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- Principal's Message Term 3 Week 8 - 2022
- Religious Education - Term 3 Week 8
- MTS Class Awards Week 8
- Tech Talk with Mrs Macarthur
- School Student Support Referrals and Counselling
- Qkr! - New Payment Option
- MTS Community Council Trivia Night - Bookings are now open!
- MTS Yearbook - Order your book now!
- MTS Year Book Sponsors
- ELC Enrolments
- Community Service Announcements
Dear Parents
NAPLAN Results
NAPLAN results were sent home during the week. Where a child lives between two homes a copy was posted to the other parent.
Future of Education Equity Fund - Helping with the cost of schooling and everyday needs
The ACT Government is committed to helping all children and young people participate in programs and activities that support their educational and wellbeing needs.
The Future of Education Equity Fund can provide financial support to eligible families, helping students access everyday essentials at school.
The Future of Education Equity Fund provides a one-off, annual payment to low-income families to help cover the costs of education expenses such as school uniforms, school excursions, sport equipment and activities and music lessons.
The Equity Fund has replaced the Secondary Bursary Scheme, expanding its support to families with students in years P–12. It supports low-income families with students enrolled in an ACT preschool (attached to a school) or school (as well as independent students), who meet the eligibility criteria.
More information can be found here.
Second Hand Uniform ShopOur uniform shop hours are:-
God bless and have a lovely weekend.
Carmel Maguire
BYOD Chromebook specifications - Years 4 - 6
The transition of BYOD (Bring your Own Device) to Chromebooks will begin in 2023. If purchasing a new device, we ask that it is a Chrombook. A Chromebook is a kind of laptop running Chrome OS, an operating system made by Google. Chromebooks are made by a range of known technology brands like Lenovo and ASUS. There often is not a lot of difference between brands. You may like to shop around and see if there are student or education deals around.
When purchasing, please be aware of the following specifications:
- 4GB Memory (RAM) minimum
- 32GB Storage for use in primary school is fine, many will have 64GB anyway
- 11-13 Inch screen minimum - personal preference
- At least 8 hour battery life
- Must have the ability to connect to headphones, whether it be via a port or bluetooth - whatever your student has access to
- A touchscreen can be useful for some students (but it's optional)
- Stay away from the Chromebook tablets. These are not recommended.
- In terms of price, don't spend too much on the Chromebook. A budget of up to $500 is reasonable. One of the deciding factors in moving from iPads to Chromebooks was the comparable/cheaper price.
- Warranty should be a consideration when purchasing a device
- A protective case or cover for the Chromebook is required
- Headphones or earphones are required
- Must have a camera
- We recommend that you consider adding the device to your insurance policy
Chromebooks do not require active firewalls, or anti-virus and anti-malware software. When the Chromebook is connected to the school network via specialised BYOD WiFi, it will utilise the online security settings set up by Catholic Education.
School Student Support Referrals and Counselling
To direct our families to access the best support available through Mother Terese School, we are setting up the following process to assist with referrals and the most appropriate use of our resources.
- Enquiry (teacher or parent) – Request a referral form from the office
- The principal will talk with you and guide you to appropriate support
Support types:
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- Diverse Learning Teacher and team,
- Student welfare officer (individual or small group guidance and/or mentoring support),
- Defence School Mentor,
- School counselling (individual or small group)
- External agencies
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If school counselling is recommended the School Counsellor will contact the parents and go through the online CatholicCare referral process if school counselling is suitable. Once the online referral has been submitted and consent is signed, the School Counsellor can begin working with the student.
To make it easier for payments to be made at Mother Teresa School, we have introduced the use of Qkr! by Mastercard, a secure and easy way to order and pay for school items from your phone at a time and place that suits you.
Please refer to the attached document for instructions on how to download the app to your phone. I have also included several screenshots from my phone so you will know what it looks like once registered.
This will become our preferred option for many school payments in the future. Additional payment options will be added as required eg, sporting events.
The countdown to the MTS Community Council Australiana Trivia Night is on and bookings are open now.
Will you be our future trivia winner? How well do you know Australia? Can you speak the slang? Do you know what’s in and what’s out! Not great at trivia, come anyway you never know what you’ll learn and there’s plenty of challenges and opportunities to have some fun and buy your way to success!
We encourage you to decorate your Trivia table and come dressed in your best Aussie ocker attire or perhaps as your favourite Aussie. There will be prizes for those who dress themselves and/or their table, as well as the trivia winners of course.
It’s BYO food and drink to this event*.
*Business owners – we'd love to offer an opportunity to promote your business so please get in touch (MTSCommunityCouncil@mail.com) if you can help:
- put some food/drink together for our families or
- provide any discounts/prizes/decorations.
Details
Date: Saturday, 15 October 2022
Time: Doors open from 5.30pm for a 6pm start
Location: MTS School Hall
Entry fee: $5/person (payable on the night)
Booking information
Here’s what else you need to know before you book your spot:
- Tables will seat up to 8 people.
- No payment is required at the time of booking.
- If you do know your table name and attendees please enter them in during the booking process.
- This function is just for the grown-ups so please book the baby sitter for the kids.
- EFTPOS and cash payment available on the night (but please don’t bring your $50/100 notes)
Don’t know enough people to make up a table?
- Just book and bring yourselves and we’ll put together the table for you.
- If you want you can let us know what classes your kids are in and we’ll do what we can to match you up with parents in your specified year level/s.
COVID information
Please don’t attend the event if you are unwell, sanitiser will be made available and if you’d like to wear a mask you are most welcome to. You’re also asked to maintain social distancing when moving around the hall. COVID check-in will be required on the night.
The MTS Yearbook request for photos
The Mother Teresa School Yearbook has been confirmed for 2022, but this year, we are going to need your help to get it across the line.
Families that have been with us since 2019 would know that each year, with the help of our school committee and dedicated parents, we have produced a 200 page, professionally printed yearbook featuring all classes and highlighting the momentous occasions and experiences throughout the year.
The Yearbook has always been wonderfully received in the school community and are great keepsakes for your children to reflect on their journey here.
But the Yearbook is no easy feat to produce. It is a costly exercise and takes long hours assembling pictures, words, stories, graphics etc, to compile into something that caters to all families and reflects the values of Mother Teresa School.
This year we’d like to take families and students on the journey to building the Yearbook with us, our first request is for pictures! If you’re attending school events (sporting, social etc) and you like taking photos (or have attended events earlier in the year), we’d love for you to snap and send a few back to us to use in the yearbook (appropriate permissions will be sought).
If you can help us with the above, please reach out and contact the Yearbook team via the yearbook email MTSYearbook00@gmail.com, or upload your files directly to https://www.dropbox.com/sh/tzo57pi7vcgshyj/AABws_TMRw_VYRu1AO1DPPHwa?dl=0.
