Newsletter Term 2 Week 10

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Important Dates!

Wednesday 26th June - End of Semester Showcase Concert

Monday 24th June - Farewell Liturgy for Father Joseph. 2:30pm in Unitas - all welcome

Tuesday 25th June - 6T excursion to Fort Lytton

Wednesday 26th June - 6K and 6L Excursion to Fort Lytton

Friday 28 June - Last Day of Term 2

Monday 15th July - School Resumes - Term 3

Tuesday 23rd July - Interschool Sports - Year 5 & 6

Friday 26th July - Trivia Night Friday 23rd August - Snug As A Bug Night

From The Principal

Fr Joseph

Yesterday we gathered as a school community to thank Fr Joseph for his support and pastoral care of our

parish and school over the past four years. On behalf of the St Rita ’s school community I thank Fr Joseph

for his support of all that we have done and are doing here at school. We wish him well for his move and

will keep him in our prayers always. Fr Joseph takes up his new position at St Edward ’s from Thursday and we will have Fr Lado as our new priest from next weekend.

Mrs Garrad

This week we say goodbye to Mrs Samantha Garrad and wish her and her husband, Chis all the very best

for the birth of their third child. We pray for a safe delivery for Samantha and her baby and look forward to hearing about the arrival soon.

Ms Dannielle Garland will take over from Mrs Garrad and will teach 2L from Semester 2, I am sure you will join me in welcoming Dannielle to St Rtia’s next term.

First Communion

On Sunday we had many of our Yr 4 students receive their First Communion, Congratulations to

Alex A, Victoria A, Ethan H, Amy S, Madeline K, Lauren H, Grace C, Christian B, Lachlan H, Anna L, Billy

N, James I, Caitlin I, Alexia K, Isabelle K, Kate K, Emily K, Cooper P, Natalia B, Alistair T, Eloise K, Joshua T, Caitlin L

We wish you all the very best and will pray that God’s love and strength will be with you always.

St Rita’s Touch Footy

Congratulations to our St Rita’s Touch Footy players who were part of this seasons teams.

They played so well and demonstrated fantastic sportsmanship in every game and were great ambassadors of our school mission to Know More, Do More and Be More.

Congratulations to the U12 Boys team who played in the Division B Grand Final last Friday night. I am

happy to say these boys won in a nail biting 4:3 final score. From all reports it was an exciting match and well done!

Thank you to our St Rita’s teams Coaches - parents Stuart Goldston and Adam Baker. Without your support we would not be able to have teams compete.

Well done and congratulations again.

Best wishes to you and your family for a lovely holiday, one I hope that is filled with opportunities to enjoy family time together.

Carolyn

From The APA

Greetings Parents and Carers

Reporting Process – Parent-Teacher Interviews

Thank you to those parents who were able to participate in our Parent-Teacher Interviews over the past

two weeks. Our thanks also to our teachers for making themselves available to parents during this

period. Tomorrow (Wednesday 26/06), parents should have access to their children ’s written Student

Progress Reports for Semester 1, 2019. Our aim is to have the reports successfully uploaded to the Parent

Portal today, with the intention of opening parent access to them by 3pm tomorrow. We will also upload

the Cohort Reports, which offer a summary of the assessments across each year level. We will advise parents via email if that timeframe changes for any reason.

Thank You

Thank you to all our families for what has been another busy and sometimes challenging term, but one

that has been both enjoyable and very productive. I wish you all a safe and refreshing holiday period and

look forward to another positive term I Term 3. Take care.

Regards,

Brian Mason APA

Gotcha News

Well done to this week's Gotcha award winners – Indy in 1L and Josie in 4L. Their photo will be on our Learning Enhancement Blog

Music News

Music News

Just a reminder that our end of semester ‘Music Showcase’ will be this Wednesday night (26th June) in

the Unitas, starting at 6.30pm to 7.30pm. Students will need to be seated in the Unitas at 6.15pm. Please make sure you bring something warm!

