18 June
St Francis Hughenden PO Box 69 Hughenden Q 4821 Ph: (07) 4741 1382 E: [email protected]
WHAT’S ON THIS
8 Flinders Street Hughenden Q 4821 Fax: (07) 4741 1519 W: www.sfsh.catholic.edu.au
18 June 2014 Dear Parents/Caregivers
Winter has finally arrived this week! I o!en say that school is 5° colder than my house and with the 19 June way the wind has been roaring through here the last couple of days I think that would be right! Athletics Carnival Well done to all students for wearing our correct school jumpers. Our students have been busy prac,cing for tomorrow’s athle,cs 21-22 June carnival. War cry prac,ce was held yesterday and we have also been Porcupine Gorge and Mt prac,cing field events for the last couple of weeks. A big thank you Walker Challenge to Tammy and Prairie for Helpers Wanted! organizing what promises to be a wonderful carnival. Please see the program of events on the last page of this edi,on of the newsle1er. 23 June It is hard to believe that next week is the end of term 2 and we will be half way through the End of Term year. To celebrate the end of term, we will be holding a get together Celebration 6:30pm here at school on Monday night. This will be an opportunity to meet Fr Francis and farewell our P&F President Sam Searle, Jono, Elijah and Noah as well as our Japanese 27 June teacher Kaori Waerea, Harry, Kameka and Toa. I look forward to Report Cards sent home seeing you all here. Good luck also to all of our students and parents who are Term 2 concludes compe,ng in the Porcupine Gorge and Mt Walker Fun Runs this 12:00pm weekend.
Weekly Relection
TERM?
P/1 shows Fr Francis their worm farm
Wills’ war cry prac$ce
Burke’s war cry prac$ce
Prep/1 boys ready for origin
Glenda Scrase
14 July
Principal [email protected]
The mistakes to avoid: • Remorse over yesterday's failures. • Anxiety over today's problems. • Worry over tomorrow's uncertainty. • Waste of the moment's opportunity. • Procras$na$on with one's present duty. • Resentment of another's success. • Cri$cism of a neighbor's imperfec$on. • Impa$ence with youth's immaturity. • Skep$cism of our na$on's future. • Unbelief in God's providence. Source: h)p:// www.appleseeds.org/ mistakes.htm
Year 2/3/4 ready for a QLD victory
Student of the Week
Term 3 Commences 20/06 - Margy Gough
Prep/1 - Jakeb Year 2/3/4 - Tempie Year 5/6/7 - Georgia
21-25 July
Gold Card Draw Winner
Year 5/6/7 attending Mulkadee
This week’s Gold Card Winner is KAMEKA for “working hard”
Class In The Spotlight This week the Prep/1 class is in the spotlight. Please join us for assembly in their room from 8:45am. You are also welcome to join the Prep/1 class for mass in the church from 9:30am.
P
Kaori Waerea will be finishing with us at the end of this term. We thank Kaori for all she has done for us at St Francis School (including Japanese lessons, Japanese tuckshop specials). We wish Kaori, Harry, Kameka and Toa all the best on their new adventures in Clermont.
