Resurrection Catholic Primary School 51 Gum Road, Kings Park 3021 Telephone: (03) 8312 6312 Fax: (03) 9366 6154, Absentee Line: (03) 8312 6333 website: www.rskingspark.catholic.edu.au email: principal@rskingspark.catholic.edu.au Our Vision: At Resurrection Catholic Primary School, we learn passionately, we serve joyfully, we care. Today we celebrate the feast of the Birth of John the Baptist, a rare distinction shared with only Jesus and Mary. In this Gospel we hear of the story of the birth of John the Baptist. His mother, Elizabeth was thought to be sterile (a great social disgrace in that time), so to have a baby when she was considered too old for childbirth was miraculous indeed. Her husband, Zechariah, who was a priest of the Temple, had been struck dumb for his resistance to God s message. The baby is given a special name, John (which means God is gracious), because God had a special task for him to announce the arrival of Jesus, who would come to save God s people. When the time arrived for Elizabeth to have her child she gave birth to a son. Her neighbours and relatives heard that the Lord had shown his great mercy toward her, and they rejoiced with her. When they came on the eighth day to circumcise the child, they were going to call him Zechariah after his father, but his mother said in reply, No. He will be called John. But they answered her, There is no one among your relatives who has this name. So they made signs, asking his father what he wished him to be called. He asked for a tablet and wrote, John is his name, and all were amazed. Immediately his mouth was opened, his tongue freed, and he spoke, blessing God. Then fear came upon all their neighbours, and all these matters were discussed throughout the hill country of Judea. All who heard these things took them to heart, saying, What, then, will this child be? For surely the hand of the Lord was with him. The child grew and became strong in spirit, and he was in the desert until the day of his manifestation to Israel. Luke 1: 57 66, 80 UPCOMING EVENTS JUNE Week 11 - Thursday 28 June 2018 Term 2 - Last Day Fri June 29 Last day of Term 2 - students finish at 1:45pm. School Closure Day M-T July 16/17 School Closure Days no school for students Term 3 - First Day Wed July 18 First day of term 3 School begins at 8:50am Grade 3/4 Swimming Fri July 20 Swimming starts for Rms 11, 13, 14, 15, 16 & 17 Grade 5/6 Swimming Mon July 23 Swimming starts for Rms 18, 19, 20, 21, 22 &23 Grandparents Mass Fri July 27 Grandparents Mass 9:20am NEWS FROM THE PRINCIPAL Parent Teacher Interviews Thanks to you all who attended the interviews last night. If you weren t able to make it please arrange a time with your child s teacher to meet in the new term. School App Thanks to those parents who notified us that the school app was missing from the Google Play store for Android users. Following some further investigation, we are happy to say that Fraynework have confirmed today that App has been returned. For those of you using an Android phone, who don t already have the school app, please follow the link below and install the app on your phone. https://play.google.com/store/apps/details?id=com.fraynework.vcsws.rskingspark Yr 3-6 Disco We send a sincere vote of thanks to the organisers of the Disco for Yr 3-6 students last Friday evening. It was a great success and well enjoyed by those in attendance. No Smoking on School/Church Grounds Please kindly note that smoking is prohibited on our school/church grounds at all times. Our thanks to you all As the term draws to a close, I would like to take this opportunity to thank all those who have contributed to our community in one way or another; parents, students and staff. By working together, taking the initiative and supporting each other, we will build a strong community that caters for all its members. May God bless you, John Connors PRINCIPAL
FIRST COMMUNION PHOTOS ROOM 17 SUNDAY 24 JUNE 2018 May the blessings of our Lord Jesus be poured on you from this day onward. LITERACY NEWS Book Week Book week celebrations will be held in Term 3, from the 20th-24th August. The theme this year is Find Your Treasure. The Parade will be held on Friday 24th August. Students are encouraged to dress up as their favourite book character or related to the theme of treasure. Costumes do not need to be costly, think ahead and get creative. More information about book week will be sent out early Term 3. Premiers Reading Challenge Update It is great to see so many children recording their reading and taking part in the Victorian Premiers Reading Challenge. If there is one thing that goes without saying, it s that reading to, or with, your children is extremely valuable. Reading nurtures the imagination, strengthens family bonds and can take the reader, and listener, on adventures that will be remembered for many years to come. So far we have had many students complete the reading challenge. It is pleasing to see that 1,200 books have been read by our students. Children who have completed the required amount of reading have been presented with a certificate and bookmark. It is not too late to enter, reading over the school holidays will be a good time to start! The challenge closes Friday 7th September. Happy Reading! Teresa Rossitto GRANDPARENTS DAY Please save the date Friday 27 July 2018 so you can join us to celebrate Grandparents Day. More information to follow in Term 3
GR 3-6 DISCO We would like to thank all those parents and staff that helped at the Gr 3-6 Disco on Friday night. The students and adults had a great time. YEAR 4 - EARTH SCIENCES EXPO The Grade 4 students did a great job showcasing their work at the recent expo held on Wed 27 June 2018 CAR PARK BOLLARDS Parents will be aware that a row of safety bollards have been installed near the front of the car park to protect students being dropped off at school in the morning. Some parents have expressed concern about driving over the bollards. The bollards are designed to go safely under cars if they drive directly over them under the centre of the car. The only time they may cause damage to tyres or rims is if drivers swerve out of their lane at an angle. The school is having the car park lines re-marked to make it easier for drivers to stay in the lanes. We hope this helps.
