Dear Parents and Carers

“Preach the word of God wherever you go, even use words, if necessary.”

• St Francis of Assisi

St Francis’ words, which speak so powerfully to us 800 years after he died, speak to the authenticity and integrity present in a person’s life when their fundamental beliefs and values inform the way that he or she lives. Pope Paul VI said something similar when he said that, “Today’s world does not need more teachers, but people who give witness.” Paul VI didn’t literally mean that we do not teachers. Rather, in an age where we have no lack of information, we need people whose life and actions give witness – or provide a window – into the way that their faith in God animates their lives. That is far more powerful than the mere transmission of information.

Year 6 Confirmation

Last night, our Year 6 students and their families gave witness to their faith, when a number of children received the Sacrament of Confirmation, at the Parish of the Transfiguration, Curtin. Our students received the Sacrament with students from Holy Trinity, Curtin. It was a wonderful night and I would like to thank Katie McGregor, our Year 6 teacher, and Amanda Basedow, our Religious Education Coordinator, for the wonderful job they did in preparing our students. My thanks as well to all of families for their great support, especially the Winsbury family, for hosting Home Groups, as part of the preparation process. I would like to thank Monsignor John for his great support, and the staff of Holy Trinity for the collaborative spirit in which the program has been administered. The children confirmed last night were: Gabriella S, Ava G, Eliana B, Ariella J and Lucia M. Tonight, we have a second night of children making their Confirmation. The Archbishop is the primary celebrant and I thank the Archbishop for his support and presence. The Year 6 children being confirmed tonight are: Jack M, Isabel W and Finn B.

Reports and Parent Teacher

A reminder that next week, Parent/Teacher Interviews are taking place over 3 days: Monday, Tuesday and Wednesday. Parents are asked to book in a timeslot via Compass. Bookings will close at 3pm on Friday afternoon (21 June). Parent/Teacher interviews are important opportunities to speak with your child’s teacher about the progress he or she is making in class, and to celebrate achievements as well as address any concerns. Reports will be published via Compass on Monday of week 10: July 1^st.

Student Achievement

Isabel W, in Year 6, competed last week in the A.C.T. Cross Country Championships, and did amazingly well. Isabel came second in the whole of the A.C.T for her age group, and will now represent the A.C.T. and the National Championships in Darwin. Congratulations, Isabel! We are very proud of you.

Student Events

Yesterday, our Year 4 students returned from a 2-day camp at Warrambui, near Murrumbateman. The students had an excellent time. Staff at school, and at the camp centre, spoke very highly of the students’ engagement and colloboration – my congratulations to our whole Year 4 cohort. Well done! Adventures continue this week for our year 6 students.

On Friday, Year 6 are attending Treetops  https://treetopsadventure.com.au/location/act-canberra/ . Treetops is an adventure and leadership building venue, which focuses upon building the students’ resilience, colloboration skills and teamwork. My thanks to Luke Gubler and Katie McGregor for organising this visit.

Finally, Thursday next week sees our inaugural day trip to the snow, at Corrin Forest. We have a busload of Year 3 students attending Corrin Forest, under the watchful eye of Miss Mertz and Mrs. Mance. It promises to be a great day. My thanks to all staff involved. Early next term sees a cohort of Years 4, 5 & 6 students attend Corrin Forest, for a day.

Have a wonderful week with your families.

Best wishes 

Cameron Johns

Principal

Sacramental News 

Sacrament of Confirmation: Congratulations to our beautiful Year 6 students who made their Sacrament of Confirmation last night with Monsignor John Woods at Holy Trinity Church. We are so proud of you. Congratulations in advance for tonight’s Year 6 students making their Sacrament with Archbishop Christopher Prowse. 

The Sacrament of Confirmation completes Baptism, by which in the laying on of hands and the anointing with Chrism Oil, the candidates are confirmed with the fullness of the Holy Spirit.

Please join us for our Sts Peter and Paul Feast Day Mass- Save the date

On the last day of term, Friday 5th July, we will be celebrating the Feast Day of Sts Peter and Paul. 

Friends and family are warmly invited to join us at 9:15am as we celebrate Mass as a whole school.

In the afternoon, the students will be participating in a range of fun, whole school activities.

Mrs Raccosta is organising a special lunch (at no cost to families) on the day, which includes a hot dog and treat. If your child/ren has special dietary requirements, could you kindly email Mrs Raccosta (lauretta.racosta@cg.catholic.edu.au) as soon as possible.

Vinnies Winter Appeal- Save the date! 

As our final Vinnies Winter Appeal, we're having a hot chocolate morning on Friday of Week 10. Bring a gold coin donation to get a delicious cup of hot chocolate and raise money for those in need.

HAPPY BIRTHDAY

to those students who are celebrating their birthday this week

Delilah F

Ryan G

Ayverie C

At Sts Peter and Paul, we are all SainTS - Succeeding Together Safely.

This term we are unpacking our behaviour expectation of Succeeding.

 

Succeeding means trying your best, having courage, and embracing challenges.

