Web: www.stmartinscarina.qld.edu.au Email: pcarina@bne.catholic.edu.au Absentee Line: (07) 3900 9166

PO Box 37 Phone: (07) 3900 9100

Carina QLD 4152 Fax: (07) 3843 0065

14th March 2018, Term 1 Week 8

OFFICE HOURS - 8.00am – 3.30pm UNIFORM SHOP – TUESDAYS 8.15am – 9.15am & THURSDAYS 2.30pm – 3.30pm SCHOOL HOURS – 8.30am – 2.50pm TUCKSHOP – WEDNESDAY - FRIDAY FINANCE HOURS – 8.00am – 3.30pm BANKING – TUESDAYS

(with the exception of every second Thursday)

FROM THE PRINCIPAL

Dear St Martin’s Families

This coming week-end we will celebrate the Feast of St Patrick. The

pride, the passion and the "down-to earth" humanity of the Irish have

had a marked influence on the history and culture of our nation. So

too has the feast day of Ireland's favourite son, St Patrick, been such a

cause of celebration nation-wide for many years that the tradition

continues to grow. In the past the "wearing of the green" may have

been a mark of sectarian pride but in this new enlightened era it

serves to unite people of all backgrounds in its once a year

celebration.

National Day Against Bullying

This Friday the 16th is the day that

Australia, brings into focus, the topic of

bullying. At St Martin’s we have two main

foci for the week.

1) Educating the children with what to

do if they are being bullied

2) Choose kind

The children will learn the ‘High 5’

strategies.

DATE CLAIMERS

Wear a Touch of Orange for Anti-Bullying

Friday 16th March 2018

Disco – Friday 16th March 2018

Family Mass Our Lady of Graces – Sunday

18th March 2018

Parent Teacher Interviews – Commencing

Week 9

Year 5 Camp at Tallebudgera – Monday

19th March 2018 – Wednesday 21st

March 2018

School Open Day – Thursday 22nd March

2018, 9:00am

Swimming Carnival Years 3-6 – Friday 23rd

March 2018

Literacy Solutions Parent Information

Evening – Tuesday 27th March,

6:30pm – 8:00pm

Cross Country – Wednesday 28th March

2018

Last day of Term 1 – Thursday 29th March

2018

Term 2 commences for students -

Tuesday 17th April 2018

Resurrection Liturgy – Wednesday 18th

April, 11am

Anzac Day Liturgy – Monday 23rd April

2018 at the School Assembly

Anzac Day Public Holiday – Wednesday

25th April 2018

Camp Out – Saturday 28th April 2018

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These will be taught in the classroom and our Year 5 and Year 1 students performed role plays on assembly

today to support this learning.

The Choose Kind movement, came from the movie ‘Wonder’. St Martin’s has signed up to be a school that

promotes choosing kind behaviours. This week the staff will be looking for children who are exhibiting kind

behaviours and they will be acknowledged for this. We feel that bullying would not occur, if only people

chose to be kind.

Travel to the Holy Land

Each day, Geoff has been sending the staff updates as to what he is experiencing on his pilgrimage. The

trip looks amazing and quite life changing. One principal described it as, ‘being able to live everything we

ever learnt growing up in a Catholic school’.

“Mass in the middle of the Sea of Galilee was one of the most memorable of many during my time here in

the Holy Land”. Geoff

Parent Teacher Interviews

Over the next couple of weeks, parents/carers will all have the opportunity to meet with their child’s class

teacher. These meetings are a great way for teachers to communicate to parents/carers how children are

settling into the 2018 school year, and to discuss their academic progress so far. Likewise, these meetings

also give you, as parents/carers, the chance to share any information about your children with their class

teacher.

Meeting times can be booked via the website – www.schoolinterviews.com.au and information about this

process was emailed to families on Monday and there are also instructions attached to this Newsletter.

Please contact the office if you are experiencing any difficulties with this. Bookings for interviews close

this Friday at 3pm.

