September 10 2018 Term 3 Week 9

Wow What a Wonderful Fiesta! Photos on Back page

THANK YOU!

2018 TERM DATES:

Term 1: 23 Jan - 29Mar

Term 2: 17 Apr - 29 Jun

Term 3: 16 Jul - 21 Sep

Term 4: 8 Oct - 7 Dec

Dear Parents and Carers

Last Sunday’s Fiesta was a wonderful multi-cultural celebration of our school and parish community. From the beautiful mass to the fabulous entertainment, delicious food, fun-filled stalls and exhila-rating rides, everyone enjoyed themselves! Thank you for your sup-port of the Fiesta. Many thanks go to all who helped in any way with the Fiesta – to the school and parish staff, parents and parish-ioners who assisted – we appreciate all of your hard work that made it such a success! A list of the first 8 raffles winners is includ-ed below:

NAPLAN Year 3 and Year 5: Individual student results have arrived at school. The reports will be checked, copied and sent home by post during this week.

We offer our prayers and sympathy to the family of Augustine Chuong Dinh To who died recently. Chuong was a past student of St Mark’s and he was school captain in 2007. May he rest in peace and may perpetual light shine upon him.

We send all of our congratulations and blessings to Annie Fitzgerald ( Year 2 teacher) and her fiancée as they are to be married during the coming holidays!

Enjoy your week ahead,

Allison Malouf Principal

Thought for the Week We are created for community, fashioned for fellowship, formed for a

family and none of us can fulfil God’s purpose by ourselves. Rick Warren

Dates for Your Diary - Important dates in the next few weeks for this term:

Thursday 13 September: Africa Beats Drum Incursion

Thursday 20 September: Principal’s Afternoon Tea

Friday 21 September: Last day of Term 3

St Mark’s would like to thank some of our local business for their kind

support this year.

Woolworth’s Inala and Richlands for providing

fresh fruit for our students

Blue Fin Fishing Club Inala For their on going support

of our breakfast club.

Jonah Curtis and Mrs. Tigani. Congratulations Jonah on his Art

Award

1st Marianna Milford

2nd Losalio Etualio

3rd Tony Zinicola

4th Sam Thorne

5th Jamie Nguyen

6th Han Wong

7th Suzanne Abarico

8th Patricia Day

Religious Life of the School News

Flexibility is being open to the need for change. Many unexpected things happen to us. We cannot control the things that happen. Being flexible means that instead of just getting upset, you see difficulties as a challenge.

You are practising flexibility when you…..

Recognise a bad habit

Want to change

Ask God for help

Try new ways to do things

Virtue of the Week: Flexibility

#choosekind

In 2018

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Prayer Assemblies Each Friday at 8.40a, in Mercy Hall

14 September Prep B

21 September 4W

For all those who attended the FIESTA Mass in the Mercy Hall on Sunday witnessed a beautiful celebration of the many cultures at St Mark’s. The Mass was celebrated by Monsignor Peter Meneely, our Parish Priest’s Fr Joseph and Fr Bang and visiting priests from surrounding parishes. Special guests included Anastasia Palaszczuk and the Holy Spirit Sisters. The Mass reflected the tra-ditions of various communities of our parish. It was a privilege to be part of such a wonderful celebration.

St Mark’s Multicultural FIESTA Mass

Buddy Class Thursday at 9.30am in the Church

13 September: 6W & 2W

Many blessings for the week ahead, Katie O’Kane (Acting Assistant Principal Religious Education)

Day is our national day of action dedicated to reminding everyone that any day is the day to ask, “Are you ok?” and support those struggling with life . Showing your support with this event can be as simple as learning R U OK?’s four steps so you can have a conversation that could change a life. The four steps are:

By starting a conversation and commenting on the changes you’ve noticed, you could help that family member, friend or workmate open up. If they say they are not ok, you can follow our conversation steps to show them they’re supported and help them find strategies to better manage the load. If they are ok, that person will know you’re someone who cares enough to ask. For more information about R U OK? Day look at the website https://www.ruok.org.au/join-r-u-ok-day.

R U OK? Day

In The Classroom - Year 4

School News

Year 4 Excursion Monday 10 September, the students were in-volved in the Brisbane City Councils Keystone Program, Bush Neighbours, at Kev Hooper Park, Inala. The students had a blast learning about the environment and meeting BCC Litter Preven-tions Team, Inala Bush Care, local volunteers and Councillor Charles Strunk. Thank you Lions Club of Inala for cooking a yum-my lunch.

Community

St Mark’s you did an amazing job! The Fiesta was jam packed with multicultral magic and lots of “mini movers”.

Thank you to all of our staff, parishioners, parents and friends who volunteered and made this day magical!

FIESTA PHOTOS