11 September 2019
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From The Principal
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Aiming High Awards
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Footy Colours Day
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Netball Roster Report
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Term Four Soccer Roster
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Reminder to Parents
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Grade 2 Excursion
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Summer Uniform Transition
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Assembly Time Change
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No Canteen - Wednesday, 25th September
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Student Free Day
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Devonport Basketball Tournament
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Hockey Officials Needed
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Outback Holiday Club
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Riverbend School Holiday Camps
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SPC Movie Night
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Pastoral Care and Wellbeing
Loyola Press - Sunday Connection
Sunday, September 15, 2019 Twenty-Fourth Sunday in Ordinary Time, Cycle C,
Gospel Reading Luke 15:1-32
Jesus responds to those who criticize him for keeping company with the unworthy.
Background on the Gospel Reading
In chapter 15 of Luke's Gospel, Jesus tells three parables about losing, finding, and rejoicing. The outcasts of society, the taxpayers, and the sinners approach Jesus eager to hear what he has to say. In Luke's Gospel, hearing is a sign of conversion. The Pharisees and scribes, still suspicious of Jesus, complain about him associating with sinners. So he tells them these three parables.
In the first story, the parable of The Lost Sheep, the shepherd leaves behind the 99 sheep to search for the 1 lost sheep. When he finds it, the shepherd rejoices not alone as in Matthew's version, but with friends and neighbors. In the same way, God rejoices more over 1 sinner who repents—like the outcasts who have come to hear Jesus—than over the 99 righteous like the Pharisees and scribes.
The second story, about a poor woman who will not stop searching until she finds her lost coin, makes the same point. Why are the Pharisees complaining? They should rejoice when the lost are found.
Finally we come to what is probably the most memorable parable in the Gospels, the story we know as The Prodigal Son. Just as in The Lost Sheep and The Lost Coin, this story (found only in Luke) is really about the seeker. The loving father is at the center of this parable. Even though his son runs off with his father's inheritance and squanders the money, the father waits for him, hoping for his return. Upon his son's return, the father, “full of compassion,” runs out to embrace and forgive him before the son can utter one word of repentance. At this point the rejoicing begins.
The parable does not end there. Rather, it makes one more point about the older son's reaction. This son who never left, just like the Pharisees and scribes who feel they are righteous, refuses to enter his father's house to join in the rejoicing. He has served his father. He has obeyed him. Perhaps it was not out of love. The father's response teaches us that God's care and compassion extend to the righteous and sinner alike. When we are lost, God doesn't wait for our return. He actively seeks us out. And when the lost are found, how could we not celebrate and rejoice?
Family Connection
Read or retell in your own words, the three stories from the Gospel. Ask your children to recall games they play that involve losing or hiding something and then finding it. (Hide and Seek) Talk about how exciting it is to find the person or thing being looked for.
Ask your children if they have any memories of losing something special or being lost themselves. Share the stories as well as the fears or feelings. Then tell them that just as you would go to any length to find and bring them home if they were lost, so too would God. That is what Jesus is telling us in the three stories. No matter what we do, no matter how wrong we are, God, our loving father, is always anxious to forgive us and welcome us back home.
Congratulations to the following students who received Aiming HIgh Awards in our Assembly on Thursday, 29th August.
Kinder - Olivia Doel, Londyn Scholtalbers, Max McAlister & Bronte Horton
Prep - Sophia Hardy, Chayse Collins, Chayse Hart & Taite Walsh
Grade 1 - Sean Taran, Indianna Facey, Ellie Heald & Lucas Saward
Grade 2 - Peppa Bishop, Ryan House, Hali Robinson & William Cackett
Grade 3 - Stafford Dawson, Charli Moodie, Esmay Ollington & Luke Odgers
Grade 4 - Alex Liang, Allirah McAlister, Piper Stanley & Alexander Cackett
Grade 5/6 - Krystal Orders, Geoffrey Jamieson, Ella Lee & Brodrick Emmerson
Grade 6 - Thomas Clifford, Deah Grey, Teiarnah Wilson, & Marlea Willie
Art - Sophia Cackett, Tess Pay, Makayla Buckby & Lilly Hart
Tomorrow, Thursday, 26th September will be our annual Footy Colours Day. Each class will participate in the footy colours day parade, which will be held in the Josephite Centre from 9am. Students are able to come dressed in their favourite team colours. Students are able to order a Sav in Bread or Pie for lunch through the QKR app. These orders will be cut off at 9am Thursday morning. If you are unable to use the app, please see the office to make a manual order.