Congratula,ons! This week’s Gospel Value was
Meg Rogers! If you can help for the Gorge and Mt Walker Challenges, we will need helpers at the following ,mes:
•
Food Prep on Friday from 2:00pm in the Tuckshop
•
Porcupine Gorge 8:00am Saturday
•
Presenta,on BBQ 4:30pm Saturday at Diggers Hall
Mt Walker 8:45am Sunday. Thank you all in advance for your help ☺
•
Please con%nue to keep the following people in your thoughts and prayers:
•
Sr Patricia Sr Ita
The Rydweld Porcupine Gorge • Challenge and Mount Walker Fun Run is on this weekend! We are thrilled to announce Michael Lyddiard will be joining us as the guest speaker for the Presenta,on Night of the Rydweld Porcupine Gorge Challenge to be held on We have recently sent home the strategy paper for “Enhancing Saturday evening. Michael has beaten the odds a!er a horrific Catholic School Iden,ty”. We are requiring parents to accident while serving in Afghanistan and brings a challenging and Inspiring message (with just a hint of his larrikin humour) to all he speaks complete some surveys relevant to our school iden,ty. To access the surveys, please visit www.schooliden,ty.net The to. EVERYONE is welcome with a BBQ Dinner available at $15.00 per website general access code you need is Ghj654. You will then person over 11 years old and $10.00 per child under 10 years old. Those be required to submit the school access code. The St Francis who par,cipate in the Challenge receive their dinner free of charge. School access code is 59tm18. We would love as many parents If you are a1ending please RSVP to the Flinders Discovery Centre on to complete this survey as possible. Please feel free to drop in 4741 2970. Online registra,ons for the Challenge will be open un,l 4pm, Friday 20th and have Glenda make a cuppa for you and log you on to complete it. All surveys need to be completed by 20 June. June at www.porcupinegorgechallenge.com.au. Registra,ons can also be made on the day. A bus will be depar,ng at 8am SHARP from the Flinders Discovery Centre on Saturday 21st June for Porcupine Gorge Na,onal Park. To save your seat, contact the Flinders Discovery Centre on 4741 2970. A bus will also be depar,ng for Mt Walker on Sunday 22nd June at 8.45am. If As part of our School Renewal process, every five years we are invited you prefer to drive out yourself remember the road is fully sealed and to revisit our school mission statement and adapt it as necessary. Our only 74km. updated mission statement was sent home with last week’s newsle)er. Queensland Parks and Wildlife Rangers will be joining us at the We are seeking feedback on our amended mission statement and Porcupine Gorge Na,onal Park (Pyramid Campsite) again on invite all feedback to be returned to school by Friday 20 June. the Friday night for "Ranger Talks" with a slide show and presenta,on from approx 7pm. All welcome! Refreshments will be available for purchase at both events. A!er the Challenge take a rare opportunity to observe the magnificent natural beauty of Porcupine Gorge from the air in a helicopter flight, $75 / seat. Please remember to bring cash.
We would like to invite all groups and organisa,ons to take part in the float parade & talent night. We are also looking for a group that may be interested in doing hot food for the talent night on the Sunday night. We are hoping to make this a weekend that Hughenden won’t forget for a long ,me, as we hope to generate some good revenue for the town also show our visitors we are a great community to be a part.of and show them what they are missing by moving away from this great town. I hope you feel like our group does about this town and join us to celebrate being part of this community, by joining in as it is not only for past it is also for our present members of the community. Juley Anchen.
Our classes have con,nued to work on their assigned areas during Carbon Kids ,me. Our Year 5/6/7 students worked with Mrs Ford last Friday to spread new woodchip around our court area.
Our core values focus for Week 9 is
Congratula,ons Lawsen Ford!
Thank you to the Morris Family for cupcakes this week. Naylor Family is on cupcakes next week. Thank you Lynne, Jono & Sam for helping in the tuckshop this week. Next week’s helpers are Sam and Jono.
We are catering at the Porcupine Gorge/Mt Walker Challenges. Please see the help ,mes on the previous page of this newsle1er. Our next mee,ng is on
Monday 14 July at 7:00pm in the staffroom. We hope to see you all there.
Our student awards this week will reflect these values.
Year 5/6/7 begin prac,cing their songs for Mulkadee
Prep/1 class beginning their day with the calendar and weather
2/3/4 working hard on HPE and Science projects.
If you’re not using a light, turn it off!
Tomorrow is our Athle,cs Carnival! All students are to be dropped off and picked up at Hughenden State School. The carnival starts at 9:00am. Students are to be dropped off from 8:30am. The Order of Events is: 9.00 am Start March Past Na,onal Anthem 200 Metre Race Sprints Shared Morning Tea Rota,ons of Field Events • High Jump • Long Jump • Shot Put • Discus Relays Adult Relay Ball Games Presenta,ons 3:00pm Finish Children should take a lunch break according to their schedule. We would be very grateful if there would be a parent at each ac,vity to help let the day go smoother. Students can either wear their house colours (blue or red) or their sports shirts. They will need to bring hats, sunscreen, water and their lunch and morning tea. A big thank you to Tammy McClymont and Prairie State School for all of their work in organising what promises to be a wonderful carnival. Thank you also in advance to all of our parent helpers. We are looking forward to a great day!
