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- Religious Education News
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- Dates for your Diary
- Walk Safely to School Day - Friday 10th May 2024
- Whole Day Absences via Parent Portal
- Mother's Day Stall Donations Needed
- Cold and Flu Season / Illness
- Kidsafe ACT Youth Action Committee EOI
- Mother's Day Family Night at Bunnings
- artKids @ Rosary
- School Counsellor
- Clothing Pool Opening Hours
- Car Park Safety Reminder
- Extracurricular Activities at Rosary
- Rosary Canteen Menu 2024
- ACT 2024 STUDENT ATTENDANCE DATES
- Parentline Counselling for Parents
Principals Report Week 1 Term 2
Dear Parents and Carers
Welcome back for Term 2. I hope that everyone has had a chance for a break and some time together with family and friends.
It has been sad and concerning to watch stories unfold in recent weeks in relation to incidents of violence in general, domestic violence, terrorism and war. Each and every human life is sacred and of value. As our thoughts continue to be with the victims and those affected by recent events, I offer this prayer:
Prayer for the Victims of Violence
Loving God, you are the author and sustainer of our lives. You know the anguish of the sorrowful, you are attentive to the prayers of the broken-hearted. Hear your people who cry out to you in their need; strengthen their hope in your lasting goodness.
We pray today for those who have died because of violence, of domestic violence, of terrorism, of war. Draw them to yourself; let your face shine upon them. May they be greeted with choirs of angels and experience your eternal peace and joy.
Be near to all those who have been touched by violence: those who have been hurt, lost their loved ones or lost their sense of security.
Be for them a steady comfort and safe resting place. Soften the hearts and steady the minds of those who would do violence to others. May hate be replaced with love, may violence be replaced with peace and may darkness be replaced with light.
Amen
2025 Catholic Education Enrolment Period Now Open
It is now time for families to enrol their children in Catholic Schools for 2025. This includes our Early Learning Centres, Primary Schools and Secondary Schools. The enrolment period is open from Monday 6 May to Friday 31 May.
Rosary Open Days:
Thursday 9 May - 9.30am - 11.00am
Monday 13 May - 9.30am - 11.00am
Tuesday 21 May 3.30pm - 5.00pm
Thursday 23 May - 9.30am - 11.00am
Wednesday 29 May 9.30am - 11.00am
Please share the word that enrolments are open for Rosary School for 2025, with a strong focus on Kindergarten. There are a series of open sessions where prospective parents and their children can attend Rosary for a tour and more information.
Year 5 Camp Next Week
Our Year 5 students and teachers are very excited about heading off to Camp next week In Jindabyne. It is a 3-day, 2 night sport and recreation outdoor education camp experience. Accompanying Mrs Mogan and Mr Reed on camp will be Mrs Godfrey and Mrs Fryar. Good luck to everyone attending and we look forward to hearing about their camp when they return.
How exciting - Footsteps Dance Program for all students K-6 in Term 2
The Footsteps Dance Company will again run a program at Rosary, with student’s in each year taking part in a lesson every Thursday this term. The company has a motto that says “We develop active, creative, risk takers!” Through dance and movement each student will have the opportunity to express themselves in a safe, positive and stimulating environment with a qualified dance teacher.
Rosary Tree Planting - Stage 1 Completed
After a huge effort in Week 10, all of the trees purchased by stakeholders were planted around Rosary school grounds. Thank you to those supporters who purchased a tree to plant and to our Community Council members for continuing this initiative and organising the planting sessions.
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Mother’s Day Stall - Next Friday 10 May
We look forward to our special Mother’s Day Stall next Friday morning. Thank you to our Year 2 parents and the Community Council for organising this event for us. Our mothers play a very special part in each of our lives and next week will be a great time purchase a little gift for them and also celebrate their love and kindness.
Year 1 Liturgy - Next Friday 10 May 10.00am
Parents and carers of students in Year 1 are invited to attend this special liturgy next Friday.
Good Luck to swimmers at ACT Carnival
We are proud that 5 Rosary students have made it through to the ACT carnival representing North Gungahlin at AIS next Tuesday 7 May. Good luck to the following students:
- Archie Lonsdale
- Hunter Lonsdale
- Evelyn Clark
- Chloe Lemke
- Sophia Lemke
Wishing you a wonderful week ahead.
God Bless
Greg Walker
Principal
SIXTH SUNDAY OF EASTER
Year B| Sunday 5 May| white
"No one can have greater love than to lay down one's life for one's friends.”
Click on the link below to go the readings and activities for this Sunday.
May 5 - Sunday 6 Easter - PRAYING WITH CHILDREN YEAR B 2023-2024 (yearbprayingwithchildren.org)
YEAR 2 LITURGY – this Friday
Due to the Mother’s Day stall, the Year 2 Liturgy has been moved forward to this Friday 3 May @ 10am, Holy Rosary Church. All welcome!
