Newsletter No. 16 | Term 3 Week 7 | Friday 30th August 2024

Prayer

A prayer for all the candidates preparing for Eucharist and Confirmation.

Holy Spirit, you are the giver of many gifts which God wants to give me very personally. Open my heart and my mind as I prepare for Confirmation. Help me to know that you are confirming all the goodness that I am, and all the goodness that I will become. Increase my desire to know and follow Jesus as his disciple with a grateful and courageous heart.

Amen.

Principal's Message

Leanne is currently on Long Service until the start of Term 4.

A Message from Mandy

Welcome to Week 7!

Last Friday we celebrated Book Week and it was a resounding success for our school. I would like to thank all the staff for the way they worked together to create a rich and fun day for our students. Everyone played a part in the smooth running of the event. We are blessed to have such a passionate and collaborative team!

 The concerts at Trinity were a wonderful experience for St. Brendan’s. The pure joy and happiness that was displayed on their beautiful faces was gold.

I must mention Cuba and his awesome dance moves. He had the Trinity students enthralled and I heard several students say to him you are so cool! He will certainly remember his birthday this year.

We look forward to our Wattle Day Excursion and Bush Excursion that are coming up later this term. We thank Alice for preparing these events for us and giving the children such rich and engaging opportunities to commune with nature.

 Alice has also sourced a free excursion to Schultz Dairy in Timboon. This ties in nicely with our Outdoor Learning and Cows Create Careers. The children will go on a walking tour and learn about cheese making and organic practices and produce. This also exposes the children to sustainable farming options.

I would like to thank Ken Coates for his assistance with our gate. It was broken and Ken kindly helped me with purchasing a new lock and generously installed it for us. We appreciate your willingness to help out Ken!

Warm wishes,

Mandy

Trinity Concerts - Friday 23rd August

School Attendance and Absentee Notification

An important reminder to log into PAM or call the office to report your childs absence prior to 9:30am. This is an important requirement. Please also let us know if your child is arriving late or leaving early. Thank you.

Mobile Library
Just a reminder to our community that the Mobile Library visits our school every second Wednesday between 10am -11.30am. This service is open to anyone and we welcome other visitors to the van.

Book Fair

Thank you to everyone who came to the Book Fair! We raised $667.50 and we get $66.50 to spend on books. We also received $110 in promotional money for booking the fair which we used for the Book Week prizes.

Bush Excursion

We are heading to Love’s Creek and Kawarren for our bush excursion on Thursday the 19th September. The children will participate in a bush walk along the Beechy Rail Trail and be involved in experiencing bush play.

RACE Excursion

The whole school will be attending an excursion on Tuesday 10th September.
Alice has procured this excursion for us free of charge from RACE Victoria - Food and Fibre Industry School Partnership.
Thank you Alice for looking out for excellent opportunities that the children can learn and grow their knowledge. We are heading to Schultz Dairy in Timboon to learn about cheese making and organic farming practices.

Footy Colour Day

The children will be able to attend school representing their favourite footy team, whether local or national, on Friday 13th September. We ask for a gold coin donation and the proceeds will go towards our Mission Day contribution.

Friday Fun Groups  

This week we will be starting our Friday Fun Groups. The children will rotate around the activities in their Sports houses. The events for the next 3 weeks are Sustainability, Running and Knot Tying.

Toasties on Friday 

We ask parents to make sure the names of the children are clearly marked on the baking paper and/or the paper bag the toastie is in. This helps alleviate any confusion around whose sandwich it is. Thank you for your support with this.

Genua Brothers - Thank you!

We'd just like to say a big, special thank you to Genua Brothers Colac for donating some panels to better waterproof the chicken tractor at school. This is very much appreicated and we are sure Angel and Gem are much happier!

Balls of Wool Needed - Art Supplies 

We would just like to send a special call out that the art room is in need of balls of wool. If you have any spare please bring them into the office. Thank you!

Class Awards
Congratulations to Jackson, Sophie and Teddy for receiving the Class Awards last week!

Prep/1 Classroom

Welcome to Week 7!

Book Week last week was a huge sucess - Thanks to all families and students for their enthusiasm and excitment. The costumes were phenomenal. Similarly, our excursion to Trinity College to see the Giggle Concert was lots of fun.

Religion: Our theme for Religion has been 'kindness'. Over the last week, we have been considering the Bible passage, 'Jesus Blesses the Children'. The students have really enjoyed the opportunity to listen to the story and act it out, We then identified the ways that Jesus shows kindness and compassion within the story.


