23 November 2022

From the Desk of the Principal

Our inaugural Deadly Showcase was held yesterday and showcased the outstanding work our students and staff have done in our 2022 Deadly Learners Program. Thank you to our special guests Arika Appleby, Warrant Officer Class 2 David Gugila Boye and TCEO Indigenous Education Advisor Krista O’Connor for joining in our celebrations. Special thanks also to our Deadly Team - Ms Shaxson, Ms Ellis, Ms Murray, Mrs Evans, Mrs McClaren-Womal, Mrs Hocking, Mrs DeDaunton, Mrs Aili and Mrs Kershaw for showcasing our Deadly students and learning. We look forward to our showcase continuing to evolve for years to come.

2023 Classes

As mentioned in last week's newsletter our 2023 class break up will be:

• 3 x Prep classes
• 3 x Year 1 classes
• 3 x Year 2 classes
• 3 x Year 3 classes
• 5 x Year 4/5 classes
• 2 x Year 6 classes

We have been finalising the appointment of teachers and allocating students to classes. There is a lot of behind the scenes work that goes into this task to ensure the students are suitably matched to each other and their teachers. Our 2023 Teachers are:

We look forward to our staff and students spending the day with their 2023 teacher at next week's Transition Day (information attached below). The only teacher who won't be in attendance will be Ms Marissa Priestley who is currently teaching at Bradshaw Primary School in Alice Springs.

Enjoy the rest of your week.

Glenda Scrase

Principal

gscrase1@gstsv.catholic.edu.au

From the Desk of the Assistant Principal Religious Education

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 Reconciliation.

Mini Vinnie’s have their last visit to Parklands this Saturday 26th November.
Visiting the residents at Parklands is a real highlight of being a Mini Vinnies. The students enjoy spending time with the ladies and gentlemen just as much as the residents appreciate the visits. I would still like to thank ALL our Mini Vinnies for your enthusiastic participation this year! 

Thank you to the families who have already sent in items for the class Christmas hampers. Please continue to send these items in.
This activity is a great way to involve our students in a real act of service to others in this up and coming Christmas period and reminds us all that Christmas is a time of giving to others.

Rebecca Kershaw

APRE

rkershaw@gstsv.catholic.edu.au

From the Desk of the Assistant Principal Administration

Reports
Semester Two reports will be released on the Compass Parent Portal next week. Printed reports will not be provided. Please check that you have access to the Parent Portal, and email the office (reception@gstsv.catholic.edu.au) if you have any difficulties.

SCHOOL TV SPECIAL REPORT: Surviving Christmas
As families around the world prepare to celebrate Christmas by decorating their homes, singing carols, buying gifts and planning feasts, often the true meaning of Christmas can be lost due the
commercial exploitation of this time of year. Many people see it as a joyous occasion to spend with family and friends, but for others it is viewed as a stressful and challenging time caused by a combination of things such as financial pressures, relationship issues, and quite often, loneliness.
Parents often feel pressured to buy lots of presents and to have a huge Christmas celebration and a
Christmas break jam-packed with activities. What children will remember though, is time spent
together, being surrounded by love. Rather than dishing out hundreds of dollars on the latest “must have” gifts or filling the calendar with expensive activities, consider:
 Stick to the 5 gift rule: something you want, something you need; something to wear,
something to read, something to do.
 Make and print a book of vouchers for things like a favourite meal or a movie that can be
“cashed in” between different set dates (this helps with budgeting, as not all treats are used
at once);
 Encourage creativity by giving sets that can be used to make something else eg a jar with all
the ingredients to make a cake, or “make your own” kits
 Arranging an adventure day or scavenger with a good friend at a local park, finishing with a
picnic
 Rather than buying new clothes which are quickly grown out of, arranging a swap meet with
a group of friends. Everyone brings their unwanted clothes and takes something “new”
home
 Sign them up to the local library – they have an endless supply of books, magazines and
movies which can be borrowed for free.
 Buy gifts that the whole family can use, or that will encourage time spent together (such as
board games or sports equipment).
For family and friends, try gifting practical things that involve giving of your time, rather than lots of money:
 Mow someone’s yard for them
 Bake a cake and deliver it
 Offer to babysit or do the ironing
 Give someone an at-home spa day – a facemask (look up recipes online for make-at-home
masks), a manicure and pedicure while chatting with a good friend can do wonders!
 Offer to be photographer for the day - take family photos for someone and give them one
print (or they can print them) along with the digital images.

More tips about surviving Christmas click here or go to SchoolTV under the “students” tab on the
Good Shepherd home page.

Glasses collection 

Thank you to all those people who sent in prescription glasses and sunglasses that they no longer need. We were able to donate 80 pairs to YWAM on assembly last Friday. Those glasses will be distributed in Papua New Guinea, where two out of three people need assistance with their eyesight, but specialist care is very difficult to access.

Maxine Nolan

APA

mnolan@gstsv.catholic.edu.au

What's Happening In Our Year 3 Classes?

Year 3 have been working hard to finalise their portrait artworks for their Art Showcase this week. The students have created 4 portrait artworks. They looked at the artworks of Hanoch Piven and Picasso to create portraits based on these artists' work. The students also created exaggerated artworks of teachers as well as digital portraits of themselves. 

Awards For The Week

Birthdays Being Celebrated This Week!!

~Eva-Maree (PrepA)    ~Lana (1B)       ~Mia (2B)      ~Indiana (5A)      ~Cooper (5B)       ~Josie (6A)     ~Paige (6B)

Assembly

2B will be presenting our Assembly this Friday in the BBC at 8:40am.

Our lucky Praise Note winners last week were: Aylah (PrepC), Zebadiah (1A), Lilliarna (2C), Arielle (3A), Liam (4A), Cooper (5B), Wynta (6B).

The Good Shepherd Way

This week our Good Shepherd Way Gospel in Action value is Reconciliation where I am fair, forgiving and respectful.

Our Reconciliation 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: At the Tuckshop and At the Office.

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.

Environmental News

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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. 

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