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Year 5 Camp

Next week our Year 5 students are off to Tallebudgera for a 2-night, 3 day camp. They will have many

opportunities to grow as an individual and as part of a team. They will test their confidence and resilience

in activities such as high ropes, surfing and giant swing. We wish the teachers and students an enjoyable 3

days. Mrs Cran will accompany the students on Monday night and Mr Sullivan will join them on Tuesday

and Tuesday night, returning to school Wednesday morning.

Kylie Anderson (Acting Principal)

FROM THE ASSISTANT PRINCIPAL RELIGIOUS EDUCATION

Dear Parents

With only a couple of weeks left in the term, there are still many important events and celebrations to be

held at St Martin’s. The first of these is the family mass this weekend at Our Lady Of Graces Church. We

extend an invitation to all our families to attend the 5:30pm mass this Sunday. I thank Mrs Power, and

members of our school choir, who will lead the singing at mass. There will also be an afternoon tea,

beginning at 4:30pm, in the hospitality room in the Parish Centre. This is a great opportunity to come along

and meet new families in the parish. We hope to see many of you there.

St Patrick’s Day This Saturday, March 17, is the feast day of St Patrick. St Patrick was a man who listened to and said ‘Yes’ to God’s call. God asked St Patrick to spread the message of Jesus to the people of Ireland. You and I are asked to work for Jesus in different ways in our world today. We pray, that

like St Patrick, we will do this work willingly and enthusiastically.

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Project Compassion Our fundraising for Caritas is coming along nicely. Last week we raised a total of $1000, bringing our total so far to $2150. This week the money raised will go toward providing resource packs and books for our 20 students. We will soon be ready to start our second classroom. Well done everyone. Let’s see if we can make a big effort in the remaining weeks of term to raise money so that everyone can have a just future. Holy Week Celebrations

This year we are celebrating Holy Week with an Easter Prayer Walk. There will be displays representing each of the main events in Holy week set up in different locations around the school and all classes will participate in the prayer walk on either Monday, Tuesday or Thursday. You might like to discuss the story of Easter with your child/ren after they have experienced the walk. The prayer walk will commemorate this remarkable story, telling the story of the events from Palm Sunday through to Good Friday. We will celebrate the Resurrection when we return next term on Wednesday April 18 at 11am.

Have a great week.

Jen Cran (Assistant Principal Religious Education)

ST MARTIN’S SCHOOL-WIDE EXPECTATIONS

Respect for Self

Respect for Others

Respect for Learning

Respect for Property and Place We show respect by speaking and acting with courtesy. We treat others with dignity and

honour the rules of our family, school and nation. Respect yourself, and others will respect

you.

SCHOOL FEES

Term 1 Fee Statements were issued Friday 9th February. The due date for payment was the 28th of

February. Reminder statements will be issued today for those families who have not yet made the

payment.

As always, if parents believe it will be difficult to meet their financial obligation, we ask that you make

contact with us to discuss your circumstances as soon as possible. We can then formulate a plan to assist

you in managing your fee payments.

I will be on leave for the remainder of the term, but our Office Secretary, Kym Fisher, will be handling

Finance queries while I’m away.

Have a great week and Happy Easter.

Karen Merrin (Finance Secretary)

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PREP ENROLMENTS

Prep 2019

Enrolments for Prep 2019 are now being processed. If you have a sibling due to commence in Prep 2019 please enrol now. Enrol Here

Amanda Parker (Enrolments Secretary) Phone: 3900 9101

Email: aparker@bne.catholic.edu.au

LOST PROPERTY

We currently have several items of lost property in the school office:

a child’s wallet

Swimming cap

2 watches

a necklace

a ring

a St Martin’s hair scrunchie

a plastic bag full of children’s clothes, including a cap and 2 pairs of shoes

CURRICULUM NEWS Feedback

Over the last few years, teachers have been using Learning Intentions and Success Criteria to clearly

communicate to students what they are learning and how they can be successful. This year our teaching

staff are focusing on giving students feedback. Feedback is information for the student about his or her

performance. It is directly related to the student’s individual learning goals or the specific success criteria

for the learning or task. Teachers are trialling the use of various tools and techniques for providing

feedback to the students so that students know how they are going and the next steps in their learning.

