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MOTHER'S DAY STALL

Congratulations and thank you to our Parents and Friends for their organisation and running of last week’s Mother’s Day Stall. It was greatly appreciated by our students who enjoyed the opportunity of shopping for their mums. 

CAR PARKING ON FLORENCE STREET 

Anyone that uses Florence Street for drop off and pick up knows that the actions of a few are putting students and families in danger. I will be contacting Glen Eira Council and the local police at the end of this week and asking them to attend St Peter’s in the coming weeks. To ensure that you do not end up with a fine for illegal parking or a fine and loss of points for a driving offence please note the following.

• U Turns on Florence street are illegal. There are a number of No U Turn signs in place. Completing a U Turn in Florence Street is against the law and if caught will result in fines and loss of points on your license.
• Parking in the siigned parts of Florence Street is limited to two minutes. It is not intended for cars to be left. The two minutes allows for children to get out of cars safely and head into school. Glen Eira Council does not provide written tickets. They record registrations and send parking tickets in the mail.

If you wish to walk your child into school then you need to park in the front car park or in the side streets off Florence Street. All this is to ensure that everyone stays safe.

PRIVILEGE OF PRINCIPALSHIP

Over the last two weeks I have had the privilege of joining two of our year levels as they ventured off site.

I joined the Year Fives for part of their camp to Portsea and I joined the Year Ones on their excursion into the city to attend the Melbourne Symphony Orchestra performance of Peter and the Wolf.

On both occasions I experienced well planned and organised events that were focused on opportunities for our students. For our Year One students it was their first excursion as school students as 2020 did not allow them to go anywhere. 

On both occasions the students were a credit to their families, to their teachers and to their school. They were well mannered and our Year Fives were particularly impressive in their care for each other and their commitment to ensuring that everyone enjoyed their time away. 

NAPLAN TESTS - St Peter’s approach

This week our Year Three and Year Five students will participate in the Australia wide Naplan tests. Some schools use the Naplan tests as a way of increasing their profile by spending a lot of time in the lead up practicing for the tests and teaching to the tests to ensure higher results.

The approach we take at St Peter’s is to make these tests as low key as possible. We want to know how our day to day teaching is reflected in the results we obtain. It is part of what we do in Term Two rather than a focus of what we do in Term Two. We do provide each student with a juice box and some jelly beans for each test as a way of making it a bit more fun and hopefully less stressful.

By doing this we can use the results to further inform our teaching practices rather than use them for marketing purposes.

ASSEMBLY 30th April

The link below will provide you with a recording of our assembly on the 30th of April.

Assembly April 30 2021.mov

SAVE THE DATE

Friday, 23rd of July - Grandparent / Special Friend Mass, 10am.

ST PETER'S STORYTIME

Foundation 2022 children are invited to St. Petetr's Storytime on Wednesday, 12th May - 2.40pm - 3.15pm and/or Wednesday, 26th May - 2.40pm - 3.15pm.

Please contact the School Office if you would like to attend either or both of the above sessions. 

NEXT COMMUNICATION

Our next newsletter will be Monday, 24th May.

ENROLMENTS FOR FOUNDATION (PREP) 2022

If you know of neighbours or friends who have a child starting school in 2022 please let them know that school tours have been organised for Tuesday, 18th May - 9.15am - 10.15am / Thursday, 20th May - 5.00pm - 6.00pm and Saturday, 29th May 9.00am - 10.00am.

Current families with children already at St Peter’s can access an Enrolment Pack from the School Office.

Please Note: If you have taken an Enrolment Pack for your child starting in 2022 please return the completed Application Form with the required documents to the School Office as soon as possible.

Year 5 Camp Highlights

EDITED by Millie & Ben 

Wow! What an amazing camp we had! Let us tell you a little bit about it! We had lots of fun activities and ate some nice food! We went on a really cool night walk, there was an awesome campfire and we even had a disco! Read more to find out about the amazing Year 5’s trip to Camp Portsea!

Contributing writers: Georgie, Paige, Canny, Georgia

As we got off the bus my jaw dropped as soon as I saw all the activities. The first activity was raft building so we got into our bathers.  When we got there we started to build our raft and then we had to test it. After raft building we got some beach game equipment and we went for a walk along the Portsea cliffs. We got to the beach and we splashed and jumped in the water. Then, we did one of the best activities which was high ropes. We had to climb up some pegs on a pole and then balance on a rope. We also got to climb up a boulder wall. Then we did the giant swing. It was extremely tall, and there were levels you could go up to. Next, we did hut building which was fun. We had to use big logs and sticks and make the hut waterproof. Then the teachers got a bucket of water and threw it on our huts. We all got wet!

