Term 2 Week 5 24 May 2011 Dear Parents and Caregivers, Last week I attended an in-service on ‘Digital Citizenship’ which brought to my attention the level of my ignorance and naiveté in matters related to use of digital technologies. As someone who accepts a substantial degree of responsibility for providing access to appropriate staff and student learning opportunities, informed citizenship of this digital age cannot be ignored nor its importance underestimated. I’d like to share some of my learning with you in this newsletter because, as parents, you too must have contemporary knowledge and understanding of the scope, potential and pitfalls inherent in our own and our young people’s participation in online life. Firstly, a little about citizenship…..Citizenship, of course, comes with rights and responsibilities and when commitment to an appropriate balance of these exists, societal and personal health and safety are nurtured. On the other hand, when one comes at the expense of the other, breakdown of the group's health and well-being surely follows – sooner or later. The problem with the digital world is its growth is so constant and rapid that awareness, articulation and enforcement of the responsibilities (appropriate, responsible, moral and ethical use) have not kept pace with avenues for participation. The following NINE ELEMENTS OF DIGITAL CITIZENSHIP provide a framework for considering appropriate, responsible and ethical participation in the digital world:

1. Digital Access – Full electronic participation in society. Can all users participate in a digital society at acceptable levels if they choose?

2. Digital Commerce – Electronic buying and selling of goods. Do users have the knowledge and protection to buy and sell in a digital world?

3. Digital Communication – Electronic exchange of information. Is there an understanding of the digital communication methods and when they are appropriate?

4. Digital Literacy – The capability to use digital technology and to know when and how to use it. Have users taken the time to learn about digital technologies? Do they share that knowledge with others?

5. Digital Etiquette – The standards of conduct expected by other digital technology users. Do users consider others when using digital technologies?

6. Digital Law – The legal rights and restrictions governing technology use. Are the users aware of laws (rules, policies) that govern the use of digital technologies?

7. Digital Rights and Responsibilities – The privileges and freedoms extended to all digital technology users and the behavioural expectations that come with them. Are users ready to protect the rights of others to defend their own digital rights?

8. Digital Health and Wellness – The elements of physical and psychological well-being related to digital technology use. Do users consider the risks (both physical and psychological) when using digital technologies?

9. Digital Security – The precautions that all technology users must take to guarantee their personal safety and the security of their networks. Do users take the time to protect their information while creating precautions to protect others’ data as well?

Education in these requirements of digital citizenship begins in the very earliest days and must go hand in hand with participation in the online world, into the future. I now understand, more fully than ever before, that we must be more intentional and strategic in this educational work, both at home and at school. Have a great week everyone. �������

Interschool Dance Challenge The letter inviting all Year 4-7 students to join the Stella Maris team for this year’s Interschool Challenge was sent home yesterday. Date is Tuesday 21 June (last week of term) from 6pm to 8.30 pm (doors open at 5.15pm) at Nambour Civic Centre, 1 Carroll Street, Nambour. Entry is $5, including competing students. St Joseph’s, Nambour, St Patrick’s, Gympie and Stella Maris will be dancing on the night with students competing in their year level across two dances as well as the whole team dance. The DanceFever Interschool Dance Challenge provides a great opportunity for the students to show you what they learned during Term 2’s dance program, to share in the joy of dance and to represent Stella Maris at this interschool event. The students will have two brush-up lessons with DanceFever instructors in the coming weeks. We’d love as many students and their families as possible to join us for this end of term celebration of learning. Please refer to separate letter for further details.

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Students with Disabilities Scheme will be accepted

To lodge an online application for this program, go to:

www.schooltransport.com.au Further enquiries to: 3336 9192 or

schooltransport@qcec.catholic.edu.au

Applications received after 31st May 2011 cannot be processed.

SCHOOL FEES ARE NOW OVERDUE.

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Dear Parents/Caregivers, The Virtue for this week is LOYALTY in honour of National Reconciliation Week which starts this Thursday, National Sorry Day. National Reconciliation Week is an annual celebration held each year from 27 May to 3 June. It celebrates and builds on the respectful relationships shared by Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander people and other Australians. The week-long celebration gives our school the opportunity to explore how all Australians can join the national reconciliation effort.

This year’s theme is Let’s Talk Recognition. Reconciliation involves building positive, respectful relationships between Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander people and other Australians, enabling us to work together to close the gaps, and to achieve a shared sense of fairness and justice. The ultimate goal of reconciliation is to build strong and trusting relationships between Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander people and other Australians, as a foundation for success and the enhancement of our national wellbeing. The choice of the virtue LOYALTY coinciding with Reconciliation Week is to honour the commitment made to the reconciliation process.

Loyalty is unwavering commitment to people and ideals we care about—being steadfast during good times and bad. Even when others disappoint us, we are resilient and forgiving. We invest in our relationships and do what it takes to keep them whole and strong. We stand by our true friends no matter the cost, while not allowing blind loyalty to lead us into trouble. Above all, we must be true to ourselves and loyal to what we know is right.

