Dear Parents of St Columba’s,
Thank you to our Year 6 Leaders for leading the Remembrance Day Liturgy last Friday for our school. Peace is one of our MERCY Values and a part of our School Motto – “Grow in Faith, Seek Wisdom, Live in Peace.”
By our very way of life here at St Columba’s we are reminded we too can be peacekeepers every day. The Prayer of St Francis of Assisi (The Prayer for Peace) asks our Lord to help us spread peace to all around us.
Lord, make me an instrument of your peace:
where there is hatred, let me sow love;
where there is injury, pardon;
where there is doubt, faith;
where there is despair, hope;
where there is darkness, light;
where there is sadness, joy.
O divine Master, grant that I may not so much seek
to be consoled as to console,
to be understood as to understand,
to be loved as to love.
For it is in giving that we receive,
it is in pardoning that we are pardoned,
and it is in dying that we are born to eternal life.
Amen.
Our School Annual Community Meeting will be held next Wednesday 22 November in the School Library, commencing at 6 pm. You are all invited and very welcome to attend to listen to the annual reports of the School, Catholic School Advisory Council, and Parents and Friends Association.
Enjoy the excitement as we near the conclusion of the school year.
In gratitude
Gina Burns
Principal
P & F News
TERM 4 Events
- End of Year Concert – We will be holding a sausage sizzle at the end of the concert for those that don’t want to go home and cook dinner.
- Christmas Raffle – We would like to do a Christmas Raffle that is more activity based for school holidays rather than toy based. If anyone has any contacts or ideas for prizes, please contact your class rep.
Love to contribute to our schools fundraising efforts?
Consider the St Columba’s P&F at your next Containers for Change deposit.
Simply scan the QR code below, download the app and add the member number to your profile.
The P&F fund would be so grateful for your contribution to further aid in the students resources and equipment.
Entertainment Memberships
Online memberships are available again this year. Memberships can be purchased online.
https://www.entertainment.com.au/orderbooks/83589g
Any questions or queries, I can be contacted via email gtarmstrong@iinet.net.au
Tanya Armstrong
Chair P&F
Library News
The library has lots of books needing covering. If you can help by taking a small number of books home to cover, please advise the library. Your help is greatly appreciated by staff and students.
Rita Cuthbert – Library Officer – Library - the original search engine
Pastoral Care
Happy Birthday to:
To the following students who will be celebrating this coming week:
Adam Tuma KW
Liam Chipperfield KW
Holly Magee PPG
Max Pizzata 2G
Maria Wai 2G
Megan Hutton 2W
Vaughan O’Reilly 3G
Grace Masnyk 4G
Charlotte Eaglesham 4W
Isla Markowski 5W
Oliver Landis 6G
WEEKLY RAFFLE ROSTER
TERM 4
Week 7 – 22 November
Week 8 – 29 November
| Kindy Green | Week 7 – Kieran Vernon Week 8 – Liam Wilkey |
| Kindy White | Week 7 – Eva Woodley Week 8 – Liam Chipperfield |
| PP Green | Week 7 – Cillian Tierney Week 8 – Samuel Young |
| PP White | Week 7 – Violet Zachar Week 8 – Georgia Whelan |
| Year 1 Green | Week 7 – Marcus Tang Week 8 – Oscar Walker |
| Year 1 White | Week 7 – Luciana Pulido Vargas Week 8 – Harry Whelan |
| Year 2 Green | Week 7 – Lily Vernon Week 8 – NO RAFFLE |
| Year 2 White | Week 7 – Olivia Molony Week 8 – Jack Michael |
| Year 3 Green | Week 7 – Alessandro Balla Week 8 – Anh Hoang |
| Year 3 White | Week 7 – Sera McDougall Week 8 – Emma North |
| Year 4 Green | Week 7 – Milana Zachar Week 8 – NO RAFFLE |
| Year 4 White | Week 7 – Agnes Zoou Week 8 – Luca Scagnetti |
| Year 5 Green | NO RAFFLE |
| Year 5 White | Week 7 – Giorgia Trevenen Week 8 – NO RAFFLE |
| Year 6 Green | NO RAFFLE |
| Year 6 White | NO RAFFLE |
Award Winners
MERIT AWARDS – Term 4, Week 5
PP Green – Alfred Eden, Isaac Tran
PP White – Nathanie Byrde, Oliver Hawke, Isabella Will
1 Green – Samuel Kootje, Marcus Tang, Oscar Walker
1 White – Astor Foley, Jessica Kennewell, Bodhi Laffrey, Lorraine McGowan
2 Green – Parker Connell, Zara Fantoni, Darcey Poulsen, Rosie Veale, Lily Vernon
2 White – Mathea Co, Monica Jaramillo Restrepo, Harrison MacPherson
3 Green – Raghav Bhutani, Huw Humphreys
3 White – Teodor Dimitrijevic, Cohen Lee, Abigail Vernon
4 Green – Havarna Bova, Sasha Mazurak, Theo Smart, Kathleen Vaccari, Jack Wilson, Milana Zachar
4 White – Stella Kent, Ella MacPherson, Estelle Pirone, Peyton Shute, Emmanuel Wai
5 Green – Irissa Duong, Olivia Harris, Zoe Juszkiewicz
5 White – Lucas Giuffre, Archer Laffrey
6 Green – Xavier Brandis, Oliver Landis, Emily Salt, Paris Whitbread, Quinn Wolters
6 White – Amelia Dorozenko, Isla Felton, Harvey Lindsay, James McDougall
Religious Education and Curriculum News
From our Kindergarten Classes:
This term in Kindy, we have been learning all about the very first Christmas when baby Jesus was born. We have loved reading stories, singing songs, painting, drawing, and dressing up in our Nativity play spaces.
From our Pre-Kindy Classes
It’s beginning to look a lot like Christmas in Pre-Kindy🎄
Community Notices
Dear Parents & Guardians,
We have been advised by Kapture Photography that all Portraits, Class and Special Groups taken this year are still available for purchase.
Please visit www.kapture.com.au using our school code 98KBCR
Classifieds
