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- Principal's Message Term 4 Week 2 - 2022
- Tech Talk with Mrs Macarthur - RSVP below
- Religious Education - Term 4 Week 2
- School Student Support Referrals and Counselling
- CatholicCare Journey Through Adolescence
- MTS Community Council News & Events
- Qkr! - New Payment Option
- Scholastic Book Club Orders
- Community Service Announcements
Dear Parents
- Tennis 12 Years and Under ACT team - Piyushi B - 5 Pearl
- Soccer 12 Years and Under ACT team - Olivia J - 5 Silver
- Shadow selection for the soccer - Kayla S - 6 Charcoal
Staffing News
- Following recent teacher interviews I am pleased to welcome the following staff back in 2023 - Belinda Hicks, Therese Cronin, Sophia Caputo, Janene Sadler, Tina Bruce, Annabel McInnes, Stephanie Foley and Sophie Dash.
- Staff returning from maternity leave to part-time positions - Carly Reeves, Kate O'Keefe, Megan Fraser.
- Staff taking leave due to family postings - Stephanie Travers.
ELC News - Farewell
After thirteen years working between MTS and our ELC, Angela Kelley, the ELC Office Administrator, has taken up a position at St Thomas Mores Primary School, Cambell as their Office Manager. Whilst it was a hard decision to leave, Angela felt it was time to have a change. Anglea was a foundation staff member at MTS and takes with her many wonderful memories. We wish her all the very best.
Due to the very wet weekend planned we have cancelled our planned working bee. A new date is still to be decided. We plan to focussing on weeding and cutting/trimming back. Please bring along any tools you may have to assist with this. More information will be available on Monday - please keep an eye on Compass!
Future of Education Equity Fund - Helping with the cost of schooling and everyday needs - closing date extended
The ACT Government is committed to helping all children and young people participate in programs and activities that support their educational and well-being 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.
God bless.
Carmel Maguire
Apologies that the RSVP link for the ThinkUKnow cyber presentation was not included in the information in the newsletter last week.
Please see below for further information and for the RSVP link.
Mother Teresa School will be hosting a ThinkUKnow presentation on Wednesday 26th October at 6pm and all parents, carers and teachers are encouraged to attend.
ThinkUKnow Australia is an evidence-based education program delivered nationally to prevent online child sexual exploitation.
ThinkUKnow Australia is a partnership between the Australian Federal Police, Microsoft Australia, Datacom and the Commonwealth Bank of Australia. The program is delivered in collaboration with policing partners New South Wales Police Force, Northern Territory Police, Queensland Police, South Australia Police, Tasmania Police, Western Australia Police, as well as Neighbourhood Watch Australasia.
The presentation will be delivered by a local law enforcement member and an industry volunteer. The presentation is pro-technology and addresses topics including self-generated child abuse material, online grooming, image-based abuse, sexual extortion, and importantly encourages help seeking behaviour.
This is a fantastic opportunity for you to learn more about young people and the online environment, and how you can help them to be safe and responsible users of technology.
We can offer 50 places for interested parents so it is important to RSVP as soon as possible via this link -
https://forms.gle/UAtT3VkZSEzCdxcJ7
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
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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.
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.
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.
Scholastic Book Club
The Issue 7 catalogue is now available. The cut-off date for orders is Thursday 27th October.
Please ensure your child’s profile includes their full name with surname rather than an initial to aid in sorting of books to correct children.
Parents can order online via the LOOP parent portal on the Scholastic website, no orders or cash will be accepted by the school. Late orders are charged a flat rate for home postage.
Books will be delivered to children in their classroom once they arrive at the school. A reminder that missing or damaged orders can be reported to Scholastic using their online contact information, and that out of stock items already paid for are usually credited to the LOOP account. Parents concerned about missing, misplaced or damaged orders are advised to wait until the catalogue is closed and use the home postage option. MTS Community Council parent volunteers will be running the Book Club, so please ensure any inquiries are directed to them via the office email, rather than to school staff, teachers or librarians.
