“What each of us loves shows in the heart. Our best words come from the heart to reach others in a heart-to-heart conversation. In the heart there stirs the basic passion for existence and belonging, for to live humanely is to have a heart.”

Fr Tony Kelly, The Sacred Heart Revisited

Dear Parents and Carers

Last night, I had the good fortune to be present at the Sacrament of Confirmation at the Parish of the Transfiguration (Curtin), which saw a large number of children from our Year 6 class, and the Year 6 students at Holy Trinity Primary School, make their Confirmation. In his homily, Monsignor John Woods spoke about the current G7 World Leaders summit, in England. In his homily (and again in last week’s Parish Bulletin), Fr John said that, “The aim [of the summit] reflects the call of Pope Francis to build the future, not just to prepare for it. The former is about a shared commitment, the latter focuses on self-interest.”

Last night, the children who received the Sacrament of Confirmation took a step towards this journey to create the future and I am very proud of them. The best future possible, to borrow the metaphor quoted above, will only come about if we live humanely, from a heart that is moulded by being in a relationship with Jesus. Our best selves, and therefore the best future possible, will come from such a relationship. The children confirmed last night were Emily S, Aaron, Josie, Gill, Matthew, William, Lucy, Stella and Cedric. Tonight, we continue the celebration, with the following children making their Confirmation: Zarrie, Greta, Emily B, Sarah, Kira, Ciara, Ben, Tom, Michael, Eva, Marly, Henry, Oscar, Nick, Patrice, Kate, Andrea and Hannah. My thanks to Paul Jenkins, Sarah Kennelly and Fron Garrett-Rumba, for their excellent work in preparing the children. My thanks too, to Monsignor John Woods and all parents for their support, faith and encouragement.

School Photos

A reminder that this week, we are holding our school photos. All students are to wear their full winter uniform, not their sports uniform. Class photos will be taken outside (weather permitting), with individual photos taken inside.

My Body My Life

Next week, Catholic Care will be running an information session called ‘My Body, My Life’ for boys and girls in Years 5 and 6. ‘My Body, My Life’ addresses changes the body goes through during adolescence.

Sts Peter and Paul Feast Day

Friday week – the last day of the school term – is our annual feast day. It is a day of celebration for the school. All students will attend Mass in the morning at the Sts Peter and Paul Church next to the school. We will then have a sausage sizzle at lunch, and the final session of the day will see the children in an activity group, run by one of the teachers in the school. It is always a great deal of fun and a particularly enjoyable way to finish the school term. My thanks to Fron Garrett-Rumba, our Religious Education Coordinator, for all of her work in coordinating the day.

Have a wonderful week with your families.

Best wishes

Cameron Johns

Principal

School photo day is this Friday, 18^th June.  All students are to wear their full winter uniform on Friday. 

Photo order forms for online ordering were distributed to the students last week.   These forms do not need to be handed back.  If you have misplaced your envelope, please contact the office and a new envelope and shoot key will be supplied.

Family/Sibling Order Forms are available for collection from the front office.  A discount applies for families with 3 or more children, after purchasing individual packs for EACH child a siblings presentation pack of your choice will be free.

Mk 4:35-41
This week’s passage includes one of the great nature miracles of Jesus – the calming of the storm. Some scripture scholars suggest that this story is a construction by the gospel writer to speak directly to the community for whom this gospel was written. The community of the gospel of Mark were consumed with doubt and surrounded by evidence of the world as they knew it falling apart. They were living the metaphor captured in the story: a boat adrift on the sea in the midst of an almighty storm. The cry of the disciples was the cry of the Christian community: ‘Master, do you not care?’ They felt that God did not care about the turmoil that surrounded them. The gospel writer reassures them that God does care about their struggle.

The experience of the disciples as their boat was tossed about the sea by the powerful storm may sound like a familiar situation. At times in life we may feel that we have lost control of our situation and we are being blown from one ‘disaster’ to the next. At such times, we may find ourselves asking the question that the disciples asked of Jesus, ‘Master, do you not care?’ Jesus’ reply to the disciples suggests that had they been calm and trusted in the slow work of God then they would have made it through the storm unharmed.

Adapted from Greg Sunter

Confirmation

We congratulate our Year 6 students who received the Sacrament of Confirmation last night and for those who will receive it tonight. It was a prayerful experience and we are very proud of the reverence and excitement the candidates displayed. May our Year 6 students be strengthened by the Holy Spirit to take action and share their gifts with others. 

Congratulations

Cedric, Zarrie, Greta, Emily S, Aaron, Kira, Josie, Ben, Oscar, Eva, Marly, Gill, Tom, Matthew, Henry, Lucy, Sarah, Michael, Nicholas, Patrice, Kate, William, Emily B, Stella, Andrea, Ciara and Hannah.

