St Mary s School Warwick Newsletter How parents and carers can respondchildren and young people need to know that they are being heard, that their feelings matter and that their issue will be investigated respectfully. Bullying should be taken seriously. 29 th March 2018 Term 1 Week 10 PLEASE NOTE PUPIL FREE DAY MONDAY 16 th APRIL Commonwealth Games Important for Term 2 Week 1: Monday, 16 th April Pupil Free Day Tuesday, 17 th April 2pm Resurrection Liturgy MacKillop Centre Wednesday, 18 th April 6pm School Board Meeting Thursday, 19 th April Year 2 Cobb & Co Museum Excursion 7pm P&F Meeting 7pm Sacrament of Confirmation Parent Meeting Friday, 20 th April Southern Downs Touch Football trials (boys & girls) Saturday, 21 st April 6pm Sacrament of Confirmation Commitment Mass Sunday, 22 nd April 8.30amSacrament of Confirmation Commitment Mass At St Mary s we will: Dear Parents and Caregivers, I would like to take this opportunity to thank everyone, staff, students, parents, caregivers, parish members, extended family members and friends for the great term we have had. It has been a very busy term and I am sure everyone will be appreciative of the time ahead for rest, relaxation and recuperation! The next few days are very significant in our celebration of our faith. The following is an Easter reflection, to remind us of the sacred time coming up. An Easter Prayer To say, I believe in Jesus Christ who rose from the dead, is to say I believe that the Resurrection goes on and on and on forever. Every time Jesus rises in our own hearts in new ways, the Resurrection happens again. Every time we see Jesus where we did not recognise him before in the faces of the poor, in the love of the unloved, in the revelatory moments of life, Jesus arises anew. The real proof of the Resurrection lies not in the transformation of Jesus alone, but in the transformation awaiting us who accept it. To say, I believe in Jesus Christ who rose from the dead, is to say something about myself at the same time. It says that I myself am ready to be transformed. Once the Christ-life rises in me, I rise to new life as well. Christ is risen, we are risen, we sing at Easter. But it has a great deal more to do with life than with death. If I know that Jesus has been transformed, then I am transformed myself, and as a result, everything around me. Until we find ourselves with new hearts, more penetrating insights, fewer compulsions, less need for the transient, greater awareness of the spiritual pulse of life, resurrection has not really happened for us. Jesus has risen but we have not. Resurrection is change at the root of the soul. It marks a whole new way of being in life. (Joan Chittister) Jesus, help me to understand that in every life, something good fails, something great ends, something righteous is taken unjustly away, something looms like an abandonment by God. Give me the wisdom to know that You rose from the dead as a sign to us that every one of these little deaths is life becoming new all over again. Be with me in living Your Resurrection over and over again. Amen. Have a holy, happy and safe Easter. Margaret 163 Palmerin Street (PO Box 555) Warwick Qld 4370 Phone: 4661 1872 Fax: 4661 4809 Email: smwarwick@twb.catholic.edu.au Website: http: //www.smwarwick.catholic.edu.au
RE News SACRAMENT OF 1 st RECONCILIATION Congratulations to these students who celebrated their First Reconciliation last Thursday 22 nd March Sebastian Baker Charlotte Beer Dominic Beh Alicia Benz Imogen Bednarz Joseph Blake Caleb Brownlie Holly Bruton Aiden Byrne Lucan Byrne Xavier Byrne Alistair Collins Ashton Collins Ryley Collins Indigo Cruice Chloe Fern Olivia Fischer Jacob Fox Edward Gleeson Maisie Goodman Ashleigh Hay Faith Henderson Alana Hildred Cody Hill Bridget Kerlin Alexia Lee May God bless you all Georgia Lee Cooper Locke Harry March Belle Meek Ellyn Moore Hugh O Dea Eliza O Leary Lauren Ryan Lily Sanders Beau Thornton Noah Thornton SACRAMENT OF CONFIRMATION PARENT INFORMATION EVENING: Fr Franco Filipetto The Sacrament of Confirmation - An Initiation Sacrament Date: Thursday 19 th April 2018 Venue: Assisi Place Time: 7pm Fostering Family Faith the Journey Continues This meeting is an opportunity to Reflect on your preparation journey so far and consider ways for you and your child to continue to be involved in our church community. Discuss Confirmation as a Sacrament of Initiation and what this means for us as Catholics Share practical insights and experiences with other parents Focus on family ideas for the Sacrament of Confirmation Discuss how do we foster these beliefs for the benefit of our own children. COMMITMENT MASS Date: Saturday 21st or Sunday 22 nd May 2018 Time: Saturday 6pm or Sunday 8:30am During mass Sacramental candidates and their parents will be welcomed and blessed Parents will present signed Certificate of Commitment to Celebrating Priest Children will hand Pray For Me card to the Priest. Parishioners will be invited to take a prayer card home and begin praying for their chosen candidate and family.
