ST LUKE S CATHOLIC PARISH SCHOOL

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1 ST LUKE S CATHOLIC PARISH SCHOOL 45 Degen Road, Capalaba Ph (07) Fax (07) pcapalaba@bne.catholic.edu.au Website: NEWSLETTER 2 February 2016 T1 Wk 2 FROM OUR LEADERSHIP TEAM Beginning of the New School Year I would like to congratulate the students of St Luke s and the entire community on the wonderful start to the new school year. The first few days of the school year were calm with everyone settling in without fuss. Starting the year on such a positive note will lead to a great year at St Luke s. We continue to promote our school rules of Respect, Responsibility and Right Relationships with high expectations from all. This year s theme for 2016 Dream Act Grow also encompasses high expectations for all. Dream: Dream big, have high expectations for learning and behaviour, don t give up on your dreams. Act: Act justly; make a difference in the world; pay it forward; Grow: Grow together; continual growth = achievement, success; Parent Partnerships Teachers have started meeting with parents this week before and after school. The purpose of these meetings is to meet your child s teacher and begin to develop a positive relationship to benefit your child and their learning. Effective partnerships are based on mutual trust and respect. Together as educators, school staff, parents and family members we share responsibility for each child at St Luke s. We look forward to continuing collaborative relationships over the year. Please contact your child s classroom teacher to make an appointment. School Uniforms Recently there has been some confusion regarding the use of uniforms with the old St Luke s logo. The new logo was introduced in 2011, however there was no time frame given for the gradual phasing out of the old logo. As parents have recently purchased uniforms with the old logo we will begin the phase out period this year and next. Uniforms with the old logo will no longer be sold through the uniform shop so as to not complicate matters. In 2018 all uniforms will have the current (new) school logo. Tuckshop Helpers needed please! Please contact the school if you are available to help in the tuckshop on the following days: Thursdays: 8:30am 10:45am. Fridays: 1:30pm 2:00pm. DATE CLAIMERS FEBRUARY Thu 4 Prayer assembly 2pm 5/6 White Fri 5 Class Mass 9am Prep Blue Sat 6 Welcome back Mass & BBQ 6pm All Welcome Wed 10 Ash Wednesday 5/6 Blue 9am P 2 10am 3 6 Thu 11 No prayer assembly Mon 15 P&F Meeting 7.30pm Tue 16 Parent Information evening Thu 18 Prayer assembly 2pm 5/6 Orange Fri 19 Class Mass 9am Prep White Sat 20 Mass 6pm Year 2 Thu 25 Prayer assembly 2pm 4Blue Assembly 2pm Monday in the Emmaus Centre Prayer assembly 2pm Thursday in the Church Uniform Shop hours Fri 8am 9.30am Year 5 and 6 Parents A note will be coming home today regarding the Apple wall plug adaptor recall. Please ask your child for the note.

2 Contact Details If you have recently changed your address, any phone number or address, please let the front office staff know. It is important that we have your correct details in case we need to make contact. Thank you for your cooperation. Friday Morning Mass: Friday 5 th February Prep Blue: The first Friday morning Mass will be this Friday, 5 February at 9 am in the Church and Year Prep Blue will be celebrating. All Prep Blue parents and family members are most welcome to attend the peaceful and intimate gathering. Welcome back Mass and BBQ Saturday 6 th February 6pm This Saturday we welcome everyone to celebrate our first Participation Mass at St Luke s. It would be wonderful to see you all. Bring along your extended family and friends. Shrove Tuesday: Tuesday 9 th February Shrove Tuesday, also known as Pancake Tuesday is up and coming in our calendar in Week 3 Tuesday 9 th February. We have a group of generous parents who have volunteered once again to cook the pancakes for our students. (We will be offering gluten free pancakes.) Students will receive a stack of two pancakes, and students are asked to bring along a coin donation. If you would like to help, please contact our office. Cooking starts at 8.30am in the Emmaus Centre. Ash Wednesday: Wednesday 10 th February Our Year 5/6 Blue class will lead two liturgies to celebrate Ash Wednesday 10 th February. Kindy/Prep Year 2 at 9am and Year 3 6 at 10am. All parents and families are welcome to attend.

