Term 2 Week 5

FAMILY WEEK

FRIDAY 31ST MAY

• Mackillop Touch Trials
• Publication and Performance Assembly 2:45pm

SATURDAY 1ST JUNE

• 6pm Mass 1st Holy Communion Lesson

SUNDAY 2ND JUNE

• 10am Mass 1st Holy Communion Lesson

Term 2 Week 6 

MONDAY 3RD JUNE

• Rugby Union Trials Yass
• 1st Holy Communion Lesson 4-5pm St Brigids

TUESDAY 4TH JUNE

• Archdiocesan Cross Country Stromlo
• K-2 wear sports uniform 

WEDNESDAY 5TH JUNE

• Kindy Readiness Program
• Yr 3/4 Arboretum Excursion students to wear sports uniform

FRIDAY 7TH JUNE

• School Athletics Carnival Hudson Park Yrs 1-6

Term 2 Week 7

TUESDAY 11TH JUNE

• 1st Holy Communion Reflection Day
• Pentecost Liturgy 10am Hall

FRIDAY 14TH JUNE

• Spellathon
• NSWCPS Cross Country Eastern Creek

LET CHILDREN PLAY

Last week I attended the NSW Catholic School’s Principal Conference in Sydney. The speaker I was most interested in was Pasi Salhberg who now works for the Gonski Education Centre and is here to give advice to the NSW Department of Education. He is one of the world’s leading researchers in Education and set policy for Finland which is acknowledged as having one of the best performing education systems in the world. His new research is about the importance of ‘play’ for children.

His research states that: In the United States; only 13 states have laws that mandate recess time during the school day, and 8 have recommendations for physical activity in schools.

England: “Nurseries not preparing children for school”, says Ofsted.

Mexico: Many parents don’t want to pay for the time their children play or sleep in Early Childhood Centres.

Australia: "The word 'play' has become problematic in Australian schools.”

In Australia we are trying to make preschools more about literacy and numeracy skills and less about play.

A majority of parents (88%) believe that children are under pressure to grow up too quickly. Fewer parents are playing outdoors with their children.

Parenting paradigms are shifting to overprotecting children from risk-taking. Parents believe that their children will benefit more from structured activities as opposed to unstructured free play.

Coupled with less play is the rise of screen time. Research is showing that this is a real danger- More hours of screen time are associated with lower well-being in ages 2 to 17. - Twenge and Campbell, 2018

High users show less curiosity, self-control, and emotional stability. - Twenge and Campbell, 2018

There is directional association between screen time and poor performance on development screening tests among very young children. - Madigan, Browne, Racine, Mori, & Tough, 2019

Play is important and develops lifelong skills of communication, negotiation, cooperation, sharing, and problem-solving.

So the challenge to us as educators is how do we create more play in school and convince policy makers of its importance. Pasi Salberg suggested adding more hours of homework in a week –not more literacy and numeracy but time for unstructured play and sleep. Children should be having 9-10 hours a night and you need an hour of no screens to properly allow your brain and body to get ready for sleep.

Interesting food for thought to improve education in Australia –More play, less screens and more sleep- and none of these cost us a cent.

FIRST HOLY COMMUNION (EUCHARIST)

Students will continue Preparation classes on Monday 3^rd June at St Brigid’s. Candidates are expected to also attend either the Saturday 5pm or Sunday 10am Mass at Ss’ Peter & Paul Cathedral. Students will receive the Sacrament of First Eucharist on Saturday 22^nd June at 5pm or Sunday 23^rd June at 10am. Please keep these students in your prayers.

 STAGE 2 MASS

Students in Stage 2 will participate in a Mass in the school Chapel on Tuesday 4^th June at 10.00am. Parents and carers are welcome to attend.

