From the Assistant Principal Dear Parents, Staff and Students,

It seems like a million years has passed when I look at photos of when I was at

school. Education has changed so much since I began school at St Patrick’s, West

Bundaberg in 1974. I remember solid heavy wooden desks with a hole on the right-

hand side; this hole was the place where small ceramic bottles filled with ink were

placed. I remember sitting in these desks that were constructed for two students

to sit side-by-side in; boys always had to sit next to a girl. And I remember sitting

in these desks that were nailed into the wooden floor of the classroom and always

faced the teacher, who always stood at the front of the room, in front of the

blackboard.

I recently received a phone call from a parent who asked an excellent question

about the reasons why some teachers had children sitting in couches, standing at

high desks and some even sitting on the floor. The reason I replied, is because kids

learn better.

To be honest my answer was a bit longer than one sentence but in essence, that

sentence sums it up. Classrooms haven’t changed much since the 13th century and

while the prevalent notion might be “if it ain’t broke, don’t fix it”, we have

discovered through educational research that the way the classroom is set up can

have a massive influence on how well a child learns.

When I went to school we used books, computers were very new and technology

was something we would see in science fiction movies. My wildest dreams about

technology didn’t even come close to what has actually happened. I saw this quote

on social media and it, in a funny way, almost sums up what I mean.

“If someone from the 1950’s suddenly appeared today, what would

be the most difficult thing to explain to them about life today?

I possess a device, in my pocket, that is capable of accessing the

entirety of information known to humankind. I use it to look at picture

of cats and get in argument with strangers.”

OFFICE HOURS -8AM TO 4PM Office is closed during school holidays

Phone (07) 5449 2022 Fax (07) 5449 2770 Absentee Line (07) 5455 3911 Website: www.stmsunshine.qld.edu.au E-mail: psunshinebeach@bne.catholic.edu.au PO Box 810 – Noosa Heads – 4567

SCHOOL HOURS

Classes begin 8.40am

Lunch 11.00am

Afternoon Tea 1.35pm

School finishes 2.50pm STUDENT ABSENCE LINE - 54553911 OR stmabsentees@bne.catholic.edu.au OR via Parent Portal **For absence of more than 2 DAYS a formal written note must be sent to the office. **For absence of more than 10 DAYS ‘APPLICATION FOR EXEMPTION FROM SCHOOL’

form is available at office or via Parent Portal. DISTRICT / REGIONAL SPORT ABSENCE Parents are asked to notify the office when their child is absent due to a District or Regional sporting event. CHANGES TO FAMILY DETAILS For changes to any of your details, email to: emoffatt@bne.catholic.edu.au MEDICATION If your child needs to have Prescription or Over the Counter Medication administered at school, the item must be labelled with your child's name by the Chemist. A Parent or Guardian is required to fill in the "Student Medication Authority Forms" – one also MUST be signed by a doctor, prior to dropping the medication to the school office. These forms are available at the school office or via parent portal. SCHOOL VOLUNTEER Volunteers are asked to sign in & out at the office; & collect a visitor’s badge. Volunteers other than parents, must have a valid Blue Card and be registered – see office for details. TUCKSHOP IS OPEN TUESDAY TO FRIDAY UNIFORM SHOP – TUES & THURS 8.15 - 9.15am MARIST CAFÉ – MON TO FRI – FROM 8AM

TERM 2 ENDS FRIDAY 29 JUNE TERM 3 STARTS MONDAY 16 JULY

Volume 29 – Week 7 - Term 2 – Monday 28 May 2018

Imagine what a Leonardo da Vinci or a Marie Curie could have done with what we have!

The way technology has changed has meant that schools need to change the way we do things. Yes, children still need

to learn to read and to communicate through writing and become competent at numeracy but we’re discovering that

with technology and the benefits of research, schools can make some changes that make learning easier for kids. One

of the ways is through a flexible furniture approach. Some kids learn better when they’re standing, some kids learn

better when they’re moving, some learn better when they’re given a choice about where and how they learn.

No one learns better when they do nothing but sit all day, listen and watch a person talk at them.

I know this.