WHAT’S ON THIS
8 Flinders Street Hughenden Q 4821 Fax: (07) 4741 1519 W: www.sfsh.catholic.edu.au
18 June 2014 Dear Parents/Caregivers
Winter has finally arrived this week! I o!en say that school is 5° colder than my house and with the 19 June way the wind has been roaring through here the last couple of days I think that would be right! Athletics Carnival Well done to all students for wearing our correct school jumpers. Our students have been busy prac,cing for tomorrow’s athle,cs 21-22 June carnival. War cry prac,ce was held yesterday and we have also been Porcupine Gorge and Mt prac,cing field events for the last couple of weeks. A big thank you Walker Challenge to Tammy and Prairie for Helpers Wanted! organizing what promises to be a wonderful carnival. Please see the program of events on the last page of this edi,on of the newsle1er. 23 June It is hard to believe that next week is the end of term 2 and we will be half way through the End of Term year. To celebrate the end of term, we will be holding a get together Celebration 6:30pm here at school on Monday night. This will be an opportunity to meet Fr Francis and farewell our P&F President Sam Searle, Jono, Elijah and Noah as well as our Japanese 27 June teacher Kaori Waerea, Harry, Kameka and Toa. I look forward to Report Cards sent home seeing you all here. Good luck also to all of our students and parents who are Term 2 concludes compe,ng in the Porcupine Gorge and Mt Walker Fun Runs this 12:00pm weekend.
Weekly Relection
TERM?
P/1 shows Fr Francis their worm farm
Wills’ war cry prac$ce
Burke’s war cry prac$ce
Prep/1 boys ready for origin
Glenda Scrase
14 July
Principal [email protected]
The mistakes to avoid: • Remorse over yesterday's failures. • Anxiety over today's problems. • Worry over tomorrow's uncertainty. • Waste of the moment's opportunity. • Procras$na$on with one's present duty. • Resentment of another's success. • Cri$cism of a neighbor's imperfec$on. • Impa$ence with youth's immaturity. • Skep$cism of our na$on's future. • Unbelief in God's providence. Source: h)p:// www.appleseeds.org/ mistakes.htm
Year 2/3/4 ready for a QLD victory
Student of the Week
Term 3 Commences 20/06 - Margy Gough
Prep/1 - Jakeb Year 2/3/4 - Tempie Year 5/6/7 - Georgia
21-25 July
Gold Card Draw Winner
Year 5/6/7 attending Mulkadee
This week’s Gold Card Winner is KAMEKA for “working hard”
Class In The Spotlight This week the Prep/1 class is in the spotlight. Please join us for assembly in their room from 8:45am. You are also welcome to join the Prep/1 class for mass in the church from 9:30am.
P
Kaori Waerea will be finishing with us at the end of this term. We thank Kaori for all she has done for us at St Francis School (including Japanese lessons, Japanese tuckshop specials). We wish Kaori, Harry, Kameka and Toa all the best on their new adventures in Clermont.
