15 March 2023

From the Desk of the Principal

NAPLAN

NAPLAN Testing for our Year 3 and 5 students commenced this morning. Today our students participated in their Writing Tests. Tomorrow they will complete their Reading Test, on Monday they will complete their Language Conventions Test and on Tuesday they will complete their Numeracy Test. We wish them all the best.

Prep Open Day

We will be holding a Prep Open Day for prospective 2024 Prep students next Tuesday 21 March. This is an opportunity for prospective students and families to explore our Prep area, meet our staff and participate in a range of activities. We will have Melville's Animal Farm and a face painter on site as well as a coffee van for the adults. Our Year 6 Leaders will also be conducting school tours.

If you have a child commencing Prep in 2024 or know of someone who does, we look forward to having you visit and spend time with us on the 21st.

Survey Request - Why Families Choose Catholic Schooling

The Queensland Catholic Education Commission (QCEC) is conducting an important survey with parents and carers about the Catholic education system in Queensland. QCEC would appreciate your feedback via a short online survey to gain a better understanding of the factors that influence families in choosing a Catholic school. QCEC are working with Market & Communications Research and the Online Research Unit to compile feedback. You can complete the survey online through this Survey Link. All responses are anonymous. The survey closes Monday 20 March. Thanks in advance for your contribution.

Parent Information Session - Zones of Regulation

Next Wednesday 22 March Lena Hewitt, our Guidance Counsellor, will be running a Parent Information Session on Zones of Regulation. Zones is a common language that is used across Good Shepherd to assist students in regulating their emotions. The session will be held in the Staffroom at the commencement of the school day. We hope you can join us.

Big Mob Brekkie

Thank you to all families and friends who joined us for our Term 1 Big Mob Brekkie yesterday. Thank you also to our Deadly Team for organising this event for our community

Enjoy the rest of your week.

Glenda Scrase

Principal

gscrase1@gstsv.catholic.edu.au

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From the Desk of the Assistant Principal Religious Education

PROJECT COMPASSION – Tereesa’s Story

Australia
Tereesa is a Gamilaroi woman from Western Sydney who struggled with homelessness while raising her four children. Through the Baabayn Young Mums and Bubs Group, Tereesa was able to reconnect with her culture and create a better future for her children.
Tereesa felt disconnected from her culture and at just 16 years old, she had to leave school after becoming pregnant with her first child. A single mother struggling with homelessness, Tereesa’s only concern was finding stability for her children.  
“I was homeless. I didn’t have a place to call home…my kids never had a connection to the community,” Tereesa said. Through Baabayn, Tereesa was also able to hear stories from Indigenous Elders and reconnect with her culture.  Already an aspiring artist, Tereesa was able to flourish at Baabayn as she learnt Indigenous artwork and symbols.

Seeking a better future for her children, Tereesa joined Baabayn Aboriginal Corporation’s Young Mums and Bubs Group, supported by Caritas Australia. Baabayn helped Tereesa access housing for her family and psychological support. Tereesa now works at Baabayn, providing support to young mothers and mentoring the next generation of young people.

Watch a short film about Tereesa’s story here

 Project Compassion at Good Shepherd Catholic School.

Don't forget to continue to use your Project Compassion box for your donations or you can donate online via the Caritas Australia website at lent.caritas.org.au

RECONCILIATION – CONFIRMATION – HOLY COMMUNION
The lesson this week was the first on Eucharist, with the second lesson on Eucharist next week. Next week is the final week of lessons.  A note will go home at your next session for the Sacramental Retreat Day on Friday 21 April (Term 2 Week 1).
Thank you to the teachers who have volunteered to lead the groups. 
Congratulations to our GSCS participants who received the Sacrament of Reconciliation last week at Ryan Community Centre. 

Rebecca Kershaw

APRE

rkershaw@gstsv.catholic.edu.au

PARISH MASS

Friday 17th March at 10am
Good Shepherd Community Centre
Prep 1B and 3B will be attending.
Parents are also welcome to attend.

