St Peter's Bentleigh East eNewsletter

Dear St. Peter’s Parents and Guardians,

I hope you’re all well. We come to the final week of Term 2 in the midst of what has now become a very cold winter.

I’d like to thank all families for your support over the past 5 weeks as I’ve stepped into the ‘Big Chair’ as Acting Principal. I’ve gained some unbelievable insights over the last few weeks into what actually has to go into being a Principal and one of my insights is that it just doesn’t work without supportive people around you. The amount of supportive messages I’ve had from parents and families has been so overwhelming and shows exactly why the St. Peter’s community is stronger than ever, so thank you all. I hope you all have a wonderful and safe holiday break.

Michael Hanney Long Service Leave Extension

Michael has extended his Long Service Leave by an extra week. Michael will now return to St. Peter’s on Monday, 22nd July (Week 2 of Term 3).

Year 3 & 4 Performance - Tuesday, 25th June

Coming up this week we have the Year 3 & 4 performances. These are fantastic nights for our students and a great way to see the different skills that many of our students have. The Year 3 performance begins at 6pm and the Year 4 performance begins at 7pm, both in our School Hall.

School Reports

A letter will come home tomorrow to parents and guardians regarding Semester 1 Reports. These will become available through our online portal (nForma) on Wednesday afternoon. Should you have any questions about reports it’s always best to check in with your child’s classroom teacher first.

Staff

This week we welcome Carole Alexander to the St. Peter’s staff. Carole will be working as a Learning Support Officer in Year 4.

CONGRATULATIONS

As a team member of Kings Park Tennis Club, Eugenie Zhou（4OG）participated in the Moorabbin & District Junior Tennis Competition. Throughout the competition, she played both double and single games, she assisted her team, overcame numerous challenges and ultimately advanced to the finals. On June 22nd, they competed in the grand final and won the championship. This victory brought her great excitement and encouragement. Well Done Eugenie!!

MESSAGE FROM CLARE O'NEIL MP

Invitation: Hotham NDIS Forum

The Hon Clare O’Neil MP, Federal Member for Hotham, invites you to a NDIS Forum with The Hon Bill Shorten MP, Minister for NDIS.

This forum will be for anyone wanting to better understand the NDIS. It will also be an opportunity for Minister Shorten to gain an insight into our community’s concerns, challenges and needs.

Tuesday, 16th July 2024

6pm - 7.30pm (Panel commences 6pm sharp)

Accessible venue: Register here (https://www.clareoneil.com/NDIS) for your free ticket and to be notified of the venue in Hotham closer to the event. Please feel free to contact the Hotham office at 03 9545 6211 or Clare.Oneil.MP@aph.gov.au with any questions or for registration support.

Clare wants to make sure you are heard even if you cannot make the event – so please email Clare.Oneil.MP@aph.gov.au with a question, story or feedback for Minister Shorten and they will collate as an insight into our community's needs.

WEEK 11

Tuesday, 25th June - Kelly Sports - 3.30pm - 4.45pm (For Students Enrolled in the Program) / YEAR 3 PERFORMANCE - 6.00PM / YEAR 4 PERFORMANCE - 7.00PM

Wednesday, 26th June - Year 5 Students Visit to St. Bede's College, Bentleigh East - 9.00am - 1.00pm

Friday, 28th June - End of Term Mass - 10.00am / END OF TERM 2 - STUDENTS FINISH AT 2.30PM

TERM 3

WEEK 1

Monday, 15th July - TERM 3 BEGINS

WEEK 2

Monday, 22nd July - NEWSLETTER

Tuesday, 23rd July - Year 4 First Eucharist Family Workshop - 6.30pm - 7.30pm

Thursday, 25th July - 4MH Visiting Warrawee - 1.50pm - 3.15pm

Friday, 26th July - Grandparents Mass & Morning Tea - 10.00am - 12.30pm

On Friday, 21st June, the whole school celebrated Inspiration Day. It was a wonderful day and we thank everyone for all their effort and participation on this day.

