gave him a map of where to go. Thanks, Captain Woodhouse. This is my third time at Pollywood. Now it's time to make a voyage to the USA. Tip,tip,tip,tip the rain started pouring onto the boat. Whoow!! The wind flew around the boat quickly. ‘Get the sails up, hold them high’, said a person on the boat. Splash! A man fell into the water! Bang, another man fell onto the deck! Tip, tip, tip the rain started to slow down. After a minute or so the storm started to stop. I felt much better. I smelt the sea salt again, I saw the blue sea again and I heard the waves crashing again. It felt so nice. The breeze ran into my chest and the sun went onto my back. Ding, ding, ding the breeze was pushing the bell side to side. Then the sun was going down and everyone started going to their beds.

Dear Diary,                                                                                                                                                                                                                 21 May 1914

Yawn! The next day has arrived. I started resuming my map from the day before “I love making maps” I thought to myself. All of a sudden, I looked out the window and I saw a huge whale jumping around the ocean. It was a beautiful site to see! Then I saw a cloud. Not just any ordinary cloud, it was angry, it looked like it was going to pour water on everything it saw. It had lightning. I could hear the lightning already! All the cabin crew were yelling and the ship boy was crying. Everyone was miserable, more miserable than people in the great depression! The storm came and the ship was barely staying upright. The storm stayed for three hours. This was by far the worst day on the Polly Woodside. When the storm ended everybody celebrated and started singing and dancing. Surprisingly nobody had died. Everybody gathered together on the front deck and sang, danced and had an amazing time together. Everyone was joking around and the captain laughed for the first time! The ship boy was loving it too. He started dancing like it was his one hundred times he was so good. One by one, people left to go to sleep. I love staying on the Polly Woodside.

Dear Diary,                                                                                                                                                                                                                   22 May 1914

Today I finally finished my map to the USA. I cannot wait to give it to Captain Woodhouse. Captain said he loved the map because it was so easy to read. I was so happy with myself that I wanted to dance. Today no storm came, but we still had to eat fish for brekkie, lunch and dinner but it did taste extra good today. Nothing bad happened today but some people were sick but today was great. I love the Polly Woodside.

Dear Diary,                                                                                                                                                                                                                  23 May 1914

Today we saw that the food was all wet from the day of the storm, so we had to hold wet bread into the sun. After the bread was dry the cook cooked us fish on toast it was yummy!

Something else happened today we saw a huge whale! It was beautiful. The captain got a little angry today when he saw that one of the scrubbers had stopped scrubbing for a long time. The deck was pretty dirty today, so the crewmates had to scrub as well even if they were tired. The captain fell asleep while the crew were singing and the captain was yelling a bunch. Then I looked out the window with my binoculars and I saw a huge rock poking out “NOOO!” I yelled. It was in the way of my voyage map. The map was leading into a rock! Luckily the people saw and we went around it. I love the Pollywood Side.

Dear Diary,                                                                                                                                                                                                        27 November 1922

Today I looked at my map. It was scheduled as the last day on Pollywood Side. The crew was so happy, the captain was happy, everyone was happy. The boat had it on the ground. We're on land. I love the grass. I smell the air. I love being on the ground. I kissed the ground. I LOVE the Pollywood Side.

By Xavier Phillips

Dear Diary,                                                                                                                                                                                                                 17 June 1899 

Today I boarded the Polly Woodside which is going to be my home for the next year and a half. I got hired as a cook for the Polly Woodside. I chose to be a cook because there were no other jobs to choose from, only the ship boy or the cook.

I mostly like cooking, but thinking about the ingredients, it was harder than I thought it would be. It’s going to be a long year, travelling from Australia to Europe, only eating fish and hard bread.

Because I am the cook, I get to sleep in the cabin with the Captain, the Navigator, the first mate and the second mate. In my bedroom, we get a nice, comfortable and soft blanket. I have the whole kitchen to myself, and a living room to share with the others. This bed is so much more comfortable than the other beds. I’m glad I don’t have a bad bed like the other crew members.

Sometimes, it can be quite hard on the boat. The boat is always rocky. Sometimes I have my window open and when the boat rocks the yucky saltwater gets into my mouth.

I can’t wait until I arrive back home to see my brother, sister, Mum and Dad but I enjoyed my stay on Polly Woodside and I will miss her. It was a fun time but also challenging.

