Dear Parents

School Banking

There will be no school banking in Week 10. School banking will resume in Week 1 of Term 3.

Coat Hangers for Uniform Shop

The Uniform Shop is in need of any spare plastic or wire coat hangers. If you have any surplus hangers could you drop them off at the Front Office. 

Year 6 Expression of Learning 

On Thursday 24 June the Year 6 will be displaying their learning through dance and drama. Please keep the evening free for this special presentation.  

Absentees

Please make sure all absences are accounted for with a note via Compass, an email to the office or a written note. The class roll is an official electronic document and must reflect why a child is not at school. Parents can check via the Compass Parent Portal. Reminder notes have been sent home.

Please register with the Compass Parent Portal if you have not already done so. Please ensure your email address is correct for registration to go through. If you are having difficulties with registering please contact the Front Office. Reports will be distributed via the Compass Parent Portal so please register. 

Continue to stay COVID safe and may God's blessing be with everyone.

Principal  

Sacramental Program 2021

The Sacrament of Confirmation will be celebrated during Term 3 on the following dates:

• Tuesday 7 September in St Michael’s Church
• Wednesday 8 September in St Monica’s Church
• Thursday 9 September in St Monica’s Church

Registration for the Sacrament of Confirmation

Registration must be made via the Our Lady of Perpetual Help Qkr! App.
Registrations open on 22 June 2021 and will close by 9 August 2021.
No further registration will be accepted after the closing date.

The parent information session is scheduled for 22 July (additional information will be provided in coming weeks).

The Sacrament of Reconciliation will be celebrated during Term 4.

For further information please contact the Sacramental Program coordinator at sc.belconnennorth@cg.org.au or the parish website at www.cg.org.au/belconnennorth

Change of Time for Saturday Vigil Mass - St Monica's Evatt

Commencing 5 June the time for the Saturday Vigil Mass at St Monica's will change from 6.00pm to 5.00pm for a trial period during the cold winter months. The time change will be reviewed at the end of winter. From 5 June the sacrament of Reconciliation will be available from 3.30pm - 4.30pm to accord with the change of Mass time.

Thank you to all the students who entered our St Monica’s Way Writing Competition. Congratulations to the winners from each grade. We have many talented writers in our school which made the judging quite difficult.

Prizes will be awarded to the following students on Friday Week 10 at our Pride Badge Assembly at 2:20pm in the courtyard.

Kinder – Zoe P

Year 1 – Polly D

Year 2 – Ruby S

Year 3 – Cooper D

Year 4 – Arabella A

Year 5 – Sarah D-H

Year 6 – Anica P

Certificates will be awarded to all students who entered for their fantastic effort.

Week 9 Maths Questions

Please see below the maths questions for this week. Well done to Vsevelod in 5EM for answering last weeks question correctly. Please email your responses to Mr Matchett- ryan.matchett@cg.catholic.edu.au. 

K-2

Follow the following link for this weeks question. https://www.transum.org/software/SW/Starter_of_the_day/starter_June3.asp

3-6

Follow the following link for this weeks question.https://www.transum.org/software/SW/Starter_of_the_day/starter_June6.asp

Daily Review

As part of the Catholic Education Catalyst Project, we have several teachers participating in professional learning aimed at developing High Impact Teaching Practices. As part of this learning, several classes are trailing Daily Review in Mathematics.  This process focuses on 20 minutes of reviewing core concepts in maths from across all areas of the curriculum to consolidate key understandings. Teachers have been doing this for about a term and teachers and students are really engaging in this process and see the benefits that it has for student learning. Here is what students and teachers in our community feel: 

Miss Battye- Students have been able to recall essential number facts quickly and apply them to other tasks in their learning

KB students- we like counting and practising writing our numbers each day

Joel (5EM)- it is a fun and engaging way to learn maths and practice my skills

Emi (5MM)- I like it because Mr Matchett always challenges us in what we know and what we need to improve on

Mrs Brown- the repetition and recall of number concepts daily has allowed students to improve their maths skills and work confidently when solving problems. 

