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WEEK 7

MARCH Tuesday 7—PSF meeting 7pm

Thursday 9 - PIGGYTAS

Friday 10 - S3 host assembly

Tuesday 21 - School Photos

Wednesday 22—Chess @ Woodlawn

Friday 24 - Awards and Acts of

Kindness Assembly

Saturday 25 - Stage 3 host Parish

Mass at 6 pm

APRIL Thursday 6—Easter Assembly

Friday 7—Pupil Free Day

Monday 24—Pupil Free Day

Tuesday 25— Anzac Day

Wednesday 26 - Day 1 Term 2

MAY Wednesday 3 - Woodlawn College

Open Night 6.30 pm

Friday 12—Closing date for Yr 7

applications Woodlawn College

Accompanying this Newsletter:

Issue 2 Book Club Catalogue: ORDERS DUE by FRIDAY 17 MARCH

Dear Parents and Carers,

It’s Catholic Schools Week. It is a time to celebrate our shared faith, educational

excellence and the importance of every student. Catholic schools offer an educational foundation

for living life to the full through the development of the student’s spiritual, intellectual, physical,

moral and emotional growth.

Catholic schools respond to and serve the needs of parents who seek a Catholic education for their

children. Catholic schools contribute to the Church’s mission to proclaim the Good News

of Jesus Christ.

At Joeys we are well served by teachers and support staff who are determined to provide a

high quality education and accompany students on their faith and educational journeys.

These staff members go above and beyond to support all our students in their learning

journey.

While sometimes this can be a tough journey the staff are committed to ensuring they

‘ignite the fire’ of learning for each and every child. They work towards this by spending

a great deal of time planning and preparing learning activities, assessing each child’s

progress, encouraging their efforts and ensuring they remain focused on the task at hand.

The main aim of Catholic Schools Week is to raise public awareness of the wonderful

opportunities that Catholic schools provide, and to celebrate our history, our faith and our

achievements.

The week is also designed to be a lively celebration for all who have a stake in our schools

– students, staff, families, priests, and parishioners. It is for them to share in the joy and

distinctive character of Catholic schools. Schools can, and often do, rely on positive word-

of-mouth to build their school’s reputation and promote themselves. In this week we ask that all

those with a stake in our school joyously proclaim the good message about Joeys! (to page 2)

Second Sunday of Lent - Year A

Gospel– 11/12 March 2017

Matthew 17:1-9 Jesus is transfigured on the moun-

tain in the presence of Peter, James, and John.

For the second Sunday of Lent, we move from Jesus' retreat to the desert to his Transfiguration.

On the second Sunday of Lent each year, we hear the story of Jesus' Transfiguration.

The story of Jesus' Transfiguration is told in the three Gospels: Matthew, Mark, and Luke. In

each of those Gospels, the Transfiguration follows Jesus' first prediction of his death and his

teaching about the costs of discipleship. Jesus' Transfiguration is a promise of Jesus' glory, his

Resurrection.

On a mountain in this week's reading, a voice affirms that Jesus is God's Son in words reminis-

cent of the voice at Jesus' baptism. In addition, the appearance of Moses and Elijah on the moun-

tain connects this story with God's relationship to the people of Israel. Moses and Elijah represent

the Law and the Prophets, respectively. Together with Jesus, they represent God's complete

Word.

The Transfiguration occurs in the presence of just three of Jesus' disciples: Peter, James, and

John. In Matthew's Gospel, those disciples are among the first whom Jesus calls. The three men

are identified as an “inner circle” among Jesus' disciples when Jesus asks them to accompany

him to the Garden of Gethsemane just before his arrest.

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To celebrate this week we have PIGGYTAS on Thursday and S3

Assembly on Friday followed by a special treat. Thank you to

those who joined us for the prayer and Walking Tour on

Monday.

THANK YOU Without doubt the working bee last Saturday was an outstanding

effort by many families. We toiled from 8am until after 1pm to

spread mulch and sand, to gurney paths and walkways, repair

soccer goals, clean off the admin roof and the cubby house roof;

plant out gardens, prepare the vegie patch and paint line

markings and useful fun markings at school.

We had many parents who couldn’t make it so they

offered support by coming in early to prepare other vegie garden

beds, supply plants or food for the morning.