Look out for how Learning Intentions and Success Criteria are being used in your child’s classroom and the

ways your teacher is providing feedback.

Literacy Solutions

On Tuesday March 27th at 6.30pm Angela Ehlmer from Literacy Solutions is conducting a Parent

Information Session. During our Professional Learning days in January, Angela presented to our teachers

about how to implement a balanced literacy program which teaches students the strategies, skills and

knowledge they need to read and write.

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Angela is a dynamic presenter who is very passionate about children experiencing literacy success. She will

discuss activities at home that you can do which will impact your child’s achievement in reading and

writing. This should be a very informative evening.

Jessica Mutton (Primary Learning Leader)

SPORTS NEWS

Yesterday St Martin’s were lucky enough to compete in the Futsal competition at Oxley. The competition

was challenging and we were very proud of the way the St Martin’s children persisted with a positive and

respectful attitude. The two St Martin’s teams both competed against three schools each and we were very

happy with their efforts.

The Girls Futsal team were selected to compete in the Regional Futsal Titles in April.

We congratulate both teams on a great effort at Futsal.

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St Martin’s Swimming Carnival 2018

Dear Parents and Carers,

A reminder that the swimming carnival is Week 9, Friday 23rd. Please ensure you read the following

information carefully.

Reminders for the day

Students must bring a hat, water bottle, morning tea and lunch

Students can wear a coloured shirt representing their house colour

Please ensure students do not use hair spray or coloured zinc

Students will not have access to the canteen

House Colours

Martin – White

Dominic – Black

Grace – Gold

Catherine - Green

Children are required to see their class teacher before leaving if prior arrangements have been made to leave from the venue. This is important as Teachers need to mark their roll before departure.

Swimming events information:

Age Champion races

Students eligible to participate in age champion races have been predetermined by swimming instructors.

For the strokes students are nominated in they will be unable to participate in the same stroke in the open

race, however they are still able to participate in novelty races.

Open races

Students must nominate to swim in a minimum of two races, and are able to participate in novelty races.

Carnival Schedule – please note this is an estimate of times

Deep End Shallow End

Time Event Time Event

9:15am – 9:50am 25m Freestyle (Year

5/6)

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9:50am-10:10am 50m Freestyle Age

Champions

CHEERING

(AT HOUSE TENTS)

10:10am – 11:10am 25m Freestyle (Year

3/4)

10:10am – 10:40am

10:40am – 11:10am

Year 6 Novelty Events

Year 5 Novelty Events

10:40am- 11:00am 50m Breaststroke-

Age Champions

CHEERING

(AT HOUSE TENTS)

11:00am- 12:00pm 25m Breaststroke

Opens (Years 3 – 6)

Year 3 Novelty – go straight there after 25m

Breaststroke.

12:00-pm- 12:20pm 50m Backstroke Age

Champions

CHEERING

(AT HOUSE TENTS)

12:20pm- 1:20pm 25m Backstroke

Opens (Year 4, Year

5/6, Year 3)

Year 4 Pool Noodle Novelty Event – go

straight there after 25m Backstroke.

1:20pm- 1:30pm 50m Butterfly Age

Champions

(11,12years)

CHEERING

(AT HOUSE TENTS) 1:30pm-1:40pm 25m Butterfly Age

Champions (U9s &

10s)

1:40pm-2:00pm 25m Butterfly Open

2:00-2:15pm HOUSE RELAY

1st place- 100points

2nd place- 75 points

3rd – 50 points

Year 6 Leaders

8 x students from each house.

Sam/Liz to coordinate swimmers.

If there is anyone available to help out on the day can you please email through your names and times to

the school.

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We look forward to an enjoyable day for the students!

St Martin’s Cross-Country Carnival 2018

The St Martin’s Cross-Country Carnival will be held Week 10, Wednesday, 29th March. Students are

encouraged to wear a shirt with their house colour. Please read the schedule below outlining the time of

each year level’s race.

