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Assembly Wednesdays 2:15pm
UPCOMING EVENTS
Tuesday 13 June
7pm P&F Meeting MC Staffroom
Wednesday 21 June (date change)
9am Mass 5/6Y, 5R, 4B, 3R, 5B, 3B, 2G, 1G & 1Y
Thursday 22 June
Yrs 5&6 Science Incursion
Friday 23 June
End Term 2
Monday 10 July
Start Term 3
Friday 14 July
Senior Sports Day
No tuckshop today Prep-Yr2
Yrs 3-6 Must pre-order before 13 July
Tuesday 18 July
Yr 5 Gold Rush Excursion
Friday 28 July
9:30am Grandparent’s Day Liturgy
and Morning Tea
NO TUCKSHOP TODAY
Sunday 6 August
GA Fete
Monday 4 - Friday 8 September
GA Book Week
Guardian Angels’ School
Newsletter 8 June, 2017
Dear Parents and Guardians,
I hope you’ve enjoyed the chill of the first week of winter! While it’s been
harder to get up each morning, it’s important we soldier on and encourage
our students to turn up to school organised and ready to finish of the term
on a positive.
Behaviour Management As discussed previously, this year, Guardian Angels is placing a major focus on the revision of our behaviour management processes. Our approach to behaviour management is aligned with the philosophy of ‘Positive Behaviour for Learning’ or PB4L. we believe that behaviour is learned and therefore needs to be taught, retaught and reinforced consistently. Our three major expectations for students are:
1. Show RESPECT
2. Be RESPONSIBLE
3. Act SAFELY
These three new expectations will replace the 4 Non-Negotiables:
• What the teacher says I do
• Indicate to speak and move • Speak to please, not to tease
• Hands of others and their things
Planning is currently underway to develop a scope and sequence for each
year level for each of the three expectations. The PB4L team have also
developed a Behaviour Response flowchart to give clear direction for staff
when managing unproductive behaviour.
I thought I would share with you the SHOW RESPECT expectations
contained within our draft Behaviour Matrix. As a staff, we will start using
this language with our students. Next week, I will publish the BE
RESPOSNISBLE expectations.
Peace be with you. Craig
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There is an “I” in Behaviour
Classroom Playground/Outdoor
Area/Toilets
Gathering Times Assembly/
Liturgy/Mass
Eating times Pick Up Zones Crossing
Roads
Show
Respect
“I show respect”
I use kind words.
I use manners.
I listen with my
whole body.
I am co-operative.
I use kind words.
I use my hands and feet appropriately.
I play fairly.
I include others.
I listen with my whole body.
I participate
fully and reverently in
rituals.
I include others in my
eating group.
I clean up my eating
area.
I listen to the duty
teacher/s.
I sit and wait patiently.
I use
manners.
I listen to the teacher.
I consider others
around me at the
crossing.
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APRE News
Confirmation Many of our children will be receiving the Sacrament of Confirmation next Wednesday evening. We extend our heartfelt thanks to the members of the Parish Sacramental Team who have worked with these young people and their families to prepare them for this Sacrament. Monsignor Peter Meneely will celebrate Confirmation in the two ceremonies, one at 5pm and one at 7:30pm. May each of these young people be blessed with the gifts of the Holy Spirit throughout their lives. Semester One Reports As discussed previously, your child’s Semester One report will be digitally uploaded to the Parent Portal on Monday 19 June. Please ensure your current email address has been given to our office staff to enable you to access these reports. I would like to take this opportunity to publicly thank our wonderful teachers for the enormous amount of time and careful thought that they have dedicated to writing reports to keep parents well informed as to their child’s progress. Have a great week everyone. Dawn Morrissey
APA News
Virtue This fortnight each class will be looking at the virtue of Caring. Caring is giving love and attention to people and things that matter to you. When you care about people, you help them. When you do a careful job, you give it your very best effort. You treat people and things gently and respectfully. We are practising caring when we: • Let people know that what they say is important
by looking at them and listening closely. • Give people help when they need it. • Handle things carefully. • Are gentle and loving with anything or anyone
placed in our care. • Treat our body with respect • Work with enthusiasm and excellence.