 THE FEAST OF PENTECOST

The Easter mystery is the passion, death, Resurrection of Jesus and the outpouring of the Holy Spirit.  As such, the Feast of Pentecost (Pentecost Sunday) concludes the Easter Season. Pentecost is the promise of Jesus fulfilled. Through the Pentecost experience we see that the coming of the Holy Spirit inspires and strengthens the disciples to embody the mission of Jesus. The strength of the Holy Spirit creates the enthusiasm and wisdom to live as Jesus did. Just like the disciples, we too need the strength of the Holy Spirit.  When reflecting on our life, we can see that in the face of new and uncertain challenges, we too can be ‘paralysed’ if we allow ourselves to be consumed by fear and apprehension.  The presence of the Spirit helps us to be people of love and service, bringing the hope-filled message of Jesus into our world.

In the actions of people who are close to us, and the work of the Catholic Church through organisations like the Society of St Vincent de Paul and Caritas, we can see the work of the Holy Spirit.  This encourages us to identify our gifts and see how we can contribute to our community – as a community that tries to follow the actions of Jesus.

The school community will be celebrating the Feast of Pentecost with a whole school Liturgy on Tuesday 11^th June in the school hall at 10am. Parents and carers are invited to attend.

Marriage & Family Sunday Mass will be celebrated at the regular 11am Mass at St Christopher’s Cathedral in Manuka next Sunday 2^nd June and will include a Renewal of Marriage Vows for all who wish to participate. No need to register. Just turn up an join in.

Marriage as Mission Lunch, Expo and Forum, next Sunday 2^nd June 12pm-3pm Manuka. Registrations essential at http://bit.ly/marriage_mission2019 $10 donation at the door.  Billeting available for couples from regional areas. Calling all married couples to gather for 12-1pm Lunch and Marriage Expo, followed by a Marriage as Mission Forum. Guest speakers Joe & Louise Zavone plus representations from various groups, ministries and agencies involved in marriage formation and support. Registrations essential at http://bit.ly/marriage_mission2019 Enquiries ring Lara Kirk 0429 192 869 or email lara.kirk@cg.org.au

MARY QUEEN OF APOSTLES  PARISH NEWS

Clergy: Fr D McDermott Parish Priest,

Fr Lolesio Gisa Assistant Priest

Secretary: Sharon Cashman

Parish Office: 36 Verner St, PO Box 11,

Goulburn NSW 2580

Office hours: 8:30am to 12:30pm Mon-Fri

Phone: 02 6239 9863 Fax: 4822 5398

e-mail: goulburn@cg.org.au  or

mqa.sacramental@gmail.com

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The Goulburn Mission Mass Times:  

Sts Peter & Paul’s: Saturday  6.00pm

5:00pm (Winter May-Aug)  Sunday   10.00am

Our Lady of Fatima:  Sunday  7.00am

Taralga:  Saturday 6.00pm (Sept-May)

                5.00pm (Winter June-Aug.)

St Patrick’s, Marulan:  8.00am (2nd/4th Sunday month)

St Joseph’s, Tarago:  8.00am (3rd Sunday Month)

Crookwell:  Saturday 6.00pm, Sunday 9.00am

Binda:  Sunday 10.30am

Website: cg.org.au/goulburn/home.aspx

Donated Books

Thank you to Baxter Watts and the Watts family for their continued support of the school. Baxter donated the books in this picture and he donated a book to the school from the Book Fair.

Thank you to the School Community Council for paying for half of the cost of the new fencing near car line. It has improved the safety and look of the area.

Individual Sport Trials

Term 2 Trial Dates:

7/6 Rugby Union, Lyneham (Nominations close 31/5)

28/6 Softball, Milperra (Nominations close 28/5)

•  Parents complete an online Expression of Interest

https://www.sport.cg.catholic.edu.au/

• On the day of or the following day a spreadsheet will be sent through to the school’s Sports Coordinator with the students’ names that have nominated to trial.
• The Sports Coordinator will make a recommendation on whether or not the nominated student is of a high enough standard to trial.
• Once the student has been accepted to trial they are to pay the levy via our Team App: https://www.teamapp.com/ (Archdiocese of C and G Sport)
• NO PAYMENT NO PARTICIPATION

 Athletics Carnival

Our Athletics Carnival is to be held on Friday 7^th June at Hudson Park for Yrs 1-6. We are still in need of help to make this day possible. If you can assist teachers in an event (measuring, collecting equipment, raking, timekeeping, distributing ribbons, handing out lunches, setting or packing up on the day) we would sincerely appreciate your help.

