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P –6 Catholic Primary

School

Ravenshoe

Administration Team

Catherine McKechnie

Principal

Amanda Stewart

Assistant Principal

Religious Education

Dear Parents/Caregivers,

The photos on page 4 of this newsletter detail a very busy fortnight in

the life of our school. Let me tell you, this just scratches the surface.

Miss Stewart is on the first of many visits to her new school in Weipa.

Amanda and the new Principal, Rosie Harrison are interviewing for

administration staff this week. Amanda will be back with us on

Monday. CES have assured us of as little disruption as possible for

us, as arrangements are put into place to ensure this new school is

on track.

Next Wednesday, Thursday and Friday, Mrs Nichols and I will be in Brisbane. Earlier in the year,

we applied for funding under the Great Teachers, Great Results initiative and our application was

successful. To cut a long story short, Bernadette and I will be visiting a school in Brisbane to look at

how “Visible Learning,” has been incorporated in to the life of the school. This will be a focus for us

in 2016 and Bernadette will lead this process. Staff from St Thomas’s in Mareeba will join us.

Tomorrow, Heidi Vit, Pauline Lockyer and Justine McDonnell are attending a Professional

Development Day on Jolly Phonics. This is being held in Cairns. We will be adopting the Jolly

Phonics programme in our Early years classes in 2016. There will be an opportunity for you to learn

more about this as well as the new approach we are taking to the teaching of spelling.

Seven of our students are in Cairns today competing in the inter school chess competition. Thanks

to the parents who have provided the transport and to Deacon Peter de Haas and Mr Tyler for their

supervision and organization. Yesterday, we hosted a training session for the students competing

today. It was great to welcome students from the State School to St Teresa’s.

The Peninsula trials are being held on Sunday and Monday. Congratulations to all our students for

the wonderful effort and continued training. Mrs Smith and I are looking forward to attending the

carnival on Sunday.

Swimming notes have been sent home. Could you please ensure that the permission form and

payment are sent to the office as soon as possible.

On Tuesday, we were entertained by a brass quintet; part of Musica Viva. These gentlemen were

very engaging and the children really appreciated the wonderful music. It is particularly good for our

musicians to see where practice and commitment can lead. The concert was funded through our

RREAP allocation. Tomorrow, the Saint Augustine band is playing for us as part of their concert

tour. This commences at 11am and you are warmly invited to join us if you can.

Just to clarify what I said in the last newsletter about approaching students in the playground. This

applies to anytime you may have issues with students that should be dealt with in the school

context. I certainly did not mean that there was to be no communication with students and I am

really sorry if I sounded high handed.

On Monday, I attended the final day of the Small Schools Leadership programme in Townsville. As

I have mentioned before, there were principals from across many small schools in Queensland.

Collectively, they inquired about our community in the aftermath of the café explosion and assured

me of their continued prayerful support; a reminder of the larger Catholic context in which we live

and work.

Warm regards,

Contact Details

P O Box 249

Ravenshoe 4888

QLD

Phone: 0740976173

Fax: 0740976665

Email:

principal.ravenshoe@cns.catholic.edu.au

Website:

www.stteresas.qld.edu.au

20th August, 2015.

“Life is an opportunity and not

an obligation.”

The Tao of Leadership.

A.P.R.E. Miss Amanda Stewart

What a wonderful day we had last Friday at the inaugural Pyjamas and Hot Chocolate

Day. Thank you to everyone who truly entered into the spirit of the day. We raised $203.00

which we have given to Deacon Peter and Angela de Haas to purchase food hampers for

the drought affected families in the Gulf Savannah Parish.

Book Week commences next week and

everyone is invited to enter the competition

which begins on Monday.

A reminder that Book club closes on the 26th .

Preparation for the Sacrament of Baptism will be held in

Term 4.

Please contact the office if you wish to be part of the

programme

Dale, Max, Olivia, Elisha & Ava.

Have you read this fortnight’s Newsletter?

Place this slip in the Lucky Box in the front office for a chance to win a prize.

A new winner each fortnight!

Family Name: …………………………

Parent Signature:………………………

Last week’s winner was Kaden Brett.

Near the Train Museum, Grigg Street

RAVENSHOE

Tuesday, 25 August 2015

9 am to 3 pm

FATHER’S DAY STALL

Our Father’s Day stall will be held in the library

on Thursday 4th September & Friday 5th

September. Items will be priced from $1.00 to

$6.00. Children love to shop for their Dads.

TRANSPORT

Could parents please let the School Office know when

their children are going home a different way. E.g.

walking to Netball, Rugby League, Dancing. It is very

important for the children’s safety particularly during

the sporting season. Thank you for your co-operation.

Miss Lockyer—SEL Co-Ordinator

Mon Tue Wed Thu Fri Sat Sun

1 2

3 4 5 6 7 8 9

10 11 12 13 14 15 16

17 18 19 20 21All Saints Band 22 23Peninsula Sport

24Peninsula Sport 25 26Arts Link Performance

1.30pm

27 28 Netball Cairns 29 30

31Swimming

AUGUST 2015

Under 8’s at St. Teresa’s School on Friday 16th October. The Kindy and Ravenshoe State School have been invited. There will be fun and interesting play for the students. We have storyteller Mike Quinn

for story telling. There will be face painting, icing biscuits, an obstacle course, bubble blowing, threading and much more. If any parents would like to assist with an activity please see myself Miss Lockyer. Year 6 will be available on the day to assist . More details closer to the day.

PJs, hot chocolate and marshallow day raised $203

The Best of Brass Quintet

performed for us on Tuesday.