SWPB Fortnight Focus Weeks 7-8

Try Your Best 

Our focus for the next fortnight is -  Try Your Best. This fortnight at school we are seeing multiple examples of our students trying their best. Our Kindergarten students are remembering that mistakes are okay and we can learn from them, while our Year 5 students are actively seeking feedback in all learning areas. We are seeing lots of smiles on our students' faces after they have tried their best and made progress with their learning.

Please take note of your child or children’s library days. Kinder- Year 4 must have a Library Bag to borrow books to take home. 

Mondays- 2M, KW & Library Admin

Tuesdays- 3M, 3W, 1W, KM

Wednesdays- 4M, 4W, 5W, 2W

Thursdays- 5M, 6W, 1M & Library Admin 

The Library is open at Lunchtimes (after eating time) on Mondays, Wednesdays and Thursdays for children to come and read, draw or play quietly.  

Please return any overdue books- there are many that need to come back so other students can borrow them! 

Happy reading!

Amanda Basedow 

Teacher Librarian

This week some of our Year Six students made their Confirmation at Holy Trinity Church. We had a lot  of preparation, learning in our home group as well as learning at Holy Trinity on our retreat day. On the retreat day we learned about what we were going to do at the mass. Some of the saints that were chosen were, Saint Angela of Merici, Saint Elizabeth of Hungary, Saint Rose of Lima and Saint Christoper. A few kids from Holy Trinity and Saint Paul and Paul got to do the readings at the mass. Preparing was so much fun with many different ways of learning by games at Holy Trinity and having our own time to research our saint in class. We had so much fun learning the ways of our chosen saints. During this process we also had many gatherings with other families and friends, learning about their saints and how their life story impacted or inspired them. At Mass we got a silent blessing when Father John put his hands on our head and said a silent prayer. We felt excited and a bit nervous but in the end we were all proud to be a part of our Catholic community.

By: Ariella and Lucia

Year 6 students

The kitchen was busy last week cooking with the potatoes from our very own garden – they made chocolate muffins. They were fun to make and the children practiced using the ½ cup and 1 cup measurements. The children loved that there was a secret ingredient called potato.

In Garden Club we had more potatoes to harvest and a garden bed to weed, in order to plant some more winter vegetables next week - onions and leeks.

Garden Club is on every Friday lunch time after the eating bell. Email katherine.birch@cg.catholic.edu.au if you have any questions.

The Garden Club

Kitchen Garden stall

 It’s back!!

 Our very own kitchen garden will have a small stall set up outside the hall before assembly this Thursday, 20 June. It will be open from 1:50pm. Any donation will buy you a bag of potatoes or bunch of rosemary. 

All donations go back to buy plants for our school garden.

 See you there!

 The Garden Club

with Mrs Birch and Mrs Moore

PIZZA TWISTS

Ingredients

2 sheets of frozen puff pastry, thawed

1/4 cup tomato sauce

1 cup grated tasty cheese

1/4 cup milk

Method

Preheat oven to 200 degrees, line a baking tray with paper and set aside.

Spread tomato sauce over 1 sheet of pastry and sprinkle with cheese.

Place the remaining sheet on top and roll lightly with a rolling pin to seal pastry sheets together.

Brush the top with milk and cut into 16 strips, then cut each strip in half to make 32 strips.

Twist each strip a few times by holding each end with clean fingrs and turning in opposite ways.

Place twists on prepared trays and cook for 10-15 minutes or until golden.

Note: Other ingredients can be added, just make sure each strip can still be easily twisted.

THE CANTEEN IS CASHLESS FOR ALL LUNCH ORDERS

Families are required to place ALL lunch orders via Qkr! before 8.45am

Please purchase over-the-counter sale items (snacks & treats) for your child in a lunch order.

Purchase a “daily counter sales voucher” via Qkr! for your child to go to the canteen to collect items at lunchtime.

WEEK 9,  CANTEEN VOLUNTEER ROSTER

Thank you, helpers; your assistance is very much appreciated!

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

Are you able to help in the canteen?

 TERM 3 Canteen Roster OUT NOW

Parent/carer helpers are most welcome in the Canteen.

A lending hand is always required and very much appreciated. Helping in the Canteen is a great opportunity to meet new people and make a valuable contribution to the school.  No doubt your child/ren will get a buzz from seeing you at the school.

  So 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

 Or click on the link below to add your selected time to the roster.

Please ensure you have your WWVP card.

https://stpandp.schoolzineplus.com/Term3Roster

Qkr! TIP

 Is your child sick and not going to school, and you have placed a lunch order on Qkr!?

 You have till 8.45am that morning to cancel the lunch order - instructions on how to cancel lunch orders are below.

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.  

 

Next Tuesday 8.30am -9.30am

 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, and we need to clear the space.

Please note, the uniform shop is unable to accept donations now.  We will advise once we will accept donations again.

 Please visit the schools website for the Uniform price list.

Lauretta Raccosta

Uniform Shop

Lauretta.raccosta@cg.catholic.edu.au