Term 3 Week 1 12 July 2011

Dear Parents and Caregivers Here’s hoping we haven’t worn out our luck with this glorious weather! With the Stella Maris Fair coming up on Sunday 7 August, one of these perfect Winter days would be a welcome change from the usual concerns about being rained out. It’s good to be back although I, like so many of you no doubt, am finding it very difficult getting out of bed at the earlier time. Arising at 5am seems so much harder than it did two weeks ago! Nevertheless, it’s good to see the children back even if there are still those who are not wearing jumpers. There is a lot happening this term of course but the immediate focus is on Fair preparations which I urge you to get behind. It’s time to sell multi-draw tickets, purchase ride arm bands, sign up to give a little time on a stall on the day, to make and bake and do all the other activities that go towards a successful community event each year. Please support in whatever capacity you can – time, talent or treasure - everyone’s little bit, when added together, really helps ease the load on Andrew Small and his team. The other big event looming is Grandparents’ Day on Thursday 28 July, which happens to fall during Catholic Education Week— a week that highlights the great work taking place across our community of schools. Luke Parnemann is chief organiser again this year. It’s a great morning for everyone – excited children, excited grandparents and family members and involved staff. The morning will begin with a small concert in the Hall, followed by morning tea provided by the P&F. The focus then shifts to the classrooms, with visits concluding between 10.30 and 10.40 before the hungry hoards emerge for lunch at 10.45. Please make sure that you complete the tear-off slip from the flyer accompanying this newsletter and return it to school by this Friday. This will be helpful for catering purposes. We are looking forward to lots of visitors on the day! I hope you will enjoy the collage of photos showing a little of the DanceFever Interschool Dance Challenge which was held on the Tuesday evening of the last week of Term 2. What a heart-warming and celebratory night it was to see the girls and boys dressed nicely and showing off their best manners, best behaviour, best sportsmanship and best dancing for an enthusiastic audience of family, friends and staff. Special thanks for the parental support of this special evening in the year! Elsewhere in this newsletter you will find the results across the year levels, but congratulations to every single student who participated so well and so whole-heartedly.

Great teamwork resulted in our winning of the Show Dance section at the end of the evening. The show dance features a set of steps which the entire school group completes together. The judges look for attitude and enthusiasm, precision and timing of the steps, with unison a major criterion for success. I didn’t have a great vantage point, but those who did, told me that our unison was a standout. This was particularly pleasing news as it took very little time to practise the group to get the performance to this standard. Congratulations everyone for great co-operation and participation throughout! You may notice that quite a deal of work has been carried out over the holidays—painting touch-ups, water tank installed for the vegetable garden, some minor concreting, replacement of the stair railings on the double storey block and brand new artificial grass laid right across the area outside Prep HB and D classrooms. Looks fantastic! Landscaping work also continues on the old ‘pond’ area, but more news about this later. Welcome back and have a great week everyone. ������ Good luck to the rugby league boys next Monday!!!

P & F Meeting tonight in the staffroom @6:15pm.All welcome

Rugby League The Stella Maris Rugby League was crowned Sunshine Coast Champions after a hard fought 18 all draw against Scarborough SS before the holidays. The boys displayed excellent team spirit and courage against a very strong Scarborough team. A big thank you to all the parents and supporters who came to watch in the very cold conditions. They will now compete for the South Queensland title at Redcliffe next Monday against Aspley SS and Marymount College. We wish the team the best of luck! Cross Country Results Winners Boys Girls Prep Jye Camelleri Tahlia Penn Year 1 Ryan Hollis Ayla Cheatham Year 2 Kai Gillies Lily McClure Year 3 Jake Edgar Harriet Culley Year 4 Alex Duncan Hollie Nichols Year 5 Alister Reginato Genevieve Langford Year 6 John McLaughlin Taniah Meyers Year 7 Bradley Ellis Chloe Travers Winning House: Red Congratulations to all students who participated and a special thanks to all of the staff and parents for supporting.

