19 May 2021

From the Desk of the Principal

I hope you're all having a wonderful week. I am currently away from school attending a Townsville Catholic Education Walk on Country retreat and do not have access to emails during this time. Please be sure to contact Judy Bell (Prep to Year 2) or Maxine Nolan (Year 3 to 6) with any queries you may have during my absence. Thanks and enjoy the rest of your week.

Glenda Scrase

Principal

gscrase1@gstsv.catholic.edu.au

From the Desk of the Assistant Principal Religious Education

Mini Vinnies Parklands Visit

On Saturday, several of our wonderful Mini Vinnies visited the residents at Parklands Aged Care facility. I’m not sure who enjoys the visits more – the students or the residents!

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Life Education

Healthy Harold has been visiting Good Shepherd!
Each class has been visiting the Life Education Van until next Monday 24th May.
 

Thursday 20th May – Prep A, 6A, 6B
Friday 21st May – 3C
Monday 24th May – Prep C, 4A, 4B

Judy Bell

APRE
jbell17@gstsv.catholic.edu.au

From the Desk of the Assistant Principal Administration

Congratulations to all our Year 3 and 5 students who participated in NAPLAN last week and earlier this week. All students handled the tests well, and I’m happy to report very few technical issues with the online testing formats. Anyone who was away for the online tests has until Friday to complete them. NAPLAN results will be provided to schools from mid-August to mid-September, and the same report format is used for every student in Australia. The school will notify you when the reports are being sent home.

Last week we were very excited to introduce Franki to the school community. Franki is a 4 ½ month old “Heinz variety” (although the vet thinks Yorkshire Terrier is in there somewhere), and is my pet. She is also a “therapy dog in training” and can complete her formal training when she is 10 months old. 
Franki will be at school several times a week, and will eventually accompany me on classroom visits and other activities. Franki and I are a team, and there is no situation where she will be left with children unaccompanied. Having a therapy dog can promote psychological wellbeing, increase social skills, self-esteem and confidence through animal assisted activities.
Before we can fully introduce Franki to students, I need to know if any students are allergic to dog hair, or have a fear of dogs. Please complete the below form and return it to the school if your child has an allergy or phobia of dogs.

Maxine Nolan

APA

mnolan@gstsv.catholic.edu.au

What's Happening in Our Year 6 Classes

The biggest news in Year 6 this term is that we have been spending more time opening our classrooms up to work jointly. This work has predominantly been online learning, which allows more time for us as teachers to work one-on-one and in small groups with students as well as providing the students with the opportunity to develop their time management skills by completing a set number of tasks throughout the week. All children have adjusted extremely well to this now environment and already shown an improvement in self management and concentration. The children themselves have expressed how they have enjoyed working with the online content and having the ability to work at their own pace. They identified that they were benefiting from more 1:1 explicit teaching opportunity from their teachers.

This term both classes have also enjoyed some wonderful time learning and playing with their Prep PaL’s. Our Friday visits have allowed opportunities for us to engage in craft activities, peer reading and practicing our turn-taking skills through games. Both classes will be continuing building their relationships with their Prep buddies through these weekly activities.

Awards For The Week

Birthdays For This Week

~ Archie  PrepB        ~ Gabriel  PrepC          ~ Ariana  1A            ~ Brody  1B                 ~ George  1C 

~ Calum  1C                 ~ Alex  3A                       ~ Leila  3C               ~ Mackenzie  5B      ~ Rico  6B         

Assembly

3C will be presenting our Assembly this Friday in the BBC at 8:40am.

Our lucky Praise Note winners for last week were: Addisyn (PrepB), Cooper (1A), Olivah (2A), Liam (3B), Scarlett (4B), Moraes (5A), Riley(6A).

The Good Shepherd Way

This week our Good Shepherd Way Gospel in Action value is Inclusion where we are encouraged to involve and accept others.

Our Inclusion prayer is also 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 Show Respect: Before School, Classroom, Eating Area, Playground, Oval, Libray and Toilets.

Congratulations to Wyatt, Skylar and Mia who were our GSCS Way VIPs last week.

FACE (Family And Community Engagement) Network News

We have received more tickets in the Rotary Raffle. If you would like extra tickets, please call into the office.

Tickets are $2.00 and books of 10 are $20.00 per book. All proceeds are going towards the construction of a permanent shelter at the pickup zone and the bus zone.
First Prize is a brand new Kia Seltos S, Auto Sedan RRP: $28,850.00 and there is a Book Seller prize of 1x HP notebook RRP: $439.00.

Please note ALL books no matter if they are fully sold, part sold or unsold have to be returned to the office or your child’s class NO later than Friday 28th May.

Our next meeting will be held on Tuesday 13 July at 7:00pm in the Staffroom.

Library News

Running Club

Running Club is back each Tuesday and Thursday on the oval and is open to all year levels and age groups. Can you help us get to Tokyo for the Olympics?

Have You Enrolled For Prep 2022 Yet?

Students turning 5 by 30 June 2022 are invited to enroll for Prep 2022. Applications are available from our School Office. Alternatively they can also downloaded from our website at https://www.gstsv.catholic.edu.au/enrolment/enrolment-package/

Tuckshop

Wednesday - Thursday - Friday

Please place your order with Flexischool no later than 8:30am on the day you wish to order. You will find a menu on our webpage. If you wish to place an order of cupcakes for your child's birthday please place your order the week before.

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.

Environmental Tips

23rd May -  World Turtle Day

~ All turtles lay their eggs on land.
~ Hatching turtles have an egg tooth at the end of their beak to help open the egg.
~ Turtle shells are built into their skeleton.

A Thank You From Townsville Health

We received this letter from Kirwan Community Health Campus.

Upcoming Events

Townsville Eisteddfod

The Townsville Eisteddfod, held each year in September, is a great way for children of all ages to showcase their talents. 

Students who enjoy writing, art or photography are encouraged to enter in one of the following sections: Poetry, Creative Writing, Functional Writing, Visual Arts, Media, Photography (Digital). 

Entry Fee is $8 per entry and is due Tuesday 8th June.  Finished work is not due until Tuesday, 3rd August. If you are interested and would like to enter or want more information please see Geraldine Feaver (4A)

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