12th February, 2015 LENTEN PRAYER

Almighty and Everlasting God, You have given the human race

Jesus Christ our Saviour as a model of humility. He fulfilled Your Will by becoming Man

And giving His life on the Cross. Help us to bear witness to You

By following His example of suffering And make us worthy to share in His Resurrection.

We ask this through our Lord Jesus Christ, Your Son.

Amen.

Dear Parents A big thank you to the Millard family who cleared up the Prep Sand Pit over the weekend and to the Burton family for once again mowing the grass around the school and on the field. Our Year 6 Leadership Mass will be held at the church on Thursday, 26 February, 2014 at 2.00pm . Parents, family and friends are invited to attend the Mass and support our Year 6 stu-dents at the start of their Leadership Journey. Father Rod will be back from his holiday to cele-brate the Mass. The P & F urgently requires volunteers to help in the Chip Van at the show this Saturday. This is only a two hour shift at some stage during the day . The money raised at such an event pays for excursions such as the Zoo Trip and bus fares for students on the Canberra trip. All families benefit from the fundraising. If you are able to help, please contact Tanya Ruhle: Ph: 0422 803825.

Dr Justin Coulson, a positive psychology researcher will be visiting our Clifton Cluster of schools next week. He will be delivering presentations next Monday and Wednesday to students and parents. All parents are encouraged to attend the parent sessions in the evening at Clifton State High School. Our staff will be attending an in-service on Monday afternoon(16/02/15) and our Year 5/6 class will attend a session on Wednesday 18/02/15) Dr. Coulson earned a first class honours degree in Psychological Science from the University of QLD, before completing a PhD in psychology at the University of Wollongong. He is the author of several peer-reviewed journal articles and book chapters, and has written a number of popular books and e-books about parenting and happiness. Justin works with individuals, families, schools, and organisations to improve relationships, boost motivation and performance, and inspire happiness and wellbeing. His roster is printed later in the newsletter.

BEFORE & AFTER SCHOOL SUPERVISION

Supervision is provided from 8:30 am each morn-ing. Children arriving before this time are required to sit quietly until a teacher comes on duty. No children should be at school before 8.15 a.m. in the morning. After school supervision is provided until 3:30pm. Please contact the school if you are running late.

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P&F NEWS Calling all parents. Our P&F's major fundraiser for the year is ap-proaching at the - Felton Food Festival 'Super Sal-ad Stall'. We are looking for 12 generous parents to volun-teer for a 4 hr shift on the 12th of April 2015 from 10am to 2pm. The money raised from this will go towards minimizing costs for your child/children such as swimming lessons, zoo trip, bus trips, and with other expenses cropping up through out the year to name a few. We know it’s a while away but if you could pledge your support now for this major event it would be appreciated. Please contact Ann-Maree Bange by either email dabange77@bigpond.com or mb 0413127398.

CHIP VAN ROSTER Attached to this newsletter is the Chip Van Roster. There are still vacant times for Saturday that have not been filled: 12 – 2pm requires another person 5 – 7pm both Leanne and I are having to do a double shift to cover. If there is anyone that could help out it would be much appreciated. Tania Ruhle.

Dates To Remember February 2014 13th - CD Swimming Trials - Clifton 13-15th - Clifton Show 19th - SD Swimming Trials, Warwick 18th - Ash Wednesday 20th CD Tennis 20th - Meet & Greet ( 6 p.m.) 26th - Yr 6/7 Leadership Mass 2 p.m. March 2015 2nd - School Photos 4th - P & F Meeting - (6.30pm) All Welcome 5th - SD Tennis 6th - CD Netball - Allora CD Rugby League - Clifton CD Soccer - Clifton 19th - Toowoomba Show Holiday - School Closed 20th - SD Netball/Soccer/League 24/25th - Angela Ehmers Visit - Literacy Ex-pert. 27th - School X-Country Event 30-1 April Year 3/4 Parent Teacher Meetings April 2015 2nd- Term 1 Concludes - Easter Liturgy at 2.30 p.m.

Quote of the Week

Never, never, never give up.

Winston Churchill

God Bless,

Brett Pollard Principal

Tuckshop Roster: 13th Feb - Chrissy Peardon & Deena Joppich 20th Feb - Ann-Maree Bange & Belinda Naumann

This Week’s Mass Roster

Saturday 14th Feb 7p.m.

