Year 3/4 P are working on Alliteration Poems this term. Below is a few pieces they have written about the concert last week.

The classic class clowns had loads of candy before the concert. The creative class calmly walked on the stage and danced crazily. In the middle of the concert, Emma collapsed and luckily didn't cry. A couple of clowns got to cartwheel because the music was so crazily catchy. Their costumes were remarkable. By Amelia

Clearly, the clowns were the cleverest act.  All of the crying clowns lined up.The clumsy clowns became confused with their creation, but no one could tell. I loved watching the classic clowns get confused in their crazy dance. By Gina

The mysterious monkeys marvellously marched on stage to music. Monkeys munched on mints that were massive. By Huxley

Callum the crazy clown wore a colourful costume. Chaotic clapping had the crowd crying. By Callum

Lions lay in the land lots looking from the stand. By Declan

The classic class clowns carelessly collapsed on stage during the school concert in their colourful costumes with their crazy hairdos. The girls were keen on not losing their clean hats. The clowns’ concert piece was a classic. By Annabelle

Connor the confused clown cried because Carter the ringmaster said that there is a crazy big contrast between him and the creative clowns. Carter declared that the creative clowns were capable of coming up with creative clues, but  Connor’s were clumsy, careless and chaotic. By Connor

Clowns at the concert in crazy colourful costumes created by Kate. Crowds were clapping at the conclusion of our colourful, clumsy, clown dance. By Jack

Super strong people stomped. Smart strong people swam. Surrounded strong people surged. Significant strong people surfed. By Levi

Crazy concert clowns collapsed on the colourful concrete to calm down.
Clever Cooper couldn't control Callum coz it was too complex. The contrasting conditions continued to cause complications. Those crazy concert clowns couldn't calm down. By Lars

Dear Parents and Carers

We have had such a busy and very exciting couple of weeks at St Mary’s. While our focus is always on learning and expanding our knowledge, these past weeks have enabled our students to challenge themselves with a wonderful display of music and performance.

Recently we had Andrew Chinn at our school. Andrew is a fantastic singer and performer who spent the day with the children, teaching them songs and preparing them for a concert in the afternoon. Parents and families joined us in for the concert. This was a wonderful day and one that the children, their parents and the staff thoroughly enjoyed. It was definitely a great example of our faith in action.

We are so proud of our recent production, ‘Circus Oz Spectacular!’ As a school community, we are so proud of the way the students learned their songs and lines, committed to their performance and came to both of our production sessions and gave their very best to their performances both individually and as a class. The feedback from the night has been so positive, with the production clearly creating a great buzz of excitement throughout the school community. It is so exciting to share these special occasions and to watch what it means to our students to perform in front of their families and friends.

I take this opportunity to thank our wonderful staff at St Mary’s. We recently celebrated Teacher Appreciation Day and have just had World Teachers’ Day. These days remind us of the gift that our teachers and all of our staff are to our St Mary’s school community.

The dedication, kindness, care, support, expertise and high quality teaching our staff provide to every child in our care makes St Mary’s such a wonderful school and a great place to be. The Director of DOSCEL, our governing body, has sent a video to thank the staff in our schools. 

Kind regards

Lisa

We hope you enjoyed the concert as much as we did!

Our Concert was recorded. Copies on DVD, USB or download can be ordered online from;

https://encorevideography.com.au/w/store/#!/Immaculate-Heart-of-Mary-School-Newborough-Production-1st-Nov-2023/p/597125644/category=0

Professional photographs were also taken and can be viewed and ordered online from;

https://encorestudio.shootproof.com/gallery/stmarys/

Use your own email to log in and password i5gU32# 

The link to view photos will expire 26/11/23.

Below are some photos taken by one of our parents, thank you Jeff Thorpe.  How amazing are those costumes? Thank you Kate & Nina.

As a final fundraiser for the year, P & F have arranged a Cadbury Chocolates Fundraiser.

To make it simple, we will sell the box of chocolates to parents for the cost plus profit (prices vary between $48 and $63). Then there will be no deadline for you to sell them, as the school has already received the money to pay for the product and our profit. We hope that this will make the process nice and easy for everyone!

Boxes can be purchased via CDFpay, and once sold, you keep the money that you have received.

https://stmnewbor.cdfpay.org.au/MonitorOnline/app/#!/login

Please see CDFpay for all the details of what each box contains, RRP and to purchase any that you would like to sell for the school.

Please place orders by 3.00pm Friday 17^th November so we can receive the chocolates asap.

Thank you for participating if this great fundraising event. Any questions, please do not hesitate to contact one of the committee members.

Yours sincerely,

Parents & Friends Committee, St Mary’s Primary School, Newborough

Our school fees for 2024 will be as follows:

Our preferred method of payment is by Direct Debit, weekly, fortnightly or monthly. Link to form below;

Direct_Debit_Request.pdf

Families who already pay by direct debit will need to look at the amount you currently pay and ensure that it covers next years fees. If you need to increase your direct debit please contact Sandi in the office.

Uniform Shop

To place orders online please click the link below: 

Orders will be filled at the school during the week and sent home with your child. If an exchange is necessary please contact the office who will organise this on your behalf.

Student Achievements

Last month Jasper & Arlo Warner, Harlow Giesler & Ruby Stagg represented Gippsland swimming at the 2023 Country Junior District Comp at Melbourne Sports & Aquatic Centre (MSAC).

7 Country Districts, with a total of 264 swimmers, 88 from Gippsland. Ages 8-11

Jasper was in 3 individual events and came in 10th, 14th & 17th.

Arlo was in 5 events (4 individual & 1 relay). Arlo came second in the relay, 4th & 6th in 2 individual events.

Harlow was in 2 individual events and 21st & 23rd.

Ruby was in 6 events (4 individual & 2 relay). She came 1st in one relay, 2nd in one relay, 2nd in two individual events, 4th in 2 individual events

Gippsland won the competition with the most amount of points!

November

• Thursday 16th - Foundation Information Night 6.00pm
• Tuesday 21st - Foundation Transition 
• Tuesday 28th - Foundation Transition 
• Thursday 30th - Year 5/6 Water Safety Program at Gumbuya World

December

• Tuesday 5th - Foundation Transition 
• Friday 8th - Craft Christmas Stall
• Monday 11th - Year 6 Day Out, Wyn City
• Tuesday 12th - Statewide Transition 
• Wednesday 13th - Foundation Day out, Inflatable World
• Thursday 14th - Year 6 Graduation Mass 9.00am & Dinner
• Friday 15th - Students last day

January 2024

• Tuesday 30th - Students first day (years 1 to 6) & Foundation Testing
• Wednesday 31st - Foundation Testing

February 

• Thursday 1st - Foundation students first day
• Wednesday 7th - Foundation Testing