Thank you to these wonderfully committed families for

supporting the working bee with their time, donations and

energy: The Freebody Family (Karen, John, Murray, Klancie &

Maggie), Kris Pereira, Gillian & Mark Henderson & Brenden,

Julie & Callum Richardson, Thierry & Gabriel Ducler Des

Rauches, the Spash family (Simon, Libby & Isaac), the Newton

family (Beth, Todd, Ben & Austin), the Kubils family (Adam,

Nellie, Nakkita, Kai), Sarah and Tristan Callinan, Sav, Tyler &

Shelby Glavocih, Steve Cooper, Steve Rogers, the Lutze family

(Liz, Richard, Damian & Jeremy),the Rowling family (Matt,

Lyn, Luke & Tom), the Hyde family (Tony, Rees & Lachan),

Damien Gooley, the Hipkins family (Adam, Gabby, Lachlan,

Molly, Oliver) Mark Parry, Fernando Lamas, Lewis & Damien

Parker, Suzanne & Mark Wright, the Biggin family (Robert,

Megan, Ella & Sierra), Chloe McGarry, the Crane family

(Lincoln, Jacinta and Will), Astone Family (Wendy, Seb & Teo),

Miss Miles and Ms Kingsford. Thanks to our wonderful

Maintenance man John Wardrop for ensuring we had the gear

required on the day. And apologies if I left anybody off this long

list!!

F

RECOVERING

We wish Fr Max all the best and a speedy recovery after his

shoulder surgery last Friday. Please keep him in your

prayers.

PARENT INFORMATION REGARDING DOLSIS

Eighty parents of our parent body will be randomly selected

to participate in the Diocese of Lismore School Improvement

Survey (DOLSIS) this month.

This is the same survey we have completed in recent years.

Insight SRC is conducting this survey on behalf of your

child’s school and the Catholic Schools Office Lismore. It is

designed to assist our school community in gaining an

understanding of our parents' perception of their children’s

experience of school. The results will benefit everyone

within the school by providing valuable information about

the ways in which the school can use staff, student and

parent input to plan programs and activities to improve your

child's experience at school.

CAR PICK UP There are quite a few safety issues occurring at car pick up in

the afternoon. For the safety of ALL children we request the

following are adhered to:

Parents or carers are not to get out of cars in the car pick

up line. The agreement in place for having a car pick up

involves cars being occupied at all times.

Some of the students are moving to

the back of cars to place bags in

boots. Please refrain from this practice

as the children are placed in a

vulnerable situation.

We have cars pulling up on the side of

school and children being called to cars. This places

children at great risk. If you wish to pick your child up

without getting out of your car please use the car pick up

line.

The biggest problem is the number of cars pulling in and

parents coming and calling children out of school. The

manner in which some of these cars are parked and then

trying to re-join the traffic line is dangerous. If your child

is being picked up AND can get into a car unassisted

please use the car pick up. It may require a little patience

and some more time but safety is our issue.

The final concern is the number of people on phones as

they pick up children. Recently we had a near miss

between 2 cars as a driver was distracted by the phone

they were holding. Once again- the safety of the children

is our greatest concern. Please support us.

JUST A REMINDER We have 3 Secretaries working in our Office this year. Mrs Patricia Steele works in the office on Monday & Thursday, Mrs

Debbie McMahon on Tuesday & Wednesday and Mrs Tanya Pagotto on Friday. If you require them to know information the best

option is a phone call or try using the school email address as they can all access this. ([email protected])

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FROM MRS ROWLING School Chaplain/Wellbeing

PIGGYTAS is on this coming Thursday,

9 March. To alleviate any confusion this is what is happening on the day. Piggytas is to raise $750 for small villages in the Philip-pines to buy pigs so they can acquire farm-ing skills and be self-sufficient. $75 will fund one pig. Our school goal is ten throughout the Lenten sea-son. Students may come dressed in pink or add pink to their uniforms such as socks, ribbons, bow ties, etc. Please note that students who do not wish to wear any pink should be wearing their school uniform as the wearing of anything else is not really in the spirit of the day. At lunchtime and afternoon tea we will have pink treats avail-able for purchase in the canteen. Nothing will cost more than a dol-lar and students will be able to buy more than one item if they wish. There will be pink iceblocks, cupcakes, pink biscuits, pink fruit and other pink things. Anyone who would like to donate some-thing pink to sell is very welcome and donations can be brought to school on Thursday morning. Please ensure that your child comes to school with a little spending money on the day. There will also be some simple lunchtime activities involving pigs for the children to join in if they wish like ‘stick the tail on the pig’, a pig toss, colouring in and face painting. There will be a small price (for fundraising) for

Face Painting - 50c

Colouring In Competition - 50c

There will be a lolly jar filled with pink lollies which will run as a guessing competition for a few weeks for 20c per guess. This will start on Piggytas day and run for a few weeks. The Social Justice girls will bring the jar around during lunchtimes.

