13 February 2019

Newsletter Articles

Prayer and Reflection

Start by doing what's necessary; then do what's possible; and suddenly you are doing the impossible.

St. Francis of Assisi

Principal’s Report

Dear Parents and Guardians

Welcome Back

Welcome back to another exciting year at St Cuthbert’s Catholic School. I trust everyone has had a great break over the summer and has had an opportunity to spend valuable time with family and friends.

It was wonderful to see so many happy and excited students returning to school last Thursday. The beginning of the year is always a time of great anticipation and expectation and there was a real buzz in the air with everyone catching up on all of the holiday news!

I am delighted to report to you that our students have settled well into their new classes and are quickly acquainting themselves with their new classmates, teachers and learning teams.

We welcome our new staff members for 2019. Mrs. Rachel Kelly as Deputy Principal, Mrs. Louise Zegveld and Miss Meg Williams in Grade 1/2, Mrs. Andrea Watt and Mr. Ethan Brighella in Grade 3/4, and Mrs. Rebecca Cooray, Mr. Steve Bentley and Ms. Anita Cranfield in Grade 5. We also welcome Mrs. Karen Charles and Mr. Josh McGuinness as Teacher Assistants. Mr. Matt McGuinness has been appointed as our AFL trainee for 2019 and will be assisting Mr. Sandy Clark throughout the year. We also welcome back Mrs. Brigitte Gralak from parental leave.

I look forward to working with everyone again in 2019. In the words of Pope Paul VI, I encourage you to live life to the limit, every minute of every day and to make the most of all the opportunities that are presented to you throughout the year.

Acknowledgement

A special thank you to Mr John Sawyer for all of the work he has put in over the holidays to ensure that our school is looking its very best at this time of the year. He has done a wonderful job reviving and restoring our grassed areas. Classrooms and pavements have been re-painted and our Adventure Playground has been given a makeover! Very impressive.

We also thank Mrs Karen Sawyer and Mrs Allison Norman for all of the administrative work that they have done to ensure that we all get off to as smooth a start as possible.

Thank you

Thank you to our Parents and Friends for organizing our Welcome Morning Tea for new families last Thursday.

North Melbourne Visit
This week on Friday, St Cuthbert's will be visited by some members of the North Melbourne Senior Men's Team.  This is a fantastic opportunity.  The players will have a kick with our students at lunch and then will be part of a Q and A session in the Hall.  We thank Josh McGuinness and the North Melbourne Football Club for making this possible. 

School Hats

A reminder that as per our SunSmart Policy all students are required to wear their school hat in Terms 1 and 4 for outside play, PE and excursions.

Staffing 2019

Marcus Donnelly
PRINCIPAL
St Cuthbert’s Catholic School

PBS News

What is PBS at St Cuthbert’s Catholic School

What is School Wide Positive Behaviour Support (SWPBS)? SWPBS is not a program, curriculum, intervention or practice but is a decision-making framework that guides selection and implementation of the best evidence-based academic and behavioural practices for improving outcomes for all students. School Wide Positive Behaviour Support (SWPBS) is a research driven and evidence based process that was developed over 20 years ago and is now internationally recognised. At St Cuthbert’s we have 3 Expectations: BE RESPECTFUL, BE SAFE AND BE YOUR BEST. We have whole class social and emotional lessons through Circle Time where we explore what these 3 Expectations look like in all school settings.

We have very high expectations of our students doing their best, being respectful and being safe in every school setting; expectations that we believe student’s will benefit from and develop grit and a strong sense character as a learner and individual. If parents/carers wish to discuss our School Wide Positive Behaviour Support please feel free to contact the school.

Two articles from Parenting Ideas Schools

Wellbeing for our school environment

At St Cuthbert’s we aim this year to reduce the amount of waste we see at our school. One significant way to help is to try and pack waste free lunch boxes for your children (have them help where possible to help educate). I know this can take extra time but in the long run it will save you money and help our planet.

Rom Fabrizio
Teacher / Wellbeing Coordinator
romeo.fabrizio@catholic.tas.edu.au

First Term Notices

In past years, families have received a number of notices/forms at the start of the year. This year the notices will either be published in our Newsletter, on our Website or emailed to parents/guardians via google forms (if a response/permission is required). Please contact the School Office if we do not have your latest email address.

Contact information was sent home for updating at the end of last year. Please return forms with any updates to your contact details, if you haven’t already done so.

Consent information is also shown on this contact form. If at any time you would like to update your consent details, please contact the School Office.

Positive Behaviour Support – will be emailed out this week for completion and return via google forms.

ICT Sign Offs – will be emailed out this week for completion and return via google forms.

Schoolzine App – please refer to instructions for installing the SZapp on your phone. We no longer use the Skoolbag App for communication. Any School information will be relayed to parents/guardians via the Schoolzine App (SZaap) or Facebook page.

Qkr App – please refer to the instructions for installing the Qkr App on your phone. The Qkr App can be used for a variety of School payments, such as School Fees and Uniform Shop Orders.

Student Insurance information can be viewed on the School Website.

Grievance Procedures can be viewed on the School Website.

Learn to Swim Permission letter and form

Click on the link below to give your permission.

Bushfires

Our thoughts and prayers are with all those communities affected by the recent bushfires. Please refer to the attached information regarding bushfire smoke.

Mass Times

Church of the Incarnation, Lindisfarne
Saturday: 6:00 PM (Vigil Mass)

Corpus Christi, Bellerive
Sunday: 10:30 AM, 6:00 PM

John Paul II, Rokeby
Sunday: 8:30 AM

Uniform Shop

TERM 1

Tuesday 8.45-9.30am
Thursday 2.30-3.00pm

WWVP Card Update

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

When you sign in this year at the Office, you will be asked to take a lanyard and place your WWVP card in the lanyard pocket, to wear around your neck when visiting the school.

Term Dates 2019

Important Dates

Irish Singer – David Parkes

Irish singer, David Parkes, will be giving a Concert on Tuesday 26th February at Claremont.

It will commence with Mass at 6.30pm at St. Bernard’s Church, 27 Wyndham Road with the concert to follow in the Parish Hall at approximately 7pm.

During the concert David will give his testimony about his miraculous healing from Crohns disease when prayed over by Fr. Peter Rookey in Medjugorje.

John Canavan, Director of Divine Mercy Publications in Australia, will also give his personal witness on how Divine Mercy dramatically changed his life.

Entry is free but a collection will be taken up to help with expenses. David’s latest CD “Remember Me" will be available to purchase. The evening will end with supper. Enquiries: Maree Triffett 0429024621

O’Grady Dance