A very big thank you to our SRC members who suggested and came up with some great ideas for this fun day. On this day the Foundation - Year 6 students were invited to dress up as someone who inspires them and they created inspirational art pieces for the Australian Olympic Team. We were very lucky to have some special visitors help celebrate our day; Moorabbin Police officers visited every classroom to say hello and helped answer any questions. We also had the Moorabbin SES visit our school as special guest speakers. Along with an engaging presentation from the SES team they were also able to show the students all the tools and features of their truck.

On Wednesday, 19th June the Year 5s went to ACMI to go see the movie WONDER because we read the book. The Year 5s found out that there are many differences between the movie and the book.

When we went in we were shocked because the movie theatre was huge. Before we started, Vincent the worker gave us a little talk to make us WONDER. The seats were so comfy that half of us almost fell asleep. The movie was fantastic and some of the Year 5s even cried at a couple of scenes. After we watched WONDER, we ate lunch at the playground in Birrarung Marr.Then we all went on a walk along the Yarra river and across two bridges.

We thank all the teachers, ACMI staff, bus drivers and parent helpers for giving the Year 5s an experience they won’t forget.

By Emily Smith & Alexandra Schreurs

Wondering where we went on Wednesday, 19th of June? That’s right we went to ACMI! ACMI was so pretty with the comfiest seats and the biggest screen ever! If you’re wanting to know what happened after and before ACMI, read on!

On Wednesday, 19th June, the Year 5s went to ACMI. The bus ride was for an hour and we travelled to Federation Square, everyone was very excited. Once the bus dropped us off, we started walking to ACMI. It was freezing! We started walking and, surrounding us were so many tall buildings and skyscrapers.

When we reached ACMI, we ate our snack and entered the gigantic building. When we reached the cinema, it was HUGE with so many lights and soft seats. Once all of the children had sat in their seats, a man came and talked about the movie we were going to watch called Wonder.

This Semester, we read the novel and learnt all about the main character, August Pullman. It was a beautiful movie about a boy in 5th grade who does normal things but doesn’t look normal. There were some really sad scenes which made some people cry but we got through it.

After the fantastic movie, we went for a walk along the Yarra River but before that, we enjoyed our lunch and played on the playground. Once we started walking along the river we all noticed that it was very dirty and we only saw a few ducks. We also walked across a few bridges and enjoyed the spectacular view.

Overall, all the Year 5’s had an amazing time and loved the movie even when it was freezing outside. From the book and movie we learned a really important thing to remember that when given the choice between right or kind choose kind.

By Naomi Venkatesh & Ellena Catania 5MH

INTERSCHOOL SPORTS FINALS

On Thursday, 20th June we had Interschool Sports Finals and every team did very well.

In Soccer interschool sports the boys came 2nd and the girls came 1st. The scores were 2-0 and the boys lost 4-1 overall. Everyone tried their best!

In Sof-crosse interschool sports the Mixed A Team came 2nd and Mixed B Team came 3rd. The scores were 4 all and 3-1.

In the AFL interschool sports the mixed team came 4th and their score was 22-81.

Netball interschool sports girls came 2nd and the Mixed A Team came 3rd. The Mixed B Team came 2nd overall. All teams in netball played their hardest.

In Tennis the girls came 4th - 3-9 and the Mixed Team came 4th - 0-12. The 3rd place game for Mixed Team was 3-9 and girls was 3-9.

Mr Cav did such an amazing Job working so hard on all the sports. Thanks to all teachers that helped out for Interschool Sports, we greatly appreciate it!!

Ally and Alexia

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BUCKET FILLER - TERM 2 WEEK 9

SPECIAL MENTION TO

EMILY NGUYEN - FMB

Emily was nominated by many students aross the school for including others in games, showing kindness and always greeting others with a smile!!

