Dear Parents,

Protective Behaviours Parent Seminar 22 August, 2019

St Paul’s School Hall 7pm -9pm (This Thursday)

Please click on the link to pay and make a booking. 

https://www.trybooking.com/BEEVQ

School Improvement Surveys

In 2019, our school is participating in Catholic Education Melbourne School Improvement Surveys (CEMSIS). CEMSIS is an annual process where schools listen to the thoughts and feelings that students, families and staff have about how their school can improve. These surveys help inform the ongoing improvement of schools across the Archdiocese of Melbourne. 

One of the main goals of the family survey is to identify the strengths and areas for improvement in our school.  CEMSIS data benefits everyone within our school and provides valuable community insights on areas that each school can focus on. Our school believes it is important to encourage families to have a voice and contribute to shaping the ongoing improvement of the school.

The survey is available online, can be accessed from Monday 2 September and needs to be completed by Friday 20 September. This survey may only be completed once.  

For families where there may be more than one child attending our school, we ask that families focus on the eldest child attending the school. The school will  invite many families to respond via this survey and participation is completely voluntary. There are no "right" or "wrong" answers – all responses are completely anonymous and at no point are any of the responses from students, families or staff identifiable by the school. Families will be chosen at random to complete the survey and a link will be sent out on Monday 2nd September. A selection of students from Years 4-6 will also complete the survey as well as all staff members. We appreciate your participation and feedback.

Skipping Champions - What a great way to keep active and fit.

Last Sunday a group of our skipping enthusiasts,represented St Paul’s at the State Skipping Championships.

They represented the school well, both in their behaviour and attitude to the competition, for which we are very proud. Here are some of the results:  

Partner Speed Skip

Maddie Di Conza and Sophie Mandile - silver medal

Bridie and Darby Collis - gold medal 

30sec Speed Skip

Sophie Mandile - gold medal 

Freestyle

Bridie and Darby Collis - silver medal

It was a long day, starting in Melton fairly early, battling the roads in the wind and rain. But a worthwhile day to spend with our girls. Congratulations to Eve Morphett, Abby McLachlan, Sophie Mandile, Darby Collis, Bridie Collis and Maddie Di Conza.

Welcome to Book Week 2019 as we celebrate over the next two weeks the theme:

 ‘Reading is my Secret Power’

This Tuesday, Wednesday and Thursday students and families are welcome to visit the Library to view the wonderful selection of books on sale from Lamont.

Despina will be on hand to help students with their selections and will have the Library open each morning before and after school for sales. If parents would like to call in during the day they are most welcome. Lamont are generous in donating back a percentage of the takings for the school to purchase new books.

P&F Function: Bingo Disco

On Friday night the P&F held their major fundraiser:the Bingo Disco night and it was a huge success! Everyone got into the spirit of the night dressing up in their best 70’s, 80’s and 90’s gear. There was a strong sense of community and great support for all the items up for auction. The outstanding artwork was once again well sought after and brought in some enthusiastic bidding. Thank you to Marisa Manakis and Donna Campbell for all their hard work and creativity! The main event organiser Georgie McMahon did a wonderful job for the second year in a row and we thank her for all her hard work and many hours that ensured the success of the evening. Thank you to her team and all the parents helping out on the night and before and after the event.

    

Thank you for the generosity of our amazing parent community!   The Year 1 students love their new tables, especially the ones that double as a whiteboard! Great for guided reading.

Head Hunters Program

Thank you to all the parents who have responded to the Head Hunters Program. We still have 11 families who have not responded on Caremonkey. The notification has been sent out again and parents are able to respond by the end of this week. After this time a non response will mean that your child will be included in the program. Could those families who have indicated that they do not want their child included in the program please follow up with an email to me. Many thanks.

SRC

Congratulations to the students who have been elected as SRC members by their peers for Semester 2. Mr Dooley has begun working with the team who will meet regularly.

READING IS MY SECRET POWER

Dear Parents,

Book Week is the highlight of the Childrens’ Book Council of Australia. Each year a series of awards are announced celebrating the rich literature and artistic quality of an array of childrens’ books.

Here at St Pauls, as part of our school Book Week celebration, we will host the annual Book Fair with a great range of books from Lamont. Please see Despina, our library manager who is in charge of sales this week on Tuesday, Wednesday and Thursday (20-22nd August).

We also have an author visiting the students next Wednesday 28th August. Phillip Gywnne will inspire us with the creative ways he develops his characters. A popular picture book, “The Queen with the Wobbly Bottom” is a lovely tale about learning to love yourself just the way you are. His story provides a message behind the hilarious text, sending a firm message that love and acceptance are a lot more important than the way one looks.

Throughout the week we will also have ART lessons where the focus will be on exploring & creating an artistic response to a shortlisted Picture Story Book

Weather permitting, we will aim to hold a DEAR Session; where every student and staff member will Drop Everything And Read across the school at the same time.

Throughout the week, class teachers will be using literacy sessions to delve deeper into exploring some wonderful books. Our week will come to an end with the annual Dress Up Day on Friday 30th August.  We ask your child/ren to come dressed as a favourite character. Perhaps they can think of one with a Secret Power? This coincides with the Fete Dress up Day and students will be asked to donate books for the Fete next term.

Happy reading everyone!

Danni Molino

Literacy Leader

2019 BENTLEIGH DISTRICT ATHLETICS CARNIVAL

On Tuesday the 13th August a team of 71 children represented St. Paul's at the Bentleigh District Athletics Carnival at the Duncan McKinnon Athletics Centre. The team finished 4th overall and St. Paul’s won the Adjusted Points Shield for the eighth year in a row which is based on school size. The children represented St. Paul’s in a manner that should make us all proud – they did their very best, demonstrated excellent skills and displayed great sportsmanship and school spirit. 

The following 14 children achieved outstanding results in their events and will now go through to compete in 15 events at the Beachside Division Athletics Carnival on Friday the 6th September at Lakeside Stadium. 

• Finn Barnacle - 12/13 Hurdles
• Murphy Behnk - 11 Shot Put
• Maddie Di Conza - 12/13 1500m
• Ruby Hartney - 12/13 Hurdles
• Chloe Moran - 12/13 200m
• Michael Monaghan - 11 4 x 100m Relay
• Marcus Torcasio - Discus, 100m, 4 x 100m Relay
• Henry Uytenbogaardt – 11 Triple Jump, 4 x 100m Relay
• Sabrina Vitiello – 11 High Jump
• Ky Morgan – 11 Long Jump, 4 x 100m Relay
• David Zhang - 9/10 High Jump
• Savannah Tilli - 9/10 Shot Put
• Greta Price - 9/10 High Jump
• Thomas Winzar - 9/10 Triple Jump

Well done and good luck at Beachside Division, we are all very proud of you!

Danny Maher

Phys Ed / Sport Coordinator

League Stars Program at St Paul's 

GRADE 6 PARENT CATCH UP

Thursday 29th August
Wolfe and Malone from 7pm for drinks, nibbles or dinner.
Please let Julia, Carla, Fiona or myself know if you can make it.
Hope to see you all there

Father’s Day Breakfast 2019

Thursday 29th August 7:30am

Not long now until the annual Father’s Day Breakfast for all our Dad’s or special persons. Please buy a ticket for each Dad and their school-aged children and send them along to breakfast at school. 

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