NORTH ROCKHAMPTON CATHOLIC COMMUNITY St Mary’s Parish

PARISH PRIEST REV FR MARCEL KUJUR WEEKEND MASS TIMES: SUNDAY 7:00AM Email: nrcpadmin@bigpond.com Phone: 07 49282800

ST MARY’S CATHOLIC PRIMARY SCHOOL ACTING PRINCIPAL: JENNIFER HARRIS AP- RELIGIOUS EDUCATION: CHRIS MURPHY ACTING AP - CURRICULUM: LOUISE MCNAMARA

School Website: http://smnrrok.catholic.edu.au

NEWSLETTER FOR TUESDAY 28th august 2018

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

Dear Parents and Friends of St Mary’s,

Last Wednesday we had our School Validation as part of our School Review and Improvement Process. Many thanks to parents, staff and students who contributed to this process. We received an affirming report with commendations and rec-ommendations and have a very clear direction in which we are headed. I will share this report at the next P&F Meeting.

Congratulations to our Junior B Netballers who played and won their finals last Friday. A huge thank you to Mr Shillington and all who coached, managed and refereed games throughout the year for our interschool sports. Well done!

On Sunday three St Mary’s Teams competed in the regional Opti-Minds Competition. Lily Hart, Tayah Ellis, Isabella Hutton and Summer Laurie won the first place for the Social Science category and are now eligible to compete in the state finals. Hayden Ellis, Jett Kalmikovs, Zachary McIntyre, Lily Edwards and Jacob Redmond were awarded the Spirit of Opti-minds Award for the Science and Engineering category. Congratulations to all students who represented St Mary’s and many thanks to Miss Nevell for supporting and encouraging these students.

Today Miss McNamara, Mr Shillington, Mr Lyons and I will be attending a NAPLAN Online training run by the QCAA in preparation and readiness for next year.

On Thursday, St Mary’s will host a number of Cairns Taipans basketball players who will play games against student teams at 1:30pm in Coolock Court. We have invited a number of students who are involved in local fixtures to participate in these games, which will be in a mock NBL format. All students will participate in cheering for their classmates and parents are most welcome to attend!

On Friday, the Year 1 students welcome their Grandparents to school for the morning. The students are looking forward to learning more about life in the “olden” days.

Each year our School Board offer a Board Preservice for parents who are interested in finding out about the role of the School Board. This year our Board Preservice will be held at 6:30 pm Monday 10

th September in the school library. You

are invited to attend.

Prep acceptance letters were posted out last Friday. Confirmation in writing of acceptance is due this Friday to the school office. Transition forms will need to be completed and can be handed in as soon as is possible. Have a lovely week! Jennie

Strength from the Lord

This week Jesus persists in telling his followers that he is the ‘bread of life’. This causes much concern amongst his followers and the people of the day. In this climate of tension and confusion many of Jesus’ flock walked away from him and his message. It was Peter who stood up and proclaimed his faith in Jesus and what he was teaching, and along with the other apostles he continued to follow him. Sometimes in today’s equally tense and confused world, it is hard to stand up for what we believe in and not to take the easier option of walking away with the crowd. With God’s help and the strength we can gain from sharing in his

Body and Blood during the Eucharist we can be like Peter and be filled with integrity. What an example we can set to our children and the rest of society! I pray that we can all find a way to stand up for what we believe in this week. Chris Murphy APRE

Curriculum Corner Term 3 Week 7 Miss Louise McNamara Acting APC (Assistant Principal – Curriculum) Reading – CAFÉ Goal: Expand Vocabulary – Strategy: Use Pictures, Illus-trations, and Diagrams Readers increase their vocabulary by paying attention to pictures, illustrations and diagrams. They use the context of the sto-ry, their background knowledge of what is being read, and at times infer to gain meaning of the word and text. Premier’s Reading Challenge The Premier’s Reading Challenge concluded last Friday 24th August. Completed forms need to be handed into the office by tomorrow, Wednesday 29th August please. Congratulations to those students who have already submitted their form. Book Week All students had the opportunity to celebrate Book Week in a variety of ways last week. The Book Swap was once again a success with many students finding a “new” treas-ure. A huge thanks must go to Mrs Murphy and her team for making this event happen. Many children enjoyed listening to teachers read stories in the li-brary before school and during playtime last week. It was great to see lots of happy book worm “customers” coming along for stories. Thank you to all families who came along to Books at Bedtime last week. The night was buzzing with book excitement! A special thanks to a small group of upper school students who came along too. Parenting Ideas The topic for this week is Ten Common Discipline Mis-takes. Here are 10 common and easily avoided mis-takes parents make when disciplining their children. Replace these mistakes with better techniques and you’ll be on your way to parent-ing easy street. Click here to read more. Debating This Wednesday our St Mary’s Debating Teams will compete in Round 1 of the Rockhampton Catholic Primary Schools Debating Competition. Team 1 – Keenan Van Moorsel, James Toman and Harriet Farrell will argue for the affirmative, “Every primary school student should play a musical instrument” Team 2 – Aleetza Sutton, Aliana Manderson and Olivia Noonan will argue for the negative, “Every school should have solar power” We wish these students all the best for their debates.

