St Peter's Bentleigh East eNewsletter

FEAST OF MARY MACKILLOP

Tuesday the 8th of August is the feast day of Australia’s only saint. I had the privilege of being in Rome when Mary of the Cross MacKillop was canonised. I also had the joy of working with many Josephite nuns in my time in education, especially during my time in Gippsland. The messages of Mary MacKillop have as much relevance today as they had during her life. Mass is being held at St Catherine’s at 7:00pm. I will be attending this Mass so if you are there please come and say hello.

FEAST OF THE ASSUMPTION

Our Year Three to Year Six students will be celebrating the Feast of the Assumption by attending 10:00am Mass at St Peter’s on Tuesday, 15th August. Families are invited to join us. The Foundation to Year Two students will celebrate with prayer in their classrooms on the 15th of August.

PRINCIPAL MESSAGE

Principal Message 7th August

PUPIL FREE DAY - STAFF PROFESSIONAL LEARNING

Last Tuesday was the first of the two Pupil Free days this term. The day was spent with all staff as we focussed on three main areas. Kerry McKee, our Literacy leader led us in reviewing the development of our school approach to the teaching of reading. We were able to identify our successes and the areas for further development. Cathy Epstein our Numeracy leader, undertook a similar approach in reviewing our teaching of problem solving and the following of the scope and sequence we developed last year.

I led the final session where we reviewed the impact of our team approach to planning in each year level. I also introduced the research of Professor John Hattie on the impact of collective teacher efficacy. Collective teacher efficacy refers to the collective belief of teachers, at St Peter’s this means all staff, have the expertise to be able to positively impact students’ learning. John identifies collective teacher efficacy as having an extraordinary impact on student achievement. With an effect size of 1.57, collective teacher efficacy has twice the impact of feedback and three times the impact of classroom management.

Over the next months we will continue to explore how we can further develop this and the work of effective teams at St Peter’s.

Our next Pupil Free day will be on Friday, 8th September where we will focus on the teaching of religious education including a session with Fr Elio Capra.

ST PETER'S PARISH

Volunteers Needed

Volunteers (individuals & families) play an important part in the day-to-day operation at St Peter’s, St Paul’s, St Catherine’s communities and the Parish. Every helping hand and heart is welcome to participate in a ministry to fulfil and share a role that will help strengthen the ministry and our parish. Joining a ministry can be very rewarding and just a little of your time can lighten the load.

Great opportunity to share your talents within our parish community! We need immediate assistance with the following ministries. Please prayerfully consider volunteering in one of the following areas. If you are interested in joining any of our teams, for more information please contact the Admin Centre 9579 4255 or email pcholytrinityparish@cam.org.au

Training will be provided. No long-term commitment required.

Our only request is that you join the current roster and help when you can.

Communion to the Sick and Housebound
St Peter’s
Altar Society
Bread Run
Commentators (6.30pm, 8.30am, 10.30am & 5.30pm)
Computer Operator (6.30pm, 8.30am & 10.30am)
Hospitality for wakes (Mon, Thur or Fri)
Lectors (6.30pm, 8.30am, 10.30am & 5.30pm)
Mass Coordinators (6.30pm, 8.30am & 5.30pm)
Sacristans (6.30pm, 8.30am, 10.30am & 5.30pm)
Sunday Cuppa after 8.30am mass & 10.30am mass

Altar Servers Recruitment

Young people who have received their 1st Eucharist are invited to join the

parish Altar Servers.

Altar Servers’ Training Session: Monday, Oct 9th, Time: 4pm—6pm

For current and new Altar Servers

St Peter’s McKenna Centre, Bentleigh East.

For info contact Donrita at pacholytrinityparish@cam.org.au

FOUNDATION ENROLMENTS 2024

Over the next six weeks we will be holding interviews with all families who have accepted the offer made for their child to attend St Peter’s next year. If you know of any families who have not yet enrolled for next year please advise them that there are limited places left.

FIJI BOOK COLLECTION

Thank you to all the families who donated books to the Fiji Book Drive charity. We had a huge response and have been able to donate a couple of hundred books this year. Your pre-loved books will now be boxed up and sent to various under-resourced schools and kindergartens in Fiji, where they will bring joy and inspire a love of reading.

A special thank you to the Camfield Family for picking up the books from school and delivering them to the collection point.

