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Dear Parents,
This week we received the results of the Parent Satisfaction Survey which was completed by 283 parents. Overall the results were very pleasing with the majority of parents, judging from the responses, pleased to have their children at Mother Teresa School and happy with the education we provide.
There were however a number of parents that raised concerns across a broad range of areas relating to the running of the school, its facilities and the teaching and learning programs run at MTS. As it was an anonymous survey I ask anyone who has concerns with any aspect of schooling at MTS to contact either Mr Hart or myself so we can discuss any issue you may have.
The results of the survey can be found on the schools website under the ‘Our School’ tab, then ‘Reports and Publications’.
North Gungahlin Athletics Carnival
Congratulations to the many students who represented MTS at the North Gungahlin Athletics Carnival. They all participated with great enthusiasm and sportsmanship.
Tennis Representatives
Two students from MTS have been selected to represent the ACT in Tennis. Jack and Mackenzie Dugdale will participate in the Bruce Cup.
Both students travel great distances to many tournaments to improve their game and are looking forward to this Tournament.
Tennis ACT have set up a funding page to help defray the costs of all the squad members travelling to Perth.
If you would like to assist please click here. All donations are tax deductable.
Maths Problem
Sprinting
An athletic squad trains on a long straight track with dots marked at 10 m intervals.
The coach sets out cones on some of the dots for the squad’s sprint training drills. She wants the squad to be able to run any distance which is a multiple of 10 metres, up to some maximum distance which depends on the number of cones. For example, if she uses three cones, the coach can mark out distances of 10 m, 20 m, and 30 m as follows:
Show that 4 cones can be placed in a line such that each multiple of 10m up to 60m can be run between two of the cones.
God Bless
Peter Hughes
Staff recognition awards
Congratulations to Mr Peter Hughes and Mrs Anna Williams who will be receiving educational awards in the coming weeks.
Peter is the recipient of an ACT Excellence in Educational Leadership award by The Australian Council for educational Leaders (ACEL). This prestigious award is a well-deserved acknowledgement of Peter’s work at MTS and surrounding schools over a long period of time.
Anna is receiving a performance award from Catholic Education for leadership in Numeracy, improving student engagement, learning progress and teaching performance. Her dedication towards improving the teaching and learning outcomes of Numeracy at MTS has been phenomenal.
These awards are testament to the commitment of both of these individuals and as a school community we should feel justifiably proud.
Student Award
Congratulations also to Ellie Anlezark who received a Recognition Award for her drawing in the Catholic Schools Cultural Festival and Recognition Awards.
Her drawing represented her personal view on faith and what it means to her.
“I drew this picture because it relates to me and my life. The hand signifies my hand and it is holding on to the bible, I tried not to make the bible look old, so it represents that I am new to faith and I take care of the stories inside. The cross is the Holy Spirit coming out of my hand and it shows that I am faithful.
The Catholic Schools Cultural Festival highlights student achievement and excellence through a series of curriculum based competitions focused on Religious Education, Literacy, STEM and the Arts.
Year 5 Camp
This week our Year 5 students and teachers ventured to Narrabeen Sport and Recreation Camp for three days. During this time they participated in various activities including archery, sailing, stand up paddle boarding and high ropes. We thank the staff who attended the camp, Mrs Walters, Mr Smith, Miss Cartwright, Mrs Tanchevski and Mr Hughes, ensuring that our amazing Year 5 students had the time of their lives!
Father’s Day Breakfast
Thanks to all of our amazing dads who attended this morning’s Father’s Day Breakfast. A huge thanks to the members of our Men of Mother Teresa group who assisted with cooking in excess of 300 bacon and egg rolls and to the choir who sang like angels.
Congratulations to Scott Sawyer and Stewart Schram who won the Father’s Day raffle for this year. Over $500 was raised to support Menslink.
We wish all of our dads the best for this Sunday.
Craig Hart
Front Office Reminders
- Absentee Notes—If your child is absent from school due to sickness, holiday or other reason, please ensure a note is submitted via Szapp, our website or provided to your child’s classroom teacher on their return.
- Sickness—If your child has been sick and has been vomiting or had diarrhoea then they must be excluded from school for at least 24 hours after the symptoms have ceased.
- School Start & Finish times
- School supervision starts at 8.15am with classes beginning at 8.45am
- Lunch break is from 11.00am to 11.55am
- Recess break is from 1.25pm-1.55pm
- School finishes at 3.00pm with supervision at car line finishing at 3.30pm.
- Parents who cannot collect their child/children by this time should arrange for after school care with Kidsbiz. In the case of any
emergency which prevents you from collecting on time, please contact us so that we can make arrangements to ensure the safety/supervision of your child/children.
- Late to school procedure:-
- If you are dropping off your child to school late please remember to sign in at the front office (any time after 9:15am).
Every student needs to have their late slip with them to hand on to their class teacher upon arrival at their classroom.
- If you are dropping off your child to school late please remember to sign in at the front office (any time after 9:15am).
- Early Pickup procedure:-
- If you are planning to collect your child early please try to let the class teacher know beforehand so that your child/children are at the front office waiting for you.
- If you have an unplanned early pickup please contact the front office and let us know what time you will be arriving so that we can have your child/children ready.
- Please remember if this happens, we will do our best to locate your child but this is not always possible especially if they are out of class or on lunch or recess breaks.
- In addition, if you are collecting your child early and you have requested they arrive at the office at a specific time, please ensure that you arrive at that time to collect them. It is not appropriate that children be removed from class to be collected and then sit at the office and wait for extended periods of time for you to arrive.
- A sign out slip will need to be completed for each child leaving the school prior to the end of the school day.
