7 Randolph Street,GRACEVILLE,QLD,4075,Australia Phone: 3379 7872

Website: http://www.ctk.qld.edu.au

Email: pgraceville@bne.catholic.edu.au

Term 3 – Week 2

From The Principal

Catholic Education Week

Catholic Education Week will be celebrated across Queensland from 24 - 30 July this year. This annual event is held to promote the special ethos of Catholic schools and to highlight the great things that take place in Catholic schools every day. The theme for this year’s celebrations is: Opening Doors in the Year of Mercy. Catholic education strives to make a difference in the lives of those in our schools and in the wider community by challenging young people to live out the message of Jesus and to reach their full potential as compassionate, contributing, life-giving members of society. During Catholic Education Week 2016, Catholic education communities across Queensland are invited to celebrate and share how they are opening doors for others. There are 300 Catholic schools in Queensland that educate around 147,000 students and employ 19,000 teachers and staff, and most will celebrate Catholic Education Week in some way. At CTK we place a special emphasis on NAIDOC activities.

Find out a little more about Learning at CTK

On Monday, August 1 we will be talking to the students about the concept of “The Learning Pit” during our school assembly. You are invited to hear about it too – come along at 1:30 for the assembly and stay awhile afterwards to hear a little more about learning at CTK. Mrs Jacqueline Bazzo-Maclean, our Primary Learning Leader and I will be available to answer some of your questions and give you an insight into Visible Learning at CTK.

May God’s peace and blessings be with you during the coming week. Trudy

From The APRE

Welcome Back

Welcome back to a new and exciting term.

Religious Education Program

Please find below a brief outline of the RE units to be covered this term.

Year Level Content

Prep Creation – God is the creator of all and His special relationship with creation

Old Testament Stories – Old testament stories tell of God’s love

1 Community Roles - Living safely and happily in community and in a loving relationship with God

People Are Created Equal - All people are created in God’s own image, with dignity and natural rights

Sacraments - Explore the words, actions and symbols used in the Sacraments of Baptism and Eucharist to communicate God’s presence and action

2 The Bible is a Library of Books - Old Testament texts describe God’s relationship with the Jewish people

Covenant People – The teachings and actions of Jesus

3 Creative World - Develop their understanding of God’s relationship with people as individuals and as community, and the presence and action of God in daily life

experiences,

Jesus Said Love - An appreciation of the Scriptures as a basis for Christian moral living

4 Learning From Our Past - Develop an understanding of God’s Word in Scripture

Sacrament of Anointing - Sacraments of Healing, including Anointing of the Sick

We Are Community - They develop their understanding of community through an exploration of different texts

Learning Right From Wrong - They examine how free choices result in actions that affect the individual and their community

5/6 Names and Images of Jesus - Describe Jesus’ relationship with God the Father and with humanity

Communion of Saints - Christian understanding of faith and the term ‘communion of saints’

The Holy Spirit Alive - The Holy Spirit guided the formation of the New Testament

SCHOOL/PARISH MASS

Sunday July 31 - 9:30 am

ALL WELCOME

Religious Life of the School

Find below the timetable for Prayer Assemblies and Class Masses for the term.

Date Prayer Assembly Class/Parish Mass

July 15 Year 5/6 White 4 Red

July 22 2 Red NO MASS

July 29 NAIDOC MASS NAIDOC MASS

August 5 3 Blue 4 Blue

August 12 ATHLETICS CARNIVAL ATHLETICS CARNIVAL

August 19 Prep Red 5/6 Blue

August 26 3 Red 5/6 White 1 Red &

1 Blue

September 2 BOOK WEEK PARADE BOOK WEEK PARADE

September 9 Prep Blue 3 Blue

September 16 2 Blue NO MASS

NAIDOS MASS Friday July

29 9:30am

Curriculum

The Daniel Morcombe Child Safety Curriculum

Throughout Term 3 and Term 4, our school will be implementing the Daniel Morcombe Child Safety Curriculum with students in all classes from Prep to Year 6. The curriculum is based on principles of best practice in child safety education and centres around three key messages: Recognise, React and Report. Through a series of lessons, students will learn how to recognise, react and report when they are unsafe or find themselves in situations that can have a significant detrimental effect on their physical, psychological or emotional wellbeing. Information about the Daniel Morcombe Child Safety Curriculum can be found at www.education.qld.gov.au/child-safety-curriculum.

