Dear Parents and Carers

Last Wednesday evening and Thursday I attended Siloam, a mini-retreat held once a term for all principals in the Archdiocese. The term ‘Siloam’ comes from a passage in theGospel where Jesus heals a man born blind. Part of his healing involves washing his eyes in the pool of Siloam. The pool can still be found in the city of Jerusalem. The scripture passage speaks to the healing we all need in our lives. In the case of principals, as leaders of school communities, it speaks to the need to occasionally address needs so that we may return to our school communities with a clearer vision. They are always invaluable experiences.

School Disco

Last Friday night, we held out first school disco since 2019. It was a great success, despite the sudden loss of power, which took place with 15 minutes left of the senior disco. The loss of power also affected parts of Hughes and Garran. While the abrupt ending of the disco was less than ideal, the success of the disco was clearly apparent. Our DJ, parent ‘Jungle Jerry’, did an amazing job – my thanks to Jerry for his wonderful work. The whole disco was possible only through the excellent efforts and organisation of the Community Council and Sean Rutledge. My thanks to all concerned for giving our students a wonderful experience. The school is looking to make up the disco to our senior students.

PSSA Cross Country & Athletics Carnival

Today, the PSSA Cross Country Carnival was held for the Woden region. We had some 55 students attend the carnival, which was held at Stromlo Forest. My thanks to Mary de Smet for organising our attendance and to Maryanne Armstrong and Cathy Shepherd for attending with the students. This Friday, Sts Peter and Paul is holding its Athletics Carnival, at Woden Park Athletics Track. It will be a great day and much fun. Again, my thanks to Mary de Smet for organising the carnival and for all of her work. Parent helpers are needed. If you are able to volunteer any time, please contact the front office via the school email: office.stpandp@cg.catholic.edu.au

Confirmation Retreat Day and Presentation Masses

This Thursday, our students in Year 6 will be joining their fellow Year 6 students and staff from Holy Trinity at the Parish of the Transfiguration Confirmation Retreat Day. My thanks to Fron Garrett-Rumba, Paul Jenkins and Sarah Kennelly for their excellent work in preparing the day. The retreat day will be an invaluable step in the children’s preparation for the Sacrament of Confirmation. This weekend, students who are receiving the Sacrament are asked to attend one of the Presentation Masses, over the weekend. It is a reminder that our school (and that of Holy Trinity, Curtin) are part of a Catholic community that is bigger than any one school.

Reports and Parent Teacher Interviews

A reminder that parent/teacher interviews are being held in Week 9, on Tuesday, Wednesday and Thursday, with Thursday being a late evening. I encourage all parents to make a time via Compass to see their child’s teacher/teachers. This week, an email will go home via Compass with details about how to book a time. Reports will be delivered home on Wednesday of Week 10, via Compass. As has been written earlier, this Semester there will be no comments on the report. CE, not the school, has made this decision. The reason for the decision is that the compass platform does not have the capability, yet, to deliver comments. My understanding is that this being rectified, for a possible return of comments in Semester 2.

Tell Them from Me

Finally, a reminder for parents to complete the school’s annual survey, ‘Tell them from me’. A link to the survey can be found here:

My thanks in advance for your participation. Your feedback is important and will help us form our annual and strategic plans.

Have a wonderful week with your families.

Best wishes

Cameron Johns

Principal

Gospel Reflection- The Body and Blood of Christ

Mk 14:12-16, 22-26

The words of the gospel passage in which Jesus takes bread and wine and blesses them will be familiar. They are the words used at the consecration of the bread and wine during the Mass. The words and actions of Jesus at the Last Supper are regarded as instituting the celebration of the Eucharist. Jesus took an act that was familiar to the Passover meal and gave it a new meaning and a new significance for his followers. What had been a memory of escape from slavery in Egypt became an ongoing reminder of Christ’s continued presence in the Eucharist and in the Eucharistic community.