PRINCIPAL CONFERENCE

I will be attending the network Principal Conference in Inverloch this Wednesday, Thursday and Friday. Chris Joplin will be Acting principal in my absence.

NEXT NEWSLETTER

The next Newsletter will be emailed on Monday, 21st August.

SAVE THE DATE

The annual St Peter’s versus St Paul’s Dad’s Football Match will be held on Saturday, 2nd September. It is such a huge event that the AFL have a bye this weekend to ensure no impact on crowds at their games.! Put the date in your diary as St Peter’s attempts to win its 4th game in a row.

We would love to welcome all Dads to come down and join a great bunch of guys for our yearly football match, against St Paul’s Primary.

The event has created a strong rivalry, and has become a great annual tradition for the school communities.

The match is scheduled for the 2nd of September, at Centenary Park.

Training sessions for the match have commenced, and are held each Sunday afternoon at 4.00pm at Centenary Park.

All Dads welcome, and we would love to see you get involved in this extremely fun and family friendly event.

Any inquiries please contact:
John: 0408 360 829
Glenn: 0438 029 210

SACRAMENT OF FIRST EUCHARIST

Congratulations to the following students on celebrating their First Eucharist:

Jacob Dias, Sophie Ferwerda, Jordan Greco, Nate Hall, Ashton Janssens, Ethan Mikhael, Annabelle Purcell, Paige Reneaux, Henryk Sheen, William Shelton, Noah Siegert, Merrick Stasiak, Shania Dawson, Archer Francis, Hudson Oates, Henry Oates, Samuel O'Connor, Angelique Ricaldone, Isabelle Van Eeden, Zak Briffa, Mila Caon, Eva Hlavati, Leonardo Palmer, Lachlan Parr, Billy Quinnell, Jobe Wilson, Archie Agrimi, Aarav Kurien, Joseph McCarthy, Sophia Natera, Alexandra Schreurs, Lucia Taranto.

ST. PETER'S CHRISTMAS CARDS 2023

This year the students of St. Peter's have once again designed Christmas Cards for their families. Thank you to Ciara McLean from the P & F, Michelle Gibson, the teachers and the students for all the work that has gone into organising this.

The cards are on sale from today via Flexischools and are only $12.00 for 12 cards with envelopes. Please place your order by no later than Friday, 1st September to give us enough time to have the cards printed and delivered in time for Christmas. Please note that you will only be purchasing your own children's cards.

They are a wonderful way to send Christmas Wishes to your family and friends.

We thank you for supporting the children in buying their cards!!

Christmas_Card_Orders.pdf

Christmas_Card_Orders _pdf 5.65 MB

WEEK 5

Tuesday, 8th August - Feast Day of Mary MacKillop

Thursday, 10th August - FEDPAS - 4.00pm - 6.00pm

WEEK 6

Tuesday, 15th August - Feast of the Assumption - Year 3 - Year 6 Attending Mass - 10.00am - Families Welcome / Foundation 2024 Interviews Begin

Thursday, 17th August - Foundation 2024 Interviews / FEDPAS - 4.00pm - 6.00pm

WEEK 7

Monday, 21st August - NEWSLETTER / BOOKFAIR / Foundation 2024 Interviews

Tuesday, 22nd August - BOOKFAIR

Wednesday, 23rd August - BOOKFAIR / Foundation 2024 Interviews

Thursday, 24th August - BOOKFAIR / Foundation 2024 Interviews/ FEDPAS - 4.00pm - 6.00pm

Friday, 25th August - BOOKFAIR

Mad 4 Maths Games Day

On Friday, July 21st 8 talented Mathematicians from Year 4, 5 and 6 participated in a Mathematics Games Day at Coatesville Primary School.

The day began in a delicious way with a Guess the number of lollies challenge. Unfortunately we did not win this but we came very close.

This was followed by a Problem solving session where students participated in teams of 4. In the space of an hour the team solved around 25 thought provoking investigations!

After a snack break it was time for some quick Brain Teasers.

Next up was manipulation Tangrams to create pictures.

We then independently participated in 3 strategy games:

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Dao
Honeycomb

Finally we finished with a ‘Guess the Number' by listening carefully to the clues. Amazingly Jack Cannington was able to beat 20 other students to win this! Way to go Jack!

