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Term 2 concludes this Friday 5th July at 3:00pm.
Monday 22nd July is a Pupil Free Day - OSHC will be available for those families needing care.
Term 3 commences on Tuesday 23rd July at 8:45am.
This year's Sports Day will be held at SA Athletics Stadium, Mile End on Friday 18th October (Week 1, Term 4).
Safety Information
From time to time we are sent reminders from SAPOL about keeping our children safe. I have copied this for you to consider having a conversation about with your child.
“Students and families are reminded to be wary of approaches from strangers, especially when they are unaccompanied or travelling to and from school. If they are approached students should not respond and should not accept offers of rides or gifts.
Students should seek the assistance of other nearby adults if they feel unsafe and should report the event to a trusted adult (parent or school staff member) as soon as possible.
SAPOL advises that taking out a mobile phone and calling police can deter the offender and they recommend the student making a formal report to their closest police station.”
On Thursday June 6th, we (Valentina Anton, Mason, and Tahlia S from Year 4) went to Bridgewater Primary School with Mr P. to get new ideas and learn about different things we can do at St. Pius X to improve the environment.
When we arrived, we met some other school kids who were there from CBC, Bridgewater Primary and 3 other schools. We then played a game, ‘What animal am I’ with pictures pinned on our back. We had to go to other children from other schools and ask them ‘yes or no’ questions. We got to know the other students through this game.
After this 2 other schools presented their recent ecology projects they have done. We liked one classroom that had plants on each desk and amongst the plant was a mini worm farm. We liked the school that had their own greenhouse. Another school had skylights to increase light and use less electricity.
We then all walked to an amazing nearby reserve with native lilies. We saw and learnt about fungus which turns sticks and leaves into rich soil. We learnt what dew taste like: sweet water. We found a billabong that cleans dirty water from the road, filtering this and turning it into clean water with the help of filtering plants.
We also learnt about an upside down plant. When you lift leaves, you see roots and food for the plant. We found 60 cm tall ant nests. We came back to the school, had lunch and walked around their food garden, including greenhouses, compost making areas, giant rainwater tanks. We finished by going to a secret garden and we then presented to the other schools about our ideas that we are taking back to start at school.
- Getting a greenhouse
- An eco friendly coffee machine.
- More nude food days..... we think every Monday from now on and we should start this in Term 3!
Fruit and Vegetable Trading Table
We will be a trading table on Thursday after school and offering locally grown…
Snow peas
Broccolini
Beetroot
Cauliflower Lemons
Grape fruit
Other citrus
So please come and purchase the fruit and vegetables we grow in our school garden!
The CBCA Book Week is being held this year from the 17th to the 23rd of August. The theme for 2019 is “Reading is my Secret Power”, our Book Parade will be held on Thursday 22nd August at 9:00am in the DeMazenod Hall. All children are invited to come to school dressed as their favourite book character. Parents and family members are invited to attend and join in celebrating the joy of reading. Please keep your entries coming in for the Premiers Reading Challenge as these are due by September 6th.
The Minutes of last month's Meeting are available here - P_F_Meeting_Minutes_4th_June_2019.pdf
Our school offers the Commonwealth Bank School Banking program to all students. School Banking is a fun, interactive and engaging way for young Australians to learn about money and develop good savings habits. Children who deposit money into their Youthsaver account through School Banking earn Dollarmites tokens, which they can save up and redeem for exciting rewards. The rewards available during 2019 are:
- Scented Stackable Highlighters
- Snowy Origami Set
- Icicle Slapband Ruler
- Yeti Fluffly Notepad
- Arctic Owl Fluffy Keyring
- Scratch Art Cards
- Water Skimming Bounce Ball
- Polar Pencils & Pencil Toppers
School Banking is also a great fundraiser for our school. Our school receives a Regular Savers Contribution of $5 for every 10 deposits processed per student as well as an Annual Contribution which is based on the number of students who made at least one School Banking deposit in the prior year. School Banking is processed on Mondays
Commonwealth Bank will be holding a School Banking Information Session at our school on - Monday 29thJuly from 8.20am–9:00am in the Courtyard if you would like to find out more about the School Banking program and how your child can get involved.
If you are interested in opening a Commonwealth Bank Youthsaver account for your child you can visit commbank.com.au/schoolbanking and click on the link to open a Youthsaver account. A School Banking representative will be available at the Information Session to show you how you can do this.