By Ella-Rose Cocking

Dear Diary,                                                                                                                                                                                                     19 September 1889

Today I joined the crew of Polly Woodside and I chose to be a seaman. I know it is a dangerous job, but I want lots of money to go home to my family as soon as possible. I need to remember them, so I brought photos and letters from my wife when we first started dating. It's my turn to do my shift of putting up the sails. I'm really nervous but I started to climb the ladder [thinking about my wife back at home]. I’m nearly up the ladder and… ONE HAND SLIPPED I am hanging by one hand, I tried to pull myself up but I can't. I think about my wife and try one last time and I finally pulled myself up! I put up the sails, but they fall down then I try again and again and again and I finally did it! It was night now and my shift was in the day! I climb down really quickly and definitely not safely [none of this is safe anyway] and run to the room where we eat and sleep. I was so late that all the good beds were taken. I was so miserable that I had to sleep in the back bottom bed. I would rather sleep on the table but that spot was taken! I miserably lay down on the bed and I try to get to sleep but I keep knocking my head! I ignored it but eventually I got really mad! I get up and stomp out of the room and think what to do next because I cannot sleep in that bed! Then I remembered that the captain was screaming at the first mate and I knew that was going to take a while so I carefully sneaked into his room and I took a shower and finally I got to sleep!

I woke up to the bell! I count the rings 1… 2… 3!!! I ran to get out of bed knowing that the captain was going to come in… NOW! I don't know what to do because it is only my second day! I just went to the room with all the beds and pretended to wake up like everyone else thankfully I fit right in! The storm was extremely horrible. I had to do my shift during the storm! I start to climb the ladder and my heart is racing so much then… I FALL!!! But thankfully somebody was down there and they put a mattress right under me so I was safe! I could not thank them enough; they literally saved my life!  I climbed up the ladder again and I actually did it! I climbed down the ladder and by the time I did it was nighttime and I ran to the bed/eating room and I finally got the good bed!!! I was so excited words could not explain. I go to my comfy bed and I get to sleep. I was surprised that the storm did not wake me up but it did not, so I slept like a log.

*1 year later*

I woke up and I looked at the date…IT WAS FINALLY TIME TO SEE MY WIFE!!! I rushed out of my bed and got changed. I of course said goodbye to everyone and it was very emotional but it was time to go. On the drive home my heart was racing and one thousand thoughts popped into my head, Will my wife miss me? Will she be proud of me? Will she still love me? Will we be happy with all the money? I could not think straight and I saw house number 12 on ABCDE st in Melbourne and I realised that I will be with my wife. I knew before but now I actually realised. I enter the house and I see her!! I cried so hard that day. We lived happily ever after with our newborn child!!!

By Eleni Sardellis

Dear Diary,                                                                                                                                                                                                                    May 5 1888

My day has been good so far, I woke up to the sound of the waves gently crashing against our beautiful boat, the Polly Woodside. I got out of bed just in time to start making breakfast. The Captain suggested that the Navigator should choose breakfast for today because he has been working very hard, he chose to have bread with ham. I realised that I was out of bread so I would have to make my own. I didn’t tell anyone that I was out of bread so I would have to make it just the same. I knew how to make bread but I accidentally mistook the sugar and thought it was flour. When I served out breakfast for  the crew everyone immediately spat it out onto the floor. Everyone was yelling at me, I was so embarrassed. Once everyone got back to work I then started making the next meal of the day. The Captain asked for pumpkin soup. This was one of the hardest things to cook, but it was the Captain's order so I had to make it. Again I messed up. I forgot to add in the salt! I knew the Captain would be furious. I just pretended like I did it all correctly. It turned out that he actually really liked it. He told me that I would be rewarded with the choice of any place to visit and get a restock of any ingredients I wanted. I was very happy with myself!

From the Cook        

Payton Jansz 4MM

Dear Diary,

Today was a dreary day. It was pouring with rain, and the wind was like a hurricane. It was almost IMPOSSIBLE to navigate the ship. The compass was flying everywhere! I felt like we would be lost at sea forever. It seemed to go on for hours and hours. But I looked out to the horizon and saw the clouds were disappearing. I saw a sliver of land. As we got closer, I saw a lot of straw house buildings and people. According to my calculations we were in Guinea which is 1 month and 5 days away from Belfast. I was glad to see land so we can restock on supplies like food and tools. When I disembarked Polly I could hear palm trees rustling and I  could smell the salt water.  After a long adventure I thought I should take a long rest. So I slept for about 4 hours.

Until next time,

The Navigator will do another adventure.

Lewis Wicks 4MM

Polly Woodside Acrostic Poetry by 4OG

Perseverance

Over the waves

Loud seagull snap at fish

Long fish swim in the crystal blue water

Yucky food

Waddling penguins

Over the waves and under the sea is a shark

Onto the plank we go

Deafening birds

Sea current is strong today

Incredible animals in the sea

Damage has come

Explosion

By Aemon Eddy

Pirates say “Port!”

Oh dear! The bell has been rung 4 times!

Land Ahoy!

Looks like my shift is up, your turn!

Yelling when ringing the bell

Where are we going? Greece, Germany

On board, me hearty!

Ordinary sea men

Down underground on the ship holding the cargo

Scrub the deck!

I feel sick and sick and tired of being on this ship!

Day 40 - 40 days and nights on this ship

End of journey, we have arrived at Greece!

By Ayden Boothroyd 4OG

On the 18th of March, the Year 6s woke up bright and early, to get prepared for the long bus ride that would take them to their final camp at St Peter’s, in Canberra, ACT.

