Term 3 Week 2 of 10
Friday, 26th July 2024
This Week’s Newsletter Items:
Wellbeing & Community
● Principal’s Letter
● Wellbeing & Community
● Learning & Organisation
● Read for Uganda
● School Fees
● CERES Reflection
● Grade 6 Production
● 100 Days of Prep
● Gospel & Gospel Reflection
● Parish News
● Student of the Week Awards
● Term Three Dates
● Community News
Principals Letter
Dear families,
Welcome back to Term 3. A sincere thanks to Jess Davis and our school leadership team for all their hard work in my absence due to illness and long service leave. Thanks to all the families for their thoughts and best wishes too. I am pleased to say I’m much better, doing well and energised to be back at work.
Please keep Jen Baressi in your prayers, as she is away from school due to her daughter Julia being very unwell. As you would also know Rosie Hogan’s husband, Paul passed away recently and we keep her in our prayers as well.
As Principal, much of my time in the upcoming months is spent preparing for 2025 as well as continuing on with 2024. This includes planning for 2025 staffing, programs, new initiatives, classes, and teachers in a way that best meets the needs of your children. I am passionate about Resurrection continually striving to find ways to help our students learn.
In order to get staffing and classes right, I really need to make sure that anyone with a prep student for 2025 has enrolled their child with the office. If you have a Prep child for 2025 and have not filled in the paperwork please do it this week. Our office staff will help you if you require assistance. Please pass this information onto any family and friends that may wish for their children to come to our school in Year Prep for 2025.
Best wishes,
Deputy Principal: Wellbeing & Community
At Resurrection Catholic Primary School, we engage with The Resilience Project to teach our students positive mental health strategies to prevent mental ill-health and build their capacity to deal with adversity.
Our students engage in weekly lessons and activities around the key principles of Gratitude, Empathy, Mindfulness (GEM), and Emotional Literacy to build resilience. To support the learning at school, each week we will share items in the newsletter that you can continue at home. The focus this week is around Gratitude.
Working on gratitude helps us to be thankful and appreciate what we have in our lives, rather than focusing on what we don’t have or what we want. When we practise being grateful, we start to scan the world to look for positives – this only takes 21 days! Practising gratitude every day increases our levels of energy, and helps us to feel happier and more focused, determined and optimistic. It even helps us have better sleep, lowers levels of anxiety and depression and we are less likely to get sick. So many benefits – let’s all try to be grateful for the things and people in our lives every day!
Whole Family Activity:
Gratitude Scavenger Hunt
As a family create a scavenger hunt list of things that make you happy or you are grateful for, you can make your own list or use the examples below:
● Something that makes you happy
● Something you love to smell
● Something you enjoy looking at
● Something that is your favourite colour
● Something you like in nature
● Something that is useful for you
● Each member of the family uses the list and has to find as many things as they can.
● You can hunt for things inside or outside, or both. You can hunt for real things, or you can also do this using magazines or pictures from the internet.
● After a set amount of time hunting, come back together, have a look at what each person collected and let them explain why they are grateful for each item.
Family Habit Builder:
Every night at dinner, have each person talk about their favourite thing about that day.
Check out more at The Resilience Project! click on the tab TRP@HOME to find inspiration and activities for the whole family, to help improve your wellbeing and build resilience.
God Bless,
Deputy Principal: Wellbeing
Deputy Principal : Learning & Organisation
Welcome back to Term 3!
Once again, welcome back to Term 3! We have started off the term with our Scholastic Book Fair as well as Parent Teacher Conversations this week. We thank you for your attendance and valuable contributions and insights during these conversations. Strong parent and school partnerships are so important in creating a solid foundation for our students to learn and grow.
We have so much to look forward to this term including some fantastic literacy initiatives in across the school, 100 days of learning for our littlest learners in Prep, Grade 3 camp, Prep excursion to Animal Land, performances, Book Week in Week 6, Grade 4 camp, Grade 6 Confirmation preparation and sacrament, tabloid sports for P-2, a Colour Run and of course our Senior School Production to finish off the term. Please be sure to check the school calendar for specific dates.
Family Curriculum Overviews
Our teaching team is finalising our Term 3 overviews and these will be available on Seesaw at the beginning of Week 3. This will provide you with some great insight on the learning happening in the classroom as well as give you some suggestions on how to support your child’s learning at home.
Deputy Principal: Learning & Organisation
Read for Uganda
This week, we officially launched our ‘Read for Uganda’ initiative. It is a read-a-thon type event where we encourage reading for a good cause!