The Practice of Loyalty: I am practising Loyalty when...

• I give support to people and ideas I believe in; • I am a friend through good times and bad; • I stick to my commitments unless I have a really good reason to

change them; • I forgive mistakes; • I don’t allow misplaced loyalty to endanger me; • I don’t allow others to come between me and something or

someone I care about.

I am grateful for the gift of loyalty. It nurtures my commitments.

Further information about Reconciliation Week can be found on the website http:www.reconciliation.org.au. God bless, ���

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Uniform Shop times Wed 10.15am to 3.15pm Thurs 8.00am to 1.00pm. Keep smiling! Leanne Dowe Uniform Convenor

Would You like to Join the Stella Maris “TravelSmart” Committee

Would you like to discuss ways to - · Reduce school traffic congestion; · Increase health and physical activity levels of students; · Improve road safety for all school families; · Influence your school culture; and · Help protect the environment?

Stella Maris will be starting a TravelSmart project to reduce the number of cars and congestion around the school during the peak times of morning and afternoon. To do this, we will need people to help with planning activities and assisting the school coordinator run the project. For more information, please send in a note, addressed to Mr Grogan, to express your interest in being involved. The first Committee meeting is scheduled for Friday 27th May at 11.45am in the Hall.

HELP THE ORPHANS OF CAMBODIA Food for the Soul Cambodian Cookbook is a project to raise funds to help 65 children living in an orphanage in Siam Reap, Cambodia. Local Sunshine Coast publisher Michael Kramer, plus local designers, and photographers from Australia and Italy, have freely given their time to produce a beautiful 148-page cookbook. 100% of the proceeds from the purchase of the cookbook will be transferred direct to the orphanage, so every purchase will make a difference. A sample of the cookbook will displayed in the office. If you would like to make a purchase, please email or phone Karen Teljega at kaz.mt@optusnet.com.au or 0403 313 988. Cost is $20.

Photos Photo order envelopes were sent home last week. If you wish to order your child’s/children’s photo/s please fill in the envelope provided and send with payment to the School Office no later than Friday 3rd June.

Shop for Sunshine Kids 2011 Shop for Sunshine Kids 2011 is on now. Take your receipts to the Customer Service Centre today.

Thank you to: Jack Broderick, John McLaughlin, Emily Moro, Cara Mackie,

Morgan O’Reilly, Sophie Williams, Paige Eising, Oceanah Low, �

‘Marriage Spirituality: Living Life Together with God’ 9-10 July Fr Bob & Grace Harwood will explore a Catholic understanding of marriage and how couples connect with that in their daily lives. Opportunities to explore the spiritualities of individuals and couples, life changes and transitions, church teaching and life experiences. Input (theological and spiritual), times of quiet and reflection and exploration (individual & couple), group discussion and creative processes for reflection and prayer will be used. Bob and Grace Harwood have been married for 23 years and are the parents of 3 young adults. Bob is the priest at Sacred Heart parish Booval and Grace is a counsellor in a school and in private practice. • Saturday 9am – Sunday 3pm • Max. 22 couples • Cost $290 per couple (overnight) • Closing Date: 5 July Download 'Marriage Spirituality: Living Life Together with God' flyer (PDF 232KB)

Book Club orders are due May 31 at the latest.

May 24 Coastal Districts Athletics Carnival Day 1 May 26 Reconciliation Day Assembly Coastal Districts Athletics Carnival Day 2 May 27 Under 8’s Day P - Yr 2 June 8 HALL BLESSING and OPENING 9.30am June 13 Queen’s Birthday Holiday June 17 Nambour Show Holiday June 21 DanceFever Interschool Challenge June 24 Last Day of Term 2 July 11 Pupil Free Day July 12 First Day of Term 3 P & F Meeting July 28 Grandparents Day August 7 Stella Maris School Fair August 9 P & F Meeting August 17 Brisbane Ekka Wednesday Holiday Aug29 - Sept 2 Father’s Day Stall September 13 P & F Meeting

MUSIC NOTES

CHORAL MUSIC SM SINGERS – have been working hard learning and recording the new School Song. We are trying to give it

a TITLE. Any ideas? STELLA FELLAS will be performing on Assembly on Thursday 16th June CLASSROOM MUSIC Students have been enjoying the fabulous sounds of the new huge CONTRABASS MARIMBA. They are making great music in their class ensembles.

