17th December 2014 - John Paul II Catholic School

John Paul II
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17th December 2014
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Important
Dates
December
Wednesday 17th
Grade 6 Last Day
Thursday 18th
Family BBQ 12pm - children may leave
with parents
TERM 4 ENDS
January
Friday 30th
Book Day & Uniform Shop Open (Strictly
8.30am - 11am)
Etiam sit amet est
February
Thursday 5th
TERM 1 BEGINS
From the Principal
Jim Ireland
Dear Parents,
I wish you a happy, holy and safe Christmas with your families.
Thank you for your support over the past six years and I hope to
return in 2016 to spend a few more years at John Paul II.
Regards,
Jim Ireland (Principal)
Bellerive - Lindisfarne parish
Christmas mass times
Family Vigil Mass – 6.00pm Lindisfarne
6.30pm John Paul II
7.30pm Corpus Christi
161 Mockridge Road
Clarendon Vale TAS 7019
Midnight Mass – 12.00am Corpus Christi
Carols from 11.30pm
PO Box 40 Rokeby 7019
phone 6247 7104
fax 03 6247 6438
Christmas Day – 9.30am Lindisfarne
[email protected]
17th December 2014
From the Assistant Principal L&T
Thanksgiving Mass
On Thursday 11th December we celebrated our Thanksgiving Mass. This was a wonderful opportunity to
give thanks to God for the good things and the challenges we have faced as a school community this
year- we have danced with joy and we have cried with sorrow. We thank Father Peter for his celebration
of this Mass and for all our Masses during the year. His support of our school and the building of parishschool relationships is exceptional and we thank him very much.
Grade 6 Leaver’s Dinner
After recognising our Grade 6 Leavers at our Thanksgiving Mass, we came together again with parents,
students and staff to celebrate the end of their primary years and time at John Paul II Catholic School.
The children were dressed beautifully and it was a great opportunity to come together to celebrate. The
highlights of the evening were the class awards, presented by Mr Lennard and Mrs Collinson and a great
i-movie/keynote presentation prepared by Mackenzie and Brock.
Launching into Learning Excellence in Education Award
It is with great pride that we let our school community know that our Kindergarten teacher, Ms Rebecca
Woolley has been awarded an, ‘Excellence in Education’ award for her work with ‘Launching into
Learning’ (which is our 0-4 program). It is a great honour to receive this community award for
outstanding service. We congratulate Bec and hope that members of our school community can join her
at ‘Carols Under the Stars’ at Lauderdale Primary School on Saturday 20th December from 6.00pm where
she will be presented with this award.
Au Revoir Mr Ireland
It is with much sadness that we farewell Mr Ireland for 2015 as he heads to outback N.S.W.
(Condobolin) to be principal of St. Joseph’s Primary School. We thank Jim for his hard work over many
years and wish him well on his new adventure. In our final assembly on Monday we presented Jim with
a card signed by each child in the school and a very smart akubra hat, completed with crocodile teeth
placed around the brim! This hat did suit him very well and perhaps we will now call him, ‘Crocodile
Ireland’. We look forward to seeing him again (and his crocodile toothed hat!) in 2016. All the best Jim!
Staff Farewells
David Noble has been teaching P.E. this year. He has been a great member of the JPII team, is very
dedicated, organised and plans great lessons. The children have really enjoyed Mr Noble teaching them
and he will be sadly missed in 2015. We wish him all the best at St. Aloysius.
Melissa Smith has been working as a Teacher Assistant and in the School Office since August 2013. She
has proved herself to be a most capable and versatile member of staff, able to complete anything asked
of her quickly, efficiently and thoroughly. Her great care of the students has made her well loved by staff
and students alike. Her helpful, friendly nature will be sadly missed in 2015. We wish her all the best at
Hutchins.
17th December 2014
Thank you to all our dedicated and hard working staff for everything they have done this year. They
have worked tirelessly for the good of the children and their efforts have been outstanding. We are
lucky to have such a dedicated team at John Paul II Catholic School.
End of year arrangements
Classes finish at 12.00pm on Thursday 18th December and children may be collected at this time. For
children who are unable to be collected, full supervision will be offered until 2.50pm when the school
bus will run as usual. A BBQ lunch (sausage in bread) will be provided for all students at 12.00pm.
