Newsletter Term 2 Week 7

Dear Parents

This weekend a number of our students will be receiving their First Holy Communion. This is a very important and holy day for these children and their families. In the Catholic tradition we talk about receiving the life-giving body and blood of Jesus when we receive communion. When we receive Holy Communion we are intimately united with Jesus, every time we do this. This Sacrament is also uniting us with the wider church community. We congratulate all those making this Sacrament for the first time this weekend and in the coming weeks. We pray that they will always remember that God’s love is there to comfort, guide and bless them throughout their lives.

The 9.00am Mass this Sunday is a designated school Mass. We encourage ALL families to come along and participate. There will be a children’s liturgy where children will hear the readings at their level and do an associated activity. We are hoping to get a children’s choir happening at our school Masses again in the near future.

With World Environment Day tomorrow our environment leaders decided to celebrate today with a mufti day and cleaning up the playground. Any money raised will go towards plants and gardening utensils.

Our Athletics Carnival will be held on Tuesday 8th June. Everyone will be involved in a variety of activities throughout the day. 8 year olds and above will compete in field and track events and the younger children will have some non-competitive fun activities to enjoy. A canteen will be operating. Donations of cakes and slices will be appreciated. Parents are welcome to come along and watch their children.

Teachers are very busy writing reports at the present time. We are compelled by government to provide a graded report (A-E) for all students twice a year unless they have a disability, when parents may request an ungraded report. Unfortunately reports can be a source of angst for parents, students and their teachers. In this day and age, a C is considered to mean a child is meeting the standard required for that grade. A and B are above and D and E are below that standard. Teachers provide many opportunities for students to meet the standard or to show they are achieving beyond it. There will be an opportunity for parents to meet with teachers either at the end of this term or early next term to gain more information about how their child is progressing. I encourage you to book in for an interview when these become available.

Three of our students are heading to Sydney on Tuesday as members of the Diocesan Cross Country team. We wish them all the best and know they will be worthy ambassadors of our school, zone and Diocese. Good luck Harper Gallagher, Harper Richards and Fray Hutchinson.

Our students have had lots of sporting opportunities in recent times. We have certainly been making up for last year! A big thank-you to Fiona Croker who has taken on the sports co-ordinator role this year. It is a thankless task at times. We do appreciate all that she does in organising all the opportunities for the students.

Please be aware that some of our families are going through some difficult times at present, through ill-health, housing difficulties or lack of work. I ask you to keep all our families in these situations in your thoughts and prayers.

To bless is to see well. In blessing it is important that we see, that we recognise others, for our seeing tells them they count.

May God bless all our families,

Lynne 

Term 2 2021

Saturday, June 5th - World Environment Day

Sunday, June 6th - First Holy Communion

Sunday, June 6th  - School Mass - 9am

Tuesday, June 8th - Athletics Carnival

Friday, June 11th - St Anthony's Feast Day

Monday, June 14th - Public Holiday for Queen's Birthday

Sunday, June 20th - First Holy Communion

Wednesday, June 23rd - Orators Evening - 6pm

Friday, June 25th - Student Free Day

Child Protection Policy can be found on our School Website under Information/School Policies: St Anthony's Primary School Website or in the following link: https://www.kngplism.catholic.edu.au/school-policies/

WEEKEND MASS TIMES
NO BOOKINGS REQUIRED

VIGIL: KINGSCLIFF 6:00pm
SUNDAY:POTTSVILLE 7:30am
KINGSCLIFF 9:00am

WEEKDAY MASS TIMES
NO BOOKINGS REQUIRED

TUESDAY: POTTSVILLE 9:15am
WEDNESDAY: KINGSCLIFF 8:00am
THURSDAY: KINGSCLIFF 9:00am
FRIDAY: KINGSCLIFF 8:00am

RECONCILIATION TIMES

SATURDAY: KINGSCLIFF 5:00—5:30pm
SUNDAY: POTTSVILLE 7:00—7:25am

Current Office Hours: Tuesday - Thursday 9am-3pm

PARISH NEWSLETTER LINK: http://stanthonysparishkingscliff.org/news-events/

SCHOOL FAMILY/ PARISH MASS CELEBRATION

Sunday 6th June at 9am

(The Most Holy Body and Blood of Christ -   Corpus Christi)

St Anthony’s Church, Kingscliff

 We hope to see many St Anthony’s families at this Mass celebration

At this Mass celebration staff from St Anthony’s will be attending to the ministry duties and there will be a children’s liturgy.

