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“EVERY CHILD MATTERS”
LENTEN PRAYER God, heavenly Father,
look upon me and hear my prayer during this holy Season of Lent. By the good works You inspire, help me to discipline my body and to be renewed in
spirit.
Dear Parents and Caregivers
Welcome to Week 6. The day has finally dawned, our Secondary building project has commenced with the demolition of 27 Brisbane Street. Once the block has been cleared and the Tender Process has been completed, the new buildings should start within the next month. The first half of the house will be placed on the flatbed tomorrow and will be moved at 6am on Friday morning followed shortly afterwards by the second half.
We are already at the half-way mark of the term and the children are beginning to tire easily. A good remedy for this is to endeavour to make sure that they are getting enough sleep and are eating healthy food. A “no event” weekend once in a while, is also a good way of letting them recharge their batteries. Many children arrive at school exhausted on Monday mornings, trying to recover from hectic activity filled weekends.
SRIP Week This week sees the SRIP interviews taking place. The panel of four, Mr Jim Midgley (Director of Teaching and Learning, Toowoomba Catholic Schools Office), Mr John Coman (Senior Education Leader), Mr Norman Hunter (Education Consultant, Brisbane) and Mrs Terry Carter (Education Officer TCSO) completed 72 interviews on Tuesday and today. The main two questions asked were, “What is St Mary’s School doing well?” and “What could the school do better?”
The panel will report back to the staff of St Mary’s on Thursday afternoon and will complete a full report in the next two weeks, which will be placed onto our school website for parents.
Phone: 0746711730 Fax: 0746711145
Absentee Hotline: 0746712063 Email: [email protected]
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Student Protection Officers: Mrs Kristina Griffiths, Mrs Emma Farrow Blue Card Registrar: Mrs Liesl Richards
St Mary’s P & F: [email protected]
Term 1 Week 6
Wednesday 06 March 2019
Seek Truth Through Knowledge
FROM THE PRINCIPAL
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Quote of the Week
“If parents want to give their children a gift, the best thing they can do is to teach their children to love challenges, be intrigued by mistakes, enjoy effort, and keep on learning.”
Carol Dweck Best wishes for the week ahead. Brett Pollard Principal
I was lucky enough to spend the last week with our secondary school students at Noosa North Shore learning in, about and through outdoor education and environment inspired activities.
As a passionate advocate of outdoor education and engaging young people in opportunities that create wonder, belief and value in the natural world in which we live, the chance to see young people on camp is fulfilling in itself! Outdoor education is about placing people in controlled environments with perceived risk that force them to rise to a challenge. Whether it is heights, proximity to others, darkness, water, balance, problem solving, public performance or a physically demanding or skill-based activity, it is always pleasing to see the way in which students demonstrate grit, determination, courage and finally elation upon overcoming challenges. The reliance on others and themselves to achieve great things is a great outcome from any camp experience and something we saw constantly in the last week. It was in fact the way in which students took ownership of the camp and each activity that made the camp such a successful experience. This week we are focusing on this very notion of ownership and responsibility across the school.
Our Positive Behaviour for the week is Taking Responsibility for Learning and Choices. Across different year levels this will look slightly different, however the central premise is the same. When students choose to ‘own’ their education, they place themselves in the drivers seat and are able to make the most of every opportunity that they are offered. Does this mean they will always achieve success? Definitely not! What it does mean is that they will always be learning. As Thomas Edison famously said “I haven’t failed, I have found 10,000 ways that don’t work’.
In the classroom this will be evident when students settle straight to work, ask questions to clarify understanding, answer questions honestly and openly, seek feedback and engage meaningfully in class and small group discussions. At home this will be most obvious when homework is completed, when they talk about what they are learning, ask parents questions and share newly learnt skills with the family. To choose to engage in their own learning is to choose to be successful, engaged and empowered in their learning.
