7 November 2018

Newsletter Articles

Prayer and Reflection

Reflection:

Jesus reminds us “You must love your neighbour as yourself”. There’s an unspoken, underlying idea here that is absolutely crucial. Before you can love your neighbour, you must first love yourself. To say that you love yourself today can imply a level of boastfulness or ego. However, what is required is a genuine love of self – an acceptance; a respect; a true valuing of self. Only then can we know how to treat others. When we ask ourselves how we would want to be treated it points us towards how we should treat others. What is summed up so simply by Jesus is a very difficult task.

Australian poet and cartoonist, Michael Leunig suggests the following:

“Love one another and you will be happy.”
It’s as simple and difficult as that.
There is no other way.

AMEN

Principal’s Report

Dear Parents / Guardians

School Counsellor

The School Counselling Program is a component of Catholic Care. Counselling sessions are conducted during school hours. This is a confidential service offered free of charge to students and their families.

Counselling may assist students with any of the following difficulties:

Behavioural concerns at school or at home;
Emotional problems such as anxiety, grief, low self-esteem, depression;
Family issues such as separation/divorce, parenting difficulties, relationships with parents and/or siblings;
Developmental and academic concerns where appropriate.

If you would like more information or require further support or assistance, please contact the school office. Your contact details can be left for the school counsellor, Whitney Mackay, to get in touch with you.

Retirement

Mrs. Maria Cooling has announced that she will be retiring at the end of the year. Maria has given outstanding service to the St Cuthbert’s Catholic School community for over twenty years. As a former student and parent, her association with our school goes back even further. There will be opportunities to formally farewell Maria at the end of the year. In the meantime, I ask you to join with me in congratulating Maria on her retirement and thanking her for her wonderful contributions over so many years.

Grandparents and Special Person’s Day

Last Wednesday was “Grandparents and Special Person’s Day” at St Cuthbert’s. It was wonderful to see so many of our grandparent’s and special friends in attendance. I know that our students were very excited to welcome their special visitors into their classrooms on the day. Special thanks to our Parents and Friends for providing the morning tea and big thankyou to Ms. Freeman for doing such a great job preparing our musicians and singers.

School Disco

In a first for St Cuthbert’s Catholic School we held a silent disco in the school hall last Friday evening. All students were issued with a pair of wireless headphones where they were given the choice of selecting from 3 tunes at any given time. We thank our Parents and Friends for organizing this unique event! A great time was had by all.

Congratulations

St Cuthbert’s Catholic School congratulates Riley Oates on being judged as the State winner of The National History Challenge in the category of History of Sport. Riley will be presented with the Young Historian Gold Award at a special Awards Ceremony to be held in the Premiers Reception Room on Thursday, November 8.

Summer Uniform and Hats–Term 4

A reminder to parents that all students should now be in full summer uniform. Students are also required to wear hats at recess and lunchtimes during Term 4.

St Cuthbert’s Catholic School Facebook

A reminder that the St Cuthbert’s Catholic School Facebook page is regularly updated with celebrations of student learning and reminders of upcoming events. Our Facebook page can be accessed at:

Enrolment 2019

We are about to begin the process of planning and organizing classes and staffing for 2019. If your family is leaving at the end of the year could you please notify the office as soon as possible? Your assistance in this matter is greatly appreciated.

Marcus Donnelly
PRINCIPAL
St Cuthbert’s Catholic School

Principal Awards

PBS News

The Character Strengths of a Flourishing Life

Why Emotional Intelligence Matters

Religious Education in Grade 1 / 2 Green

During our unit of work on “Loving God and others, our call to Mission” we have been focusing on the importance of caring for others and being inspired by people like Jesus and Nano Nagle in the way we live our lives.

“Caring is that you respect someone with love and compassion and you never say “You can’t play with me”. You treat someone carefully and give them a hug if they feel sad. When your mum cooks dinner give her a thank you”. Willow

“Caring is like helping my mum feed the dogs. I help dad build stuff. I help my sister brush her teeth”. Micah

Nano Nagle was the “Lady of the Lantern” who went around and looked for kids who were homeless on the streets. She was the first Presentation Nun. She modelled her life on the life of Jesus. Lacey

School App Change

Exciting News!!

During Term 4 we will be transitioning from the Skoolbag App to SZApp by Schoolzine. Schoolzine currently produce our Newsletter and the SZApp links in perfectly with this.

SZapp allows parents, students and teachers to stay connected with the school. View and access school newsletters, documents and get live notifications from your school! We will keep you updated on developments during this transition. You may like to download the App now from your App store.

Please refer to the installation instructions below:

Updating contact details

Please notify the School Office if you have an updated address, phone number and/or email address. It is extremely important that we have current contact details for your children.

Mass Times

Uniform Shop

TERM 4:

Tuesday 8.45-9.30am
Thursday 2.30-3.00pm

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.

Term Dates 2019

Important Dates