ST MARY’S CATHOLIC PARISH NORTH ROCKHAMPTON PARISH ADMINISTRATOR REV FR MATTHEW MOLONEY WEEKEND MASS TIMES: SATURDAY VIGIL 6:00PM SUNDAY 9:00AM Parish email: rockhamptonnorth@cdor.org.au PH: 49285013

ST MARY’S CATHOLIC PRIMARY SCHOOL PRINCIPAL: MR MICHAEL KELSO AP- RELIGIOUS EDUCATION: MRS CHRIS MURPHY AP - CURRICULUM: MS JENNIFER HARRIS School Website: http://smnrrok.catholic.edu.au

NEWSLETTER FOR 7TH MARCH 2017

ST MARY’S PARENT LOUNGE PORTAL: https://203smnr.rok.catholic.edu.au/parentlounge

LOVE YOUR NEIGHBOUR

Project Compassion’s theme for our Lenten journey is … ‘Love Your Neighbour’. Our children at St Mary’s are travelling through Lent with some of our neighbours that Caritas has helped, thanks to the generous donations of Australians. We have met Dinia from the Phillipines who has received training in business and agricultural skills that have helped her to support her family. Skills she is now passing on to her neighbours to in turn develop their skills. Why not check out the website http://www.caritas.org.au/projectcompassion where you too can travel through Lent learning more about the wonderful work of Caritas. Or use the Project Compassion prayer …

God of all peoples and nations You accompany us on our Lenten journey. Through the life and mission of Your son, You give us the gift of mercy.

May we learn to walk Your way of mercy and compassion with all Your people. In a special way, we keep in mind our neighbours, the men, women and children around the world,

who are most vulnerable to extreme poverty and injustice. Bless our prayers, our fasting and our Lenten gifts to Project Compassion.

Through these actions, may our hearts be open to receive Your grace to love our neighbours as ourselves. We ask this in the name of Jesus.

Amen Yours in loving our neighbours. Chris Murphy (APRE)

Dear Parents We wish Miss O’Neill ‘Bon Voyage’ as she heads to the Holy Land next week. Miss O’Neill joins a Diocesan Pilgrimage lead by Bish-op Michael McCarthy and Fr Noel Milner. I’m looking forward to hearing her travel stories and seeing her photographs. Our parent Teacher interview bookings have opened on Parent Lounge. A reminder that :

Your parent login is the numeric code on your school fees in-

voice.

Year 5O interviews cannot be booked at this time. Miss

O’Neill will offer interviews in Week 2 of Term 2. There is an error in the interview set-up for Prep Blue that can’t be corrected without erasing all bookings. Prep Blue parents need to be careful to select Mrs Biles as the teacher with whom they wish to meet. Next week, several teachers will be attending Visible Learning symposiums in Brisbane and Sydney. On Monday and Tuesday: Mrs Conlon, Miss Jenkins and I will be in Brisbane and on Thurs-day and Friday: Mrs Murphy, Ms Harris, Mrs Biles, Mrs Faria and

Miss McNamara will be in Sydney. On Sunday morning, Mrs Murphy and I attended the Northside Parishes Assembly at Holy Family Church. Fr Matthew explained some of the challenges facing our parishes when, after Easter, he becomes the sole priest on the northside of Rockhampton. The gathering agreed on a plan that will be presented to parishes this coming weekend. Our St Mary’s School Board meets next Monday evening 13th March. AFL training on Tuesday afternoons has been cancelled and re-placed by training during the Monday lunchbreak. Mrs Searles has organised AFL clinics during PE lessons for the remainder of the term and these coaches will help train our interschool team while they are here on Mondays. A reminder that our inaugural St Mary’s Grandstand Classic will be held on Saturday 1st April. It will be in the air-conditioned grand-stand at Callaghan Park with some of the season’s best racing and biggest prize money available.

Have a great week, Mike

Curriculum Corner Term 1 Week 7 Ms Jennie Harris APC (Assistant Principal – Curriculum) Parenting Ideas The topic for this week is… parentingideas.com.au Help kids change their perspective when things go wrong Parents can help catastrophisers learn to change their per-spective when things go wrong. Click here to read more about practical ideas to encourage independence. Parent Teacher Interviews Remember to book an interview with your child’s teacher us-ing Parent Lounge. Parent Library

Helping your anxious child. By Dr David Lewis. Is anxiety making your child’s life a misery – causing prob-lems at school, difficulties in making friends or facing new experiences or even affecting their physical health? Anxiety is a curse that can cast a shadow over your child’s life. But there is a solution. Chronic anxiety is a serious problem which may be general, or a specific anxiety about taking ex-ams or doing sums, or a phobia about anything from trains or spiders to eating in public or going to the toilet. It can be treated successfully and David Lewis offers practical and effective advice to parents of anxious children. By applying this straightforward advice and by being positive, patient and persistent, you can banish anxiety and transform your child into a happy, confident person. Lego Thanks to those families who have sent in any unwanted lego. We also thank the P&F who have donated money to purchase lego and other resources to support our Technolo-gy curriculum.

