WHOLE SCHOOL FOCUS

The Whole school focus theme for this year is:

‘We Are Bee-Attitude Keepers”

Our value for the next two weeks is: Calm

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

• Using ‘I’ statements
• Managing conflict
• Stilling yourself
• Giving positive responses to negative situations
• Critically reflecting on behaviour
• Considering consequences

FOCUS ASSEMBLY

Thank you Mrs Brown, Miss Weston and Mrs Maher, along with 2 Jade and 2 Lime for presenting a beautiful Focus Assembly on Calm last week.  It was great the way they incorporated how we can be clam peacemakers. The whole school supported them beautifully with singing the ‘ Beatitudes song.’

Confirmation 2021

Please pray for our  Year 6 Confirmation Candidates, their teachers and families as they embark on this important time in their faith journey.

BOOKING FOR HOLY WEEK:

https://www.trybooking.com/BPLMV

Please ensure that you have made a booking if you are going to attend Holy Week Celebrations. Parents attending the Passion on Palm Sunday also have to book.

YEAR 6 GRADE MASS

Year 6 celebrated their first Grade Mass for the year. It was a beautiful mass and the students participated reverently and sang with great enthusiasm. We also welcomed Eroni and Ariahn into the catholic faith when they are Baptised. Austin Steer received his First Eucharist along with Eroni and Ariahn. Thank you to those parents who came along to support the students and teachers.

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 $1671:65.  Fabulous effort everyone!

The students have been looking at the case studies of where there money is going this week it is going to Halima from Bangladesh.

Halima From Bangladesh

Halima is raising two children under seven in a refugee camp in Bangladesh, while caring for her mother who has a disability. Widowed at just 21, Halima fled violence in Myanmar’s Rakhine State in 2017, arriving at the camp with nothing.

Caritas Australia, through its partner, Caritas Bangladesh, helped Halima out with a shelter and cooking equipment so that she could feed her family. She participated in hygiene and sanitation training and took on the role of community trainer herself, organising the cleaning of washrooms, wells and toilets.

Halima’s training became all the more invaluable as the COVID-19 pandemic struck - when safe hygiene and preventative measures suddenly became lifesaving.

Halima is proud that she is able to earn a small income, while maintaining the health of her family and the cleanliness of the camp community. Her children are adapting to life in the camp and are now at school.

Halima aspired to ‘Be More’ for her family and for the community around her.

“My hope is that our children will be able to do a job, to live with pleasure, they will find their happiness - that will bring wellbeing for them,” Halima says.

Peace and best wishes
Anne Leet REC

Dear all

Join the Holy Spirit Gungahlin Parish community on Sunday 21 March for our Youth Mass (5:30pm) and Youth Gathering (6:30pm).  The Mass will be led by the young people of our parish and schools. This is a good chance for everyone to get together and have fun, faith and fellowship with our young Church. Food will be available at the youth gathering.

For catering purposes, please send a quick reply if someone in your family will be attending!

Hope to see you all there

Cheers
Theivani