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- Easter Raffle Winners 2025
- Year 6 Camp 2025
- Migrant and Refugee Settlement Services
- Indigenous Incursion
- Anzac Day
- Community Council
- The MTS Yearbook request for photos
- Sport with Mrs O'Keefe
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- St John Paul II College
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Dear Parents and Carers,
Enrolment time
Easter Story - Jesus Day
The reenactment of the Easter Story on Wednesday was beautiful to watch. Well done to the children.
An Awesome Staff
Congratulations to the following staff who graduated over the last two weeks. A wonderful achievement due to lots of hard work. What and a great achievement!
- Penny Brown - Master of Leadership
- Imogen Alexander - Bachelor of Education - Early Childhood and Primary
- Kathleen McGuire - Master of Teaching - Early Childhood and Primary
- Paris Morris - Bachelor of Education - Primary Education
- Monica Cougar - Bachelor of Education - Primary Education
Mother's Day Planning Ahead
More information coming next week.
We are pleased to announce that Mother Teresa is introducing the BPoint Enterprise Solution to manage direct debit arrangements for the payment of school fees. We are hoping to release the information next week so families can set up arrangements
What is BPoint and What Do You Need to Do?
BPoint is a secure Commonwealth Bank payment processing platform designed to facilitate online payments, while ensuring the highest security standards. This system safeguards your financial information using industry-leading security measures.
Our new direct debit platform will allow you to pay school fees using either a bank account or a credit card (excluding AMEX). Please note that payments made via credit card will incur a 0.5% surcharge.
Establishing Direct Debits.
Next week, families will receive an email outlining estimated weekly, fortnightly, and monthly repayment options to ensure all fees are paid by the end of the year. These amounts will also include any outstanding 2024 balances.
What next?
You will receive an email that will provide a start date for direct debits and options for selecting your preferred payment frequency. Once a payment frequency is selected, you will be directed to enter your bank/credit card details. Once the information is entered, you will receive an email from no-reply@bpoint.com.au . The email will contain two links,
1. The first link requires confirmation of the direct debit arrangement. Please note that the link will expire within 7 days.
2. The second link provides a copy of the eDDRSA for your records.
While using the direct debit payment option is not compulsory, many families find it helpful in staying up to date with their financial obligations.
For any questions or further assistance, please contact the school.
Community Forum
Do not forget that Term 2 marks a change to the winter uniform and that the children return on Tuesday, 29 April.
Have a lovely holiday and a safe and holy Easter break.
Carmel Maguire
Principal
WHOLE SCHOOL FOCUS
The Whole school focus theme for this JUBILEE 2025 year is ‘PILGRIMS OF HOPE’
This term at Mother Teresa School we will use the theme that:
The Journey of Faith: Dream, Slow Down, and Reflect
“For I know the plans I have for you, declares the Lord, plans to prosper you and not to harm you, plans to give you hope and a future.” — Jeremiah 29:11
We will show the value of Consideration towards those we meet in our class and on the playground by following ‘The Mother Teresa School Way’:
- Including others
- Listening attentively
- Showing good sportsmanship
- Treating others equitably.
LENT & PROJECT COMPASSION
A very big thank you to everyone for your generous donations to Project Compassion this year. Once again Mother Teresa School families have come to the fore to help others: Thanks to the wonderful generosity of the children and their families, during Lent we raised over $2551.35 Well done and congratulations everyone.
HOLY WEEK & EASTER LITURGUES
What a fabulous and joyous occasion we had on Wednesday as part of our Holy Week liturgies. A big thank you to all the children who sang so beautifully and participated so reverently during the various liturgies and to the fabulous staff at Mother Teresa School who as always rose to the occasion to provide memorable teaching and learning experiences for the students. The dramatization and re-enactment of the events helped everyone to remember the journey and struggle for Jesus.
A special thank you to all those parents who came along to support the students. It was wonderful having you here.
CONFIRMATION 2025
Please pray for our Year 6 Confirmation Candidates, their teachers, and families as they prepare this important sacrament. All our Confirmation candidates are truly embracing their ministries and getting involved in the Parish Masses. Well, done! Don’t forget to bring your item of food for the ‘Food Pantry’.
What does a King look like? What is his job? Imagine what a parade would look like for a king that everyone loved?
Jesus had travelled all over the countryside helping people, telling them about God’s love and doing miracles. Now Jesus was preparing to come to the important city of Jerusalem. He didn’t have a horse and carriage because he wasn’t rich like a normal King, so he borrowed a donkey to ride on. The people cheered and there was a great commotion! They were excited to finally see Jesus whom they had heard so much about. People put their cloaks on the ground to cover the dirty road as a sign of respect for Jesus. They waved palm branches and sang “Hosanna” to praise Jesus.
Video Link: https://www.youtube.com/watch?app=desktop&v=lTmbTuutBgg
Peace and best wishes
While I am aware that several families are disappointed that the name of our term awards has been changed to the 'Mother Teresa Way', I want to ensure parents that we have not lost sight of our students who are talented academically. The teacher identified many great reasons to acknowledge the consistent success made by their students.
