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- YEAR 6 EXCURSION TO THE BIG ISSUE
- YEAR 6 EXCURSION TO MCG
- FOUNDATION - FIRE RESCUE VICTORIA VISIT
- YEAR 5 LONG WALK TO WATER
- WRITE A BOOK IN A DAY - ST PETER'S WORD WARRIORS
- ST VINCENT DE PAUL GOOD NEIGHBOUR APPEAL
- SUSTAINABILITY NEWS
- SACRAMENTS
- P & F NEWS
- SCHOLASTIC BOOK CLUB - ISSUE 7
- ST. PETER'S OSHCLUB NEWSLETTER
- PARISH NEWS
- ST. PAUL'S PRIMARY SCHOOL FETE
- SECONDARY SCHOOLS
- KIDS ON KEY INSTRUMENTAL MUSIC PROGRAM
- ST. PETER'S COMMUNITY NEWS
OPTIONAL SCHOOL DAY - Monday, 31st October
The Monday before the Melbourne Cup Public Holiday will be an Optional Day for students this year. With other professional learning commitments for staff during the year we are not able to take this day as a Pupil Free Day this year.
For this reason St Peter’s will be open on this day but school will be optional for students. Students who attend on this day will wear school uniform and depending on the numbers present be grouped in levels to complete school work for the day.
The first stage in our planning for this day is to determine how many students will be at school. To do this I ask you to complete the Operoo Form that will be shared with you today. In this form I am asking you to indicate whether your child/children will or will not be at school on this day. Alternatively you will be keeping your child at home. OSHC will not be open for before or after school if you do send your child to school.
If you have any queries regarding this day please email me at feedback@spbentleigheast.catholic.edu.au
GRANDPARENTS / SPECIAL FRIENDS MASS AND MORNING TEA
We are excited to welcome our very special visitors into our school to spend time with their Grandchildren or special friends this Friday, 14th of October. We have based all numbers on the information families provided via Operoo before the event originally planned for the 5th of August.
- 9.00am - 9.40am - Grandparents and Special Friends can spend time in the classroom and collect children for Mass.
- 9:40am: Everyone heads to St Peter’s church for Mass.
- 10.00am – 11.00am – Mass
- 11.00am – 11.40am – Morning Tea in School Hall. Students will go outside for recess. Grandparents and Special Friends will be asked to stay in the Hall and not enter the yard during recess.
- 11.40am - 12.20pm - Grandparents and Special Friends can visit classrooms.
- 12:20pm Students return to normal classes
The front car park will be open between 8:30am and 12:30pm. Masks are not compulsory but are recommended if there are any underlying health issues.
Thank you to everyone bringing a plate on Friday. This can be dropped off in the hall and can you please have it ready to serve as we are limited with preparation space.
SCHOOL UNIFORM
As of Monday, 17th October all students should be in full Summer Uniform including hats.
DISCO - FOUNDATION TO YEAR 3
Our Parents and Friends have organised a Disco event for our Foundation, Year One, Year Two and Year Three students. No Payment or RSVP required.
WORKING BEE
Andrea Crough, our Sustainability Leader, has organised a Working Bee for this Friday, 14th of October between 4:00pm and 6:30pm. If you are able to assist or require more information please email acrough@spbentleigheast.catholic.edu.au If you are dropping your child at the disco you might be able to help out for the hour that they are dancing!
PARISH EVENT - Gen Bryant and Her Team
If you have ever attended a school Mass with our amazing Drew Lane playing and singing you know what a difference powerful music makes. Drew has told me that “Gen Bryant is a vibrant, exciting and consummate singer-songwriter whose songs are contemporary and faith-filled. She appeals to all ages and speaks from the heart: to see her live in concert is a positive and affirming experience.”
These links will give you an insight into what you can expect if you attend this evening being organised by the Holy Trinity Parish.
Revive Our Hearts - GEN BRYANT & J.SANO
Send Us Out - Gen Bryant (Lyric Video)
I will definitely be attending and look forward to seeing St Peter’s families there.
PARENTS AND FRIENDS THANKYOU
I want to share my sincere appreciation for all the work that our Parents and Friends group are undertaking. There is a great deal occurring and their work benefits our students and community in so many ways. The upcoming Grandparents Mass and Morning Tea has a wonderful team of staff and parents with incredible support from so many families working together to bring this celebration back to St Peter’s. It is a highlight on our Calendar and has been badly missed. On the same night we have the Disco for our Foundation to Year Three students.
I also want to thank our Parents and Friends for approving funding to purchase a number of resources for use by our students.
- New Cubby for Foundation Playground - $2,500
- One new Indigenous Mat for Library - $550
- Five new Indigenous stools for Library - $400
- 6 New Spike Ball Games for use by students at recess, lunch - $1019
THe next Parents and Friends meeting is at 7:00pm on Monday, 17th October in the classroom next to the office. All parents are welcome.