Josephine Wants to Dance Last Tuesday our Prep-Yr 3 students went to the Pilbeam Theatre to see the show Josephine Wants to Dance. The students thoroughly enjoyed the performance – check out reflections from the Preps and Yr 1s. Reflections from Prep students I like Josephine because she was wearing pink on her dress and pink ballerina shoes. I like the shoes because they had dancers on them. I just love the shoes. (by Matilda) Josephine was beautiful because she wore a pink tutu and pink silk shoes. (by Chelsea) The lyrebirds were the best. I like Josephine’s little brother. The moves were very cool. (by Isobel) I liked the show so much. I liked the kangaroo. The shoes were so big. The ballerinas were so beautiful. Josephine got roses. (by Lydia) Reflections from Yr 1s On Tuesday we got to go to the theatre. It was exciting. We got to see Josephine Wants to Dance. We loved it. My favourite part was when the lyrebirds came out. (by Ava) We went to the theatre on Tuesday. We went to see Josephine Wants to Dance. It was sensational and amazing! (by Zoe) Josephine loved to dance. One morning she saw lyrebirds. Then her little brother came along and told her the other kangaroos want-ed to see them. “Kangaroos don’t dance, they eat, they hop and they do not dance, Josephine.” It was great fun to watch it with my

friends. (by Holly) On Tuesday, lots of children went to see Josephine Wants to Dance. We had to go on a bus to get to the Pilbeam Theatre. When I walked into the theatre I saw a little screen that had the stage on it. My favourite part was when Josephine scared the danc-ing teacher and the boy! Then the girl who was supposed to be the swan twisted her ankle and the back-up dancer got a nail in her foot. It was hilarious. I loved it! (by Charlotte) Have a lovely week! Louise McNamara

APRE NEWS - Term 3 Week 7 From Mrs Chris Murphy—APRE (Assistant Principal - Religious Education) ASSEMBLY On Friday Year 1 will lead a liturgy to celebrate grandparents as part of their Grandparents’ Day. Please join us at 10.15am in Coolock. PARISH/SCHOOL MASS Our Parish /School Mass is taking place at 12.00pm on Wednesday. Please join us. Virtue of the Week - INTEGRITY Integrity is standing up for what you believe is right. People with integrity are honest and sincere with themselves and with others. You have integrity if your words and actions match. You don’t trick yourself into doing what you know is wrong. You fill your life and your mind with things that help you to live a good life. The Virtue Project, The Educator’s Guide, Linda Kavelin Popov, 2000, p 187 Peter showed integrity when he stepped forward to declare he be-lieved in Jesus. We need integrity to stand up for what we believe. CHILDRENS’ MASS A reminder that our parish has a Children’s Mass on the 3rd Satur-day of each month at Our Lady Help of Christians, Main St, Park Avenue at 6.00pm. On the 4th Sunday of each month a Children’s Mass is held at 9.00am at Holy Family Church, Feez St. Please

consider bringing your children along to join these great celebra-tions. PARISH NEWSLETTER QUOTES Our students have been surveyed about their thoughts on a number of topics including God, prayer and attending Mass. Some of their thoughts are appearing in the Parish newsletters. This week we heard from these St Mary’s students. What do you enjoy about going to Church? That we always pray – Jace, St. Mary’s School What do you love about your school? I love learning about Mary – Rhys ST MARY’S FEAST DAY Next week we will celebrate our school Feast Day on Friday, Sep-tember 7. We will gather as a whole school, at 10.15am in Coolock Court, for a liturgy led by Year 3, giving thanks for our wonderful school. At 10.45am students will eat ‘picnic style’ with their peer groups. They will then play in their peer groups enjoying activities organised by their Yr 6 peer group leaders. At 11.30am we will again gather in Coolock. In their peer groups the children will take part in a Mary craft activity and a fun, team-building activity. We will return to classes at 12.30pm. Our NET team will join us for these special activities. You are all most welcome to join us for some or all of this time between 10.15am and 12.30pm.