Championship Race

The championship race is 3km and is ONLY open to those children wishing to trial for the District Cross

Country Team. Children must be turning 10 this year or older (11 and 12 years) to compete in this race. To

compete at Districts, children will need to be able to run the whole distance without walking. It is

recommended that children who wish to compete in this race come to at least one cross country training

session before the carnival (Wednesday and Friday mornings 7:45-8:15am) so they can learn the course,

though this is NOT compulsory. In PE classes, I will be practising with the children ONLY the course for their

year group and NOT the championship course.

What to wear on the day

On the day children are to wear their full sports uniform and may bring house colour shirt/ribbons etc. to

wear when they are running. Children will need to bring hats and water bottles to the Valley when it is time

for their race. Please ensure your child applies sunscreen before coming to school.

Coffee van

There will be a coffee van onsite from 8am until 10am for those of you who wish to purchase a hot

beverage. It will be located near the Dominic Centre.

Cross Country Schedule

Running order and Times Age Group Distance

9.15 Year 5 and 6 Age champion

Race

3k

9.35 Year 5 girls Fun Run 1.5k

9.50 Year 6 girls Fun Run 1.5k

10.05 Year 5 and 6 Boys Fun run 1.5K

Break for morning tea

11.00 Year 4 Age Champion Race 2k

11.20 Year 4 Girls Fun Run 1k

11.30 Year 4 Boys Fun Run 1k

11. 35 Year 3 Age Champion Race 1.5k

11.50 Year 3 Girls fun run 1k

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12.00 Year 3 Boys Fun run 1k

12.10 Year 2 Boys race 800m

12. 20 Year 2 Girls Race 800m

1.00 Lunch

1.30 Year 1, 1D and 1M girls 500m

Year 1, 1G, 1M, 1R girls 500m

Year 1, 1D and 1m girls 500m

Year 1, 1G,1M,1R Girls 500m

2.00 Prep M,D girls 400m

Prep G, C girls 400m

Prep M, D Boys 400m

Prep G, C Boys 400m

Lytton District Boys Softball

The Lytton District Boys 10-12yrs Softball trial will be held Monday, 26th March. Trials will be held at the

Coorparoo State School (access Carey Field via Halstead St), Coorparoo from3:30 – 5:00 pm

Emily Maslin (HPE Teacher)

ITALIANO @ ST MARTIN’S

Buongiorno a tutti,

It is difficult to believe that we are already in Week 8. This term has been extremely busy with our Year 4

and 5 students getting a taste for the lingua e cultura Italiana- Italian language and culture. They have

been busy learning all about colours, greetings, and numbers and finally this week they will be

collaborating with one another to create and perform a short conversation. I look forward to listening to all

of the students’ wonderful language learning.

The Year 6 students have been busy with their first assignment task, which is all about Italian fashion

designers. I also look forward to reading about their models and seeing the amazing Italian fashion inspired

creations they have designed in week 9.

Did you know that Italian is accessible to all students here at St Martin’s? Not just the Year 4, 5 and 6

students. Here at St Martin’s we are extremely fortunate to have an annual subscription to the fabulous

Linguascope website. Simply go to the website https://www.linguascope.com/default.htm and students

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can work their way through the language learning games; Please email me for the login details. Year 4, 5

& 6 students have the logins in their classrooms.

There are also a couple of other websites that I suggest for Italian language learning and best of all they are

free (no username or passwords are required)

LANGUAGES ONLINE

http://www.education.vic.gov.au/languagesonline/italian/italian.htm

DIGITAL DIALECTS

http://www.digitaldialects.com/Italian.htm

Please feel free to email me at ecamuglia@bne.catholic.edu.au if you require any further assistance in

using these websites.

A presto,

Signora Enza

PARISH NEWS

Sacramental Program – Confirmation 2018

On Tuesday, we held the Parent Discernment meeting for all those children in

Year 3 for Confirmation 2018 and it was a great turn out! Thank you to all those

who came along. For those who couldn’t, you will need to get in touch with the

Parish Office to arrange a time to come in and meet with Fr Alex. The information

letters that went out do not have the codes for the online login, you should have received an email from

Shelly on Wednesday morning with the codes. If you have any issues with your codes, please contact Shelly

on 3398 2977 or email sc.carina@bne.catholic.net.au.