FIRST EUCHARIST
Please pray for the students preparing for the reception of their First Holy Communion on Saturday 18 and Sunday 19 May.
A reminder for students receiving the sacrament to return the resource fee and nominated day by Friday 3 May.
A ZOOM COURSE TO STRENGTHEN YOUR RELATIONSHIP
– Thursday Evenings in May & June
Whether you’ve been together 1 year or 61 years, married or in a long-term relationship, in a good place or struggling, The Marriage Course offers practical support and ideas to strengthen your relationship, in a fun-packed format, via Zoom.
Participate from the comfort of your home, 7-9pm Thursdays over May & June. Optional In-Person Introduction Evening (Thu 2 May) and Final Dinner (Thu 27June). Hosted by the Catholic & Anglican Parishes of Inner North Canberra.
First Zoom session begins 7pm Thu 9th May.
Enquiries: helenazobec@cg.org.au or 0405 440 463
More Info: https://cgcatholic.org.au/marriagefamily/married/
Register at: tinyurl.com/y3fw859r
THE ROUND TABLE SERIES
Exploring topics of faith, life and mission in our Church
As part of the current Year of the Holy Spirit and leading into an Archdiocesan Assembly later this year, please consider joining others from across the Archdiocese for a time of prayerful dialogue in the spirit of synodality (walking together). You can do this by participating in one or more sessions of a Roundtable Series that is currently underway.
Topics:
- Our Common Home: Justice, Outreach and Integral Ecology (24 May)
- Seek the City: Faith in the Public Sphere (22 June)
- Reconciliation and First Nations: Healing Wounds, Receiving Gifts (7 July)
- The Voice of the Child: Safeguarding the Gift of our Children and Vulnerable (4 September).
For more information and to register, go to https://www.cgevangelisation.org.au/roundtables/. If you would like to connect with others in the inner north community interested in the Roundtable topics, please contact Emily at emilykathrynhall@gmail.com.
Liz Higgins
Religious Education Coordinator
Sebastian Giampaolo
Isla Mackay
Thomas Haining
Isla Nilsson
Amelia Heaton
Palden Norbu
Hunter Bamber
Audrey Horne
Ben Armstrong
Charlotte Pham
Eli Withers
Nicholas Tomac
Cooper Dalle
Ian Kwak
Vihana Kulharia
Henry Chapple
Ella Lipinski
Isabella Therkelsen
Ethan Smith
Ivy Dawe
Zane Griffiths
Tihana Vatavuk
- Year 2 Liturgy - Friday 3rd May - Holy Rosary Church 10.00am
- Year 5 Camp - Jindabyne Sport and Recreation Centre - Monday 6th - Wednesday 8th May
- Catholic Schools Week - Monday 6th - Friday 10th May
- ACT 12 & U Swimming Championship - Tuesday 7th May - AIS Bruce
- Open Day - Thursday 9th May - 9.30am - 11.00am
- Walk Safely to School Day - Friday 10th May
- Mothers Day Stall - Friday 10th May
- Mothers Day - Sunday 12th May
- Open Day - Monday 13th May - 9.30am - 11.00am
- Eucharist Retreat Day - Thursday 16th May
- Year 1 Liturgy - Friday 17th May - Holy Rosary Church 10.00am
Walk Safely to School Day - Friday 10th May 2024
WE’RE TAKING IT IN OUR STRIDE ON FRIDAY 10 MAY 2024
It’s that time of year again when our school seriously starts talking about walking!
Walk Safely to School Day asks that we all consider our transport habits and try to incorporate more walking as part of a healthy, active way to get around. And although walking all the way to school isn’t realistic for many of us, it’s quite easy to figure out how you can build a walk into your family’s daily routine.
You can teach your child the healthy habit of walking more by:
- Walking with them the whole way to school
- If they get the bus or train, walk past your usual stop and get on at the next stop
- If you have to drive, park the car a few blocks away from the school and walk the rest of the way. Regular exercise like walking with your child not only helps them (and you!) beat chronic problems like obesity, heart disease, behavioural and mental health issues and diabetes. It also gives you a great opportunity to teach your child safe ways to behave around roads and traffic.
Remember, Active Kids are Healthy Kids so bring your legs and meet us at the Watson shops, ready for an 8:30am departure.
(All students who walk to school will receive a free tatoo!)
Julie Godfrey
Coordinator
Whole Day Absences via Parent Portal
Whole Day Absences
If your child is absent from school for a whole day or longer, please submit details of the absence via the Parent Portal. This should be completed within 7 days of the absence. There is no need to adjust times for whole day absences.
If your child will only be absent for a partial day, the absence will be recorded as your child is signed in or out via the kiosk at the front office. You do not need to add an early pick up or late drop off via the Parent Portal.
