Dear Parents

As a Catholic learning community,

all at Mother Teresa School are called

to care, to dream, to innovate, to inspire!

Sharing their Talent

During the week several of our students shared their guitar talent and entertained the school. All the children involved learn through MOJO, the company we use to teach guitar. Congratulations to each student for their wonderful performance.

Staffing News

After much thought and consideration our beautiful and talented Mrs Susan Curbishely, our music teacher, has decided it is time to share her skills and interest in music play therapy and preschool music training. Susan is keen to work with her local neighbourhood group in establishing music playgroups as a part of teaching English. In the short time I have been at MTS, Susan has provided many amazing experiences and opportunities for the children to be involved in. We wish her all the very best in her next musical adventure.

School Reports

Our Semester Two reports will be issued in Week 10. Families leaving must copy or save all documents on Compass as you will no longer have access once your child finishes at MTS

 

Kinder Families 2024 moving from the ELC

A reminder that the last day of preschool for all students is Thursday the 14 December.  On Friday our preschool staff will participate in Professional Development. 

If you require care during the holidays, please contact Kids Biz. 

Phone 0439 927 053 (Administration) or 0450 722 173 (Mother Teresa Co-Ordinator)

Email: admin@kidsbizoshc.com.au

click here for the Kids Biz website

Office Hours: 8:30am – 6:00pm (Monday to Friday)

‘One Talk at a Time’

Information and resources are now available to schools and families, to help protect young people from sexual abuse. ‘One Talk at a Time’ is a national campaign against child sexual abuse, launched by the National Office for Child Safety. The campaign encourages adults to have ongoing, proactive, preventative conversations with children in their care.

Link: https://www.childsafety.gov.au/one-talk-time

Illness Within the School

Please be aware that this week we have had a number of students unwell with vomiting and others unwell with COVID. Please keep an eye on your children and should they present with any symptoms please keep them home to rest and recover. Children who have vomited must be kept home for 24 hours.  

Are You Leaving MTS

We are still receiving lots of enquiries for enrolment in all grades across the school. If you are aware of a possible move, please advise as soon as possible. This will help with our planning for 2024.  

Student Behaviour Expectations

Second Hand Uniform Shop

Our second hand uniform shop will not be open on Monday. This week it will be open on Tuesday morning, to allow our new students in Years 1 - 6, who are coming in for their orientation morning, to purchase items. Please feel free to call if you need any uniforms for next year. 

Uniform Shop Opening 2023

Our uniform shop volunteers have advised that they will be open Monday, Wednesday and Friday mornings from 8.30am - 9:00am. Access to the uniform shop is from the side sliding door (car park side) of the Hall. 

God bless and have a lovely weekend.

Carmel Maguire

Principal

Hope to see lots of families at -

Corals on Thursday Evening on the Oval

and

The Kinder Nativity on Friday

Online registration for the Sacrament of Confirmation for 2024 Year 6 Catholic students is now open.

Please use this link to the Google form:  https://forms.gle/7GoSYdPAimvdeEj79

or scan this QR code which takes you to the form: 

Over the school holidays Romeo had an opportunity of a lifetime to attend the Real Madrid Academy, Romeo trained every day from 7:30am to 2:30pm. From intense physical training sessions, to psychology sessions, to nutrition sessions.

Returning back to Canberra he went straight into the Asia Pacific Cup 2024 with nearly 400 players from Singapore, Japan and all of Australia attending.

After a gruelling 4 days, Romeo was selected by Coerver Vice President Jason Lancsar and Coerver Academy coaches to represent the ACT in the 1 on 1 Finals, which he proudly won. He was also selected to represent the ACT in the group finals, which they won too.

Having one day break in between Romeo then had the pleasure of attending the Western Sydney Wanderers Advanced Academy, braving the extreme heat on the synthetic pitch and giving it his absolute best.

Romeo has been invited to join the Elite Squad U10’s at the Football Star Academy at the AIS, which starts next week.

Romeo’s dream is to be like Ronaldo!

The MTS Community Council Fundraising Committee are seeking donations of prizes for the upcoming Christmas Raffle.

Please deliver donations to the Front Office or contact communitycouncil.mts@gmail.com if you would like someone to collect from you.

Dear Parents,

Thank you for providing your student with a Chromebook for their learning.

After experiencing some teething problems during 2023 with Chromebook setups, we have determined that the following is the most reliable setup for students to access their account at school.

 In order for the Chromebook to be used at school, please set up the following:

 1. Personal Account

We recommend parents sign into the Chromebook using a personal account first. It can be their own account, or the account they create for the student. 

The first account will automatically be the owner account of that device. By doing this, parents can set up parental controls and students won’t have admin. The family will still have access to the iPad in the case the student leaves Catholic education.

Instructions:https://support.google.com/chromebook/answer/1047362?hl=en

2. Child personal account

If the personal account set up in Step 1 belongs to an adult, please set up a child personal account. The student will need this in order to add their school account. If the child already has a personal account on the Chromebook, you can skip this step.

Instructions:https://support.google.com/chromebook/answer/1059242?hl=en

3. Child school account inside the child’s personal account

Please add the school account inside the child’s personal account. 

1. Student signs in to their personal account
2. At the bottom right, select the time.
3. Select Settings cog.
4. In the "Accounts" section, at the top, select your Google Account.
5. Select Add Student Account
6. Follow the on-screen steps.
7. Parents will need to enter their email password to allow this.

The student needs to use their school account to access Google Classroom, Google Drive, and other apps in the Google Suite. The student account is managed by Catholic Education.

Your child has a record of their school account. It is in the form of their school email address

Eg. mrobit02@cgstudents.catholic.edu.au and a password they nominated with their teacher. This password has more complex requirements as soon as students begin Year 4. Teachers will guide students through choosing a suitable password.

Students will then be able to switch between their home and school accounts in Chrome by clicking on their letter icon in the top right corner.

Family Link controls

If parents would like to apply extra supervision to the Chromebook, they can set up Family Link.

However, at this stage Catholic Education ICT and Mother Teresa Staff are not in the position of supporting parents with Family Link on BYO devices. 

Some information and instructions are below:

https://support.google.com/families/answer/7101025?hl=en

https://support.google.com/families/answer/7680868?hl=en

https://support.google.com/chromebook/answer/9900467