REMEMBRANCE DAY - 11th NOVEMBER

Remebrance Day Merchandise will be available to purchase at the school from Wednesday, 2nd November. Poppies and other items are available for $2, $4, $5 & $10

We thank you for your support of this day.

UPCOMING EVENTS

Week 4

Tuesday, 25th October -  Foundation - Year 2 Swimming Program / Kelly Sports - 3.30pm - 5.00pm

Wednesday, 26th October - Foundation - Year 2 Swimming Program / St.Peter's School Musical - 7.30pm - 9.30pm

Thursday, 27th October - Foundation - Year 2 Swimming Program / Year 3 Excursion to ACMI / St.Peter's School Musical - 7.30pm - 9.30pm

Friday, 28th October - Last Day for Foundation - Year 2 Swimming Program 

Week 5

Monday, 31st October - OPTIONAL DAY FOR STUDENTS

Tuesday, 1st November - MELBOURNE CUP PUBLIC HOLIDAY

Wednesday, 2nd November - 

Thursday, 3rd November -

Friday, 4th November - 

Week 6

Monday, 7th November - NEWSLETTER / Foundation 2023 Transition Sessions / School Advisory Council Meeting - 7.00pm - 9.00pm

BUCKET FILLER - TERM 4 WEEK 2

STAR AWARDS - TERM 4 WEEK 2 - RESPECT

JUNIOR SCHOOL - For Being a Respectful, Helpful and Hard-Working Classmate!!

Hugo Natera, Sara Bellucci - FDM / Eli Buick, Zoe Georgiades - FSH / Nathaniel Chen, Harrison Haralambous - FMR / Charlie England, Patrick Barry - FSS

Aiden Acero, Mikaela Achilleos, Charlotte Westlow - 1CO / Alexia Vlassopoulos, Sienna Nguyen - 1BC / Theo Kannavos - 1BP / Miela Johal, Rhiannon Yudhistira - 1GP 

Zac Alessi, Chloe Taranto - 2RN / Adelaide Baker, Costa Mihelis - 2GP / Jack Griffin, Archie Bateman - 2AC / Scarlett McCracken, Olivia Trojak Nyamuka - 2OG

MIDDLE SCHOOL - For Showing RESPECT Towards Others by Interacting Cooperatively Both In and Out Of The Classroom; As Well As Using Appropriate Language and Voice When Speaking  to Others!!

Oliver Benvenuto, Sophie Ferwerda, Annabelle Purcell - 3IK / Anushree Karandikar, Lachlan Webb - 3GL / Paige Rayner, Aarav Kurien, Harper Westlow - 3EM

Sophia Pinto, Ambrose Meyer - 4MM / Mason Stephen, Lily Swart - 4MK / Sophia Batikas, Hunter Yeung, Ethan Hendrie - 4KG / Rochelle Brown, Micah Biviano - 4RB 

SENIOR SCHOOL - For Showing Self-RESPECT by Accepting Responsibilities, Making Good Decisions and Demonstrating Self-Control!!

Olivia Gorski, Maddie McDowall, Holly Pelc - 5GR / Jack Cannington, Chami Newton - 5BR / Costa Xenos, Sienna Flavian - 5PH

Laurence Bloomfield, James Caltabiano - 6KM / Imogen Bracken, Jonathan Perera - 6MH / Millie Lane, Lucy Bondesan - 6SH

Congratulations to the Class Winners of our Walk/Ride2School Day & Glen Eira City Council ACTIVE SCHOOLS GO FOR GOLD DAY on Friday, 21st October.

JUNIOR SCHOOL - 2OG

SENIOR SCHOOL - 5PH & 5GR

Our next Walk/Ride2School Day will be on Tuesday,15th November.

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.

Last week the whole school had St John Ambulance trainers visit their class to conduct their First Aid in Schools Program. The students learnt many important life saving skills and are to be commended on the fantastic way in which they participated. See write ups  and photos below:

Last week the WHOLE school  had an amazing opportunity to learn how to save someone's life with a First Aid In School Activity. We had a great time and we learned a lot of things. We learned how to resuscitate a person and how to help them when they are choking and not responding. We learned how to do CPR which means Cardiopulmonary Resuscitation.

It was full of laughter and our instructor’s name was Sam and we had to learn how to resuscitate Uncle Fred. It was good because it taught us a lot, but also let us have a memorable time. We thank the school for letting us do this amazing activity and we had great fun!

By Will H and Josh C 6SH

On the 10th of October the Foundation through to Year 6 students took part in the First Aid for Schools Program presented by St Johns Ambulance.

We learned the basic skills for First Aid like the Recovery position. We also did CPR on Uncle Frank, the dummy, where we all got  involved and we learned the DRS ABCD-  

D:Danger

R:Response

S:Send

A:Airway

B:Breathing

C:CPR

D:Defibrillation

They had games for kids to learn about how to be safe and first aid.

We all learned a bit about First Aid. 