I love learning and was recently at ACU doing a subject (on a weekend) where the lecturer stood at the front of the

room, with a power point and spoke…with the exception of break times, for five hours. Keep in mind that I was there

because I wanted to be but I was looking out the window and was struggling to focus after 20 minutes.

We, as educators, are working to teach kids who are;

Self-directing Communicating Negotiating Collaborating Working in teams Respecting diversity Behaving ethically Conceptualising Acquiring knowledge Thinking critically Solving problems Taking risks Innovating Working creatively Creating knowledge

Learning is enhanced, deepened and made more relevant when connected learning spaces provide opportunities for:

active and interactive participation collaborative project work information retrieval and sharing discussion and presentation production of new knowledge teacher and student-led activities connection with experts local and global networks

Helping students develop the wonderful attributes above through the powerful learning examples I’ve listed cannot happen anywhere near as well, if at all, if they’re sitting all day in a desk that faces the front where a teacher just talks and writes on a whiteboard.

I know this too!

Have a wonderful week,

Paul

Important Reminders STUDENT ABSENCE - Please notify the school office before 8.00am each morning.

MESSAGES FOR STUDENTS Parents are asked not to email to the school important student messages as these messages may be missed in the busyness of the day – please phone the school as early as possible and press 2 for student messages; Shauna will pass these messages on to the teachers.

SCHOOL FEES ARE NOW OVERDUE. REMINDER that statements

were re-emailed last Friday. Could you please arrange for payment of your account as soon as possible. If you are having difficulty paying your account please contact Alison Lawrence to arrange a payment plan or an interview with Mr Glen Bucklar. Thank you to all our families who have paid their accounts.

WHAT’S ON WED 30 MAY TO FRI 1 JUNE Year 6 Camp

THURS 31 MAY Year 3 Liturgy 2pm

FRI 1 JUNE Assembly 9am Year 1 Gym lessons Year 2 Incursion

WED 6 JUNE Champagnat Feast Day Mass 9.15am

FRI 8 JUNE ICAS SPELLING

FRI 8 JUNE BJORN AGAIN AT NOOSA J – DOORS OPEN 6.30PM BOOK NOW DON’T MISS OUT!!!!

PLEASE NOTE THE FOLLOWING DATE CHANGES ICAS SCIENCE TUESDAY 29 MAY ICAS SPELLING FRIDAY 8 JUNE ICAS WRITING MONDAY 18 JUNE ICAS ENGLISH MONDAY 30 JULY ICAS MATHS MONDAY 13 AUGUST

YEAR 2 AND YEAR 3 ATHLETICS CARNIVAL – FRIDAY 31 AUGUST PREP TO YEAR 1 – ATHLETICS CARNIVAL – FRIDAY 14 SEPTEMBER

DATE CLAIMERS GRANDPARENTS DAY – FRIDAY 27TH JULY

Assistant Principal Religious Education Dear Staff, The Religious Life of our school plays a very significant role in shaping how we gather and celebrate special times within the year, not only in our faith story, but also the many chapters of our school story. Within each week there are many moments – sometimes big and obvious and at other times, simple and unassuming, that contribute to the religious experience of students, staff and parents. We know that children learn by example – they learn about our Catholic story by the ways we take time and space to pray; by the ways we celebrate; by the ways we honour stories from scripture and our religious traditions. Children also learn about how to relate to others by the way adults model this in our work at STM. Thank you to our staff for their commitment and the powerful ways they contribute the lives of our young people. Our value for this week is humility – it can be simply defined as marked by modesty, meekness and with an unassuming attitude. When you are humble you know yourself deeply so that you can have a strong conviction to be a person that respects others and honours them in genuine and caring ways. Jesus is our model of humility. Jesus was not ashamed to humble Himself as a servant, even to death on the cross. Just as He did not come to be served, but to serve, we are called to commit ourselves to serving others, considering their interests above our own. Humility is also a close associate of gratitude. To be humble is also to be grateful for the gifts you have. Our Marist story also shows us many examples of humility. As we prepare for the celebration of the feast of St Marcellin next week there is much we can learn about humility from the story of Marcellin’s journey. In exploring this value with our students there are many exciting ways forward as we challenge them to be young people who go about their lives in a way that brings good to the world. Last Friday we welcomed Bishop Ken to St Thomas More. He was so happy to meet students in their classrooms and to share afternoon tea with the staff. Our first combined schools Parish Family Mass was a tremendous celebration to finish the weekend. A very big thank you to all those students, staff and parents involved. This week we have the Year 3 Liturgy on Thursday at 2pm. We wish the year 3 classes well with this special celebration. Parents are most welcome to come along. We also wish our Year 6 students an amazing camp experience.

