Newsletter No: 29 Wednesday, 13th

September 2017

Dear Parents and Friends, Well we are almost at the end of another term. What a productive term we have had with many events and activities throughout. This term the children have been participating in DanceFever lessons each Tuesday. Yesterday we had our DanceFever Showcase where the students were able to perform the dances they have learnt for their parents. It was wonderful seeing so many parents attend and also to join with their children to have a dance. I always find it enjoyable to see how far the children have come from their first lesson of the term to the Showcase. A lot of this credit goes to the two teachers Michael and Corey who are so energetic and positive and make the lessons fun for the children. They introduce the students to various styles of dance as well as dance etiquette. These lessons cover the Dance component of The Arts curriculum. The Showcase for Year 5 students will be held on Thursday 14

th September in the hall from 10.15am –

11.00am. Last night the Board members attended a CyberSafety talk at Emmanuel with presenter, Brad Huddleston, author of ‘The Dark Side of Technology’ and ‘Digital Cocaine – A Journey Toward iBalance’ and Sgt Nigel Dalton (Mackay Police). They discussed the importance of appropriate technology use for all people, especially children under 12. Some of the interesting facts from this talk included; - Minimal technology use is recommended for children under 12. - After consuming digital content, students have what is called ‘Post Stimulation Attentional Drift’ which means their brains are unable to focus and concentrate for up to 3 hours after screen time. - All children are encouraged to have no screen time in the mornings before school, to prevent post stimulation attentional drift. - Students who overuse technology (playing games, apps, watching TV etc.) build up a dopamine resistance that can inhibit their ability to reach their academic and social potential. - The symptoms of digital addiction can include boredom, anger, social withdrawal and a range of mental health issues including anxiety and depression. - Minecraft is the most addictive game. Some suggestions he gave for parents is to remove all technology from bedrooms (including parents) and that a 6 week detox can turn around the negative effects technology has on our children’s brains – no screen time at all for six weeks – do things such as exercise and find new passions.

If you are interested in Brad’s work, please visit his website, http://bradhuddleston.com I would like to take this opportunity to thank everyone for their continued support and to wish all our staff, parents and students a safe and happy holiday. I look forward to seeing you all back in Term Four feeling relaxed, refreshed and revitalised. Term Four Commences on Tuesday 3

rd October. Monday 2

nd October is a Public Holiday. There will also

be a Pupil Free Day on Monday 16th October.

Term 3

WEEK 10

Mon 11th

– 17th

Sep Thurs DanceFever

Showcase Yr 5 10.15 – 11.00am

Fri TERM THREE

CONCLUDES

TERM 4

WEEK 1

Mon 2nd

– 8th

Oct Mon PUBLIC

HOLIDAY Tues Term 4

commences

PUPIL FREE DAY Our teaching staff will be involved in a professional development day on Monday 16th October. Parents please note that this is a pupil free day. Our school office will be open as normal.

SIGNING CHILDREN IN LATE

A reminder please that if students are arriving to school late (after 8.40am) then they must be signed in at the office by a parent.

There are a number of children coming into the office to sign themselves in which is not acceptable.

STUDENT HAIR STYLES

Just a reminder as we approach the end of the term regarding student hair styles. I remind parents about the school’s expectations regarding hair styles, which are available on our website, and ask for your support to make sure that your child’s hair is neat and tidy when at school. I have attached this below:

HAIR & GROOMING

All hair accessories - must be plain and minimalist and in the following colours… navy blue, black, teal or white. Large decorative hair pieces are NOT acceptable. For health and safety reasons, hair that is long enough to be tied back, should be worn in this manner (boys and girls). Haircuts must be neat and tidy in appearance and not falling

into eyes, or around the face. Hair must not be dyed or coloured or worn in a style that is deemed to be inappropriate for primary school.

The following styles are NOT considered appropriate for

MacKillop Students: tracks, rats tails, mohawks, shorter than

gauge 2.

SHOES

With the holidays approaching now is a good time to remind parents about acceptable footwear as it is disappointing to still have a number of children wearing incorrect shoes. Shoes must be Velcro or lace-up black leather or vinyl footwear (Joggers). They must be 100% BLACK. Slip on shoes and canvas shoes are NOT acceptable. ‘Mary-Jane’ style shoes are also NOT acceptable.

NOT acceptable

Acceptable

CONGRATULATIONS Congratulations to Sharon Donnollan who has been appointed to the position of Administration Assistant at MacKillop every Thursday and Friday. Sharon is currently our WH&S Advisor and a Teacher Assistant in both Prep and Learning Support. Sharon will continue in the WHSA role and teacher assistant in Learning Support; however, she will no longer be Prep teacher assistant on the Thursday and Friday. Lisa Hildenbeutel will work in Prep Monday – Thursday as teacher assistant and we have advertised for a teacher assistant for the Friday in Prep.