Jelly Bean Prayer Red is for the blood He gave, Green is for the new life He made. Yellow is for the Son of God come to Earth, Orange is for love beyond all worth. Black is for the sins we made, White is for the grace He gave. Purple is for His hour of sorrow, Pink is for our new tomorrow. Official Blessing of Assumption Place Thank you to the students of the Junior and Senior choir who sang so beautifully at the morning tea after the official blessing of Assumption Place. Prep Liturgy Last week our Prep classes joined together for a beautiful liturgy following in the footsteps of Jesus. It was wonderful to hear the message of how we can be more like Jesus and to be joined by so many parents and extended family members.
Resurrection Liturgy As it is not liturgically correct to celebrate the resurrection of Jesus before Easter we will celebrate this special day in our Church year on our first day back next term, Tuesday, 17 th April. There will be a liturgy at 2pm in the MacKillop Centre. Caritas Australia Project Compassion Thank you for the support that has been given to Project Compassion through the mission boxes. Up until printing this morning our school had raised a mighty effort of $610. Also thank you for the buying of raffle tickets to support the schools that Mrs Gillam will visit on her trip to the Philippines this holidays. The raffle will be drawn today after the newsletter has been finalised but so far we have raised $500. We look forward to hearing about Mrs Gillam s experiences in the Philippines. Thank you for your generosity. Administration Headlice This term, reports of headlice have been fairly consistent across most year levels. To help alleviate this problem in the future, we ask that during the school holidays parents wash all their children s personal belongings, including hats and treat their hair if necessary. It is only when everyone is vigilant that this problem can be beaten. We thank you for your cooperation in this matter. Winter Uniform The winter uniform will come into effect from Monday, May 7. The most significant change is for the girls (Years 1-6) with the addition of the winter tunic, yellow shirt, leggings/stockings/black socks. It is highly recommended that during the upcoming holidays, the winter uniform, including tracksuits, v-neck fleecy jumpers can be worn by Prep children and as an additional piece of warm clothing under the tracksuit jacket on colder days. PLEASE ENSURE ALL PIECES OF CLOTHING ARE CLEARLY NAMED. This is also a timely reminder of the importance of our students wearing the correct uniform at the appropriate times. The upper students were reminded yesterday of their responsibility in wearing the correct uniform on the right day and wearing the correct shoes as per the uniform provided in the parent handbook. At times it can be difficult to provide for students all of the requirements of the uniform. Our uniform has not had a significant change for some time now and the expectation is (and has always been) if a child cannot wear the correct uniform on the given day, parents/caregivers write a note to the child s teacher explaining the reason. Each child has a school diary and our Prep children have a KIT book. Parents/caregivers are asked to support us in showing that our students are proud of being St Mary s students. Wearing the appropriate uniform and wearing it well, demonstrates this to the wider community. ANZAC Day St Mary s students will once again join the Warwick community in the ANZAC march on Wednesday 25 th April. Information regarding our participation will be sent home on our return to school next term. Children will be required to wear the formal school uniform (Prep sports uniform; Years 1-6 girls green striped dress; Years 1-6 boys green shirt, navy shorts). Hats and correct shoes must be worn as well.
Assemblies in Term 2 Please note that there has been a change of Assembly dates for next term (different to last week s newsletter). This will be our assemblies in Term 2: 30 th April Year 6D 4 th June Year 3K 21 st May Year 1B 18 th June Year 5O Please see the Term 2 Date Claimers at the end of this newsletter for other dates. Tuckshop News Tuckshop Roster Thurs 19/4: Fri 20/4: Angela Hamilton, Rowena O Dea, Lisa Crothers Sandra Randall, Damien Young, Jenny McCray, Dave Carr Sport Darling Downs Sport Congratulations to Charbel Kairouz (5O) and Matthew Spence (6D) who were selected to represent Southern Downs in the Darling Downs Boys Soccer trials. School Cross Country Congratulations to all of our students who participated in the Cross Country on Monday. Well done everyone. Thank you to Mrs Hilton and all of our staff who