1 March 2023

From the Desk of the Principal

Grandparents Day

Yesterday we welcomed just over 200 of our grandparents and older special friends to our school community. Thank you to Fr Clement and Mrs Kershaw for leading our liturgical celebration. Thank you also to all of visitors - we hope you had a wonderful time visiting our classes as well. Be sure to check out our Facebook page to see the numerous photos taken throughout the morning

Swimming Carnival

Tomorrow our Swimming Carnival will be held at Long Tan Pool. A timetable for the day is included in the Upcoming Events section below. We hope to see many parents and friends join us for this day. 

A special thanks in advance to our PE Teacher Ms Alisha Foord for all of the wonderful work and planning she has already done to ensure we have a fabulous event for our school community.

Who will take out the 2023 carnival - Bohle, Ross or Stuart?

Principal Meetings

Next week I will absent on Monday, Tuesday and Wednesday attending Principal Meetings. I will have limited access to emails during this time and will respond to matters upon my return to school on Thursday. 

Enjoy the rest of your week and go the Cowboys on Saturday!

Glenda Scrase

Principal

gscrase1@gstsv.catholic.edu.au

From the Desk of the Assistant Principal Religious Education

Good Shepherd Catholic School supports
Caritas Project Compassion.

Last week, Ash Wednesday began the season of Lent, it also marks the beginning of the annual Caritas Australia Project Compassion Appeal. Donations to Project Compassion allows Caritas Australia, the Catholic Agency for International Aid and Development, to work with local communities around the world to alleviate poverty, hunger, oppression and injustice.

We encourage you to put your compassion into action this Lent through your
prayer, fasting and almsgiving by supporting Project Compassion. Each family will
receive a Project Compassion box for their donations or you can donate online
via the Caritas Australia website at: lent.caritas.org.au

The theme of Project Compassion 2023 is is ‘For All Future Generations’ and
reminds us that the good we do today extends to impact the lives of generations
to come. By donating to Project Compassion, Caritas Australia, the Catholic Agency for International Aid and Development, can work with local communities around the world to end poverty, promote justice and uphold dignity.
Each family will receive a Project Compassion box and/or a set of envelopes for their donations or you can donate online via the Caritas Australia website at: www.caritas.org.au/project-compassion

Mini Vinnies – Bake Sale Success

I huge thanks you to our wonderful Mini Vinnies members and their family. Our Bake Stall yesterday to raise money for Project Compassion was a impressive success and exceeded what the group made last year. A grand total of $421 was raised to help support those families living in poverty around the world.

Rebecca Kershaw

APRE

rkershaw@gstsv.catholic.edu.au

PARISH MASS

Friday 3rd March at 10am
Good Shepherd Community Centre
Prep C and 4/5B will be attending.
Parents are also welcome to attend.

From the Desk of the Assistant Principal Administration

Library Borrowing
Developing a love of reading is key to success at school and opens up a world of possibilities to people of all ages. Reading to your children, and ensuring they see you read for enjoyment, helps children see reading as an enjoyable, everyday activity.

At Good Shepherd we are helping promote reading by having dedicated
RAM (Reading Always Matters) time every day in the classroom and introducing a reading area in the Shed every morning before school.
Parents are encouraged to grab a book and read to their children while waiting for the start-of-school bell.
We have also decided to open our school library for parent borrowing every Tuesday afternoon from 2pm until 2.30pm. Parents are able to borrow 10 books at a time and have access to a growing range of parent resources about a range of topics.
Please call in and see our library officer, Wendy, who will sign you up. Happy reading!

Naplan Reminder
Students in Year 3 and year 5 will participate in Naplan testing from 15 March. If you have any
concerns about the tests or your child’s participation in them, please speak to your child’s tacher as soon as possible.

SchoolTV Survey
If you haven’t already done so, please go the SchoolTV site and complete their Wellbeing Barometer – 2023 survey, which can be accessed by clicking below.
This short survey is intended to act as a barometer to help gauge the state of student wellbeing
within the community. The information gathered will enable schools to focus on some of the key
issues and highlight where further assistance may be required. With mental health concerns on the
rise, it is evident that many young people may need some extra support and parents and caregivers
play a vital role in enabling a child’s ability to thrive.

There are surveys for primary and secondary students, and you are invited to complete one or both.  Click below to access the surveys. SchoolTV can also be accessed under the Parent tab on our school website.

Maxine Nolan

APA

mnolan@gstsv.catholic.edu.au

What's Happening In Our Year 6 Classes?

It has been an action packed first term for us all in Yr 6. Our students have worked exceptionally hard to establish efficient working routines and are doing us proud, following the GSCS Way.
This term our students have received their leadership badges at our first liturgy and  have had fun, meeting and working with our Prep Pals in Prep A for reciprocal reading and Shrove Tuesday celebrations. Last week saw a few of our students participate in the Ash Wednesday Liturgy, where they read with confidence. Recently, we completed our weekly swimming lessons at Kylie’s Swim School and now we are ready to show off our competitive side in the swimming pool, at our school Swimming Carnival tomorrow. On Thursday afternoons, our students have been fortunate to have expert coaches come out to our school to teach them how to play Rugby Union, and for the next couple of weeks, we are learning how to play Hockey! Next week some of our students are competing in an Inter School Hockey Gala event and we’re confident they will have fun and represent our school appropriately. 

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Government Collection of Student Address Data

The Student Residential Address and Other Information Collection (Address Collection) is used and combined with other data to calculate a non-government school community’s capacity to contribute to the costs of schooling. This can influence the level of Australian Government recurrent funding for non-government schools. The information is also used to inform Australian Government school education policy.

Please see the notice of this below:

School Photo Day - Monday 13 March 2023

Don't forget we have our school photo day coming up on Monday 13th March.  Parents can either order on line or bring the correct money on the day in the envelopes that will go home with your student/s on Wednesday the 22nd of February.  Sibling forms can be collected from the office. 

Awards For The Week

Birthdays for this week!

~Amani (PrepA)  ~Ava B (PrepC)   ~Alexander (2B)   ~Colton (2C)   ~Keanu (2C)    ~Amelia  (3C)     ~Arilelle (4/5A)   Scarlett (6A)

Assembly

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

Our lucky Praise Note winners last week were: Joel (PrepB), Jack (1A), Matilda (2A), Chase (3C),  Rion(4/5B),  Kalanni (4/5A),  Scarlett(6A)

The Good Shepherd Way

This week our Good Shepherd Way Gospel in Action value is Justice where I make right choices.

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: In the Eating Area.

Parent Library Borrowing

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

Wk 6  - Clean up Australia Day - Sunday 6th March 

March
Step Up to Clean Up - Help reduce the impact of waste on our environment and make a real difference in our local community.

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 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. 

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