Adapted from Greg Sunter

Parish Mass

Everyone in our community is warmly invited to Mass at Holy Triinity, Curtin this Sunday at 9:30am. At this Mass, as our Confirmation Candidates will be presented to the Parish Community. We ask that you please keep our Year 6 students in your thoughts and prayers.

Upcoming Confirmation Events

This Thursday all Year 6 students will attend a retreat day at Holy Trinity Primary School to learn about the Sacrament of Confirmation and strengthen our connection as two schools within the same Parish. Over the weekend, our Confirmation Candidates will be presented to the Parish Community at Mass.

A schedule of Confirmation Events is below

https://www.prayingwithchildren.org/b02y81loj.html

06/06/2021  Body and Blood of Christ

 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)

DATES TO REMEMBER

HAPPY BIRTHDAY

to those students celebrating their birthday this week.

Isabella T

Lachlan A

Emma I

Roxie M

Principal's Award: Ben Scanlan

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

Tom S, 6W; Edie R, 5W, George W, 1W

South/Weston Region Cross Country Carnival Today!!! Wednesday 2^nd June
at Stromlo Forest Park, Opperman Avenue, Stromlo.

Congratulations to all of our students who participated in this event today.

SAINTS PETER AND PAUL ATHLETICS CARNIVAL HELPERS

THANK YOU SO MUCH TO ALL OF THE PARENTS WHO HAVE LET ME KNOW THAT THEY CAN HELP OUT AT OUR CARNIVAL THIS FRIDAY. IF YOU ARE ABLE TO HELP AND HAVEN’T YET HAD THE OPPORTUNITY TO LET ME KNOW, WE’D STILL LOVE TO HEAR FROM YOU. COULD YOU PLEASE EMAIL
MARYANNE ARMSTRONG (Maryanne.Armstrong@cg.catholic.edu.au) AND
CAMERON JOHNS (Cameron.Johns@cg.catholic.edu.au) IF YOU WOULD LIKE TO BE A TIMEKEEPER, MARSHAL OR LONG JUMP, SHOT PUT OR K-2 NOVELTIES ASSISTANT? IF YOU COULD PLEASE INCLUDE YOUR WWVP NUMBER AND EXPIRY DATE IN THE EMAIL WE WOULD BE MOST APPRECIATIVE. ALL PARENT VOLUNTEERS WILL BE MEETING AT WODEN PARK ATHLETICS TRACK AT APPROXIMATELY 9AM.

Saints Peter and Paul Athletics Carnival Information

Sts Peter and Paul’s Athletics Carnival will be held this Friday 4^th June, 2021 (Term Two, Week 7) at Woden Park Athletics Track, Cnr Yamba Drive and Kitchener Street, Phillip ACT.

All students will be leaving school at 9:10am and travelling by foot to Woden Park Athletics Track. Students in Kindergarten and Year 1 will be returning to school at 11:30am. All other students will return to school at 2:30pm. (Please note that these are approximate times.) As this is considered a local area excursion, permission notes are not required for children to participate.

Please find information below in relation to the different track and field events that your child/ren will be participating in on the day. A rough program of events will be uploaded to the newsletter when it has been finalised.

Discus and High Jump will not be run on the day. If you would like your child to compete in these events at the South Weston Region Athletics Carnival, please provide their distances/heights from a certified discus or high jump coach or official (e.g. a Little Athletics Centre representative.)

Due to current COVID restrictions, we kindly ask all parents attending the carnival in any capacity to use the Saints Peter and Paul Check in Canberra App QR code on the day, which will be located near the covered seating area (sign in and out sheets will also be found here if you do not have a smartphone) and observe the 1.5m social distancing measures currently in place.

On the day, children may wear a house colour t-shirt instead of their school sport shirt if they would like. If you’re not sure what your child’s house colour is, please ask their teacher. The houses and colours they represent are; Red – Cooyal, Yellow – Bangalong, Green – Iraga and Blue – Talara.