Enrolments are now open! Please note that enrolments for Confirmation 2018 close at 3.30pm Thursday 15

March 2018, we will not accept any late enrolments.

Shelly Stone | Pastoral Associate Our Lady of Graces Parish and the Dominican Fathers

100 Mayfield Road, Carina, QLD 4152 | PO Box 305, Carina, QLD 4152 Phone: 07 3398 2977 | Email: sc.carina@bne.catholic.net.au | Website: http://www.carinacatholicparish.org.au/

TUCKSHOP

Please note that delicious “Fish Burgers” have been added to the tuckshop menu for the duration of lent.

We have some more event days planned and you will see these shortly on flexischools:

13 July – Bastille Day: Only ham, cheese & tomato croissants available for lunch

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ST PATRICK'S DAY - TUCKSHOP EVENT DAY - FRIDAY, 16 MARCH

Pre-ordered lime jelly cups with a chocolate Freddo will be available this Friday to help celebrate St Patrick's Day. Due to the large number ordered, this will be the only morning tea item available on this day.

Final orders were due 8.00am on Friday, 9 March.

Tuckshop will operate from Wednesday to Friday each week (3 days) in 2018. Orders for Tuckshop are to be made via the Flexischools ordering system by 8.00am each day. All food is of the highest standard and prepared fresh every day, with the exception of Sushi, which is prepared off site. Please spread the word that we are in desperate need of volunteers. Please register at www.carebookings.com.au Code 67QDF. Lots of points are on offer and it’s a busy but happy atmosphere. I look forward to meeting all those that are willing to volunteer. Should you do so, please remember to tie long hair back and wear closed in shoes as this is a WH&S requirement. Also, please be sure to sign in at the office. IMPORTANT: As advised in flexi-schools, please do not order ice blocks if your child is in Prep. Thank you.

Michelle Lewis Tuckshop Convenor

michelle.lewis@bne.catholic.edu.au

UNIFORM SHOP

PLEASE NOTE THAT THE UNIFORM SHOP WILL BE CLOSED TOMORROW,

THURSDAY 15TH MARCH 2108

UNIFORM SHOP Opening Hours Tuesday 8.15am – 9.15am – Thursday 2.30pm – 3.30pm Delivery of Uniform Shop orders placed on Flexi-schools - Orders made any time from Thursday 2.30pm until Monday 12.00am (midnight), will be packed for you when the shop is open on Tuesday morning. Items will be sent home with your child in the satchel either the same day or the following day. If you order any time from Tuesday 8.00am until Thursday 2.30pm, orders will be packed for you when the shop is open on Thursday afternoon. Items will be sent home with your child in the satchel either the same day or the following day.

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Uniform Shop open hours are Tuesday 8.15am - 9.15am AND Thursday 2.30pm - 3.30pm. Uniform Shop is located on the ground floor, behind the statue of St. Martin. PLEASE LABEL ALL UNIFORMS, LUNCH BOXES AND DRINK BOTTLES WITH YOUR CHILD’S NAME SO THAT IF AN ITEM IS MISPLACED, IT CAN BE RETURNED TO ITS OWNER.

Michelle Lewis Uniform Shop Convenor

michelle.lewis@bne.catholic.edu.au

The current bookclub order will close at 3pm Thursday 15th March. Thank you!

Ursula Helios (Scholastic Coordinator)

BANKING

HAVE 10 TOKENS? CLAIM YOUR REWARD TODAY! Once you have made 10 deposits in the school banking program, you can order a reward. It doesn’t have

to be in a calendar year either - tokens accrue until you spend them.

And the good news is that if there is an item from last year that you really wanted, most are still available!

So this Term, you can order the new items shown below….

Twister Power Handball Secret Scratch Pad

Or you can still order the Tablet Case, Tech Pencil Case, Colour Change Markers, 3D Chalk, Smiley Emoji Keyring, Epic Earphones or Volt Handball. Just pop a note in with your next deposit.