Reminders:

1. Volunteer helper notes, Pizza orders and High Jump notes are due back by Friday 31^st May at the latest. No late pizza orders can be accepted after this date.
2. All students in Yrs 1-6 are expected to attend the carnival.
3. Buses will depart for Hudson Park at 9.30am.
4. Students will return to school in time for afternoon buses.
5. Full correct sports uniform, including a hat, is to be worn. Please ensure that your child has the school tracksuit as it can be extremely cold and windy at Hudson Park.
6. Students who finish 1^st or 2^nd in an event will qualify for the NR Carnival on the 19^th June.

Included in this newsletter is the program. Please note we do our best to follow the times suggested but at times we may be ahead or behind the schedule.

King Of MX

Congratulations to Thomas Cunningham who qualified for the King of MX (NSW State Titles) at Maitland. In a field of 38 riders Thomas placed in the top 7. He now competes in the finals to be held at Nowra on the 8th, 9th & 10th of June. Good luck Thomas!

 24 Hour Movement Guidelines

Program for Athletics Carnival

2019 Athletics	Track	Long Jump	Shot Put	Discus	High Jump	Year 1&2
10.00-10.40	800m 8-10yrs Girls (Sophie Moroney 2013  3:04.46) 11yrs Girls (Sophie Moroney 2014  3:02.71) 12 & 13yrs Girls (Darcy Maple-Brown 2017 2:55.83)	8-10yrs Boys (Isaac Stanberg 2014  4.04M)	11yrs Boys (James Watson 2018  9.26m)	12 & 13yrs Boys (Oscar Cole 2012  28.57m)	8-10yrs Girls (Jasmine Stanberg 2010  1.24m)	Year 1&2 Field Rotations (LJ/Discus/SP) 10.15-11.15
10.45-11.25	800m 8-10yrs Boys (Isaac Stanberg 2014  2:53.25) 11yrs Boys (Jack McCarthy 2013  2:51.82) 12 & 13yrs Boys (Tom Toparis 2012  2:47.29)	8-10yrs Girls (Sophie Pearson 2018  3.80m)	11yrs Girls (Carissa Moroney 2009  7.86m)	12 & 13yrs Girls (Sophie Pagett 2016  17.04m)	8-10yrs Boys (Charlie Moroney 2015  1.09m)	Year 1&2 Field Rotations (LJ/Discus/SP) 10.15-11.15
11.30-12.10	100m 12yr Girls (Clare Merryfull 2017 13.57) 11yr Girls (Izzy Gabelle 2017 13.52) 10yr Girls (Hannah Sanders 2012  15.29) 9yr Girls (Claudia Maple-Brown 2017 16.43) 8yr Girls (Sophie Pearson 2018 16.15) 8yr Girls (Yr 1 & 2) (Zali Gibson 2015  19.65) 7yr Girls 70m (Ella Pearson 2017 11.15) 6yr Girls 70m (Ella Pearson 2016 12.22)	12 & 13yrs Boys (Isaac Stanberg 2016  4.38m)	8-10yrs Boys (Kane Wilson 2018  8.25m)	11yrs Boys (Oscar Cole 2011  22.08m)	12 & 13yrs Girls (Sophie Moroney 2015  1.29m)	Track 70m/100m Girls Boys Lunch
12.15-12.55	100m 12yr Boys (Joshua Metz 2014  13.81) 11yr Boys (Damien Chamberlain 2014  13.86) 10yr Boys Isaac Stanberg 2014  14.92) 9yr Boys (Kane Wilson 2017 15.67) 8yr Boys (Sam Neate 2012  17.33) 8yr Boys (Yr 1 & 2) (Tai O’Brien 2015  17.69) 7yr Boys 70m (Patrick Turner 2018  12.22) 6yr Boys 70m (Bailey Cockburn 2015  14.69)	12 & 13yrs Girls (Becky Ford 2016  4.18m)	8-10yrs Girls (Claudia Maple-Brown 2018  6.83m)	11yrs Girls (Olivia Cole 2014  20.03m)	12 & 13yrs Boys (Charlie Moroney 2017  1.26m)	Track 70m/100m Boys Girls Lunch
1.00-1.40	200m 11yr Girls (Hannah Sanders 2013  31.63) 8-10yr Girls (Emily Stanberg 2016  32.03) 12 & 13yr Girls (Clare Merryfull 2017  30.46)	11yrs Boys (Isaac Stanberg 2015  4.40m)	12 & 13yrs Boys (Bryce Carey 2018  8.39m)	8-10yrs Boys (Kiernan Lang 2010  19.27m)	11yr Girls (Sophie Moroney 2014  1.25m)
1.45-2.20	200m 11yr Boys (Oscar Cole 2011  31.11) 8-10yr Boys (Isaac Stanberg 2014  32.44) 12 & 13yr Boys (Oscar Cole 2012  29.38)	11yr Girls (Jasmine Stanberg 2011  3.83m)	12 & 13yr Girls (Emily Stanberg 2018  8.30m)	8-10yr Girls (Olivia Cole 2013  14.90m)	11yr Boys (Nathan Bugden 2009  1.30m)
2.20-2.40	Relays 8-10yr Boys (Patrick 2014  68.37) 11-13yr Boys (Patrick 2013 62.47) 8-10yr Girls (McAuley 2014  71.47) 11-13yr Girls (McAuley 2016  65.90)
2.40-2.50	Pack-up Presentation