SOLAR INSTALLATION
Throughout this year Andrea Crough, our Sustainability Leader, has continued her amazing work with our students on a number of projects that educate, and impact positively on our environment.
As part of this incredible work and in line with Pope Francis’ encyclical Laudato Si and our school Master Plan we have made a significant investment of nearly $100,000 in Solar Panels to reduce our dependence on purchased electricity. The installation of these panels on the roof of the library and the hall began today and will continue over the next fortnight.
In upcoming newsletters we will share with you what impact this has had on our electricity use.
RESILIENT KIDS CONFERENCE
Thank you to the families who either attended the Resilient Kids Conference online or in person on the weekend. A recording of the session will be made available to all families who registered in the next few days.
As the event was all online last year due to covid , it’s been really great to see her artwork hanging in a gallery.
The piece below, ‘The Eye’, can be seen in the Glen Eira Town Hall Gallery until the end of October.
UPCOMING EVENTS
Week 2
Tuesday, 11th October - Foundation 2023 Interviews / BEACHSIDE DIVISION ATHLETICS - Selected Students
Wednesday, 12th October - WHOLE YEAR 6 GROUP PHOTO - 9.00am / Foundation 2023 Interviews
Thursday, 13th October - Foundation 2023 Interviews
Friday, 14th October - Grandparents/ Special Friend Mass & Morning Tea - 9.00am - 12.30pm / Working Bee - 4.00pm - 7.00pm / Foundation to Year 3 Disco - 5.30pm - 6.30pm
Week 3
Monday, 17th October - Foundation 2023 Interviews / P & F Meeting - 7.00pm
Tuesday, 18th October - Foundation - Year 2 Swimming Program Begins / Foundation 2023 Interviews
Wednesday, 19th October - Foundation - Year 2 Swimming Program
Thursday, 20th October - Foundation - Year 2 Swimming Program / Foundation 2023 Parent Information Evening - 7.00pm - 8.30pm
Friday, 21st October - Foundation - Year 2 Swimming Program / Glen Eira Council Active Schools Go For Gold Day
Week 4
Monday, 24th October - NEWSLETTER
BUCKET FILLER - TERM 3 WEEK 10
STAR AWARDS - TERM 3 WEEK 10 - KINDNESS
JUNIOR SCHOOL - For Treating Their Friends With KINDNESS and Compassion!!
Caydence Francis, Stamati Tsatsaronis - FDM / Luka Sarkis, Jude Trenfield - FSH / Elena Raios, Jack Archer - FMR / Billy Cleary, Will Van Eeden - FSS
Aiden Acero, Ariana Catania, Georgia Hoang - 1CO / Liam Bam - 1BC / Jack Beare, Georgie Moloney, Ayla Barazi - 1BP / Rhiannon Brown, Hugo Pavlou-Eyckens - 1GP
Stella Kalinowski, Alex England - 2RN / Caitlin Pickering, Natalia Nigro - 2GP / Annalise Baratta, Georgie Wan - 2AC / Eloise Stephens, Oliver Walker - 2OG
MIDDLE SCHOOL - For Asking How Their Friends Are and Treating Them With KINDNESS!!
Jacob Dias, Louise Martinez, Asher D'Souza - 3IK / Will Shelton, Dominic Drummond - 3GL / Alice Liem, Jobe Wilson - 3EM
Thomas Murphy, Kaitlyn Nguyen - 4MM / Tom Kearney, Chloe McDowall - 4MK / Jack Logan, Aryan Prathish Menon - 4KG / Olivia Bonnici, Lulu Bloomfield - 4RB
SENIOR SCHOOL - For Accepting Their Friends For Who They Are and Showing KINDNESS Towards Them!!
Sienna Penrose, Ashlyn Burke - 5GR / Paul Mavroudis, Lucas Grant - 5BR / Sid Noble - 5PH
Marley Silver, Stephanie Nikias - 6KM / Aaron Perera, Flo Kimball - 6MH / Abbi Cannestra, Joshua Clement - 6SH
Congratulations to the Class Winners of our Walk/Ride2School Day on Friday, 16th September
JUNIOR SCHOOL - FDM / 2AC / 2RN
SENIOR SCHOOL - 6SH
Our next Walk/Ride2School Day will be on Friday, 21st October which is also the Glen Eira Council ACTIVE SCHOOLS GO FOR GOLD DAY!!
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.
St. Peter's is participating in the Glen Eira City Council Active Schools Program this term. See below for more information.
MAJOR SCHOOL MUSICAL - “THE ANONYMOUS YOUTH”
On October 26th and 27th, a cast of 45 students will hit the stage to present a brand new musical called The Anonymous Youth. It’s the first time since 2018 that St Peter’s has presented the school musical, and everyone is so excited to get on stage!