Trinity Sunday Christians and Churches in Australia celebrate Trinity Sunday, which is the first Sunday after Pentecost. It is one of the few feasts that are celebrated as a doctrine instead of an event. It
is also symbolic of the unity of the Trinity. It is an opportunity for the congregation to learn about or revisit the concept of the Trinity, which refers to the Father, Son and Holy Spirit being one God. The Nicene Creed is often included in some church services, particularly within Catholic churches, on Trinity Sunday. Many people see this creed as one that professes the Christian faith. The liturgical colour is white on Trinity Sunday. Images of the Trinity of the Father, Son and Holy Spirit depict that there are three elements of one God. The Trinity is sometimes symbolized by a triangular shape formed by three overlapping oval rings or loops, each featuring one of the following images: the crown (father) within the top loop; the lamb (son) within the second loop (clockwise); and the dove (spirit) within the third loop (clockwise).
Rosies and BABI Appeals This year’s appeal will run over the last two weeks of Semester One from Monday 12 June - Friday 23 June in schools, and the weekends of 17/18 June & 24/25 June in Parishes. If you are able to support the charitable outreach of Rosies and BABI to the
disadvantaged in our community, please choose an item from the list below and place it in the baskets in the offices on each campus. Your support is greatly appreciated. Thank you. Rosies: Cup a soup (no cans please), Cup of noodles (no packets please), Coffee, Cordial, Sugar, Milo, Biscuits, Muesli bars, Roll on deodorant (no glass please), Safety razors and shaving cream, Serviettes (packs of 100 please), Plastic spoons
BABI: Non-perishables such as: Tinned Meals and Vegies, Recipe Bases, Tinned fruit, Rice and Pasta Sauce, Cup-A- Soup/Noodles, Biscuits, Cereal Bars, Cereal, Crackers/Snacks, Long-life Milk, Coffee, Tea, Milo, Sugar, Salt/Pepper, Sauces, Cleaning products.
Prayer Let us Pray Father, you sent your Word to bring us truth and your Spirit to make us holy. Through them we come to know the mystery of your life. Help us to worship you, one God in three Persons, by proclaiming and living our faith in you. We ask you this, Father, Son, and Holy Spirit, one God, true and living, for ever and ever. Amen Blessings for the coming week, Debbie
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P&F NEWS
Afternoon Pick Up Zone Roster
GA PUZ MC PUZ
M Tracie Porter Bridget Wright
T Tracie Porter Natalie
O’Grady
W Tracie Porter Natalie
O’Grady
T Nathalie Pallandre
Hanna Miley
Help Needed
Please
F Help Needed Please Tracy Allom
Tuckshop Roster
Tues
13 June
Thurs
15 June
Fri
16 June
Help
Needed
Please
Melissa Sherrard
Sam Foster
Elizabeth
O’Flaherty
Help Needed
Please
PG Thomas McDonald PR Emma Carroll
1G Harley Simpson 1R Elanorah Cronin Max Armstrong
2G Will Chalmers 2R Joshua Bailey Ella Graveson
2Y Ava Camacho Summer Paten
3B Baxter Coglan
3G Eddie Robertson 3R Eden Alford
4B Lucas Woodman 4G Manni Lennon
4Y Toby Collins 6B Quinn Finegan
Caitlin Sutherland
P&F NEWS
The next P&F meeting will be held on Tuesday 13 June at 7.00pm in the Mt Carmel staffroom. On the agenda will be the Mt Carmel Oval Project. Please come along and join us ... we would love to see some new faces!
The P&F now has a dedicated email address. Feel free to contact us at
pwynpandf@bne.catholic.edu.au at any stage.
Aim High and Fly
Anika Grant (Year 6) and Maeve Dorash (Year 5) both competed in their first major Irish Dancing Championship - 'The Australian International Oireachtas' at the Gold Coast on the weekend. The girls competed against dancers from all over Australia and Internationally. Both girls danced beautifully and the hard work they have put in certainly paid off! Well done girls!!
NO TUCKSHOP for the Prep -Yr 2’s on 14 July due to Senior
Sports Carnival. Yrs 3-6 students wishing to order tuckshop for the Senior Sports Carnival day will need to pre-order with the Flexischools cut off being 7pm on the 13 July.
There will be NO TUCKSHOP on the 28th July for all year levels.
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Community News
Worldwide Marriage Encounter
A weekend away for married couples in peaceful, picturesque surroundings – away from the distractions of everyday living. Take time out of your busy schedule, to invest in your most precious asset . . . your Marriage! This is a unique opportunity to recharge your relationship batteries, refocus on each other and fall in love all over again!
Our next week end will held 4 to 6 August 2017.
Venue: Santa Teresa Spirituality Centre, Ormiston QLD (on Brisbane’s bayside)
For bookings/details contact: Maria and David Murphy, ph (07) 3342 1456, dandmmurphy@optusnet.com.au Information website: www.wwme.org.au