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Newsletter Term 1 Week 4
39 Benfer Road VICTORIA POINT 4165
Ph: 07 3207 6628 Fax: 07 3207 6734
Email: [email protected]
Online: www.stritasvp.qld.edu.au
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Office Hours: 8am - 3.30pm weekdays
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Newsletter News
The Newsletter will now go out every second Tuesday on the even weeks of the term.
Flyers and community announcements will be sent home in a bulk email on a regular basis, not in a newsletter format.
Important Dates!
Wednesday 19th February - Prep Information Night 5.30 - 6.30pm Thursday 20th February - District
Swimming Carnival Tuesday 25th February - Shrove Tuesday Wednesday 26th February - Ash
Wednesday. Years 5 & 6 to attend Liturgy in Church at 9am Tuesday 10th March - School Photo Day
Friday 13th March - Bayside Catholic Swimming Day Wednesday 18th March - SPN Meeting 6pm -
7.30pm in the Staffroom Friday 20th March - National Day of Action Against Bullying and Violence
Friday 27th March - Prep Vision Screening - Day 1 Friday 27th March - School Disco - 6.00pm - 8.00pm -
Unitas Wednesday 1st April - Prep Vision Screening - Day 2 Thursday 2nd April - Prep Vision Screening
- Day 3 Friday 3rd April - Last Day Of School for Term 1 Monday 20th April - School Resumes / Day 1 -
Term2
From Our Principal Mrs Watson
During these past two days, Brian Mason, Nathan Mulhearn, Sue Maclean and I have been working with
300 other school leaders at the first South Symposium. A summary of these days will be prov ided in the
next newsletter. My sincere thanks goes out to Mrs Therese Rae and Mrs Jess Hill who deputised for us in our absence.
Strategic Planning
We approach school improvement with a 'growth' mindset, a belief in the ability of our community to
make ongoing improvements in meeting the needs of the students and community we serve. Each year
we identify goals in the areas of Catholic Identity, Learning and Teaching and Sustainability. There is an
expectation from Brisbane Catholic Education, (BCE) staff, that we gain an understanding of our current
situation, including student outcomes and school practices, by evaluating data and other information,
and we are able to demonstrate our improvement through evidence.
To do this we use the BCE School Improvement Framework which is designed to build capability — the
planning, reporting and review processes grow schools' understanding and application of evid ence-based best practices, to maximise educational outcomes and grow a culture of improvement.
Attached to this newsletter are two of our Strategic Planning documents for your information. The first
one is the Annual Report on our 2019 School Goals and the next is the Annual Plan for 2020. These goals are identified after a period of reflection on our practice and a review of our student data.
Uniforms
We have now received the full order of our uniforms and the outstanding orders have been delivered to
classes for students to take home. The new shirts and blouses look great. We could not have completed
the roll out without the hard work of so many volunteers who helped Erika in the shop before and after their own work hours. We will find a way to thank these families over the next few weeks.
A few reminders about our uniform policy are below, I ask for your support to ensure students are
dressed appropriately at all times.
All students attending St Rita's Primary School are expected to wear the required uniform at all times
If a student is out of uniform, a note to the class teacher from the parent/guardian is to be sent in to explain the reasons for this.
Jewellery - One sleeper or stud in each ear and a watch are acceptable.
Shoes must be black and worn with white crew socks.
The School has several ‘Sun Safe Procedures’ in place for the well-being of students. One such procedure is “No hat, no play”. The student will have to sit out of play if they do not have their school hat.
Grooming
Students’ hairstyles should be clean and neat. Colours and styles should not draw undue attention to
the student eg tracks and undercuts would attract undue attention. Hair longer than collar length should
be tied back. Scrunchies and ribbons are to be in school colours and are available from the uniform shop.
From Our AP - Mr Mason
Dear Parents and Carers,
Reporting on Student Progress
Last Friday I sent out an email to parents regarding our reporting process for this year. In that email I
explained that the first of our reporting opportunities, brief parent-teacher-student conferences will take
place during Weeks 6-10 of this term. The aim of this first round of reporting will be for the teachers to
have an early opportunity to share with parents and carers their observations, offer any affirmations,
identify any concerns and set any directions, in partnership with parents and students, for student
learning moving forward. This week (Wk 4), teachers will be asked to determine the days/nights and
times that they will be available for these Parent-Teacher-Student interviews during that five-week
window. During Wk 5, parents will be contacted and given access to PTO, through which they can view
teacher availability and book specific interview times from each teacher's available times and dates within that window of time. More information will follow shortly.
St Rita’s Safety Alerts
During the second half of 2018, we produced three documents, which we called St Rita’s Safety Alerts
that outlined our structures and expectations with regard to Student Safety and our Duty of Care. These
Safety Alerts were published in the newsletter and uploaded to the Parent Portal.
These have been recently updated and can be found in the School Communications section of the Parent Portal.
• Safety Alert 1 relates to Duty-of-Care, Formal Supervision and Use of Play Spaces Before and After School.
• Safety Alert 2 relates to Traffic Safety
• Safety Alert 3 relates to Pets, Bikes Skateboards etc in school grounds.
I encourage you to access and read these important documents.
Regards,
Brian Mason APA
APRE News - Mr Mulhearn
Shrove Tuesday/Ash Wednesday
Shrove Tuesday falls on 25 February and Ash Wednesday the 26th. A few members of our Mini Vinnies will attend the Cathedral for the Project Compassion launch and Social Justice groups commissioning.
On Ash Wednesday, Years 5 & 6 will attend the Parish Mass and the lower school will attend a
timetabled liturgy on the day.
PLL Observations - From Mrs Maclean
Each term our teachers regularly meet with year level colleagues to collaborately plan learning and teaching for all subjects in the Australian Curriculum.
