31 October

Dear Parents

FAITH FACT FOR WEEK 3  

  

All Saints and All Souls

This week we celebrate two significant days in the Church’s Liturgical Year. The Feast of All Saints is celebrated on 1^st November to honour all the saints known and unknown.  This is followed on the 2^nd November by the Feast of All Souls.  On this special day in the Liturgical Year we pray for those who have died, that they ‘may rest in peace’.  Perhaps you might like to visit your Parish church with your family members, light a candle and spend some time in prayer.   Or take time out at home and have a special prayer time to remember those in your family who have died.

All Saints Mass ~ Tomorrow (1^st Nov) 9.30 am in the Church

Parents / Caregivers are welcome to join us.

First Communion Helpers

Parents of children who were in the last group (2011) to receive their First Holy Communion are asked to help to prepare and present the Communion breakfast in the hall on Sunday 24 November.  Please fill in the reply form at the end of the newsletter. Thank you

Enrolments - We are starting to look at classes for 2014 and we are organising pre-school visits.     If you know of any prospective enrolments can your please contact myself or Mrs Forbes.

PTA “Spud in a Bucket”

Be in to win the competition for the most spuds, biggest spud and the ugliest spud! Fill out the slip at the end of this newsletter to indicate your intention.

• Buy your spud and bucket from the school on Pet Day for $6
• Follow the instructions and grow a spud in a bucket
• Return the bucket (intact) to school Jan 2014 for judging

Gardening Club - We are offering the children the opportunity to be part of a fun education project, the “Green Fingers Gardening Club” with the South Coast Environment Society. If your child is interested, please fill out the slip and return to school by Wednesday 6^th November.

Sunhats ~ A reminder sunhats are compulsory this term.

Achievements

Congratulations to Greta Jones who passed her latest karate grading and is now a red belt.

Altar Servers

Saturday 2^nd November          7.00 pm     Piper Adams

Sunday 3^rd November             10.30 am                     Caitlin Smith & Bridie Kinney

Children’s Liturgy                                         Jackie Taylor

KidsCan Fundraising - My Happy Place $29.99

“My Happy Place” is a book featuring happy thoughts and memories contributed by 54 prominent New Zealanders, from actor Sam Neill to musician Ladi6, NZ’s oldest person, Maudie Wilson to shepherdess, Mandy Thow. Please place any orders with Christine in the office by Friday 22^nd November, with delivery date being Friday 6 December.

Child Restraint Law Change ~ 1^st November 2013

Baby on the Move supports this change and will donate $10 back to our school on every purchase of the new “Big Kidz” Booster Seat.

Was $139 now only $99.

Class Happenings Room 7

We have been learning about Ecosystems and why they are important.

We decided to make a mural of an ecosystem in the forest and in the ocean.

Here are some pictures of what we have drawn to add to the mural so far.           

An ecosystem is a system that consists of both living and non-living things that all depend on each other to survive.

An organism is any living thing. If you have more than one organism then it is called a population, and then all of those populations make up a community.

When you add non-living things to the community it then becomes an Ecosystem.

FIRST COMMUNION HELPERS

I will be available to help prepare and present the Communion breakfast in the hall on Sunday 24 November. 

Signed _____________________________

 “SPUD IN A BUCKET”

We would like to purchase _____ buckets @ $6 each

I have enclosed $_____

Family Name:  __________________________

GARDEN CLUB

Yes please send me ____ kits @ $2 each

I have enclosed $ _____

Name/s of children: _________________________________________________