LAST DAY OF TERM 3 this Friday 15th

September.

Monday 2nd

Oct – Public Holiday

Tuesday 3rd

Oct - Term 4 commences

Monday 16th

Oct - Pupil Free Day

FAMILIES LEAVING

As our total enrolment drives many aspects of our school (staffing, budget, class sizes and structure) it is important that we try to be as accurate as possible in predicting the school enrolment for 2018. If you know that you will be leaving at the end of the year could you please notify the office as soon as possible? Your assistance with this matter is greatly appreciated.

PRAYERS Please remember in your prayers anyone who is sick within our community, we pray for God’s healing and restoration.

Keep Smiling

Allison Blakey Principal

THIS SUNDAY'S COMMENTARY This week’s Gospel reading continues the theme of forgiveness from last Sunday, with this reading focussing more closely on a personal forgiveness that does not involve intervention by the community. Peter certainly thinks well of himself, offering to forgive seven times, but that simply isn’t good enough. The standard Jesus offers can be read as either 77 or 490 times. What Jesus expects is a forgiveness that has no limits, that is the forgiveness that God offers to us.

This Sunday's Psalm Ps 102: 1-4, 9-12 My soul bless God, let all within me rejoice in God’s holy name My soul bless God, constantly remembering all God’s blessings.

God heals your sins, heals your ills, saves your life from ruin, surrounds you with love and compassion.

God does not constantly nag, or hold on to anger, Nor deal with us as our sins or depravities deserves. God wraps in love higher than the heavens, those who turn in worship. With mercy wider than the sky, God wipes away our sins. www.prayasyoucan.com.au

ANOINTING MASS Today students from 5K attended an Anointing Mass for the sick and elderly of our Parish at St Joseph’s Church. The children proclaimed God’s Word in the Readings and Responsorial Psalm, participated in the Offertory and handed out hymn books. By attending this Mass, students gain empathy for those they serve, they learn to provide welcome communication with the elderly, and develop a feeling of self-worth and achievement by helping others. These are valuable lessons and a real life application of their faith development. Our MacKillop students ‘did us proud’ today. They represented our school admirably in the way they conducted themselves and related to the sick and elderly in attendance. It is humbling to see our children demonstrate compassion, a generosity of heart and a deep respect for their elders. Well done, Children.

Take some time to reflect on where Jesus has been in your life today.

God Bless,

Helen Privett

Assistant Principal Religious Education

We acknowledge the Traditional Owners of the land and pay respects to their Elders

and all Elders, past, present and future.

-Jesus Lives in our Hearts - Forever!

ICAS RESULTS Congratulations to the following students who participated in the

ICAS writing competition: Year 3 Taj Jackson – CREDIT Year 4 Ryan Camilleri – CREDIT Year 5 Heath Doumergue – PARTICIPATION Year 5 Jack Henderson - PARTICIPATION Year 6 Summer O’Neill – CREDIT

HPE DAY

What is National HPE Day? Since 2012, National Health and Physical Education (HPE) Day has been the annual day on the calendar to raise awareness of and advocate for the value of HPE in Australian schools. The day aims to highlight the importance of HPE and impact on the learning potential and wellbeing of all children, the benefit to all schools, and the valuable contribution to the wider community. The theme, Good for Children, Good for Schools and Good for Communities, is celebrated over a three year cycle. MacKillop will be celebrating this wonderful day this Friday 15

th

September. Parents are welcome to attend as you are your child’s

biggest role model and promoter of physical activity. All grades will participate in rotational activities from 9.00-11.00am.

CONGRATULATIONS

Joe Dlask and Kelsey Waldon – selected in the top 6 players of the season for Wanderer’s Soccer Club Lillian Newland – one of the top 3 Best and Fairest U12 Netball players for Mackay Netball Angus Wearmouth – runner up for U14 Mackay Basketball Marissa Bruton – participated in the Regional Championships for Little Athletics and won 1

st in triple jump, high jump, 60m hurdles,

javelin and 400m and 2nd

in long jump and discus. THERE WILL BE NO TOUCH FOOTBALL GAMES THIS FRIDAY.

FOR SALE

We have some old teacher desks ($20), bookshelves ($20) and filing cabinets (2 drawer- $20, 3 drawer - $30 and 4 drawer - $40) for sale in the hall. Please contact the office if you are interested.

CHILDREN’S LITURGY OF THE WORD

Children’s Liturgy of the Word is held at St Joseph’s Church

on the 1st & 3

rd Saturday 6pm Mass and 1

st & 3

rd Sunday 9am

Mass of the month during school term and also at St Brendan’s

church on 1st & 3

rd Sunday7:30am Masses of the Month.

