8 May 2019
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Sunday Connection
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National Assessment Program – Literacy and Numeracy (NAPLAN) 2019
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Walk Safely to School Day
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School Photos
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MYTERN Community Session
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Mother's Day Prayer Service and Morning Tea
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Mother's Day Stall
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Transition to Winter Uniform
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Premier's Reading Challenge
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Grade Six Transition to Marist
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Easter Raffle Winners
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Hockey Rosters
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Princess Party
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40th Anniversary Celebration
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SCF Movie Night
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SPC Parish Community Mini Market
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Winter Feast
Sunday 12 May 2019
Gospel Reading John 10:27-30 Jesus describes his care for his sheep.
Family Connection
Not only can we recognise family members' voices, we can also read the tone of their voices and know something about how they are feeling. In our relationship with Jesus, we know Jesus' voice and are called to follow. Jesus doesn't just bring us closer to the Father, Jesus puts us directly into contact with God the Father, removing all distance between us. In the Gospel of John, Jesus identifies so closely with the Father that he tells us that they are one—not just close, but actually one. Knowing Jesus means knowing the Father.
Read with your family Sunday's Gospel, John 10:27-30. Ask your family members to talk about some ways that Jesus brings them closer to God and closer to one another. Pray together the Acts of Faith, Hope, and Love.
Act of Faith
O my God, I firmly believe that you are one God in three divine Persons, Father, Son, and Holy Spirit. I believe that your divine Son became man and died for our sins, and that he will come to judge the living and the dead. I believe these and all the truths which the holy Catholic Church teaches, because you have revealed them, who can neither deceive nor be deceived.
Amen.
Act of Hope
O my God, relying on your infinite mercy and promises, I hope to obtain pardon of my sins, the help of your grace, and life everlasting, through the merits of Jesus Christ, my Lord and Redeemer.
Amen.
Act of Love
O my God, I love you above all things with my whole heart and soul, because you are all good and worthy of all my love. I love my neighbor as myself for the love of you. I forgive all who have injured me and I ask pardon of those whom I have injured.
Amen.
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NAPLAN (National Assessment Program – Literacy and Numeracy) commenced in Australian schools in 2008. Each year, all students in Years 3, 5, 7 and 9 participate in common national tests which assess:
- Reading
- Writing
- Conventions of Language (spelling, grammar and punctuation)
- Numeracy.
Students at St Peter Chanel will commence NAPLAN testing as of next week.
The benefits of participating in NAPLAN testing:
- NAPLAN tests the skills that are essential for every child to progress through school and life such as reading, writing, spelling, grammar and numeracy.
- NAPLAN results provide valuable information on how your child is progressing against national minimum standards of literacy and numeracy skills expected for each year level.
- The NAPLAN tests provide you as parents with an individual report that shows your child’s results and a comparison of your child’s performance against all other Australian students in their year level.
- Teachers use the NAPLAN results to determine your child’s areas of strength and where future focus is required and how best to provide support or extension activities.
- School teachers use the online NAPLAN Toolkit to analyse your child’s results. The Toolkit provides detailed information right down to the individual question with links to teaching strategies.
- Principals, senior staff and others use NAPLAN results to inform school planning and to allocate resources and support including informing decisions around targeted programs and initiatives for individuals and groups.
The best way you can assist your child is by helping them to feel comfortable about the nature and purpose of the tests, and assure them that the tests will give them an opportunity to show what they have learned in class.
For more information about the national tests, please visit the national NAPLAN website at:
School Photos are happening next week on Wednesday, 15th May. Photo orders must be in before or on the day to avoid paying a late order fee. All students are to wear full winter uniform on the day.
As Wednesday is usually a PE day, this will be swapped to Thursday, 16th May. Sports clothes will be worn on Tuesday, 14th and Thursday, 16th May next week. Please ensure students have a spare pair of socks and shoes on these days.
We warmly invite all Mothers, Grandmothers, Aunties and significant females in our student’s lives to attend our Mother’s Day Prayer Service on Thursday, 9 May at 10:30 am. This will be followed by Morning Tea.
On Thursday, 9 May our Grade Four and Five students will be running a Mother’s Day stall as part of their Canberra Fundraising. Items will start at 50c each and there will be a variety of items available to purchase including cooking and craft items. Each class will be given the opportunity to purchase from the stall.
As of next week students are to be transitioned into their full winter uniform.
If you need to purchase any new uniform please contact the front office.
On Friday, 10th May our Grade Six students are travelling to Marist Regional College for the Feeder School Transition Visit. All students in Grade Six will attend, regardless of whether they will be attending Marist for 2020. Students are to wear their Sports Uniform and take recess. Lunch will be provided by Marist. The students will be supervised by Nicki Pitt and Melissa Thorp.
Congratulations to the following people who won our easter raffle hampers!
- Campbell Smith
- Marlea Willie
- Jack Britton
- Lorie Porteus
- Ruby Doel
- Trish Bradley
- Joan Wilson
- Bruce Cornish
- Annette Grey
- Londyn Scholtalbers
- Jackie Smith
- Tony Moore
- Blair Anderson
- Owen Lockett
On Thursday, 2nd May, we celebrated our Patron Saint, St. Peter Chanel’s Feast Day, with a whole school feast and what a feast it was!
Although the actual feast day of St. Peter Chanel is the 28th April, we were able to come together on the Thursday to reflect on the love and selflessness St. Peter Chanel gave to all he encounted. We are grateful for God’s providence in our school garden and the harvesting of vegetables and fruit, to provide us with not only delicious nourishment but the opportunity to come together as a family and celebrate the man natives of the island of Futuna called, “the man with the good heart”.
It was a wonderful feast day which was the result of collective collaboration!