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St Brendan's Primary School Dunnstown

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1 Ti Tree Road
Dunnstown VIC 3352
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principal@sbdunnstown.catholic.edu.au
Phone: 03 5334 7604

St Brendan's Primary School Dunnstown

1 Ti Tree Road
Dunnstown VIC 3352

Phone: 03 5334 7604
Fax: 03 5334 7042

Email: principal@sbdunnstown.catholic.edu.au

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Newsletter 18th May 2022

  • Upcoming Dates
  • Principal's News
  • COVID Guidelines
  • This Week
  • Winter Uniforms
  • Promo Materials
  • Open Days
  • Kindergarten Visits
  • NAPLAN
  • Junior Room News
  • Happy Birthday
  • Jack's fundraising for Mental Health
  • Gardening and Tidying Roster 2022

Upcoming Dates

Swimming                                                                               16th, 23 rd, 30th May & 6th June

NAPLAN over two weeks                                                   10th - 20th May   

Playgroup @ 10.00 am                                                       17th May - 21st June                            

Ceres @ Brunswick School Excursion                        19th May   bus leaves at 7.30 am                                     

Catholic Education Week                                                   23rd May - 27th May

St Brendan's open day                                                         24th May  9.00 am - 1.30 pm

School Advisory Council Meeting                                  31st May 7:00pm

School Closure  Staff PD   Reading Essential Learnings                                 1st June

Year 5 visit to St Patrick's College and Loreto College  9.00 - 1.30            6th June 

Queens birthday public holiday                                        13th June 

Excursion to the National Gallery Victoria                 15th June

Visit to public library                                                             20th June 

Last day of Term 2        2.30 finish                                    24th June

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Principal's News

It is difficult to believe that we are already at the half way mark for this term, which is a nine week term. Despite COVID, the first four and a half weeks have progressed smoothly with almost 100% attendance by students. This has allowed our teachers to get on with consistent teaching without too many disruptions.

This week’s newsletter is a bit shorter than normal as much of the information for the week was sent via an email on Sunday afternoon so that parents could prepare for the week ahead.

Enjoy the week ahead,

Inez

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COVID Guidelines

It is very important to let the school know if your child is a household contact. They can still attend school however, children above 8 years will need to wear a mask at school and test daily for 5 days. This is part of the Government guidelines. If your child tests positive, then they will need to isolate for 7 days and as always, if your child is unwell they should remain home until they are feeling better, even if their RAT is negative. Please contact the school if you require more tests.

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This Week

As you are all aware, there is a lot going on this week and I sent an email to everyone on Sunday to give you the heads up for each day. By the time you receive tis newsletter we be well into the week with the majority of events having taken place. A reminder that the excursion to Melbourne tomorrow is a very early start – 7.30am for St. Brendan’s children and 7.45am for St. Mary’s. It is very important that you ring me early if your child is going to be away that day as we need to leave on time. Pick-up time will be at normal time for each school.

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Winter Uniforms

All of our children should now be in their winter uniforms. We have noticed that a number of children are not wearing jumpers and are complaining of being cold. While we recognise that some children are warm inside, the children will go outside at recess times to get some fresh air, even if it is cold. Could you please ensure that all children bring a jumper to school each day? Coats and beanies outside are also encouraged.

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Promo Materials

Kev Cummins from DOBCEL has completed the St. Brendan’s promo video and has begun St. Mary’s. He is currently unwell and we hope to get back to the promo next week when he is feeling better. Kev is producing videos for each school, photos, enrolment flyers and looking at ways we can improve our website and Facebook pages.

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Open Days

Our Open Days for both schools are on next week. Please help spread the word and as always families are welcome to attend. St. Brendan’s has their day on Tuesday, the 24th and St. Mary’s on Thursday, the 26th of May. Schools will be open from 9:00am – 1:30pm. This will go on Facebook again, so I encourage you to ‘Like’ and “Share” the pages.

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Kindergarten Visits

On Tuesday we had children from the Brown Hill Kinder come to visit both schools. It was a wonderful experience and many of our own children caught up with children and staff they knew. Jacinta was saying that for some of the kinder children, it was the first time they had been on a bus. We look forward to continuing the contact with the kinder children through letters and a visit to the kinder later on in the year.

