28 March 2018

Newsletter Articles

Prayer and Reflection

Principal’s Report

Dear Parents / Guardians

Holy Week

This week we celebrate Holy Week. During the week our students have been involved in presenting a series of liturgies that remember the final days of Jesus’ earthly life as recounted in the Scriptures. Various classes were given the responsibility for each part of the Holy Week narrative:

During the Easter Break I would strongly encourage you and your children to attend the Easter ceremonies within our parish. A timetable of the Easter festivities is included below.

Catholic Education Week

Last week we celebrated Catholic Education Week with a variety of activities. As part of our festivities we were very fortunate to host Archbishop Julian Porteous on Thursday for a “sausage sizzle” lunch followed by visits to classrooms across the school. Our students were very excited to have such an important visitor and participated enthusiastically in question and answer sessions with “His Grace”. Our Prep students were particularly taken with the special crucifix that His Grace was given by Saint John Paul II when he first became an Archbishop.

We would like to take this opportunity to thank everyone who helped to make our Catholic Education Week celebrations so memorable. Thank you to Mr. Lachlan Marsh for co-ordinating all of the events of the week, thank you to our Grade 5 students who represented our school at the Catholic Education Week Mass and especially those Grade 5 students who sang in the combined choir. Thank you to our administration and auxiliary staff for ensuring that everything ran so smoothly at school throughout the week.

Finally, we would like to thank Rebecca Balzer and her wonderful Parents and Friends team for organising and ensuring that we were all properly fed at our sausage sizzle lunch!

Spirit of Jesus Program

Our Grade 3/4 classes recently had a visit from Peter “Mitch” Mitchell who runs the Spirit of Jesus Program. The Spirit of Jesus Program examines how we can best live out Gospel values espoused by Jesus in our daily lives. Throughout the day our students were asked to respond to a number of key questions.

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1) What can I do to be better person this year?

• I would like to improve on being more welcoming, kind, forgiving and friendly.
• To be more of a WEST person (Welcoming, Encouraging, say Sorry, and be Thankful.
• I want to be a person who has time for people.
• I am going try and grow in the spirit of Jesus and show His Spirit to others.
• I want to be more thankful to my parents by being more cheerful and helping at home.
• Be more of a giver rather than a taker at home and school, by volunteering and coming to school and saying “Good Morning” to more people.

2) What small things can I do to be a better team player at home, and make it a happier place?

• Doing as I am asked cheerfully, saying “ok with a smile” when I am asked to do something.
• Volunteer to help set the table, take the rubbish out, tidy my room.
• To be more cheerful at home, ask my parents how their day was, and to say “thanks” at least 4 times a day at home.
• Be more pleasant to my sisters and brother and not to moan and groan as much.
• Be more grateful for what my parents have done for me, be helpful, and do my chores cheerfully.

3) What small things can I do to be a better team player in my class and school.

• Include others in games, say good morning to more people in Gr 3 & 4 when I come to school.
• To be more thankful at school and use their name when I am thanking them.
• Try harder at school, and follow instructions, and to Greet, Treat and Speak to people better.
• Use more encouraging words when I am at school.
• Say a personal Good Morning and a personal Good Afternoon to my teacher.

4) Where did you see the Spirit of Jesus over the last 2 days?

I saw the Spirit of Jesus when...

• Josh, Kate and Angus let me play football. (Including)
• Maddie and Lilian opened the door for me. (Thoughtful)
• When Will, Edmund, invited me to play. (Friendship)
• When Mr. Donnelly joined in our game of basketball and he encourages us. (Encouragement)
• When mum always cooks tea and washes our clothes and dad drives us to sport.

5) What is your “OH Yeah” moment or the best part of the lesson that made sense to you.

• The video of the boy who said “you get better at what you practice “. He said we should practice joy and happiness, and not complaining.
• To Get Switched on to the Spirit of Jesus in my life.
• That I should try to be a better person, by being kind and helpful and by being a “giver” and not a taker.
• My Oh Yeah is that I can be a better team player at home by saying ”Ok with a smile”.
• I can be more of a team player at home and at school.

What do you practice?

Uniform Shop

I am delighted to inform you that Mrs Michelle Smith Hughes has been appointed as the new Uniform Shop Manager. Mrs Janine Tester is moving interstate. We would like to thank Janine for the outstanding job she has done with the Uniform Shop in her short time with us.

ANZAC Day

I am seeking Expressions of Interest from families, preferably where there is a Grade 6 student, to lay the wreath on behalf of St Cuthbert’s Catholic School at the 7.30am ANZAC DAY Service in Lindisfarne. Please contact me if you might be interested.

The School will also be participating in the ANZAC March that leaves from the Lindisfarne Post Office at 7am. All students are invited to be part of this.

Marcus Donnelly
PRINCIPAL
St Cuthbert’s Catholic School

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Uniform Shop Hours New Hours

Please note new hours for the Uniform Shop for the remainder of Term 1:

TERM 1:

Tuesday 8.45-9.30am
Thursday 2.30-3.00pm

TERM 2:

Tuesday 8.45-9.30am

School Fee Payments

Annual Fee Invoices were sent out on March 1st. Full payment is due on 30th March 2018 unless you have advised a payment schedule. The return of the form advising payment arrangements for 2018 is now overdue. If you have not returned the same, please do so as a matter of urgency.

A 5% discount (on net Tuition Fees) will be applied where full payment is made by no later than Friday 30 March 2018.

Fee payment options include:

Direct Debit, Bpay, QKR, Centrepay, Credit Card, Eftpos, Cash or Cheque.

Fee Assistance:

It is important that the Principal is approached before Fees are due, if families are experiencing difficulties in paying their full School Fees. Remissions or concessions need to be agreed to before the due date. Please contact Karen Sawyer for an Application Form or further information.

Easter Raffle

Congratulations to our Easter Raffle winners:

1st Prize - Campbell McCallum (Kinder)
2nd Prize - Jack Burley (Grade 3)
3rd Prize - Nic Wood (Grade 4)
4th Prize - Emily Oates (Grade 1)
5th Prize - Micah Prentice (Grade 1)
6th Prize - Kate Cobern (Grade 4)
7th Prize - Lucinda Coutts (Grade 5)
8th Prize - Rhys Lockwood (Grade 4)
9th Prize - Evelyn Hobden (C/- Ruby-Mae - Kinder)
10th Prize - Mia Crossin (Grade 4)
11th Prize - Sarah Collidge (C/- William Ross - Kinder)
12th Prize - Natlee Munnings (C/- Jensen Munnings – Grade 1)

WWVP Card Update

A number of WWVP Cards expire in 2018. Could those who have cards registered at the Office, please update them asap if they have expired. Thank you.

Lost Property

A reminder to check lost property before the holidays, there are quite a large number of lost jumpers, drink bottles, etc.

Coles Sports for Schools 2018

St Cuthbert's is participating in this year's Coles Sports for Schools program. If you have been shopping at Coles and have received some vouchers, please ask your child to drop them into the box at the Office.

Thank you for your help as we endeavour to earn more sporting goods for each class.

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