20th July 2017 Term 3 Week 2

St Mary’s School Warwick Newsletter

Dear Parents/Caregivers

The celebration of Catholic Education Week will commence this Sunday, 23rd

July. This annual even is held to promote the special ethos of Catholic schools

and to highlight the great things that take place in Catholic schools such as St

Mary’s every day.

The theme for this year’s celebration is, “Sharing the Journey”. During Catholic

education Week 2017, Catholic education communities across Queensland are

invited to celebrate how they are sharing the journey. At St Mary’s School, we

will begin the celebrations with our annual Ball Games carnival on Monday

followed by the Catholic Education Liturgy shared with Assumption College. On

Tuesday all of our students will attend a presentation titled, “Sticks and

Stones”. This is a live drama presentation, teaching children assertiveness and

cooperation. On Thursday, some of our Year 5 and 6 students will attend the

annual Catholic Schools Netball and Touch Football carnivals in Toowoomba.

On Friday, all staff will attend professional development in Toowoomba.

FRIDAY IS A PUPIL FREE DAY.

The theme is about sharing a journey. On the night of his resurrection, Jesus

shared a journey with his friends. This is referred to as the Emmaus Journey or

Emmaus Story. This story told of the fear of the disciples and the apostles as

they believed Jesus was no longer with them. Jesus reminded his friends that

He would always be with them. The walk to Emmaus was a reminder to all of

us to “walk in Jesus’s shoes”. How do we make sure we are walking in Jesus’

shoes?

Pretend you are on a journey… walking along, side by side with another

person. This other person might be a neighbour, a friend, a family member,

someone in need, or a complete stranger. Consider these questions:

Who is the person you are walking alongside? What is your relationship to

them? How is your journey the same? How is your journey different? Think of

a challenge they may have had to face. How could you be “Jesus” to them?

Have a lovely week. Margaret

NEXT WEEK

CATHOLIC EDUCATION

WEEK

FRIDAY, 28TH

JULY

PUPIL FREE DAY

Bishop’s In-service

Day

in Toowoomba

for all Staff

Important for next week

Monday, 24th July St Mary’s School Ball Games – 9.00am

Catholic Education Week Liturgy with Assumption College – 12.30pm

Darling Downs Rugby League trials (girls)

Thursday, 27th July Catholic Schools Netball & Touch Football Carnival

Friday, 28th July

PUPIL FREE DAY

Commitment Mass for Sacrament of First Eucharist – Saturday 29th July, 6.00pm and Sunday 30th July, 8.30am

163 Palmerin Street (PO Box 555) Warwick Qld 4370 Phone: 4661 1872 Fax: 4661 4809 Email: smwarwick@twb.catholic.edu.au

Website: http: //www.smwarwick.catholic.edu.au

RE News Family Mass – Saturday 29th July Please join us for the Parish's next Family Mass on 29 July at the 6:00pm Saturday Mass. This is a great community celebration with readings and songs chosen with children in mind. We are looking for families who would like to sing, share the readings, carry the offertory and welcomers. If you would like to do any of these jobs please contact Sharon Young on 0429 921 200.

Administration Catholic Education Week

Catholic Education Week will be celebrated next week. On Monday, 24th July, we will once again join with Assumption College in celebrating a Catholic Education Week Liturgy. This Liturgy will be held at 12.30pm in the MacKillop Centre and all parents are encouraged to join us. After the Liturgy, both schools will return to their respective campuses.

On Thursday, 27th July, Netball and Touch Football teams will compete in the annual Catholic Schools Carnivals in Toowoomba. CONGRATULATIONS TO MISS MARY RUTLEDGE AND MRS HELEN GILLAM WHO WILL BE RECOGNISED AT A SPECIAL CELEBRATION ON THURSDAY AFTERNOON, ACKNOWLEDGING THEIR LONG STANDING COMMITMENT TO CATHOLIC EDUCATION. BOTH TEACHERS HAVE GIVEN MANY YEARS TO THEIR VOCATION AS TEACHERS IN CATHOLIC SCHOOLS.

THE BISHOP’S INSERVICE DAY WILL BE HELD ON FRIDAY, 28th JULY. THIS IS A PUPIL FREE DAY.