Prep J Laura Lindner

For the tremendous effort you have been devoting to your sight words. What a great achievement! Keep working hard.

Magenta Newland Love your energy and excitement in creating and writing

your own books from stories we have shared in Prep. We love seeing and reading them. Thank you.

1P Leo Hassett It has been nice to see you settling in during your first

few weeks in our class. You have made lots of new friends and you have made a big effort to learn our school and class routines. Welcome to MacKillop Leo!

Carter Cundell You are the new record holder for typing in 1P. This

week you made only four errors in twenty-one lines of typing. Amazing effort! Keep up the great work Carter!

1S Indigo Lui You have been working so hard on your writing, Indigo.

You can independently construct complete sentences and you are listening carefully to the sounds in each word as you write. You should be very proud of your efforts, Indigo! Keep trying hard!

Harley Jewell I am very impressed with your ability to remember your

spelling words each week, Harley. You are working hard to master some new letter blends and you have done a wonderful job of sounding out words that begin and end with the letters ‘st’. Keep up the brilliant effort, Harley!

2D Evie Ledwy Evie you thought of many creative impossible and

certain situations. You also created them with counters and many situations were different to your group members. Well done Evie

Eve Oliver Each week you are given feedback and a new writing

goal. It has been great to see you strive to achieve your new goal each week. Awesome effort Eve!

3CM Ella Berrigan Your written explanation showed a clear understanding

of the different body systems that make up living things. Well Done Ella!

Amelia Hokins I liked the way you used creative thinking when finalising

your story ‘Behind the Silver Door’. Well done Amelia! 3E Declan Garnham

You have an amazing positive attitude. Thank you for the way you answer up in class. Always share your thoughts and try your hardest. Well done Declan!

Olivia Pennisi I would like to congratulate you for the excellent

standard of bookwork you have presented this term. Your work is a pleasure to mark. Outstanding work, Olivia!

4C To Everyone Thank you everyone for making my time in 4C very

enjoyable! You are all great children and I have loved teaching you all again!

5K Darius Ramsamy Wise-Brritten Thank you for having a go with presenting a speech to

the class. You spoke with expression and projected your voice well. You have shown that when you apply yourself you gain success.

Marshall Hokins You are an amazing role model for your buddies. I

appreciate your mature approach to helping younger members of our school community.

5D Harper Ford You are an amazing Scientist in the making Harper.

Your love of ‘all things science’ is regularly shared with such passion. You are to be commended for your terrific scientific report assessment task, on an Australian desert animal -“The Barking Spider”. Awesome work. Well done!

Ava Cunningham For always using your time wisely during our research

and assessment time, and for your mature and sensible behaviour. You are a terrific role model Ava. What a super star!

6PN Jordan Windsor Your confidence to speak in front of an audience

continues to improve. This was evident during your Author Study oral presentation “Black Sunday”. You spoke fluently and gave insightful reasons for loving the book. We are super proud of you! Keep up the awesome effort!

Ben Schembri Congratulations on your successful circuit design. Not

only did you use your vast knowledge of circuits to make

a portable device of your own, you also helped another

student light their own bulb.

Ben Korneliussen You are to be commended for utilising your knowledge

of circuits and switches, to effectively produce a circuit,

which would light up a light bulb using limited materials.

Despite some challenges, you were able to overcome

these and help your peers along the way. Awesome

effort Ben!

Rory Barrie Wow! We were so impressed with your circuit design!

Your planning and perseverance, enabled you to design an effective torch that could be used in an emergency situation. Awesome effort!

6R Jack Hughes

It was wonderful to see you speak so confidently during

your Book Review Oral Presentation. The slides of your

PowerPoint complemented your information perfectly,

and you looked right at home speaking in front of an

audience.

Jack Davis

During our ‘Science and Design’ challenge to design,

create and evaluate your production of a reliable battery

powered light source using household materials, you

were met with some challenges – your initial plan wasn’t

working. Jack, you persevered, gave it some thought,

then modified your design by changing your choice of

materials, to create a light source that worked. A

wonderful achievement!

PE Award Declan Garnham

You have shown wonderful team spirit this week during

our PE lesson. You encouraged others and participated

100% in all of our games. Excellent effort Declan!

Sean McKenzie I loved your spirit during PE this week. Despite some

challenges you faced with the “basketball hoop”, you laughed it off and kept trying. I have never seen you have so much fun during PE! Good on you Sean!

Principals Award

Tarrin Blee For the persistence you displayed with your ‘Switch It On’ challenge developing a battery powered light source. You even worked on it during lunch time!

Lindsey Parsloe In recognition of the persistence you displayed with your

‘Switch It On’ challenge developing a battery powered light source. It was great to see your light bulb shine so brightly. Well Done!

