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Advent Liturgies/Assemblies

As a school community we will celebrate the Advent

season through a series of Paraliturgies in our

Community Hall on the following dates: Monday 18th December: Advent Paraliturgy (Week 3)

9:00am - Year 1/2C to host

Wednesday 20th December:

Advent Paraliturgy (Week

4) 12:15pm – Year 1/2V to

host

End of Year Reports & Student Portfolios

On Friday your children will bring home their End of

Year Report and Student Portfolio. Please take the time

to read the report while making reference to the Portfolio

so as to gain a clear picture of your child’s achievements.

Over the past couple of weeks, we have had the

opportunity to engage in conversation with teachers (as

part of our Performance Development and School

Improvement Processes) in regards to the achievements

and performance of every child in their care.

It has been amazing to see the growth in each child as

evident in the array of data collected, collated, analysed

and discussed. The Student Report and the Student

Portfolio which will both be distributed at the end of this

week will no doubt illustrate these achievements as well

as brief you on future learning goals.

I’m sure you will take the time and opportunity to

celebrate with your child his/her successes. I hope you

enjoy exploring the Student Portfolios, which are now

yours to keep, as a record of your child’s learning.

As this is the last Newsletter for the year, I would like to

congratulate all our beautiful children on their

achievements throughout the year. You should be proud

of your efforts and be looking forward to your next stage

in learning.

Prayer for the Third Sunday in Advent

God of Life and Joy, on this third day of Advent we joyfully celebrate your certain promise of the new world to come. We rejoice in anticipation of the your servant Isaiah's vision that calls for wasteland to be turned into fruitful and blossoming land. We shout for joy, exalting you with all your heart. For "we shall obtain joy and gladness, and sorrow and sighing shall flee away."

Help us prepare our hearts for the coming of Christ, our Lord, the light of the world. Illuminate our waiting and watching, our praying, thinking and our acting with the light of the gospel so that we may produce the fruit of patience. We need the spirit of patience in our lives, the spiritual source of all joyful hope.

O God, giver of inexplicable joy, bless the church of Christ that we may celebrate aright the incarnation of your love in the person of Jesus. May the whole world recognize the healing and saving ministry of Christ through us as we reach out to a world filled with dark shadows.

Amen.

Upcoming Calendar Events (Including Extra Curricula Activities/Celebrations)

December 13th Year 5/6 Glee Club carol performance to Uniting

AgeWell and Kingsville Kindergarten

14th Year 6 Graduation Dinner 5:30-7:00pm

15th End of Year School Mass at 10:30am

Student Reports and Portfolios sent home

Year 5/6 Interschool Sport T-Ball Grand Final

VS Footcsray North PS @ 9:45am

18th Advent Paraliturgy 9:00am: Year 1/2C to host

Step Up Day: Transition Day 11:30am-1:00pm

19th End of Year Concert/Picnic 6:30pm

20th Advent Paraliturgy 12:15pm: Year 1/2V to host

Last Day of Term 4. Students finish at 1:00pm

2018

January

31st Students Commence Term 1

Term 4 Week 10 13th December 2017

End of Year Picnic/ Concert /Graduation On Tuesday 19th December, we celebrate the end of the 2017 school year with our traditional Christmas

Concert/Picnic/Graduation ceremony. The celebration will take place in the courtyard area and all families are

invited to attend.

The school grounds will be open from 5:30 pm for families to set up a picnic rug and deck chairs to enjoy dinner

together (BYO). Our PFA will also be running a sausage sizzle between 5:30 & 6:30pm. So that our wonderful

parent volunteers can enjoy the rest of the evening, the BBQ will cease at 6:30pm.

If you are available to help with the BBQ from 5:00pm we ask that you please complete the attached reply slip

and forward it to the school office ASAP.

At 6:30pm children from Years Prep-6 will present our End of Year Christmas Concert. Classes have chosen a

Christmas carol to showcase to you on the night. Keep an eye out for information which will be provided to you

by teachers as to what your child is to wear on the night.

Afterwards our Year 6 children will be acknowledged as our graduating class of 2017, the end of year Christmas

raffle along with other formalities.

The night is a wonderful opportunity to celebrate the year and there might even be a special visit from a ‘man

in red’. Hope to see you all there!

Christmas Raffle

Last week each family received a set of ten (10) raffle tickets, attached to

the newsletter, to sell to family and friends (@ $1.00 each) for our end of

year Christmas raffle to be drawn on Tuesday 19th December at our school

picnic. Please return the sold tickets and money by Tuesday 19th December.