Parent/Teacher Interviews Parent/Teacher Interviews will be held for all classes in Weeks 4 & 5, Monday, 31st July – Friday, 11th August. With the written reporting process finalised for Semester One, it is hoped that all parents and caregivers will take up the opportunity to meet with their child/children’s teacher/s in Parent/Teacher interviews commencing in week 4.

School Improvement Survey This year our school will be participating in a School Review and Improvement survey managed by Research Australia Development and Innovation Institute (RADII). As well as school staff and students from Years 5 & 6, all parents are invited to participate in the survey. The survey provides valuable feedback for the future directions of our school.

On Monday the 23rd July 2017, RADII will send all parents a personalized invitation to complete the survey online. If both parents’ email addresses are on file at the school, the invitation will be sent to both parents. However, the survey will close once the first person has completed it. If you do not wish to complete the survey, simply delete it.

The survey will take approximately 10-15 minutes to complete. You can complete the survey from anywhere you have access to the internet. The survey will close on Sunday, 12th August 2017 for parents.

We encourage you to be very honest in your responses to the surveys. All responses go directly to RADII so they are confidential and anonymous. When the surveys are completed, and responses aggregated by RADII, overall data is sent to us so that we can then share the findings with you.

IMPORTANT NOTICE Parents are reminded that a designated bus zone is in place at the front of the Lower Campus. This zone is for BUSES ONLY between 8.30am and 3.30pm School Days. PARKING IN THIS ZONE CAN INCUR A FINE.

Woolworths Earn & Learn

Woolworths Earn & Learn program is happening once again this year. This will run from Wednesday, 26th July until Tuesday, 19th September. When you shop at Woolworths you can collect stickers to place on a sticker card. Once the sticker cards are completed they can be placed in a collection box at either St Mary’s School or Woolies. When the program finishes all sticker cards will be sent to Woolworths for collation and they will let us know the number of points earned by our school to redeem on resources and equipment. In past years St Mary’s School has received excellent resources thanks to the efforts of everyone collecting stickers.

This week’s award recipients:

Class Student Achievement Award

Living Like Jesus Award You Can Do It Award

Prep Lewis Arley Brownlie Jack Latham

Alexzanda Svoboda

Brice Barkle Sarah Owens

Connor Bruyn Saxon Godley

Prep Mathews Ruby McGuire Harry Tattam

William Corney Albert Young

Nicholas Nolan Hannah Ross

1 Brosnan Matilda Doyle Bailey Ritchie

Lindsey Rathmell Madeline Ryan

Jett Griffiths Darcy McVeigh

1 Doyle Kieran Benz Kinley Crothers

Pippa Coleman Gabriella Kairouz

Brooke Ryan Rose Walsh

2 Lawson Callum Cahill Jayden Portener

Ashton Collins Eliza O’Leary

Ryley Collins Rikkie Moon

2 Stevenson Thomas Beard Claire Cantwell

Aiden Byrne Bethany Moore-Kirkland

Indigo Cruice Lily Sanders

3 King Azailia Grant Gabby Riordan

Jack Rheinberger Evelyn Walsh

Charles Hegarty Jayda Williams

3 Norton Yeim Costello Faith Henderson

Billy Bange Patrick Sharp

Natalie Lamb William Ross

4 Faggioni Jack March Lauren Trotman Holly Shepherd

4 Shooter Lachlan Sallaway Eamon Walsh Montana Osborn

5 Oldham Georgia Mauch Lesleigh Vincent Adam Brennan

Cooper March

5 Stevens Tanaya Lambert Olivia Cody Matthew Byrne

Cooper Morton

Toby Usher

Arie Van Kerkwyk

6 Dearden Glen Jhon Cruda Taylor Tattam Savannah Ganley

6 Rutledge Felicity Hutchinson Lachlan Collins Abbie Roche

NAIDOC Celebrations Last Friday all members of our school community celebrated and shared in the 2017 NAIDOC theme: Our Languages matter. Students participated in singing with local Aboriginal dancer and songwriter, Sharman Parsons, storytelling with Cameron Dickman, Donna Ryan and Susan Barkle, Aboriginal dancing and work on language. Our morning finished with a beautiful liturgy prepared by the Year 2 classes with guest speaker Cameron Dickman who inspired the students and staff with his passion and knowledge. A special thank you to everyone who participated in the day.