P-2 Swimming Carnival – Friday 15 March 9.00am to 11.00am The P-2 Swimming Carnival is fast approaching and promises to be a fantastic morning of fun, participation and spirit for the youngest students in our school. Students are to be dropped to the pool at 8.50am for a 9.00am start wearing their swimmers together with swim shirts, their bag, lunch and drink bottle. Parent volunteers (in and out of the pool) will be required to assist in facilitating this event. If you are able to assist, please email Dave Capra [email protected] .
IMPORTANT DATES
DATE EVENTS
Wed 6th Mar Ash Wednesday Darling Downs 9-12yrs Swimming - Gatton
Fri 8th Mar Project Compassion – Yr 6P
Mon 11th Mar Year 6 Canberra Trip Information Evening TBA
Wed 13th Mar Mac Zone Basketball
Fri 15th Mar Bullying No Way! – 5G Prep – Year 2 Swimming Carnival
Mon 18th Mar Mac Zone Touch Darling Downs AFL & Golf
Wed 20th Mar Yr 7 Immunisations Round 1, 11.30am
Fri 22nd Mar Harmony Day – Yr 3C
Mon 25th-Wed 27th Mar
QLD Swimming Bris
Fri 29th Mar Mac Zone League, Netball & Soccer
Mon 1st Apr Darling Downs Softball & Basketball
Tues 2nd Apr Parent Teacher Interviews 3.15pm onwards
Wed 3rd Apr Mac Zone Cricket Easter Liturgy Mud Warrior
Thurs 4th Apr Cross Country
Fri 5th Apr Pupil Free Day (Diocese) LAST DAY OF TERM 4
DEPUTY PRINCIPAL
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A Skoolbag notification has been sent out with detailed information regarding this event.
Representative Sport Selections Congratulations to Molly Jekyll, Curtis Lambert and Pippa Gore who were selected in Under 12 MacZone Touch teams and Caitlin Fisher who was selected in the U15 Womens Football team for Border District.
Best of luck to all for the Darling Downs trials in the coming weeks.
Year 6 Canberra Trip Information Evening – Monday 11 March 6.00pm On Monday evening Educatours will be facilitating an information evening for all Year 6 students travelling to Canberra in September. We look forward to seeing all Year 6 parents at this informative evening.
Have a great week
Dave Capra Deputy Principal [email protected]
Ash Wednesday
Today is Ash Wednesday and all of our students received the Ashes in a liturgy.
6P Prayer Assembly
Year 6P will be presenting a prayer assembly around the theme of Lent (Project Compassion). This will take
place on Friday 8th March at assembly at 8.45am.
FROM THE APRE
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Bishop’s Mass
On Saturday 9th March, Bishop Robert will be in Goondiwindi and will be conducting Mass at 6pm. Our beautiful
choir will be singing at this Mass. We warmly invite all families and friends to attend this Mass.
Sacramental Program
Is your child interested in furthering their faith development? I am seeking names of any student wishing to
make their Reconciliation, Confirmation and First Communion this year. Please email me
([email protected]) if your child would be interested. Please note, this is a simple process and
one in which you will be very supported in.
HELP!
In honoring the special relationship between the Parish and School, the Parish are seeking volunteers to assist
on their Liturgy Committee. This committee is designed to assist in delivering meaningful liturgies in our Church.
If you have any spare time, we would ask that you consider assisting this committee. This may be as simple as
helping to hang fabric or helping hang crosses for the Stations of the Cross service. If you can assist in any way
(big or small), can you please send me an email ([email protected]).
Have a great week,
Karra Suhr
APRE
Library Corner
All classes have borrowed this week and for Year 1 to 5 are due back Friday
15th March (Yr 6 are tracking the books themselves for high school readiness).
Prep books are due this Friday as they borrow weekly.
We are running a junior and senior challenge for the year and you can find
these at the end of Links to print out to encourage reading in your home. It is
quite enjoyable to find books together or talk about what books your child
might borrow.