We welcome student participation to read books until the end of Week 6 and to pledge an amount to donate either for each book read, or with one set donation. Reading Logs have also been handed out to each student, and extras are available too for children who need more space to log in their books!
Money that is fundraised will go directly to the Parish of Our Lady of Fatima in Buyaga, Uganda to support their parishioners and their connecting school with school supplies and utilities.
No cash will be accepted through the school, instead we ask that you please submit your monetary donations through our fundraising website:https://https://resurrection-catholic-primary-shool.square.site/
Thank you for your support,
Religious Education Leader
School Fees
2024 Term Three Statements:
Early last week, the school fees statement was distributed via email for Term Three, 2024. I ask that you please review these at your earliest convenience and should you have any questions, please do not hesitate to contact Susan Buslon at 8312 6312 or at finance@rskingspark.catholic.edu.au
CSEF Applications:
CSEF applications have now closed and we are no longer able to accept any further applications per the guidelines set out by the Department of Education.
School Fees In Arrears:
As previously communicated, all school fees were due by 10th March 2024. We truly thank our families who have ensured that their child’s school fees and levies have been paid or who have contacted us to put in place arrangements to suit the family budget whilst being able to access the educational services of the school. Working together makes a huge difference to ensuring we are able to provide you and your child with the best learning and community experience possible. For families who are currently in arrears and have not made arrangements with the school, we ask that you reach out and make contact with our School Bursar by 10th August 2024.
CERES Reflection
On the 18th of July, I went on an excursion to a place called Ceres. When the bus arrived we all walked to the bus and sat in our seats. When we arrived at Ceres we saw some people who were going to help us with our journey. Their names were Subi Kate and Isabelle. They walked us to a shaded place and we sat on the ground as they told us an Aboriginal word wominjeka. It meant welcome and come with a purpose. Next we went to our classes and started our activities. First we went to an indoor place and Kate was telling us a story about a Tiddalick (a small mischievous and very thirsty frog who was drinking all the water and the other animals did not have any water to drink so it is telling us to not be greedy. We all got to act it out and it was so fun. Next, we got to do painting on parts of our body (hands, arms and face). So, there was red, white and yellow body paint and we did this because the aboriginal people used to always paint their body. There were signs and symbols that we had to paint and each of the signs and symbols meant something. The designs were to represent the different clans. It was lovely and very interesting. On our next activity we were going to eat plants, which were edible. The first one we tried was named lemon myrtle and it was yummy. Next one we tried was called river mint, I loved it. But my absolute favourite was called salty bush. I loved it because it had a bit of saltiness and it was amazing. Sadly, it was the end of our journey so we hopped on the bus and went back to school but overall we had a magnificent day.
From Amy 4B
On the 19th of July, Year 4 students went on an excursion to CERES in Brunswick. During the first activity we did storytelling (we had to wear costumes). We heard a story called Tiddalik. At the beginning of the story, Tiddalik (Santa 4B) was very thirsty hence she went to a pond to drink, then she drank all of it but she was still thirsty, then, she went to the billabong to drink more water, slurp, it was all gone, but Tiddalik was full and went to sleep.
The animals all saw that the water was gone and that they were all thirsty but Tiddalik was no longer the little frog they once knew and is now a massive toad, so first the echidna tried to make him laugh by rolling down the hill but Tiddalik didn't laugh. Kookaburra was perched high in the gum tree, he pretended to fall out but Tiddalik still didn't laugh. Wombat started dancing but Tiddalik still didn't laugh. None of the animals knew what to do and they were still very thirsty. But the eels tried and they stared at Tiddalik and she started laughing and all the water came out from her mouth and the animals could drink again (The moral of the story is not to be greedy).
During the second activity, we made rock art on our arms to tell stories. Everyone made different rock art on our arms but the paint is made from ochre rocks that have been grinded into little dust then mixed with water that can be used as rock paint for rock art.
During the last activity, we found out that certain plants can be used to relieve some sicknesses like lemon myrtle as works to make flavouring for food, salty bush already gives it out as its very salty, like very salty, the last plant was used for emergency when the aboriginal were thirsty it was this certain type of leaf (I don't remember what it was called) that they relied on to quench their thirst, and this was my favourite edible bush leaf.
From Dylan 4B
Next week, our wonderful Preps are celebrating their 100th day of learning on Wednesday 31st July. Part of our celebration day will be to dress up as a 100-year-old person. This day will be filled with lots of fun and exciting activities for students to enjoy, to celebrate this momentous achievement of their learning journey.
We are so proud of all the wonderful learning our Preps have experienced in the last 100 days. We cannot wait to see all of the amazing costumes on the day!
