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1 RESURRECTION CATHOLIC SCHOOL 51 Gum Road, Kings Park 3021 Telephone: (03) Fax: (03) website: Thursday October 10 th, 2013 UPCOMING EVENTS OCTOBER October 11 th Friday 8.30am Whole School mass led by Rooms 3,12 & 15 October 12 th Saturday 6.00pm Reconciliation Presentation Mass October 13 th 9.00am & Sunday Reconciliation Presentation Mass 10.30am October 15 th Tuesday 7.00pm First Reconciliation October 18 th Friday 8.30am Whole School mass led by Rooms 1,3 & 4 October 19 th Sunday 10.30am Level 2 Mass October 25 th Friday 8.30am Whole School mass led by Rooms SRC October 28 th 30 th Monday- Level 3 Camp to Sovereign Hill Wednesday DEAR FAMILIES, A very warm welcome back to everyone as we begin Term Four. I hope that you all had a great holiday and are all well rested and ready to begin another busy term. STAFF NEWS Our congratulations is extended to Karen Costabile (Senior School Teacher and Numeracy Leader) and her husband Rick on the birth of their little boy Levi. We wish them all the best. NATIONAL ASSESSMENT PROGRAM LITERACY AND NUMERACY (NAPLAN) During May students from Years 3 & 5 participated in the NAPLAN tests. The national tests assessed student achievement in Literacy and Numeracy. All students in Years 3, 5, 7 and 9 in schools across Australia, completed the same tests on the same days. The tests covered the content strands of Literacy and Numeracy. The Literacy testing involved Reading, Writing and Language Conventions (which comprises spelling, grammar and punctuation). The Numeracy testing involved Number, Algebra, Function and Pattern, Space and Measurement, and Chance and Data. The results from the assessment program will be used for: 1. Individual student reports to parents 2. School reporting to their communities, and 3. Aggregate reporting against national standards. Parents will receive information on their child s performance through an individual report indicating achievement in the above mentioned areas. Student results will be distributed tomorrow.

2 SACRAMENT OF PENANCE (RECONCILIATION) First Reconciliation will be celebrated on Tuesday 15 th October commencing at 7.00pm at Resurrection Church. This weekend, Reconciliation Candidates will be presented to our Parish community at the Reconciliation presentation Masses. Next Tuesday they will receive the Sacrament for the first time. Confession, Penance, Reconciliation have fallen into a bit of a black hole in Catholic practice today. We have just come out of "the golden age" of frequent confession of the s and the pendulum seems to have swung the other way. Catholics seem to have shifted from an attitude that saw Confession to a priest as the only way of being forgiven to a wider understanding of Reconciliation. This, in itself, is a good thing yet it raises the raw question, Who needs to go to a priest for forgiveness; why go to Confession at all? To reconcile is to re-unite, to bring back to harmony, to heal division, separation, and rupture. The Christian perspective seeks reconciliation with God, with one another, between nations and with our environment. The life of Jesus was totally dedicated to RECONCILIATION; the life of Christ's faithful, the Church, is to be a symbol of this reconciliation. Also, to see the relevance of this Sacrament is to answer questions about its role in our lives. The emphasis has been misunderstood in the past. I don't have to go to a priest to be forgiven! is hardly the issue. The issue is that this sacrament allows a person, within a communal setting, a CONSTANT EXPERIENCE of on-going awareness of Conversion, a changing of life, a changing of mind and heart. Did you ever notice that people usually don't question the community dimensions of Baptism, Confirmation, Eucharist, Matrimony, Holy Orders, or even Anointing of the Sick? But they always seem to question the need for an instrument, a human mediator, in the Sacrament of Reconciliation! Why? Because confessing one's sins to another human being is difficult. It is often embarrassing. But that is part of the power of sacramental reconciliation. It makes one honest and humble before God through a human instrument, little chance for self-deception here! RECONCILIATION, as one of the seven sacraments, is a new moment of grace and a time of awareness about our personal and social sin, calling us to remember our Baptismal commitment, our life confirmed in the Spirit, our unity with the Eucharistic people. SACRAMENT OF RECONCILIATION Congratulations to the children who will celebrate the Sacrament of Reconciliation on Tuesday. Thanks to the following staff members for their work in preparing the children for this Sacrament: Mrs Bretag, Mrs Krajina, Miss Barrie, Mrs Sorokowski, Miss Du Pratt and Mr Dalton. Special thanks to Mrs Frances Barone (Religious Education Leader) and Mrs Pauline Debrincat (Parish Catechist) for their efforts in organising the many aspects of the celebration. Your efforts are much appreciated by the Reconciliation children and their families!