SPPFC

We have been very lucky with weather over the past few weekends and our season is well underway.

Last week throughout Australia, it was National Volunteers Week and it is very important to our club that we acknowledge all the hard work that goes on to make our small club great.

We would like to publicly thank all the coaches and managers of our teams – the training sessions, the games and all the other fun things that comes with coaching and managing a team. Thank you for everything that you do.

We would also like to thank Ronnie Ferris and Mrs Kain for the work they have done in making the start of the season so easy!

The School Community Council met recently. As at every meeting the state of enrolments are discussed. We talked about the success of our recent Open Day. Our school leaders took about 10 families on a tour of the school and we received good feedback. Our Kinder readiness program is having good attendance. The school budget was looked at to see how we are tracking. We appreciate all people paying their fees on time. Our budget looks to be sound at this stage of the year. We also looked at the Community Council finances which are largely supported by the Uniform Shop, Canteen and other fundraisers. The school is grateful to the Council for paying half of the cost of the new fence in the carpark. The canteen runs on a tight margin to support our manager and keep prices low. Please continue your support of this service. The Council is always looking for new members so if you are interested please let the office know.

1/2B had a wonderful visit from Mrs Harris two weeks ago. She came to teach a Stem Lesson using the game “Code and Go Robot Mouse.”

The children were using their coding skills to move the mouse to get the cheese. We all thoroughly enjoyed this challenging activity.

Tummy Warmers will be starting on Tuesday 11th June, and running on Tuesday and Wednesday mornings 8:30-9:00am.

Thank you to our helpers for making this possible.

School Photo's will be held on Tuesday 25th June, orders for photos can be done online using the online code PKM AYC 9XL, or use the envelope that has been sent home.

If you wish for your children to have a sibling photo please collect a sibling envelope from the office.

