NEW TEACHER IN TOWN (Well at St Matthew’s)
Yes, we have a new teacher at St Matthew’s replacing Mrs Lucy Fernandez who has gone on Maternity Leave. Her name is Mrs Natasha Ziovas who is an experienced teacher who has settled in very well already with the 2B students. Especially if you are a parent in 2B please pop in before or after school to introduces yourselves and give her a warm St Matthew’s PS welcome. Welcome aboard Mrs Ziovas we hope you enjoy your time with 2B and in our school community.
Ever generous God, You inspired Saint Mary MacKillop
To live her life faithful to the Gospel of Jesus Christ and constant in bringing hope and encouragement to those who were disheartened, lonely or needy.
With confidence in your generous providence and through the intercession of Saint Mary MacKillop
We ask that our faith and hope be fired afresh by the Holy Spirit so that we too, like Mary MacKillop, may live with courage, trust and openness.
Ever generous God hear our prayer.
We ask this through Jesus Christ, Amen.
Book Week 2022 - ‘Dreaming with eyes open’
Dear Parents and Carers,
We are all incredibly excited that Book Week is approaching. Each year, across Australia, The Children’s Book Council of Australia brings children and books together in Children’s Book Week through a celebration of Australian children's literature. Book week will provide a wonderful opportunity to have fun together by engaging in a love of literacy. The theme for 2022 is “Dreaming with eyes open.” Exciting opportunities will be planned at St Matthew’s for the celebration of Book Week during the week of Tuesday 16th - Friday 19th August.
Tuesday August 16th: our annual Scholastic Book Fair will arrive. This fair will strictly be a NO CASH book fair. Your children will be given the opportunity to bring home a Wish List with the name and price of any books they may be interested in. Please use your discretion when purchasing these books. You are not committed to purchasing everything on this list. On the back of this list, there will be instructions on how you can pay for your books using an online method. Once paid for, you will be issued with a receipt number. Please write your receipt number on the back of the wish list and return it to school. Your child will receive their books upon handing their completed wish list to me. Parents are welcome to attend the Book Fair with their child/ren after school on Tuesday and Thursday between 3:15 and 3:45pm
Friday August 19th: we will have a performance of the Bremen Town Musicians by School Performance Tours. There will be 2 performances. P-2 (9:15-10:15) and 3-6 (11:45-12:45)
Friday August 19th: we will have our Book Week Dress Up Day, where the students will have the opportunity to parade around the hall. Students may come along dressed as a character from one of this year’s shortlisted books OR a favourite book character OR something relating to this year’s theme. A list of this year’s shortlisted books can be found here.
We want all of our students to have a positive experience during Book Week. Please rest assured that our focus is solely on fun and engaging in a love of literacy together. There is no pressure to buy any costumes.
Therefore, we recommend active involvement of the students in creating their costumes. Please find a range of ideas below that may be helpful.
Using household items
Using, modifying or combining previous dress ups
Coming dressed in casual clothes and bring their favourite book (clothes may be inspired by the wonderful illustrations)
Using face paint to transform into a character
Creating a poster of your favourite book or character (you may like to pin it to a t-shirt)
Creating illustrations on poster/cardboard and wearing as a sandwich board
Wearing a onesie (many characters are animals)
HAPPY BOOK WEEK!
CHRISTINE PENGELLY
TEACHER LIBRARIAN
There are many things happening at lunchtime at St Matthew’s.
This year we have our wonderful library open on Mondays and Tuesdays where the children can choose to play a variety of games such as UNO, Connect 4, they are able to work on a jigsaw puzzle or even read a book (the library is full of them) Mrs Pengelly is very welcoming to all those who come and join in on those days.
On Wednesdays and Friday, we have the Gardening Club that works in the garden behind the grade 4 classrooms and the staff room, where the children learn under the guidance of our Super Gardner Mrs Mazzone. It is a very fluid group and they learn some very simple skills and have assisted in selling the abundance of lemons we currently have on our lemon trees.
On Thursday, we have the Chess Club which is run by Mrs White, where skills are taught and many of the children try to beat Mrs White (none have succeeded so far!)
These clubs are run by teachers who give up their precious lunch breaks to assist and provide the children with something extra or a safe place to be.
On Wet Days which are held in the classroom, the children are provided with a variety of activities that they can take part in such as some board games, computer games (monitored) and of course, they can play good old-fashioned paper games such as ‘connect the dots’ ‘battleships’ ‘naughts and crosses’.
Parents I am sure you would be able to teach your child some paper games you used to play in the classroom too and then they can share them with their classmates.
When joining the Ritchies Card program you are given the option to nominate your favourite club school or charity (known as Recipients). Each time you scan your card (either physical card or electronic card in the App) when making a purchase at any of our participating stores, the total is recorded to your chosen club, school or charity. At the end of each month, Ritchies will pay your chosen club, school or charity .5% of the total accrued directly into the Recipient’s nominated bank account*.