SUNDAY GOSPEL
This Sunday’s reading is from the Holy Gospel according to John (6: 1-15)
He distributed to those who were seated as much as they wanted.
Jesus went off to the other side of the Sea of Galilee – or of Tiberias – and a large crowd followed him, impressed by the signs he gave by curing the sick. Jesus climbed the hillside, and sat down there with his disciples. It was shortly before the Jewish feast of Passover.
Looking up, Jesus saw the crowds approaching and said to Philip, ‘Where can we buy some bread for these people to eat?’ He only said this to test Philip; he himself knew exactly what he was going to do. Philip answered, ‘Two hundred denarii would only buy enough to give them a small piece each.’ One of his disciples, Andrew, Simon Peter’s brother, said, ‘There is a small boy here with five barley loaves and two fish; but what is that between so many?’ Jesus said to them, ‘Make the people sit down.’ There was plenty of grass there, and as many as five thousand men sat down. Then Jesus took the loaves, gave thanks and gave them out to all who were sitting ready; he then did the same with the fish, giving out as much as was wanted. When they had eaten enough he said to the disciples, ‘Pick up the pieces left over, so that nothing gets wasted.’ So they picked them up, and filled twelve hampers with scraps left over from the meal of five barley loaves. The people, seeing this sign that he had given, said, ‘This really is the prophet who is to come into the world.’ Jesus, who could see they were about to come and take him by force and make him king, escaped back to the hills by himself.
In the readings for Ordinary Time, we take a break from the sequence of readings from the Gospel of Mark for a few weeks and this week’s reading begins a diversion into chapter 6 of the Gospel of John. The whole of John 6 is an extended discourse that explores the image of Jesus as the Bread of Life. The chapter and the discourse begin with this week’s miraculous feeding of the multitude. As this event occurs in each of the four gospels there is a compelling argument that there is some basis in fact or, at the very least, that the metaphoric image of Jesus feeding a crowd was an enduring one in Christian communities.
Jesus is described as testing the disciples, asking them where they might be able to purchase bread for the crowd. Phillip is overwhelmed at the thought of spending a fortune on enough bread for more than 5,000 people. A small boy nearby had a few loaves of bread and a couple of fish. Jesus took the bread and fish, gave thanks and then had the disciples begin to distribute the food. When everyone had eaten their fill, the disciples collected twelve hampers of leftovers. Some commentators suggest that the twelve baskets represent the twelve tribes of Israel – indicating that the message of Jesus will be enough to feed and sustain the whole of Israel. Having witnessed this miracle the people have a sudden insight into who they think Jesus might be – the promised Messiah come to free them from their Roman oppressors. Wary of the crowd’s mistaken understanding of what the Messiah is to be, Jesus literally heads for the hills to avoid being made a political figurehead for the people.
Living the Gospel – Plenty for all
The feeding of the multitude is a profoundly political statement. Quite simply, there is sufficient food in our world to ensure that no one should ever be hungry. Sadly, the distribution of that food is such that there are some in our world whose bellies are expanding from an excess of food while others’ are distended from the lack of it. We can easily feed the entire world. It is the responsibility of those of us in the developed world with more than we need to bring about a more equitable distribution with those who don’t even have enough to live.
Different View – A miracle of sharing
Some scripture scholars suggest that the real miracle of the feeding of the multitude was not so much a multiplication of meagre resources by Jesus but rather a personal response by individuals within the crowd. It is suggested that upon seeing the willingness of Jesus (and the small boy whose food it was) to share the small amount of food available, everyone dug into their pockets and pulled out the small amount of food they also had and shared it with one another. The miracle was a breaking through from selfishness and isolation to a spirit of sharing and community.
Gospel Focus – Messiah
At the time of Jesus there was a heightened expectation that the Messiah – the anointed one of God – would come and once again set the people of Israel free. However, there was great conjecture about what sort of person the Messiah would be. Some thought he would be a warrior king; others a wise priestly leader; others thought a shepherd-king in the image of David. Confounding all these expectations, Jesus’ model of Messianic leadership was that of the servant leader; a leader who was one with the people, offering hope and meaning in the midst of their everyday suffering and struggling.
Uganda Child Sponsorship
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Student of the Week Awards
Week 2
Prep B
Jacinta Polh
Gabriel M - For cooperating with others and valuing their ideas and opinions during whole class activities.
One B
Matt Galea
Madeline H - For being persistent and focussed learner and asking for support when necessary.
Two A
Belinda Collins
Adam F - For using efficient strategies to solve subtraction equations. Keep up the fantastic work Adam!!
Two C
Odette Hardinge for Dorothy Hall
Harlow M - For making me feel very welcome in the class these last 2 weeks, also displaying all the qualities in the PBL Matrix. Well done and thank you.