Important beginning of year dates 2015
Friday 30th January
Book Day (8.30am-11.00am)
Wednesday 4th February
School Office opens
th
Thursday 5 February
School begins K-6
Monday 9th February
Regatta Day Public Holiday
th
Friday 13 February
Welcome BBQ (5.00pm-7.00pm)
Teaching Staff 2015
Parish Priest
Acting Principal
Assistant Principal: RE
Assistant Principal: L&T
Kinder Saplings
Prep Bluegum
Grade 1 Leatherwood
Grade 2 Wattle
Grade 3/4 Blackwood
Grade 4/5 Huon
Grade 5/6 Sassafras
Learning Support
Music Teacher
Chinese Teacher
P.E. Teacher
Fr. Peter O’Loughlin
Mrs Fran Bearman
Dr Tony Lennard
To be announced
Ms Rebecca Woolley
Mrs Liz Graham/Mrs Maria Di Tommaso
Mrs Sharni Rickards/To be announced
Mrs Heather Beresford/Mrs Megan Rennie
Mrs Amanda Belbin
Mr Jeff Camp
Dr. Tony Lennard/Mrs Kelly Collinson
Mrs Shelley Leonard (Term 1)
Mrs Heather Beresford (Term 2-4)
Ms Leigh Jabs
Miss Flora Cheng
Mrs Liz Graham
Finally, thank you to all parents and friends for your support of our school. We are privileged that you
have entrusted the education of your child to our dedicated team. I wish you a very holy, safe and
happy Christmas and I look forward to working with you in 2015 as your Acting Principal.
Best Wishes,
Fran Bearman
dates to remember
Wed 17th Dec - Grade 6 last day
Thurs 18th Dec - Family BBQ 12pm (Children may then leave with parents)
Term 4 Ends - Merry Christmas
important dates 2015
Fri 30th Jan - Book Day & Uniform Shop open Strictly 8.30am-11am
Wed 4th Feb - School Office Opens
Thurs 5th Feb - Term 1 Begins
17th December 2014
End of term awards
Grade Six
Academic Achiever Award – Caitlyn Sykes
Rotary Civics and Citizenship Award – Georgia Groom
All Rounder Award – Noah Todd
Quiet Achiever Award – Nikitta Pregnall
MJR Award – Pearl Reilly
Parliament Award – Maggie Curran
Sports Award – Mackenzie George and Brady Weeding
Most Improved Award – Ewan Spencer
Principal’s Award – Kadisha Schramm
Technology Award – Brock Lamont
Rhys Donaldson Memorial Award – Patrick Lauer
Brown Memorial Shield – Colin and Julie Groom
House Points Shield – Toepfer
PE Awards
Ayden Weeding, Grace Noel, Chloe Broomhall, Thomas Howlett, Jack Cantrell, Dana
Gangell, Hayley Raphael, Tom Francis, Darcey Easther, Elisha Petrusma, Georgia Groom,
Brady Weeding
Music Awards
Tully Gibbons, Thomas Howlett, Ashlea Kerrison, Dana Gangell, Lincoln Easther, Jasper
Reilly, Darcey Easther, Kaitlyn Upton, Maggie Curran
Chinese Awards
Lachlan Tuckett, Tully Gibbons, Marissa Hennessy, Dana Gangell, Mia Ritson, William
Broomhall, Darcey Easther, Georgia Campbell, Nikitta Pregnall
Library Awards
Lily Scott, Riley Kelly, Taleah Schramm, Isabelle Kleeman, Chelsea Ayers, Pearl Reilly
Aussie Sports Leaders
Samuel Barwick, Jesse Buck, Maggie Curran, Mackenzie George, Georgia Groom, Charlie
Hallsworth-Whelan, Trent Hardy, Cailyn Kleeman, Brock Lamont, Patrick Lauer, Isabelle
Lincoln, Lilly Nelson, Nikitta Pregnall, Pearl Reilly, Kadisha Schramm, Ewan Spencer, Jake
Stanley, Annie Sullivan, Caitlyn Sykes, Noah Todd, Brady Weeding
Most Consistent
Kye Zebra-Pearce, Anton Abalu, Tobias Lindsay, Oliver Quan, Georgia Campbell, Lilly
Nelson
Most Improved
Thomas Riley, Noah Smith, Josie Wardrop & Jack Casey, Lahni Baldwin, Shakira Smith,
Annie Sullivan
Special
Tully Gibbons, Maddison Cantrell, Mia Ritson, Hayley McCulley, Grace Erichsen, Cailyn
Kleeman
17th December 2014
Wishing our
Grade Sixes
all the Best

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