REPORTING ABSENCES FROM SCHOOL ABSENTEE PHONE NO. 8312 6333 As per recent Government legislation, we are required to follow up student absences. If your child/ren is marked as an unexplained absence at 9:30am each school day, you will be notified via SMS. To avoid receiving an SMS, please call the absentee line before 9:20am on 8312 6333 and leave a message with your child s name, room member, and expected date of return to school. If you do receive an SMS, please call 8312 6333 and leave a message with your child s name, room member, and expected date to return to school. If you have an upcoming absence, e.g. holidays, appointments, etc. please notify us before hand to avoid receiving an SMS ECO WARRIORS Thank you to our Eco Warriors who help keep our school clean. CATHOLIC REGIONAL COLLEGE CAROLINE SPRINGS ENROLMENT FOR YEAR 7, 2020 All parents of current Year 5 students who are zoned to Catholic Regional College Caroline Springs have until 3 August 2018 to submit their applications for enrolment for Year 7 in 2020. This is the final date of acceptance for applications. Parents who have children attending the College and have siblings in Year 5 will still need to complete an enrolment form. You can download the application form from our College website. http://www.crccs.catholic.edu.au/enrolment-information/24/p/enrolment-form/
COMMUNITY NEWS Brimbank Town Centre Survey Brimbank City Council is inviting local residents, employees and visitors across the municipality to share what is most important about Brimbank s town centres by completing a five-minute online survey at the link below. https://www.brimbank.vic.gov.au/have-your-say/brimbank-town-centre-survey Your feedback will help us plan for the future of local town centres, including improvements to streets, public space and amenities. It will also inform strategies that we are preparing including the Brimbank Car Parking Strategy, and the Draft Activity Centre Strategy. By completing the survey you also go into the running to win one of five $100 gift vouchers. The survey closes 5pm 23 July 2018.
Program Update End Term 2 To all our OSHClub families what a great term it has been. The children have enjoyed attending OSHClub as they have been able to take part in many activities such as gardening in Resurrections very own garden space. We have made delicious food for the children to eat for afternoon tea and for after tea snacks. The children asked we delivered! Every Friday the staff and children prepare a special breakfast, allowing the children to develop their knowledge in cooking. The children have been busy being creative making slime, play-dough and origami. What a brilliant term it has been for us all. We love seeing new children join our program and seeing our regular children daily. To celebrate an amazing term we will be finishing it off with a DISCO PARTY!! This will be held on the 29th of June. We will plan many activities such as musical freeze, pin the tail on the donkey and capture the flag etc. The staff and children will be busy the night before preparing some desserts for us to all enjoy such as vanilla cupcakes and chocolate balls. We will have music playing and lots of dancing so be ready to finish the term off with a bang. Staff updates: Stephanie, Claudia and Alex will continue working at Resurrection OSHClub with the support from casual workers. However it is sad for me to say Jessica will be leaving Resurrection after 3 years of working here. She will be missed by many. Jessica will continue a new chapter to her journey. She will hopefully still come and visit if she has free time. We strongly encourage children to bring their homework to OSHClub. We really enjoy seeing the children complete their homework and support one another. We are also happy to help with any questions they may have. We hold Homework club every afternoon to support their learning and development. Every afternoon we still have our OSHClub meetings to discuss the activities, food, safety and respect of one another. Children are able to discuss any thoughts and suggestions to make OSHClub a safe place for us all. Please note: Parents if you are having issues with the new portal for enrolments or current accounts please come and see me Stephanie in the OSHClub room I am happy to help. If you don't find me in the room as I have finished for the day contact me on 0408 477 328 leave and message and I will return your call. Please remember to try to book prior to 24 hours each session. So be ready to finish the term off with a bang. If your plan doesn't work change the plan but never the goal. Never give up in what you believe in. We look forward to seeing you! Parent/Carer Information OSHC program phone: 0408 477 328 Coordinator: Stephanie Buttigieg Assistants: Claudia Scerri, Jessica Alessi and Alexandra Spiteri OSHClub Head Office: 03 8564 9000 Reminder: All families must be enrolled to attend the program, remember it is Free to enrol!! Please create an account online at www.oshclub.com.au all bookings and cancellations can also be managed via your online account. For on the day bookings please contact the Coordinator direct at the program on 0408 477 328 Please try and book your children before the day.