University Of NSW English And Mathetics Tests

The University of NSW English Test will be held on Tuesday 2 August and the University of NSW Mathematics Test will be held on Tuesday 16 August. Tests will take place in the library commencing at 9 am. Practice Tests and an accompanying letter outlining further details will be sent home later this week.

Nationally Consistent Collection of Data On Students With

Disability (NCCD)

The Nationally Consistent Collection of Data on school students with Disability (the national data collection) is an annual collection that counts the number of school students with disability and the level of reasonable educational adjustment with which they are provided. The national data collection counts students who have been identified by a school team as receiving an adjustment to address a disability under the Disability Discrimination Act 1992 (the DDA). The aim of the national data collection is to collect quality information about school students with disability in Australia. This information will help teachers, principals, education authorities and families to better support students with disability to take part in school on the same basis as students without disability. All schools across Australia collect information about students with disability. But the type of information currently collected varies between each state and territory and across government, Catholic and independent school sectors. When undertaking the national data collection, every school in Australia will use the same method to collect information. Therefore, a government school in suburban Sydney will collect and submit data in the same way as a Catholic school in country Victoria and an independent school in the Northern Territory. The information provided through the national data collection will enable all Australian governments to improve target support and resources to benefit students with disability.

Information will be recorded in such a way that no child can be identified. Student names will not be collected. Inclusion in the data collection is voluntary. If you wish your young person to be excluded from this, you can choose to opt out of the data collection by informing the school Principal in writing as soon as possible. You can click on the following website link to access the fact sheet which provides Information for Parents/Carers www.education.gov.au/nationally-consistent-collection-data-school-students-disability or contact your child’s school if you have further questions about the Nationally Consistent Collection of Data on School Students with Disability.

Sport

WTB District Atheltics Trails

The West Taylor Bridge (WTB) District Athletics Trials will be held on Tuesday 26 July and Thursday 28 July 2016 at the UQ Athletics Centre, University of Queensland, St Lucia. A note outlining details, a project consent form and permission form were sent home earlier this week with students (10years, 11 years and 12 years) who have qualified for events. Please note that on Tuesday 26 July parents are required to provide their child’s transportation to and from the trials and supervision of their child whilst at the trials. No teacher from Christ the King will be attending the trials in a supervisory capacity. On Thursday 28 July a bus will be available to transport the students to and from UQ, and a supervising teacher will be attending.

CTK Athletics Carnival

Tuesday 9 August 2016 (Graceville Memorial Park)

9am: 800m (Years 4 -6); 400m (Years 2 & 3); 200m (Prep and Year 1)

10:30am: Morning Tea at school

11am – 1pm: Prep and Year 1 Athletics Carnival (Graceville Memorial Park)

11am – 2:50pm: High Jump- students 10 years, 11 years and 12 years only (school)

Friday 12 August (Ambiwerra Sporting Fields, Erinsvale Street Corinda)

9 am – 2:30pm: Years 2 – 6 Athletics Carnival

Interschool Sport

The next interschool sport for students in Years 5 and 6 will commence this term on Friday 26 August. Sports offered will include softball and cricket.

Library News

Welcome back and congratulations to all the students who kept reading throughout the holidays. I have received many Reading Challenge forms and continue to reward students with awards for their magnificent efforts. Today I have attached a flyer for a book launch in August that will be held in Salisbury. The publication is 'A Patch from Scratch', a book all about finding joys in the garden, caring for plants and animals as well as sharing the abundance with friends and neighbours. Book week will be held in week 8 this term with the annual parade being held on Friday September 2. The 2016 theme is Australia: Story Country and will focus on our sense of belonging and the many works by Australian authors and illustrators.

