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LOCKDOWN UPDATE
Thank you to all our families for their support and patience as we moved into this period of lockdown. Our transition has been smooth and hopefully it is a short interruption to our school year. I would also like to acknowledge and thank members of the school leadership team who worked over the weekend to prepare the activities for families to use, should they wish, for the first three days of this week.
As we plan for the remainder of this week there is uncertainty as to whether the current lockdown will end on Wednesday. With this uncertainty I can advise the following.
- If the period of lockdown is extended we will be ready to move to off site teaching and learning on Thursday.
- Swimming Training Wednesday the 17th of February CANCELLED
- The Reconciliation Family Night for Year 4 families planned for this Thursday the 18th of February has been POSTPONED. The new date is Monday the 1st of March.
- Swimming Training Friday the 19th of February TO BE ADVISED
- The Parents and Friends Family Fun Night planned for Friday the 19th of February has been POSTPONED. A new date will be advised.
- Presentation of Year 3 and Year 4 students at weekend Masses TO BE ADVISED
My next communication with you will be tomorrow afternoon via email.
HAPPY NEW YEAR
Happy New Year to our Chinese and Vietnamese families. I hope you were able to celebrate in some way and that bigger celebrations can be deferred until we move out of lockdown!
WELCOME TO OUR NEW FAMILIES
As we move into Week Four of the 2021 school year I would like to welcome all our new families to the St Peter’s Community. We look forward to a long and fruitful relationship.
YEAR 1 - YEAR 6
Konstas, Elford, Clement (Returning), Thy, Adams, Boothroyd, Johns, Ronchi, Ta, Wicks, Swart
FOUNDATION NEW FAMILIES
Acero, Achilleos, Borray Visbal, Clarke, Codey, Coleman, Coombs, De Blasis, Despotis, De Vera, Figueirado, Giotas, Goutnik, Iacono, Johal, Lawson, Lidstrom, Liu, Lynch, Macken, Malthouse, Mazzeo, Mercuri, Morrison, Moses, Nguyen (Mila), Nguyen (Sienna), O'Leary, Owen, Page, Parisotto, Pavlou-Eyckens, Peluso, Perera, Pollio, Racelis, Reaper, Robinson, Samuel, Singh, Skaliotis, Thompson, Tzimopoulos, Van-Bernadi, Woolley.
SCHOOL FEE STATEMENTS
The move from CEM to MACS has also required us to change our accounting processes. This has resulted in delays in issuing fee statements that are out of our control. We have been advised that we will be able to issue statements at the end of February. I apologise for this delay.
PUPIL FREE DATES, PARENT TEACHER INTERVIEW DATES AND
END OF TERM FINISHING TIMES
We will be finishing at 1:40pm for Parent Teacher interviews on
Tuesday, 30th March and
Thursday, 16th September
We will finish at 2:30pm on the last days of
Term One - Thursday, 1st April
Term Two - Friday, 25th June
Term Three - Friday, 17th of September
OSHClub will be in operation from these times on these days.
We will finish for the year at 3:25pm on Tuesday, 14th December
Our Pupil Free Days will be
Monday, 19th of April
Monday, 9th of August
Monday, 1st of November
Friday, 3rd of December
There will be no school for students on these days.
OSHClub will be in operation for full day programs on these days.
RUNNING CLUB
Children who wish to exercise before the school day starts have the opportunity to run or walk laps of the Casey area before school on the days they wear their sport uniform. The area is supervised from the time gates open at 8:30am to when the bell goes at 8:45am.
COVERING LIBRARY BOOKS VOLUNTEERS
We are looking for assistance in covering new books for our library. This is a job that can be completed at home once you have been shown the process we use. We will provide all materials required. You can choose to cover as many books as you have the time for. It may be a job that parents could take on who want to help at school but are not available during the day. If you are interested please email Karen Young in our library kyoung@spbentleigheast.catholic.edu.au
SCHOOL CLOSURE
Our school closure for Term Two will be the first day of term Monday, 19th April. There will be no school for students on this day. OSHC will be providing their service for the whole day.
CLASS REPS INFORMATION
Another big THANK YOU to all our parents who have taken up the opportunity to be a Classroom Representative for their child’s class this year, we have had some success in organising reps. However, we are still looking for volunteers from the following classes:
2AC, 4MM, 4MK, 5PH, 5GH, 6FG
If this is something you feel you may be interested in, please email Monica Ryan (mryan@spbentleigheast.catholic.edu.au). Remember, you don’t have to do it by yourself! Many classes have two reps which share the role and responsibilities.