Unexplained absences for your child will be displayed on your homepage when you log in to Parent Portal.
If an unexplained absence appears that you believe to be incorrect, please send an email to the front office for investigation.
Cold and Flu season is now upon us. To assist in preventing the spread of illness, we seek your co-operation keeping children at home if they are unwell and regularly reminding children about basic hygiene practices including:
Hand Hygiene: frequent washing of hands with soap and water. Using hand sanitizer where apporpriate.
Coughing/Sneezing Etiquette: covering of the mouth and nose with a tissue when coughing or sneezing, disposing of the tissue in the bin and washing hands. Alternatively, coughing into the elbow.
We thank you for your cooperation with this matter.
Kidsafe ACT Youth Action Committee EOI
Kidsafe ACT will be launching a Youth Action Committee. Details of the program and how to submit an Expression of Interest can be found here: https://forms.gle/tk8TFBN4H7TvF6zz6
The School Counsellor is at Rosary all day Mondays and Tuesdays during each school term.
How to make an appointment
If your child was seen by the School Counsellor last year and you would like them to receive support in 2023, we require you to complete a new counselling registration form. Please either contact your child’s class teacher or Greg Walker- the Principal for further information.
Similarly, new referrals and requests can be made by contacting your child’s class teacher or Greg Walker- the Principal for further information.
Parent consent for counselling continues to be required for all primary school students and will be sought and provided via email. Where parents are separated, we require the written consent of both parents. Once the referral has been received by myself- School Counsellor- I will make contact with parents on my next day at Rosary to further discuss the referral.
More about School counselling/how to access school counselling at Rosary Primary School
As part of the pastoral care program for students at Rosary, students have access to a Student and Family Counselling service provided by MaryMeadCatholicCare Canberra & Goulburn (MCCG). MCCG are contracted by the CEO to provide a counselling service to students and their families on site. There is no fee to access this service. The service offers short term counselling support (roughly up to six sessions per referral issue) to children and their families – the counsellor can also provide referrals for more complex issues requiring intensive or long term therapy/support.
The role of the counsellor is to focus on the emotional, social and educational well-being of the students. Counsellors welcome contact with students having difficulty with some part of their life, the problem does not have to be a big one. It is better to seek help sooner rather than later. Some typical
concerns that counsellors work with include: anger, anxiety, behavioural problems, low mood, family changes/separation, grief and loss, learning and educational challenges, parenting challenges, peer and other social relationships, school avoidance, stress and study skills. As well as individual sessions with students, counsellors can run groups, consult with parents and teachers and make referrals to other services and supports.
Student and Family Counsellors subscribe to a set of professional ethics that include duty of care and respect for the individual rights to privacy and confidentiality. The counsellors’ obligation is to ensure the safety, well-being and confidentiality of the student they are working with. All counsellors are mandated to report any disclosure or sign of abuse (including self-harm) or neglect to Child Protection Services. Outside of our mandated requirements, all counselling sessions are confidential and the details will not be discussed with other parties unless written consent is given by the client.
Sarah Foley- is onsite at Rosary Mondays and Tuesdays during term.
Access to the clothing pool will now be as follows:
Monday - Friday - Before and after school only
Thank you to our wonderful parent volunteers who maintain the space for our community.
Please note: All donations of preloved uniforms (in good wearable condition) are welcome at the front office.
Extracurricular Activities at Rosary
There are many extracurricular activities available onsite for our Rosary Students. Please note all of these activities attract a fee and are delivered by external providers. Please see the timetable below for details:
- French Lessons - Monday 3.10pm - 4.20pm (continuing) / Wednesday 8.00am - 9.00am (beginner)
- Action Tae Kwon-Do - Monday 6.30pm Children class / 7:30pm Adult class
- Chess Club - Tuesday 3.10pm - 4.30pm (Weeks 1-9)
- Zanshin Martial Arts - Tuesday 6.30pm Junior class / 7:30pm Senior class
- Artkids - Thursday 3.15pm - 5.00pm
- Italian Lessons - Friday 8:00am - 9:00am (beginner)
- Musicorp (various instruments) / Piano Lessons - Friday 8:20am and during class time throughout the day
- Block Crafters - Wednesday Week 2 - Coding and Robotics After School Programme for interested students aged 8-12 years (currently fully booked).
- Dance Club - PLAY - The Dance Agency - Tuesdays at Lunchtime from Weeks 2-10 - Kinder to Year 4
Please contact the school if you require further information.
ACT 2024 STUDENT ATTENDANCE DATES
2024 | TERM BEGINS | TERM ENDS |
---|---|---|
Term 1 | 31 January | 12 April |
Term 2 | 30 April | 5 July |
Term 3 | 23 July | 27 September |
Term 4 | 14 October | 16 December |
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