Welcoming: D Lyons

POF/OHP: P Tickner

Readers: L Lucas & J Pauli

Offertory: D & J Cleary

Eucharistic Ministers: D Lyons & B Pollard

Cleaning: P Imhoff, G Imhoff, J O’Leary, M Bowe

ASSUMPTION COLLEGE 2016

Assumption College is starting to organise en-rolments for Year 7 students starting 2016. If you are interested in sending your child to As-sumption College next year, please contact their office for enrolment packages.

Meet & Greet BBQ The P & F Meet and Greet BBQ will be held at the school on Friday, 20th February commencing at 6.00 pm. Class Teachers will start the evening with a short information session which will be followed by the P & F BBQ. We would encourage every family in the school community to attend.

MEET AND GREET REPLY For Catering purposes, please complete the slip to give us an idea of numbers for the Meet and Greet on Friday, 20th February. ..................................................................................................................................

RETURN SLIP:

....................................................... FAMILY NUMBER ATTENDING: ........................ Please return to school before Friday, 13th February 2014

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Dr JUSTIN COULSON PRESENTATIONS

Monday 16th

February (Clifton SHS)

Wednesday 18th

February (Clifton SS)

11am High school students (yrs. 9-10)

60 mins Deal or no deal (more than 80-100 in the group- need a greater teacher presence)

12:30pm

High school students (yrs. 11-12)

60 mins

Deal or no deal

2:00pm High school (yrs. 7-8) 60 mins Smart thinking

3:30pm

School staff PD session 60 mins

Creating an emotionally connected classroom

7:00pm

Parent session 60 mins

How to do it all without messing up your kids

7am Business alliance Break-fast . Jam Factory

60 mins Will the best me please stand up

9:15am Prep parents 60 mins

What Your Child Needs From You

11:15am

Primary school students (yrs.5- 6

40 mins Smart thinking

5:30pm

Staff and community ser-vices Allied professionals- teens, dealing with children coun-sellors, psychologists, so-cial workers, teachers, teacher aides

60 mins

Will the best me please stand up (Positive Psychology at work, in the classroom, and in life)

7:00pm

Parent session 60 mins

Tbc.

Little Athletics Award

Well done Lily !

TIME NAME TIME NAME TIME NAME

9 - 11am

Carmel Stace

Lyn Rickert 9 - 11am

Jenny Gillam

Belinda Newman

set up van

Tania Ruhle

Kerry McCarthy 11 - 1pm

Ann-Maree & Damien

Bange Clean up

Tania Ruhle

Kerry McCarthy

12 - 2pm

Angela Hanson

STILL VACANT

1 - 3pm

John Gilroy

Grace & Naomi

3 - 5pm

Angela Parry

Brad Giggins

4 - 6.30pm

Brett Pollard

Natalie Millard

5 - 7pm

Simone Gillam

Bec Keleher 5 - 7pm

Leanne Harrigan

Tania Ruhle

7pm - close

Lynelle & Jamie

Lyons 7pm - close

Leanne Harrigan

Tania Ruhle

Kerry McCarthy to

close

To comply with hygiene, all volunteers MUST wear head gear and closed in shoes of some sort whilst in the chip van.

Please bring a hat, cap or hair net with you for your shift.

Thanks everyone for volunteering their time on the Chip Van at the Show.

If you have any queries please call Tania Ruhle 0422803825 or Kerry McCarthy 46963269.

FRIDAY 13TH SATURDAY 14TH SUNDAY 15TH

CHIP VAN ROSTER 2015

Lessons with Mrs Tindall began this week. Year 5/6 discovered our online catalogue and learned how to add the URL to their favourites, and to jump from our catalogue to kid-friendly websites. The URL for our online catalogue is http://sfdssc.twbceo.cmeweb.libcode.com.au in Internet Explorer, and at stfdssc.twbceo.cmeweb.libcode.com.au/ in Chrome. It is worth adding to the favourites bar or folder on the home computer as typing in that URL is a time consuming often frustrating process! Year 3/ 4 were helped with technology for their show entries. They will be continuing this year from where we left off last year, learning about note making, then writing up the notes into sentences. Year 1/ 2 will share sto-ries and learn more about the collections. Prep will be focused on learning about the library and shar-ing stories.

Ash Wednesday Next Wednesday signifies the begin-ning of the Lenten season. Children from years 3 to 6 will be attending the Parish Mass at St James and St Johns’ Church at 9am with Father Don Murray presiding in Father Rod’s absence. All members of the community are welcome. Caritas’ Project Compassion will be spoken about in classes in the coming week and collection boxes will be coming home. Caritas, which means love, supports people all over the world to make a better life for themselves .