Dear Parents and Carers

Fathers’ Day Breakfast

Sunday week sees the celebration of Fathers’ Day take place, and to celebrate Fathers’ Day at Sts Peter and Paul, we are holding a breakfast on the morning on Friday, August 30^th, at 7.45am. All fathers are invited to the breakfast. Coffee and pastries will be served, and children’s artwork will be displayed. My thanks to Katherine Jones and members of the Community Council for organising this event.

Sts P & P Trivia Night

On Friday September 13^th, at 6pm, our excellent Community Council has organised a Trivia Night for the parent body of Sts Peter and Paul. Parents are invited to make up tables of 10, with BYO nibbles and drinks. This is a parent only function and promises to be a great deal of fun. The school also has a teachers’ table to join the competition. I look forward to seeing you there on the night.

First Eucharist Presentation Mass

A reminder that there are Presentation Masses, this weekend, for students in Year 4 who are making their first Eucharist this year. Students are invited to attend either the 6pm Mass on Saturday night or the 9.30am Mass on Sunday. These Masses remind us that we part of something bigger than ourselves, and they also serve to ask for the blessings from the whole community, as our students undertake this step in faith in their sacramental journey. My thanks to Fr John and the parish for their great support, and to Sarah Walsh (our acting REC) and the Year 4 teachers for their equally steadfast and faithful support.

South Weston Regional Athletics

In other news, this Thursday sees a large contingent of students from Sts Peter and Paul attend the South Weston Regional Athletics Carnival, at the Woden Athletics Track and Field Park. Forty-two students are attending. My thanks to Luke Gubler for coordinating our involvement, and again, my thanks to Luke and to Noah Ryan for attending the carnival.

Squash Program

In further sports news, our Year 5 students began their Squash Program last week, and it continues this week, and the weeks to come. By all accounts, the students thoroughly enjoyed themselves and it was a great experience. Again, my thanks to Luke Gubler for coordinating the program.

Book Week

Next week, we celebrate Book Week. A reminder that students are invited to wear a book character costume on Thursday, August 29^th. A book week costume parade will take place at 9.15am, after morning assembly. All parents are invited to attend.

Siloam

This week, the Siloam program takes place for all principals in Catholic schools, across the archdiocese. I am away Thursday night and Friday at St Clément’s, Galong. Siloam takes place 3 times a year and is a program for principals that is designed to be a mini retreat. It is organised and run by Catholic Education. It is an invaluable experince and is highly valued across the archdiocese.

Have a wonderful week with your families.

Best wishes

Cameron Johns

Principal

Sacramental News: First Eucharist

As a community, we continue to pray for the students and families as they begin their preparation to receive the Body and Blood of Christ at the table of the Lord. Presentation masses for the students who are preparing for First Eucharist at on Saturday the 24th August at 6:00pm and Sunday 25th August at 9:30am at Holy Trinity Church in Curtin, All are welcome to celebrate the above students and their families.

Parents of Year 4 students will shortly receive a note via Compass informing you of the upcoming First Eucharist Retreat day at Holy Trinity Primary School on September 6th. Please note that this is a retreat for all students in Year 4, not just those who are preparing for the Sacrament of First Eucharist. 

Father’s Day

Sts Peter and Paul will be celebrating the fathers and father-figures in our community on Friday 30th August (next week). All are warmly invited to attend our Father’s Day Breakfast held by our Community Council and are invited to walk around our Playground Gallery to see the wonderful artworks created by all students. Year 3 students will lead us in a Father’s Day Prayer Celebration at 9:15am on this Friday. We hope that you are able to join us for this community event!