By Sam & Georgie 6SH

Visit:St Johns First Aid Training

On Friday, 14th October St. Peter's held the Grandparents/Special Visitors Mass & Morning Tea. After a 2 year break due to Covid we had an amazing turnout of Grandparents/Special Visitors come to Mass and visit their child/children's classroom.

The children loved showing their visitors their classroom and doing activities with them.

A very big thank you to the P & F and St. Peter's Staff for all their work ensuring that the morning was such a great success.

On Friday, 14th October we had Grandparents / Special Visitors Day and most people invited a Special Friend or Grandparents to come and have an exciting day. They had lots of fun filling out an interview and seeing all the work we had been doing throughout the year.

Then they went to the Mass and had lots of fun bonding with their grandkids and special friends. After Mass the grandparents went to morning tea while students went out for snack. All the grandparents and special friends enjoyed meeting people and having a good old chat.

By Eloise 6MH

This term all classes got the opportunity to participate in Peer Support. It was a good experience for all the students because it gave them the chance to improve their leadership skills, and cooperative skills, it also gave them a chance to make more friends.

The Year 5 and 6 students found it fun to introduce activities that you wouldn't usually do in your class. I believe that it was a perfect lesson that everyone enjoyed.

By Lincoln & Joe 6SH

For the past 4 school weeks the Year 5/6 students have been running a Peer Support program for the rest of the school. After undertaking training, our Year 5/6 leaders organised and conducted a series of sessions for the Foundation to Year 4 students.

The leaders did an amazing job running the sessions and the younger students thoroughly enjoyed themselves.

On Friday 14th October, the Foundation, Year 1, Year 2 and Year 3 students boogied down and danced their hearts out at the F-3 School Disco! 

For some, it was the first disco they had been to, for the Year 3s it was the first time since 2019!

All students received a glow band and danced along with DJBJ who played all the hits including Baby Shark, Shake it Off and even the Macarena! Even the teachers got involved. It was a raging success. Thanks to Mr McCarthy, Mr Lane and Parents and Friends for organising a great time. 

Quotes from students who atrended the Disco:

Joseph 3IK: It was really fun, we got glow sticks”

Adam 3IK “It was extraordinary”

Raph 3IK “It was really fun but very loud”

Bianca 2AC “I liked it but it gone for longer” 

Archie 2AC “It could have been shorter”

Nate 3IK “I liked how everyone was hanging out with their friends”

Noah C 3IK “I loved how everyone joined the conga line” 

Asher “I loved how everyone got to catch up with their friends and have a dance”

Leah “You could dance however you liked”

Alex “ I liked how the older siblings looked after their younger brothers and sisters”

Jacob 3IK “The DJ was really good” 

Arthur 3GL “It was double awesome”

Leo 3GL “They definitely used the right songs”

Zak 3GL “It was really fun”

Chloe 3GL “I liked the flashing lights”

Savannah 3GL “The music was nice and loud”

Angelique “It was really exciting”

Juel "It was amazing” 

Stella 2RN "It was really fun and everyone had really cool moves’"

Hamish 2RN " It was really fun, the best part was the glow sticks"

Elizabeth 2RN "It was awesome’"

Mariana 2RN "The disco was really fun because it had great music and we could do our own dance moves’" 

Rhiannon B 1GP “I loved it. I like very loud music”

Zoe 1GP “I loved it”

Mila “I liked the music”

To celebrate the beginning of National Bird Week, the Year 3s were lucky enough to be visited by author Jackie Kerin and pilot, zoologist and bird enthusiast Milly Formby. Jackie and Milly came to share their inspiration for their new book A Shorebird Flying Adventure published by the CSIRO. Together, the two guests shared their stories of birds, specifically migratory shorebirds, that fly around the world.

Milly is travelling around Australia matching the same distance that migratory shorebirds fly, to help raise awareness of some of the most endangered bird species in the world. While Milly is currently up to month 6 of her expedition, the same distance can be completed by migratory shorebirds birds in just 9 days straight!

Milly even showed us how to draw two different types of birds - the Red-necked Stint and the Bar-tailed Godwit.

Jackie kindly gifted the school two other books - Gold (about the gold rush in Australia) and The Amazing Case of Dr Ward to St Peter’s.

Find those books and two copies of A Shorebird Flying Adventure  - all signed copies - in the library.

To find out more about Milly  https://wingthreads.com/

To find out more about Jackie https://www.jackiekerin.com.au/

On Tuesday, the 11th October our school competed in the Division Championships. Everyone tried their hardest and did their best. This included the Year 4s, 5s and 6s competing in Long Jump, Triple Jump and Shot Put field events and the 100m Sprint and Relay Track events.

Luckily, some students in our school have progressed onto the Regional Championships where there are schools from all over Victoria competing and there is even bigger competition. We would also like to thank Mr Cavarra and all the teachers that helped make this possible. 

Written by Willam and Pavlos