Please find below the updated list of St Peter's parent representatives for your reference:
Foundation Classes:
FMR: Mel Dayton (meldayton@live.com.au) and Belinda Pantelidis (belindapantelidis@live.com.au)
FHP: Jade Recupero (jade.recupero@gmail.com) and Janine Wain (harperjanine@hotmail.com)
FLK: Maria Ierino (maria.ierino@gmail.com) and Rosa Caminiti (rosa_sansalone@yahoo.com.au)
FSS: Kate Nugara (katenugara@hotmail.com) and Rebecca Clarke (rebecca.clarke@live.com)
Year One:
1GD: Eliza Walker (elizaw@carmanskitchen.com.au) and Sally Chatzikyriazis (sappyk77@hotmail.com)
1CO: Anna Mihelis (anna-toutoglou@hotmail.com) and Michelle Mavriopoulos (michelle.mav82@gmail.com)
1BR: Sarah White (sarahkatew@hotmail.com) and Felicity Gallagher (lunghusenf@gmail.com)
Year Two:
2AC: No Class Rep yet
2GS: Sharon Devon (sharon@vigorella.com.au)
2GM: Tammie Siegert (tammiesiegert@gmail.com) and Dianne Rayner (drayner27@tpg.com.au)
Year Three:
3MR: Sharon Terkelsen sharon_terkelsen@hotmail.com
3IK: Mel Dayton (meldayton@live.com.au) and Vicki Giggins (vickigiggins@hotmail.com)
3OG: Corrie Camfield (corriecamfield@gmail.com)
3GJ: Ash Zhang (ashleighzhang07@gmail.com) and Shannell Wood-Bradley (shanell1979@hotmail.com)
Year Four:
4JK: Angie Leontaritis (angieleon.tn@gmail.com)
4MM: No class rep yet
4MK: No class rep yet
Year Five:
5PH: No class rep yet
5GH: No class rep yet
5RD: Jade Recupero (jade.recupero@gmail.com) and Janine Wain (harperjanine@hotmail.com)
Year Six:
6SH: Katrina Chapman (chappys@netspace.net.au)
6MH: Sharon Devon (sharon@vigorella.com.au)
6KM: Maree Deeth (mareedeeth@gmail.com)
6FG: No class rep yet
INSTAGRAM ACCOUNTS
This year we will continue to use Instagram to communicate with our parent community.
Our school instagram account handle is: @stpeterseastbentleigh
Please be aware that we are only allowing parents with students currently attending St Peter's the opportunity to follow us. This allows us to keep any photos shared solely within our parent community. No follow requests will be accepted until the identity of the parent/child is confirmed.
If you have any queries please email our Community Leader, Monica Ryan, (mryan@spbentleigheast.catholic.edu.au)
STUDENT WELLBEING NEWS
HERO WEEK
The week beginning Monday, 1st February was Hero Week. We got to learn tonnes of new things about different local heroes. Also thanks to Mick and Sam we got to learn about all different types of Police Officers. They told us about other things like catching robbers and Mick showed us all his gear. It was so cool! Also our juniors got to see awesome paramedics. The sirens were so loud! We also got to learn about Indigenous Heroes using Virtual Reality. It was so much fun and it felt like all the Dream Time stories were coming to life!
By Ashlyn and Siara 4MK
Dressing Up as Local Heroes
1CO’s Local Heroes
Congratulations to the Winners of the Walk/Ride2School Day last Thursday:
Prep to Year 2 - FSS
Year 3 to Year 6 - 5GH & 6MH
Our next Walk/Ride2 School Day for the year will be on Tuesday, 2nd March so make sure that you Walk/Ride/Scooter to school either all the way or part of the way. Year 6's will be there to clip your Walk/Ride2 School Cards. If you need a new card please see Trish in the Office and don't forget to bring your completed cards to the office for a prize draw at the end of the year.
UPCOMING EVENTS
Tuesday, 16th February - Shrove Tuesday
Wednesday, 17th February - Ash Wednesday
SCHOOL PHOTOS & SIBLING PHOTOS 2021
The Sibling photos will be taken on Friday, 26th February and the Class Photos and Student Individual photos will be taken on Monday, 1st March.
ORDERS MUST BE DONE ONLINE
PLEASE GO TO THE ELITE SCHOOL PHOTOGRAPHY WEBSITE TO ORDER.
https://www.eliteschoolphotography.com.au/
LOG IN CODE - ESP202515
Further information: donboscoretreats.org.au
Online registrations essential as Covid number limits apply
SALESIAN COLLEGE NEWS
CATHOLIC SCHOOLS GUIDE 2021
The Catholic Schools Guide 2021 will be distributed to all Year 5 Students this week.
If any parents from other Year Levels would like a copy we have a limited number available at the School Office.