The Anonymous Youth is about the stories that every child has, all centered around the one key question: Who are you?
With 15 brand new songs, The Anonymous Youth is full of singing, dancing, humour and some moments that might bring a tear to your eye!
The show is open to everyone in and outside the school, so be sure to book your tickets fast! It’s perfect for all ages and is a great family show.
- Shows: October 26 and 27, 2022, 7.30pm
- Cost: Adults $10, Concession $5, Primary School Children: Free!
Bookings: Go to www.trybooking.com, click on “Buy Tickets” and search for “The Anonymous Youth”
On Tuesday the 13th of September all the Year 6’s went on an excursion to the city. In the morning we all met up at Bentleigh Station. We then caught a train to Flinders Street Station. We walked straight to the Big Issue on Collins Street. We learnt about the Big Issue. Then there was a speaker who talked about his life and his struggles. It was very interesting and inspiring.
We also went to ACMI which is an exhibition that showed the evolution of Television, Cinema and Film. There were lots of costumes from famous movies like Thor Love and Thunder, Murial’s Wedding and Mad Max.
At lunchtime we went to Birrarung Marr and ate our lunch. After that, we went for our city walk. On our city walk we saw many cool attractions including walking through Hosier Lane. We took many photos and our favourite one was the one in front of Culture Kings.
By Pavlos, Annabel & Tara 6MH
Last Tuesday all the Year 6 students attended an excursion full of excitement to the MCG! The excitement grew as we got closer and finally arrived. We split ourselves up into 4 groups ready to learn and our 4 groups went with 4 different tour guides.
Graham was our tour guide for the day and he showed us around some interesting parts of the MCG including the grounds, the media room, the change rooms and many more astonishing and unique places. After that Georgia and I walked around the museum with a couple of friends and saw some interesting sights.
It was then time to meet the Olympian and we were guessing who it could be and when we walked through the room we found out it was Carrie Smith. Carrie Smith told us about her journey and how she became an Olympian. Eloise and I found her journey quite amazing, she has definitely inspired a fair few of us.
After the amazing talk with Carrie we walked over to the game room which was quite fun! We used sweatbands with codes to save our progress and show our parents when we got home.
Thanks for the amazing day teachers! We are so thankful.
By Georgia & Eloise 6MH
On Tuesday, 4th of October all of the Year 6 students went on an excursion to the MCG. We learnt about so many cricket and afl historic moments. We walked around the stands, the change rooms and some lucky people got to sit in the press room chairs and pretend to be coaches. The tour guides were informative and told us about different players and records set at the G.
After our tour around the MCG we were taken to a room to listen to an Olympic sailor named Carrie Smith. Carrie talked to us about her journey to the 2016 Rio Olympics and her sailing career. She told us about the people she met and the benefits of being an olympian. We learned a lot about how much training goes into being a professional athlete. Carrie was incredibly kind and we thank her for giving up her time for us.
Then we went to the Sport Museum. There were so many interesting facts about cricket, athletics and AFL history. As we walked around we watched mini documentaries about one of the best cricket players in history, Shane Warne and 3x AFL Premiership player Bachar Houli. There were interactive exhibits and heaps of information.
Now to one of the best parts of our day, GAME ON! There were so many interactive games to play like cricket, rock climbing, AFL, basketball and many more. When we arrived at GAME ON we were given a green and yellow sweatband which we used to register our scores to their website.
Overall we had an amazing day at the MCG and we would like to say a massive thank you to all the teachers and parents that came along with us.
By Jesse D and Xavier B
On Thursday, 6th October all the Year 5 Students headed down to Centenary Park to participate in a 2 Hour Long Walk to Water to raise money for South Sudan.
Comments from students on the walk:
WABIAD 2022
September 15th was the day to await. We got to school extra early to represent St. Peter’s in the Write a Book in a Day competition, testing our writing skills to the best of our ability! We were one of 1565 teams competing for the prize. At the end of the day, we were doing this for Kids Cancer Research, that was the whole reason we volunteered! As a group, St. Peter’s raised $875 of $793,050 worth of total donations.
First thing in the morning, our team sat down and discussed the parameters. They were all over the place! These were; a chef, a plumber and a penguin. It was set in a maze and the objective was a failed test. We also had to include 5 words in our story. These words were delight, fresh, community, tiptoe and bruised.
We then all had time to individually brainstorm. We had 2 minutes and then we all shared our best ideas. After going over them, we put them all together and ended up with the most extravagant yet just plain weird story.
Everyone was extremely tired by the end of the long day, as we submitted our completed book by 7:50pm. Excitement ran through our veins, as those spare 10 minutes were all we needed. To be honest, it was shocking that 10 students could somehow write, illustrate and publish an entire book in a limit of 12 hours.