Mercy Values

Congratulations to Elsie Martin our Values Certificate recipient for Resilience (Always be your best and do your best) in Week 3.

Please remember to download the new school app. Previous school app is no longer working.

A very BIG thank you to Angella Storrier Real Estate for their kind donation. Your support for our school is greatly appreciated!

Our school Trivia Night will be held on Friday the 23rd August at the Goulburn Workers Club, 4 rounds of trivia then dancing and karaoke.

Start getting your tables of 10 ready.

Tickets will go on sale first week, Term 3.

We will be having a wine raffle so we are looking for donations of wine or champange for this, if you are able to donate please bring bottles into the office.

It is a fun night, we hope to see you there!

Ss Peter & Paul’s Primary School

10 Knox Street Goulburn NSW 2580

PO Box 660 Goulburn NSW 2580

Phone (02) 4821 3304

Email  office.sppg@cg.catholic.edu.au

Ss Peter & Paul’s Primary School -  Year Book 2019

Sponsorship Request

Business or Sponsor Name: _________________________________________________

Contact Person: ___________________________________________________________

Postal Address: ____________________________________________________________

Best Contact Number: _____________________________________________________

Email contact: _____________________________________________________________

Please email a copy of your logo and business information you wish to include on your sponsorship acknowledgment.

or

Please tick the box to use last year’s Sponsorship Logo

Do you have a preferred page to sponsor? ______________________________________

e.g. Year group, sports event, choir or public speaking……

Payment enclosed:  $ _________   cash / chq (payable to SPP School Community Council)

or

Direct Deposit details are

SPP School Community Council

BSB: 062 786

Account: 22482

Ref: Your Business Name

Signature of Sponsor: ____________________________________

Thank you for your support in 2019

___________________________________________________________________________________Administration Use

Payment Received                                                      Page Allocated: ________________________

Receipt Number: _______________                              Notes: __________________________________

Thank you to the following businesses who have already sponsored a page.

Stephen Yeadon Electrical

Belle View

Elders 

2WP and Goulburn Computer Service

Southern Highlands Foods

MP Hogan Homes and Constructions

Goulburn Soldiers Club

Lee and Thomas

Brad Writer Constructions Pty Ltd

Ganter Constructions Pty Ltd

Goulburn Plumbing

Trinity Catholic College

Goulburn First National Real Estate

Goulburn Mulwaree Council

Goulburn Medical Clinic

Marima Medical Clinic

The Comic Shop

RJ Sidney Craig

Craigs Hill Crematorium 

Richardson and Wrench Goulburn

Rapid Auto Repair

Corework Construction

Randall Dutaillis Architects 

Goulburn Kitchens

SPP SPELLATHON 2019

START GATHERING YOUR SPONSORS!

The school will be donating the funds to continue our purchase of more Google Chromebooks for use in the library/classrooms 

Friday 14^th June 2019 (Term 2 Week 7) Spellathon Day

 Timetable for the day

• 11.00am Students have spelling test in their classroom followed by a special treat
• 12:30-1:30 Special House Spelling Bee competition in the Hall

Monday 17^th June 2019

 Sponsorship forms and money collected must be returned to school.

 Each student will receive a special treat after completing their spelling test.

There are multiple prizes on offer for students:

• One prize per stage for the most money raised
• One prize for the student who raises the most money in the school
• A prize for the class that raises the most money
• Prize for top 4 in Spelling Bee competition

 Students can find sponsors by

• Asking neighbours, friends and relatives
• Taking their sponsorship form to family get-togethers
• Asking parents to take their form to their workplace

 Students must follow the rules listed below:

• DO get parents permission to seek sponsorship
• DO show their sponsorship form to family and friends
• DO explain what the money is being raised for
• DO collect the money before the event
• DON’T engage in door to door doorknocking
• DON’T doorknock or pester people who do not wish to sponsor
• DON’T collect sponsorship from strangers
• DON’T seek sponsorship in shopping centres or other public spaces