Totally Tranquil Tuesday

The library is a much loved space used by the children at CTK. At lunch times it often becomes very noisy due to the number of people interacting and playing board games with each other. This week I introduced Totally Tranquil Tuesday to encourage students to use the library space for quiet time and reading. We had numerous children who took advantage of this and spent time reading either on their own or with a friend. Truly lovely to see!

Premier's Reading Challenge

We have a few new families at CTK, so if you would like your child to participate, email me at ismithwick@bne.catholic.edu.au . Each child only has to read a minimum of 20 books (or 15 books for Years 5 and 6) to qualify for a certificate signed by the Premier. Should children wish to read more they will be rewarded by certificates that I create for them. When borrowing books from the library there are boxes available filled with ‘suggested reading’ for each age group. Please remind your children that they can borrow from these boxes throughout the challenge.

Book Club

The latest book club catalogues were sent home this week, and there is a great selection of titles suitable

for all ages and reading levels. Every purchase helps our school earn reward points, which we use to

purchase new books for our library.

If you would like to place an order, you can pay securely online through Scholastic, or if you would like to

pay with cash or cheque, please fill out an order form and return it to the school office.

Please have all orders in, either online or to the office by Thursday the 28th July.

Thank you for supporting our school library.

CTK Fun Run

The inaugural CTK Community FUN RUN is taking place Sunday 31 July. Don't forget to register by Friday 29 July using the trybooking link ....www.trybooking.com/LLGI In case you've missed the fun of our 'training' sessions I've enclosed some photos from the last couple of weekends and am so pleased to note that we've got another gathering taking place this Sunday, 4pm at Simpsons Playground. We even have a spot prize for the first runner to cross the line at that session as a taster of what is on offer at our actual event!!!!

School Banking

Don’t forget that Tuesday is School Banking day and students should bring in their weekly deposit.

For every deposit made at school, no matter how big or small, students will receive a silver Dollarmites token. Once students have individually collected 10 tokens they can redeem them for an exclusive School Banking reward item in recognition of their regular savings habits. The reward items currently available are Wildlife Writer Set, Mud Splat Handball and Outback Pat Bag Tag. The Flying Snake Tail is no longer available.

Thank you for supporting the School Banking program at Christ the King.

If your children are not currently involved in the School Banking program and you would like to know more, please ask for a 2016 School Banking program information pack from the school office.

Please not Banking Day is Tuesday not Wednesday as printed below.

Happy Birthday

Birthday Greetings to -

Charles Hardy, Dylan Hardy and Noah Jaucian 8.7; Emma Moore 9.7; ZoeMcElwaine 10.7; Tadhg Lyons 11.7; Zachary Rumsey and Will Rutherford 12.7; Georgia Fleming 14.7; Angus Crowe and Jacqueline Formby 15.7; Audrey Ross and Mrs Ready 16.7; Alex Gunn 18.7; Deon Lagueras 19.7; Arielle Angwin and Lachlan Park 21.7; Evie Phillips 22.7; Tam Nguyen 23.7; Tommy Moodie 26.7.

Catechesis of the Good Shepherd

The attached brochure is aimed at mothers and is an introduction to the Montessori pedagogy upon which the work

here in the atrium is based. It offers parents a deeper understanding of the 3-6 year old child and how to help them

to grow in dignity,self esteem and confidence. This brochure is offering the first three mornings of a fuller course

detailed in the second brochure.

This brochure is aimed not only at parents but also educators who wish to know more about the younger

child and especially how to meet their deep inner religious hungers. It explores the research of the last 60

years by Sofia Cavalletti and Gianna Gobbi and shares the hands on materials that have been proven to

help the child encounter God and experience an ever deepening relationship with Him.

The Catholic Parish of Corinda Graceville

Mass and Prayer Times

Please note that there can be changes to the Mass and Prayer Times listed below.

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