19 October 2022

From the Desk of the Principal

We are super excited to see our Junior Playground being installed! Once the workmen complete installation, we still have to add edging and new sand. We are hoping this will be completed by the end of next week and thank you all in advance for your patience with this project - it has definitely been worth the wait!

I have been away for the first half of this week attending Principal Meetings. On Monday we spent time exploring Townsville Catholic Education's Strategic Directions and how these relate to our Annual School Improvement Plans and on Tuesday Mrs Nolan joined me in a day focusing on Learning and Teaching. Mrs Nolan and I also had the opportunity to further examine our 2022 NAPLAN data. Today Mrs Kershaw also joined Mrs Nolan and I at the Townsville Catholic Education School Law Conference.

I am looking forward to returning to school tomorrow and checking out the new Junior Playground! Enjoy the rest of your week.

Glenda Scrase

Principal

gscrase1@gstsv.catholic.edu.au

From the Desk of the Assistant Principal Religious Education

Mission Mini Fete

A very big thank you to our students, staff, and community for their support of our annual Mission Mini Fete. A lot of hard work and preparation was put in and the results were a fun afternoon had by everyone. To top it off the fete raised $2072.35 to donate to Catholic Mission for their Appeal. Congratulations!

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THE GOOD SHEPHERD WAY

The Good Shepherd Way is our Gospel in Action here at Good Shepherd Catholic School. It encourages students to live out the following ten values by thriving to follow the action associated with it:
•    Community - I connect and engage
•    Compassion - I show care and concern for others
•    Endeavour - I challenge myself to do my best
•    Hope - I see good all around me
•    Inclusion - I involve and accept others
•    Justice - I make right choices
•    Love - I share my good heart with others
•    Reconciliation - I am fair, forgiving and respectful
•    Service - I help and respond to the needs of others
•    Stewardship - I care for all of creation
Each week we focus on one of these values and an award is presented at assembly to a student in each class who has demonstrated the value that week.

This week we are focusing on Endeavour. 

 “But Jesus looked at them and said, “For mortals it is impossible, but for God all things are possible.”   Matthew 19:26 

Break Fast Club Donations

The Good Shepherd Breakfast Club is held EVERY morning at 8:10am-8:25am in the shelter shed. The Breakfast Club has had a great response from the students and school community.  

As you know breakfast is the most important meal of the day and it helps students to concentrate and focus on their learning.  Toast will be available free of charge for all students. The Woolworths at Rasmussen are kindly donating bread for the program on a weekly basis.  We thank them for their generosity and support.  

To keep the program going in our school, we are asking families if they could assist by donating a spread or more for the toast (jar of vegemite, jar of jam and squeeze honey if possible) this term. All donations are gratefully received and can be left at the Office. 

Rebecca Kershaw

APRE

rkershaw@gstsv.catholic.edu.au

From the Desk of the Assistant Principal Administration

Book Fair Art

In the lead up to this week’s “Paws for Books” Book Fair, students in Prep, Year 1 and Year 2, drew portraits of our school wellbeing dog, Franki. 

Their artwork and attention to detail is amazing – make sure to check them out when you visit Book Fair in the Library.

All portraits have been entered in the Book Fair competition, with winners to be announced at assembly on Friday.

Here is a sneak peek of some of the wonderful entries on display in the library:

School Transitions

With just a few weeks of the 2022 school year left, many students are starting to wonder about next year. This is particularly true for students in year 6, who will be transitioning to high school, with worries about making new friends, getting used to different teachers and finding their way around among the most common concerns.

At Good Shepherd, teachers and support staff work with students to help prepare them for the transition, and most local high schools also host transition days. 

SchoolTV also offers a host of great information about transitioning to high school, aimed at both parents and students. Topics covered include how stressful it is to move from primary to secondary school, how to approach the increase in homework, practical advice for starting secondary school, and a mother’s perspective on starting high school.

To access the full collection of resources about school transitions, please click the link below, or go to SchoolTV under the “students” tab on the Good Shepherd home page.

Maxine Nolan

APA

mnolan@gstsv.catholic.edu.au

What's Happening In Our Year 1 Classes?

Year 1 have had a very productive start to the Term. We are learning how to write Information Reports, on various Australian animals, and to help with our fact finding, we went on an excursion to Billabong Sanctuary. The students learnt lots of facts about wombats, cassowaries, crocodiles, koalas and pythons. The students will now learn the difference between facts and opinions, and how to research some facts on Australian animals. 

Another highlight of the excursion was the bus journey, as this was a new experience for many of the students. All students should be commended for their outstanding behaviour throughout the day. Thank you to all the parent helpers that made this day run smoothly.

Awards For The Week

Birthdays Being Celebrated This Week!!

~Alice(PrepA)~Cais(PrepA)~Alexis(PrepA)~Mitchell(PrepA)~Seamus(PrepB)~Cairo(PrepC)

~Elena-Grace(1A)~Zebadiah(1A)~Declan(1B)~Willow(1C)~Rydah(3A)

Assembly

5A will be presenting our Assembly this Friday in the BBC at 8:40am.

Our lucky Praise Note winners last week were: Kenzie(PrepB), Zebadiah(1A), Ryder(2B), Arielle(3A), Rhylee(4A), Isla(5B), Lincoln(6A).

The Good Shepherd Way

This week our Good Shepherd Way Gospel in Action value is Endeavour where we challenge ourselves to do our best.

Our Endeavour 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: In the Eating Area.

Library News

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.

Parent Portal

Parent Portal

If you have any problems accessing please send an email to the school office at rsmssn@tsv.catholic.edu.au or call the office on 4774 0477.

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.

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.

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. 

Environmental News

National  Water Week  - Caring for water and country!!
 Most of the earth's surface water is permanently frozen or salty.
Water regulates the earth's temperature.
Water freezes at zero degrees Celsius.
Water vaporizes at a hundred degrees Celsius.
Water is the only substance that is found naturally on earth in three forms: liquid, gas, solid.
A small drip from a tap can waste as much as 75 litres of water a day. 

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