Although we did not win, Jack, Baxter, Paige, Shania, Woun-Hao, Geneva, Oscar and Anushree did an amazing job! Well done Team.

On Wednesday, 26th of July the Year 2s had a Healthy Breakfast to conclude their Healthy Eating Unit.

There were eggs on toast, yoghurt with fruit inside, avocado on toast, cereal and porridge. The children of parents who came to help cook got to have their breakfast first. Some people forgot that they had to wait until everyone had been served before they could have seconds.

All the food was so delicious we all wanted to have more and more. When we were finished we said thank you and goodbye to our parent helpers. It was the best breakfast everyone had ever had!

Lilah and Ethan 2RN

On Friday 28th July, the St Peter's community celebrated Grandparents' and Special Friends Day. The day began with a Mass, focused on the Feast Day of St Joachim and Anne, Mary's parents and Jesus' grandparents. A wonderful morning tea, organised by the amazing Parents and Friends, followed Mass and then the grandparents and special friends visited the classrooms to see what learning is like in 2023.

Thank you to all families for the yummy donations of food for the Morning Tea. If you brought in your donation in a non disposable dish please come into the Office to pick it up.

Thank you.

A big thank you to all the visitors who joined us for the day. Please enjoy the video below featuring our St Peter's students with their grandparents and special friends.

Grandparents / Special Visitors Morning Video

Van De Graaff Generator

On our excursion we learnt about static electricity.

I was lucky enough to get called out to put my hand on the Van de Graaff Generator. The static electricity went through my hand to my hair. My fine hair was sticking up like crazy. It felt a bit weird but I was OK. My hair was sticking up because of the positive charge. The hair did not want to stay together. It wanted to separate because the static electricity was making the hairs repel each other. I’ve got a great video showing what happened!

Zayne 3GG

On Wednesday, the Year 3 students went to TwistEd Science for an excursion where we learnt about forces and participated in experiments.

We participated in the Push Me Pull Me workshop where we learnt about gravity and other forces. My favourite station on the floor was the airplanes because I enjoy making planes.

Something new I tried was being in an upside down room. It was also fun when I played with the bubbles at the bubble station.

My favourite part of the day was visiting TwistEd Science because we got to learn more about science and forces.

Georgie Wan 3EM

On Wednesday 2nd August, the Year 3s went to TwistED Science for an excursion.

We went there because we are learning about forces and to experiment with how they work.

My favourite activity on the Explore Floor was the Illusion Room. I liked it because it was upside down and when you took a photo it looked like you were on the roof!

We then went to the Workshop. In the workshop I learnt that static electricity is what makes your hair stand up! My favourite part of the workshop was when Vinny the Van de Graaff Generator made little bolts of lightning and made Thomas's hair stand up!

We went on this excursion to learn more about Push and Pull forces and Gravity. The excursion to TwistED Science was so cool and fun, I loved it.

Elizabeth Goes 3AM

Last Thursday, the Year Sixes had the amazing experience of meeting one of Australia's most famous writers, Morris Gleitzman.

It was a very informative journey since our class novels at the moment are written by him. We found out all about the creative journey he had while writing his books and discovered lots about his life as a child and how he developed his love for books. His books are mainly based on the lives of children impacted by the wars. He told us about his best selling book, 'Once' and how he went on to write six other books in the series.

Katya Greco 6KM

Last Friday, St Peter's commenced their yearly Peer Support Program. Our Year 5 & 6 students lead a group of 9-10 students from mixed age levels in a variety of activities which they organise and deliver. The program runs for 4 weeks and has been a very enjoyable experience for both the leaders running the sessions and the students participating.

All Year 5 & 6 students receive a Peer Support Leader badge from the school however if students do lose their badge, replacement badges can be purchased from the office for the cost price of $5.

Regards

Justin McCarthy

School Operations Manager / Wellbeing Leader

jmccarthy@spbentleigheast.catholic.edu.au

BUCKET FILLER - TERM 3 - WEEK 2

BUCKER FILLER - TERM 3 - WEEK 4

STAR AWARDS - TERM 3 WEEK 4 - ATTITUDE!!

JUNIOR SCHOOL - For Approaching Their Learning With a Wonderful ATTITUDE and Applying Themselves To a High Standard!!

