Term 2 Week 9 Thursday, 29th June 2017

FROM THE PRINCIPAL

Dear Parents and Carers,

As we continue to reflect on brain functioning we think about the effects of gratitude on

our brains and therefore quality of life. Gratitude is a feeling of thankfulness and joy in

response to something we’ve received such as a book we look forward to reading, a smile

of encouragement or a breathtaking view of a landscape. By simply focusing for a minute

on the experiences in our lives we’re grateful for, this shifts our thinking to a calmer, more

content perspective, which can immediately uplift and comfort us. When gratitude

becomes a regular practice we train our brain to shift to a positive mind-set more

efficiently and maintain a healthier, more optimistic view of life. For some people gratitude

seems to come more naturally but we can all train our brains to be more grateful. Perhaps

this week you might want to be mindful of the times you give and receive kindness and

gratitude.

As we head towards the school holidays I hope you are able to enjoy some quality time

with your children during the school break. I know many of them are looking forward to

having time to recover completely from the winter colds and spend time with family and

friends.

Kind regards

Anne McGowan Anne McGowan - Principal

SCHOOL TIMES

Front Office 8:30am - 3:30 pm

Supervision 8:30am - 3:20 pm

Classes 8:45am - 3:00 pm

PRESCHOOL:

Full Day Session 8:45am - 2:45pm

Morning Session 8:45am - 11:45am

Afternoon Session 12:15pm - 3:15pm

UNIFORM SHOP:

Monday 2:30pm - 3:15pm

Wednesday 8:30am - 10:00am

OSHC HOURS

Phone 1300 105 343

Morning Session 7.00am - 8.30am

Afternoon Session 3.00pm - 6.00pm

SCHOOL DIARY DATES

Friday 30 June

Choir Hub assessment

@ St Joseph’s School, Hindmarsh

Week 10

NAIDOC Week

Tuesday 4 July

Coin challenge

Wednesday 5 July

Sacramental Workshop

@ Whitefriars

R/1’s-2/3’s@ High School Musical’

3/4’s & 6/7’s@‘Singin in the Rain’

Assembly 4/5KD

Thursday 6 July

4/5’s @‘Singin in the Rain’

Friday 7 July

Last Day of Term 2

School Dismissal 12:30pm

Tuesday 22 July

Students return to school

8:45am

STUDENT ABSENTEES

Phone: 8245 5855 (answering service call anytime)

Email: absent@smms.catholic.edu.au

SMS: 0407 682 137

Croydon Park Catholic Parish

Parish Priest: Fr. Maurice Shinnick

Ph: 8346 0944

Acknowledgement of Country

We acknowledge that we are meeting on the traditional country of the Kaurna people of the Adelaide Plains.

We recognise and respect their cultural heritage,

beliefs and relationship with the land.

We acknowledge that they are of continuing importance to the Kaurna people living today.

Approved by Kaurna Elder Uncle Lewis O ’Brien 2004

2/3MK SCIENCE Spiny Leaf Stick Insects

“They shed their skin 4 times.” Lucy

“They shed their skin so they can grow.” Meriya

“Baby stick insects are called

Nymphs.” Aabhi

“Male stick insects can fly a sort distance.” Bonnie

“Females are bigger than males.” Alina

“You can’t tell the gender of the

stick insects until it’s grown up.”

Angela

“Stick insects

can grip onto

leaves.”

Dominic

We wish the following

students who

celebrate a birthday a

very happy and

blessed birthday.

This term the 1/2 AF class have explored a

text called Guarda a Me. ( Look at Me)

They had funny creating their

portraits!

Gina Armiento

Italian Teacher

CROSSING MONITORS -

Term 2 -3 2017

ELDON STREET

WK 10

Molly

Saran

Ngoc

WK 1

Luke

Charbel

Aldo

TUNGARA AVENUE

WK 10 Mai

Sarah

WK 1 Nichola Tri

Fabian

Catholic Primary Schools

Athletics Carnival

On Thursday June 15th a group of 42 students from Years 4 – 7 competed in the Catholic Schools Athletics Carnival at Santos Stadium. Students enjoyed the high standard of competition on the day and participated enthusiastically. A very special thanks to Gabby Stradling who worked tirelessly as an official throughout the day. It was also encouraging to see other parents there to support students on the day. Congratulations to all students who participated.

