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Term 1 Week 5: 2022

From the Principal...

Hello from balmy Townsville,

As mentioned in my previous newsletter piece I am currently away for the week engaging in Principal’s and Religious Education Conferences. It has been a very insightful week and I will return with a whole new repertoire of skills and direction for our school.

It has been a busy week back at school as we close in on the end of the Term. The year 5 & 6 students were lucky enough to participate in YLead activities at the Hughenden State School on Monday and Wednesday. From all reports the students had a fantastic time and learnt some great leadership skills.

I have been meeting regularly with the school leaders throughout the term to discuss ideas and events for our school. Our first off the bat will be St Patricks Day where the Senior Leaders will be making Green Milkshakes for the students with all profits going towards Caritas. It is our goal to engage our leaders to continue evolving and improving our school throughout the year!

I look forward to getting back to school next week and catching up with everyone!

Enjoy your weekend,

Sharn Greenaway

Acting Principal

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

Assembly - Spotlight...

This week the class in the spotlight is Year 3/4.

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 - Flynn Angus

3/4 - Kopelyn Brennan

5/6 - Yasmine Angus

Happy Birthday...

10/03 - Lars Eriksen

12/03 - Isaac Ferguson

Prep/1/2 Happenings..

We’ve been practising our spelling in P/1/2! However we don’t just write out our spelling/sight words, we have fun with plasticine! The students say the word, then make it. This also helps their fine motor skills.

Miss Brown,

ebrown17@sfsh.catholic.edu.au

Year 3/4 Happenings...

For English this term, we have a strong focus on Narrative writing. Within narrative writing, we use a lot of speech to make our characters interesting. In this lesson, we practiced using punctuation to correctly write dialogue in our stories. This activity allowed students to work together to put words in their proper order and to place our speech marks properly.

Miss Allison,

sallison1@sfsh.catholic.edu.au

Year 5/6 Happenings...

Hi, we are the 5/6 class and this is Our Place.

In English, we have been looking at the book My Place by Donna Rawlins and Nadia Wheatley. This book depicts the history of a place in Sydney from 1788 to 1988 through the stories of the various kids that lived there. We are using the book as inspiration to write our own pages for My Place. We are focussing on using our descriptive language to make sure our writing is exciting and engages the reader.

Miss Eriksen,

leriksen5@sfsh.catholic.edu.au

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.

Scholastic BookClub...

Hi Families,

Orders for Issue 2 are due back on Friday the 18th of March.

No late orders will be accepted.

Guido's Gossip...

Kindness Culture- it starts with you

National Day of Action against Bullying and Violence- 18^th March 2022

The national day of action against bullying and violence is Australia’s key bullying prevention initiative. It celebrates 12 years of action, connecting schools and communities to find workable solutions to prevent bullying.

The theme for 2022 is ‘kindness culture’. By building a kindness culture together, we can promote inclusion, respect, and community belonging for all students in schools across Australia. Kindness plays an important role in bullying prevention and the 2022 theme offers an opportunity to learn about kindness and demonstrate kind behavior.

Bullying should be taken seriously, and children need to know they are being heard and that their feelings matter. In week 8 our guidance counsellor will be refreshing our understanding of what bullying is, how to respond and support as well as how to prevent the behaviours

For more information on how you can help your school in addressing bullying concerns please follow the link below:

https://bullyingnoway.gov.au/support-and-advice/for-families

See you soon,

Brittany