Staff Welcomes We welcome back Mike Van Dalen from his term’s long service leave and Linda Till from maternity leave. It’s great to have you both back at Stella Maris! Kate Holzer is replacing Catherine Thiele for four Fridays while Cath is on long service leave. Welcome again Kate! And lastly Gerard Flegler moves to Year 7 for the semester while Denise Heffer-nan has her baby (news due in next week or two). Welcome to your new role Gerard!

Dear Parents/Caregivers, This first week of Semester 2, we continue with the Virtue of Hope for our ‘Virtue of the Week’. In focussing on this Virtue,

we promote Hope over despair, Trust over fear and Love over indifference. Chesterton tells us that the most profound manifestation of this virtue happens in times of trouble when circumstances are dire:

Chesterton and the Virtue of Hope: I have recently gone through a period without a job, and am still in a kind of “holding pattern” waiting for a handful of things to take place which will go a long way toward fulfilling my personal dreams. Recently, another friend of ours has been let go at her job and doesn’t know where to go or what to do. As a part of the process I went through during that time, I reflected on the virtue of Hope. We hear a lot about Faith and Love, but we rarely hear about Hope. Hope, like Faith and Love, is an interesting virtue in that it is only needed, and we only really get a chance to exercise it, when we least feel like being hopeful (or faithful or loving). We can certainly hope when all looks positive and the world is all as it should be, but that is not the virtue of Hope. The virtue of Hope is worked in us when we need to place all our hope in Christ and His omniscience and benevolence when there is nothing else in which to hope. We only truly know that God is our only hope when we have been sufficiently disconnected from the things of this world which vie for our hopefulness. And I don’t think it is a coincidence that ‘hope’ is described as a virtue. Our character goes through a great deal of alteration when we find ourselves in a position to need the strength of this virtue. Will we crumble under the circumstances and give up on God’s goodness and wisdom, or will we look to God’s unknown plan as something which is better than anything we could devise, especially in our seasons of distress?

Hope is the power of being cheerful in circumstances which we know to be desperate. It is true that there is a state of hope which belongs to bright prospects and the morning; but that is not the virtue of Hope. The virtue of Hope exists only in earthquake and eclipse….For practical purposes it is at the hopeless moment that we require the hopeful [person], and the virtue either does not exist at all, or begins to exist at that moment. Exactly at the instant when hope ceases to be reasonable it begins to be useful. (Adapted from http://steigerblog.blogspot.com/2004/06/chesterton-and-virtue-of-hope.html)

Food for thought indeed! However, it is my belief that the practice of Hope in good times helps to bring it to the fore and develop our capacity to embrace Hope when there is nothing else. Hope does not come from nothing – it comes from Faith and from belief in the Word of God which need to be nurtured in our minds and in our hearts. We hope in the promises made by Christ that faith can move mountains.

God bless, ������.

An Evening of Multicultural Celebration Thursday 18 August 6pm - The Hall

Stella Maris’ first evening of Multicultural entertainment. CULTURAL LITERACY and LOTE invite you to join us in a wonderful Cultural celebration featuring students in the following performance groups: RESPECT – Aboriginal Dance troupe ZAHARA – Belly Dance troupe CINTA TARI – Indonesian Dance troupe DRUMS DOWN UNDER – African drum troupe ANGKLUNG ORCHESTRA- Traditional bamboo Percussion Instruments of Indonesia TEATRO ITALIANO - short skits written and performed by year 7 Italian students. For more information please contact Peta Neill (Cultural Literacy) or Carmel Barbagallo (LOTE – Italian)