As always, if you have any questions or concerns, please e-mail the library staff at:
Have a great week!
BOOKCLUB
The 2nd Issue of Book Club goes home this week with orders due back Friday 15th March by 3pm please. Thanks all!
Emma Petrie [email protected]
LIBRARY CORNER
Friday 15th March
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Extension and Enrichment Math
Year 5L commenced their math differentiation sessions this week. Students participated in pretesting, data was analysed and like-minded ability groups were formed. The mathematical material was coordinated to the appropriate level of understanding for each group, whilst also ensuring the content remained challenging. Mrs Lindores and I remained with two groups to ensure the explicit teaching of concepts in a kinaesthetic and supportive manner.
In our school newsletter last week I outlined our clear school multiplication fact achievement benchmarks for our Year 2,3,4 students:
By the end of Year 2
By the end of Year 3
By the end of Year 4
2x
5x
10x
3x
4x
9x
11x
6x
7x
8x
12x
From discussions within the community over the last two weeks, I must say
there have been quite a few large statements from teachers and parents alike concerning their
prowess at recalling number facts. I’ve heard the phrase ‘I was the class/school/country times table champion’ more than 10 times from at least 5 individuals (Mrs Petrie is quite proud of her primary school title).
Far be it for me to disregard such achievements and to try to knock Mrs Petrie from her primary school title, however, the time may have come to settle this like the respectful, yet competitive students, parents and teachers that we are.
Students, parents and teachers will go toe to toe in what could only be described as a rapid fire cognitive imprinting display of glory at our school Multiplication Fact Championships 2019.
Good luck to all nominations.
EXTENSION AND ENRICHMENT
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St Mary’s Multiplication Fact Championships
Tuesday 2nd April 2019
1:45pm – 2:45pm
Centenary Centre
Teacher vs Parent v Student Click here to nominate
Nominations due Thursday 28th March
MAKE IT MOVE THURSDAY!
First & Second Break – Library
Catapult fever continues during our Make It Move sessions.
Please feel free to visit the E&E room to view the works in progress.
1W Luke Aylwin
1WL
Molly Giltrow Alfred Charles
2G Bonnie North
Eliza Scudamore Cameron Mendes
Jacob Erbacher Jack Wood
Audrey Woods
2W Stella Reardon Stella Reeves Elkie Wood
Kendra McKay Harriet Capra
2F Alisha McEachern
Charlotte Ambrose Sarah Scudamore Jacob Offerdahl
Will McNulty Mac Zimmerman
3C Gus Gibbs
Patrick Scudamore Alex Galvin
Emidey Wren
3W Jarin Charles
4L Macie McNulty
Grace Leadbetter Lacey Hilton
Elka Gall
4R O’hara Brennan Katie Carrigan
Riley Gore Scarlett Reardon
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TIMES TABLE CLUB THURSDAY! 8:00am – 8:30am – Library
YEAR 2 TO YEAR 6
Ms Anna Jones Extension & Enrichment Coordinator & Year 4/5/6 Middle Leader [email protected]
The next meeting is set for 3.30pm 25th March 2019 at the St Mary’s School Library. All parents are very welcome to attend.
To discuss the Moonlight Carnival or any other relevant P& F topic, you can email [email protected]
Our biggest job for the year is always Project Compassion. It is the weeks during Lent where we raise awareness and money for those less fortunate than ourselves.
This year with our very own community in a time of need because of the drought, we have decided to only do 2 events for Project Compassion.
We will have the St Patricks Green Day where you bring in as many silver coins as you can and our St Mary’s Mud Warrior obstacle course!
We are looking for some donations to help with our obstacle course: • Slack line / ropes (we will return these) • Hay bales • Black plastic (for the mud and for the water slip n slide) • Sensory things (slime ingredients, flour, water beads)
• Sand bags (potato sacks) • Dirt • Borrow star pickets • Helpers to set up
If you are willing to donate something or help us to set up, could you please email Mrs White
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