Newsletter No 3
25th February 2016
Dear Families of St Peter’s,
We were able to hold a very successful swimming carnival last week for our Year 3 to
6 Students. Congratulations to all students who competed and swam their very best for
their team. I would like to say a big thank you to all staff and parents, especially the
P&F Association, for helping with the carnival, food preparation and service. Without
your support the carnival would not have been possible. Special thanks to our PE
Teacher Mrs Gayle Dinnen, who through her exceptional organisation and attention to
detail, did a wonderful job at coordinating and organising this year's carnival. Gayle
was helped significantly by parents from the Rochedale Rays, Mr Tony Murphy and
Mr Ben Johnson, I extend my thanks to them on your behalf. We sincerely appreciate
being able to use the Rochedale Rays Swimming Club timing equipment also.
29th February - Zone
Swimming Chandler
4th March – Free Dress
Day
6th March – Family Mass
Thank you for your support and cooperation today with the scheduled Industrial
Action. While I am sorry that this action disrupted our usual school routine, I respect
the right of employees to take appropriate industrial action.
We keep the following people in our prayers and ask for God’s blessing on them especially
this week ~ Mr Catterson (2A) and his wife on the birth of their son, Aidan,today may his life be filled
with many blessings
The following issues were discussed at the Parent Information Evenings recently. I
print them here for the benefit of families who could not attend.
Compliments, Concerns, Complaints,
We aim to work in partnership with you, the parents and to do this well, honest, open
communication is the key. At all times your concerns will be treated confidentially
and we ask the same from you. The class teacher is your first point of contact when
you need to discuss any issues relating to the class. Once you have met with the class
teacher you may wish to discuss any unresolved issues with Mr Campbell, Mrs
Cridland, Mr Rees and I.
Technology use in our community
We aim as parents and teachers to educate our children on the responsible use of
technology. With so many technical devices (laptop computers, iPads, camera, smart
phones) in the school and home there can be a temptation to take lots of photos and /
or make comments on social media.
As parents we need to be mindful that we also should not post anything that we don’t
have permission for eg photos of your child/children at school events with other
children in the picture.
Taking photos of other children (even in the background of a photo shot) and tagging them without
permission is a serious breach of the Privacy Act. This is a reminder not to take photos with of your child
with other children and certainly do not mention other children or families in photo tags without their
permission.
Find us on the BCE Connect App
Best wishes,
The inaugural World Science Festival will be in Brisbane next month –
http://www.worldsciencefestival.com.au/about/world-science-festival/ . It’s an annual event, usually always in New
York but for the next 3 years Brisbane won the right to be the host.
The inaugural World Science Festival Brisbane will bring some of the world’s greatest thought leaders to Queensland,
showcase local scientists and performers from around the Asia Pacific region, and host the brightest and the best from
previous events in New York.
At the World Science Festival Brisbane, the biggest stars of science will present the beauty, complexity, and
importance of science through diverse, multidisciplinary programming that is the World Science Festival signature.
The inaugural World Science Festival Brisbane will take place between 9 and 13 March 2016 and is presented by the
Queensland Museum.
FYI: There are many educational opportunities as part of the programme http://www.worldsciencefestival.com.au/learn/education-program/. It may not be feasible to take the students to them,
but perhaps Parents could be just made aware, to take opportunity if interested…
Year 6 School Leaders
Last week, the Year 6 St Peter’s School Leaders were inducted in the Simon-Peter Centre.
Congratulations to All Year 6 Students.
DATE CLAIMER – SUNDAY MARCH 6TH 9:00AM “FAMILY MASS”
Calling for students to lead.
Our Family Mass is on Sunday March 6th at 9:00am in the St Peter’s Parish. It is simply a chance to gather at mass,
have a chance for our St Peter’s students to lead the parish and for families to connect with the church. We are
looking for students to be readers, servers, helpers at this Family Mass. If you would like this opportunity for your
child, please let the front office know by email, phone or dropping in. We will practice the reading or part at school
prior.
Hope to see families there especially those families who have wanted the experience of mass for their family and
haven’t been for a while.
What are we learning in RE this Term?
The Learning Intention is written for each year level so that what students are learning is visible to is students,
parents and teachers.
Prep
Year 1
I will be able to show that I understand the difference between right and wrong
choices
I understand what daily life was like for Jesus
Year 2
I am to connect Jesus’ messages to my own life
Year 3
I will explain why Jesus taught the Beatitudes
Year 4
I will engage with a variety of Bible texts and understand that God’s voice is heard in
the Bible
Understand many ways in which faith is shared and strengthened in communities of
believers.
I will understand and explain Christian Leadership in action
Year 5
Year 6
Staff Professional Development - Prayer
This week teachers attended professional development after school on leading prayer in the classroom. Part of the
session was making a “rain stick” to use during prayer to enhance the time of silence and stillness. In a busy week
there are not many times where each of us gets to have a time of stillness and silence. Prayer is a way that Catholic’s
stop, take stock and talk with God. There are three broad types of prayer in the church. Vocal Prayers – those we say
aloud, Meditative Prayers – those we practice or do and Contemplative Prayer – being with God.
REMINDER TO ALL FAMILIES:
PREP ENROLMENTS ARE BEING TAKEN NOW FOR 2017
Prayer in the Classroom: Each Year level across Prep to Year 6 have mandated prayers that are taught and
experienced across the school. Prayer is an important part of the routine and life of a Catholic School. Prayers can be
as simple as acknowledging God in our lives by lighting a candle, breathing exercises, the Sign of the Cross,
journaling, saying a traditional prayer for eg. Hail Mary or prayers of thanks, asking or reflection.
