Issue 5 - 9th April, 2020
Sunday Connection Easter Vigil, Saturday, April 11, 2020
Gospel Reading Matthew 28:1–10
Jesus appears to Mary Magdalene and the other Mary, who carry the message that Jesus has risen and will meet his disciples in Galilee.
Family Connection
The commercialism of Easter—costumed bunnies in the mall, Easter baskets full of candy and small toys, new clothes—often misdirects children’s understanding and celebration of this greatest of Church feasts. When spoken of as the Resurrection of Jesus Christ, Saturday’s liturgical celebration may not stir excitement among them. Encourage your children to think about the real significance of this feast by using their creative skills to imagine this Easter Vigil’s Resurrection account in Matthew 28:1–10.
Read Matthew 28:1–10 as a family, letting the children take the roles of the angel and Jesus. Set up the narrative by speculating on how sad the women must have felt as they approached the tomb. Talk about the excitement of the two women who saw the empty tomb and heard the angel explain that Jesus was raised from the dead. Wonder together about how it must have felt to embrace the risen Lord as the women did. Imagine with your children the enthusiasm the women must have felt when sent to tell the disciples that Jesus was raised from the dead.
Remind them that today we remember and celebrate all that Jesus did to win entry to Heaven for us. Create together a colorful ALLELUIA banner to display in your home to celebrate Jesus Christ’s glorious Resurrection. Then stand, praying together today and throughout the Easter season: Alleluia, Alleluia, Jesus is risen, Alleluia!
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TASMANIAN CATHOLIC SCHOOL & COLLEGE ARRANGEMENTS FOR TERM 2
Catholic Education Tasmania has announced educational arrangements for Term 2 of the 2020 school year. The arrangements provide certainty for parents, students and teachers.
Term 2 will commence on Monday, 27 April 2020. During Term 2, all Catholic schools will remain open, and all staff will work to support their students’ Learning@Home requirements.
Where possible, students will commence Learning@Home in Term 2, recognising that some students may still attend the school site when their learning can’t be supported or supervised at home.
Catholic Education Tasmania Executive Director, Dr Gerard Gaskin stressed the importance of all schools and colleges remaining open to serve the needs of all students.
"Schools and colleges plan to remain open from the commencement of Term Two, 2020 so that every enrolled student has the opportunity to continue learning either on site or at home,” Dr Gaskin said.
“We do not expect parents to be teachers, only to supervise and support their childrens' learning in the home. This amounts to seeing that they are on task and at task during the times required by their teachers. We know that some parents, for any number of reasons, are unable to support learning at home. For this reason, our schools and colleges are open to any student who attends in person."
Tasmanian Catholic school sites will remain open with adequate staff to supervise and support the learning of any student who presents at a school or college. Wherever possible, all staff are at the school site each Monday to ascertain the need for supervision of students and to plan for on-site and Learning@Home development, delivery and monitoring over the ensuing week of educational service delivery.
As part of providing Learning@Home, teachers will provide students with a learning schedule and suitable learning activities, which may be delivered and completed online, offline, paper-based, or a combination of these. The learning schedule will align with the Australian Curriculum, and teachers will be in regular daily contact with their students to provide support for the learning activities provided.
School and college working-from-home arrangements will be reviewed fortnightly to allow adjustments for supervision of students, particularly where it is expected that numbers will rise onsite for supervision the longer the government restrictions remain in place.
Finance Officer
It is with a heavy heart that we will be saying farewell to Mrs Rowena Booth at the end of Term 1 (Today). Mrs Booth has served as the St Peter Chanel Finance Officer for over 13 years. On behalf of the St Peter Chanel Catholic School community I would like to thank Mrs Booth for her years of service to St Peter Chanel. Please join me in wishing Mrs Booth all the best for her future endeavours.
Please join me in also congratulating Mrs Melinda Armstrong who will be taking over the role of Finance Officer from Term 2. Welcome to SPC Mrs Armstrong!
Maternity Leave
Miss Sarah Jaeger will be taking maternity leave from the end of Term 1. We wish Miss Jaeger and her partner all the best for the rest of the pregnancy and the birth.
Mrs Ebony Fraser will be returning from maternity leave at the beginning of Term 2. Welcome back Mrs Fraser!
Holidays have arrived for teachers from the end of today :) We have put together a set of guidelines to assist families and teachers with communication during the holiday period and for Term 2 when Learning@Home commences. Thank you in advance for your understanding. The guidelines are as follows:
- Please only contact teachers during school hours 8:30am - 3:30pm. Weekends and school holidays are stand down times for teachers.
- Emergency/urgent contact is via the school phone 64521431 or school email spc@catholic.tas.edu.au or via the Principal’s email christina.gretton@catholic.tas.edu.au
- The St Peter Chanel Facebook page is only monitored periodically during weekends and holiday breaks.