Elena Power

School Banking Coordinator 0407 764 864

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P & F NEWS

Coles Sports for Schools

We have a collection box at the office for your school tokens. Collection boxes

are also located at Coles Carindale and Coorparoo.

Please collect the vouchers as every bit helps! The promotion ends in May.

We have several date claimers. Be sure to mark them on your calendar!

Literacy Solutions – Tuesday 27th March, 6:30 – 8:00pm Literacy Solutions is an experienced team of early literacy experts based in Brisbane, who specialise in supporting educators and schools to deliver quality instruction and improve teaching practice and student outcomes. They will be holding an information meeting for St Martins’ families on learning to read and literacy skills. More information to be shared over the coming weeks! Mother’s Luncheon – Saturday 4th August 2018, Exciting New Venue!

Term 1 Disco – Friday 16th March

P-2: 5:00 – 6:00pm

3-6: 6:15 – 7:15pm

Gold coin donation at the door.

Carebookings is available for Parent Helpers.

In the interest of our children’s safety, we have a few rules we know you will assist us with to ensure the

success of the evening:

Our volunteers will be wearing hi-vis Parents in the 1st session can accompany their prep children into the hall but are required to leave

after 10 minutes. If you wish to stay, you will need to stand behind the barriers. No parents are allowed into the main hall for the 2nd session. If you wish to stay, you will need to stand

behind the barriers. Upon finishing, parents will be let in the main entrance but need to leave via the stage door. Volunteers

will be directing parents at the end of the disco.

We appreciate your assistance.

Matthew Bloxsom President 2018

Anna Hussey Communications Coordinator

Email: admin@stmartinscarinapandf.com.au

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Community Business Directory

We are currently updating our Community Business Directory. We will share the new directory soon!

You can also register your business on the directory by emailing our P&F email address at

admin@stmartinscarinapandf.com.au

FACEBOOK

Facebook is a fantastic way for the P&F to deliver news and important reminders within our school community. Please ‘like’ the page, and also make sure you join our private Facebook year level GROUP pages. These pages were specifically set up for all parents and carers in each year level to share important information and plan social events. If you cannot find the individual page links, please email us and we will help you. The P&F Facebook page link is below… www.facebook.com/stmartinscarinapandf PPP POINTS - (Parent Participation Plan - CAREBOOKINGS)

The St Martin’s School PPP is an essential part of our school’s ongoing growth and unique spirit. Being part of the PPP is a great way for you to meet other parents and have fun helping our community spirit shine even stronger. It also enhances the educational and social experiences not only of your children, but of all children and staff who fill St Martin’s with their energy, laughter and abilities. Our children love to see us actively involved in their school activities and community! Your PPP commitment We ask that every family makes a commitment to the program. A wide range of PPP options are available for families to consider. Each family needs to accrue 100 points to fulfil their PPP commitment. Alternative Option – Monetary Contribution We do appreciate that not all families can make a time commitment to the school. You therefore have the option of making a $160 contribution to the P&F in lieu of taking up a PPP role.

Please don’t forget to regularly log on to the carebookings website to volunteer for Tuckshop, Uniform shop, Banking, Working Bees, Grandparent’s Day etc. There are many ways to earn your 100 points. More choices will be added every week so keep checking if you cannot see your chosen event roster. Thanks so much!! Instructions below: - 1. Go to the website www.carebookings.com.au 2. Enter the St Martin's School booking code: 67QDF…. and click Go. 3. Click on your name or follow the prompts to enter your details. 4. Select a date and time from the roster and click Go. 5. A green highlighted tick will now be showing against the date and time you selected.

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FAMILY CARE COORDINATORS

If you are a St Martin's family that is currently experiencing hardship due to a loss, serious illness or family

crisis, please email our “P&F Family Care team”.

We care deeply for all St Martin's families and would like you all to know we are here for you if a situation

arises that causes your family significant stress. We hope St Martin’s families feel that they can email our

team when they need help. Our 2018 co-ordinator is Petrina Brown, and she will take appropriate action

depending on each individual situation and offer you non-judgemental, confidential support.

The care email address is:

Email: - familycare@stmartinscarinapandf.com.au