On April 4th Year 3 and Year 5 spent an hour involved in a presentation delivered by Sonia and Josh from the Migrant and Refugee Settlement Services (MARSS). The talk centred around the idea of being racist and the negative impact that this has on individuals. Josh was an immigrant from South Sudan who arrived in Canberra as a teenager after his family was displaced from their home. He shared a story from when he was a teenager where another boy at school had been particularly racist towards him. Josh told about the amazing impact of another boy who stood up for him; in fact they are still friends! Josh talked about John as being ‘his superhero’! This story and the lasting impact of John’s interaction with Josh was very impactful and helped the students understand the positive effect actions based in love have on us all.
Our students were lucky to take part in a very special cultural experience as we welcomed Ryka Ali to our school. We began each session with a traditional smoking ceremony, held at the entrance of our hall. This powerful and meaningful ritual helped cleanse and prepare us for the learning ahead.
Ryka gave an energetic and engaging introduction that had students immediately interested and involved. With his warm approach, he invited everyone to join in as he shared dances and stories from the Torres Strait Islander culture.
Throughout the session, Ryka explained the meanings behind various symbols used by Torres Strait Islander people, helping students gain a deeper understanding of this rich cultural heritage.
There were lots of opportunities to dance, and our students enthusiastically jumped at the chance! They had a fantastic time moving, learning, and laughing, all while gaining respect for the traditions and history of First Nations peoples.
It was a joyful and educational experience—Ryka truly made it fun and memorable for everyone!
The MTS Social & Fundraising Working Group Thanks You!
Thank you to our MTS community, it has been a wonderful start to 2025!
We have had:
- Our Welcome Picnic
- New members join our School Council Social & Fundraising Working Group
- Welcomed our Parent Class Contacts for 2025.
We ended the term with the fun and eggcitement of the Easter Raffle! We are extremely grateful for your participation in this fundraising event by donating goods for the hampers and purchasing raffle tickets.
Congratulations to those families who were lucky enough to take home one of the 30 beautiful hampers. This has helped us fundraise towards the replacement of the junior playground.
This year our families were extra spoilt with the addition of Bounce Vouchers to several of the hampers, just in time for the school holidays! We are so thankful and grateful to Carla, her husband and family for donating these very generous prizes.
A successful Easter Raffle doesn’t happen without all the work behind the scenes:
- Thank you to our Front Office Staff, in particular Kate and Donna for their help with Qkr and letting us share their work space to accommodate all the chocolate!
- Thank you to our Principal and Assistant Principal, Carmel and Craig, for their support in hosting this event.
- And a very special thank you to our Mum Volunteers. As the saying goes ‘many hands make light work’ and this certainly rang true with the help from Elle, Cirine, Jenna, Leah, Kristy, Kaillin & Kris. These mums bought baskets, wrapped hampers, cut up raffle tickets and helped with the raffle draw. Events like this cannot happen without these volunteers and we are truly grateful.
Keep an eye out for info and a RSVP request coming for our ‘Muffins with Mum’ event for Mother’s Day.
We thank you with full hearts and we hope you all have a wonderful Easter break with your loved ones © Janice and Adelle - MTS Social & Fundraising Working Group
The Mother Teresa School Yearbook has been confirmed for 2025, but this year, we are going to need your help to get it across the line.
Families that have been with us for a few years would know that each year, with the help of our school committee and dedicated parents and our amazing teachers, 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 the children to reflect on their journey here. To help in that undertaking we are hoping for your assistance
We would specifically like to request any photos from the events that have occurred in term 1 while they are fresh on your memories
-swimming carnival
-Reconciliation
-Harmony day
- Excursions
If families have any photos or if you’re attending school events (sporting, social etc) and you take any photos 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
Kind regards
Lindsay Hackett
The Sports Spectacle
This term has been an exciting one for our students in sports!
Many of our students proudly represented our school at the Netball Gala Day and participated in both the School and Regional Swimming Carnivals. Those who recently competed in swimming will soon receive additional information regarding the ACT Swimming Carnival. Additionally, please note that the Year 3/4 Netball Carnival originally scheduled for Term 1 has been rescheduled to Term 2, specifically on May 27. I will reach out early in Term 2 to finalise the teams and provide further details.
If you are available to assist with tasks such as recording and course supervision on May 7 for our annual Cross Country from 9:00 AM to 11:00 AM, please reach out to Kate O’Keefe at kate.okeefe@cg.catholic.edu.au. Your support would be greatly appreciated.
Upcoming Events - Term 2
● 12&U Rugby League State Team Selection Trials (First Trial - May 3) - Registration required at https://schoolsportact.org.au/sports/rugby-league/
● ACT Swimming Carnival (May 6)
● MTS Cross Country (May 7)
● North Gungahlin Cross Country (May 26)
● Year 3/4 Netball Gala Day (May 27)