Prizes include:

Mountain Bike valued at around $300

1 Term’s School Fees

$100 Bunnings Voucher

Scooter

Movie Passes

Rebel Sport Voucher

Smiggles Voucher

Cosmetic Packs

Book Packs

Professional Photo Voucher

Social Justice News

We would like to thank you all for your very generous support of our Social Justice initiatives during the year

whether it be through donations, prayer or action. We are proud that we have been able to raise awareness of

Social Justice issues and the Catholic Social Teachings throughout the year. Here is a summary of the

organisations and actions we have supported as a community:

Caritas Australia Project Compassion: school community was encouraged to pray daily for those in need,

fasting and almsgiving; donated $425

Rotary: computer screens donated to schools in East Timor

St Vincent de Paul Winter Appeal: donations of socks, beanies, gloves and blankets

Caring for our environment by significantly reducing our rubbish (Stewardship of Creation)

Uniting Age Well and Kingsville Kindergarten: Glee Club visit to sing Christmas carols

Soup Kitchen: $224 raised which was donated to the Mary MacKillop Foundation

Way of the West Asylum Seekers Food Assistance: 474 food and living essentials appeal

Merry Christmas everyone!

Betty, Mia F. and Elektra (Social Justice Leaders)

Raffle tickets are $1.00 each

and extra books can be

obtained through the school

office.

Staffing 2018

At the end of this year we bid farewell to Miss Emily Jolliffe. Emily joined us half way through this year in our

Year 3/4 community, taking over from Miss Danielle Camerota (who is now on maternity leave). We thank

Emily for her dedication and hard work in ensuring our children continued to receive a wonderful education.

We wish Emily all the very best for the future.

Next year we will welcome Miss Lauren Borg to our staff. Lauren will be in tomorrow and Monday as part of

our induction program and I’m sure you will warmly welcome her to our community.

So with student numbers and staffing now confirmed, our structure for the commencement of the 2017 school

year will be as follows:

Principal: Mr Anthony Hyde

Deputy Principal/Religious Education Leader: Miss Jane

Wilkinson

Director of Learning & Teaching: Mrs Isabella Sabatino

Student Well Being Leader/e-Learning Leader: Miss

Melanie Larkin

Beginning Teacher Mentors: Mr Bernard Hitch and Mr

Zac Lane

School Secretaries: Miss Debbie Yarak & Mrs Deanne

Fitzgerald

Year Prep Community

Prep V: Mrs Victoria La Fauci

Prep N: Mrs Nives Childs

Year 1/2 Community

1/2C: Miss Chrissie Marakis

1/2H: Miss Haylea Anderson

Year 3/4 Community

3/4Z: Mr Zachary Lane

3/4C: Miss Chloe Sirca

3/4L: Miss Lauren Borg

Year 5/6 Community

5/6M: Miss Melanie Larkin/Mrs Nathalie Fraser

5/6B: Mr Bernard Hitch

5/6S: Miss Stefanie Poropat

Number Intervention Specialist: Mrs Tina Cuni Reading Recovery/Library: Miss Jane Wilkinson

Teacher Aide: Mrs Anne Di Stefano Italian: Signora Catrina Anderson

Visual Arts Specialist: Mrs Nathalie Fraser Physical Education Specialist: Mr Sam Hunt

Sacraments 2018 For your 2018 planning, please find below details of our Sacramental celebrations:

Confirmation (Yr 6): Sunday 29th April at 11:00am

First Eucharist (Yr 3): Sunday 3rd June at 11:00am

First Reconciliation (Yr 2): Wednesday 24th October at 7:00pm

Sport News

This Friday our Year 5/6 T-Ball team will compete against Footscray North Primary School in the Footscray

District Grand Final at Footscray North. We wish them well and know they will represent our school with pride.

PFA News Hello Parents and Friends, I wanted to take this opportunity to thank all who have contributed to the many events run by the PFA this year. I hope that all the students, and parents, have enjoyed the various gatherings, stalls and, of course, the fete. I hope that all families will remember these additional school activities fondly. I would like to thank the Book Club Co-ordinators; Jess, Shanthy and Kylie, for running this program that keeps the kids interested in reading. Thank you Belinda, Tina, Mimi, Bernadette, Eva, Tim and Geraldine for your regular attendance to the meetings. I want to thank Tony Hyde and Debbie Yarak for their assistance and guidance throughout the year. Finally, I would like to thank all who have contributed to these events on the day (or night). Your assistance is always very appreciated. Have a safe and happy holiday. Darren O’Brien PFA Chairperson

Thank You As the year draws to a close, and with this being the final Newsletter for the year, I would like to take this

opportunity to thank everyone who has been part of the life of Corpus Christi in 2018:

