Issue 6
Week 2
Thank you all for your support and patience during the recommencement of learning at St Peter Chanel Catholic School this week. We are so proud of the way that the students have settled into learning@home at school and at home. We are also grateful for families for following the social distancing measures we have had to implement for drop off and pick up. These measures will continue until further notice. Our teachers have been planning and preparing for the learning@home platform since we became aware of how the COVID-19 pandemic may impact our teaching and learning. I would like to applaud all our St Peter Chanel staff for the professional and dedicated manner in which they have approached this challenge. We are very much looking forward to reconnecting offline with families once we are able to ease social distancing requirements. In the meantime please know that we are only a phone call away and that we are here to provide support in any way that we can. Please consider if we can support your family through some form of fee remission. There is a link to the fee remission form included in the newsletter.
IMPORTANT UPDATE: In light of the Tasmanian Government’s announcement today about the return to school dates, St Peter Chanel Catholic School will be in contact with families early next week to provide more details of how the return to school-based learning plan will look like for our school community. Please rest assured that we will be implementing a phased approach for the return to school-based learning. I can confirm that our current learning@home program will continue next week. Thank you for all your continued support and have a great weekend.
Sunday Connection
Fifth Sunday of Easter, Sunday, May 10, 2020
Gospel Reading
John 14:1–12 Jesus tells his disciples, “I am the way and the truth and the life.”
Family Connection
Members of the same family often bear close resemblances to one another. Sometimes physical resemblances are shared within a family, but often the similarities are behavioural characteristics and mannerisms. We hear this observation affirmed through a number of common phrases: “He’s a chip off the old block” or “She’s her mother’s daughter.” Sunday’s Gospel points to a mystery of faith that might be examined in light of these familial relationships. In Jesus, we see and know the Father. Likewise, the Father is known through the life and work of the Son, Jesus.
Talk together as a family about whether people outside of your family recognise common traits of your family. Are there physical resemblances that people recognise and so know each individual as a member of your family? Are there mannerisms that are shared by members of your family? What are some common interests and work that people might associate with your family? As you read Sunday’s Gospel, John 14:1-12, keep in mind that members of the same family share many characteristics, even though each person in the family is an individual. What does Jesus tell his disciples about his relationship with the Father? The relationship between the Father and Jesus is so close that Jesus says that those who have seen and known Jesus have also seen and known the Father. Jesus promises his disciples that because of their faith in him and in the Father, they too will be able to do the work of the Father as Jesus did. End your discussion by praying together that others will recognise in your family the work of the Father. Pray together the Lord’s Prayer.
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We are in the transition period to full winter uniform. The transition period ends on Monday, 1st June (The first day of winter).
Parent/Teacher meetings were scheduled for next week. These meetings were scheduled prior to the current COVID-19 restrictions. These meetings won’t be going ahead until we are given the permission to resume such activities. If you have any queries or questions that you want to discuss with classroom teachers please make contact with them through the standard communication methods.