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- Principal's Message Term 3 Week 8 - 2023
- Year 2 MTS Descriptions
- Religious Education News - Anne Leet
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- The Reading Room 3 - 6 - Kelly Boyton
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Dear Parents
As a Catholic learning community,
all at Mother Teresa School are called
to care, to dream, to innovate, to inspire!
It has been a very busy week around the school. We have managed to keep all our events on track despite the spike in staff absences that we experienced this week.
Weekly Highlights
Mother Teresa Day
Community Hub Expo
Parent Teacher Conference Term 3
The teachers will be available in Week 9 to provide parents with an update on how their child is progressing. Parents invited to attend a personal plan meeting do not need to double up and book a 10-minute check-in meeting. The booking schedule will open on Monday 4 September, by 11.00 am
School Disco
A reminder that our school disco is booked for Friday 15 September. This year the entry cost must be prepaid either via Qkr or via cash in a clearly marked envelope to a class teacher.
Kinder to Year 2 can come to school in casual clothes ready to attend their disco.
1.00pm - ELC and Kinder, 2.00 - Years 1 & 2pm
Years 3 - 6 will need to wear their school or sport uniform as it will be a regular school day. Their disco will start at 6.00pm.
The Qkr app is only used by our Community Council with all payments directed to the Community Council bank account. Refer to the information below if you need to find the Qkr app.
Are You Leaving MTS
We are receiving lots of enquiries for enrolment in all grades across the school. If you are aware of a possible move, please adviseas soon as possible. This will help with our planning for 2024.
Student Behaviour Expectations
Uniform Shop Opening 2023
Principal
Aarushi P - Mother Teresa School is an amazing school to go to if you want to go just look at this information. The students at MTS are kind and spectacular. The Teachers at MTS are terrific and compassionate. You can do sensational sports and arts too! My favourite parts of MTS the four house colours and the celebration. Don't you agree that we are lucky to attend such a great school?
Carter B - Mother Teresa School is amazing and kind and loving. MTS is caring and we do small things with great love. The teachers are always smiling and they are funny. You can do chess, art, soccer anything you like. The grounds are spectacular and sensational like the teachers. Why dont you come to MTS! It is spectacular.
Victoria P - Mother Teresa School is a great school because there are lots of great and smart students and teachers. The students at MTS are happy, smart and we always do small things with great love. The teachers at MTS are always happy and caring because they help the students if they need help. The things you can do at this school are music, sport and we sometimes go on fun excursions! The best things about MTS are lunch and recess because we can play on the play equipment. MTS is the best school because you can do a lot of things!
Hamish L - Mother Teresa School is a magnificent School. Kids at MTS are spectacular, polite and amazing kids. Teachers at MTS are brilliant teachers. I can help people if they are hurt. I can play with my friends and play soccer on the oval. MTS is absolutley magnificent.
WHOLE SCHOOL FOCUS
The Whole school focus theme for this year is ‘Walking Together’.
Our value for the next two weeks is: RESPECT
We can show this in the Mother Teresa School way by:
- Treating people the way we want to be treated.
- Playing by the rules and taking turns.
- Telling the truth.
- Listening to other people’s ideas.
- Being considerate of other people’s feelings.
Please keep the children and their families in your prayers as they prepare to celebrate their First Eucharist this weekend. All the children are very excited and cannot wait to receive their First Eucharist. On Friday, the students enjoyed ‘Jesus Day’. They were involved in a variety of activities, including the re-enactment of the ‘Passover’ with Fr Troy leading in the journey. They celebrated 12 noon Mass with the Parishioners, reflected on the Last Supper and prepared for their First Communion Day.
THANKYOU
Thank you, Year 6 Charcoal and Ink, along with their teachers, Mrs Hicks, and Mr Russell for a beautiful and moving Focus Assembly to celebrate the holy life of St Teresa of Calcutta, who opened her heart to receive the message of Christ’s love and light and to share this with those most in need. They led the school in a terrific song “Into Our Hands”. Just like Mother Teresa who served Jesus by caring for the poorest of the poor.
Fr Eden, in his homily, spoke about when Jesus talked about loving the least of these, He wanted us to help with needs we see around us. He wants us to love people everyone else doesn’t see as important. Maybe they aren’t popular, easy to love, or wear the right clothes. Maybe they don’t have as much money as you do. Jesus wants us to see someone in need and instead of ignoring them, do our best to help them.
Mother Teresa ODD SOCK DAY
This was a terrific way for the students to show, that like St Teresa of Calcutta we to can reach out to those less fortunate. The proceeds from the to Children’s Catholic Mission. We raised $870.00. Thank you to all the families who supported the day through their generous donations. A special thank you to all our MTS staff who provided great activities for a fun filled day for the students.
