St Augustine's School, Mossman

24 – 32 Grogan Street Telephone: 07 4098 1631 Mossman QLD 4873 Facsimile: 07 4098 2267 (P O Box 327, Mossman 4873 Principal: Mr Paul Rayner Website: www.staugs.qld.edu.au Email: secretary.mossman@cns.catholic.edu.au

Catholic Parish Mossman and Port Douglas

Co-responsible in faith and development

St Augustine Church 24 Grogan Street,

Mossman

Saturday 6:30pm, Mossman Sunday 7:00am, Mossman

St Mary Church 2 Endeavour Street,

Port Douglas

Sunday 9:00am, Port Douglas

W e ack no w ledg e the t rad i t io na l cus to d ians o f th i s l and , the Kuk u Ya lan j i and Kub ir r i - Warra p eo p le s , and pay o ur resp ec t to th e e lder s , bo th pa s t , p re sen t an d fu ture .

F ro m t h e P r i n c i pa l ’s D e sk .

Week 6 has seen Science Week come alive in our school. As a Chemistry Teacher it has been a wonderful opportunity to reconnect my science knowledge and share the passion of this great subject area with our children. Some experiments worked and others flopped. The inconsistency of experiments provided the opportunity for a great life lesson. Sometimes the best plans can come undone. Our response to challenges can give a great insight to who we are as individuals. When things don’t go the way we expect there are a number of alternative responses. We can blame others, blame the equipment, be harsh on ourselves or more depressingly give up and not care. The alternative is to accept that a challenge or an unexpected situation has arisen and

view it as an opportunity for learning. Together we can learn about what doesn’t work, to develop resilience to unexpected occurrences and to accept that perfection in all that we do isn’t going to occur. What we do is we accept this and take the next step. The British poet Rudyard Kipling once wrote in his famous poem “If”:

If you can meet with Triumph and Disaster And treat those two impostors just the same;

……..Yours is the Earth and everything that's in it

Thomas Edison ( a modern scientist ) also had his own take on failures after many struggles in attempting to develop the humble light bulb…..When Edison was interviewed by a young reporter who boldly asked Mr. Edison if he felt like a failure and if he thought he should just give up by now. Perplexed, Edison replied, "Young man, why would I feel like a failure? And why would I ever give up? I now know definitively over 9,000 ways that an electric light bulb will not work. Success is almost in my grasp." And shortly after that, and over 10,000 attempts, Edison invented the light bulb. Education – Life long learning is a journey of wins and failures. Know that each has its pluses and minuses. Embrace it. St Augustine’s Feast Day, Book Week and The School Open Afternoon are events occurring next week. The manner we will celebrate these events are detailed in this newsletter. As a commu-nity feel very welcome and know that you are invited to participate in all these school events Together in Faith, Together in Science, Learning for Life.

Paul

20th August 2015 — Week 6, term 3

MONDAY TUESDAY WEDNESDAY THURSDAY FRIDAY SAT/SUN

24 August School Liturgy/Assembly

Children's

Book

Week

Parade

25 August

Tuckshop orders Due today

Weekly Special Veggie Quiche

26 August

St Augustine’s

Feast Day

Mass 9:40am

St Augustine’s

Open Afternoon

2—4pm

27 August 28 August

Courage to Care Workshop

Yr 5 & 6

Tuckshop helpers

Michelle Zonai Pamela Taylor

Manuela Wittner

29—30 August

Undercover Angels

Bec McLean Tara Bennett

31 August

School

Liturgy/Assembly

1 September

Tuckshop orders due

today Weekly Special

Mrs Mac’s Beef Pie

2 September 3 September 4 September

Tuckshop Helpers

5—6 September

Undercover Angels

Lesley Johnston

Children's Book Week

22 August – 28 August (Week 7)

Children’s Book Week theme is

“Books light up our world”. Monday 24 August we will be having a Book Parade following our

morning Liturgy which will be held in the Undercover area.

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SCIENCE WEEK

YEAR 1M HOSPITAL VISIT

FOR SENIORS WEEK

MOSSMAN STATE HIGH SCHOOL

Invites

Year 6 Parents and Guardians

(and other interested parents)

to an

Information Evening

‘Year 7 at Mossman State High School’

Where: Mossman State High

School Resource Centre

When: Thursday 27th August

Time: 7.00pm

The purpose of the evening is to provide parents and

guardians with information about Mossman State High

School.

Attendance at this evening will help to ensure the bridge

between primary and secondary school is safe, strong and

successful for your child.

A tour of our school facilities including the Year 7 precinct

will be a part of this evening.

We look forward to meeting you this very special night