WHOLE SCHOOL FOCUS

The Whole school focus theme for this year is:

‘We Are Bee-Attitude Keepers”

At Mother Teresa we are going to be courageous towards those we meet in our class and on the playground by:

• Showing confidence
• Thinking creatively
• Being a positive risk taker
• Having a healthy self-esteem
• Standing up for what’s right
• Having a sense of achievement
• Thinking and acting independently
• Getting involved in service initiatives

Leadership & Focus Assembly 

Thank you to our Year 6 teachers and students who presented a fabulous Leadership and focus assembly on being courageous. The students did an amazing job at presenting what courage looks like at MTS and how they are going to lead the school by living our motto ‘Do Small things With Great Love’.

Confirmation 2021

Year 1 Grade Mass 

This coming Tuesday 2rd March at 12:00pm in the Hall, Year 1 will be celebrating their first Grade Mass for the year.  Family are invited to attend but must adhere to the Covid restrictions and practice social distancing. Please sign in at the hall using the Check In CBR app and sanitise your hands.

Project Compassion 

At Mother Teresa School, we are trying to reach out to others and bring hope to those who are less fortunate than ourselves during this time of Lent by raising money for Project Compassion.  We encourage you to talk to your child about the importance of giving to those in need and to give generously.  Please encourage your child/ren to bring in their Project Compassion envelops and donations this week.  Each class has a Project Compassion box available for the children’s donations.  So far we have raised close to $367.00  Great start everyone!

The students have been looking at the case studies of where there money is going the following two stories are what they have heard about.

WEEK 1-JAMILA FROM BANGLADESH

Twenty-two-year-old, Jamila, is a single mother, living in the world’s largest refugee camp in in Bangladesh.  A Rohingya woman, she fled the armed conflict in Myanmar’s Rakhine State to save herself, her elderly mother and eight-month-old baby daughter.  Having been abandoned by her husband, she faced life in the camp on her own.

Hundreds of thousands of Rohingya people, have crossed into Bangladesh since August 2017.  Over 1.3 million people remain in the densely populated camps, in desperate need of humanitarian assistance.

Thanks to the generosity of Caritas Australia’s supporters and through our partnership with Caritas Bangladesh, Jamila had access to emergency food and shelter. Then, as her stay in the camp stretched on, Jamila joined the Women Friendly Spaces project where she received counselling and emotional support. She learnt about health and hygiene, participated in a parenting program and learnt sewing skills, to help her to earn an income.

Jamila now has a sense of community around her and feels less alone and more supported - and she is able to ‘Be More’ to her family.

“I want to offer my thankful greetings to those who are kindly thinking of us from overseas”, Jamila says. “Thank you, and thanks Caritas Australia.”

WEEK 2- MARGRET FROM SOLOMON ISLANDS

Margret, 39, is a teacher at a vocational school for deaf students in the Solomon Islands.  She was born deaf, so she knows the challenges it poses to education and employment.

The school faced water shortages for about half the year.  Staff and students would walk for up to half an hour to collect water for drinking, cooking, washing and growing vegetables. Then in April 2020, amidst the threat of COVID-19, Tropical Cyclone Harold struck, damaging school buildings and its vegetable garden.

With Caritas Australia’s support, Margret’s school installed eight large water tanks and provided cyclone-proof materials to repair the damage. It also helped the school to implement COVID-19 prevention measures, providing fabric for students to make face masks.

Margret’s school now has enough safe water to supply the school’s population of 150 and has the capacity to cater for more students. It plans to boost food security, by increasing its agricultural production. This will improve nutrition and boost the school’s income, while building resilience to future disasters.

Margret hopes that the school can aspire to ‘Be More’.

“I am proud that our school community works together with Caritas Australia as our partner in ensuring that we live in a healthier environment,”  Margret says.    

Peace and best wishes
Anne Leet REC