managed the cross country this year. The children have been engaged in regular training since the beginning of the school year and this contributed to their active participation and great times. Cross Country Final Points were: Potter Blue: 267 Kelly Gold: 232 Rooney Red: 210 Congratulations to individual winners: 12yr old Boy 3km Ben Carey 11.51 (New Record) 12yr old Girl 3km Lesleigh Vincent 18.45 11yr old Boy 3km Calum Oloman 12.05 (New Record) 11yr old Girl 3km Jia O Dea 15.59 10yr old Boy 2km Rory Farrell 8.34 10yr old Girl 2km Faith Henderson 10.20 9yr old Boy 2km Ryley Collins 8.38 9yr old Girl 2km Jasmine Cruda 10.05 8yr old Boy 1200m Hunter Tate Roche 5.21 8yr old Girl 1200m Bethany Moore-Kirkland 6.04 7yr old Boy 800m Aiden O Leary 3.35 7yr old Girl 800m Matilda Doyle 3.50 6yr old Boy 600m Fabian Hart 3.00 6yr old Girl 600m Maeve Moore 2.54 5yr old Boy 400m Xavier Fox 2.15 5yr old Girl 400m Samantha Groves 2.17
Well done Record breakers A great result Congratulations everyone
Congratulations to the winners of the Easter Raffle 1 st Prize: Lori Boyce (3N) 2 nd Price: Nicholas Hughes (5O) 3 rd Price: Phoebe Fretwell (3K) Relay Baton Thursday, 29 th March Commonwealth Games Gold Coast 2018
Notices ENROLMENT APPLICATIONS FOR 2019 Assumption College is currently taking enrolments for students intending to attend the College in 2019. Enrolment applications are available from the College office. Enrolment interviews have commenced and will continue during Term 2. Please return your completed application form as soon as possible if you have a student considering the College for 2019. 6 Locke Street (PO Box 347) Warwick Qld 4370 Phone: 07 4660 4000 Fax: 07 4660 4099
TERM 2-2018 DATE CLAIMERS WK DATE EVENT Monday, 16 April Pupil Free Day Tuesday, 17 April Resurrection Liturgy 2pm Wednesday, 18 April School Board Meeting 6pm WEEK 1 Thursday, 19 April Year 2 excursion to the Cobb and Co Museum Toowoomba P&F Meeting Friday, 20 April Southern Downs Touch Football trials (boys & girls) Saturday, 21 April Sacrament of Confirmation Commitment Mass 6pm Sunday, 22 April Sacrament of Confirmation Commitment Mass 8.30am Darling Downs Rugby League trials WEEK 2 Monday, 23 April Darling Downs Rugby League trials Darling Downs Hockey trials & Netball trials Sacrament of Confirmation Weekly Formation Workshops begin 3.30pm Tuesday, 24 April ANZAC Day Liturgy - Led by Year 4-12noon Wednesday, 25 April ANZAC DAY Monday, 30 April School Assembly Led by 6D 2pm WEEK 3 Tuesday, 1 May Darling Downs Touch Football trials Darling Downs Golf trials Wednesday, 2 May Southern Downs Cross Country trials Monday, 7 May Labour Day Public Holiday WEEK 4 Wednesday, 9 May Southern Downs Tennis trials 3.30pm Sunday, 13 May Darling Downs Football trials Mother s Day Monday, 14 May Darling Downs Football trials Mother s Day Mums, Grandmas and Special Ladies VIP Day begins 8:35am, Liturgy Prep 10.30am Tuesday, 15 May NAPLAN Testing WEEK 5 Wednesday, 16 May NAPLAN Testing School Board meeting 6pm Thursday, 17 May NAPLAN Testing P&F Meeting Sunday, 20 May Darling Downs Tennis trials WEEK 6 Monday, 21 May FAMILY WEEK Darling Tennis trials School Assembly Led by 1B 2pm Tuesday, 22 May Darling Downs Cross Country trials Friday, 25 May Parish Mass 9am Year 3 to attend Tuesday, 29 May Year 2 Liturgy 9am WEEK 7 Friday, 1 June Parish Mass 9am Year 4 to attend Sunday, 3 June Darling Downs Rugby Union trials Monday, 4 June Darling Downs Rugby Union WEEK 8 School Assembly Led by 3K 2pm Friday, 8 June Broncos Cup Rugby League, Netball, Hockey & Soccer Competition Parish Mass 9am Year 6 to attend WEEK 9 Friday, 15 June Parish Mass 9am Year 5 to attend Monday, 18 June School Assembly Led by 5O 2pm WEEK 10 Wednesday, 20 June School Board Meeting 6pm Thursday, 21 June P&F Meeting Friday, 22 June St Mary s School Athletics Field Events WEEK 11 Monday, 25 June St Mary s School Athletics Track Events Friday, 29 June NAIDOC Liturgy Led by Year 6 END OF TERM TWO
2018 Holy Week Ceremonies at St Mary s Parish Holy Thursday: Thursday, 29 th March at 6pm Mass of the Lord s Supper at St Mary s, Warwick, and 7pm at Holy Cross, Killarney Good Friday: Friday 30 th March 10am Stations of the Cross at St Mary s, Warwick, Our Lady of Dolour, Greymare, and Our Lady of Good Counsel, Yangan 3pm The Passion of Our Lord at St Mary s, Warwick, and Holy Cross, Killarney Holy Saturday: Saturday 31st March at 6pm Vigil Mass at St Mary s, Warwick and Our Lady of Good Counsel, Yangan Easter Sunday: Sunday 1st April 8am Mass at Holy Cross, Killarney 8:30am Mass at St Mary s, Warwick 10am Mass at Immaculate Heart of Mary, Gladfield, and 10:30am at Our Lady of Dolours, Greymare