A Blessing May the light of your soul guide you.

May the light of your soul bless the work you do with the secret love and warmth of your heart.

May you see in what you do, the beauty of your own soul.

May the sacredness of your work bring healing, light and renewal to those who work with you and to those who see and receive your work.

May your work never weary you.

May it release within you wellsprings of refreshment, inspiration and excitement.

May you be present in what you do.

May you never become lost in the bland absences.

May the day never burden.

May the dawn find you awake and alert, approaching your new day with dreams, possibilities and promises.

May evening find you gracious and fulfilled.

May you go into the night blessed, sheltered and protected.

May your soul calm, console and renew you. John O’Donoghue

STUDENT PROTECTION CONTACTS - Star of the Sea School;

Karen Bakon ----------- Principal

Kylie Williamson ------- APRE

Anita Katajamaki ------ Guidance Counsellor

Click on link below for Brisbane Catholic Education's Student Protection Process

www.bne.catholic.edu.au/students-parents/Pages/StudentProtection.aspx

2014 TERM DATES

TERM 3 July 14 – September 19

TERM 4 October 7 – Dec 5 12noon

2015 Semester One

TERM 1 Jan 28 – April 2

TERM 2 April 20 – June 6

Our theme for 2014 is

“Reach out, Speak up!”

Our theme song for 2014 is

“Roar” – Katy Perry

Star of the Sea Primary School 53 Passage Street Cleveland 4163 PO Box 1867 CLEVELAND DC 4163 Ph: 3286 2377 Fax: 3286 2677

PRINCIPAL: Mrs Karen Bakon e-mail: pcleveland@bne.catholic.edu.au website: www.staroftheseacleveland.qld.edu.au

OSHC: Centacare - Lisa 0477 551 066 e-mail: clevelandoshc@bne.centacare.net.au

NEWSLETTER 17th July 2014

CLEVELAND WEEKEND MASS TIMES: Saturday 5:30pm Sunday 7:00am Sunday 8:30am

CATHOLIC EDUCATION WEEK We will be soon be celebrating Catholic Education Week across our Archdiocese. Year 5 – 7 will lead the parish mass on Saturday 26th July at 5:30pm. On Wednesday, 30th July, Senior Students in our local Catholic Primary Schools will join Year 11 students for mass at Carmel College

PRINCIPALS CONFERENCE I will be attending a 2 day conference hosted by Brisbane Catholic Education next Monday and Tuesday. Kylie Williamson will be Acting Principal during this time.

PCG MEETING Our July meeting will be held on Monday 28th July from 9:00am to 10:00am. Items for General Business can be forwarded anytime up to COB on Friday 25th July.

REDLANDS EISTEDDFORD Our Senior Choir will be competing on Tuesday 29th July at 5:00pm at the Baptist Church, 240 Bloomfield Street (beside the Shell Service Station) and our Senior Choir at 4:15pm on Wednesday 30th July.

FIRST COMMUNION PARENT MEETINGS Thursday 31st July at 2:00pm and then again at 7:00pm.

CO-CURRICULAR ACTIVITIES This term students will have the opportunity to participate in:

Lego Robotics Ms MacArthur and

Mr Bermingham The Lighthouse Tuesday lunchtime

Running training for Athletics Mrs O’Donnell Mondays 8:30am – 9:00am

at the Adventure oval

Shot Put & Long Jump training Mrs O’Donnell Wednesdays 8:30am – 9:00am

on the front oval

Chess Club Mr Stone Wednesday lunchtimes in

Year 6/7 learning area

Skipping Mrs McLucas Tuesdays 8:30am to 9:00am

in O’Dea Centre

Games Club Mrs Dunn Thursday lunchtimes in Prep

Craft Club Mrs Ward and Ms Robinson Thursday lunchtimes upstairs

The Lighthouse

GAMES CLUB THIS WEEK

SAN SISTO ENROLMENTS San Sisto College has been able to expand our enrolment capacity for Years 7 and 8 from 2015 onwards. We therefore currently have vacancies for Years 7 and 8 in 2015 and Year 7 in 2016. Please contact the college on 3900 9800, as a matter of urgency, for an enrolment package.

A NOTE FROM OUR GUIDANCE COUNSELLOR Building Stronger Families One Meal at a Time!

I know that many families are busy families... and I know that most families want to continue to strengthen their relationships with each other. Families can strengthen themselves by taking time to tune into each other and really listen, having fun together, helping one another, discussing values, creating family rituals, and celebrating together.

So how can we do all this when time is so limited? Well, this can all be done at the dinner table!

Here’s how: Commit to eating dinner together each night – if dinner isn’t possible, have family breakfast or supper.

Turn off ALL technology – TV, computers, iPads, mobiles etc.