Gospel - John 6:60-69 

21st Sunday in Ordinary Time (Year B)

Many disciples desert JesusRELIGIOUS

For the last few weeks we have heard a number of readings from chapter 6 of the Gospel of John focusing on the teaching of Jesus that he is the Bread of Life, come down from heaven. This reading is the last in the sequence and shows the reaction to Jesus’ teaching. What Jesus has been saying in this discourse is incredibly confronting to his Jewish audience. Jesus asserts that he has come down from heaven – from the Father – and that through knowing him one can know the Father. Jews were the first people to have a concept of one God. This belief did not allow for any spouse or child of God, nor any personal manifestation. They struggled with what Jesus was saying because his claim to have come down from heaven could be seen as blasphemous. No wonder many of them walked away from Jesus and wanted nothing more to do with him!

Jesus gives an interesting response to them. He tells them that it is the spirit that is important, not his human flesh, and that the spirit is what he has been sharing with them through his words and actions. He is trying to say to these faithful Jews, don’t be hung up about the fact that I’m here in person, listen to my message as you’ve never heard it before. It is an interesting thought for our modern audience as well. How often do we fail to hear the message of Jesus because we are dismissive of the way in which it comes to us; the messenger; or the circumstances in which we hear it? The message is all the more confronting when it comes from an unlikely (or even un-likable) source. The message of Jesus is to be found in our everyday encounters with everyday people.

Adapted from Greg Sunter

Blessings for the week ahead,

Sarah Walsh

Religious Education Coordinator (Acting)

Dear Families and Friends of Sts Peter and Paul

Join us for a night of fun and friendly trivia at our TRIVIA NIGHT event on Friday the 13^th of  September!     

 The night will be a beautiful opportunity to get out, meet other parents and friends in our school community as well as a chance to win amazing prizes, raffle prizes as well as bid on some incredible silent auction items on the night.  The clever team who takes out first prize will share a $250 visa gift card and 2^nd place will get a $100 visa gift card thanks to our prize sponsor, Hayman Property.

This adults only night is open to teachers, parents, family and friends in our school community.  Your $15 ticket price includes a share platter of nibbles and you are invited to bring your own food and alcohol.

You are welcome to organise your own team up to 10 people per team. If you have arranged a team, can we please ask that one member of your team email the School Community Council at parentcouncilstpandp@gmail.com; with the names of those people on your team.  If you don’t have a team and would like to be allocated one, please select the option to be allocated to a team and select which grade level your child is in so that we can put you with others looking to form a team.

We have over $7000 in silent auction items donated to our school including; a $200 The RUC Dining Voucher, $200 Club voucher at the Woden Valley Gymnastics Club, 3 month family training pass at Canberra Martial Arts, $200 voucher at Canberra South Cross Club, 10 class pass at Dance Sculpt, 2 person escape room pass at Escape Rooms Canberra, 10 class pass at Canberra Yoga Space, 6 month membership at Fitstop and so much more so come along and get yourself an amazing item all kindly donated by local businesses.

Date: Friday, 13th September
Venue: The School Hall, Sts Peter & Paul, 59 Wisdom St, Garran
Time: 6:30pm start
Cost: $15 per person – tickets available on Qkr! 
BYO Drinks and Food

Ticket sales close 12pm, Wednesday 11^th September.

Don’t miss out on this fantastic opportunity to showcase your trivia skills and have some fun!

Thanks in advance for your support

School Community Council

HAPPY BIRTHDAY

to those students who are celebrating their birthday this week

Sriamshu K

Claire H

Awards will be presented at our morning assembly on Friday, 30 Aug at 9am.

Principal's Award: Vanessa B, 4M

Learning Support Awards:

Abigail J, 2M; Winter B, 2M; Harvey P, 2W; Eve R, 2W; Rafael Y, 1M

(please note that LS awards are given to any child in the school that the Classroom Support Assistants have noticed doing something wonderful): 

Get ready for Book Week Celebrations next Thursday, August 29th! Hooray!

The day promises to be filled with magic and excitement.

We'll kick off the day with the Book Week Parade, where the children can show off their costumes. Afterward, they'll enjoy some shared reading time. Following lunch and recess, the children will dive into two different craft activities.