3 OUR RESURRECTION SCHOOL MOBILE APP We now have a school mobile app that has been customised for our school and is now available for free download in the Apple App Store and via Google Play for Android devices. The App is designed to keep students, families and the broader school community connected and up to date with the latest information from Resurrection Primary School. Some of the App features include: Notifications allowing you to receive alerts and reminders Events calendar Documents library which contains newsletters, forms and policies Contact information and website link You can access the app via the direct links below, or by searching for our school name. Google Play: App Store: We encourage all parents to download the App and stay connected with what s happening at school. IMPROVEMENTS Over the holidays we have had some new air conditioners installed into some of our Foundation and Junior School classrooms. Our ICT Lab has also been fitted with a new cooling system as well as our library. This will be a comforting relief when the warmer weather sets in. Work has also continued in the new garden area, with shade sails in the process of being placed up outside the library and the Performing Arts room. SCHOOL UNIFORM Please ensure that the correct school uniform is worn to school. Tracksuits and runners are to be worn on Sport days only. If your child is not wearing the correct school uniform, please send a note to school giving the reason why your child is out of uniform. Please remember to clearly label all your child/ren s school uniform items. As we are a Sunsmart school children need to ensure that they wear the hat during recess and lunch this term. SCHOOL CAR PARK When driving into the school car park, please keep to speed limit as displayed 10 kph. The car park exit gates will be closed from 8.30 am Monday to Thursday. Please wait until a staff member directs traffic before leaving the carpark. DROP OFF ZONE When using the drop off zone in the morning, please be aware that there is no right hand turn from the car park into Gum Road.

4 PREP 2014 INFORMATION NIGHT On Tuesday 22 nd October at 7.00 pm we will have our Prep 2014 Information Night. This will be held in the Senior School Building and will provide Prep 2014 parents the opportunity to hear from staff about what happens at our school. This will be an opportunity for parents to have all of their questions about starting school answered. Please note this meeting is for parents only. This night is targeted to new 2014 families to our school. CLASS PREPARATIONS FOR 2014 As written by Mr Kremers in a previous newsletter, during the coming weeks our staff will be working on the placement of students into their class groupings for Staff will draw on their overall knowledge of each student and attempt to balance the diverse personalities and skills into the appropriate groups. This knowledge is based upon the observations, discussions and achievements of each student in light of conversations with parents throughout the year. This is quite a time-consuming and challenging process as we attempt to place children into groupings that best meet their needs. If you have any information with regard to your child s needs, please write to me BY TOMORROW. Remember once classes are announced, it is too late! FUNDRAISING MEETING Our Fundraising Meeting will be held on Wednesday 16 th October at 9.00am in the Community Room (toddlers welcome). Come along and join in our discussion for fundraising ideas. ADVANCE NOTICE On Monday 4 th November (Cup Eve) and Thursday 21st November there will be no school for children on these days. CHILDREN NOT RETURNING TO RESURRECTION SCHOOL IN 2014 If you are aware that your child / children WILL NOT be returning to Resurrection next year, or that there is a possibility at this stage, please complete the slip below. (This does not apply to Year 6 students.) Thank you. My child / children will NOT be returning to Resurrection School in 2014: Child s Name:... Child s Name:.. Child s Name:.. Year. Room No:. Year.. Room No:. Year.. Room No:. Only a possibility at this stage? YES / NO (please circle) Are you leaving the area? YES / NO (please circle) School child/children will be attending in 2014