At the end of a long day both the girls and boys managed to finish 4th in their division. The under 12 girls also won their section. Darren Chhay performed extremely well, winning Age Champion for Senior Boys which was a great achievement.

Greig Graham Middle School Teacher

DEPUTY PRINCIPAL NEWS

KidsMatter

With this newsletter there is a KidsMatter article with suggestions for families to support the

development of both younger and older children’s friendship skills. The article recommends that

parents supervise media and internet use. Early next term the Year 6/7 students will participate in a

workshop with the South Australian Police to look at Cyber Safety. We have also asked SAPOL to

present a session for all parents. We have booked a Cyber Safety Workshop for parents on the evening

of 22nd August, commencing at 6.30 pm. Please put the date in your diary. I will send out an invitation

in Term 3.

Assembly

Please join us next Wednesday morning for a coffee outside the Uniform Shop and then in the Emmaus

Centre for our final Assembly this term. The Year 4/5 students will host the Assembly with a focus on

NAIDOC Week. The Coin Challenge certificates will be presented to the class with the longest coin line

and to the class with the line of most value. We hope to see you there.

Susan Hennessy - Deputy Principal

Donald 3/4LO

Stella R/1VW

Jeremy 2/3AL

Blayde PBLU

Kylah PBLU

Antonio 2/3AL

Aaliyah 4/5SM

Andrew 6/7LC

Anne 6/7LC

Phoenix R/1VW

Angela 2/3MK

Natalie 4/5JB

Marcus 6/7CM

Faith PYEL

Kosta R/1LB

Meriya 2/3MK

Ryan 3/4MM

Amos 6/7GG

Alicia 6/7LC

Aaron 4/5KD

Kim 4/5SM

Boys Winter

Pants

All Sizes

$20.00 now

just $15.00

NAIDOC WEEK– Sunday 2nd-Sunday 9th July

The theme of NAIDOC week this year is ‘Our Languages Matter’. There were over 250 indigenous dialects in Australia on first

contact with European settlers and only 120 remain today, the survival of which is dependent on a dwindling number of elders

being able to pass on the languages, stories and cultures of their particular group. The following is a quote from the National

NAIDOC Committee Co-Chair Anne Martin about the importance of language to the Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander peoples, “Aboriginal

and Torres Strait languages are not just a means of communication, they express knowledge about everything: law, geography, history, family

and human relationships, philosophy, religion, anatomy, childcare, health, caring for country, astronomy, biology and food. Each language is

associated with an area of land and has a deep spiritual significance and it is through their own languages, that Indigenous nations maintain

their connection with their ancestors, land and law.”

If you would like more information about NAIDOC week or any of the

events that are occurring in South Australia or nationally, please visit

the website: http://www.naidoc.org.au/

Seasons for Growth

Seasons for growth is a grief and loss program where students

learn skills to help them cope in times of grief and loss. This could

be due to:

a death in the family,

family separation or divorce,

friends moving interstate or to another school/location,

leaving their country of origin and moving to a new one

eg Refugees.

The program is run in small groups where children can learn from

each other. It does not provide counselling or therapy for students.

If you or your child think that this program would be of benefit,

please let me know.

Parish Visitation

Six of our Year 7 students took part in the Archbishop’s

Visitation to the St Margaret Mary’s Parish last week by

talking to Mrs Teresa Lynch and Mrs Heather Carey about

their experience at St Margaret Mary’s School. This was a

great way for our young leaders to provide feedback to the

Archbishop. We thank Beau, Marni, Skye and Nancey for their

willingness to be a part of this initiative.