 20/06/2021  12^th Sunday in Ordinary Time
https://www.prayingwithchildren.org/h3m32bebr.html

Praying with Children is an online resource that is designed for families with children to use at home.

It includes an extract from the Sunday gospel, along with some reflection questions, family activities and a short video to watch.

Blessings,

Fron Garrett

Religious Education Coordinator (Acting)

The Parish Pastoral Council have arranged for guest speaker Alan Tongue, man of Christian faith, former Canberra Raiders player (2000 – 2011) and captain, creator of innovative programmes for teenagers and now NRL Ambassador to give a presentation on Wednesday, 23^rd June at the Parish Centre, Curtin commencing at 7.30 p.m.   Refreshments will be served.  All welcome.  Please notify the Parish Office if you are attending ph:  6281 3999.

DATES TO REMEMBER

HAPPY BIRTHDAY

to those students celebrating their birthday this week.

Isabella T

Lachlan A

Emma I

Roxie M

Principal's Award: Ola A, 3/4M

Dr Cameron Stelzer visit 

We have some wonderful new additions to the Library! Argh! All of the classes are getting very excited for our Author and Illustrator visit next week- Dr Cameron Stelzer, The Story Doctor. https://drcameron.com.au/index.html

On Thursday 24 June, we have a special visit from Author and Illustrator Dr Cameron Stelzer. Dr Cameron is visiting Sts Peter and Paul Primary School to run workshops with our K-6 students. K-2 students will enjoy an interactive Big Screen Book Reading and follow-along drawing activity with Cameron. Year 3-6 students will engage in a workshop exploring the combination of words and visual elements. Students and teachers are looking forward to a great day!

In conjunction with the Author Visit, Sts Peter and Paul PS families have a special opportunity to purchase signed and personalised copies of Cameron’s books at special prices. Individual books are $15 each and there are also exclusive book sets available. Students will receive an order form on the day of the workshops. Forms and payment can be returned the following morning, Friday 25 June, to the Office

Overdue Library Books

Do you have Library books at home? We have a lot of overdue Library books that are missing! I would be very grateful if you could have a check at home to see if you have any Library books that need to be returned.

Chief Minister’s Reading Challenge 

Congratulations to Year 1 White who are the first class to have sucessfully completed the CMRC! They have read over 30 books in Term 1 & 2 and I thank Miss Wales for her support with helping the students to achieve this goal!. Lots of other classes are close and many individual students from Year 3-6 have also completed the challenge. Check out our Champions bookcase - a celebration of the wonderful readers we have here at Sts Peter and Paul’s! The challenge will continue until Friday 6th August so there is still plenty of time. Students who complete the challenge will receive an award from the Chief Minister’s Office towards the end of Term 3. 

Please contact amanda.basedow@cg.catholic.edu.au if you have any questions regarding the Library or borrowing.

Keep reading!

Mrs Basedow

South/Weston Region Athletics Carnival

The South/Weston Region Athletics Carnival is being help on Wednesday 18^th August. Students who are turning 8 and over this year may be considered for representative selection. Information in relation to students who have qualified for this carnival and parents/spectators attending the regional carnival will be shared with you when it becomes available to us.

Volleyball Clinics

All students in Years 3-6 will be participating in Volleyball clinics every Wednesday for the remainder of this term. One of our coaches is Mikaela Stevens, from the Australian Women’s Volleyball Team. We hope that all the students enjoy learning some new skills.

School Sport ACT Calendar

If you ever have any questions about anything related to Sport, please don’t hesitate to get in touch mary.desmet@cg.catholic.edu.au Hopefully I’ll be able to help you out!

CANTEEN IS CASHLESS

Families can make contactless payments via Qkr!

 Purchase over-the-counter sale items (snacks & treats) for your child/children in a lunch order via Qkr!

or

  you can purchase a “daily counter sales voucher” via Qkr! for your child/children to go to the canteen to collect something at lunchtime.

Please contact me if you are unable to help out on your day.

Thank you.

 Are you able to help out in the canteen?

 If you have any spare time and would like to help out in the canteen, PLEASE feel free to contact me through email at lauretta.raccosta@cg.catholic.edu.au

 Term 2 canteen roster available now

Click on the link below to add your selected time to the roster.

Please ensure you have your WWVP card.

https://stpandp.schoolzineplus.com/CanteenRosterTerm2

 THE CANTEEN WILL BE CHANGING TO WOODEN CUTLERY, we can use up our plastic cutlery until we run out.

Alternatively, children can bring their own cutlery from home. 

Please select on Qkr! If you would like the canteen to provide cutlery in your child/ren’s lunch order.

If not, we will be assuming that they are bringing cutlery from home.