SHOWDANCE: 1ST PLACE TO STELLA MARIS

DanceFever Challenge

TANGO Year 4

2nd Zack Thomas Shelby Mills Bailey Ratcliff Elly Scanlon

Year 5 2nd Laura Magao Genevieve Langford

3rd Bailly Ratcliff Amy Sargeant

Year 6 2nd William Martin Eleanor Culley Tori McArdle Emma Gilligan

Year 7 1st Kiara Bevan Russell Ross

2nd Madison Brown Jarrod Wynyard

3rd Lucy Day Sean McAnally

JIVE Year 4

2nd Sarah Martin Gabby Brown Connor Brunswick Emma Burchell

3rd Zack Thomas Shelby Mills

Year 5 1st Sarah Martin Gabby Brown

2nd Joshua Fuller Tahlia O’Rourke

3rd Lucian Champion Aleesha Caruana

Year 6 1st William Pugsley Tyler Prosser

3rd Tori McArdle Emma Gilligan Joshua Circelli Sophie Holzer

Year 7 2nd Sheray Thomas Jayla Marsh

3rd Kiara Bevan Russell Ross Callum Larkin-Young Samantha Leahy

GRANDPARENTS’ DAY 28 July 2011

A letter regarding this wonderful event will come home today with this newsletter.

July 12 P &F Meeting in Staffroom @ 6:15pm July 18 Yr 2 Caboolture Historical Village Excursion July 28 Grandparents’ Day August 7 Stella Maris School Fair August 9 P &F Meeting in Staffroom @ 6:15pm August 17 Brisbane Ekka Wednesday Holiday August 18 Cultural Entertainment Evening Aug29 - Sept 2 Father’s Day Stall

MUSIC NOTES Next week the performers from Indonesian

ensmeble 'Makukuhan' will perform 3 concerts - revised date THURSDAY 21st JULY in the Hall. All parents welcome. The concert times will be 9.45am, 11.30am & 2pm

Instrumental Music News - Term 3, Week 1 Welcome to Term 3 and another busy term of music making and activities. A particular welcome to those families new to Stella Maris and those who are beginning lessons in the music program.

If your child is enrolled in Instrumental, Singing or Speech and Drama lessons you should have received an email last week with the lessons timetable and the Term 3 Music Newsletter. If you missed this email or your address has changed, please email StellaMarisMusic@bne.catholic.edu.au and your email address will be updated and relevant info sent to you.

Limited opportunities exist for students from yr 3-7 to get involved in learning Flute, Clarinet, Trumpet, Euphonium, Singing, Cello and Double Bass. Please email for further information or contact the office for an enrolment pack.

It is with great pleasure that I introduce Mrs Maria Salmon to you all as our new String Teacher at Stella Maris. Mrs Salmon is a graduate of the Queensland Conservatorium of Music and has taught violin, viola, cello and double bass in various schools in Victoria, Western Australia and overseas. The last 12 years have seen Mrs Salmon and her family travelling the corporate life overseas in countries such as America, Switzerland and Singapore. Having a young family meant playing and teaching appointments were not always a priority; however, she has taught and performed in each of these countries. Her most recent position at an international school in Singapore saw the program grow from having only about 20 violinists to a total of 80 students including many viola and cello students. I know you will join me is welcoming her to the Stella Maris community.

Term 3 Music Date Claimers 12 July - Term 3 commences 21 July - Musica Viva presentation - ‘Makukuhan’ - 3 concerts In the School Hall 28 July - Speech and Drama Soiree - School Hall - 6.30pm 2 August - Piano Soiree (Mrs Wordsworth) - School Hall - 6pm 3 August - Piano Lunchtime Concert (Miss Worthy) - Music - 10.45am 4 August - Piano Lunchtime Concert (Miss Worthy) - Music - 10.45am 7 August - Stella Fellas and SM Singers to perform at Stella Maris Fair - 11 August - Piano Soiree (Miss Worthy) - School Hall - 6pm 17 August - EKKA Show Holiday 18 August - Cultural Evening (Cultural Groups and LOTE groups only) - School Hall - 6pm 19 August - Concert Band to QCMF - Villanova, Cooparoo - All Day 8 September - Percussion and Guitar Ensembles perform at assembly 8 September - Wind and Brass Soiree (Mr Wynyard) - School Hall - 6pm jalanksey@bne.catholic.edu.au - Classroom Music / Choral Program twynyard@bne.catholic.edu.au - Instrumental Music (including singing, speech, drama)

Sunday Aug 7 2011

Notice No: 05

ONLY 4 WEEKS TO GO �� Trash ‘n’ Treasure container is now here near the Bus Zone car

park. We need your quality items to fill it for the Fair. No electrical items please. Kelly will be there to assist in the collection of your T ‘n’ T items every Tues & Thurs from 8 am and Thurs from 2.45 pm. Contact Kelly Elder 0403 088 309.�

Thank you to: Ricky Dowe, Sam Henrick, Millie Cruise, Kiera Mayfield, Mason Hope.