I urge you all to get behind what promises to be a very fun day for all the children and bear in mind the spirit in which the day is intended. It is a perfect opportunity during Catholic Schools Week to demon-strate the values we represent and remind us to encourage our chil-dren to serve the Common Good. Look out for some photos in next week’s newsletter. Thanks for your support,

Lyn R

FROM LIBBY SPASH , LEADER OF SCHOOL EVANGELISATION

Incitare

Today six of our students travelled to Tullera near Lismore with Mrs Wagland to partici-

pate in a one day retreat experience. The retreat is a chance to bring students together to meet like-

minded peers and to celebrate with other young people who practice their faith. The activities are a

mixture of large and small sharing groups as well as celebrating a liturgy together. The program is

geared to meet the needs of these Year 6 students. We have been lucky enough to have one of our

teachers, Mrs Wagner, involved in leading the day. This is a wonderful faith opportunity for students

and teachers.

School Reflection Mornings Term Two

Next Term, our school will continue our implementation of reflection mornings for our students. Children who have been to

Incitare are involved in the planning and leading of these mornings, giving them the opportunity to share their experiences with

other students. We hope these days Ignite the Fire of faith in our students.

Parent Assembly News

That Sugar Film

Thank you to all those families and children who attended the screening. We had around 70 people from a variety of Catholic Schools in the area which was excellent. The feedback has been really positive and I have been told the supper afterwards was a talking point for many of the stage 3 kids the next day. Over the com-ing weeks there will be some new books in the parent library with low sugar and sugar free recipes and hopefully we will have a copy of the film for parents to borrow. If anyone would like more information or a copy of the handouts from the night please contact me [email protected] or like the “Let’s Ditch Sugar” Facebook page where there will be articles, recipes and tips to help you reduce sugar. Thank you to all those that helped make the evening possible through preparation of food, setting up and cleaning up and babysit-

ting.

Parent Library

At the back of the school library we have a parent library that has many books for parents to borrow on a range of topics including nutrition, raising resilient kids, faith and families, raising strong fami-lies, tackling the teenage years and many more. Each year the Lis-more CSO Parent Assembly purchase books for each school to help support parents. If you wish to borrow any of these books please see Ms Ros Kingsford in the library. Some of the new books which will be available soon are: The tem-perament God gave our kids, 21 days to a happier family, Raising resilient children, Tricky Teens, Loving our kids on purpose, That Sugar Book, The I quit sugar kids cookbook, The low sugar cook-book and The raw food cookbook.

Supporting our parents

Each year our Catholic schools receive $1000 for parent education. The representatives of the schools work with the PSF, executive and CSO to try and provide speakers or presentations that best meet the needs of the community. Over the years we have had parent educa-tion nights on Cybersafety, Restorative Practice, Resilience, Anxiety, Nutrition talks - Sue Dengate and That Sugar Film. This money al-lows us to pay presenters or purchase resources to view, provide babysitting and provide food and drinks for events. We also encour-age our parents to go to events at other schools as this allows us to provide a diverse range of topics each year. To help future planning and for the remainder of the year we would like to know what areas you think we should focus on. Please email your ideas to karenfree-

[email protected]

From The Parent Assembly Team Karen Freebody, Deb Howe, Gabby Hipkins & Sarah Moore

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CANTEEN NEWS

Leanne Harris Coordinator Ph 66281990

SPECIAL: WEDNESDAY ONLY Oven fried fish and chips with tomato/tartare sauce .$4.80

Mango smoothies $2.00 small $3.00 large

PLEASE RETURN YOUR VOLUNTEER SHEET FOR CANTEEN ROSTER.

I REALLY NEED MORE VOLUNTEERS FOR WEDNESDAY AND FRIDAY.