Children will need to apply sunscreen before coming to school and will also need to bring their hat, any food that they would like to eat and school bag with them to Woden Park Athletics Track. If your child/ren would like to make posters and bring mascots to support their house, they are most welcome to. However, we kindly ask that no crepe paper, streamers or glitter be used when creating these.

Mrs Raccosta will be offering a special lunch on this day, so watch out for more information in relation to this. Unfortunately, there will be no over the counter canteen sales on the day.

Holding this carnival enables us to select students to represent our school at the South/Weston Region Athletics Carnival on Wednesday 18^th August. Students who are turning 8 and over this year may be considered for representative selection. Information in relation to parents/spectators attending the regional carnival will be shared with you when it becomes available to us.

We’re looking forward to an amazing day of fun together. 

Saints Peter and Paul Athletics Carnival Program of Events

Please find the proposed program of events on the day below. Please note these times are a guide only and may be changed on the day as we juggle the timing of different events.

 Lunch Pick Up

10:50 Kinder and Year 1 (after 3^rd novelty event)

11am Year 2 (after their last novelty events)

11:15 Year 6 (after their 200m race)

11:30 Year 5 (after their 200m race and long jump)

11:40 Years 3/4 (after their 200m races and shot put)

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.

ACT Futsal Primary School Day

Good luck to the Year 6 team who will be participating in this event next Monday 7^th June. Thank you so much to the parents who have coordinated the organisation of this team.

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.

CANTEEN ROSTER - WEEK 8

Thank you helpers; your assistance is very much appreciated!

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

Special Lunch Day

Wednesday 9 June

WEDNESDAY 9 JUNE the school will be holding its next special lunch day! 

 Children will be able to order a bowl of pasta, drink and a treat for $6.00. Garlic bread for an extra 50c

 Gluten free option is available.

Order on Qkr!

ORDERS CLOSE 9AM THIS THURSDAY 3 JUNE!

Gluten free options are available.

No counter sales or other lunch orders will be available on that day.

Friday 4 June

A REMINDER that the Canteen facilities WILL NOT be available at Woden Park however students will receive a set lunch menu if pre-ordered last week.

 The lunch set menu is the only food available for students on that day.

Pre-order was mandatory.

If a lunch order was not ordered please ensure your child/ren have lunch from home with them. 

The canteen is cashless and will not be having any over the counter sale items.

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.

Lauretta Raccosta

Uniform Shop

Lauretta.raccosta@cg.catholic.edu.au

BACON AND CORN SOUP

Ingredients

30 g butter

1/2 green capsicum, chopped

4 shallots, diced

4 rashers of bacon, chopped

425 g can creamed corn

2 cups chicken stock

3/4 cup cream

Method

Melt butter in a medium saucepan over low heat.

Add capsicum, shallots and bacon and cook until the bacon is crispy.

Add corn and chicken stock and let simmer for 10 minutes.

Remove from the heat and let the mixture cool slightly.

Stir in the cream and serve while warm.

This warming recipe is on page 41 of our 50th Anniversary Cookbook and was donated by former student, Lawrence Kovacs.

The cookbook, full of recipes from either Mrs Robyn Moore (fab cooking teacher) or donated by our school community, can be purchased for only $20 via Qkr! or eftpos (No cash please). Books can be collected from the front office. 

Winter is here! We do often have bright sunny winter days here in Canberra but it can be a little chilly. Why not try one of our city's indoor playgrounds, Let's play, Lollipops, Kidzplore and Little Sandpiper to name a few.

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.

JOIN A FREE TENNIS CANBERRA JUNIOR GROUP LESSON 

South & North Canberra Venues

Official Tennis Canberra Coaches

After School & Weekend Programs

Free trial for new Tennis Canberra players

To attend your FREE trial please visit www.tenniscanberra.com.au/try-tennis 

For more information email play@tenniscanberra.com.au