You are invited to attend a parent presentation: “The Future for our Children” presented by Tony Ryan who is an “Education Futurist”.

This free presentation will be held on Wednesday 5th September at

Emmaus College from 7.00 - 8.30pm. The flyer with more infor-mation was attached to last weeks newsletter. More information is available from www.tonyryan.com.au

SCHOOL CALENDAR TERM 3 2018

BIRTHDAYS Addison Stock

TUCKSHOP - Procedures for Term 3 A reminder Tuckshop orders must be placed in the box at the office by 2.00pm the day before with orders written in Nikko Pen and cor-rect money included. SPORTS NEWS Congratulations Congratulations to Harley Biles and Kye Corley who participated in the Capricornia Trials for track and field last week. Both boys reached finals in their respective events. Harley placed 1st in the 800m and 1500m and has been se-lected to compete at the State Championships to be held in Cairns later this year. Netball A reminder that Senior A and Senior C netball players need to re-turn their uniforms to the school office. If you have not done so already can you please return them as soon as possible.

Year 6 Representative Touch teams There will be training for the year 6 touch teams every Thursday afternoon from 3.15pm - 4.15pm on the school oval.

SPORTS RESULTS - Friday 24th August NETBALL GRAND FINAL, Congratulations to our winning team Jnr B, 17 def St Joseph’s PA, 3 HOCKEY St Mary’s 1, 0 vs Frenchville 3,1 St Mary’s 1, 2 def Depot Hill 1,1 St Mary’s 2, 3 def Lighthouse 3, 0 St Mary’s 2, 1 def St Anthony’s 1, 0 St Mary’s 3, 0 def Park Avenue 2, 3 St Mary’s 3, 0 vs Frenchville 1, 1 St Mary’s 4, 3 def Frenchville 6, 2 St Mary’s 4, 0 vs Lighthouse 1,2 Book Fair News What a wonderful Book Fair we have had this year! Our commis-sion this year was $1725! I am very grateful for your support. We will be able to buy lots of new books for the library. Many thanks to

the students who helped sell the pens, erasers, posters etc., also, to Mrs Smith and Mrs Muller for your help, too.

FAMILY CAMP OUT Our family camp out is fast approaching! Please see attached the information and activity flyer. OptiMinds Congratulations to our three OptiMinds Teams who performed at the Rockhampton Girls Grammar School on Sunday. Very exciting-ly, one of our teams came FIRST in their section! Huge congratula-tions to Lily Hart, Isabella Hutton, Tayah Ellis and Summer Laurie. These students now have the option of competing in Brisbane! In other exciting news, congratulations to Hayden Ellis, Jett Kalmikovs and Jacob Redmond who placed second in their section and also won the Team Spirit Award! Con-gratulations and thank you to Miss Nevell for the many hours spent working with the students in preparation for this competition.

Class News 2M Term Three has been packed with many exciting learning experi-ences so far. In English we have been reading and writing Narra-tives, the latest one being a fractured ‘Fairy Tale’. Later in the term these tales will be transformed into short skits to be performed in our Drama lessons. In Math we have been investigating the con-cepts of division, fractions, reading calendars, the seasons of the year and tricky addition strategies for two digit numbers. Our Reli-gion unit this term is focussed on making good choices at home and at school as we try to become W.E.S.T. people. In our scrip-ture study we are looking at what ‘The parable of the Good Samari-tan’ means for our lives today. Last week our class and students from many other schools were entertained by the performance of “Josephine Wants to Dance” at the Pilbeam theatre. The students were completely engaged by the antics of Josephine the kangaroo in her quest to become a balleri-na. “I really liked that Josephine’s brother, Joey, could do break-dancing and hip-hop” (Hamish Galletly) Also last week we attended the RACQ presentation on Thursday and learned some vital elements of pedestrian, cycling and passen-ger safety. “We learned that we needed not to annoy the driver while he or she is driving. You must always wear a helmet when riding your bike and it must fit properly and be in the correct position on your head.” (Archer Allridge) “Always remember when you are crossing the road to Stop, Listen, Look and Think!” (Charli Borg) DRESS LIKE A FARMER DAY On Friday 14th September we will be having a “Dress like a Farmer” day as a fundraiser for drought stricken farm-ers. Please support us by sending in a gold donation which will be collected and sent to our western schools so that vouchers can be bought from local business to help the western economy.