Congratula,ons! This week’s Gospel Value was
Meg Rogers! If you can help for the Gorge and Mt Walker Challenges, we will need helpers at the following ,mes:
•
Food Prep on Friday from 2:00pm in the Tuckshop
•
Porcupine Gorge 8:00am Saturday
•
Presenta,on BBQ 4:30pm Saturday at Diggers Hall
Mt Walker 8:45am Sunday. Thank you all in advance for your help ☺
•
Please con%nue to keep the following people in your thoughts and prayers:
•
Sr Patricia Sr Ita
The Rydweld Porcupine Gorge • Challenge and Mount Walker Fun Run is on this weekend! We are thrilled to announce Michael Lyddiard will be joining us as the guest speaker for the Presenta,on Night of the Rydweld Porcupine Gorge Challenge to be held on We have recently sent home the strategy paper for “Enhancing Saturday evening. Michael has beaten the odds a!er a horrific Catholic School Iden,ty”. We are requiring parents to accident while serving in Afghanistan and brings a challenging and Inspiring message (with just a hint of his larrikin humour) to all he speaks complete some surveys relevant to our school iden,ty. To access the surveys, please visit www.schooliden,ty.net The to. EVERYONE is welcome with a BBQ Dinner available at $15.00 per website general access code you need is Ghj654. You will then person over 11 years old and $10.00 per child under 10 years old. Those be required to submit the school access code. The St Francis who par,cipate in the Challenge receive their dinner free of charge. School access code is 59tm18. We would love as many parents If you are a1ending please RSVP to the Flinders Discovery Centre on to complete this survey as possible. Please feel free to drop in 4741 2970. Online registra,ons for the Challenge will be open un,l 4pm, Friday 20th and have Glenda make a cuppa for you and log you on to complete it. All surveys need to be completed by 20 June. June at www.porcupinegorgechallenge.com.au. Registra,ons can also be made on the day. A bus will be depar,ng at 8am SHARP from the Flinders Discovery Centre on Saturday 21st June for Porcupine Gorge Na,onal Park. To save your seat, contact the Flinders Discovery Centre on 4741 2970. A bus will also be depar,ng for Mt Walker on Sunday 22nd June at 8.45am. If As part of our School Renewal process, every five years we are invited you prefer to drive out yourself remember the road is fully sealed and to revisit our school mission statement and adapt it as necessary. Our only 74km. updated mission statement was sent home with last week’s newsle)er. Queensland Parks and Wildlife Rangers will be joining us at the We are seeking feedback on our amended mission statement and Porcupine Gorge Na,onal Park (Pyramid Campsite) again on invite all feedback to be returned to school by Friday 20 June. the Friday night for "Ranger Talks" with a slide show and presenta,on from approx 7pm. All welcome! Refreshments will be available for purchase at both events. A!er the Challenge take a rare opportunity to observe the magnificent natural beauty of Porcupine Gorge from the air in a helicopter flight, $75 / seat. Please remember to bring cash.
We would like to invite all groups and organisa,ons to take part in the float parade & talent night. We are also looking for a group that may be interested in doing hot food for the talent night on the Sunday night. We are hoping to make this a weekend that Hughenden won’t forget for a long ,me, as we hope to generate some good revenue for the town also show our visitors we are a great community to be a part.of and show them what they are missing by moving away from this great town. I hope you feel like our group does about this town and join us to celebrate being part of this community, by joining in as it is not only for past it is also for our present members of the community. Juley Anchen.
Our classes have con,nued to work on their assigned areas during Carbon Kids ,me. Our Year 5/6/7 students worked with Mrs Ford last Friday to spread new woodchip around our court area.
Our core values focus for Week 9 is
Congratula,ons Lawsen Ford!
Thank you to the Morris Family for cupcakes this week. Naylor Family is on cupcakes next week. Thank you Lynne, Jono & Sam for helping in the tuckshop this week. Next week’s helpers are Sam and Jono.
We are catering at the Porcupine Gorge/Mt Walker Challenges. Please see the help ,mes on the previous page of this newsle1er. Our next mee,ng is on
Monday 14 July at 7:00pm in the staffroom. We hope to see you all there.
Our student awards this week will reflect these values.
Year 5/6/7 begin prac,cing their songs for Mulkadee
Prep/1 class beginning their day with the calendar and weather
2/3/4 working hard on HPE and Science projects.
If you’re not using a light, turn it off!
Tomorrow is our Athle,cs Carnival! All students are to be dropped off and picked up at Hughenden State School. The carnival starts at 9:00am. Students are to be dropped off from 8:30am. The Order of Events is: 9.00 am Start March Past Na,onal Anthem 200 Metre Race Sprints Shared Morning Tea Rota,ons of Field Events • High Jump • Long Jump • Shot Put • Discus Relays Adult Relay Ball Games Presenta,ons 3:00pm Finish Children should take a lunch break according to their schedule. We would be very grateful if there would be a parent at each ac,vity to help let the day go smoother. Students can either wear their house colours (blue or red) or their sports shirts. They will need to bring hats, sunscreen, water and their lunch and morning tea. A big thank you to Tammy McClymont and Prairie State School for all of their work in organising what promises to be a wonderful carnival. Thank you also in advance to all of our parent helpers. We are looking forward to a great day!