Many blessings for the week ahead. Ann-Maree 😊

Look at our amazing children at our lunchtime Wool Craft club – lots of knitting, pom poms and French knitting. We are having lots of fun and learning amazing new skills.

THANKS TO OUR SNAG COOKERS and expert volunteers organisers for our Fete sausage sizzle today- Glen, Gavin and Tony (pictured).... ZOE (pictured) and Marita (who took the pics).Well done to these amazing parents :) Donna Frey Fete Team Leader 2018

STUDENT AWARD - WEEK 6 -TERM 2

MARIST SPIRIT

AWARD YOU CAN DO IT

AWARD

MARIST SPIRIT

AWARD YOU CAN DO IT

AWARD

Rm 2 Oscar Aston Rm 15 Will C Patrick L

Rm 3 Hugo Ava R Rm 16 Lola S Sienna L

Rm 5 Blue Molly Rm 17 Luca S Noah G

Rm 6 Carter Amalia Rm 18 Darcy F Portia H

Rm 7 Felix Olivia Rm 19 Manu L Jasper S

Rm 8 Bentley Lucy Rm 20 Rory D Leonardo S

Rm 9 Pia H. Annalise H. Rm 21 Isobel R Imogen A

Rm 10 Maia Charlie Rm 23 Milla G Georgia K

Rm 11 Milla Ben Rm 24 Ava Maloney Maddison K

Rm 12 Nate Rm 25 Natasha M Zakery M

Rm 13 Evie Oscar Rm 28 Charlotte Finn

Rm 14 Amelie Ziggy

Library News Congratulations to the following students who participated in the 2018 Inter-school reading challenge, competing against 130 Year 6 students from other Sunshine Coast schools. They placed 3rd out of 30 teams.

They are: Top, L to R Amy Miller, Jonathan Gibbs, Jazmyn Donovan Sitting Peyton Vernon, Maya Cameron CONGRATULATIONS TO THESE STUDENTS FOR THEIR DEDICATION AND COMMITMENT TO READING! Carolyn Noakes

Sports News Queensland Catholic Netball Cup – Coorparoo Brisbane. It is always good to see cheery netball faces at 5:30am on a Monday morning! Over forty players headed down to Brisbane for a day full of netball and fun. STM was represented by 5 teams, Warriors, Firecrackers, Saints, Dynamites and Lightning AND we played over 35 games between us. All players stepped up to the challenged of the early start and strong competition and played with great skill and sports-person-ship all day. Lightning won their division bringing home a trophy. We are all so very grateful for all our supporters, coaches, manages, parents and umpires who made this day such a wonderful experience for all the players. A special thank you to Miss Smith who helped make the day flow so easily. It was a true honour to spend such a great day with an awesome group of netballers. Go STM Netball Kathy Gottschalk

MARIST CAFÉ

Open Monday to Friday from 8am Open Tuesday afternoons from 2pm Friday’s special $3.50 bacon & egg muffin $7.00 including coffee EFTPOS AVAILABLE EVERYDAY

AFL CARNIVAL RESULTS Congratulations to all 58 boys and girls who competed in the North Sunshine Coast Afl schools cup on Tuesday. The STM boys and girls defended their titles and will now contest the round of 16 carnival in August. Thank you to Steve Tindal and Mr A for all their hard work with the teams. Thank you to the large number of parents who were on hand to support and help as officials. Training will take a two week break and return in week 9 on Monday 11th June 2018(girls) and Thursday 14th June 2018(boys). STM v Stella Maris Afl match will now take place on Friday 20th July 2018 at Stella Maris. Mick Winmill

