Week 6 Term 1

2018 – The Year Ahead!

Over the last few days the school has been

completing its annual goal setting for the 2018

year. To do this we draw on surveys, reviews

and feedback from previous year/s and plan for

where we want St Peter’s to be, regarding

teaching and learning, Catholic identity and

sustainability, in 5 years’ time and to plan the next steps. These three areas are aligned

with Brisbane Catholic Education focus areas for the wider community and schools.

Today I present an overview of school goals for 2018. A chance for input with these goals

will be given at the March P&F meeting and through an online forum (details in next week’s

newsletter).

Strong Catholic Identity goals covers two areas: Teaching and Learning of Religion and

Catholic Identity at St Peter’s – Our faith story in action.

This year the focus includes:

• Teaching and assessing of Religion – its effectiveness, student engagement and

data to inform learning

• Phase two of our 3-year cycle of embedding our vison into everyday action (a

community in learning and alignment to St Mary Mackillop)

• Social Justice focus “Never See a Need without doing something about it”

• Development, refinement and use of the scared spaces at St Peter’s (Mary

MacKillop Outdoor Education space, Nano Nagle Garden, St Peter’s entrance,

Labyrinth)

7 Mar – Swimming Carnival 5.15pm 8 Mar – School Open Day (Morning 9.00am-10.30am & Afternoon 4.30pm-6pm) 12-16 Mar – Prep to Yr 2 Swimming and ‘Well Being Week’ 19-22 Mar – Parent Teacher Interviews 20 Mar – Harmony Day 22 Mar – Gala Sports Day (Yrs 4-6) 26 Mar – Readers Cup (Yr6) 29 Mar – Holy Week Liturgy Last day of School

PRINCIPAL

Bronwyn Buckley

APA

Robert Campbell

ACTING APRE

Kathleen Crawford

PRIMARY LEARNING

LEADER

Jo Cridland

PARISH PRIEST

Fr Baiyi Gong

Teaching and Learning focus on growing engagement, progress and achievement and wellbeing for each

student.

This year the focus includes:

• Further improvement with Reading (P-2) and Writing (Yrs. 3-6)

through consistent and effective teaching strategies which includes

using data to targeted specific teaching for each student

• Providing differentiation in learning for each student

• Embedding school developed learning dispositions (with focus on

student ownership)

• Learning Intentions and success criteria (with focus on students

talking about their learning and their next learning steps)

• Continuing focus on student’s behaviours showing engagement in

learning through embedding best practice teaching of strategies

• Consistent school wide expectations on expected learning

behaviours

• Streamlining of processes and practices under student wellbeing

Sustainability focuses on people capacity, building and use of resources

to enhance learning.

This year the focus includes:

• Optimise the use of technology to support teaching, learning and collaboration

• Streamline and develop school IT processes

• Develop contemporary learning pedagogies (support literacy/numeracy development)

• Developing a three-year Information technology school plan

• Complete external review process

• Evaluate, define and build a professional learning community

• Ensure compliance and school processes are communicated and available

• Update and maintain all online school systems (School and Parent portal, website, social media, SRS, parent paperwork)

Big Projects for 2018 ➢ Open Learning Classroom Furniture for

Year 5 / Year 1

➢ Laptop Replacement Program

➢ Interactive TV's Prep and Year 1

➢ Creation of outdoor learning space

➢ Irrigation Oval

➢ Undercover Area Rear Admin Building

➢ Outdoor Learning Area

➢ Air Conditioning Upgrades

School Fees Urgent Reminder: School fees provide income to the school to meet the financial costs of

running the place – electricity, rates, water, wages for certain staff, excursions, and

consumables for classes and the like. Levy’s meet the costs of paying our school building

loans. Our budget allocations at the start of each year consider this income and help us plan

for possibilities and opportunities to plan a variety of educational outcomes. Failure to pay

school fees impacts the school on a variety of levels and it is a school expectation that on

enrolment that families meet the financial agreements met at this time. Thanks to the many

families that prioritise this commitment whether this be by setting up a direct debit or paying term by term by the due

date. For those that this bill has ‘slipped off the radar’ we ask that you attend to this promptly. Remember a new

direct debit form needs to be completed each year. I also wanted to remind you that if fees are a struggle in your

current situation that you talk to the school so we can support your individual circumstance.

Have you got an unwanted school jumper? A teaching colleague of mine has put out a

call to Brisbane schools for uniform support for kids at her school. She is working at Our Lady of the Sacred

Heart Thamarrurr Catholic School (OLSHTCS) located at Wadeye (Port Keats) about

400kms SW of Darwin. Wadeye is an Indigenous community of 2500 people who come

from 20 clan groups and make up 3 broad ceremonial groups across a broad geographical area

known as the Thamarrurr region.

Kerrie writes “I am in need of some help if possible!! I need some zip up school jumpers for my kids.

We do not have school jumpers and the kids are often cold (yes even when I am roasting!!). If your

school is able to help in any way could you please let me know? They do not have to be new but they

will need to be small...probably size 4 - 6. (maybe 8s)” If you can help please leave donations at the

school office before next Friday 9th March. St Peter’s will then send the jumpers away. Thanks for

those who can help with this action.

Reading Workshop (Prep & Year 1) – Tuesday 6 March For any parents or caregivers interested in learning some ways to help your Prep or Year 1 child on their reading

journey, we will be conducting a Reading Workshop on Tuesday 6 March at 2.30pm in the LOTE Room (Class above

After School Care).