From the Desk of the Assistant Principal Administration

Story Dogs
We are excited to announce that some of our year 2 students will be taking part in the Story Dogs program, beginning on Thursday this week. 
Story Dogs involves selected students reading to a trained dog and handler. When children read to a dog, the outcomes are amazing! It is a non-judgemental setting, the children’s focus improves, their literacy skills increase and their confidence soars. The accepting, loving nature of the dog helps children relax, open up, try harder and have fun while reading. Following each session, the handler also provides written feedback to classroom teachers.
As part of our commitment to Story Dogs, we have agreed that there will be no other dogs on site on Thursdays (even Franki will be staying home on Thursdays!). We do not anticipate this being an issue, as most parents and carers are aware that they are not to bring a dog on to school grounds. This includes puppies who are carried in your arms or a bag.

Changes to Naplan Reporting
Our Year 3 and 5 students are joining students across Australia this week and next to complete the National Assessment Program — Literacy and Numeracy (NAPLAN), which provides information on how Australian students are performing in reading, writing, spelling, punctuation and grammar and numeracy. 
Th QCAA is responsible for administering and reporting on NAPLAN in Queensland. 
As part of the National School Reform Agreement, changes are being made to how Naplan results are reported, with a proficiency standard being introduced. The new proficiency standard has four levels of achievement for each year level and replaces the
previous 10-band structure and the national minimum standard used across the four domains.
The four levels of achievement are:
• Exceeding
• Strong
• Developing
• Needs additional support.
From 2023, the individual student report (ISR) will change. The ISR will be based on the four
levels of achievement. It will also continue to show the national average, the range of
achievement for the middle 60% of students in each year level, and a dot placement for the
student comparing their achievement against these measures.
This new standard and its benchmarks will provide information to parents/carers and teachers
about what a student can do against a challenging but reasonable standard of literacy and
numeracy expected for students at the time of the tests.
This change to reporting means that a new time series and a resetting of the measurement scale
will commence in 2023, allowing the full benefit of the new online adaptive testing to be reflected
in student results. Results from 2008–2022 cannot be directly compared with the 2023 results.

Good Shepherd's NAPLAN schedule is as follows.

Catch up sessions will be held until 27 March for students who are absent (except for writing). While these are available, the preference is for ALL participating students to complete the test in the first scheduled timeslot. For this reason, please try and avoid family holidays and days off during this period unless the student is sick.

Maxine Nolan

APA

mnolan@gstsv.catholic.edu.au

Deadly Learners

We have started the year with a lot of support and excitement!

Big Mob Brekkie seen a few new faces and we thank all families for your ongoing support.

This term we have focused on our deadlys building relationships and the confidence to share their knowledge and culture with their peers. We are learning about both the Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander flags and the importance of the artist and colours used to represent our First Nations people.

We look forward to BIG things this year!

Stay Deadly !! 

Deadly Learners

Awards For The Week

Birthdays for this week!

~Karina (PrepB)  ~Tupou (PrepB)    ~Harrison (2A)  ~Kyle (2C)    ~Tahnay (2A)    ~Zade (2C)  

~Deizel (4/5A)   ~Amelia (4/5D)   ~Ebony (4/5D) (last week)

Assembly

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

Our lucky Praise Note winners last week were: Axel (PrepC), Sahara-Jay (1A), Zeleta-Lei (2A),       Leila (3A),  Amelia (4/5D),  Deizel (4/5A),  Joeviah-Patrick (6A)

The Good Shepherd Way

This week our Good Shepherd Way Gospel in Action value is Reconciliation where I ask the Lord to help us to show kindness and reconciliation to those in need.  

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: 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

Turn It Off

Turn it off - Artificial lighting accounts for 44 percent of electricity used in office buildings. Make it a habit to turn off the lights when you're leaving any room for 15 minutes or more. Same goes for electronics; switch off power strips and unplug electrical devices when you're not using them.

Parent Portal

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.

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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