Three B
Kurt Caguin
Amos L - For showing improved concentration and effort during independent work times, and sharing more of his ideas to the class. Well done Amos!
Four A
Natalie Donevska
Ebenezer H - For displaying resilience and showing respect when answering questions and making connections about the Aboriginal culture during the CERES excursion. Keep up the great work!
Four C
Georgia Tankey
Taylor M - For being an active and engaged participant in class by contributing to group discussions and completing all of her work. Well done Taylor!
Five C
Rosie Nojdek
Jack L - For an amazing start to Term 4. For being focused and consistently doing your best.
Six B
Lena Aloi
Milana P - For showing remarkable resilience in school and being willing to give everything a go. Well done!
Japanese:
Yumiko Aiki
Sofia W (3A) - For being a respectful and responsible student by showing appropriate manners in the Japanese class. Well done Sofia!
Performing Arts:
Jody Banks
Luca M (3B) - For demonstrating a responsible attitude to music learning during Performing Arts lessons and for continuing to improve on his recorder playing skills. Keep up the amazing work, Luca!
S T E M:
Matt Dalton
Hugo M (5B) - For asking such rich scientific questions during class discussions that you got the entire class thinking! Well done Hugo!
Prep A
Lessa Walsh
Phoenix B - For being a kind and helpful classmate and taking time to play with a friend who was feeling lonely.
Prep C
Carla Tirotta
Ring M - For your fantastic effort in writing an information report on butterflies. You have been doing a wonderful job independently writing down the different facts you have learned.
One C
Thomas Pham
Kyrie P - For being a thinker during Religion when he reflected and wrote about a time he had a gathering. Congratulations Kyrie!
Two B
Liz Micallef
Zenaira N - For being a resilient and persistent learner when using the number line and 10 frames strategies to solve subtraction problems. Keep up the good learning, Zenaira.
Three A
Ella Nowak
Emma A - For putting in fantastic effort with her learning tasks during our new literacy program and asking for feedback to make improvements to her learning. Keep up the amazing motivation for learning Emma!
Three C
Joss Coaley
Genevieve M - For taking full advantage of our excursion to CERES, making connections to her prior knowledge when learning about Aboriginal Perspectives. Well done Genevieve!done!
Four B
Enza La Rosa
Za Lian L - For being resilient and a risk taker in building on his skills of phonemes and graphemes in Literacy. Excellent work Za Lian!
Five B
Malae Suaesi
Christar T - For being a thinker during maths by finding the probability and chance when playing rock, paper, scissors.
Six A
Katherine Salloum
Rayyann N - For being active in class discussions during our Literacy block by sharing his understanding of appositives and possessive apostrophes with his teacher and peers. Keep up the great learning Rayyann!
Six C
Jake Moloney
Van R- For showcasing his creativity during an Inquiry lesson, by creating a colourful pun about uniqueness. Well done Van!
Visual Arts:
Emma Lyons-Pell & Tosh Kaan
Dean M 5A- For being a compassionate and respectful classmate when he used his time to help his peers finish their art pieces
TERM THREE DATES
Week 4
Monday - 5/08
Exec Team 9.30 – 11.00am
Whole School Assembly 2.30pm
Team Leaders Meeting 3.30pm - 4:30pm
Tuesday - 6/08
The Transfiguration Of The Lord
Wednesday - 7/08
Saints Sixtus II and companions
Saint Cajetan
Staff Meeting 3.30pm – 4.45pm
Thursday - 8/08
Saint Mary of the Cross
Friday - 9/08
Saint Teresa Benedicta of the Cross
Year Level Mass followed by morning tea: Grade 5/6
Saturday - 10/08
Saint Lawrence
Sunday - 11/08
19th Sunday In Ordinary Time
Week 6
