AGGIES ARTICLES - Term 2 Week 4 - Friday 14 May 2021

OUR VISION

To be witnesses of Christ's love: In faith, culture, educational excellence and hope for the future.

OUR MISSION

St Agnes' as a Parish School community is committed to:

• Modelling the life and teachings of Jesus based on our Catholic Tradition
• The development of a culture founded on respect and nourished through the continued building of relationships
• Creating a welcoming, friendly and safe environment, where life and growth is recognised and celebrated
• Encouraging and challenging all to achieve their personal best by fostering positive attitudes to learning and catering for individual differences
• Preparing individuals with skills, knowledge and values to live successfully today and into the future

7th Sunday of Easter
In these last chapters of John’s Gospel he emphasises Jesus’ message of us continuing his mission. He wants his message of love and mission shared throughout the world.

Dear Parents and Carers

Our school has been a buzz this week. We have had NAPLAN assessments, excursions to the Glasshouse and Timbertown, writing competition winners having morning tea with the Port Macquarie Mayor Peta Pinson, Golf Day preparations and even a visit from our Director of Lismore Catholic Schools, Dr Sally Towns.

Over $500 has been donated to the flood appeal so far this term from the profits made through Craft for Service. The students involved have discovered some fantastic new craft ideas for the remainder of the term. Thank you to everyone who has purchased these great gifts from the front office. We hope the recipients of the gifts were as enthusiastic as those students who made them.

World Record Attempt - Longest washing line of socks

St Agnes’ Primary are supporting the Port Macquarie West Rotary Club in trying to break the current world record held by Germany for the “longest washing line of socks”. We are asking for you to send in any odd or lonely socks from home, or even pairs of socks that you might not like to wear. The socks don’t need to be new or free from holes - just clean. These can be dropped into the front office and will be collected throughout the month of May. You can enter a lucky door prize by adding your name, phone number and a donation inside the sock. The major Prize winners of this draw will win a $1000 Hastings Co-op voucher or one of 10, $50 gift vouchers. The Year Six Community Connections Team will be coordinating this activity for the next three weeks.

Golf Day

We are all ready for a fun day on Sunday. It is exciting to have so many teams registered who are current and past parents, ex-students and staff members along with some long standing regular supporters.

Some spots are still available to participate in this wonderful community event with fabulous prizes on offer thanks to our amazing sponsors.

NAPLAN

Congratulations to our Year 3 and 5 students who have completed the bulk of their NAPLAN assessments this week. All of the students were positive and resilient. Please know that if your child has been absent during this week, we will be running catch up tests at the beginning of next week. A special thank you to the Year 3 and 5 teaching teams, as well as Sharon Hugo, Bruce McConnell, Lucy Brown, Jessica Stewart and Claire Thurlow for supporting this hugely successful testing period.

This week at Aggies

Thank you to the Kindergarten team for always sending their amazing “Authors of the Day” to the office for us to share in their stories. We love seeing them dressed in their superhero capes, ready to share their superstar writing!

Assembly Awards

Congratulations to the following students, who received class awards at today's assembly:

KE -        Annalisa Lipscombe and Hazel McCarthy

1B -        Mia Brazel and Ray Huckel

1TB -      Miles Gardiner and Scarlett Gaul

3O -        Grace Jessen and Parker Clarke

3P -        Ollie Bennetts and Felix Jones

3TM -      Rosie Woolnough and Thomas Spithill

4NS -      Callum Galleghan and Maddison Evans

5C -        Charlize Leicht and Tyler Dickson

5M -        Troy Towers and Jasmine Anastas

5W -        Laya Maria Abraham 

6B -         Benjamin Evans and Annabelle Kerr

6E -         Zara Turner and Luke Everson

6W -        Taj Trumper and Janisa Vinod

Diocesan Rugby Union Challenge

Preparations continue for the St Agnes’ rugby team who will be taking on other schools from the Diocese of Lismore at Coffs Harbour in Week 7. While the weather has provided challenges, the boys have been ripping in whenever they can. Their enthusiasm and commitment is wonderful to see. The boys will train at school most days until the big day arrives.