5 SAVE THE DATE: SCHOOL BUSH DANCE On Friday 8th November all families are invited to come along and join us in a night of fun and dancing. We will be entertained by the Blackberry Jam Bush Band. More information to follow. CYBERSAFETY At Resurrection we aim to create and maintain a cyber-safety culture that is in keeping with our values and with professional obligations. Parents/caregivers play a critical role in developing knowledge, understanding and ethics around their child s safety and safe practices regardless of the time of day. Being cyber-safe is no exception. It has come to our attention that a number of students here at school are using the relatively new app, Kik. It is another of the smartphone messenger apps. Unfortunately even though this sounds like a wonderful new app we are letting you as parents know that we have been made aware of some incidents which have caused some of our students to receive very inappropriate and uncomfortable texts. The age limit, terms and conditions of use of Kik are outlined below and can be found at: How old does my teen need to be to use Kik? Teens between 13 and 18 years old need to have permission from their parent or legal guardian before they create a Kik account and start using Kik Messenger. How can I prevent my teen from using Kik? With access to your teen's ipad (3G), ipod, iphone or Android phone, you can uninstall Kik and use the device's built-in parental control settings to restrict the ability to install applications. Why is Kik rated 17+? We changed the rating on our app to 17+ when we introduced new features. CARNIVAL OF COLOUR Thanks again to everyone who supported our Art Show during the last week of last term. Our class masterpieces featured in our local paper. Aana from Year 1 showcased some of our wonderful artworks.

6 CONGRATULATIONS TO THE FOLLOWING STUDENTS WHO RECEIVED THE SOMEONE WHO DEMONSTRATED RESILIENCE IN TERM 3 AWARD THIS WEEK. YEAR RM CHILDS NAME YEAR RM CHILDS NAME PREP 7 John Atanasovski Jessica DeDomenico PREP 8 Brooklyn Hipolito Maria Babula PREP 9 Aiden Castro Makuac Yong PREP 10 Max Marincic Tristan Wolfe ONE 3 Jonathan Krsteski Thanh Nguyen ONE 4 Travis Sydenham Tarelle Salalila ONE 5 Brandon Wolfe Taylah Pyatt TWO 1 Gemma Psaila Rohan Bangera TWO 2 Amelia Hamada Dayanara Nuez Cecilia Tran THREE/FOUR 12 Andrew Cassar Christian Ho Jaden Lay THREE/FOUR 13 Sophia Oenning Aro Malang THREE/FOUR 14 Angelina Ho James Tallent THREE/FOUR 15 Jesse Bonnici Lynda The Le THREE/FOUR 17 Jonoel Nerpio Jenifer Nguyen FIVE/SIX 18 Tailah-Rose Moore Allan Tran FIVE/SIX 19 Nathan Arendtsz Liam Suter Kayla Clemente FIVE/SIX 20 Josephine Dang Amanda Scott FIVE/SIX 21 Aguer Manyiel Ben Osman Ayden Murphy FIVE/SIX 22 Ivan Lee Selena Paras TWO 6 Dekoda Brennan Diana Jonasi THREE/FOUR 11 Jack Bangit Nyakoth Manyiel Patrick Mendoza FIVE/SIX 23 Stephanie White Tristan Wood Jonas Mendoza PRAYER Almighty and Loving God, touch our hearts with your searching fire, so that we may hunger for life in its fullness for ourselves and others, we ask this through Christ our Lord Amen Thought for the Week The road to knowledge begins with the turn of a page Anonymous Best Wishes Mark Miatello Acting Principal

7 STORY TIME MacKillop Room Fridays from 2.45pm 3.15pm Parents please come for story time with preschool children. SPECIAL PASTA DAY On Tuesday 22 nd October, there will be special Pasta Day where students may order a pasta lunch from the canteen. Orders will go out on Monday 14 th October and these orders must be back by Friday 18 th October to the canteen. Icy Poles will be sold Monday - Friday Beginning Wednesday 16 th October Between am. Icy Poles will be 50 cents each. For a short time there will be apple Poptops for sale for 50 cents each.