1BH- we enjoy counting backwards and forwards, showing Mrs Brown our learning and learning about new areas of maths

Mrs Stonham- It is great that students get to practise concepts daily and it is transferring into other activities and assessments

Aiden (4SG)- we learn new things and it is fun to practise my maths skills 

Charlie (4SG)- It is good because we revise all the things we have learnt in class so we do not forget it

ACT Cross Country

Congratulations to Milla F, Charlie D, Mitchell B, Ater A, Finn D and Aiden S who competed at the ACT Cross Country Carnival today at Stromlo Running Track. We will share results in next weeks newsletter. 

Athletics Carnival Ribbons

A reminder that Athletics Carnival Ribbons will be handed out this Friday 18 June from 2:30pm in the Courtyard. Parents are welcome to attend. 

Belconnen Athletics

Please see below a full list of students who have qualified for the Belconnen Region Athletics Carnival on Friday 20 August (Week 6) at the AIS. 

Nicholas P, Cooper D, Charlie D, Lily H, Sienna R, Karlin O, Nikolas H, Nellie R, Sophie A, Paddy K, Ater A, Abigail N, April A-C, Charlie G, Joseph J, Bastijan P, Brock S, Xavier M, Jaryd S, Will Mc, Finn D, Bailey S, Samantha S, Leila W, Aiden S, Annabelle F, Madison R, Luca S, Ethan G, Sophie P, Luciarna G, Milla F, Arabella A, Laura R, Annalene L, Alissa H, Violet P, Amelia H, Bella P, Jessica Mc, Lachlan F, Emmett J, Amelia W, Naomi D, Vsevelod K, Fletcher B, Jye L, Amour A, Alessandro A, Mya L, Sophie C, Jade W and Antonia H.

Permission notes for this carnival will be handed out early next term. A reminder that as the host school for this event we will need parent assistance on the day. Please keep the day free if you can. 

If you love dogs the National Centre for Australian Children's Literature Exhibition Titled "Dog Tales” is for you.

It is an exhibition of 35 original artworks by much-loved children’s book creators Alison Lester, Bob Graham and Ann James.  It includes sketches, initial ideas and information about the creators. 

The exhibition is on until 23 June 2021 at the Mura Gadi Gallery, the Library, Building 8, University of Canberra, Mon-Fri 10.30am-4.30pm. 

National Centre for Australian Children’s Literature

Overdue Library Books

This week overdue library book notices have been emailed to parents.  If you have received an email could you send the books back to school before the end of term.  If there is an issue with a book could you send me an email. 

Thank you for your assistance.

Vinnies Winter Appeal 2021!

Thank you to those families who have brought in donations already!

We are collecting brand new winter warmers for families in our community.

This year we are particularly looking for:

• Blankets
• Large jackets 
• Large Jumpers
• Warm gloves and socks
• Sleeping bags

Don’t forget that your donations will help make a difference to those in our Canberra community this winter!

Thank you for your support - Year 6 Social Justice

Happy Birthday to the following students  celebrating a Birthday this week 

Sarah D-H, Yianni K, Isabelle J, Milla F, Aiden S, Leonardo S, Christian M, Lauren F

Thank you so much to last week's awesome volunteers, some of whom came in at very short notice - Sarah Clark, Katherine O'Sullivan, Rach Pentes, Angalea Turnbull, Chris Regan, Michelle Bowman, Jane Rabbets, Esme Rolleston, Simone Hogan and Katrina Ciampa. On Friday we had just under 230 lunch orders.  I could not deliver this volume of food without these wonderful people. Everyone works hard, has great fun and makes wonderful connections with other parents. Plus the kids really love to see someone they love through the canteen window. I am always looking for new people to join in the fun and keep our canteen operating so if you ever have even just an hour or two to spare please consider sharing your time with us.

Volunteer opportunities for "Canteen Volunteers - Term 2 2021" are still open.

Please click on the following web link (or copy it into your web browser if clicking doesn't work) to go to the signup sheet:

volunteersignup.org/XF84H

In other exciting news we will soon have Juice Bomb 6 packs available from the canteen just in time for the school holidays.  Keep an eye out for the notice of when these will be available (via Qkr! only) and further information on cost and pick up arrangements. 

Special thanks to the Pilatic family for their kind donation of cutlery.

Thanks for supporting our school canteen.

Reminder all families: 

Catholic Education COVID-19 Website - Click to open web updates

If you have any ideas or concerns please email them through to our Secretary Noel Chan at council.stmonicas@cg.catholic.edu.au