Dance Lesson Date claimer week 8 - Wednesday 22

nd March. All parents

and grandparents will be invited to attend to see what the students have been learning. ICAS Competitions (Year 3 -6)

Entry form and money is due on Friday 24th

March.

News from Year 5S We have had a very busy start to the year in Grade 5! The students now have extra responsibilities which include put-ting up and taking down the flags each day as well as setting up the checkers, chess and four in a row games for students to use at lunch time. They are already showing their leader-ship skills by doing these jobs each day without question, well done 5S! Interschool sport has started for the year. It has been great to see them try their hardest at sports they haven’t played before. Their sportsmanship has been on show each week. Last week we spent Shrove Tuesday with our buddy class Prep Blue. The students loved spending time with their new buddies in Prep and have been continually asking when we are going back. In class we are learning about so many interesting things. In science we are focusing on ‘Light’ and how it works. We have been exploring how light travels by using hands on ex-periments which the students are all enjoying. History has been a great chance for students to learn more about the colonisation of Australia. At the moment we are designing our own ‘google map’ which shows the location of settlements as well as some information about them. Geography has been very skills based this term. We have been learning mapping principles and skills to help us map. Europe and North America have been our focus. The stu-dents have created maps labelling all countries within these continents. Just reminders if you haven’t booked a parent teacher meet-

ing please do. I would love to have a chat to all parents

about the great things we are doing within the classroom.

APRE NEWS - Term 1 Week 7 From Mrs Chris Murphy—APRE (Assistant Principal - Religious Education) ASSEMBLY The Prep classes will present a singing performance this week on Friday at 11.30am. ASSEMBLY ROSTER

LENTEN JOURNEY Need some ideas to help your family as we prepare for the Easter celebrations?

Have a family discussion about the poor? What can we do to help them?

Go without a snack or treat and instead put the money in

a Project Compassion box.

Each think of a quality that you have that you could work on making stronger during Lent.

Say thank you to someone even if they aren’t friendly.

Write a love note to someone in your family. CARITAS WEBSITE Don’t forget to check out the fantastic Caritas website http://www.caritas.org.au. CHILD PROTECTION OFFICER Mr Michael Kelso is our current Child Protection Officer. Any concerns regarding child safety should be reported to him. MJR – MAKE JESUS REAL You can be a HAPPY CHAPPY or a NASTIE PASTIE! It’s your choice!

SACRAMENTAL PREPARATION

Thank you to all our children and their families who took part in the Ritual of Choosing during weekend masses. Please ensure you are working through the pages of your Reconciliation book preparing for the sacrament next week. Remember to contact me if you have any concerns or queries - christine_murphy@rok.catholic.edu.au

Week 7, 10 March Prep (singing)

Week 8, 17 March Year 1

Week 9, 24 March Year 2

Week 6

Tuesday, March 7

OR

Wednesday, March 8

Family Workshop 2

Penance

(parents and children to attend)

The Cathedral College, HH1 5.30pm-6.30pm

Week 8

Tuesday, March 14

Celebration of Sacrament of Penance St Mary’s Church 6.00pm-7.00pm

TUCKSHOP Tuckshop will only operate on Wednesday, Thursday and Friday’s each week. BREAKFAST CLUB Breakfast club will be held every Tuesday and Thursday morning. We would greatly appreciate assistance on these mornings. If anyone is able to assist for half an hour before school would you please contact the school office.

BIRTHDAYS

Jacob Redmond, Harper Giles, Rueben Giles, Quinnlan O’Meara.

SPORTS NEWS SPORTS RESULTS - Friday 3rd March SOCCER St Mary’s Year 5, 9 def Lakes Creek SS, 0 St Mary’s Year 6, 9 def Lakes Creek SS, 1 Year 5/6 Girls, 3 def Mt Archer , 0 OZTAG GIRLS St Mary’s Yellow, 7 def Mt Archer Gold, 4 St Mary’s Blue, 6 def St Mary’s Red, 4 St Mary’s Red, 4 vs St Mary’s Blue, 6 BOYS St Mary’s, 2 vs Allenstown, 8 AFL Some good AFL skills shown this week with continuous im-provement at moving the ball around the field. The rugby passes have all disappeared. We had a close match against the Hall and Frenchville continue to be a good benchmark for us to aim for. SPORTS FIXTURES - Friday 10th March SOCCER Year 5 vs Mt Morgan Glenmore 2, 12.40pm Year 6 vs Mt Morgan Glenmore 2, 1.35pm Girls vs RGS Rugby Park 1, 12.40pm OZTAG (McLeod Park) GIRLS St Mary’s Blue vs St Joseph’s PA Blue Field 3, 12.30pm St Mary’s Red vs Mt Archer Gold Field 2, 1.50pm St Mary’s Yellow vs St Joseph’s PA White Field 3, 1.50pm BOYS St Mary’s vs Berserker Green Field 2, 1.10pm AFL (Kele Park) St Mary’s vs Crescent Lagoon KP2, 12.30pm St Mary’s vs The Hall SS KP1, 1.30pm

