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- Principal's Message Term 1 Week 5 2024
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- Religious Education News - Anne Leet
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- Class Awards Week 5 - Be Courageous
- Student Counselling Support Referral
- Kinder-Yr2 Reading Essentials Workshop
- Tech Talk with Mrs Macarthur
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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!
- a yellow pass if they arrive via the office indicating they are on time or
- a blue ticket indicating they arrived after 8.55am and have been formally signed in.
Please make every effort to get your child to school on time.
Our current school focus is on being Courageous
Principal
As you are aware, Catholic Education implemented a new finance system across the Archdiocese last year (you will have noticed new style statements issued monthly, along with a new Bpay reference for your family).
The next stage of the implementation involves changes in the way families are invoiced. Catholic Education will publish primary school fees as one amount per child from now on. CE sibling discounts are calculated and automatically applied to your account by CE, using information held in the system database (Compass). Camps will be invoiced by the school through our Compass Event payment system.
I understand billing is slightly different for systemic high schools.
Building Fund
As per previous communication, Building Fund is no longer automatically invoiced to family accounts. You will receive an email (separate to Term 1 invoice email) which has a form attached. Please use this form to indicate your wishes regarding payment or non-payment of Building Fund for 2024.
I hope this information has been helpful. Please let me know if you have any further questions.
Mother Teresa School Fees 2024
The Catholic Education Office determines the Archdiocesan School Fees for 2024. The school retains only a small portion of this fee. The Catholic Education Office retains the majority of the collected amount. Fees are structured in two parts.
CATHOLIC EDUCATION FEES per child per year Kinder to Year 6 $3858.00
Discounts apply for second and subsequent children in systemic primary schools and when a sibling attends one of the following systemic secondary colleges: St John Paul College, Merici College, St Clare's College, St Francis Xavier College and St Mary MacKillop College.
Please note that Marist, St Edmund's and Daramalan Colleges are NOT systemic schools and no discounts apply when older siblings attend these schools.
Fee Remission
Parents experiencing significant financial difficulties may apply for assistance with fees. The application form is available on request from the Principal or Finance Manager. Applications will be assessed using guidelines set by Catholic Education. All applications are kept in strictest confidence. A fee remission is only valid for the calendar year of application.
If you have any questions or concerns regarding school fees for 2024, please do not hesitate to contact Carmel Maguire or Donna Betts
A helpful guide to the Mother Teresa School 2024 Fees reflecting discounts
The preferred payment method for school fees is Bpay. You may choose to set up a recurring weekly, fortnightly or monthly Bpay payment. You will find our Bpay Biller Code and your individual Reference Number on your statement. Other payment methods are EFTPOS, Credit Card or CompassPay.
WHOLE SCHOOL FOCUS
The Whole school focus theme for this year is 'COME HOLY SPIRIT' and the Bible reference that supports our theme is Acts: 15-28
This term at Mother Teresa School we will use the theme: We are called to care.
We will show the value of Courtesy towards those we meet in our class and on the playground by:
- Saying hello to our peers and teachers
- Put up our hand in the classroom and listen to others when they are speaking
- Remember to use our manners by saying please and thank you and look at people when they are speaking to others
- Holding the door open for others and letting them go first
- Showing kindness to others
CONFIRMATION ENROLMENT & COMMISSIONING MASS
Thank you to the parents who attended the Parent Information Session on Tuesday it was great to see you all there. Please ensure you bring your enrolment form along with a copy of the baptismal certificate and your child’s prayer card this weekend.
- Saturday 2 March @ 5pm Mass & Sunday 3 March @ 8am, 9:30am or 5pm. Enrolment and commissioning for students preparing to make Confirmation.
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 invite all families to contribute by sending in the envelops each Friday. Each class has a Project Compassion box available for the children’s donations. Remember that it is not how much we give, but the compassion that accompanies our giving.
Thank you for your generous contributions. This week we raised $260.00 this money goes toward Leaia in Samoa.
This week, Project Compassion brings us the story of Leaia, who lives
in Samoa. With the support of Caritas Australia’s local partner Caritas Samoa, a water tank was installed in Leaia’s home to harvest rainwater. This means that her family can now have access to clean water to drink and bathe. The time that was previously spent walking to collect water in buckets from a neighbour down the street can now be used for other essential tasks and, most importantly, her children don’t have to miss out on school. School is a doorway that opens onto a better world. The Gospel today says that Jesus knew what a person had in them. We should try to be the same: to see the potential, not just the surface.
3rd Sunday of Lent
3 March 2024 - Year B
“Destroy this sanctuary, and in three days I will raise it up.”
Something to Think About
Think about the last time you were in a church. What sorts of things happened inside the church?
The Story
Jesus went to the temple to find that the area had been turned into a busy marketplace where people were selling animals. Jesus was horrified because the temple was a place to worship God, not a place to make money. He chased all the people and the animals out, turning over the tables and scattering the money everywhere. Jesus wanted to remind people of the real purpose of God’s house.
Video https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=6rEzegfhrWQ&t=108s
Peace and best wishes
Anne Leet REC
Sacrament of Reconciliation
For children in Year 3 and above wishing to receive the Sacrament of
Reconciliation in 2024. Information sessions will be held on
Tuesday 3 September at the church.
The Sacrament of Confirmation will be celebrated on
12, 13, 14 November 2024.
Celebration of the Sacrament of First Holy Communion will be in Year 4 in 2025
For more details, please visit our website: www.holyspiritgungahlin.org.au
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Student Support Referral
To assist our families in accessing the best support available through Mother Teresa 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 and return to the Principal
- The Principal will talk with you and guide you to appropriate support
Support types:
- 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
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. Our School Counsellors, are available on Mondays, Tuesdays, Wednesdays and Fridays to speak with parents or to work with the students who may be suitable for school counselling.
It is the CatholicCare and Mother Teresa School’s policy that the counsellor always contacts parents before meeting with any child.
Our new Counsellors are
- Cameron Day - Mondays to Wednesdays
- Nik Nur Shuhaimi - Fridays
A referral is required each new school year. Please return to the Principal.
A message from Cameron Day
Greetings Mother Teresa families. My name is Cameron Day, and I am excited to be the school counsellor this year. I am available Monday, Tuesday, and Wednesday.
I am a Social Worker with a passion for working with children, young people, and their families. I have previously worked in education, child and adolescent mental health, and acute mental health.
When I am not working, I enjoy reading, eating, spending time with my family and friends, and being physically active.
In my school counselling work, I provide short-term, client-centred support to students, drawing from Cognitive Behavioural Therapy (CBT), Solution Focused, Mindfulness and Trauma-informed approaches in a developmentally appropriate context.
I look forward to working with you all this year.
Please see below for live webinars from the e-safety Commissioner for this term. These live webinars give parents and carers the knowledge, skills and tools to support their children to have safe online experiences. To register for these webinars and other dates later in the year please go to https://www.esafety.gov.au/parents/webinars
