DHURRINGILE PRIMARY SCHOOL

9c – 2 (Phobos and Deimos) 10b – Baby

Scoring.

0–2. Struggle Street. Don’t feel too bad. In order for people to live on Bland Street, somebody has to be worse than that and I’m sorry to say that’s you. On the other hand, if you had guessed (c) for every answer you would have gotten four correct so perhaps you were just unl

On the Monday of the last week of term, we took part in our Annual Athletic Sports at McEwen Reserve, Shepparton. This year, three new schools joined with us taking the number of schools participating to nine. For first term, our physical education lessons focus on learning about the events at the athletic sports and then practicing them. To start our lessons, we have been running laps around the school each morning to assist in increasing our general fitness and to help in learning how to pace ourselves during the distance running events. Events the students participate in include distance running, sprints, shot put or vortex, discus, high jump, long jump, triple jump, and hurdles. The older students also have the chance to represent their school in the relays. The Dhurringile students didn’t manage to earn lots of ribbons at the sports however they thoroughly demonstrated our school values of respect, achievement and resilience through their efforts and sportsmanship. Well done.

3d

Whilst I understand the absolute necessity to protect one another from COVID-19 and ‘flatten the curve’, it is still extraordinary and unsettling to know that at a time when people are afraid, frustrated, worried and looking for answers, our church doors are shut. And yet… our church community remains active. Our message of hope in Christ and our love for community is being spread in new ways. All our parishioners are praying for our families and friends, our church, our town, our nation and the world. The leaders of our pastoral care groups call and check in on assigned members of the congregation every week, to see how they are and if they need any help. As the Minister, I also call a number of different parishioners each week to offer pastoral care and prayer.

- Lisa Wilson

3-5. Bland Street. The majority of the population fall into this category. After all, average is both normal and safe. If you stand out from the crowd you become a tall poppy and we know what happens to them so rejoice in your ordinariness.

6-7. Above Average (sort of). Well done on another abnormal performance. If you were normal you would have been living on Bland Street and being called unexceptional. So, according to the Oxford dictionary, you are exceptional, irregular and deviating from type. Ask your friends if that sounds like you.

4a – On the first Sunday after the full moon

5a – Venus

6b – The Hornpipe

7d – Corsica

8c – Black-Allan Line

9b – C.S. Lewis

10a – Three

Scoring

0–2. Struggle Street. First of all, congratulations on doing this quiz. That’s about it really. There’s not much else I can add.

3-5. Bland Street. There you go again, another average performance which is about average for people who perform averagely. As Mr Mediocre says, “It’s normal to be average.”

QUIZ answers

Every Sunday we upload an audio and transcript of the sermon to our website (https:// allsaintstatura.org.au/sermon/). We also produce a weekly newsletter which includes encouraging news, stories and photos from parishioners spending their days at home. For those at home with kids or grandkids, we put together a weekly ‘Little Saints’ kids pack which includes a kids bible teaching and some simple crafts to do as a family at home. The sermon, newsletter and kids pack are emailed to the congregation and for those who do not have internet access, is printed and left in letterboxes.

achieving a good score as a well-rounded knowledge was required to answer these questions correctly. Go you good thing!

8-9. Smarty Pants. Well done! You obviously paid attention at school and have been reading widely ever since. Those people with a score less than yours will no doubt whine that you had a couple of lucky guesses. The correct term should be educated guesses.

Over the Easter weekend, George Ferguson and I placed artwork by one of our parishioners, Kate Peachey, on display outside the church building along with three crosses. The portraits captured Jesus’ journey to the cross and his resurrection. We chose to put up this display to help our community reflect on the true meaning of Easter; the sacrifice that Jesus made dying on the cross to reconcile people to God. Many people doing their regular daily exercise in Tatura walked past the building and saw the paintings and crosses. Yes, the church building may be closed but as the bells ring each Sunday morning, please know that the church community are still here in Tatura, praying for you and believing we will come through this together.

6-7. Above Average (sort of). You are to be commended on

10. Genius. I made the quiz slightly easier this month in order to encourage the majority of people who struggle to reach the above average level. Still, credit where its due because there were a couple of difficult questions designed to separate the goats from the sheep. And you know what GOAT stands for don’t you? Greatest Of All Time. That’s you.

- Rev Simba Musvamhiri

Tatura Probus Club

The meeting held on March 23 was also the Annual General Meeting, presided over by Bill Purcell of Tatura Rotary Club, who lent a little levity to the occasion! Our newly elected President is Michael Shay with Chris Hughan elected as Secretary and Nancye Brisbane to retain her position as Treasurer. The various other positions will be decided at a Committee Meeting.

8-9. Smarty Pants. Excellent. Congratulations! You’re smarter than 95% of the population. Whether you choose to believe statistic is up to you. Oh, you do believe it. I thought you might. However, it also means you’re not as smart as 5%. Oh, I see. You don’t believe that particular statistic. 10. Genius. Every question correct! Go you! Lucky for you it was multiple choice because there were a couple you weren’t too sure about, weren’t there? However, you now have a month to bask in the glory by asking other people how they did on the quiz.

Our Guest Speaker, Loretta Lilford, was introduced by Jenny John who is co-ordinator of the District Health Service. Loretta spoke to us about Advanced Care Planning. “It’s about Life, living well,” she said. “The time is now, to make all the decisions necessary, for a well-structured life.” Loretta was a wonderful speaker, very clear and easy to understand. Her topic is one we all should think about, organise all the details to our satisfaction and then know that everything will be as you planned. We thanked Loretta and presented her with a Probus pen.

Nine members of the Tatura Probus Club, together with visitor Brian O’Meara, enjoyed a visit to the Kyabram Fauna Park on April 6. The weather was very kind to us, no wind or sun, just a pleasant temperature to enjoy the walk around the park, before partaking in a nice lunch at the café. Some members heard talks on koalas and the blue tongue lizard from staff members which was very interesting. A good day.

If you need to make enquires regarding the Probus Club, please contact our President Michael Shay on 0427 241 336.

- Wendy Wilson