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Term 1 Week 4: 2022

From the Principal...

Dear Parents/Caregivers,

Another week has flown by and we are about to start week 7 of the term! We have had a busy week with Shrove Tuesday, Ash Wednesday and Sporting Trials in the mix.

We thank Father Mobin for leading our Ash Wednesday Liturgy, it was a lovely occasion shared with our Parishoners. The children have been speaking in class about Lent and reflecting on what it means to be a better person or to give something up for the duration of Lent.

We also had a zoom call on Tuesday morning with the Internation Director of Caritas Dan Skehan, he leads the programs team to implement development programs and humanitarian responses overseas, and develops and executes strategy for Australian and country offices. The children learnt about the different Caritas programs and initiatives, where the money goes and asked Dan some excellent questions. Their money boxes for Caritas have been sent home and are not due back until the end of term.

We had 9 Students attend School Sport in Julia Creek on Wednesday. Thank you to Miss Eriksen who drove them up and back, it was a great day all round! Congratulations to Blaze, Bonita, Cade, Logan, and Lexie on their selection in the Midwest teams for Netball, Touch and League.

We held our first FACE meeting on Wednesday afternoon in which we discussed 5/6 school camp, Mulkadee, Fun Run, and Tuckshop. Our Tuckshop is still seeking volunteers and we welcome anyone with anytime on their hands to pop in on a Friday to give Telisa Howie a hand. I will be sending out notes from our meeting in the coming days, so keep an eye on your emails.

I am heading off to Townsville for the Principal’s and APRE conference on Sunday and will be gone for the week. I leave the school in the very capable hands of our wonderful teachers and look forward to returning in week 8.

Have a great week,

Sharn Greenaway

Acting Principal

https://www.sfsh.catholic.edu.au/enrolments/enrolment-enquiries/

Assembly - Spotlight...

This week the class in the spotlight is Year 5/6.

Each week a different class will be in the spotlight during assembly and sharing something they have learnt with us.

Student Of The Week...

P/1/2 - Isaac Ferguson

3/4 - Maci Smith

5/6 - Bonita Angus

Prep/1/2 Happenings..

In P/1/2 we are constantly working in rotational groups! We complete independent activities, fine motor tasks, sight word activities and Reading eggs on the Chromebooks! We use our rotations to build on our Literacy and Numeracy skills whilst doing hands on activities.

Miss Brown,

ebrown17@sfsh.catholic.edu.au

Year 3/4 Happenings...

In HASS, we have been learning about the 3 levels of Government - Federal, State and Local. We also looked at members of each level of Government, such as our Prime Minister, Premier and our Mayor. We also found an awesome game that showed what each level of government maintains.

Miss Allison,

sallison1@sfsh.catholic.edu.au

Year 5/6 Happenings...

This term, we are taking a deep dive through history to the 1800's. We are exploring what life was like during colonisation. We have researched different colonies and found out where they were located. This week we have started looking at the Gold Rush and created a timeline to show the Gold Rush in Australia.

Miss Eriksen,

leriksen5@sfsh.catholic.edu.au

Midwest Teams...

Congratulations to our selected students Blaze, Cade, Logan, Bonita & Lexie (Absent) for being chosen in the Midwest teams for League, Touch & Netball after travelling to Julia Creek yesterday for trials.

Tuckshop...

Reminder: Tuckshop has now changed to a Friday!

We are still after tuckshop volunteers, if you have some free time on a Friday please feel free to pop up and lend a hand!

Home Bake Roster - Term 1...

School Photos...

March the 14th we have Budd Photography coming out to do our school photos.

Purchases can be made through the online order portal or the manual order forms and are asked to be back no later than the 13th of March or a late fee will be incurred.

Here is the link to the online order portal:

https://buddphotography.com.au/product/2022-st-francis-school-hughenden/

If a manual order form is required they are available at the office.