Tea and coffee will be available on the night.

If students have not yet returned their form for the concert, could students please return it to the office,

or to myself. Choir students will also need to wear choir shirts. Junior Choir will need to bring a shower

cap for Splish Splash, and if possible, could students bring their shower caps to Tuesday morning rehearsal. Should be a great concert!

Choir will resume in Week 1 of Term 3. This will be an important rehearsal for both choir’s as we will be rehearsing with Mr Peter Crane in preparation for Redland’s Eisteddfod and QCMF.

Thank you for your support of the arts this term, and have a great break.

Musical Joke of the Week

Q – Why are pirates such good singers?

A - Because they can hit the high C’s.

Paul Tyrrell

Arts Teacher

Sports News

Bayside Catholic Inter School Sport

On the Tuesday the 18th of June St Rita’s was involved in the Bayside Catholic Inter School Carnivals. We

had approximately 140 students from Grades 5 and 6 who represented our school in either soccer,

netball or touch.

All students can hold their heads high as they not only represented our school with their exceptional behaviour and school spirit, the teams all performed extremely well.

I would like to say big thank you to all the administration, leadership, teaching staff and school officers for all their help and support to help make this day a great success for our students.

Next Inter School Sports Day is on Tuesday July 23 where we will again be playing Football (soccer),

netball and touch. Friday training sessions will continue into next term.

Mario Collavino

H.P.E Specialist

Australian Maths Competition

Reminder to families to register for the Australian Mathematics Competition by the end of term. Forms

can be printed or collected from the office. Payment of $6.50 is due with enrolment of your child. This

money and the attached consent form to participate needs to be returned to school by the end of Term 2 (Friday June 28).

School-based maths competitions don’t get much bigger than this—with more than 15 million entries

since 1978 and students in more than 30 countries attempting the same problems each year.

At the Primary level, the school-based competition is open to entrants in years 3–6. They are asked to

solve 30 problems in 60 minutes. The problems get more challenging as the competition progresses, so

students of all abilities will be challenged and inspired. Students can practise online tests at any time

through the Australian Maths Trust website.

ICAS Assessment

ICAS is an assessment that allows students to challenge themselves and be recognised for their

academic efforts. The assessment is now online (except for Year 3 and 4 Writing, which is still a paper

assessment). Assessments for registered students will be supervised in school hours and s itting dates will commence in Term 3. Learn more by visiting unsw.global/icas

If you would like your child to participate in any of the assessments, you can visit the new online Parent

Payment System to register your child and make a direct payment to UNSW Global. Online payment will

close on 31 July 2019. To register simply type unsw.global/parentpay into a web browser. You will then

require the schools access code to register and make payment for the assessment. St Rita’s access code is: 89d955faee

Please note that you can leave the Student ID field blank in the registration process. Please find below a

list of available assessments, year levels, sitting dates and prices. If you would like any further information, please contact Lisa Tuohey ltuohey@bne.catholic.edu.au

Resource News

Woolworths Earn & Learn 2019

Thank you to everyone in our St Rita's school community for supporting the Earn and Learn program this

year. The stickers have been rolling in every day, and creating great competitiveness between classes. So far 72,000 stickers have been collected.

As of the printing deadline for this newsletter, we are pleased to announce that 6T have won the Pizza lunch prize for the most stickers. (This will take place on Wednesday/tomorrow!) Congratulations!

Not far behind them were 4K, 2K, 1T and 1K. Well done to you all!

You can continue to send in any extra stickers until Thursday, when we need to submit our points to

Woolworths so that we can redeem all the points for Maths and Science equipment for our school.

Thanks again St Rita's.

Tuckshop News

Thank you again to our wonderful volunteers. The Tuckshop could not provide our variety of menu

choices without our generous volunteers.