After dinner, we walked to a nearby Dinosaur Museum where we learnt about the three periods that the dinosaurs lived in and the dinosaurs that lived in which era. Altogether, we were quite interested in learning about dinosaurs but now it was time to get some much needed sleep and prepare for the next day. 

Day 2

On the Second day, we drove off to the Australian Electoral Commission, which is where we learnt all about voting in Federal Elections.

As well as attending the AEC, we went to the CSIRO, which stands for Commonwealth Scientific and Industrial Research Organisation, and works on making Australia a better place for us, and the ecosystem. After this, we travelled up to the tippy top of Mount Ainslie, one of Canberra’s natural wonders. From the top, we could see the ANZAC parade, the War Memorial and most importantly, Parliament House. After the awesome view, we returned to the rest of the city, and moved over to old Parliament for a tour. While driving back to camp, we went through a tour of the International Embassies, and after dinner went to the Canberra Reptile Zoo, and saw many creatures including snakes, sugar gliders, frogs, eels, fish and a saltwater crocodile named Charlie.

Day 3

On the third day, we were prepared for a very formal day as we were going to the War Memorial, Parliament House and the Royal Australian Mint. The first activity was the War Memorial where we learned about the veterans that fought in wars and every war that Australia fought in. Then, Parliament House, where we had a mock debate in the House of Representatives and then moved on to the Senate. We also went to the Royal Mint of Australia where we were taught how coins are made and how special coins were made. There was tons of memorabilia like the first Australian cent. The mint also had one of the best gift shops out of all the activities.

Day 4

On the fourth and final day of activities, we had a packed agenda. In the morning, we went to the National Arboretum, which is where many endangered tree species are, to do a scavenger hunt. After this we went to one of Australia’s most loved science centres, Questacon. After an absolutely amazing experience with lightning strikes, earthquake simulators and the 10 metre drop, we went for a 1 hour bike ride around the ACT’s manmade lake, Lake Burley Griffin. When we finished the bike ride, we went to our final destination of the day and that place was the AIS. At the Australian Institute of Sport, we saw olympians training, 7 foot tall volleyballers, and an interactive sports centre with basketball half court, rowing simulators, a penalty kicking game and a pull up contest.

After getting back to camp, we spent time watching the footy with our friends before we returned to Melbourne in the morning.

INTERSCHOOL SPORTS FINALS RESULTS

St Peter’s and other schools in the area participated in the Interschool Finals on Thursday, 28th of March. All of the students did so well. Check  out our results below:

We would like to thank Mr Cavarra and all the teachers who helped organise the sports.

By Tom Kearney & Stratos Trantalis

REGIONAL SWIMMING CHAMPIONSHIPS

Congratulations to Arthur Yudhistira (5PC) who represented St. Peter's at the Regional Swimming Championships and came 2nd Place. An Amazig effort.

Well done Arthur!!

BUCKET FILLER - TERM 1 WEEK 8

STAR AWARDS - TERM 1 WEEK 8

FOUNDATION - YEAR 2 - For Outstanding TEAMWORK! For Working Cooperatively With Others!!

Elsie Romano, Grayson Giggins - FHK /  Mollie Reaper, Charlie White - FMM /  Louie Smith, Luna Suleyman - FEL /  Samuel Divall, Tristan Perera, Emily Nguyen - FMB

Caitriona Bloomfield, Jonathan Haritonas - 1BG /  Oscar Senecal,  Amélie Lock - 1MS /  Maansi Khriste, Henry Woolley - 1MH /  Ashton Trathen, Hayley Stephens - 1RE

Aston Mai, Flynn Siegert - 2PG /  Nathaniel Chen, Dante Crea - 2RN /  Hugo Natera, Milla Hornum - 2AM /  Emily Kenny - 2SS 

YEAR 3 & YEAR 4 - For Showing Excellent TEAMWORK When Working On Group Projects!

Rafael Racelis, Mikaela Achilleos - 3ES / Eve Woolley, Anthony Caminiti - 3GJ /  Ariana Catania, Steele Hall - 3AM /  Armi De Vera, Kyal Davis - 3MS

Mya Lee, Adelaide Baker - 4MK /  Alison Voulelis, Isabella Zhang - 4MM /  Elena Simonetta, Cian McGivney - 4OG /  Isabel Bonnici, Xavier Phillips - 4MH 

YEAR 5 & YEAR 6 - For Working Cooperatively During Group Tasks and Showing Outstanding TEAMWORK!!

Chase Hutcheson-Barth, Tomas Mamic - 5MH /  Louise Martinez, Luka Mijajlovic - 5HG /  Sophie Ferwerda, Marcel Michaels - 5AC / Amelie Francois, Liberty Paul-McKeown - 5PC

Zander Engelbrecht, Thomas Murphy, Ari Kalinowski - 6SH /  James Ivancic - 6BG /  Chloe McDowall, Lincoln Papasavvas - 6LM / Peter Pantelidis, Charlotte Bate - 6LD