8 ORGANISATION IS THE KEY TO SUCCESS Resurrection is a You Can Do It School! This is Oscar Organised Organisation Oscar Organisation says: I always listen to what the teacher is saying. I take care of things by putting them away when I have finished using them. I always plan to do my best work.' All students at Resurrection learn that Organisation is: Making sure everything is packed in their school bag before leaving home (e.g. lunch, snack, reader, home learning notes signed) They carry their own school bag Wanting to do their best at all times Listening to parents and staff at school when being told to do something Packing up at home and school Putting away an activity when finished using it before beginning a new activity Putting books back in their proper place Putting away his/her school bag in the proper place when returning home from school Give important notes to parents from school Ways to Praise your child for Persistent behaviour You are really good at being on time Getting ready to leave is easy in the morning when you have everything ready in your school bag I see you are organised. You put all your toys away Good for you. I can see you are trying your best You are really good at keeping your room clean by putting things away Doesn t it feel good to be organized? You are really keeping your school bag neat and clean Teach Your Child the Following Types of Thinking (self-talk) Setting Goals: It is good to do my best Planning my time: It is good not to waste time. It is good to be on time for things Listen carefully: It is important to listen to my parent and teacher extra carefully when they are explaining something important Taking Care of Things: I need to put things in their proper places. I need to clean up and be neat.

9 WHOSE FOOTPRINTS WALKED THIS LAND? Our Middle School students have been learning about indigenous Australians. Please see the invitation to their expo below. Dear Parents, Please join us at the When: Monday 14 th October Time: 2.30pm 3.00pm Where: Middle School Building We re looking forward to seeing you there! Year 3/4 Teachers and Students

10 STEWARDSHIP ENVELOPES PARISH NEWS Stewardship envelopes will be sent home via the eldest child at Resurrection School on Thursday 10 th October. If they have not handed you the letter with the envelopes please check their school bag. Please note all families will receive a Stewardship letter. School families who have not joined Stewardship are asked to ring the parish office on Resurrection church families will have Stewardship envelopes available on the weekend 12 th & 13 th October before and after the masses in the narthex of the Church. If anyone can help with the handing out of Stewardship envelopes at the masses or If you have any queries please contact the parish office. ROSARY A Reminder that the entire month of October is dedicated to Our Lady, with the Rosary recited after the Tuesday and Wednesday Communion service. All are welcome to pray to the Rosary Our Lady. For more details contact the parish office. RYDERS We will be having an overnight reflection from Friday the 18th of October at 6pm to the19th Saturday up until 6pm Mass. You need to be a registered member of RYDERS (yr 6 and up). For more information please contact Gerard & Vivian Alamo gervivz@gmail.com. LECTIO DIVINA Lectio Divina is a way of meditating on Scripture passages from the Bible. It s a way to take the Word of God into our hearts and lives. It s a special gift to share this way of listening to God through Scripture with others in a group. As a group, we will read the Gospel, meditate and reflect on a phrase or word, followed by prayer and response to the scripture passage. You are invited to join our group at Resurrection, we will be meeting every Thursday morning, starting Thursday 3 rd October at 9.15am. For more information, please contact Pauline Debrincat at the Parish Office on Thursday or Friday. DANCE IS ALL I WANT (A Fundraising event for the Feast of Sto. Nino) Date: 19 th October Saturday from 7pm to midnight Where: Resurrection Parish Hall, 51 Gum Road, Kings Park Food and soft drinks sold at the venue by Lasang Pinoy. Coffee and tea available free. Cost: $15 (Children 12 Years and under free) Door prize drawn on the night. Tickets available from: Lorna Nanette