This weeks roster is as follows. There are a few empty spaces. Any help would be appreciated

Thursday 27th June

Terri Comerford

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2ND Break

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Friday 28th June

Felicity Dunn

Maggie Helmn

2ND Break

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Please see attached is the Roster for Term 3. Again any help would be appreciated!

Have a wonderful break and see you in Term 3.

E. renee.schafer@bne.catholic.edu.au

Renee

Uniform Shop

DUE TO UNFORSEEN CIRCUMSTANCES, THE UNIFORM SHOP IS CLOSED THIS WEEK. WE WILL SEE YOU

AGAIN IN TERM 3.

CURRENT HOURS

Thursday 8.00 to 10.00am

Friday 8.00 to 10.00am

NEW TRADING DAYS- EFFECTIVE TERM 3

Please note change in Uniform Shop Trading Days. Starting Term 3, the Uniform Shop is going to be

open on Tuesday and Thursdays - same hours.

Year 6 Leadership Shirts

Any student that has stitching coming undone , please feel free to return your shirt to the office to have

it repaired by the manufacturer as they have offered to re - stitch hems and seams. Note to have your shirt repaired, may take up to 3 working weeks.

End Of Term Lost Property

Friendly reminder for parents, carers and students to come in to the office and check lost property.

There is an ever increasing amount of jackets and drink bottles unclaimed.

Signing in Late / Leaving Early - New Process

Parents and Carers signing in students late or leaving early from school are to now use the Student Entry at the office. This door is where the sick bay and lost property are located.

2019 Student Health Care Plans

A reminder to parents with children who have medical conditions, please ensure that we have an up to date Health Care Plan from your GP. Please contact the office if you have any queries regarding this.

SPN News

The St Rita's Trivia Night is on again in the Unitas on Friday 26th July 2019.

We are seeking donations for prizes for individual and group games. Items could be wine, chocolates

and. If you can donate an item, please leave it with Linda or Belinda in the office. Thank you, all

donations gratefully appreciated. Entry form and information are attached.

News From The Parish

1 - Confirmation Information Night for Students in Years 3, Year 4 or Older.

Please remember to update your contact information HERE. Log on to

the mobile device friendly BCE Connect App using these instructions.

Major Sponsor for our 2017 SPRINGFEST

Banker of the Week

Congratulations to Trinity B PL, you are the lucky winner of a bonus $2 deposited into your account

today! As we have come to the end of Semester 1, those students that banked at least 14 weeks were

rewarded on Assembly this week with a Certificate and a $10 Cineplex Movie Gift Card! Here are the lucky winners:

Congratulations -

Paige C, Grace C, Kelton C, Audrey D, Preston D, Sienna E, Caitlin I, James I, Eloise K, Toby K, Emily K, Kate

K, Isabelle K Lucy-Lily P, Lucas R, Isabella R, Amy S, Lacy S, Phoenix T, Olive T, Layla T, Evie R, Jamie L, Trinity B

For those of you who are interested in opening a St Rita’s School Banking Account, you can call us direct

on 3383 6700, email victoria.point@boq.com.au or pop in and see us at Victoria Point Shopping

Centre. We would love to see you and help get you on the road to saving saving saving!! Have a safe holiday from BOQ Victoria Point Team.

BOQ Victoria Point

Phone: 3207 6133

Email: victoria.point@boq.com.au

Mon to Thurs 9.30am – 4.30pm

Fri 9.30am – 5pm

Saturday 9.00am – 12pm

Have a great week and happy saving from BOQ Victoria Point!

Transdev Changes to Bus Timetables - Term 3

Please see attached some important information regarding time table changes effective Term 3.

This information has been emailed previously to all parents and carers at St Rita's.

For more information please visit www.transdevbrisbane.com.au/bus/schools.

OSHC

Other Information

2 - NDIS Redland City Drop In Session

3 - Kindilan Holiday Day Camp

4 - BCE Connect Information

5 - Writers Festival

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