PARISH MEETING NIGHT (PMN) PARISH NEWS Our first Parish Meeting night for 2018-2019 will be held on the 4th July. Being the first meeting for the new groups we will begin as usual with the celebration of Eucharist at 7.15pm. Following Mass there will be the opportunity for all groups to meet separately. Any parishioner who may not have made a commitment to one of our groups but might be curious to know what actually happens at a PMN or what a particular group does is welcome to come. ROAD WORKS Please be advised that from Monday 2nd July until Friday 6th July there will be the removal and reinstatement of concrete footpath and driveways in front of the Church and school. Patience is asked from all parishioners while this work is completed. We kindly ask all parishioners who are visiting the Parish Office or attending the Weekly Mass to park on the street and gain entrance through the walk way via gate 3. Movelle Primary School have been kind enough to let us park in their car park for the Parish Meeting Night on 4th July. CAR PARK BOLLARDS Parishioners will be aware that a row of safety bollards have been installed near the front of the car park to protect students being dropped off at school in the morning. Some parishioners have expressed concern about driving over the bollards. The bollards are designed to go safely under cars if they drive directly over them under the center of the car. The only time they may cause damage to tyres or rims is if drivers swerve out of their lane at an angle. The school is having the car park lines re-marked to make it easier for drivers to stay in the lanes. We hope this helps. COFFEE CLEAN UP It s been noted that over the past few weeks our coffee clean up people over all the masses have not been attending, therefore leaving the workload on our Coffee Makers. Please if you are unable to attend to your ministry can you please call the Parish Office and place yourself down as an apology, so we can have you replaced. It we are not getting any coffee clean ups this will result in having no coffee after Mass, which is something we like to avoid. WE NEED YOUR HELP Eucharistic Ministers people called to this ministry have the honour along with the priest of offering the Body or Blood of Christ to worshippers. We are seeking parishioners who attend 9.00am Mass and would like to be a minister of communion to please call the parish office. Thank you to those parishioners who have called to this ministry. FR GERARD ANNUAL RETREAT Fr Geard will be away on his annual retreat from Monday 9th July - 13th July. This means there will be no Masses during that week. There will be a Communion Services in place of the weekly Masses. GRANDPARENT S MASS - The annual Mass for Grandparent s will be celebrated on Friday 27th July at 9.20am. Grandparents are asked to arrive at 9.00am and wait in the hall, where they will be collected by their Grandchildren. NO SMOKING ON SCHOOL/CHURCH GROUNDS - It has been noted that some parishioners are smoking after or before Mass. Please kindly note that smoking is prohibited on our school/church grounds at all times. 55 PLUS OUTINGS The 55 + group is organising a Christmas in July event held on Wednesday, 25th July at Cuckoo Restaurant. The cost is $75.00 which includes transport to Cuckoo Restaurant leaving Resurrection by 9.30am and a delicious buffet lunch. Drinks will need to be purchased on the day. Please call Elizabeth Thompson on 0435 791 390 or the Parish Office on 8312 6350 to place your booking. All bookings and payment will need to be finalized prior to the 16th July 2018. STO.NINO FUNDRAISING Sto. Nino Group are selling raffle tickets for a chance to win one free return ticket to Manila. Tickets are selling at $5.00 each. The winning ticket is available during off peak season from August 2018 to March 2019. To obtain raffle tickets please contact Veronica Santiago on 0427562014 or Marissa Medilo on 0407368028. MAKE EVERYTHING BEAUTIFUL Do you have a couple of hours to spare during the week? If so, you might offer some of your time and help keep our gardens up to scratch. Contact the parish office if you can help.