Every 3 weeks, year level teachers meet with me to plan English learning and teaching. This week I am sharing the Term 1 Science, Maths and HASS.
If you have any questions regarding any curriculum areas, please contact me. Thank you Sue
From The Finance Team
School Fees were emailed to all families last week. We ask all families to ensure your address and email
address are up to date. The total amount of Fees is due no later than 28th February 2020, unless you
have set up a Direct Debit arrangement or previously advised the school of another payment
arrangement. If you are unable to make full payment by this date, please contact Krys Kuropka on 3207
6628 ( extension / option 2) or email [email protected] If you would like to pay your fees
in full for the year and take advantage of the 5% discount on tuition, please call Krys Kuropka. Full
payment must be received by the school no later than the 28th February in order to take advantage of
this discount. If you have not already set up a Direct Debit Arrangement and would like to - it is not too
late! Please contact the Krys from the Office if you have any queries. Thanking you
Rita Awards
Congratulations to the following students who have received a Rita Award at last Fridays assembly.
Gotcha Winners
Well done to this week's Gotcha award winners – Georgia in 1T and Liliana in 5L. Their photo will be on
our Learning Enhancement Blog. This year we have the addition of our VIP (Very Impressive Pupil)
seating. Our current winners will start our next assembly on these seats. Once they draw out the new winners, the new students will enjoy the rest of the assembly in the VIP seats.
From The Resource Centre
Hello from the library,
Are you amazing at contacting books? Do you cringe when you get bubbles and creases in the contact
when you’re covering books? If you are this person, we need you to share your amazing abilities to help
us contact our new library books. Please come into the library and speak with one of our librarians, we would love to see you.
Music News - Mr Tyrrell
Music News
It is great to see the kids in full swing with the performing arts already! Just a reminder that St Rita ’s has
a new Facebook group 'St Rita's Performing Arts'. I encourage parents of students that are involved in
Choir, Ukulele and Drama to please join the group, as it is an excellent way of communicating out all that
is performing arts at St Rita's. The group will keep you updated on performances, links to music that the students are learning, etc.
If choir students haven’t already done so, they will need to return forms for Choir Shirts. I need to know the shirt sizes so I can hand them out before photo day.
For students that have been interested in Drama - I usually have a very high volume of students that
want to participate in drama. Instead of having a 'drama club', I will be holding auditions for two plays
involving students in Year 2/3/4 (junior drama) and Year 5/6 (senior drama). I will be asking interested
students to see me at a morning tea time (TBC) to go through the play with them and then I will cast
students in the play.
Please watch this space for some exciting news about an up-coming production that St Rita's will be involved in!!
Have a great week,
Mr Tyrrell
From The Sports Desk - Mr Collavino
Sports Days:
Monday - Year 4 & Year 5
Tuesday - Year 1
Wednesday - Prep & Year 2
Thursday - Year 3
Friday - Year 6
Please ensure all students wear appropriate sports shoes on their Sport Day.
District Swimming Good Luck to our three St Rita's Representatives Lyla C, Beau B & Blake H in this week's District Swimming Carnival!
Tuckshop News
Thursdays
20th February 27th February
Terri Comerford Amanda Tomarchio
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2nd Break 2nd Break
????? Anne Herft
Fridays
21st February 28th February
Rachael Lowe Lisa Austin
Vanessa Batty Cathy N
Amanda Tomarchio ?????
2nd Break 2nd Break
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Qkr! Class Reset....
You will find that the next time you log into Qkr! you will be asked to update your child / children's Year level and Class.
Please make sure that both of these match, for example; Year 5 & Class 5T.
This will ensure that the right things go to the right students.
Over the Counter Purchases.....
Students are permitted to buy ice blocks, Slushys and anything from the Fruit & Snack Bar part of the menu over the counter, with cash during the following times...
1st break - eating time only
2nd break - play time only
At 1st break it is faster to order ice blocks and slushys through Qkr as their lines move faster.
Volunteers....
A very big thank you to all our new volunteers and for your patience with the roster. You will have it this
week. We are still short a few names on Fridays if you would like to help in anyway please let me know.
Qkr! For the next few weeks or so, I am going to send you a Qkr! tip of the week. This week is - Cancelling Food Orders.
Renee
M. 0411 523 969
Uniform Shop
Thank you again for your patience during this extremely busy period and uniform changeover.
New Female Blouse The new female senior blouses have arrived and been dispatched to all classes. It is
wonderful to see our Senior Girls already wearing their new formal uniform! Prep Families Satchels
have arrived and have been delivered to your child's classroom. Stock Update All uniforms are back in
stock ( except Penola Size 8 Polo which is still on back order). NEW WEEKLY UNIFORM SHOP TRADING HOURS:
Tuesday 8am - 10am
Thursday 2pm - 4pm
Just a friendly reminder for parents to ensure that you have updated your child's 2020 class on QKR!
School Banking - BOQ
Major Sponsor for our 2019 Colour Explosion Day
Congratulations to James I & Hudson R you are the lucky winner of a bonus $2 deposited into your
account today! Banking is normally collected around 9am every Tuesday morning. We recommend
you either take it direct to the office before the first bell or take it to the office in your class satchel as
soon as you arrive in class. For those existing bankers, please remember to update your class for this
year so we can ensure a prompt return the following day. We look forward to helping you reach your
savings goals this year. With this in mind we will continue to provide our savings incentives to those who
bank a minimum of 14 weeks in Semester 1. Those wonderful bankers will receive a $10 voucher to
spend at Cineplex Cinemas Victoria Point. For any enquiries please come in and see us at Victoria Point
Shopping Centre, phone us direct on 3383 6700 or email us [email protected]. From everyone at BOQ Victoria Point.
From The Parish
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