BONZA BAND BASH

Enrolments 2019 ENROL NOW FOR 2019 Applications for enrolment for Prep and other Year levels

St Thomas More School is a contemporary, family-friendly Catholic Primary school (Prep – Year 6) committed to high quality, holistic education; fostering a love of learning and educating children in gospel values. Prep is a compulsory year of schooling in Queensland and children must turn 5 before 30th June in the year they commence (1/7/2013 – 30/6/2014). Application packs are now available for Existing families from the school office, or you can log onto the School Website and download an application form. Completed applications along with a copy of your child’s birth certificate, baptism form and medical assessment documents (if applicable) are to be dropped into the school office. Applications for years one to six also require a copy of the child’s most recent school report. Interviews for Prep enrolments will be scheduled after applications are received. Parents are encouraged to apply early this year, as numbers can fill. Applications for enrolment close on Wednesday 23rd May 2018. Late applications are always accepted but no guarantee of placement can be given.

For further information, please contact the school office: Address: PO Box 810, Noosa Heads Q 4567 Telephone: 5449 2022, or Email: psunshinebeach@bne.catholic.edu.au

Community News ST THOMAS MORE SCHOOL – EXTRA CURRICULAR ACTIVITIES TENNIS LESSONS PETER WILLIAMS 0400 173 663 SINGING LESSON MARIA FEUTRILL 0415 051 933 GLEE CLUB MARIA FEUTRILL 0415 051 933 ART LESSONS LEANNE EVANS 0409 033 655 PIANO LESSONS PETRA TAYLOR-SMITH ptaylor-smith@bne.catholic.edu.au GIRLS NETBALL KATHY GOTTSCHALK kgottschalk@bne.catholic.edu.au GUITAR LESSONS GARY WARD 0431 771 007 JAZZ & BALLET GRACE CASSAR 0410 474 517

NOOSA DISTRICT CATHOLIC PARISH OFFICE INFORMATION Hours: 8am to 12 noon and 1pm to 4 pm Monday to Thursday and 8am to 12 noon Friday; (excluding public holidays).

There is a drop box at the office door for your use if needed whilst the office is closed.

Address: 5 Moorindil St, Tewantin; Postal Address: PO Box 111, Tewantin 4565

Phone: 5447 1188; Fax: 5442 4517; Mass Times Line: 5442 4518; EMERGENCY NUMBER: 0438 705 447;

Email: admin@noosacatholic.com; Facebook – http://www.facebook.com/noosacatholic _________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________

PARISH PASTORAL & ADMINISTRATION STAFF: Parish Priest: Fr Jason Middleton jmiddleton@noosacatholic.com

Associate Pastor: Fr Paul Eloagu peloagu@noosacatholic.com

Parish Manager: Mr Fred de Waard fdewaard@noosacatholic.com

Parish Assistant: Mrs Maria Higginson mhigginson@noosacatholic.com

Parish Secretary/Receptionist: Mrs Elaine Stephenson admin@noosacatholic.com _________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________

CURRENT WEEKEND MASS TIMES ARE AS FOLLOWS: SATURDAY 5.30pm Vigil Mass at Sacred Heart Church, 63 Maple St, Cooroy

SATURDAY 5.00pm Vigil Mass at Our lady of Perpetual Succour Church, 5 Moorindil St, Tewantin

SUNDAY 7.00am Mass at Our Lady of Perpetual Succour Church, 5 Moorindil St, Tewantin

SUNDAY 8.00am Mass at St Patrick’s Church, 1 Church St., Pomona Church

SUNDAY 8.30am Mass at St Thomas More Church, Sunshine Beach, Ben Lexcen Dr, Sunshine Beach

SUNDAY 10.00am Mass at Our Lady of Perpetual Succour Church, 5 Moorindil St, Tewantin

SUNDAY 5.30pm Mass at St Thomas More Church, Ben Lexcen Dr, Sunshine Beach.

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CONGRATULATIONS TO Indi Walsh. Indi has been selected as 1 of 10 finalists in Noosa FM radio station song writing competition. She will perform live at the Noosa J Sat 2nd June and it is an audience vote for the winner! The more there to support her and vote the merrier!