Monday - 19/08
Saint John Eudes
Exec Team 9.30 – 11.00am
Whole School Assembly 2.30pm
Team Leaders Meeting 3.30pm - 4:30pm
Tuesday - 20/08
Saint Bernard
Book Week Parade
Wednesday - 21/08
Saint Pius X
Staff Meeting 3.30pm - 4:30pm
Thursday - 22/08
The Queenship of the Blessed Virgin Mary
Friday - 23/08
Saint Rose of Lima
Year Level Mass followed by morning tea: Grade 3/4
Saturday - 24/08
Saint Bartholomew
Sunday - 25/08
21st Sunday In Ordinary Time
Year 1/2 Sunday Family Mass 10:30am
Week 8
Monday - 2/09
Saint Augustine
Exec Team 9.30 – 11.00am
Whole School Assembly 2.30pm
Team Leaders Meeting 3.30pm - 4:30pm
Tuesday - 3/09
Saint Gregory the Great
Parent Advisory Committee 7.00pm – 8.00pm
Wednesday - 4/09
Staff Meeting 3.30pm - 4:30pm
Thursday - 5/09
Parent Support Group Meetings
Friday - 6/09
Instalment 3 - Family Fee Payment Due
Saturday - 7/09
Sacrament of Confirmation at 11.00am & 1.30pm
Sunday - 8/09
23rd Sunday In Ordinary Time
Year Prep Sunday Family Mass 10:30am
Week 10
Monday - 16/09
Saints Cornelius and Cyprian
Exec Team 9.30 – 11.00am
Whole School Assembly 2.30pm
Team Leaders Meeting 3.30pm - 4:30pm
Tuesday -17/09
Saint Hildegard of Bingen
Saint Robert Bellarmine
Wednesday - 18/09
Senior School Production
No Staff Meeting 3.30pm - 4:30pm
Thursday -19/09
Saint Januarius
Senior School Production
Friday - 20/09
Whole School Mass 9.00am
Last Day of Term 3
Footy Colours Day
Dismissal Time 3.15pm
Saturday - 21/09
Saint Matthew
Sunday - 22/09
25th Sunday In Ordinary Time
Week 3
Monday - 29/07
Saints Martha, Mary and Lazarus
Exec Team 9.30am to 11.00am
Whole School Assembly 2.30pm
Team Leaders Meeting 3.30pm to 4.30pm
Tuesday - 30/07
Saint Peter Chrysologus
Parent Advisory Committee 7.00pm – 8.00pm
Confirmation Parent Formation Evening 6:30-7:30pm
Wednesday - 31/07
Saint Ignatius Loyola
100 Days Of Learning for Preps
Staff Meeting 3.30pm - 4:30pm
Thursday - 01/08
Saint Alphonsus Liguori
100 Days Of Learning for Preps
Friday - 02/08
Saint Eusebius of Vercelli
Saint Peter Julian Eymard
Saturday - 03/08
Saint Dominic
Sunday - 04/08
18th Sunday In Ordinary Time
Year 5/6 Sunday Family Mass 10:30am
Week 5
Monday - 12/08
Saint Jane Frances de Chantal
Exec Team 9.30 – 11.00am
Whole School Assembly 2.30pm
Team Leaders Meeting 3.30pm - 4:30pm
Grade 3 Camp - Camp Weekaway- Benloch
Tuesday - 13/08
Saints Pontian and Hippolytus
Grade 3 Camp - Camp Weekaway- Benloch
Confirmation Parent Formation Session @ 6.30pm
Wednesday - 14/08
Saint Maximilian Kolbe
Staff Meeting 3.30pm - 4:30pm
Thursday - 15/08
THE ASSUMPTION OF THE BLESSED VIRGIN MARY
Whole School Mass @ 9.00
Friday - 16/08
Saint Stephen of Hungary
Saturday - 17/08
Sunday - 18/08
20th Sunday In Ordinary Time
Week 7
Monday - 26/08
Exec Team 9.30 – 11.00am
Whole School Assembly 2.30pm
Team Leaders Meeting 3.30pm - 4:30pm
Tuesday - 27/08
Saint Monica
Wednesday - 28/08
Saint Augustine
Staff Meeting 3.30pm - 4:30pm
Thursday - 29/08
The Passion of Saint John the Baptist
Friday - 30/08
Father’s Day Breakfast & Blessing
Year Level Mass followed by morning tea: Juniors
Saturday - 31/08
Sunday - 1/09
22nd Sunday In Ordinary Time
Father’s Day
Week 9
Monday - 9/09
Saint Peter Claver
Exec Team 9.30 – 11.00am
Whole School Assembly 2.30pm
Team Leaders Meeting 3.30pm - 4:30pm
Grade 4 Camp - Camp Wyuna (Queenscliff)
Tuesday -10/09
Parent Support Group Meetings
Grade 4 Camp - Camp Wyuna (Queenscliff)
Wednesday - 11/09
Staff Meeting 3.30pm - 4:30pm
Grade 4 Camp - Camp Wyuna (Queenscliff)
Thursday -12/09
The Most Holy Name of Mary
Parent Support Group Meetings
Year Level Mass followed by morning tea: Grade Prep
Friday - 13/09
Saint John Chrysostom
Saturday - 14/09
The Exaltation of the Holy Cross
Sacrament of Confirmation at 11.00am & 1.30pm
Sunday - 15/09
24th Sunday In Ordinary Time