MARVELLOUS MANNERS AWARD

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STAR AWARDS - TERM 2 WEEK 9

FOUNDATION - YEAR 2 - For HONESTY! By Being Truthful and Trustworthy!!

Jamie Wan, Lucas Huang - FHK / Harry Taylor, Tommy Kouwiloyan - FMM / Sam McLean, Rafael Francois - FEL / Indie Nougher, Murad Sandhu Sanabria - FMB

Sebastian Salasinski, Ava Haddad - 1BG / Isla Sibley, Archie Quinn - 1MS / Ethan Moses, Arianna McGaw-Werry - 1MH / Antony Korisianos, Jimmy Mavriopoulos - 1RE

Jordan Kaicer, Flynn Siegert - 2PG / Mika Djapri, Rendra Baskoro - 2RN / Jack Archer, Isaac Lutjen - 2AM / Ashlee Low - 2SS

YEAR 3 & YEAR 4 - For Demonstrating HONESTY Through Their Words and Actions No Matter How Hard It Is!!

Hugo Pavlou-Eyckens, Rhiannon Yudhistira - 3ES / Jack Wain, Marley Coombs, Timothy Despotis - 3GJ / Mia De Blasis, Thomas Pantelidis - 3AM / Rhiannon Brown, Hugo Neeson, Mika Wibowo - 3MS

Bianca Archer, Thomas Brady - 4MK / Nicholas Konstas, Hunter White - 4MM / Ayden Boothroyd, Jasmine Li, Jake Taylor - 4OG / Thomas Norsworthy, Jack White, Rodion Prystupa - 4MH

YEAR 5 & YEAR 6 - For Showing HONESTY In All That They Do At St. Peter's!!

Eva Hlavati, Billy Quinnell - 5MH / James Bottomley, Zak Briffa - 5HG / Alexandra Schreurs, Nicholas Mavroudis - 5AC / Ashton Janssens, Arthur Yudhistira - 5PC

Tommy Reilly, Sadie Howe - 6SH / Efthimia Dimitriu - 6BG / Lily Beare, Arianna Valis - 6LM / Isabelle Suttie, Tyler Deeth - 6LD

Congratulations to the Class Winners of our last Walk/Ride To School Day of Term 2 on Friday, 14th June.

Foundation - Year 2 - 2PG

Year 3 - Year 6 - 6LD & 6SH

Our next Walk / Ride to School Day will be in Term 3 on Friday, 9th August.

In the meantime keep Active by Walking, Riding or Scootering to school whenever you can!!

Don't forget to have your cards clipped whenever you walk, ride or scooter to school and return your completed cards to the office to receive a new one.

NEXT P&F MEETING - MONDAY, 29TH JULY - 7PM

We look forward to seeing all our existing and new P&F members at our next meeting on Monday, 29th July at 7pm. Join us for the latest news from our Principal and discussions about our upcoming events. All parents are welcome !

Rebecca and Natasha

P&F Leadership Team

ST PETER'S TRIVIA NIGHT - Saturday, 15th June What a night!

Our Denim and Diamond-themed Trivia Night was an absolute gem of an evening!

A huge thank you to everyone who slipped on their jeans, got decked out in diamonds and joined us on Saturday for some trivia and photo booth fun… and a special shoutout to our sponsor, Melbourne Orthodontic Group (MOG), for their support of our annual Trivia Night over the last 10 years.

A massive thank you to Katrina Dimitriu for organising this wonderful event for our community once again (it was #9 for her). With Efthimia in Year 6, this was the last time that Katrina will lead the trivia night...the P&F will have huge shoes to fill. We sincerely thank Katrina for all her time and effort over the years. It was absolutely fitting that Katrina's table was able to pull off the victory on the night. Thank you once again Katrina!

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SAUSAGE SIZZLE / CASUAL DRESS DAY

Thank you to Sally Chatzikyriazis, Maddy Williams, Michelle Lane and all our wonderful volunteers who helped coordinate, cook and serve the delicious sausage sizzle today.