St Richard's Kilsyth

O most Sacred Heart of Jesus, fountain of every blessing, I adore you, I love you, and with sorrow for my sins and misdeeds I offer you this heart of mine.

 WEEK 9

Monday 20th June -  

Tuesday 21st June - Year 5 Future Stars @ MLMC 9.45am - 1:45pm

Wednesday 22nd June - School Advisory Council Meeting 7.00pm - 8.30pm

Friday 24th June -  Feast of Sacred Heart

Last day of Term 2 (casual clothes day)

WEEK 1

Monday 11th July - First day of Term 3 (students resume)

Friday 15th  July -  School Disco 5.30pm - 6.30pm

Dear Parents/Guardians,

As we fast approach the end of Term Two l would like to thank and acknowledge the work of all members of the school community this Term. It has been a shorter than usual term of just nine weeks but we have certainly fulfilled many extra curricular activities into the Term. 

This is all made possible because of the hard work and dedication of our incredible staff and with the support of the parent community.  This all enriches the learning and growth of our students which will be celebrated in their Semester 1 reports. 

I thank your child for all they have achieved and all they have contributed – they should be proud of their efforts, as they continue to ease back into the usual routines of school. I also thank each parent/carer and family member for your encouragement, feedback, and support of your child’s ongoing wellbeing and learning.

Last week we held a Mother’s Social event and it was wonderful to see the school community come together in fantastic numbers and enjoy a lovely evening organised by the Parents Association (PA). Thank you to all those involved in the PA in the planning, organisation and welcoming environment that was created on the night.

Building Project

If you have been in the school grounds during the past six weeks you would have noticed that there has been minimal work completed onsite during this time. Unfortunately the delay was due to a permit for Stage 1 works not being finalised. This has finally been signed off as of Friday 17th June. Therefore weather permitting there will be significant works completed this week and over the holiday period. It is anticipated that upon the students return from holidays you will see some progress in the building Project. While the last six weeks will push back the completion date a little it is not expected to be as much as expected with the Builders ordering products for Stage 2 & 3 in advance and completing as much preparation work as possible during this time.

Last Day of Term  - Casual Clothes Day

To celebrate and end the term on a bright and positive note students will be able to attend school in casual clothes for the final day of Term Friday 24th June. Students will finish at the usual time of  3.30pm.

Staffing News

Miss Laura Bulmer who  completed a placement in our school during the 2021 school year in Year 3/4 GB and 4/5 AC and worked as an Education Support Staff member during this year has been offered a full time teaching position at St John the Baptist Ferntree Gully which will begin in Term Three. On behalf of the school community l would like to congratulate and thank Laura for her time at St Richard’s and her dedication to the role and support and assistance in the different classrooms and at the many extra curricular activities during this time.

End of Year School Dates 2022

Please see below the following dates confirmed for the end of school year.

Thursday 8th December - Year 6 Graduation Mass & Dinner

Friday 9th December - Year 1-6 2023 class transition morning

Friday 16th December - Last day for all students

Tuesday 20th December - Last day for staff

Finally l wish you all a safe and restful June/ July holiday period.

Best Wishes

Marcus Gill

Youth Leadership Victoria will once again provide vacation Care for the Winter holiday period. They have two incursions planned and an excursion to the movies to see Minions The Return of Gru.

Booking are essential and some activities are dependent on numbers. Please see the attached flyer for more information.

For further feedback regarding the program please contact 

RATs will continue to be distributed to you as they have been throughout this school year for the remainder of this term.

However, from Monday 23 May 2022, we do not recommend that your child complete a RAT twice a week as previously advised.

RATs will continue to be required by students who are household contacts to attend school (five negative tests over a seven-day period) or who have symptoms.

The ongoing supply of RATs to families in our school will ensure that parents and carers have tests should they need them if their child is a household contact or has symptoms.

 Families must continue to notify the Department of Health and the school if their child returns a positive RAT result. Additionally, you should inform us if any of your children are household contacts.

Treat Friday will be back for Term 3. If you would like to assist one Friday in Term 3 between 1.05pm - 1.35pm please email Vanessa  - vanjohnmil@gmail.com

All helpers require a Working with Children Check and evidence of Triple Vaccination.

Our School Disco is organised for Friday 15th July @5.30pm in the school hall!

The Theme is Christmas in July!

