20 February
St Francis Hughenden PO Box 69 Hughenden Q 4821 Ph: (07) 4741 1382 E: [email protected]
WHAT’S ON THIS TERM? 28 February Leaders Induction
3 March P&F Meeting 7:00pm
4 March Shrove Tuesday Andrew Rankin Visit
5 March Ash Wednesday
7 March Farewell to the Good Samaritan Sisters
20 February 2014 Dear Parents/Caregivers
How glorious has the rain been this week? It looks as though the power of prayer for rain may have finally paid off. It definitely made for an interes&ng pick up yesterday a(ernoon! Our successful swimmers from last A big thank you to parents and week’s carnival in Townsville friends who came to our Parent Informa&on Evening on Tuesday night. It was lovely to see so many of you here. This week we have had several visitors from across our diocese. Our Literacy and Numeracy Coach Petreah Carroll has been here working with our staff and students, Glenn Allen, our ICT technician has been here a2ending to The downpour at yesterday’s pick up our IT needs and Kim Smith, our Diocesan Informa&on and Resource Adviser was visi&ng yesterday to train Shannon and Melissa (St Patrick’s Winton) in new library so(ware. We are very fortunate to con&nue to receive the amount of support we do from TCEO. Today our Year 5/6/7 students have TCEO’s Kim Smith trains Shannon been par&cipa&ng in a Leadership and Melissa in new library so$ware Day. They have had several guest speakers including Robbie Ka2er, our Adopt-a-Cop Badge and myself and have also par&cipated in a range of ac&vi&es and exercises to assist them in their leadership roles this year. A big thank you to Alex Bluck for organizing a great day for our students. I will be absent on Monday and Year 2/3/4 Parent Informa,on Evening Tuesday next week as I a2end an e-Learning mee&ng in Sydney. I will be flying back in on Wednesday morning for the start of the school day. Have a great weekend and may we be blessed with a li2le more rain!
Glenda Scrase
27 March St Francis vs St Patrick’s Swimming Carnival
Weekly Relection
Things great have small beginnings. Every downpour is just a raindrop; every fire is just a spark; every harvest is just a seed; every journey is just a step because without that step there will be no journey; without that raindrop there can be no shower; without that seed there can be no harvest. William Wilberforce
Principal [email protected]
Robbie Ka.er talks to our Year 5/6/7 students
Source: h2p:// inclineyourheart.blogspot.com.au/2012/02/ things-great-have-smallbeginnings.html
Student of the Week
18 March CSIRO Visit
8 Flinders Street Hughenden Q 4821 Fax: (07) 4741 1519 W: www.sfsh.catholic.edu.au
19/02 -- Barry Morris
Prep/1 - Jakeb Sladden Year 2/3/4 - Temperance Holden Year 5/6/7 - Dylan Isaac
Gold Card Draw Winner This week’s Gold Card Winner is Liam Young for great teamwork.
Class In The Spotlight This week Year 5/6/7 is in the spotlight. Please join us for assembly in their class from 8:45am. Fr Peter is away un&l March so we will not be going to Friday Mass un&l he returns.
Well done to Brydie and Danielle who were both selected to represent Flinders at the Mid-West netball trials in Cloncurry yesterday. Danielle was selected in the Mid-West team and will now travel to Longreach in May for the North-West trials.
Congratula&ons Holly Wearing! This week’s Gospel Value was
Please con nue to keep the following people in your thoughts and prayers:
• •
Today our Year 5/6/7 students par&cipated in a range of leadership ac&vi&es and exercises. They were also visited by Robbie Ka2er, our Adopt-a-Cop Badge and Ms Scrase who all shared their thoughts on leadership. Our Year 6/7 students will receive their badges next Friday.
Bishop Michael Putney Sr Patricia
Our new school bags have arrived and can be purchased from the office for $40.
ABERGOWRIE COLLEGE VISIT Representa&ves from Abergowrie College will be visi&ng St Francis on Tuesday morning to talk with our Year 5-7 boys. HUGHENDEN JUNIOR RUGBY LEAGUE AGM MARCH 4TH AT THE GREAT WESTERN HOTEL 6PM. ALL WELCOME.
Please return Winton Swimming Carnival notes to the office as soon as possible.
Please find a footy ,pping flyer a.ached with today’s newsle.er.
This week in Carbon Kids we con&nued on our own projects. Prep/1 fed and cleaned their worm farms out, 2/3/4 planted seedlings in the greenhouse and the 5/6/7 con&nued to spread more woodchip in the bush tucker garden.
Our core values focus for Week 4 is
Congratula,ons Noah Searle!
Thank you to the Coward Family for cupcakes this week. The Bruce Family is on cupcakes next week. Thank you Jodie, Lynne and Sam for helping in tuckshop this week. Next week’s helpers are Lynne, Sam and Sharon.
Our student awards this week will reflect these values.
Our next mee&ng is on Monday 3 March at 7:00pm in the staffroom. We are assis&ng with feeding our visitors to the school on Friday 7 March. Please find a list with today’s newsle2er asking you to bring morning tea or lunch on the day.
2/3/4 learning different verbs in English
Prep/1 showcasing their man made and natural things Venn Diagram in Science
Year 5/6/7 working on decimal budgets in Maths
Use cloth towels to wipe up spills instead of paper towels.