Food - Keep it as simple and stress free as possible by: Pre-making meals on the weekend and freezing them Choosing meals that are fast to assemble Having everyone pitch in

Fun - Make mealtime fun by: Creating meals based on favourite books, like Green Eggs and Ham or Quidditch

Stew from Harry Potter Having indoor picnics Letting kids pick music to cook to Letting kids choose ingredients for Family MasterChef Engaging kids in great conversation, which is always fun Playing games at the table e.g. like two truths and a lie, and have

everyone else at the table guess which is which Playing with your food e.g. have kids arrange salad into a face on a plate

Conversation - Make mealtime matter because the table is one of the only places left where families consistently have conversations together:

Tell stories about grandparents and other relatives – about romance, work and overcoming adversity Tell stories about earlier times in your lives Ask open-ended questions so kids can talk Use real-world events to talk to your kids about topics that are important to your family Make plans and dream together

Visit http://thefamilydinnerproject.org/getting-started/ for some more great information on the following: Food - One pot wonders, using what you’ve got, build your own, comfort foods, before and afters Fun - Fun with food prep, dinner games, between dinner and desert Conversation - Conversation starters, pickles and predicaments, challenging conversations or visit their links

section!

In Kindness, Anita Guidance Counsellor

ARTS SHOWCASE EVENING I am pleased to announce our inaugural Arts Showcase Evening which will be held on Thursday 11 th September from 5:30pm to 7:00pm in the Parish Centre.

We will be showcasing our choirs, instrumental music program, drama and children’s art.

ATHLETICS CARNIVALS TERM 3 Redlands District Track and Field Trials ...... Capalaba State College ................ 7th and 8th August Inter-House Athletics Carnival...................... Carmel College ............................. Friday 29th August Bayside Catholic Schools Carnival .............. Carmel College ............................. Thursday 4th September

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PIANO TUITION and MUSIC THEORY Teacher with a love of teaching and 15 years’ experience. Outstanding results achieved by students. Learn in an air-conditioned studio for Exams or just for fun! Enjoy the many benefits of learning music. Judith Gordon C.Mus.A, A.T.D.A., A.Dip.A., M.T.A.Q. Phone 3821 1470

SCHOOL PHOTOS School Photos were sent home with the students this week.

If you have any issues with the photos please contact Advanced Life Photography directly on 1300 728 972.

Buongiorno! Where in the world is Steve (our travel buddy) and Mrs Groves? We have been immersing ourselves in the world map and comparing where we are and where Steve is each day.

This week he has been to Italy, Switzerland and France. We have made pizza and said thanks in Italian. Grazie! We have painted the Swiss Alps and we have made crepes and drawn the Eiffel Tower. Listening to songs from other countries has been interesting too. Frere Jacque is about a monk, brother Jacob or brother John, who has overslept and is urged to get up.

On the magic board we listened to a story called “Me on the Map”. It compares ‘me’ and where I am in relation to the world. We have looked at the maps of our city, our state and our world.

Our letter this week is Q. We listened to a story called the “Kindness Quilt” by Nancy Elizabeth Wallace. This gave us the idea to make a kindness quilt. We will use this quilt in our friendship mass in Week 3. Other “q” words were queen, quiet and question. We then realised that our state also starts with q……Queensland!

Next week we plan to discover some iconic features about different places in the world. Please bring in some glad wrap or alfoil rolls. (No toilet rolls please). We are hoping to collect enough for one per student!

Arrivederci!

What a wonderful start to Term 3 in Year 1, with our new student Katie arriving. Katie has settled in very well this week and we are so lucky to have her in our class.

We started the week by individually looking at goals to strive towards throughout the term, hence the diligent and focused way we have commenced our studies.

We were able to share our stories and work from last term with each other. Everyone in the class was left amazed with the outstanding talents we have in Year 1.

We also learnt about Mary this week in Religion along with practising reciting the Hail Mary.

Wow, it is already term three! We have already learned so much and guess what? We have had a visit from Discovery Fairies! We came to school on Tuesday and they had set up our Discovery

wall full of all sorts of interesting things such as books, online stories, cartoon characters, comic strips, puppets, posters of Rio 2 and much much more.

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There were also the letters 'F.Y.I', we spent so long trying to work out what this could mean but still weren't sure about what our overall topic could be. In the afternoon, we received a letter from the fairies explaining everything to us and it makes much more sense now. The letters stand for “Feed Your Imagination.” They told us that we can feed our imagination by reading stories and pictures and even movies.

They also told us that we will be going on two excursions this term! We can't wait! In literacy we have been learning about predictable and non-predictable texts and we have also been focussing on adjectives this week. In numeracy we have been looking at dates on the calendar and the seasons and we have also been looking at time, o'clock, half past, quarter past and quarter to. We hope that you have a lovely weekend.

Term Three is here and we are go, go, go! It’s all about the SotS World Festival!