MUSICFEST – the Concert Band will be performing at Sunshine Plaza on Sunday 29 May from 11am. Everyone is welcome to come along and support these students. Concert Band will have an extra rehearsal this Friday at 2.00pm. PLEASE REMEMBER INSTRUMENTS

Jacinta Lanskey - Music Specialist - jalanskey@bne.catholic.edu.au Todd Wynyard - Instrumental Music Co-ord - twynyard@bne.catholic.edu.au

26 May 2011

Ben Lusty, Fletcher Hargraves, Hayley Edgar, Daniel Toson, Tully Thompson, Madalyn O’Donnell, Oliver Brown, Hunter Kidd, Ned

Cambridge, Tyler Watkins, Sunny Modric, William Petcos, Casidhe Steel, Amelia Cruise, Lucinda Kelly, Penelope Earl, Malik Kelm,

Emily Austin, Ethan West, John Saxon, Jorja Jones, Hannah Brumm, Tahla Belle Cheatham, Min Bennett.

NETBALL NOTES Congratulations to the Year 6 & 7 netball girls on their tenacity and fabu-lous enthusiasm at the Queensland Catholic Cup Monday 16th at Downey Park. The 4 year 6 & 7 teams improved their skills amazingly throughout the day, with the support and guidance of our netball mums Nikki Michaels, Annie McArdle, Jo Prosser, Sue Andrews and Deb Bury. Both Yr 6 & 7 A Teams won their semi -finals very convincingly. Yr 7 finished 4th out of 14 Division A teams and Yr6 A finished 5th out of 12 Division A teams. It was a great effort in such a big carnival with 17 rounds and with many of the Brisbane teams playing as a team through the week and again on Saturdays. The girls received a particpation certificate on assembly. Special thanks to the mums who helped score and with equipment and to Mrs Leanne Dowe for helping with the net-ball skirts. PLEASE REMEMBER TO RETURN BLUE NETBALL SKIRTS (Cleaned and in a labelled bag) TO MRS LANSKEY

HOLIDAYS - ANNUAL NETBALL SKILLS CLINIC with Patti Farrell - for Years 1 - 6. Tues 28 June Immanuel Lutheran College Sports Sta-dium. Cost $40- includes morning and afternoon tea & pizza lunch. 9 am - 4 pm. Collect registration forms from front office if interested.

District Cross Country Congratulations to the Stella Maris Team that participated at the Coastal District Cross Country Trials in Buderim last Thursday. Some excellent results from the team are as follows:

12yr old boys won the team points. Lucinda Kelly 7th in 12yr Girls Jai Larkins 6th 12yr Boys Brad Ellis 7th 12yr Boys John McLaughlin 1st 11yr Boys

John has been selected in the Coastal Team and he will now prepare for the Regional Trials. Great running!

ARL Development Cup Congratulations to the Stella Maris Rugby League Team who are the Sunshine Coast Central winners after winning all five games last Tues-day. The team will now play other regional winners to progress to the knockout stages of the state wide competition. Results: Stella 12 defeated Talara SS 4 Stella 18 defeated Mountain Creek SS 6 Stella 26 defeated Golden Beach SS 0 Stella 22 defeated Caloundra SS 0 Stella 10 defeated Buddina SS 4 CONGRATULATIONS!

Congratulations to Jai Larkins and Jake Warren on their selection into the Sunshine

Coast Regional team to contest the State Primary Schools’ Aussie Rules Titles in June. Well done boys.

Congratulations to Taj Hudson and Bradley Ellis on their selection into the Sunshine Coast Regional team to contest the State Primary Schools’ Soccer Titles in July. Well done boys.

Congratulations to Tyler Quaill (2D)! Tyler will be participating in the U.S. Kids Golf Championship for 7 year olds, in North Carolina from the 1/8/11 until 6/8/11. We wish Tyler all the best! What an achievement.

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L Wallace S Robinson

J Reginato D Strazzari T Murray

K Wessley N Michael E Mills

CHOCOLATE CAKE, MUFFIN, PIKELET MIXES & APPLES Week 5 Ending 27/05/2011

J Gilligan, T Gorring, K Holzer, A Horridge, A Hudson, M Hunter, M Johnstone, V Jones, M Leahy, J Lee, D Lusio, D Lyndon,

M MacDonald, N MacMinn, K Magao, T Mahon, L Martin, J Mason

Tuckshop Specials Home Made Spaghetti Bolognese available now at the

Tuckshop.—$3.00

Sushi is now available at the Tuckshop. 2 varieties only Tuna/California Rolls.— $2.40

Christine Craig (Guidance Counsellor) email:ccraig@bne.catholic.edu.au

Being Nice-what does it mean? • Not talking about people behind their backs • Not talking about people in front of their backs • If you see somebody struggling with something, help them • Put yourself in another person’s place before you criticise • If the lift door is open and there is only one space left let someone else get on • When driving, if someone puts their indicator on don’t speed up, slow down and let them

in • Smile, speak to people, and say good morning. • If you have never been a nice person or you need more practice, try these steps-

1. Take yourself out of the equation, no ego needed. 2. Try to look at the other person’s point of view 3. Just listen 4. Put personal preference aside 5. Learn to love people 6. Do unto others- Jesus gave us the most comprehensive plan for being nice.

From “The Big Picture” Dr Ben Carson ISBN 9966-837-30-2