3 John Cameron, Principal (Acting) & Lagi Aukusitino, APRE FROM OUR PARISH PRIEST WELCOME BACK MASSES, 2016 Since our schools formally resumed last Wednesday, lots of vitality and vibrancy has returned to our parish community. The undue calmness which dominates the premises of St Anthony s, Alexandra Hills and St Luke s, Capalaba during school holidays can hardly withstand the energetic presence of our students. We believe that our students surely had a nice holiday and enjoyed some quality family time with other members of their family. We can tell this by the smiles which have refused to leave their faces. It is therefore quite pleasing that as a parish, we formally welcome them back to our parish community in a grand style. Next weekend, we will celebrating our annual School Welcome Back Masses for the staff and students of our schools. Beginning with St Luke s Primary School, Capalaba at the 6.00pm mass on Saturday, 6 th of February. St Anthony s Primary School Alexandra Hills will be held during the 9.00am mass on Sunday, 7 th of February. The Welcome Back Masses as usual will provide an opportunity for the staff, parents and students of both schools to meet and interact with our parishioners and with each other. At the end of the mass, we will all have the opportunity to share a BBQ together. We therefore encourage our parishioners to keep on praying for the success of our schools as well as their staff and students throughout this school year. We also welcome new staff who have just joined our schools this year as well as the new students and their families. Feel free to come and worship with us during our weekend masses. Finally, we guarantee the support of our parish to our schools throughout the year and beyond. God Bless, Fr Emmanuel 2016 Sacramental Program Commencing in 2016, there are changes to the timings of Sacraments for children in the Brisbane Archdiocese. There will be an information session which will explain the changes to parents. Every sacrament that will be celebrated for children in our Parish for 2016 will be covered at this session on Wednesday 9th March 2016 at 7pm at St Anthony s Church. Enrolment forms for all sacraments will be available on this night. We Need Your Help!!! The Parish needs your help! We need leaders/helpers for Children s Liturgy at both Churches. We aim to provide this service at 6pm Mass on Saturday night at St Luke s and 9am Mass at St Anthony s Church on a weekly basis IF we get enough volunteers. The role involves sharing the Gospel with children of 4years+ for approximately 20 minutes, during the Saturday/Sunday Masses and all material needed is supplied. If you would like to participate in this important ministry at your chosen Church, please place your name and phone number of the sheets at the back of the Church. You will also be invited to come to a meeting on Saturday 6 th February where all questions will be answered and you can nominate your availability for the roster. Thanking you in anticipation. MASS TIMES ACROSS OUR PARISH Tuesdays: 7:00 am St Anthony s Wednesdays: 7:00 am St Luke s Thursdays: 9:00 am St Anthony s (During school term) Fridays: 7:00 am St Luke s (Depending on school Masses) Saturdays: 5:00 pm St Anthony's 6:00 pm St Luke s Sundays: 7:00 am St Luke s 9:00 am St Anthony s OFFICE MATTERS SCHOOL FEE ACCOUNTS School fee accounts will be issued early in Term 1. Detailed information for parents relating to fees, charges, extras and contributions for 2016 were given to the eldest child in each family last week and are alsoe available on our website. Fee accounts will be ed to families shortly. (Please let us know if you have changed your since last year.) Families are encouraged to communicate early and openly about their fee accounts. Alfina Miller, Finance Secretary. P&F LEVY REBATE There are a number of jobs around the school that we ask parents to help with in lieu of paying additional contractors. Parents who help are able to claim a refund of up to $100 on the next school year s school fees. For those families leaving the school (eg year 6 students) refunds will be given in the form of a cheque at the end of the school year. The system is administered in the office and all times worked must be recorded on Levy Rebate cards located in a box on the counter in the office. (Sign in/out sheets at working