A big thank you to all of our parents and friends who showed up at our Parent Informa,on Evening on Tuesday night.
WHAT’S ON THIS TERM? 28 February Leaders Induction
3 March P&F Meeting 7:00pm
4 March Shrove Tuesday Andrew Rankin Visit
5 March Ash Wednesday
7 March Farewell to the Good Samaritan Sisters
20 February 2014 Dear Parents/Caregivers
How glorious has the rain been this week? It looks as though the power of prayer for rain may have finally paid off. It definitely made for an interes&ng pick up yesterday a(ernoon! Our successful swimmers from last A big thank you to parents and week’s carnival in Townsville friends who came to our Parent Informa&on Evening on Tuesday night. It was lovely to see so many of you here. This week we have had several visitors from across our diocese. Our Literacy and Numeracy Coach Petreah Carroll has been here working with our staff and students, Glenn Allen, our ICT technician has been here a2ending to The downpour at yesterday’s pick up our IT needs and Kim Smith, our Diocesan Informa&on and Resource Adviser was visi&ng yesterday to train Shannon and Melissa (St Patrick’s Winton) in new library so(ware. We are very fortunate to con&nue to receive the amount of support we do from TCEO. Today our Year 5/6/7 students have TCEO’s Kim Smith trains Shannon been par&cipa&ng in a Leadership and Melissa in new library so$ware Day. They have had several guest speakers including Robbie Ka2er, our Adopt-a-Cop Badge and myself and have also par&cipated in a range of ac&vi&es and exercises to assist them in their leadership roles this year. A big thank you to Alex Bluck for organizing a great day for our students. I will be absent on Monday and Year 2/3/4 Parent Informa,on Evening Tuesday next week as I a2end an e-Learning mee&ng in Sydney. I will be flying back in on Wednesday morning for the start of the school day. Have a great weekend and may we be blessed with a li2le more rain!
Glenda Scrase
27 March St Francis vs St Patrick’s Swimming Carnival
Weekly Relection
Things great have small beginnings. Every downpour is just a raindrop; every fire is just a spark; every harvest is just a seed; every journey is just a step because without that step there will be no journey; without that raindrop there can be no shower; without that seed there can be no harvest. William Wilberforce
Principal [email protected]
Robbie Ka.er talks to our Year 5/6/7 students
Source: h2p:// inclineyourheart.blogspot.com.au/2012/02/ things-great-have-smallbeginnings.html
Student of the Week
18 March CSIRO Visit
8 Flinders Street Hughenden Q 4821 Fax: (07) 4741 1519 W: www.sfsh.catholic.edu.au
19/02 -- Barry Morris
Prep/1 - Jakeb Sladden Year 2/3/4 - Temperance Holden Year 5/6/7 - Dylan Isaac
Gold Card Draw Winner This week’s Gold Card Winner is Liam Young for great teamwork.
Class In The Spotlight This week Year 5/6/7 is in the spotlight. Please join us for assembly in their class from 8:45am. Fr Peter is away un&l March so we will not be going to Friday Mass un&l he returns.
Well done to Brydie and Danielle who were both selected to represent Flinders at the Mid-West netball trials in Cloncurry yesterday. Danielle was selected in the Mid-West team and will now travel to Longreach in May for the North-West trials.
Congratula&ons Holly Wearing! This week’s Gospel Value was
Please con nue to keep the following people in your thoughts and prayers:
• •
Today our Year 5/6/7 students par&cipated in a range of leadership ac&vi&es and exercises. They were also visited by Robbie Ka2er, our Adopt-a-Cop Badge and Ms Scrase who all shared their thoughts on leadership. Our Year 6/7 students will receive their badges next Friday.
Bishop Michael Putney Sr Patricia
Our new school bags have arrived and can be purchased from the office for $40.
ABERGOWRIE COLLEGE VISIT Representa&ves from Abergowrie College will be visi&ng St Francis on Tuesday morning to talk with our Year 5-7 boys. HUGHENDEN JUNIOR RUGBY LEAGUE AGM MARCH 4TH AT THE GREAT WESTERN HOTEL 6PM. ALL WELCOME.
Please return Winton Swimming Carnival notes to the office as soon as possible.
Please find a footy ,pping flyer a.ached with today’s newsle.er.
This week in Carbon Kids we con&nued on our own projects. Prep/1 fed and cleaned their worm farms out, 2/3/4 planted seedlings in the greenhouse and the 5/6/7 con&nued to spread more woodchip in the bush tucker garden.
Our core values focus for Week 4 is
Congratula,ons Noah Searle!
Thank you to the Coward Family for cupcakes this week. The Bruce Family is on cupcakes next week. Thank you Jodie, Lynne and Sam for helping in tuckshop this week. Next week’s helpers are Lynne, Sam and Sharon.
Our student awards this week will reflect these values.
Our next mee&ng is on Monday 3 March at 7:00pm in the staffroom. We are assis&ng with feeding our visitors to the school on Friday 7 March. Please find a list with today’s newsle2er asking you to bring morning tea or lunch on the day.
2/3/4 learning different verbs in English
Prep/1 showcasing their man made and natural things Venn Diagram in Science
Year 5/6/7 working on decimal budgets in Maths
Use cloth towels to wipe up spills instead of paper towels.
A big thank you to all of our parents and friends who showed up at our Parent Informa,on Evening on Tuesday night.