Term 3 2018

Week Date Event

Week 7 28/8 29/8 31/8

RE CTJ Debating Round 1 Assembly—Yr1,Liturgy (Grandparents Day)

Week 8 4-10/9 5/9 6/9 7/9 7-9/9

Literacy & Numeracy Week St Mary’s Week P&F Meeting

APC & Principal Data Meeting Feast Day Celebrations Assembly - Yr 3 Liturgy (St Mary’s Feast Day) School Camp out

Week 9 10/9 14/9

Board Meeting Assembly—Prep Dress like a Farmer Day

Week 10 17-21/9 18/9 19/9 20/9 21/9

Mercy Week Debating Round 2 Touch Carnival Billabong Dreaming P-3 Mercy Day Assembly - Yr4 Liturgy (Mercy Day)

Parish News—Positions Vacant—Secretaries, North Rock-hampton Parishes North Rockhampton Parishes are seeking two part-time secretar-ies to work at the Parish Centre at Holy Family Church, North Rockhampton. The roles support the parish ministries and admin-istration. One of the secretaries will work from 9am to 2pm Mon-day-Wednesday and the other from 9am to 2pm Wednesday-Friday. Applications close: COB Wednesday, 29th August 2018. Please see our website http://www.rok.catholic.net.au/employment.html for the full details of this position or con-tact Vicki Oliver on 4887 3090 or hr@rok.catholic.net.au for an Application Kit.

PARISH FAIR The Multi draw raffle ticket books for our Parish Fair have arrived and are available from the school office for families to collect. If you are able to help out by selling tickets to your families and friends we very much appreciate your support. With over $8000 in prizes this is a wonderful fundraiser for our school and parish. If all families sold just one book it would ensure that this aspect of the Parish Fair would be a huge success. Books have 20 tickets @ $2 a ticket with 7 prize pools.

Thank you to all the businesses and families who have kindly donated to this year’s PARISH FAIR RAFFLE! Please have a look through the fantastic prize listing attached.