Athletics Carnival

The recent spate of wet weather has slowed down our athletics carnival preparations, but we hope to see our students running, jumping, and throwing again soon. We will be making an announcement in regards to parents as spectators and helpers soon.

There have been rumours circulating that some parents would like to enter a team in the teacher/student relay. These are just rumours at this stage, but the teachers welcome the chance to compete against any adults that would like to have a go in the last event of the day.

Year 3 and 4 NRL/Rugby Union

Students in Year 3 and 4 who are interested in a regular game of tackle Rugby League and Rugby Union will have taken permission notes home this week. Mr Brazel will run a regular game of either rugby code during the week. This will involve contact and tackling in a very controlled setting. All interested students are welcome and experience is not necessary. The games will be non competitive and enjoyment will be the primary goal. All students who hope to play each week will have to have shown the 4 R’s all week to ensure they get a run. This game is a result of student voice. We will be offering a similar experience to students in Years 5 and 6 later in the term.

Golf

All students will be participating in specialised golf clinics in the coming weeks. We are hoping to expose the students to this sport, and who knows, we may uncover our very own Dustin Johnson or Jin Young Ko.

It has been wonderful to have some families reach out and ask for assistance in getting their child involved in community sports in the last few weeks.

If you are interested in helping out with any of our sporting pursuits, please contact craig.brazel@lism.catholic.edu.au. Parental involvement is a wonderful way to build school and family connections, and we encourage partnerships of this nature. We have a wonderful parent community who have a wealth of expertise that we could use to increase our students participation in physical activities. However, expertise is not a prerequisite for getting involved; an extra set of hands is always useful!

Does your child want to play Rugby Union?

All Port Macquarie Junior Rugby Union clubs (Hastings Valley Vikings, Port Pirates and Port Macquarie Hogs) are looking for players in the U10s (children turning 9 and 10 this year) and the U12s (Children turning 11 and 12 this year). This is open to both boys and girls. Games are held at the same time at Stuart Park on a Friday night. Contact craig.brazel@lism.catholic.edu.au if you have any questions.

Do you have a junior sporting team that requires players? Are you part of a sporting club that is looking to increase numbers and promote your organisation? Do you have a child that wants to join a team or play a sport, but don’t know where to start? Do you have an adult team that requires players and want to put the word out to our parent community? If the answer is ‘yes’ to any of these questions, then please send an email to craig.brazel@lism.catholic.edu.au explaining what you require.

Centred In Christ and With Love For One Another, St Agnes’ Learners are:

Congratulations to the following students who have received 100 dojos this week for following our 4 R’s at St Agnes'. 

KJ - Calaya Bartel, Georgia Howard and Pippa Taylor
2JW - Jackson Murray and Jade Johnson
2W - Chase Owen, Jayde Bruce and Ruby Williams
3O - Parker Clarke
3TM - Casey Murray, Harley Cadden and Isiah Dickson
4A - Clementine Hennessy, Connor Budnick, Juann Jino and Olivia Abdelnour
6B - Amarlie Gregory, Arliah Morris, Blake Elliott and Ivy Collins
6E - Alanna Anil, Makayla Smith and Scarlet Brooke
6W - Jack McGrath

Monday 17 May will be our next P&F meeting. We would like to invite you all to come along and have a say in what's happening in our school. It will be in the school staffroom at 5:45pm. We understand that this time does not suit everyone, please feel free to contact us (see details below) if you have something you would like discussed on your behalf and we will add it to the agenda. At this meeting, we will be discussing disco’s, winter uniforms - what to do with them, and purchasing new resources for the school. If you would like to add anything to the agenda, please email us at pandfstagnes@gmail.com .

P&F Agenda - May 2021

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Golf Day - A huge shout out goes to all the members of the golf committee. Donna Sprague, Suzy Spicer, Dean McWhirter, Ben McEntyre, Dave McGrath, Jess and Mark Larkan. Your hard work and dedication to organising such a fun event is so appreciated, thank you!! To all those who have put their hand up to volunteer we are incredibly grateful. These events could not happen without you.

To all the golfers out there good luck and have fun on Sunday.

Leasa Harris and Erin Elliott
0409 467 898

pandfstagnes@gmail.com

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