Week 6, Term 4 2020 - 10th November 2020

Principal's Address - Week 6

APRE's Reflection

Dear Parents,

For the last couple of weeks I have been working with our student leaders to prepare the Remembrance Day service. We watched a video of school children commenting about peace and they decided to make our own St Mary’s version.

While I was compiling their recorded clips it was one of the magic times in teaching where I was so proud of the leaders who had taken time out of their own play, and the responses our students gave when asked “What is peace?” and “Why is it important?”

 The words of this beautiful reflection written by a Year Two student also show how even the youngest among us can inspire us all to respect one another unconditionally. May we continue to care for all those we meet and spread positivity.

God created all of us.
That means He is Our Father and all the other children are our brothers and sisters.
We are all different and that doesn’t even matter.
Sometimes we have fights but we make up with each other.
We all love each other no matter what!

“Tenderness and kindness are not signs of weakness and despair, but manifestations of strength and resolution.” {Kahlil Gibran}

As a school, we will commemorate Remembrance Day with a Prayer Service on Wednesday 11th November at 11am in the School Hall.  

Mrs Terri Leotta
APRE/Teacher

From our Principal - Mr Wes Rose

RAP Launch
Many thanks to Mrs Terri Leotta (APRE), Mrs Karlie Tatchell (Regional Indigenous Liaison Officer) and Mrs Fiona AhWong (St Mary’s Indigenous Education Coordinator) for their efforts with our Reconciliation Action Plan (RAP) launch last Friday.  All in attendance will attest that it was a great event.  From the Acknowledgement of Country (see the video below) to the singing of ‘We are Australian’, it was certainly a moving ceremony.  Our RAP will provide a framework for our school to support the national reconciliation movement, and ensure that St Mary’s has a clear focus on indigenous perspectives across the curriculum.  Please see a copy of our RAP below.

P&F Thank You BBQ
Our P&F are holding an end of year BBQ for all interested families on Tuesday 17^th November from 5:30pm in the basketball court area.  If you would like to attend, please RSVP by Friday 13^th November.  Please click here to register.

Quote of the Week

St Mary's Schoolzine App

It's been great to see many of our parents using our new Schoolzine App. We  encourage more families to download this free app which will enable you to;

• advise student absences
• view the newsletter
• access Parent Lounge
• receive notifications
• plus other features.

Once downloaded, please complete your registration, using our school passcode 4142. More instructions on how to install the SZApp are shown in the flyer below.

If you have any queries or difficulties downloading the app please contact the school office.

Sport News

Treyce Ciantar travelled to the State Titles last week as a member of the Capricornia U12 Basketball side. A huge achievement for an eleven year old!

Well done Treyce.

Mrs Caroline Kerrisk
HPE Teacher

Year 6 Creative Student

Congratulations Annika in 6M who has represented the Holy Spirit in the creative form of biscuits named with the gifts of the Holy Spirit.

She explained to the class that positive traits such as kindness, patience and peace sweeten the world, just as the strength of the Holy Spirit can enrich our lives.

Tuckshop News

Book Club Orders Due

Student of the Week

Term 4, Week 5 Student Award Winners 

Community News

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