ROCKHAMPTON DISTRICT TRIAL DATES Permission to Trial forms available in the office. Rugby Union 10-12 yrs Boys 15 Mar, Touch Football Boys Girls 10-12 yrs 17 Mar, Football Girls 10-12 yrs 15 Mar, Hockey Boys—Girls 10-12 yrs 20 Mar, Tennis Boys Girls 10-12 yrs 21 Mar, Football Boys 10-12 yrs 23 Mar, Rugby League Boys and Girls 10—12 yrs. 19 and 25 March

BOOK CLUB Book Club Issue 2, closes this Friday 10

th

March . If you have any queries or concerns please contact Lynne Conlon at school.

OSHC NEWS Please see attached the OSHC Easter holidays vacation program.

KEYBOARD AWARDS Congratulations to the following students who have achieved Keyboard awards:- Andante Level of the Silver Star Medallion Award -Harriet Farrell, Alex Cummins Allegro Level of the Red Star Medallion Award -Lillian Wust, Macie Müller Prestissimo Level of the Red Star Medallion Award -Lillian Wust, Macie Müller, Jonah Russell P&F NEWS Our P&F association is seeking interested parents to attend the 2017 Diocesan Parents and Friends Association Confer-ence (or parts thereof) from 4pm Friday 24th March until 12:00pm Sunday 26th March at The Haven. Please let our school office know if you are interested. Guest Speaker is Michelle Mitchell. Thanks to Google: Michelle is a down to earth, energetic and passionate speaker who was

recently awarded Inspirational Speaker 2013 by the state government. She

is the author of the highly acclaimed book “What Teenage Girls Don’t

Tell their Parents” and founder of Youth Excel, an innovative multi-

disciplinary clinic in Kallangur.

BBQ HEALTH CHECK!! One of our school BBQ’s needs some maintenance. The handle has fallen off the cover, a knob needs replacing etc. Please advise if you can help out!

YEAR 6 The Year 6 classes have commenced fundraising and will have Icy Cups on sale again this year. ST PAT’S RAFFLE Thank you to those families who have taken St Pat’s Raffle tickets to sell. We have sold about a third of those allocated to our school. If you can help out, please drop into the office and pick up a book. Our deadline is next Wednesday!

SOCIAL EVENTS UPDATE Welcome to week 7 everyone. This term is certainly flying by which means it's only one more week until our annual school swimming carnival. Just a few reminders: 1) Please return your swimming nomination forms to the office by this Friday 10th March. ENTRY FORMS ON THE SKOOLBAG APP OR FROM THE SCHOOL OFFICE. 2) Fill in the help section on the bottom of form (remember more hands make light work). 3) Any year 6 students who are able to assist on the night or at assembly next Monday need to return their form to the school office.

We look forward to seeing as many people there as possible (swimmers, non-swimmers, parents). If you have any ques-tions about how you can help out on the night please email me on kateanded@optusnet.com.au. ALSO PLEASE DON'T FORGET TO SAVE THE DATE IN YOUR DIARY FOR THE 'FAMILY CAMP OUT' HAPPENING TERM 3....... HOW TO BOOK DETAILS WILL BE RELEASED IN NEWSLETTER IN UPCOMING WEEKS. Thanks in advance Kelly Hutton and Kate Miles (Social Events Co-Ordinator/Vice President P and F)

SAVE THE DATE for our first St Mary’s Grandstand Classic Race Day. When: Saturday 1

st April.

Where: Grandstand @ Callaghan Park. What: As a part of the Capricorn Yearling Sales, St Mary’s are hosting a fundraising cocktail function in the air conditioned grandstand.

$100 ticket includes entry to Callaghan Park and the Grandstand, cocktail food.

$120 ticket includes a 5 drink ticket upgrade. Grandstand Filly Fashion prize, lucky door prize and other promotions throughout the day. Live entertainment by Generation Gap. All profits to the St Mary’s P&F. TICKETS ON SALE SOON!

INSTRUMENTAL MUSIC WORKSHOP (STRINGS AND WOODWIND/BRASS/PERCUSSION) Just a reminder that this weekend (Saturday 11 March) there is an instrumental music workshop being held at Emmaus Col-lege (Yaamba Rd campus) for students who currently learn a strings/brass/woodwind or percussion instrument.

The Beginner Student (those who have only started this year) workshop runs from 10am-midday,

The Continuing students (those who have learnt more than 1 year) workshop runs from 1pm-4pm.

Forms were distributed during lessons in previous weeks, but if a new form or more information is required, please email Mrs Alexia Lally: Alexia_Lally@emmaus.qld.edu.au

ST MARY’S INAUGURAL GRAND-STAND RACE DAY –1ST APRIL—