To Father John, for his leadership of the parish community of which the school forms an important

part

To all parents, for the efforts you continue to make in supporting our school through classroom

assistance, attendance at school/parish functions, raffles, meetings, and fundraising activities. Thank

you for all you do for your children as parents and as first educators of your children

To the many parents (and grandparents) who assisted with events across the year

To Kylie Feely, Shanty Rose and Jess Langhorne for co-ordinating Bookclub throughout the year

To Darren O’Brien and Eva Galliano our office bearers for our PFA

To all the children of Corpus Christi. Thank you for your friendliness, your hard work, and the

cheerful way in which you have joined in ‘school life’

To John Styzinski for his tireless work in school maintenance

Finally, thank you to all our staff, whose efforts often go unrewarded. I am grateful to all of them for

their dedicated work and proud of their achievements as they continue to learn and grow in their

profession.

And finally I would like to wish each and every one of you a very safe and happy holiday. May the Christmas

season fill your home with joy, your heart with love and your life with laughter.

Have a wonderful week God Bless

Anthony Hyde (Principal)

END OF YEAR PICNIC HELPER REPLY SLIP

I ……………………………………………… am available to assist with the BBQ at the end of the year concert from

5:00pm.

Signed: ……………………………………………

Glee Club Visit to Kingsville Kindergarten &

Uniting AgeWell

On Wednesday 13 December, the students in the CCK Glee Club paid a visit to Kingsville Kindergarten and Uniting AgeWell. The students performed a number of Christmas carols including favourites like Rudolph the Red-Nosed Reindeer, Deck the Halls, Santa Claus is Coming to Town and Rockin’ Around the Christmas Tree. Our Glee Club did a wonderful job putting a smile on every face and bringing a whole lot of Christmas spirit into our local community. Here are some of the highlights from the day:

Miss Melanie Larkin – Student Wellbeing Leader

Ruben Da Silva 11th Mia Finlayson Anna Pham

11th

11th Chelsea Tang 15th

Prep N Maddison Reijnen

William Gibbins

Year 1/2 C Lily Reijnen

Year 1/2 H Levi Perera Year 1/2 V Ryan Lopez Year 3/4 C Reuben Miller Year 3/4 E Harry Thach Year 3/4 Z Morgan Vong

Year 5/6 B Mia Rose Year 5/6 S Max Healey

Year 5/6 M Sophie Aitchison

OSHClub News After School Care Program Hi families; I can’t believe this is our last newsletter for 2017! After School Care will run as usual next Monday and Tuesday, and we will be here from 1pm on Wednesday the 20th of December the last day of school – please send along a lunch. OSHClub at St Augustine’s CPS in Yarraville runs a Vacation Care program and will be running vacation care on Thursday and Friday next week. St Augustine’s Vacation Care program flyers are available in the OSHClub room and at the school office. If you ever rely on someone in your life to collect you child from OSHClub, please add them to emergency contacts in your child’s enrolment form. Updated forms are received by email and we always have the latest copy printed out. If you are sending an unauthorised person to collect your child, we need authorisation in writing – please send a text message including the FULL NAME of the person collecting your child and inform them that they will be required to produce photo ID at collection. All children who attend OSHClub have a portfolio which contains observations written by staff and, in some cases, artwork samples produced during after school care. Please feel free to view the observations (you can have copies if you like) and collect children’s artworks – they will be discarded at the end of the year. You are always welcome to stay for a while when you collect your children to play with them, look at the Reflection Scrapbook, your child/ren's portfolio, or our Quality Improvement Plan. Our feedback topic at the moment is about what languages your children are exposed to. We’re always grateful for your feedback on any topic and any concerns or suggestions you may have. Write us a note, send us an email or a text message, or just have a chat to us. REMINDERS: If you need to cancel ASC please do so on the internet 24 hours in advance, otherwise leave a message on 0401 501 661 on the day, or pop in to let staff know you are collecting your child so that we know where the children are. OSHClub is open 3:00-6:00pm. There is a $2/minute fee for each child that is picked up after 6pm.

Next Week’s Activities

Monday Tuesday Wednesday Thursday Friday

After Care Activities

Christmas craft + active games

Christmas craft + active games

Last day of OSHClub 2017 Chillout Day

Information for Families

OSHClub program phone: 0401 501 661 Coordinator: Kristen Assistant: Emilia (Milly)

OSHClub Customer Service: 1300 395 735 [email protected]

All families must be enrolled to attend the program, remember enrolling is Free!! Please create an account online at

www.oshclub.com.au all bookings and cancellations can also be managed via your online account. For on-the-day

bookings please contact Kristen on 0401 501 661.