Dear Parents and Carers

Sporting News

Last week, students from Sts Peter and Paul participated in the South Weston Cross Country Carnival. Several our students did very well and are now competimg in the ACT Championships, including both Alice in Years 3/4 and Ava in Year 6, who both won their age division at the regional competition last week. My thanks to Cathy Shepherd, who joined me last week at the South Weston competition and assisted in looking after the students. Last week we also held our Athletics Carnival. All grades participated and we also had many parent helpers, which was wonderful to see. My thanks to Sarah Kennelly for organising our carnival so beautifully.

Sacrament of Confirmation

Many of our students in Year 6 are currently preparing for the Sacrament of Confirmation. Last week, our students participated, with their parents, in the creation of their stole, which they will wear at their Confirmation. This Friday, all Year 6 students will participate in a retreat day, which will be held at the parish centre at Curtin. The children who are receiving the Sacrament will do so next Tuesday and Wednesday evening, at the Parish of the Transfiguration, Curtin. My thanks to Fr John Woods, our Parish Priest; our Year 6 teachers, Luke Gubler and Sarah Kennelly; and to our Religious Education Coordinator, Stephanie Burns, for their wonderful job in preparing the students. Thanks need to be given to our parents, for it is on their faith that we build. Thank you to the mums and dads of our students receiving the sacrament.

Pupil Free Day – Beginning of Term 3

A reminder that at the beginning of Term 3, Catholic Education has granted all Catholic schools a pupil free day, the purpose of which is to continue to develop Catholic Education’s Catalyst program. Students resume Term 3 on Tuesday, July 19^th.

Merici College Dance Troupe

This Thursday, students from Merici College are presenting several dances to our all students, K – 6. It is both a welcome sign that school life is returning to a sense of normal functioning, post-COVID, and it provides a welcome opportunity for schools to share and showcase their talents.

Reports and Parent-Teacher Conversations

A reminder that our school reports will be published on Compass on Wednesday in Week 10. Reports this semester will include comments from our teachers. If you would like a parent-teacher conversation with your child’s teacher, or teachers, please contact them directly via email and arrange a time for a meeting.

Have a wonderful week with your families.

Best wishes

Cameron Johns

Principal

This year at Sts Peter and Paul, we are all called to ‘Let Your Light Shine”

Confirmation – Year 6

As you would be aware from previous newsletters, the Sacrament of Confirmation will be celebrated in our Parish this term. This Sacrament is for children in our parish who are in Year 6.

Presentation Masses were held on June 4 & 5 at Holy Trinity Church, Curtin. It was a wonderful opportunity to come together as a parish and celebrate the important step forward in the faith journey of these young people.

This Friday (17^th June), there will be a Retreat Day, held at Holy Trinity School for all Year 6 students. A permission note has gone home via Compass, and I will send home a paper copy today (to be returned tomorrow), for those who have not given permission yet.

The Sacrament will be celebrated in the Parish of the Transfiguration, North Woden, on Tuesday 21 June 2022 at 6pm and Wednesday 22 June at 6pm. 

St Vincent de Paul Winter Appeal

The Vinnies Winter Appeal is upon us! The Vinnies Winter Appeal is all about providing emergency relief to those at risk of/or experiencing homelessness. All donations are distributed through St Vinnies to many homelessness and community services to directly support those in our local community who are most impacted.

Your family can be of assistance by donating the following items (in new or very good condition) between now and Wednesday of Week 10 (29th June)

• Gloves
• Socks
• Jackets
• Beanies
• Blankets
• Sleeping Bags

Thank you to all the families who have donated already, your generosity is appreciated.

The Most Holy Body and Blood of Christ, Year C

The feast of the Body and Blood of Christ celebrates the central celebration of Christianity – the Eucharist. All three readings relate to this Eucharistic theme. In the second reading, we have the first written account of the Last Supper and what came to be seen as Jesus instigating the Eucharist. Paul’s account, written well before the gospels, was entrenched in the tradition by the time the gospels of Matthew, Mark and Luke echoed these words of Jesus at the Last Supper. Of course, it is these same words that are spoken by the priest at the consecration in the Eucharistic Prayer each Mass. The words used today are the very same words that have been used in the Church for two millennia.

Rather than a gospel account of the Last Supper to celebrate the feast of the Body and Blood of Christ, we are presented with what is widely regarded as another ‘eucharistic’ story from the gospel of Luke. The feeding of the five thousand with five loaves and two fish is regarded as a eucharistic story because it was a clear example of God’s presence in a miraculous meal. All of the meal stories in the gospel of Luke are instructive for the audience. Whenever the gospel writer refers to a meal, the meal is used to teach about the reign of God. The gospel writer uses meals to demonstrate who is welcome in the reign of God. Like in today’s gospel, the author of Luke’s gospel was keen to show that the reign of God is available to anyone who wishes to be a part of it. The reign of God is inclusive and welcoming; no one will be turned away.

