05 June 2024

From the Desk of the Acting Principal

Week 8 , Term 2

Safety in the Carparks

There has been a spate of “near misses” in the carpark recently, due to an increasing number of parents/carers behaving unsafely in our carpark, endangering students and others.

Please note the following, all of which apply before and after school, as well as during school hours:

•  DO NOT park in the disabled car park at the front of the office if you do not have a Disability Parking Permit. It is there for use of our students and family members who have permits.
•  DO NOT park in the Bus Zone in front of the Office/Prep to drop off or pick up children. This area is strictly for use by buses.
• All cars should be entering the carpark from the gate closest to the Community Centre, and exiting via the gate closest to Prep. DO NOT enter or leave via the middle gate, which is designated for buses only.

All students being picked up are required to go to the Drop Stop Go zone – they should not be told to go to the area in front of Prep, nor should they be walking unaccompanied to the dirt area opposite the school, the corner, or along the road for collection.

Parents are encouraged to pull into the Stop Drop Go zone (moving as far forward as possible), collect their children, and drive out. If you park, please walk across to your child – do not call them across the carpark.

The safety of our students – your children – is the priority, and you are asked to follow our
pickup, drop-off and carpark guidelines to help keep everyone safe.

Maxine Nolan

AP

mnolan@gstsv.catholic.edu.au

From the Desk of the Acting Assistant Principal Pedagogy and Learning

Talofa lava parents, carers and students!

Please see below for what’s happening around our school this fortnight.

Curriculum News 👩‍🏫

The past fortnight has seen many of our students particpating in a variety of extra-curricular local competitions. The students have worked so hard to prepare for these events, both at school and at home and we are proud of their efforts in representing our school and demonstrating the GSCS Gospel Value of Endeavour – I challenge myself to do my best.

23^rd May - Townsville Catholic Schools Spelling Bee at Marian Catholic School

Jade, Olivia, Chanel and Rion competed in the Townsville Catholic Schools Speechmakers competition. All students were outstanding representatives for our school, with Jade taking out third place in the Year 4 competition and Rion placing first in the Year 5 section. Thanks to Mrs Weaver for assisting in preparing the students.

11th June-North Queensland CBCA Readers' Cup Competition 2024 at Southern Cross Catholic College

Readers Cup is organised by the Qld Branch of the Children's Book Council of Australia. It is a state wide competition for young readers. Teams of four to five students read a set of books and then compete with other teams to answer quiz questions from the books. Winners from regional competitions then compete in a state final. Thanks to Mrs Maccarone for assisting in preparing the students.

Sports News ⚽️ 🏀 🏈 ⚾️ 🎾 🏐 🏉 🎱

School Events 📅 

Have a wonderful week ahead and please come and say talofa or hello when you see me around!

Rebecca Rowan

AAPA

rrowan6@gstsv.catholic.edu.au

From the Desk of the Assistant Principal Religious Education

Corpus Christi

Corpus Christi is a religious Christian feast that was celebrated on Thursday May 30th.
Mainly celebrated by Roman Catholics, the feast occurs in either late May or early June, on the first Thursday after Trinity Sunday (60 days after Easter).

Corpus Christi, meaning ‘the body of Christ’ in Latin, celebrates the transubstantiation of bread and wine into the actual body of Christ during Mass.

In some countries not only is the feast celebrated in mass but they also parade the streets with the consecrated wafer as a public show that the sacrifice of Christ was for the salvation of the whole world.

Rebecca Kershaw

APRE

rkershaw@gstsv.catholic.edu.au

What's Happening

Library

Deadly Day Out

Story Dogs

Breakfast Club and Running Club

Both Clubs will run every morning. Breakfast Club will run from the Tuckshop from 8:10am and Running Club will be held on the Junior Oval from 8:10am as well.

The Good Shepherd Way

Term 2, Week 7

This week our Good Shepherd Way Gospel in Action value is Love where I share my good heart with others.

Our Love prayer is below:

Term 2, Week 8

The Good Shepherd Way Gospel in Action for Week 8 will be Reconciliation where I am fair, forgiving and respectful.

Our Reconciliation prayer is below:

The GSCS Way

The GSCS Way is our positive behaviour support program here at Good Shepherd Catholic School.

All in our community are encouraged to:

• Give My Best
• Show Respect
• Compassion and Care
• Safe Responsible and Fair

Each week we focus on a different area of our matrix.

This week we are focusing on: At the tuckshop. 

In Term 2, Week 7 we are focusing on: In the toilets. 

Prep Orientation 2025

Environmental Tips

Tuckshop

Wednesday - Thursday - Friday

Please contact the school office or Ann-Maree at Tuckshop with any enquiries.

CUTOFF time to order TUCKSHOP
from FLEXISCHOOLS
is 8:30am.

PLEASE NOTE THAT ALL ORDERS ARE TO BE PLACED ONLINE AT THE LINK BELOW. Please visit the website to set up your account if you are new to Flexischools.

Flexischool How To Guides for Parents and Caregivers
• Online help is available any time at Flexischools via the link below.
• Phone between 8am - 12pm (AEDST) on weekdays or on the parent phone line (1300 361 769). 

How-To Guides for Parents
Flexischool has spent some time over the holidays developing some quick how-to guides for  parents. If you'd like to see these, please click the link below.
They include: 
•    Introduction to Flexischools;
•    How to Register; 
•    How to Top-Up;
•    How to Place an Order. 

Lost and Found

Teacher Contacts

Parent Portal

If you have any problems accessing please send an email to the school office at rsmssn@tsv.catholic.edu.au. 

The Parent Portal allows you to:

View your child’s timetable and the school calendar
View up to date attendance information for your child
Enter details of upcoming absences or explain past absences or late arrivals for your son or daughter
Access your child’s Semester reports
Make bookings for Parent Teacher Interviews
View a news feed of school announcements, alerts and updates
Provide consent for school events/excursions
Communicate by email with your child’s teachers
Update your contact details (email and mobile phone number).

The parent portal is a web-based system that can be accessed by clicking this link:

An app called Compass School Manager is also available for both iPhones/iPads (via the App Store) and Android phones/tablets (via the Google Play Store). When you have installed the app, search for “Good Shepherd Catholic School – Rasmussen”.
The browser version of the Parent Portal contains more features than the app.  Please click the link below to access the Compass website which has an online guide and video for the Parent Portal.

Community News