The cost is $5.00 per child or $10 per family.

A note will go home this week with further details.

Dear Parents and Carers,

Feast of the Sacred Heart

There are over one thousand references to the word ‘heart’ in the Bible and only a rare few intend the heart as a physical organ. For the most part ‘heart’ is used in a symbolic, metaphorical way. In most of these references heart carries the sense of the whole person, the very essence, the real or true self, the person in their innermost depths. In the Christian Scriptures Jesus is presented as a man of heart and, as his life and ministry unfold, he is presented as compassion personified. God is love and Jesus is love incarnate; his life exemplifies what it is to be on earth the heart of God. John concludes the prologue to his gospel with these words: ‘No one has ever seen God. It is God the only Son who is close to the Father’s heart who has made him known.’

Next Friday the 24th June we will celebrate the feast of the Most Sacred Heart of Jesus. This Eucharistic celebration is sometimes referred to as a ‘Poor Man’s Mass’, and our act of giving is a physical sign of Jesus’ unconditional love for others. We are currently collecting, in each classroom non-perishable food items.  These will be donated to our local St. Vincent de Paul organisation to distribute. In these times with cost of living so high we thank all the school families that have/will contribute to this request.

Distinti Saluti! (Kind Regards)

Rudy Vail

Deputy Principal

The Year 6 students will be celebrating the Sacrament of Confirmation on Friday the 29th of July at 7.30pm. This is a very important part of their faith development and journey into becoming a full adult member of the Catholic Church. As part of their preparation for this sacrament students/ families participated in a Confirmation Family Night which was held on Wednesday 15th of June. 

The Confirmation Family Night provided families with information to help them understand the Sacrament and strengthen their faith. 

To support those in our community who might go hungry because they can not afford food, we are looking for donations of non-perishable food.

The items that we would like are non-perishable foods such as pasta, tin foods or long life milk. Please donate because if you don’t there will be a lot more hungry people in our community.

All donations will be passed on to St. Vincent de Paul Mooroolbark who provide hampers of food to those who are in need.

These donations can be placed in a basket in your child’s classroom and we will pass these donations on at the Feast of the Sacred Heart Mass at the end of term.

We are hoping that every person at St. Richard’s could provide at least one item.

The more we get, the more people we can help. So please donate today.

Thank you for your support - The Year 3/4 Team

Please Donate Before Friday 24th of June

Last week the Parent Association organised a social event for all the mothers, grandmothers and important females in our lives. The night commenced with fun activities that included nail painting, crown making and a special green screen photo opportunity. After the social activities Mr Gill and Mr. Vail supervised students who watched a movie in the library whist the adults had an opportunity to socialise and have some tasty treats.

We would like to thank the Schools Parents Association: Chelsey Ironmonger , Debbie McKane, Gab Dosser, Salika Dong, Lauren White, Maddy Wyatt, Pam Karsai, Samnang Robbins, Louise Wandmaker and Stephanie Pugh for all their planning, hard work and commitment into making this social event a huge success. 

And we would like to make a special mention to Binu Krishnan for preparing all the wonderful food for the evening.

This year our school once again be participated in the Cancer Council's Australia's Biggest Morning Tea.  All profits that were made by Treat Friday was donated to the Cancer Council.

 We would like to thank all families who supported this event. The feedback from those working in the canteen was that there were many generous students, some preferring to donate their Treat Friday money and others donating their change to the cause.

 The total raised for the Cancer Council was $363.60. We would like to thank Kim Raditsis and the Treat Friday team for all their work in organising this event.

 If you would like further information about the Cancer Council please visit their website in the link below.

https://www.biggestmorningtea.com.au/

Interschool Sports

Congratulations to the Year 5 and 6 Students for a fantastic season of Winter Interschool Sports. They all played 6 games, across the term, of Soccer, Netball, Tennis, and 4 games of VolleyBounce. It was wonderful to see all the students playing sports they may not have played before and showing good sportsmanship to their teammates. I also want to say a big thank you to all the Year 4 students who stepped in to help out when we needed more players, they all played fantastically well and helped us achieve great results this term!

Overall our results were:

Netball: 5 Win 1 Loss

Soccer: 4 Win 2 Tie 

Tennis: 6 Win

VolleyBounce: 4 Loss

Congratulations to the Hot Shots Tennis team for a spectacular season, you all showed excellent team spirit and were gracious winners. I am very excited to see if we make the Winter Interschool Sports Finals of the Soccer and Netball (mixed) games next term, fingers crossed! 