IF YOU CAN GIVE UP TO 4 HOURS OF YOUR TIME TO HELP HERE

PLEASE CALL ME.

The following children have celebrated their birthday since our last Newsletter :

Zarli Currey, Patrick Stuart, Verity Paulsen, Shaydance,

Jock Woolley, Zanna Corkery, Zara Corkery, Trae Jackson

HAPPY BIRTHDAY FROM ALL OF US

ALTAR SERVERS ROSTER Saturday 11 March: Shelby Glavocih, Tyler Glavocih, Charlotte Voss, Olivia Voss, Noah Glavocih.

Sunday 12 March: Robert Criss, Ruby Parker, Anna Prodger, Lewis Parker, Claira Parsons CHILDREN’S SUNDAY LITURGY 12 March 2017: Alstonville 8.30 am Melissa Barnes, Katherine Lamas Wardell—5.30 pm Kerry Turpin

CANTEEN ROSTER

Volunteer Helpers Fruit/Snack Donation

Friday

10 March

Denise Robinson

Wednesday

15 March

Sue Anderson Tamara Gooley

Friday

17 March

Teena Cooper Wendy Astone

Janelle Woods

Wednesday

22 March

Cristina Dower Cristina Dower

Friday

24 March

Alison O’Toole Katherine Lamas

Lunchbox Nutrition What does a healthy lunchbox look like? First, let’s look at the food groups and our daily require-ments from each of them before we move on to packing our lunches. Eatforhealth.gov.au states that primary school age children (depending on age and gender) need the following servings per day:- Proteins: 1 ½ - 2 ½, Grains: 4 – 5, Fruit: 1 ½ - 2, Veg: 4 ½ - 5, Dairy: 1 ½ - 3. Within the lunchbox we should look to include at least one serve from each food group except grains and veg where we should look to in-clude 2 serves. A sample lunchbox might begin with a piece of fruit (we may need to cut into smaller pieces for easy handling or loose wobbly teeth), a chicken sandwich, some veggie sticks and a yoghurt. That’s a great start. Then we need to think how can we make this even better. We can add some avocado, lettuce and tomato to the sandwich using whole grain bread. Awesome! So now we have our food group serv-ings for our lunchbox covered and our kids are none the wiser! They just think we have packed them a tasty lunch. Afternoon tea might be a trail mix of seeds, nuts and dried fruit or a museli bar (remember to check the label for sugar and salt content; better still make your own – see recipe below). Oh, and don’t forget the water bottle. Over the next few weeks we will look at the food groups in more detail, food plans and what substitutions can be made to keep the lunchbox varied and interesting. See you here next time. Wendy RECIPE OF THE WEEK – Choc Chip Oat Slice Prep: 10 mins Cook: 20 mins This continues to be a favourite recipe in my house. Grease a 17x27cm base slab pan. Line the base and 2 opposite long sides with non stick baking paper allowing it to overhang. Sift 75g (1/2 cup) self raising flour and 75g (1/2 cup) plain flour into a bowl. Add 90g (1 cup) rolled oats, 70g (2/3 cup) desiccated coconut, 140g (2/3 cup) firmly packed brown sugar, 130g (2/3 cup) sultanas, 95g (1/2 cup) choc bits. Stir to combine. Make a well in the centre and add 125g butter, melted, and cooled and 1 egg, lightly whisked. Use a wooden spoon to stir until well combined. Spoon mixture into prepared pan and pat flat with the back of the wooden spoon. Bake in the pre-heated oven at 180C for 20mins or until golden brown and firm to touch. Remove from oven and set aside to cool completely. Cut into squares. Tip: Use less sugar than the recipe asks for. I use 1/2 cup instead of 2/3 cup. Try using/ mixing different flours like wholemeal, quinoa or coconut flour instead of white plain flour. Instead of raisins use craisins or dried apricots. Interchange items to make it YOUR recipe. It also freezes very well. Cut into slices and wrap individually in cling film so you can add straight from freezer to lunchbox. Recipe credit: www.taste.com.au

A message for Stage 3 parents: After the Stage 3 hosted Parish School mass on Saturday 25 March, you are invited to come along for dinner. This is a great opportunity to have a social get together and meet other parents and kids from your child's class. Date: 25 March Time: From 7pm Place: Wollongbar Tavern RSVP please to Denise Robinson 0421 989006 so she can reserve your place. Look forward to seeing you there .