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731 Eighty Road PO Box 4200 BALDIVIS WA 6171

Phone: 08 9591 7100 Fax: 08 9591 7105 CATHOLIC COLLEGE Strong in Faith and Love

NEWSLETTER 3.3 TERM 3 (2017)

‘Do ordinary things with extraordinary love ‘

Mother Teresa

Dear Parents and Carers

In the last two weeks there have been a few extraordinary things done with great

love by students, staff and parents here at Mother Teresa Catholic College. Our

College Choir sang like birds and looked like angels in full winter uniform at the

Catholic Schools Performing Arts Festival at Balcatta. Our re-scheduled Athletics

Carnival ran smoothly in beautiful Spring sunshine last Friday with events

finishing ahead of time. And on Saturday our Gifted and Talented children were

wonderful ambassadors for MTCC at the Joondalup Campus of Edith Cowan

University where they competed in the Tournament of Minds – with more about

that later in the newsletter. And we all enjoyed Book Week – especially the

Parade. And thanks to the P&F Executive and helpers, the Book Fair during Book

Week was a hit – not to forget the Late Night shopping and bedtime story-telling

with Cinderella and friends on the Thursday evening. Congratulations to the

students and thanks to staff and parents for training and supporting these

students in each of these endeavours.

THANK YOU

P&F members again excelled at the barbecues for this morning’s Fathers’ Day

breakfast for about 300 Dads, Grandads and their MTCC children. The sun

shining warmly on an early Spring morning made for a happy, relaxed scene of

Dads and kids enjoying each other’s company over a bacon and egg rolls and a

cuppas at school. Special thanks to staffmember Raelene Ritikis for organising

the event along with staff-members and P&F.

SAFEGUARDING PROTECTIVE BEHAVIOURS WORKSHOP

A free Parent Workshop on Safeguarding Protective Behaviours on Monday 4

September from 7pm until 9pm in the Covered Area. Further information is

available at the end of this newsletter.

MONDAY 4 SEPTEMBER – MOTHER TERESA’S FEAST DAY

We will be celebrating Mother Teresa's Feast Day with a special Mass and a fun fair day at school in the afternoon. During the afternoon each class will have a different activity i.e. games, cupcakes, lucky draw etc. Students will need to bring small change to participate in these activities.

UPCOMING EVENTS

Week 8 Monday 4 Sept. Mother Teresa Feast Day (Free Sausage Sizzle for Students)

Thursday 7 Sept. Year 6B Assembly & Birthday Assembly (2:30pm)

Saturday 9 Sept. Firsty Holy Communion (6-7pm)

Week 9 Sunday 10 Sept. Firsty Holy Communion (9:30am-10:30am)

Tuesday 12 Sept. Year 2 Cicerello’s Excursion

Wednesday 13 Sept. Inter School Athletics Carnival MTCC Audit for Re-registration Pre-Primary Liturgy (10am) John Burland Concert (1:45pm – 2:45pm)

Thursday 14 Sept. ‘R U OK’ Day – KidsMatter (9am – 10:30am) Year 3W Assembly (2:30pm)

Saturday 16 Sept. Firsty Holy Communion (6-7pm)

Week 10 Sunday 17 Sept. Firsty Holy Communion (9:30am-10:30am)

Tuesday 19 Sept. School Board Meeting (6:30pm – 7:30pm)

Wednesday 20 Sept. Year 5 mASS (10am)

Thursday 21 Sept. Year 3B Assembly & Student of the Month Assembly (2:15pm)

Friday 22 Sept.

LAST DAY FOR STUDENTS Wear your Team Colours

(Fundraiser for Story Dogs &

KidsMatter)

Term 4 - Tuesday 10 Oct.

STUDENTS RETURN

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Please note the following points.

• ALL students to wear SPORTS UNIFORM on Monday 4 September. • The College WILL be providing a FREE sausage sizzle for each student's lunch. • NO CANTEEN ON MONDAY • Mass - 10.00am. • Sausage sizzle - 12.00pm-12.45pm. • Kids Fair setup - 12.45pm-1.00pm • Kids Fair - 1.00pm-2.00pm (lots of different activities for the students to participate in, purchase

etc.) • Students to bring 'small change' in a zipped locked bag with their name on it. Please NO $notes. • Pack up and clean up - 2.00pm-3.00pm.

ALL parents are most welcome to come along to the 10am Mass and enjoy the afternoon at the children's Fair from 1pm.

May God continue to be blessing for each and every one of us – and especially all the Dads and Grandads!

HAPPY FATHERS DAY ON SUNDAY!

Geri O’Keefe - PRINCIPAL

FINANCE OFFICE NOTICE

Important Reminder

Are your Schools Fees paid up to date?

It is important that our families settle their school fees by due dates, as this enables us

to honour our financial commitments. The final payment date for 2017 School Fees is

drawing near, with all fees to be paid in full by

Friday 21st September.

If you have a direct debit in place, please check the period payment amounts are

sufficient to clear your fees in full by the due date. If your periodic payment needs to be

adjusted please contact Sue Quigg on 9591 7100.