The Arts Jacob Derdziak Thank you for working so hard in class and setting an

outstanding example of studentship to your peers. Your creativity and expression within your group is to be commended! Well done on working so well with our group while maintaining your own edge on your character!

Logan Atkinson Thank you for being so inclusive of your peers, and

noticing when someone needs help. Your empathy and leadership in this area, is admirable. Thank you for being a peace maker in a hurting world and for noticing when others are in need.

Sep 11 Rory Franklin 14 Vincent Bettinelli 17 Mileena Harriott

School Holidays Sep 21 Jai Jackson 22 Saige Sharpe 24 Cameron Barbour 25 Alice Cundell 25 Carter Cundell 25 Harrison Cundell 29 Brinley Smith 30 Lily Masters Oct 01 Rory Barrie 01 Olivia Pennisi

These children have been ‘Making Jesus Real’ at MacKillop.

Congratulations!

FETE NEWS

We will be commencing preparations for our 2018 Fete very soon. We are seeking volunteers for our Fete Committee. There are several positions to be filled within the committee. These are listed below; if you are interested please return the form below to the Office. Class Stall Co-ordinator -to co-ordinate all class coordinators and their associated stalls Catering Co-ordinator -to co-ordinate all Food Stalls that supply the majority of catering for the fete. (This does not include any food items sold at class stalls i.e. popcorn, ice cream, fairy floss) Entertainment/Ride Co-ordinator

-To source and coordinate any entertainment to perform during the fete. Rides are also included. Armbands receipts to be issued and help Bill’s Amusements during the fete. Cent Sale/Raffle Co-ordinator -To co-ordinate the cent sale and raffle

TERM 4 DATE CLAIMERS

Dates have been set for the following in Term 4: Disco – Friday 13

th October

Pizza Meal Day – Monday 6th

November Volunteers Lunch – Friday 17

th November

More details to come in following weeks. If you have any suggestions for the P & F, please fill out a suggestion form available in the office and pop it into the red box. Alternatively you can email your suggestions to secretarymackillop@gmail.com Remember to check out the MacKillop P & F page on the website where you can find our contact details and the latest meeting minutes.

MacKillop Catholic Primary School.

Have a Happy And Safe Holiday!

Mel, Paula, Kristy & Penny

THERE WILL BE NO TUCKSHOP ON FRIDAY15TH SEPTEMBER

TUCKSHOP ROSTER TERM 4

MacKillop is extremely fortunate to have a Tuckshop which operates twice a week during the school year. We sincerely thank our Tuckshop convenor, Jo Oliver, for the work she does each day to keep our Tuckshop running smoothly. We are also very grateful for the volunteers who give so generously of their time each week to assist in the Tuckshop. We are however, in need of more volunteers to help in this area. We are appealing to any parents or grandparents who may be able to assist in the Tuckshop on a weekly, fortnightly, monthly or term basis between 8:30am to approximately 12:00pm. Volunteering is a great way to ‘give back’ to the community, and we certainly need your help! If you are available to help in any way, please collect a Tuckshop Helpers form from the office. Any assistance would be greatly appreciated.

Yes! I would love to be on the 2018 Fete Committee.

Name __________________________________ Please indicate which Position best suits you.

Class Stall Co-ordinator

Catering Co-ordinator

Entertainment/Ride Co-ordinator

Cent Sale/Raffle Coordinator

NETBALL QUEENSLAND SCHOOL HOLIDAY NETBALL CLINICS

Netball Queensland school holiday netball clinics provide players with the opportunity to be coached by some of Netball Queensland’s leading coaches.

Spend the day with members of the Netball Queensland Elite Development Squad working on your netball skills and having a lot of fun!

$85 per person (plus receive a FREE Firebirds T-Shirt)

See below for a list of upcoming clinics:

Wednesday 20th

September – 9am-3pm

Mackay – Mackay Basketball Stadium, 107 Juliet St, Mackay South

WANDERERS FOOTBALL

ROAR CLINIC MINI ROOS

6 - 12 YEARS SEPT 2017

START DATE: September 14, 2017 END DATE: September 15, 2017 DURATION: 4:30 pm - 6:45 pm

CATEGORY: Holiday Clinics PRICE: A$75.00

VENUE / LOCATION

Wanderers Football Club Mackay Ben Nevis Street

Beaconsfield, Mackay Queensland 4740 AustraliaMap and

Directions

CONTACT PERSON

Contact: Rozanne Burley rap@brisbaneroar.com.au

Phone: 0448 136 986

CAPACITY

We are able to accommodate 75 children only for this clinic.

WHAT YOU WILL RECEIVE

Fun Football with our Roar Coaches and the Pauls Roar

Inflatable Fields

WHAT TO BRING

Runners, boots, shin pads, water bottle, healthy snacks/food

and a hat

ADDITIONAL INFORMATION

Registration 15 mins prior to clinic starting each day.

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