What is that, you ask? Well, last term we learnt so much about other countries’ cultures, food and traditions that we wanted to share all of our wonderful new knowledge with the whole school.

Some of us thought they wanted to have quizzes for the other kids, taste testings and even performances, so we thought why not showcase them in a festival for kids, teachers and parents. We worked hard for many weeks of last term to plan out what the festival would look like and how we would advertise it. We even got Mimi’s mum in, a renowned event planner, to give us some feedback about our ideas before we pitched the idea to Mrs Bakon on Tuesday.

We made her a booklet with information about our logo, mascot, posters, how we would advertise and even information booths. Zoe and Jessica made a great video advertisement so we put that with our booklet for Mrs Bakon to watch. Honestly, we think she was impressed… that’s why she approved our idea! Stay tuned for more information about SOTS World Festival in Week Six!

Welcome back to another fun-filled term! We hope you all had a relaxing break! Our most exciting news this term is that we are off to Dreamworld next Thursday!!!!

Our discovery learning this term is all about sustainability – What is it? How does it work? Why is it essential? How does the environment support the lives of people and other living things? How can people use places and environments more sustainably?

We have asked Dreamworld to prepare a talk for us on their sustainable practices. We want to know about the general running of the park when it comes to caring for the animals and their environments, waste management, energy use, water use and what practices they have in place or are they thinking of introducing in the future. We hope it is a fun and informative day for all of us. Another exciting part of our week is our new writing time! We set aside time each week for writing stories using the best possible handwriting. We have been amazed at what the children are capable of when they take their time! We are really focussing on handwriting this term and taking pride in their work. We hope to see a big improvement in the quality of their bookwork. During maths rotations we have been learning about angles – acute, obtuse, right, reflex and straight. We have been looking for examples of all of these in our environment and have been taking photos on the iPads. We’ve then inserted these photos into a Pages document on the iPads and labelled them accordingly. Hope you all have a great weekend!

After our lovely two week break it is refreshing and nice to be back at school. When we first got back to school we caught up with all our friends and had discussions about what we did over the break. Then we got stuck into some work!

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We have revised some maths and have just started learning about 24 hour time. We found out that in this term, we will be learning the genre of ‘Information Reports’. We are excited to learn a new genre and start researching all the different facts and information to add into our reports.

We started a new topic in Discovery Learning and opened the ‘Immersion Suitcase’. Inside we found all sorts of books and items related to different cultures, countries, animals, habitats and travel. We were very intrigued to find out exactly what it is we will be learning about this term. Some of us are continuing to finish off our projects from last term. There are many students who have done amazing work!

In PE this week we are learning the skills of European Handball. Mrs O’Donnell has started to take athletics training on a Monday and Wednesday morning in preparation for the athletics carnival.

Year 5 has been looking after the vegetable garden for Miss Bell’s Gardening Club. She has been very happy with how we have stayed committed to the group and have all taken responsibility for looking after the garden on the days that we water. On Thursday at lunch time other children from different classes come down to join in the gardening.

It is nice to be back at school with our friends and teachers! Welcome back to Term Three. We hope you have a great holiday. This term we are doing Australian art and history for Discovery Learning. We began with a big brainstorming session. Our question was “What is Art?” We all came up with our own

definition and each one was different. But that’s okay because Art’s like that. It means different things to different people. Most did agree that it’s creative and makes others feel and think in unexpected ways.

After that we made a story with Aboriginal Art symbols and then dot painted it – that was great fun! It requires a good attention span but when you get going it’s absorbing and calming at the same time.

Japanese is back on in Term 3 and this week we learned about the words and symbols for the different colours. During 2014 each year level will participate in a project of compassion and selflessness - to be lighthouse keepers and help those less fortunate in the world along their journey. We've decided to help bring hunger down by raising money for World Vision's work in some of the poorest parts of the world. We've decided to give up our normal meals for a day as part of the Forty Hour Famine to raise this money.

It is hoped that that effort will inspire you, your extended family and friends to support this great cause by going to the Support and Donation Page - CLICK HERE to donate using the “give now” button. The more people who know about this great cause the better, so you could also help us by sharing the link below with YOUR social networks.

Mr Stone said to mention that all the photos of Term 2 will have their own gallery soon and pictures from this Term will be updated with the latest photos and video of the Seniors doing whatever interesting stuff we’ve been getting into at the end of most weeks - click here.

The Serenity Prayer

God grant me the serenity

to accept the things I cannot change;

courage to change the things I can;

and wisdom to know the difference.

Living one day at a time;

enjoying one moment at a time;

accepting hardships as the pathway to peace;

taking, as He did, this sinful world

as it is, not as I would have it;

trusting that He will make all things right

if I surrender to His Will;

that I may be reasonably happy in this life

and supremely happy with Him

forever in the next.

Amen.

--- Reinhold Niebuhr (1892-1971)