Junior Choir A new choir for Years One, Two and Three is commencing this Monday, March 5th. Please come along to start the

week with some singing. The choir will meet at 8am in the music room. Anne Flood would love to find a parent

volunteer who enjoys singing to help support with voice leading for our young singers.

Swimming Carnival (Yr3-6) The St Peter’s Swimming Carnival is on Wednesday 7th March at Rochedale State School Pool in the evening (Years

3-6). All nominations must be submitted by this Friday 2nd March. Please see the links below for general

information and nominations. Swim Carnival Info Swim Carnival Nominations Form

Third Sunday of Lent

4th March 2018

Bayan, a 12 year old Syrian girl in Jordan, struggled to overcome the trauma of living in a conflict zone,

facing the prospect of missing out on school. With Caritas Australia’s support, Bayan is excelling in her

studies with ambitions to become an ophthalmologist.

Please donate to Project Compassion 2018 and help equip young people to succeed in the future,

providing just futures for others like Bayan. A Just Future starts with your support!

You can donate during Lent by returning your donations box to the school office or by visiting

www.caritas.org.au/projectcompassion.

Easter Capers: Easter Capers will be run at the Parish on

Friday afternoons from Friday 2 March. The total cost for

this is $5 per person or $10 per family for the whole

program, you don’t need to attend all four sessions. See

the below flyer for more information.

Student of the week

Award Winners – Week 5

Donations still needed! **Mothers Day Stall 2018**

Hello again, thank you for the donations we have

received so far. We still however have a long way to go.

For the stall to be a success we rely on lots (and lots) of

donations from the school community. We are asking

for donations of tea/coffee mugs, bath sponges/loofahs,

body washes, tea/coffee sachets, stationery (i.e.

notepads, pens), hand creams, nail polish, small

cosmetic purses. Please ensure the donations are NEW

and UNUSED. You can hand your donations into the

school office for collection.

Kind regards

Tracey D (4C&2B)

PA Xavier B

PB Emma G

PC Elena S

1A Jaques S, Rosaria U

1B Kobi R

1C Camden M

2A McKenzie G

2B Caden R

2C Luisa T

3A Paetyn D, Abbigail C

3B Zariah M

3C Eugene L, Peter K, Charlotte L

4A Avi C

4B Rena C, Jack W

4C Reid G, Ashleigh T

5A Jai O

5B

6A Keeta C

6B

Our school has implemented EdSmart to assist with communication between school and parents. EdSmart is an

online system that replaces all the paper forms we send home for you to complete and return.

The online system is extremely easy for parents to use. Instead of paper forms coming home in your child’s school

bag, you will be sent an email notification, with a link to click that opens a secure web page version of the form to

complete and submit. You can do this on your phone, tablet or computer. You do not need to download any apps

or register.

We believe this system is a much more efficient way to capture all this information from you, and means teachers

and the administration staff can easily keep track of who has returned their forms. All the data you submit in the

forms is held in a secure database and is only accessible to selected school staff. Please take some time to read

through the basic tutorial below.

Earlier this week we sent out our first electronic permission slip for

prep – 2 swimming lessons. Many families have already received

message in their inbox from a company called EdSmart, please follow

these basic steps to complete permission and medical forms. Upon

receiving a permission slip or medical information email you should see

our school logo on the message prompting you to follow a link to gain

access to the secure web document.

When you have gained access to the relevant form, fill out all fields and submit your response. Information regarding

the excursion can be found on this document. Attendance details are then passed on to the classroom teachers and

online records are kept.

Click The link to access

web form

Any current correspondence sent via

EdSmart can also be viewed on the Parent

Portal, to access these documents log into

your account and navigate to the

Permission Forms tab. Here you will be

able to view completed documents and

access incomplete forms.

Volunteer Student Protection Training: If you volunteer at St Peter’s don’t forget to

complete the compulsory online Student Protection Course. It takes about 30 mins to

complete. Once the training has been completed you will be asked to print out the

registration form, please complete and bring into the school office. Please note: This

training needs to be completed prior to any parent help this term.

CLICK HERE TO ACCESS COURSE

Message from TransLink - Tell us what you think about real-time info for bus services

In Term 3, 2017 TransLink commenced a trial of our real-time information system on selected school buses in Logan.

Since this time, you have been able to access all Clark’s Logan City Bus Service school bus timetable information in

real-time - which means you can see when your bus is stuck in traffic, or being held up for some reason.

We want to know what you think about the trial, to see if it is something we should roll out across South East

Queensland.

If you access real-time information for your school bus service, or would like to tell us what you think about this

initiative, please complete a feedback survey by Friday 9 March.

CLAIRVAUX MACKILLOP COLLEGE - COLLEGE TOUR DAY

Friday, 2nd March 2018: 9.00am – 11.00am

Presentation in the Auditorium followed by the College tour with our Student Leaders.

There is an opportunity to meet with our Principal and members of the Leadership Team.

Bookings recommended.

To book a space, please contact our Enrolment Secretary – ph. 3347 9223 or email: enrolments@cvxmck.edu.au

Easter Passion Play turns 60

The Iona Passion Play: 4 performances

only

Matineés: Sat Mar 24 & Sun Mar 25 at

2pm

Evening: Sat Mar 24 & Good Friday Mar

30 at 7pm

IPAC Theatre, Iona College, LINDUM

Tickets: Early Bird: $15-$19

At the Door: $20-$22

Children (5-14) $7

Children (under 5) Free on a lap

Group discounts available.

Bookings: online at

www.passionplay.org.au