Around St Peter’s this week
Rhythm in Year 4 Music with Mrs Woodfield
Prep Outdoor learning
Bending over backwards for Prep gross motor
Prayer in Prep C
Have a great week
Paul Rees
Assistant Principal – Religious Education
News from Primary Learning Leader
Delivering Excellent Learning and Teaching at St.Peter’s
This year at St.Peter’s we are continuing to engage in reading and writing strategies in line with the
Reading to Learn program. As part of professional development during 2015 all classroom teachers were
mentored and trained in using this reading program. This mentoring has continued as part of our
professional learning in 2016.
The aim of Reading to Learn is to support each child to read and write challenging texts at their grade level.
Through participation in these lessons all students are provided with opportunities to develop a deeper
understanding of selected texts, and to use information, and language patterns from investigation of texts
within their own writing.
Our Reading to Learn program links directly to our learning intentions at
St.Peter’s, and the Australian Curriculum Achievement standards.
This week at St.Peter’s our classrooms have had a particular focus on collecting information about the
reading and writing progress of all students at our school. As part of this, teachers will be looking at where
the children have come from, where they are at and using informed judgements about each individual
child’s learning needs when planning short and long term learning goals. During parent teacher dialogues
at the end of this term, teachers will be sharing this information with you.
Have a good week.
Kind Regards,
Jo Cridland
Primary Learning Leader (PLL)
GUIDANCE NEWS
Stop Think Do in Grade 5
Peer friendships are very important for our personal happiness and adjustment through life. Social skills
education is a way to develop the social competence and emotional intelligence children need to make and
maintain their peer relationships, as well as to relate better to parents, teachers and all people in life.
To assist in the development of social skills and emotional intelligence, the students in Grade 5 are
participating in an 8 week program called ‘Stop Think Do’. This Australian social skills program is designed
to help children who are experiencing social, emotional and behavioural difficulties, but is also appropriate
for all children to prevent such difficulties arising. As part of the program we will be looking at
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getting to know each other better
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being aware of feelings
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communicating feelings
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solving social problems in a ‘cool’ and friendly way
Each weekly session will be facilitated by the Class Teacher, Jayne Murphy, Kathy Casley and Robert
Campbell. If you have any questions about the program you may contact me when I am at school on
Tuesdays and Thursdays and I would be happy to discuss this with you.
Kathy Casley
Guidance Counsellor
TUCKSHOP NEWS
Please contact Ainsley (0408981373) if you are able to help cover any of the vacancies in the attached Tuckshop
roster.
SPORTS NEWS
SWIMMING CARNIVAL 2016
What a fantastic evening we had at Rochedale State School Pool last Wednesday evening.
House Captains did a great job in “rallying the troops” and encouraging participation. Thank you to all the
families and friends of the St Peter’s Community for coming along and supporting the event.
Age Champions will be announced and presented with medals at Assembly on Friday
House Result:
1st – Nagle (605 points)
2nd – Parry (399 points)
3rd – Enright (276 points)
4th – Murray (216 points)
On a personal note, can I sincerely thank Shayne Messer, Tony Murphy & Ben Johnson for their hard work
behind the scenes to ensure the Carnival ran so smoothly on the night and to the Staff at St Peter’s who
gave up their time to make the evening so enjoyable and successful.
ZONE SWIMMING
The St Peter’s Swim Team will attend the Zone Carnival at Chandler on Monday 29 th February. We wish
them luck and I will post results and photos in the next newsletter. GO ST PETER’S!
MET EAST TRIALS
Congratulations to the following students who will swim in the Met East Trials for the Logan District Team
on Tuesday 1st March at Chandler.
Will Vig
Bailey Day
Jasmine Story
Logan District AFL
Congratulations to the following students who have made the Logan District AFL Team following trials last
week.
Tom Pielli
Luke Burke
Hunter Titmarsh
Cooper Moore
Jack Hall
Nick Fraser
The boys will continue training each week and compete in the Regional AFL Carnival in April 2016.
Cross Country Training
Cross Country training will begin next week (week beginning 29th February) and run through until the Cross Country
Carnival in Term 2.
This will be open for any students in Grade 1 – 6 to come along and have fun or to improve their fitness before the
Cross Country Carnival.
There are 2 options for training:
Wednesday 3 – 3.30pm with Mrs McDougall (1st session Wednesday 2nd March)
Thursday 7.50 – 8.20am with Mrs Dinnen (2nd session Thursday 3rd March)
Students should wear comfortable clothing/footwear to run in. and ensure they have a water bottle, hat and
sunscreen.
Please meet in the Junior Eating area next to the hall in good time to start running.
Any questions, please see Mrs Dinnen.
Have a great week
Mrs Dinnen
Tuckshop Roster
Friday 26 February
Thursday 3 March
Friday 4 March
8.30am-11am
8.30am-11am
Amorita O.
Julia C.
HELPERS NEEDED HELPERS NEEDED
Wennie T. & Louis W. Melissa W.
Daniel R.
Kristie S.
Lisa A.
Amorita O.
Heidi T.
HELPERS NEEDED
8.30am-11am
Heidi T.
Leanne McK.
AJ
Steph V.
1
11am-1.30pm
Penny L-K.
May F.
Kristie S.
11am-1.30pm
Amorita O.
Penny L-K.
Amorita O.
11am-1.30pm
Kerry H.
HELPERS NEEDED HELPERS NEEDED
HELPERS NEEDED
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SAT 12th MARCH
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SUN 13th MARCH
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