Term 2 Congratulations to:

John Downes, Isaac Talbot, Alanah Pace, Aliecia Braddock, Genevieve Langford, Dakota Berkery, Eleni Hurley,

Callum Larkin-Young, Morgan O’Reilly, William Brown, Angus Hudson, Rachel Hamilton, Amber-Jai Stoker, Leylani Robinson, Lucy Day,

Enya McNabb, Alannah Pace, Joseph Taylor, Yule Avelino, Lachlan Smith, Java Effendi, Shelby Smith, Ben Wessely,

Neve Hulsman-Benson, Jessica Sperling, Grace Smith-Lieshmann, Isabella O'Brien.

Coastal District Trial Rugby Union - for boys born 1999 at Maroochydore High School on Wednesday 13th July (3:30pm-5pm) Details from Mr Kelleher

Wed 13/07 Thurs 14/07 Fri 15/07 Mon 18/07 Tues 19/07

HELP WANTED

K Stanley HELP WANTED

J O’Reilly J Reginato

K Wessley K Harris H Person

CHOCOLATE CAKE, MUFFIN, PIKELET MIXES & APPLES Week Ending July 15 2011 J Gilligan, T Gorring, K Holzer, A Horridge, A Hudson, M Hunter, M Johnstone, V Jones, M Leahy, J Lee, D Lusio, D Lyndon, M MacDonald, N MacMinn, K Magao, T Mahon, L Martin, J Mason, C Mayfield, A McAnally, M McCann, L Kidd, G McNeilly,

Congratulations to Max Green, Peter Mann, James Lawler and Jade Circelli who competed

in the Sunshine Coast Churches Soccer Ass. Sunshine Coast Cup Challenge. The boys played for the Under 10 Sunny Coast

Rep team and were victorious. FANTASTIC EFFORT BOYS!

Reminder to return your Rainbows registration form to the School Office ASAP. Rainbows starts Week Three. Any enquiries please call the School Office.

Net Set Go Fun based program for children ages 5-7 who are interested in the

game of Netball. This Saturday, 16 July, at 9:45am

Fisherman’s Road Multi Sport Complex $50.00 at the Netball office on the day.

Christine Craig (Guidance Counsellor) email:ccraig@bne.catholic.edu.au

DISCIPLINE (is not a dirty word) Discipline is a necessary part of parenting, yet it is often misunderstood. Discipline is usually associated with punishment. Effective discipline teaches children about appropriate behaviour. Good discipline teaches students to take responsibility for their own actions. It does not involve physical harm. However, it does require firmness. BRIGHT IDEAS Try the ESCAPE formula below when dealing with children’s misbehaviour: • Establish clear limits and boundaries for children. Rules need to be clear and specific. • Stop, think and go against your first impulse when children misbehave. If you feel you are losing your cool with your

children, take a walk, phone a friend or even count to ten before interacting with them. • Cue children once when giving instructions or directions. Repeated requests or threats only encourage ‘parent deafness’

in children. • Act when children don’t stick to the limits or refuse to co-operate. Rather than nag or coax children into doing the right

thing, implement a consequence that is related to their misbehaviour. For example, children who won’t pack up their toys should lose them for a while….. hide them.

• Pinpoint the reason for children’s misbehaviour. Much misbehaviour is to get parental attention. If you constantly nag children, coax attention seekers to co-operate or nag …… try changing your ways.

• Encourage children at every opportunity.

REMEMBER, CONSISTENCY RATHER THAN SEVERITY IS THE KEY TO EFFECTIVE DISCIPLINE.