1st PRIZE: Barrajacks Fishing package valued at $1000 - St Mary’s P & F Assoc and Barrajacks Rockhampton, Johnson’s 4WD Repair Shop voucher valued at $110 - Johnson's 4WD Repair Shop, 1 x night Accommodation at NRMA Capricorn Palms in family cabin valued at $200 - Capricorn Palms, Brown Brothers Shiraz valued at $50, Heidi and Michael Mutch, Xantrax 12 volt 1000 Watt pure sine inverter valued at $1630 - Battery World. ………….…………………….Value $2990 2nd PRIZE: Family outdoor setting and garden heater valued at $500 – Finches Mitre 10 and St Mary’s Parish,1 x night accommodation at CBD apartments in the Penthouse including breakfast valued at $350 – CBD Apartments, Johnson’s 4WD Repair Shop voucher valued at $110 - Johnson's 4WD Repair Shop, Amart All Sports voucher valued at $100 – Amart Allsports, Brown Brothers Prosecco King alley Bundle valued at $45 - Heidi and Michael Mutch, 10 Group PT session pass valued at $350 – Lionheart Gym, Yuasa Car Battery Voucher valued at $175.00 - Battery World, Honda Travel Bag valued at $95 - RimRock Agencies, Siswa Dreaming Painting valued at $300+ - Siswa Dreaming……………………………………………………………………………………………………………………………………..Value $2025 3rd PRIZE: Giant’s Bikes Voucher valued at $400 – Mr Barry O’Rourke, Johnson’s 4WD Repair Shop voucher valued at $110 - Johnson's Mobile Mechanical, Family pool and slides pass Voucher “42nd Battalion Memorial Pool” valued at $50– Aqualification, Little Boo Clips voucher valued at $30, Little Boo, Brown Brothers Prosecco Spritz Bundle valued at $45 – Heidi and Michael Mutch, Stockland Gift Voucher valued at $100 – Tammy and Matt Dorsett, , Amart All Sports voucher valued at $100 – Amart All Sports, Endless Bracelet valued at $105 - Phil Peel Jewellers. …………………………………………………………………...Value $940 4th PRIZE: Family Cathedral Tour Voucher valued at $80 – Capricorn Caves. Johnson’s 4WD Repair Shop voucher valued at $110 - Johnson's Mobile Mechani-cal, Cathedral Book Store voucher valued at $30 - Cathedral Book Store, BCC Events Cinema Movie Voucher valued at $38 – Events Cinema Rton, Brown Broth-ers Moscato Bundle valued at $35 – Heidi and Michael Mutch, Envy Beauty Gift voucher valued at $20 – Envy Beauty, Aerial Class Term Voucher valued at $165 – Epic Studios Australia, Anderson plug with in line power meter valued at $90.00 - Battery World, Georges Outback & Work Wear voucher valued at $50 – Georges Outback and Work Wear, Gift Voucher valued at $30 – Hogsbreath Rockhampton, Tuckers Bikes Gift Voucher valued at $25 - Tuckers Bike Shop….Value $673 5th PRIZE: Johnson’s 4WD Repair Shop voucher valued at $110 - Johnson's Mobile Mechanical, One Dozen Lamington Voucher valued at $24 – Joe and Kaylene Clifton, Family pie and drink pack valued at $22 - Joe and Kaylene Clifton, Envy Beauty Gift voucher valued at $20 – Envy Beauty, Woolworths Gift Voucher valued at $30 – Reddy Family, Anderson plug with in line power meter valued at $90.00 - Battery World, Jenna’s Health and Beauty Pack valued at $55 - Jenna’s Health and Beauty Box, She’s All That Gift voucher valued at $25 - She’s all that, North Rocky Bowls Gift Certificate valued at $15 - North Rocky Bowls club, Bottle of Bubbly valued at $20 - North Rton Bowls Club, Max Brenners Gift Voucher valued at $25 - Max Brenners, Tuckers Bikes Gift Voucher valued at $25 - Tuckers Bike Shop, Family Fun Pass valued at $70 – Rocky Bowl and Leisure Centre, Capricorn Spiced Rum valued at $50 – Frenchville Sports Club, Frenchville Sports Club Voucher valued at $25 – Frenchville Sports Club…………………….………………………………………………………………………………………………….……Value $606 6th PRIZE: Johnson’s 4WD Repair Shop voucher valued at $110 - Johnson's Mobile Mechanical, Family pie and drink pack valued at $22 - Joe and Kaylene Clifton, Boys n Buds Gift voucher valued at $20 – Boys n Buds, D’Kal Nails and Beauty Voucher valued at $50 - Kerry Higgins, Anderson plug with in line power meter valued at $90.00 - Battery World, Kids Fishing Shirt valued at $50 - Matt Thompson, Ashdene Cappauccino cup & Saucer valued at $15 - Lyne-Jeffe Crafts, Hogsbreath Gift Voucher valued at $30 – Hogsbreath Rockhampton, BCC Events Cinema Movie Voucher valued at $38 – Events Cinema Rockhampton, Family Fun Pass valued at $40 – Rocky Bowl and Leisure Centre, Capricorn Spiced Rum valued at $50 – Frenchville SportsClub, Frenchville Sports Club Voucher valued at $25 - Frenchville Sports Club …………….........................................................................................................................................................................................Value $540 7th PRIZE: 1 x Beach chair valued at $48 - Gunna Do Hardware, Willow 33L esky valued at $59 - True Value Hardware, Garden Wall valued at $86 - True Value Hardware, LED Work Light valued at $85 - True Value Hardware, 2 x CAT Hat & Sock Kit valued at $50 - True Value Hardware, Hogsbreath Gift Voucher val-ued at $30 – Hogsbreath Rockhampton, Frenchville Sports Club Voucher valued at $25 - Frenchville Sports Club .................................................................Value $383 ************************************************************************** Drawn on the night of the Fair, Friday 30th November 2018 TICKETS: $2.00 EACH

—RAFFLE— ST. MARY’S PARISH CHRISTMAS FAIR

JNR B Winning Grand Final Netball Team from last Friday

CENTRAL REGIONAL WORKING PARTY UPDATE The Catholic Church Community Survey The Regional Working Party has compiled a survey that everyone is encouraged to complete. Please invite your family, your friends, co-workers and neighbours to have their say. This survey has been designed to collect important information about what you feel God is asking of the Catholic Church in our region, at this time. The information collected will form a significant part of the discus-sion at the next regional gathering to be held at Holy Family Catholic Church on Saturday the 13th of October, from 9:00 am – 12:00 noon. Please save the date on your calendar. The survey is completely anonymous and will be available for two weeks, from the 1st to the 14th of September and is available in both paper and digital formats. The survey is available for comple-tion online by typing the following web address into your brows-er: https://goo.gl/forms/gugwB3RVLI5N0Plx1 Thank you for taking the time to complete this survey, The Regional Working Party for the Central Deanery