Lauretta Raccosta,

Canteen

Lauretta.Raccosta@cg.catholic.au

OPEN TUESDAY MORNINGS

8.30 – 9.30AM

 The Uniform Shop is a service for the parents and children.  We sell New & Quality Second-hand school clothing, and all money raised goes back to the school to provide resources for the children.

 You can place an order via Qkr! Order on Tuesday, Wednesday, Thursday or Friday and the item/s will be delivered to your child’s classroom. Orders need to be placed before 8.45am.

Please see SZapp for the Winter Uniform price list.

 It is usual practice for most schools to offer second-hand clothing at the uniform shop to families at a discounted price. Quality second-hand clothing can only be purchased during uniform hours.  We do understand that this may not be convenient for some families so please feel free to send me an email if you are unable to get to the uniform shop during its hours and I will do my best to attend your needs.

 The uniform shop is limited with space, so as a guide, clothes should only be donated if washed and in perfect resalable order.

Please give any used second-hand uniform to Mrs R in the canteen, Thank you.

Next Tuesday 8.30am - 9.30am

All second hand clothing

HALF PRICE!!!

Lauretta Raccosta

Uniform Shop

Lauretta.raccosta@cg.catholic.edu.au

Garden Club, Food Science and the Curriculum

It was cold last week in garden club but we had a very productive time. Our garden club crew got their hands dirty and weeded, cleaned out some garden beds and watered.

We had a visitor to our garden while we were busy, so we all stopped and made sure our resident magpie had food and water. It sang it's appreciation to us!!

We also made sure our nets were in place as our crops are growing and the lemon tree is full.

If you would like any information about garden club, food science and the curriculum please email Katherine.birch@cg.catholic.edu.au.

QUICK LEMON RISOTTO

Ingredients

125 g unsalted butter

2 onions, peeled & diced

2 celery sticks, diced

2 lemons, juiced

4 cups boiled rice

1.5 litres stock

2 Tbs chopped parsley

Method

Heat butter in a large saucepan over low heat, then add onion and celery and cook until soft.

Add the cooked rice and half the stock and stir until liquid thickens.

Add remaining liquid and lemon juice and, again, stir until liquid thickens.

Take off the heat, stir in parsley and serve.

Our Year 6 students can tell you all how much fun B.Firm is!

Become a Ninja Warrior at B.FIRM

Take your pick of Canberra’s best adventure training activities for kids aged four to 17! These school holidays, health and wellbeing business B.FIRM is offering a range of kids’ programs, giving them an opportunity to play hard at Canberra’s only Obstacle Adventure Park.

Approaching health and wellbeing through the lens of holistic health, the Kids Firm philosophy is bedded in teaching and building on individual and community health and wellbeing knowledge by creating impactful programs and using encouragement and positive influence as tools for change.

Watch your kid become a Ninja with the Ninja Warrior, Spartan and Obstacle programs, where they can battle their friends, or book them into a PT session where they can train with one of Australia’s premier trainers, Lee Campbell. Bookings are essential for guaranteed fun and fitness. 

• T:0418 225 525
• E:info@bfirm.com.au
• W:com.au | bfirm.com.au

School Sport ACT (SSACT)

Please follow this link www.schoolsportact.org.au to access all information related to School Sport ACT. The current primary school sporting calendar can be found on this page. Please ensure that you visit this page regularly as dates sometimes change due to unforeseen circumstances.

SSACT Trials

The process for registering your child for an ACT sport trial can be found below. If you need any assistance registering your child, don’t hesitate to get in touch and we will hopefully be able to help you out. If you find that there are any steps missing within this process, please let me know at your earliest convenience.

SSACT Registration Process

School Sport ACT now collects all registration information online – this is to prevent the movement to and fro of a paper note and have all information readily available to officials prior to the trial. As this process incurs a fee for data storage, system maintenance and admin, a small fee payment via credit card will be required.

How to register a Student with School Sport ACT.

1. Go to the School Sport ACT website schoolsportact.org.au
2. Go to Register (top right corner of the homepage) and create an account.
3. After completion, check your registered email to verify your account. (Always check your spam folder in case you didn't immediately receive the verification email).
4. After verifying your account, Log In (top right hand corner of the homepage) using your registered email and password.
5. You’ll be presented with your Parent Dashboard. From there you can start the process of registering a Student into a Trial.
6. Click the green Add Student
7. Complete all of the information required for your Student (e.g. Medical Details, Sport, Playing History, Preferred Position, School etc.) and save the information. (If your child is already in the system, please ensure that your child’s school is up to date in your profile.)
8. Click on the trial information box and then click on the register to trial link.
9. Make the small credit card payment. After payment your Principal/School Approver will receive an email for their approval to trial.

You will be able to see the process has been complete back in My Profile – once your Principal/School Approver has completed the approval process your child’s information will be collated onto a list for the Team Manager and Coach prior to trial.