David Hillard APRIM (Assistant Principal Religious Identity and Mission)

Sincere Thank You – Visitation by the Archbishop

Thank you to all parishioners who were involved in the Pastoral visitation to the Parish by Archbishop Wilson and his Team.

Our visitors covered many aspects of our parish life – the three schools, including the Special Learning Unit at St Patrick’s

and the Pre-School at St Margaret Mary’s, the Bene Nursing Home, some aged in their homes, meeting with the Parish

Pastoral Council, the Religious Sisters, the Special Ministers of Holy Communion to the sick, frail and aged, St Vincent de

Paul and Mercy Care representatives. 80 parishioners came to the Wednesday evening parish meeting, and 5 parishioners

spoke of their experience of the parish and their questions/anxieties for the future. 35 youth and young adults met with the

Archbishop on Sunday afternoon and 5 presentations were made.

The Archbishop celebrated our 10.30am Mass as well as the Vietnamese Sunday night Mass. Refreshments followed that

Mass and the Archbishop was the last to leave! He also enjoyed the sausage sizzle with the youth. We thank all who

prepared food for the various gatherings.

Before the Visitation a comprehensive report on the parish was prepared, which included input from the Parish Pastoral

Council, schools staff and other parishioners.

All of this happened while the parish office staff were battling with the flu at various stages of infection. My sincere thanks to

Fr Long Hai, Paula Noujaim and Helen McPhee for battling on so valiantly.

Chancellor Mrs Heather Carey in an email on Wednesday said, “the diversity of people and groups and the active involvement and joy of commitment were just wonderful to experience.”

Fr Maurice

ATTACHMENTS: KIDSMATTER SOCIAL DEVELOPMENT

OSHC news Last day of Term 2 is Friday 7th July.

Student dismissal is 12:30pm. OSHC is open until

6:00pm Please phone Camp Australia on 1300 105

343 for bookings. We have lots of fun activities

planned including cooking, art and crafts, face

painting, sports, movies and popcorn.

July School Holidays are nearly here so don’t forget

to make your bookings for the Holiday Clubs run by

Camp Australia. The nearest one to our school is at

Wilderness College.

To see the program visit;

https://www.campaustralia.com.au/holidayclubs

Keep Smiling Louise & Rosie

COMMUNITY NOTICES

SPORTS NEWS AND RESULTS

Basketball scores

Team Week Versus Score Week Versus Score

Under 11White

Week 6 Queen of Peace 10 - 18 Week 7 Whitefriars Fireballs 26 - 14

Under 11Blue

Week 6 Allenby Gardens 28 - 0 Week 7 Star of the Sea 25 - 2

Under 9 Week 6 St Michaels Gold 10 - 6 Week 7 Queen of Peace 4 - 34

Perseverance really does pay off – congratulations to the Under 9 team who had their first win for the season! You have

improved so much and your coaches are very proud of your efforts.

Term 3 and 4 notes have gone home to many interested basketballers, but we are in desperate need of coaches. If you

can help out, but are unsure, please let me know as I can assist you in coaching and there are coaching clinics and

manuals available. No coaches, means no teams.

A huge thank you to the coaches and managers for this season: Paul and Mel Byham, Ciaran Wunderer and Jennifer

O’Shea, Damien Guerin and Shaa Daley. Your commitment, guidance and organisation have been invaluable!

Thanks, Tammy Robinson

Children’s University

Just a quick note before the end of Term. During Term 3 we are hoping to run a craft club after school and perhaps even the popular percussion group offered by Mr Hillard. Thank you to Mrs Didge for running the knitting club, Dr Lekkas for running the Healthy Smiles for Life - Oral Health Workshop and to Priya (Maneet’s Mum) for offering to run our Craft Club next term. We will also be celebrating the graduations of several students in September.

SAPSASA HOCKEY

Congratulation to two students from St

Margaret Mary’s 6/7unit, Campbell and

Elijah, who were selected to play in the

SAPSASA Hockey Carnival this week. The

boys played for the South West team

South West.