(Reflection by Greg Sunter)

Blessings for the week ahead,

Stephanie Burns

Religious Education Coordinator

HAPPY BIRTHDAY

to those students who are celebrating their birthday this week

Yash K

Freyja S

Cruz A

Lauren M

Millie G

Ryan G

Chief Minister’s Reading Challenge

We have some wonderful readers at Sts Peter and Paul!! 

A massive well done to Year 1 Maroon- who have read over 30 books together and completed the challenge! 

Just a reminder that Kinder-Year 2 classes are completing the challenge as a whole class- while Years 3-6 are completing the challenge individually. 

Remember to return your overdue Library books!

Please have a look around home to find any overdue Library books so that they can be returned to the Library. Reminder notices for overdue notices will be sent home towards the end of the term. 

Please contact amanda.basedow@cg.catholic.edu.au if you have any questions regarding the Library or borrowing. Hopefully all books that were ordered through the book fair have been delivered to your children- should there be any issues please email me.

Keep reading and thank you again!

Mrs Basedow

A very big congratulations to the students who participated in the ACT Cross Country Championships this morning. We are very proud of you!

This week in the kitchen and garden Year 1, Kinder and Garden Club were busy.

Year 1 learnt how to weed garden beds in preparation for the seedlings to be planted. They discovered that the weeds will compete with their plants andt herefore need to be removed.

Year 1 and Kinder had fun in the kitchen learning about how all 5 food groups can be included in one recipe and that each meal should include something from each group. This will make them GO, GLOW and GROW. Cracking eggs was also as fun as ever!!

The Garden Club spent Friday lunch time harvesting potatoes and lemons. Some students were then asked to juice the lemons. We must be doing something right and looking after the trees as the lemons are HUGE!!!

For more information about the Kitchen Garden Program email Mrs Katie Birch Katherine.birch@cg.catholic.edu.au

The Garden Club

THE CANTEEN IS CASHLESS

Families are required to make all canteen payments via Qkr!

There will be no over-the-counter sales at lunch time at this stage. 

All over-the-counter sale items (snacks & treats) must be ordered in your child’s lunch order via Qkr! which will be delivered to them at lunch time.

CANTEEN VOLUNTEER ROSTER

Thank you helpers; your assistance is very much appreciated

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

 Are you able to help out in the canteen in TERM2?

 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.

https://stpandp.schoolzineplus.com/canteenrosterterm2.

 All volunteers must have a WWVP card.

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.

The School Uniform is available via Qkr!
Tuesdays - Fridays, orders will be delivered to your child’s classroom. Orders need to be placed before 8.45 am. 

 The Uniform shop is stocked up with second hand uniform, please visit on a Tuesday morning to purchase second hand uniform.

The uniform shop is limited with space, so if you wish to donate pre-loved items, PLEASE ONLY DONATE CLOTHES

that are washed and in perfect resalable order.

Please DO NOT DONATE old white sports tops.  Thank you

Please visit the schools website for the Winter Uniform price list.

Lauretta Raccosta

Uniform Shop

Lauretta.raccosta@cg.catholic.edu.au

This year the Raiders Maccas Masterclass is back for the school holidays with a full day of fun activities for all rugby league lovers, or anyone looking to get active these school holidays and try a new sport for those aged 5-12 years.

Date: Tuesday 5^th July 2022

Age Group: 5-12 years

Registration Time: 8:30am

Day Concludes: 3:30pm

Location: 14 Torrens Street, Braddon, ACT, 2612

Cost: $90 (+ Eventbrite fee)

Link to register: https://www.eventbrite.com.au/e/maccas-masterclass-holiday-clinic-2022-registration-350060800277?aff=NRL

The Robogals Canberra team is holding our annual Science and Engineering Day (SED) on campus at ANU for primary and high school aged students on Saturday 18th June 10-2pm. We would love to have some of your local students or children of your colleagues attend the event! The event is directed for students ages 5-15. We will be holding 4 different workshops which are:

1. Biology
2. Science Experiments
3. EV3 Robogals 
4. Arduino Heart Rate Monitor

Each workshop will be 1h 15min in length with a short 30min break in-between the 2 workshops. 

SIGN UP HERE FOR FREE: https://www.eventbrite.com.au/e/the-australian-national-university-science-and-engineering-day-2022-tickets-341821265607 

Looking for something fun to do this school holidays? 

Softball ACT are running a Teeball Camp for kids aged 4 - 9 years old, that is perfect for everyone and can be tailored to suit all skill levels.

The Camp will be held on Wednesday 6th of July, from 09:00am to 3:30pm at Hawker International Softball Centre.

Cost is $60. Please click here to register: https://www.act.softball.org.au/events/145576/

If you have any questions, please email georgia.duffy@softball.org.au