It's going to be a fantastic day! Remember, costumes can be inspired by a book or tied to the theme of Magic.

We're excited for this magical day to arrive!

Until then... Keep reading!

Your Library Team

Amanda de Jongh & Michael Washington

Last week we did a lot of fun activities to celebrate National Science Week. In all of the classrooms there were different science activities. My favourite was the skittle experiment, where we poured water into the middle of a plate and then the skittles formed a beautiful rainbow. The Year 6 leaders had the privilege to explain the science behind the experiment. Let me tell you about the skittle experiment. The coloured sugar that is coating the skittles DISSOLVES into the water and spreads out due to a process called DIFFUSION.

It was really fun and everyone who conducted this experiment enjoyed it (especially because you could eat them afterwards).?

By Felix                                                  

Science day was really fun!

As Year Six leaders we got to lead and help out the younger students.

My favourite experiment was the blooming of the paper flowers with Mrs Birch. First we coloured in a paper flower with whatever colours we wanted.Then we folded them up and put them in water and voila, they bloomed before our eyes and the colours melted into the water, making pretty patterns.The science behind it is pretty simple. Paper is made up of fibres, when you fold them, they bend. When water is added the fibres straighten, making the flowers bloom.?

By Claire

My favourite experiment was the turmeric experiment. It was a unique experience but very creative and fun. The night before, Mrs Marsham painted plain pieces of paper with turmeric and water paste. The next day when the paper was dry, we all had a dish of dishwashing soap and another one with lemon juice. We were given a cuetip to dip one end in the dishwashing soap and then draw a picture on the turmeric paper, the turmeric that we drew on would turn red and would show us our drawing. We dipped the other end of the cuetip in the lemon juice and it erased our dish soap drawing, returning it to yellow like magic. Here is the science behind it: turmeric contains a chemical called curcumin, which remains yellow in an acidic or neutral solution, but turns red in a base. When you add turmeric into a basic solution (soap water, baking soda), it changes to a deep red colour. It was so cool.⭐️

By Gabriella 

At the end of the day we got to do a special science quiz arranged by Mr Johns (he put on really old music) and the best part was the ‘6ologists’ won the upper primary quiz award. 1 White won the lower primary quiz award. It was really fun seeing everyone enjoying themselves. Congratulations on everyone joining in (Mr Johns don’t forgot our super doopers).

Thanks for reading

Year 6 Students

Welcome back!

This week in the kitchen the children are learning about fruit. They designed their own fruit kebab in their workbooks. They did a great job.

In the garden we planted our bean seedlings. The children were brilliant, they cleared, planted and mulched so our seedlings can grow beautifully.

Garden Club is on every Friday at lunch time. Everybody is welcome.

The Garden Club

SPINACH FILO TRIANGLES

Ingredients

Bunch spinach, washed & chopped

1 apple, grated

500g ricotta cheese

1 egg, lightly beaten

1 lemon, zested

Pinch salt & pepper

8 sheets filo pastry

1/4 cup olive oil

Method

Preheat oven to 180 degrees, line oven trays with baking paper and set aside.

Bring a saucepan of water to the boil, add spinach and cook for 30 seconds. Drain and run under cold water, drain again.

Squeeze all moisture from both the spinach and the grated apple using paper towel and place in a bowl with the ricotta, egg and lemon rind. Mix well and season with salt and pepper.

Place 1 sheet of filo pastry on a clean chopping board and cover remaining filo with a damp towel to prevent it from drying out.

Cut sheet in three strips and brush with oil. Place a tablespoon of mixture in the corner and fold diagonally (making a triangle), place on prepared tray.

Continue with remaining filo strips, then repeat with other sheets.

Brush triangles with oil and bake for 20 minutes, until golden.

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.

WEEK6, TERM 3,  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  

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. 

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 opening hours and I will do my best to attend your needs.

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.

Lauretta Raccosta

Uniform Shop

Lauretta.raccosta@cg.catholic.edu.au