Division Cross Country

Congratulations to all the students who competed in the Division Cross Country race last Tuesday the 7th of June, you all put in so much effort to get there and I am proud of all of your achievements. The Division Cross Country event was held for the students who managed to place top 10 in their race in the District Cross Country. 

6 Students attended across 3 different races; Sam Schulz and Logan Ellis in the 12/13 Boys, Cooper Sully in the 11 Boys, and Indiana Martens, Alicia Arndt and Evie Bowman in the 11 Girls. It was a hard track, running 3KM across hills and muddy ground, versing the best students from schools all across the Maroondah division, but all of our students managed to finish their races and come home with big smiles on their faces. Well done everyone!

Celeste Bayly

Physical Education Teacher

We have been given the opportunity on Saturday 23rd July  to host a Bunnings BBQ. This will be held at the Bayswater Bunning's Store. The Bunnings BBQ is an excellent fundraising opportunity for raising upwards of $2000 and promoting the school in the community.

Helpers are required between 8:30am and 4:30pm and must be over 18 years old & double vaccinated. Please sign up on our online volunteer page to help us out on the day. 

Alternately you can call Gab on 0417 513 300 or email strichardspa@gmail.com if you can help out on the day or with any organisation prior.

Well done to the Year 3 and 4 Students on a fantastic day of Basketball at our Hoop Time event on Friday 10th of June. It was such a fun day playing against the other schools of Mooroolbark East Primary School and Wonga Park Primary School, and it was great to see everyone in such high spirits for all their games. 

We had 5 teams compete on the day, two Rookies teams, two Future Stars teams and an All Stars-Boys team. Each team played 4-5 games of around 20 minutes at different intervals during the day, and it was great to see the students supporting our school when they weren't playing! 

Congratulations to the Rookies Rockets for their win, they all played fantastically even if some of the students had never played a game of basketball before. 

And another Congratulations to the Future Stars Rangers for playing in one of the finals, it was such a close game with only 2 points off winning! 

I want to say a big thank you to all the parents who came to help out on the day, as well as the parents who helped transport students to and from the stadium. The day couldn't have run as smoothly as it did without your support so thank you all!

I can’t wait until the Year 5 and 6 students get their turn to play in September, I hope they are all practising hard until then!

Celeste Bayly

Physical Education Teacher

 Congratulations to the following students who received awards recently.  

We just have a few reminders for you:

School Fees

Just a friendly reminder to families who have opted to pay school fees in a one-off lump sum, your payment is due by 30th June, 2022.  Could you please electronically transfer the payment to the school bank account:

St. Richard's Primary School

National Australia Bank

BSB: 083-347

Account: 945 489 802

Reference: Family Surname 2022 School Fees

Thank you to those families who have already arranged this.

Should you have any queries in relation to your school fees please do not hesitate to contact us at office@srkilsyth.catholic.edu.au .

Absentees

If your child is going to be away on a given day can you please notify the school office via Skoolbag App or Email: office@srkilsyth.catholic.edu.au prior to 9.00am. This is a child safety protocol where the school must account for students who are absent.

Medications

If your child requires medication whilst at school a Medication Request Form needs to be completed with the name of the medication, dose and time to be given. Medication should be handed into the school office in its original packaging with your child’s name clearly marked on it.

Students who suffer from Asthma or Anaphylaxis need an Action Plan to be completed by their GP. These forms are available from the school office.

Warm Regards

Fiona Roberts & Sharon Baker

Administration Staff

A Facebook group  “St. Richard’s Primary School - Uniform Buy/Sell Group” has been set up for selling and purchasing second hand uniform items. This will be the forum for selling and purchasing items. If there are families who are not on social media and would like to purchase second hand uniform items please contact  Jess Murphy Jkmurphy10@gmail.com 0401515018 or Laura Robson  laurarobson@outlook.com 0422401143 who will assist you with finding the school uniform item you require.

Online Lunches will be available every Tuesday.

The online orders daily cut off time is now 10:00pm the night before.

Therefore If you want to order the cut off time will be Monday night at 10:00pm. 

The menu is attached. To order go to balancedlivingcatering.com.au for more details