Our Parents and Friends Comittee will also be selling milkshakes on the day. These too are to be ordered through the QKR app for $1.50 each, and they can also be purchased on the day.
Saturday, 7th September saw us play our first game of the Burnie school netball roster. We were blessed with a brisk but sunny morning which made for great playing conditions. Our team took the court with great enthusiasm which continued throughout the entire game. We took the lead early on with impressive teamwork across the whole court and we were able to hold our position coming away with the win, 34-6. Best players for the match were Marlea Willie, Alexis Donovan and Rhys Odgers.
Bec Wilson - Coach
We will once again be hosting a soccer roster for Term Four for students in Grade Three to Six from the local primary schools. This will provide an opportunity for all students to compete against each other in a competitive round playing for the shield. Games will commence on Wednesday, 16th October and conclude Wednesday, 20th November. Games will run between 3-5pm with each game running for a total of 45 minutes. There will be a fee of $10 per participant. A letter has been sent home today with more information.
We would like to advise families that the bell for the bus goes at 2:40pm and the buses depart SPC at approximately 2:45pm. The home bell for the non bus students goes at 2:50pm. We ask parents not to take their child/ren from the classroom until 2:50pm please, unless it is a necessity and prior arrangements have been made with the classroom teacher.
A reminder also regarding student absences. If your child is absent from school, it would be appreciated if you could contact the office by calling or a Facebook message prior to 9:30am.
On Friday, 13th September, our Grade Two class will be visiting Cottage Kitchen Bakery as a part of their Science unit. Students will travel by bus and return to school at recess. If you have any further questions please don’t hesitate to ask us at the office.
Students now have the choice between summer and winter uniform until the end of Week 2, Term 4, which is where the two weeks of transition concludes. Please remember that items from the summer and winter unform are not to be mixed. This includes stockings with a summer dress.
On Thursday 19th September, assembly will be held at 11:20am due to a visit from Deputy Director Sean Gill. We apologise for any inconvieince.
There will be no canteen on Wednesday, 25th September. There will be an option for students to purchase a pie or saveloy in bread as a fundraiser on Thursday, 26th September for the Canberra Trip. Also, the Fundraising Committee will be selling milkshakes at recess.
A reminder that the final school day for students will be on Thursday, 26th September. As Friday, 27th September is a student free day. School will resume on Monday, 14th October.
On the weekend of the 24th and 25th August, some of our Grade 5/6 girls and boys competed in the annual Devonport Primary School Basketball Tournament. Both teams played very well, both coming second in division two. Thank you to all the peole who gave up their weekend to make this possible.
A message from the Devonport Basketball Club
The Devonport Warriors Basketball Club (DBC Inc.) along with our major sponsors DBS Sheds and the Devonport City Council would like to thank your school for participating and your parents for helping with a great and very successful weekend of basketball. Volunteers are how junior sport survives, so thank you.
Congratulations to all the boys and girls who showed terrific sportsmanship throughout the weekend, a lot of fun was had by all.
This is an annual tournament run by the DBC Inc. and has been played for 10 years.
We hope to see you all again next year.
Kind Regards
DBC Inc. Board of Management
Hockey Australia are seeking technical officials for the upcoming Under 13 National Carnival in Hobart this October.
Hockey Tasmania encourages everyone interested and available to express their interest in filling in technical official roles from 1 October until 8 October.
These October school holidays, Riverbend camps are happening once again. These camps are for students in Grade Three and above. The first camp is for Grades 3, 4 and 5 and runs from September 29th to October 4th. The second camp is for Grades 5, 6 and 7 and runs from October 6th to 11th.