23rd Sunday in Ordinary Time
10 September 2023 - Year A
“If your brother or sister listens to you, you will have won that person back.”
Something to Think About
Today's gospel is all about community. What does the word 'community' mean to you? Can you name some different communities to which you belong? How do these communities live peacefully together? What does peace mean to you?
The Story
In today’s gospel story, Jesus is giving the disciples some advice about how to live together peacefully in a community. Jesus is encouraging them to make their community more united and more harmonious and he suggests what should happen if conflicts arise. The simple message is that Jesus wants us to live together as one happy family. What does peace mean to you? What makes you feel peaceful?
Help us be green and earn green by recycling your hard-to-recycle rubbish.
Mother Teresa is proud to share that we’ve set up a TerraCycle recycling hub for common things we toss in the rubbish that can’t be recycled locally. The best part? Just by dropping off rubbish, you help us raise funds for our school!
The recycling hub is located out the front of the school hall. Students, parents and staff are invited to use it.
The more we recycle together, the more Mother Teresa earns.
How it works
- Members of the Mother Teresa community (like you!) drop off hard-to-recycle rubbish at our recycling hub.
- Once we have a full box, we send it to TerraCycle (using a free shipping label).
- TerraCycle awards us points that we can redeem as a cash donation.
- We’ll use the dollars we earn fund sustainability projects around our school.
Here’s what you can drop off:
- Empty pens, highlighters, and correction fluid containers
- Used plastic sandwich wrap, and snack packaging
- Used toothbrushes, empty toothpaste tubes, and dental floss containers
Tips for dropping off recycling
- Start collecting accepted items in a box at home and bring it in once it’s full.
- Items don’t have to be sparkling clean, but please remove as much product (e.g., crumbs from snack bags or soap from pump bottles) as possible.
About TerraCycle
TerraCycle is on a mission to eliminate the idea of waste. It develops ways to collect and recycle rubbish that is not generally accepted by traditional municipal recycling services, including face masks, toys, mascara wands, and much more.
To learn more and get involved, visit terracycle.com.
Any questions about the recycling hub at Mother Teresa? Reach out to cheryl.l.harris@hotmail.com. And remember, the more items you drop off, the more money we can earn, so feel free to collect for friends and family too!
We are excited to say that ticket sales for our MTS Disco are now open!
We hope you can join in the ‘Return to Dance Fever’ fun.
Date: Friday 15 September 2023
Location: MTS Hall
Run by: Kids Biz
Theme: Disco Fever
DJ: Matt Brown
Sessions: Session 1 ELC & Kinder: 1.00pm – 1.45pm
Session 2 Years 1 & 2: 2.00pm – 2.45pm
Session 3 Year 3 - 6 6.00pm - 7.30pm
Cost: ELC, Kinder, Year 1 &2 = $4 (includes glow stick)
Cost: Years 3 - 6 = $6 (includes glow stick and icy pole)
Payment: Via the QKR! App or Cash to Class Teachers in a sealed envelope with title Disco, child’s name and amount enclosed.
Ticket sales close Wednesday 13 Sep!
The Community Council will be hosting a Parents Cheese and Chat- opportunity for parents of senior students in years 3-6 to come together while the children enjoy the disco.
*We intend to provide a similar opportunity for younger grades parents to get together later in the term.
As this is a school survey please look for the Compass News Feed for the Link
Come and see our great show. Six fairy tales are presented on the stage.
While given a new treatment, they draw inspiration from the original versions of the stories... see Rumplestiltskin, The Ugly Duckling, Beauty and the Beast, The Little Match Girl, The Red Shoes, The Snow Queen with some surprises...see you there ?Purchase your tickets here
Netball ACT is excited to announce that it will be running an After School Competition in Term 4 for not only Year 3 & 4, Year 5 & 6 students (Junior) BUT also Year 7 & 8 and Year 9 & 10 (Senior).
Location: Solarhub ACT Netball Centre, 435 Northbourne Avenue Lyneham ACT 2602 (indoor).
Junior Competition:
Years 3 & 4 and Years 5 & 6
Commences Thursday 26th October and finishes Thursday 14th December
Timeslots: 4pm + 5pm
https://www.playhq.com/netball-australia/register/b562ba
If you wish to register as an individual, please contact Program Coordinator Emma Brear.
Registrations close Monday 9th October
If you have any questions, please contact Emma Brear - Program Coordinator: emma.brear@netballact.com.au or visit the Netball ACT website Home - Netball ACT
Please note that non-school teams may enter into the competition