Curriculum Reading During the week teachers from Prep – Year Two continued to work on the Diocesan Reading Strategy. One of the strategies that we will focus on is QAR (Question-Answer Relationship) strategy. What is QAR? The question–answer relationship (QAR) strategy helps students understand the different types of questions. By learning that the answers to some questions are "Right There" (literal) in the text, that some answers require a reader to "Think and Search" (inferential), some questions "Author and You" (interpretive) require you to look back at what the author says and what you know to be true, and that some answers can only be answered "On My Own," (interpretive or evaluative) students recognise that they must first consider the question before developing an answer. Why use question–answer relationship? - It can improve students' reading comprehension. - It teaches students how to ask questions about their reading and where to find the answers to them. - It helps students to think about the text they are reading and beyond it. - It inspires them to think creatively and work cooperatively while challenging them to use higher-level thinking skills.

Sport

Ballgames Carnival This year, our St Mary’s Ball Games Carnival is being held as a separate carnival. The carnival will be held on Monday 24 July at the Upper Campus, as we begin Catholic Education Week and also celebrate a Liturgy with students and staff from Assumption College.

Parents are very welcome to attend and we look forward to your support of our students.

Planned times for Monday are as follows:

9:00 students born 2005 9:30 students born 2006 10:00 students born 2007 10:30 students born 2008 11:45 students born 2009 12:30 Catholic Education Liturgy with Assumption College in MacKillop Centre 1:00 students born 2010 1:30 students born 2011 2:00 students born 2012

Catholic Schools Netball and Touch Football Carnivals An exciting part of Catholic Education Week is the Catholic Schools Netball and Touch Carnivals. If your child has been selected, they will have received information and we are very grateful to staff members who have given up their time to train our students. A letter has been sent home regarding training times. Buses will depart from the Upper Campus, at 7:30am sharp and return at approximately 3:45pm. Medical and consent forms, along with $20 are due back at school by Monday, 24th July. Students are required to wear full school sports uniform, including hat. Suitable netball and touch football footwear may be worn. Please ensure your child brings a water bottle and warm clothing (tracksuit pants and jumper/jacket) with them. There will be a canteen available, but it is advisable to send sufficient water and nutritious food with your child for the day. We wish all our teams a great day of sportsmanship and fun with students from other Catholic Schools.

P&F News

Tuckshop Roster Fri 21/7: Katie Rutledge, Marie Curoopen, Kristy Walker, Katie Slater, Damien Young

Thurs 27/7: Madonna Scheiwe, Marguerite Walsh, Lisa Brown Fri 28/7: PUPIL FREE DAY

Notices Terekerr Dancers The very talented Sharman Parsons is offering dance classes again next term.

Starting Thursday July 20 from 4 to 5pm (and every Thursday thereafter) Mangan Building, Fitzroy St, Warwick (Just down from Cherry Tree) Cost $4 each per session All school ages welcome

Sharman is a trained Indigenous dancer having attended NAISDA College in Sydney for five years. Here she learned from traditional elders in many parts of Australia and from contemporary dancers in a range of styles. She teaches contemporary Indigenous dance in which the dances tell stories about nature as seen by Aboriginal people, and using her own music, language and choreography.

Terekerr means White Cockatoo in Sharman's Anmatyer language and the people of that area in Central Australia always wear this feather for ceremonies and the Cockatoo is always associated with ceremonial grounds.

For more details please contact Sharman on 4666 1187 or see Mrs Young at school.

P&F Meeting, tonight, Thursday, 20th July commencing at 7.00pm.

Main agenda for the night will be organisation of the Trivia Night.

Please come along and share your ideas.

Volunteers are needed for: Setting Up; Ticket sales on the night; Raffle

sales on the night; Help with supper.

If you are unable to attend the meeting but would like to volunteer or be a

sponsor on the night, please

email the P&F: SMWPandF@twb.catholic.edu.au.

Warwick Blue Light Disco The Blue Light Disco will be held on Friday, 28th July at the Redbacks Clubhouse with the theme: “Xmas in July”. This will commence at 6.00pm and finish at 8.30pm with entry being $5.00 per person. Children must be accompanied by a parent or guardian at drop off and pickup. Children under 6 years must have parental supervision. Some free passes are available at the school office.

Coming soon…………..YOGA!!!!!

Contact Patrice on 4661 1033

for more information!