Contributing writers: Giulia, Georgie, Annabelle, Fitzy & Mik

On the first day we went on a night walk and had a campfire which was beautiful. We were walking on the beach and it was very quiet.  When we walked for a little while we sat down for five minutes and listened to the nature around us. We also saw a full moon and to everyone's surprise some people saw a shooting star. When we got back, we sat around the big orange campfire and we had marshmallows. We also got into our activities groups and thought of a song to sing, then we sang the songs out loud to everyone.

Contributing writers: Eric, Dejan & James 

On Thursday night after we finished our delicious pasta, we all headed back to our cabins to get ready for… THE DISCO! We were all so excited and ready to dance! We all walked in and started dancing. A lot of great songs came on like Rick Astley’s - Never Gonna Give You Up. We all had a great time and we were all tired afterwards.

Contributing writers: Xavier, Tom, Louis & Keegan

Food! Ahhh, my favourite thing to eat. The food at camp was great, other than those chicken sausages, yuck! On the second night we had pasta. It was really good. The breakfast was pretty good, we had cereal and perfectly toasted toast including various types of toppings. The lunch was good too! We had a hotdog with bread and a side of salad. The food was really good and so filling.

Contributing writers: Ben, Marley, Millie & Gemma

We had the time of our lives at Portsea! The activities were amazing and the toasted marshmallows at the campfire were DELIZIOSO (deep italian accent)! The food was great! The nightwalk was spectacular and the campfire was amazing! But the best thing by far was… THE DISCO! Overall, the camp was amazing! Everyone had fun and really enjoyed it.

Thanks Mr. Mac, thanks teachers…. We are pumped and we are ready, bring on Canberra!

Contributing writers: George & Laurence

On Friday the Year 1 Students went to the city to see Peter and the Wolf. When I went inside I sat on a chair. The chair was soft and the drums were very very loud. The grandpa was funny and I liked it.

On Friday Year 1 went to the city to see Peter and the Wolf. It sounded very good and there were funny puppets. It was loud for my ears. There was a flute.

On Friday, busy Year 1 went to see the show of Peter and the Wolf. Mr. Hanney came with us. On the white bus I sat next to my best friend, here name is Stefania. When we got there...It was amazing!!. I saw the strings, horns, oboe, flute, clarinet, timpani and bassoon. Ha Ha! The puppets were so funny! After that we went to the park. We rolled down the hill, climbed rocks and played on the big playground. I loved everything!

WOW! I saw a timpani, bassoon, oboe, clarinet, horns, strings and flute at the city. I saw the tallest tower in Melbourne. It was GIGANTIC! Year One went to Hamer Hall to see Peter and the Wolf.

Strings were the double bass, violin and cello. The Puppet show was really very FUNNY! I went on the playground. Harrison was rolling down the hill and then he felt sick.

On Friday I went to the city to see Peter and the Wolf. The duck was funny and he got eaten by the wolf. The timpani was LOUD! Then I went to a park and I rolled down the hill and I felt sick. On the way home I sat at the front with Luca. I really liked Peter and the Wolf because I liked the duck.

This is a call out to all the Dads at St. Peter’s to come and be part of an exciting event in the school calendar. For the past 5 years (Not including 2020) St. Peter’s have played a game of footy against the Dads of St. Paul’s which has been called the Battle of the Saints. With fantastic victories in 2017, 2018 and 2019 we are very eager to make it 4 wins in a row. The game is planned for the first weekend in September and it will be played in great spirit with fun for not only the players but for all the families and spectators who come to watch.

In preparation for the game, the dads get together for training on Sunday afternoons at 4:30pm at Centenary Park. The training sessions go for about an hour with the first session commencing on Sunday, 16th of May. This is a great opportunity to get to know a few of the other dads at school and be part of our amazing community. If you are interested in joining the St. Peter's Footy Team please contact

John Camfield - 0408 360 829 or Rod Rizzi - 0424 910 268

PUPIL FREE DATES, PARENT TEACHER INTERVIEW DATES AND

END OF TERM FINISHING TIMES

We will be finishing at 1:50pm for Parent Teacher interviews on 

Thursday, 16th September

We will finish at 2:30pm on the last days of 

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, 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.