Thank you …. MTCC Finance Office

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WASTE WISE / SUSTAINABILITY

Thank you to everyone who supported the sustainability market stall on Monday. I am very proud of the

Green Team who set up and ran the stall. We sold fresh vegetables, worm wee, bunches of herbs, lemons,

eggs and lemon butter. The market stall made $216.75, which will go towards buying a water testing kit,

Silver Perch for the aquaponics set up, fish feed and more chicken feed.

A big thank you to Mrs Murray for making lemon butter using the school eggs. It was delicious! If you

did buy some lemon butter, could you please return the jars, so Mrs Murray can refill them?

We are collecting plastic bags to make a scarecrow, so if you have some, could you please place them in

the green bin in the Sustainability area. We are also collecting egg cartons, if you have any spare, we

would appreciate them.

GIFTED & TALENTED Tournament of Minds Competition

On Saturday the 26th August the Gifted and Talented children went to Edith Cowan University, Joondalup to participate in a Tournament of Minds Competition against other schools.

Ethan Rogers, Rowan Watt, Aiden Thomas, Caeden Louw, Kendall Forbes and Ben Byrnes chose a Maths and Engineering challenge to work on for the last six weeks and then presented it to the judges. Joselin Bobby, Sienna O’Reiley, Eve Darby Kavanagh, Bethany Forbes and Grace Prasad chose a Social Science challenge to work on and present to the judges as well. Later that morning both groups had to complete a spontaneous challenge with judges only.

Although some of the children were a little nervous, they worked well as a team. They showed super thinking skills, perseverance, co-operation and creativity.

Well done, you should all be very proud of yourselves.

Also a very big thank you to the parents/caregivers who brought their children by car/train to the venue. I appreciated your time, effort and support.

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MINI VINNIES

MAKING JESUS REAL

WESTIE is an acronym that provides a meaningful way for students, teachers and

parents to ‘live’ the values of MJR on a daily basis. The acronym stands for:

Welcoming - being friendly and welcoming to others

Encouraging - Saying positive things to self and others

Saying Sorry - admitting personal wrong doing and taking steps to repair

relationships.

Thankful - showing appreciation to others

Inclusive - being inclusive in words and actions to

others

Enthusiastic - showing a positive attitude towards

school work, peers and teachers.

Students who display WESTIE qualities are awarded

with a WESTIE Certificate in their classroom.

We discourage the EAST approach to relationships:

Excluding, Argumentative, Sulking and Talking back.

Each class has a box for new toiletries to be placed in, that will be collected at the end of Term 3 and given to Saint Vincent de Paul Society. They make up little toiletries kits to be given to the Homeless, sick in hospital or hospices, etc.

Items must be new and preferably in packages.

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Proudly brought to you by the Making Jesus Real Team for students from Year 1 to 6

AUDITIONS (To be held on the stage area of the oval or in the hall if it is wet weather)

Contestants will have 3 minutes to impress the judges who will be looking for:

1. Amazing Costumes or Props 2. Originality 3. Entertainment

MTCC’s GOT

TALENT!

Round 3: 8th Sep

TROPHY PRIZES: 1st Gold

2nd Silver 3rd Bronze

Please ensure that music used in

auditions are to be checked with Mrs

Morgan or Miss De Sousa

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P&F NEWS

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Child Protection Week

Safeguarding Protective Behaviours

Parent Workshops

The Perth Catholic Archdiocese Safeguarding

Program is child focused and informed by a

fundamental belief that children have the right to

physical and psychological safety at all times.

Whilst the Safeguarding Program is working hard throughout the Perth

Catholic Archdiocese, we all must play our part to protect children and

keep them safe. During Child Protection Week, the Safeguarding Office in

partnership with WA Child Safety Services will be hosting a series of

Protective Behaviours Workshops.

One way in which parents can assist in increasing their child's safety is

by teaching them the Protective Behaviours Program and as such we

strongly recommend all parents attend a workshop. These workshops

have been designed to teach parents and carers how to increase the

personal safety of their children. Whilst there are many ways of talking

to children about their personal safety, it is important that we do not

scare them or leave them feeling unsafe, afraid or disempowered. Our

new resource Protecting God’s Children provides parents with

strategies to increase their children’s safety and cope with situations

that threaten their wellbeing and personal safety. The program

empowers the individual with the right to feel safe and sets out ways in

which they can gain the appropriate help.

To Register: Complete and return the attached registration form to: Safeguarding Office. Catholic Archdiocese of Perth

A 29 Victoria Square . Perth . WA . 6000

T 08 9221 7763 F 08 9325 7459

E safeguarding@perthcatholic.org.au

Safety, love and hope for our young people

Parish Time Address Date/2017

Baldivis 7-9pm 731 Eighty Road, Baldivis Monday 4th September

Registration Form

This workshop has been provided free of charge

This workshop is an adult training session and is not suitable for children to

attend, thank you for your co-operation.

RSVP Fri 25th August 2017

Proudly sponsored by:

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Your Parish:_________________________________________________________________________________________________________

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