The entire book is in the hands of the judges, results awaiting. As November gets closer and closer, so does the chance that we, the Word Warriors could be the winners!
Every team member contributed as well as the assistance of teachers.
George, Alice and Fred - 6SH
As part of the Year 5 Inquiry subject ‘Care for Kids’, the Year 5 students set an audacious goal to double the amount of food and toiletries collected for St Vincent De Paul.
Through class presentations and the awarding of red hearts, the collection built momentum. After roughly 2 weeks of collecting and counting, the school managed to collect over two thousand five hundred items.!
The students and the rest of the school were truly amazed by this achievement, and to make it even better, all of these items go to families in need. The families who are receiving the items are going to enjoy their Christmas. We would like to thank the teachers, parents and most importantly, the students for helping achieve our goal.
Kye and Ben from 5PH
WORKING BEE - 14th OCTOBER
It's that time of year again - we are seeking helpers for our Term 4 Working Bee!
This will take place on Friday, 14th of October from 4.00pm - 6:30pm (Yes, while the Foundation - Year 3 Disco is on).
During the Working Bee we will be dismantling temporary fences, moving rubbish to the skip, gardening and weeding. If you are able to assist us, please email Andrea Crough (acrough@spbentleigheast.catholic.edu.au) directly so that we have an idea of how many helpers we will have on hand.
If you are planning to help out please bring the following items where possible:
- Wheelbarrow
- Shovels
- Secateurs
- Small garden shovels
We thank you in advance for your assistance and hope to see many of you there!
- Thanks to all of our volunteers for the Grandparents / Special Friends Morning Tea on Friday, 14th October. We look forward to seeing you on Friday morning.
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Foundation to Year 3 Disco - This Friday, 14th October 5.30pm to 6.30pm in the School Hall for Foundation, Year One, Year Two and Year Three students. This is a free event, no RSVP necessary. We look forward to seeing many of our youngest dancers enjoying themselves this Friday evening!
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Mango Drive - Orders close 5pm Friday, 14th October - There's still time to get your orders in via Flexischools.
- Christmas Cards will be ready for collection from school in November.
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Dear Parishioners,
For the first time, Holy Trinity Parish is participating in the Combined Catholic Parishes Raffle. This is a major fundraising opportunity. Tickets are just $2, and every ticket sold generates $1.50 for Holy Trinity Parish.
The raffle will run from Sept 16th to Nov 2nd drawn on Dec 3rd, 2022. The Grand Prize will be a $19,500-drive-away Kia Picanto S Auto, with many good consolation prizes. There are 10 raffle tickets in each book; books sell @ $20, tickets are only $2.
To order your raffle book, please visit the parish website here to select pick up location preference.
Prizes:- 1st Prize: $19,500 Drive away Kia Picanto S Auto. 1.4 ltr Auto, Wireless Apple Car Play & Android, rear parking sensors, 7 Year unlimited km warranty, cruise control and reverse Camera. 2nd Prize: Gift Card to the value of $5,000 3rd Prize: Gift Card to the value of $2,000 4th Prize: Gift Card to the value of $1,000 5th Prize: Gift Card to the value of @ $500 each 6th Prize: Gift Card to the value of @ $500 each We plan to have raffle books & tickets available for purchase before and after Mass from church foyers commencing this weekend 17th & 18th September until 28th October.
Helpers needed: Volunteers needed for 20 minutes before and after Mass to sell and collect raffle stubs commencing next weekend. This will be on a roster basis. Training will be provided. If you can help, please give Anabel a call 9579 4255 or visit the Admin Centre.
Thank you for your participation and wonderful support to help make this Combined Catholic Parishes Raffle a big success for 2022.
God bless and stay safe
Holy Trinity Parish
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St. Paul's Primary School Fete
Sunday 23 October, 9am-3pm
122 Jasper Road, Bentleigh
Free entry
It's back! We are so excited to extend an invitation to your school community to the return of the St. Paul's Primary School Fete on Sunday 23 October. There is something to delight everyone at this fun-filled community event. Attractions will include carnival rides and games for all ages, a reptile show, laser tag, farm animals, pony and harley rides, showbags, crafts, cakes, food and drink stalls, Devonshire Tea, trash and treasure, face painting and much more!
Plus, with live entertainment, appearances from Spiderman, Peppa Pig and Minions and over $3000 in prizes to be won in our major raffle, this is an event not to be missed!
Pre-purchase your early bird rides and entertainment passes before 15 October here to save: https://www.trybooking.com/
Raffle tickets can be purchased here: https://rafflelink.com.au/
Anna Mihelis 0427 584 849
www.instagram.com/annahairmelb