There will also be children making their First Holy Communion at this Eucharistic Liturgy. We congratulate and pray for these children.

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Parents who have children receiving the Sacrament of Confirmation in Term 3 please take note of the following dates & commitment involved in the preparation of this sacrament:

 Commitment to this Sacrament involves:

• Attending a parent/child meeting – (Week 4, Term 3)

Wednesday 4^th August at St Anthony’s Primary School at 6pm in the year 3 classroom or

Monday 2^nd August at St Ambrose Primary School at 6pm in the year 3 classroom.

• Attending a Parish/School Mass on the weekend of 7/8 August, as it is a commitment Mass to this Sacrament whereby your child will have a small activity to participate in.
• Working through a variety of home tasks.
• Attending the Confirmation Celebration on Wednesday 8^th September (Week 9 – Term 4) at 6pm at St Anthony’s Church, Kingscliff.

The Sacrament of Confirmation is targeted at Baptised Catholics in Year 3

(you will receive individual notes to register your child.)

Please Note - If you would like your child to receive the Sacrament of Confirmation and they are baptised Catholic and in Years 4 – 6 please send a note to the office informing me by Friday 11^thJune.

If you have any queries, please do not hesitate to speak to me. 

Thanking you for your support in the preparation of your child receiving the Sacrament of Confirmation

Sue Falcke

Leader of Evangelisation

TEACHERS ARE LEARNERS TOO

You may have noticed the classrooms here look a little different to when you went to school. Here at St Anthony’s we encourage powerful learning, collaboration and success for all. We believe in providing a holistic student centered learning environment that focuses on inquiry learning and skills development. This approach is based upon decades of research about inquiry based learning, personalised learning and social constructivism. 

Last Monday and Tuesday our Stage 3 Teachers along with Mrs Sue Falcke (Leader of Catechesis), Mrs Lauren Magnus (Leader of Pedagogy) and Mrs Pull (Principal) attended a 2 day workshop titled “Rigorous Project Based Learning by Design”. This workshop was led by Mr Michael McDowell, an internationally renowned educator, speaker and author. Due to COVID Michael zoomed in from San Francisco to work with school teams across the diocese on this powerful approach to teaching and learning. 

This way of learning not only fosters clarity of learning outcomes and leveled success criteria at surface, deep, and transfer. But it also challenges students at their learning level through targeted instruction and feedback and provides a culture that focuses on students taking ownership over their learning. 

We are very excited to implement this new approach and see the impact it has on further developing confident and competent learners. 

Mrs Lauren Magnus

Leader of Pedagogy

St Anthony’s Catholic Primary School, Kingscliff

The 2021 Athletics Carnival will be held onTuesday 8th June at Walter Peate Reserve, Kingscliff.

• The Carnival will commence at 9am and conclude at approx. 2pm.
• The students will travel by bus to and from the Athletics oval.
• All students will need HATS and labelled drink bottles. Students may wear either their house colours (no singlets) or sports uniform. Sunblock will be supplied and students will be reminded to re-apply.
• Whilst all events (except 800m) are run at our carnival in age groups from 8-13 years, many events at zone are junior, 11’s and senior. This means 8, 9 and 10 year olds compete against each other so your child may win their age division at the school carnival but NOT make zone.
• Infants students will participate in non-competitive fun events. All Year 2 students who are 7 and do not turn 8 this year will be with the Yr 1 group.
• If you are collecting your child from the carnival, please see the recording desk. Parents MAY NOT collect other people’s children without prior written permission.
• STUDENTS CANNOT ORDER THEIR LUNCH ONLINE AS THIS SERVICE WILL NOT BE AVAILABLE. A CANTEEN WILL BE OPERATING ON THE DAY.
• Parents are welcome to attend the carnival. Please ensure you sanitise on arrival and maintain social distancing.Parents are asked not to gather in groups and will be asked to leave if Covid Safe Rules are not adhered to.
• Those students that would like to nominate for the 1500m trial will need to submit times to the school office or Mrs Croker no later than Tuesday 8th June. The top 2 times in the following age groups: 8, 9, 10 Boys and Girls, 11 Years Boys and Girls and Senior Boys and Girls, will need to be available to attend zone trials at St James Primary, Banora Point on Thursday 17th June at 4pm.

Thank you in advance!

Successful students will be notified by note to attend the Tweed Zone Carnival at Walter Peate Reserve, Kingscliff on 23rd July Term 3.

The diocesan carnival is in Coffs Harbour on 13th August.

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