Patrick Walker, Caitriona Bloomfield - FHK / Hazel Zhou, Fred Budic - FMS / Ren Lismann, Antony Korisianos - FSS / Scarlettt Dunbar, Kiaan Sharma - FMR

Issy Hornum, Christos Mihelis, Stamati Tsatsaronis - 1BR / Scarlett Williams, Chloe Clayton - 1SH / Hugo Natera, Milla Hornum - 1MH / Zara Puhalo, Georgia Spano, Liam Billett - 1BE

Mikaela Achilleos, Luca Borray Visbal - 2OP / Oliver Mercuri, Sophie McNaughton - 2MK / Flynn Ta, Gemma Conheady, Eddie Koenig - 2RN / Ari Giotas, Darcy Owen - 2GP

MIDDLE SCHOOL - For Displaying a Positive ATTITUDE by Managing Their Learning and Having a Continuous Desire to Improve!!

Oscar Aherne-McInteer, Maya Kouwiloyan, Christian Pinto - 3EM / Eleni Sardellis, Nicholas Konstas, Jake Taylor - 3AM / Ella-Rose Cocking, Neve Gallagher - 3GG / Thomas Brady, Alexia Hlongwane, Victoria Morehouse - 3IK

Leah Kim, Harper Westlow - 4KG / Sarah Reilly, Shivvy Patel - 4MM / Hannah Matthews, Paige Divall - 4GS / Adam Barazi, Victoria Quiroz Medina - 4MH

SENIOR SCHOOL - For Showing Interest and Enthusiasm by Being Attentive in Class, Eagerly Participating and Contributing with a poitive ATTITUDE!!

Patrick Pickering, Geneva Lal - 5HU / Henry McCracken, Mary Goes - 5AC / Zoe Martin Juncker, Denver Tanti - 5PC / Tomás Lizana Medel - 5HG

Liam Carr, Lucas Grant - 6LM / Golden Bao, Leila De Petra - 6SH / Jack Cannington, Maya Gleeson - 6KM

THE BOAT CLUB

My name is Denver Tanti and I’m in Year Five. I would like to talk about the one and only St Peter’s Boat Club. The Boat Club has in its possession the renowned and first boat, 'The Pink Chicken', and now we are back at it doing what we do best, assembling a group of students to paint and restore yet another boat.

Boat Club takes place every Wednesday at lunchtime, near the bike shed, in the Old Adventure Playground. St Peter's likes to get everyone involved and keep everyone active, and it is also just a fun activity for anyone who wants to join it! I’m a big fan of the boats. I have been participating in this club as much as possible, and I’m loving it. I think that you should give this club a try, so you can be a part of something big.

This second boat has the names of all the students who have participated on it. It is a very colourful boat so far with a blue base, lots of decorations on it and a white top we are yet to paint. This boat does not have a name yet. Do you have any name ideas? We would love to hear them!

I hope that you will give this club a try. Come and help us out. Everyone is welcome!!

Congratulations to the Class Winners of Walk/Ride to School on Friday, 4th August.

FOUNDATION TO YEAR 2 - 1SH

YEAR 3 TO YEAR 6 - 6SH

Our next Walk/Ride2School Day will be on Friday, 1st September.

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.

Grandparents/Special Friends Mass/Morning Tea

On Friday, 28th July we held our Grandparent’s / Special Friends Day.

Thank you to all our volunteeers who helped, families that sent through food and all the Grandparents and Special Friends who attended. It was a lovely morning for all involved and the children especially loved showing off their work in their classrooms. We look forward to seeing you all next year.

Thank you to all families for the yummy donations of food for the Morning Tea. If you brought in your donation in a non disposable dish please come into the Office to pick it up.

Thank you.

Father's Day Breakfast

Wednesday, 30th August - School Hall

The Father's Day Breakfast will be held on Wednesday, 30th August, 2023 in our School Hall by our Mums.

There will be 2 x sittings this year:

- 7.15am to 7.45am

- 8.00am to 8.30am

The cost is $10 per family.

Please note due to seating capacity, only 1 Adult (Dad or Special Person) and St Peter's school children to attend; sorry no young siblings.

Please RSVP your attendance via the link below by no later than Friday, 25th August. Bookings open tonight 6.00pm.

https://www.trybooking.com/CKMIG