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NAPLAN

Congratulations to our Year 3 and Year 5 children and their teachers. Today they completed their NAPLAN tests. I am not sure when the results come back however,  we will contact parents when they available for collection. It is important to remember that they are just one of many assessments that we do and that results from NAPLAN are analysed in the context of all assessments and observations that teachers do over a period of time.

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Junior Room News

Brown Hill Kinder Visit

Yesterday, Tuesday 17th May, 23 children, their teachers and some parents visited St Brendan’s School.  Many of the students in the Junior Room reconnected with their Kindergarten teachers .  We had a lot of fun doing some activities in the classroom and then playing outside.  Your children were most impressive in how they engaged with the Kinder children and how they looked after them during their visit. You should be very proud! 

As part of our introduction, the students all introduced themselves and told the children what they liked about St Brendan’s.  Here is what they shared….

Adele – I like that we have the BRICKS and we are Respectful, Inclusive, Courageous and Kind.

Aiden – It is really fun at St Brendan’s.

Preston – I like the playground.

Lucy – I like that our room is colourful.

Sophie – I like that we have hot chocolate on a Tuesday.

Billy – I like that it’s not too crowded.

Sports Day

On Monday 9th May, we all went to the sports carnival and we all played a heap of different games. Other schools were there.

First we waited in a line with Newlyn and St Mary’s.  Simon showed the teachers the games.  Jai and Lucy ran past us and we cheered.

Then we played some fun games.  The parachute and the ball and cup were my favourites.  So was the relay. 

We had a very fun day.

By Billy Britt

We were playing games.

By Preston

THE SPORTS TRIP TO LLANBERRIS

On Monday 9th of May the whole school of St Brendan’s went to Llanberris for a sports carnival.  There we re some other schools there.

First I got there and said I am here and then we waited in a line with Newlyn and St Mary’s and other schools did it too.

Then the penguins went to do the puzzles.  We had a partner mine was Sophie.

Next we went to batting bridges. We had to jump over a bridge and hit a goal in the bridge.

After that we did a running relay.  We had to run and give the pole to the other person.

Finally we had some lunch.  When we had lunch some of the seniors raced.  We cheered.

By Adele Leonard

THE TIRING SPORTS CARNIVAL

On Monday 9th of May the whole of St Brendan’s went to Llanberris for a sports day.  We played lots of fun games.  There were a lot of different schools there too.

First dad dropped me and Lucy off at Llanberris and we put our bags on the seats and we waited for people to come.  We were the first one there.  Then everybody came and they were really nervous.

Then the speaker said “We can come on.” So we raced to see what games we had to play.  We played this game and we had to find a partner and I was with Adele.  We had two hockey sticks and a foam puzzle.  We had to get all of the puzzle pieces into the hoola hoop and put it together. It was a square.  Me and Adele came 2nd.  We thought that we were losing some puzzle pieces.

By Sophie

THE SPORTS CARNIVAL

On Monday we went to Llanberris for sports.

First we lined up with St Mary’s and we got an animal.  It was a penguin.

Then we did the caterpillar race and egg and spoon race and the parachute.

I had a great day.

By Lucy

THE SPORTS DAY

On Monday we went to Llanberris for sports day.

First we waited in line with Newlyn and Saint Mary’s.

Then we did a puzzle. We had two hockey sticks.  We had two people.  My partner was Billy.

Next we did a relay.

It was fun at sports day.

By Aiden


Sports Day

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Happy Birthday

Lucy Dash will be 11 on the 21st May 

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Jack's fundraising for Mental Health

The Dunnstown Football Club are having a fundraising event for mental health.  Players have offered their lovely locks to be removed for donations.  Their cause is the Black Dog Institute.

This is a cause very close to Jack's heart and he will be participating by having a "big trim" of his "flying mullet".  

If you would like  to donate, Jack would appreciate your support.  Please see the link below. 

Black Dog Institute Fundraising https://www.teamblackdog.org.au/s/33575/35629/e
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Gardening and Tidying Roster 2022


Dash Family

16th May - 29th May

Macdonald Family

30th June - 12th June


GARDENING_GENERAL_TIDY_ROSTER_2022_2023.pdfSchoolzine Website https://sbpsdunnstown.schoolzineplus.com/_file/media/267/gardening_general_tidy_roster_2022_2023.pdf
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