4 bees are for Workplace Health & Safety purposes only.) Before any refunds can be paid cards must be tallied and given to the finance secretary and all school fees must be paid in full. The following activities equal 1 hour of claimable time: 1 hr of weeding 10 x library books covered 1hr of library shelving 3 x student banking days Please Note: Fundraising activities and classroom help are not claimable. If you worked at working bees, library, banking etc. in 2015 please make sure your Rebate Cards (located in the office) are up to date by Tuesday (2/2) afternoon so refunds can be credited on Term 1 fees. Thank you. LATE ARRIVALS / EARLY DEPARTURES Students arriving late must report to the office (accompanied by an adult) to complete a Late Slip and be signed in the Sign In/Out Book. The Late Slip is taken to the class teacher and is then retained for school records. Students leaving before 3.00pm must be signed out by an adult in the Sign In / Out book in the office. STUDENT BANKING -10/2: Anna & Colleen Calling for Parent Volunteers to help with School Banking! We are SEEKING PARENT HELPERS, to act as the School Banking Coordinators. School Banking deposits are currently processed on a Wednesday morning at the library. We will be holding a training session in the next couple of week on a Wednesday at 9am. As a lot of our volunteers left the school last year we are desperate for some new helpers. Ideally you would only work 1 morning a month. Parents willing to help should complete their details below and return to the Office ASAP. Yes, I would like to help with School Banking! Name: It was great to see the enthusiasm of the children, as I distributed letters to those interested in being part of St Luke's School Choir last week. Please note that children must be in year 3-6 in order to be involved. Practice starts this Thursday, so help me be organised by returning the slips. I will welcome any newcomers until the end of February, when a commitment is made until the end of the year. I look forward to working with your children and instilling a love for singing. Lorraine Osmond, Music Specialist Teacher. FROM THE P&F P&F Executive Welcome back to 2016 We are looking forward to building our community this year with lots of fun events for all! To have your say please attend our monthly meetings or alternately you can the P&F - stlukespandf@gmail.com The agenda for each meeting is in the newsletter the week prior. If you would like to add an item to the agenda please the P&F. Parent Representatives 2016 The P&F are calling for parent class representatives for each class, across all year levels. Please see the attached role description and the P&F with your details (including child s class) if you would like to nominate yourself. stlukespandf@gmail.com Trivia (TBC) Disco P&F Events Term Fri 4 March Fri 18 March Next Meeting Monday 15 February See more P&F news at the end of the newsletter. Phone: NEWSLETTER ATTACHMENTS: Class Representative Role Description FROM THE TUCKSHOP Tuckshop menu and instructions are available on school website

5 every Thursday Subway orders must: be in by 12noon Wednesday be attached to a brown paper bag have name and class on top of form be placed in tuckshop box in classroom first thing in the morning to make sure it is in office in time for ordering. An order form is available on St Luke s School website Sorry - No late orders can be accepted as orders are collected Wednesday 2pm. Please remember when purchasing school shoes, that Athlete s Foot at Capalaba donate $5 from every pair of shoes sold back to the school. $6 SUBWAY boxes which include Subway roll, popper and cookie. COMMUNITY NEWS Interested in playing Netball? We have teams for all ages 8 to 17years. Training and games are at the Redlands Netball Association, Pinklands Sporting Complex, Cleveland-Redland Bay Road, Thornlands Sign on is Saturday 6th February 8am 12 midday at Pinklands Look for us under the Blues Union Marquee. For more information please contact Regina Stone / Or enquiries reginastone76@gmail.com Remember to use your Capalaba Tavern Discount Card and receive 10% discount on payment and St Luke s will then receive 10%. More cards are available at the office. Earn $ s for school with That s Mine Labels Every time you place an order 20% of the total cost goes into our fundraising account. Why not get your family, friends and neighbours to order. It s so EASY!! At checkout just select St Luke s Primary School or enter our fundraiser ID #1857.

6 Class Parent Representative Each class is to elect a parent representative. This elected person will be responsible for collecting contact details from class. Eg- names, phone numbers and addresses. Parent Representative will attend P & F meeting wherever possible If Parent Representative is not able to attend a meeting it is their responsibility to thoroughly read through the minutes to be aware of what was discussed. Parent Representatives are to ensure their forwarded information is received first hand from meetings (ensuring the correct information is being passed on). Parent Representative will forward information to the class. Parent Representative may wish to initiate play days in the holidays or after school to strengthen bonds amongst the parent body. Parent Representative, where possible will rally support for school and P & F events. Parent Representative will be responsible for the organisation of teacher gifts, etc. Parent Representatives may be called upon to assist the class teacher in gaining support from other families within the class.