Integrated Curriculum: Within Integrated Curriculum, our theme is 'Discovery'. This week we have been learning about the story of 'The Three Billy Goats Gruff'. Over the next few weeks we will explore some scientific ideas.

We will learn about the properties of different materials and participate in the following activities:
-Making play dough and moulding a play dough goat
-Building an aluminium foil boat that can carry a play dough goat
-Reusing an old pillowcase and a stickto make a bag
-Building a bridge that can cross an A3 river

Allira Kluver
akluver@sbcoragulac.catholic.edu.au

2/3/4 Classroom News

Welcome to Week 7 of Term 3!

We had a fantastic Book Week celebration last week. The parade was excellent and the children really enjoyed the activities and the concert at Trinity. It was wonderful to see our students lead the way with dancing and all of St Brendan's hit the dance floor. It was pretty impressive as the rest of the audience were all Trinity students.

Homework this wek will be revision of our currrent spelling words and activited related to basic mathematical concepts.


Religious Education: We have been unpacking the Scripture from Matthew 7:12
A Very Important Rule: "Do for others what you would want them to do for you. This is the meaning of the Law of Moses and the teaching of the prophets."
The children have discussed what this means to them and how it impacts the world around us. We have also looked at the Islam religion and the similarities and differences to Catholicism.

Intergrated Curriculum: We have been contruscting balloon powered cars and not having total success! It has been great to see students use problem solving skills, and offereing alternative solutions and ideas on how to imporve the experiement. Part of conducting experiments is undersanding there is a chance of it not working out. The class have been brainstorming ways we could fix it or change it in the future. I have been really impressed!

The star of the Week award goes to Ruby Wilson. Congratulations on your effort!

Kind Regards,

Mandy Sutherland
msutherland@sbcoragulac.catholic.edu.au

4/5/6 Classroom News

Welcome to Week 7 of Term 3!
Congratulations to everyone who participated in our Book Week parade last week! It was fabulous to see everyone dressed up as their favourite character. Congratulations also to Aden and Matilda who earned their pen licenses over the past couple of weeks. 

Winter Sports: There has been another change to Winter Sports dates. The updated dates are as follows:

-Friday 6th September vs Colac Primary at Colac Primary
-Monday 9th September vs Elliminyt at Colac West
-Monday 16th September vs St Mary’s at St Mary’s

Homework: Spelling and Maths homework was sent home at the start of this week. This is due back to school on Friday 6th September. This is the last homework for Term 3. 

Religion: In Religion we have been researching the three abrahamic religions - Christianity, Islamic and Judaism. Students have been researching information such as the place of origin, founders, sacred text and buildings, main beliefs, major festivals and holy places. Once everyone has collected their information we will discuss the similarities and differences between each religion.

Integrated Curriculum: In Integrated Curriculum we have been learning how to use the coding program Scratch. Students have been exploring how to use blocks to program characters to move, spin, have conversations, make sounds, hide and disappear. Next week we will start using Scratch to create quizzes about our science facts.

I hope you have a lovely week,

Tahlia

Tahlia Whytcross
twhytcross@sbcoragulac.catholic.edu.au

Birthday Corner

Wishing a very big Happy Birthday to everyone who is celebrating their special day! Especially...

6th September -  Evie McGuane (6)

Important Dates

Catholic Culture

St Brendan's Coragulac & St Joseph's Pirron Yallock Mass Times

St Brendan’s Coragulac: 9.30am Sunday Lay-led  /  Mass 5pm 4th Sunday of each month
St Joseph’s Pirron Yallock: 10:30am Mass 1st Sunday of each month

Our Diocesan Community

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Click here to read all the news in the latest edition of Our Diocesan Community.

Some of our students are currently preparing for the Sacraments of Eucharist(Communion) and Confirmation.

We wish them all the best as they journey in faith to receive these sacraments.

Communion is not merely a religious custom but a profound expression of faith and unity within the Christian community. It is a tangible representation of the Last Supper, the final meal that Jesus shared with his disciples before his crucifixion. This solemn occasion is commemorated through the act of sharing bread and wine, symbolizing the body and blood of Jesus Christ, respectively. The act of partaking in communion is a deeply spiritual experience for believers, as it fosters a sense of closeness to God and reaffirms their commitment to the teachings of Jesus.

Confirmation deepens our baptismal life that calls us to be missionary witnesses of Jesus Christ in our families, neighborhoods, society, and the world.  We receive the message of faith in a deeper and more intensive manner with great emphasis given to the person of Jesus Christ, who asked the Father to give the Holy Spirit to the Church for building up the community in loving service.

Community News & Events

Bluewater Sensory Quiet Time Pool Session
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