Welcome back to St Peter’s for Term 4. This is the shortest term

of the year and promises to be an action-packed term of learning, celebrating the year

we’ve had and coming together as a community. (as well as planning for 2018!)

Two upcoming events that I would like to draw your attention to and encourage the

community to come together to celebrate, are the St Peter’s Trivia Night (Friday 13

October) and the St Peter’s Cultural Evening (Friday 20 October).

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ENJOY A COMMUNITY NIGHT OF FUN, KNOWLEDGE AND (NO DOUBT A LITTLE

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• 7 October Parish Dinner

• 13 October Trivia Night

• 16 October Pupil Free day

• 20 October Cultural

Evening

• 3 November Carolyn

Watson Official School

Farewell Liturgy and

Afternoon Tea

• 10 November Remarkable

Moments Celebrating

Learning Morning

• 17 November Parent

Volunteers Assembly

• 24 November Christmas

Concert

• 1 December 12pm End of

2017 School Year

Our specialist staff are busy preparing

for the St Peter’s Cultural Night to be

held on Friday the 20th October. This

evening includes performances from

Choir and Drama students, Indonesian

Dance and Art Demonstrations and

displays. The evening begins at 6:00pm

and will conclude by 7:30pm. A family

ticket costs $10 payable on the night.

We are still confirming a pizza dinner

option with some options available for

you to order to be published in next

weeks’ newsletter. Please NOTE that

this option must be paid and pre-

ordered before the night. An order

form will be sent home to all families

next week.

St Peter’s 2017 Awards

As has been the case in previous years

we will once again present some

special student awards. These were

previously known as Principal Awards.

There are three categories of awards.

Each class will award one recipient for

each category. This award is chosen by

the class teacher, school staff that

work with the students and

administration team and the decision

is final. It is important to note that

many worthy students will not receive this award and we understand this can be disappointing, but we also can take

this as an opportunity to celebrate others success.

As a Principal, I firmly stand behind all children on their own learning journey. I celebrate with each student and their

teachers at their efforts, determination and persistence to be confident and creative learners, focussed on their

improvement and learning growth. Today I was pleased to see many students had already determined their personal

goal for Term 4! Naming the goal and going for it is what inspires me each day to do what I can to support each child’s

growth.

The awards will be presented at “Our Remarkable Moments in Learning Journey” Assembly on November 10 th.

The three categories are

• Academic Excellence Award: to be eligible children have consistently achieved and maintained outstanding

academic results.

• Application to Learning Award: to be eligible children have displayed commitment, persistence and diligence to their

studies striving to grow.

• School Spirit Award: to be eligible children have actively lived the Christian Values of our school, going above and

beyond what is expected of them with humbleness, peace, grace, integrity and hope.

Extra Pupil Free Day 2018

Recently the Minister for Education, Tourism, Major Events and the Commonwealth Games, Kate Jones, announced a

change to Education Queensland's school holidays and professional development days for 2018. The Minister advised

that the Easter school holiday period will be extended by 1 day for students and school will not start until Tuesday 17

April 2018. The term dates for all BCE schools and colleges will also change for 2018.This change is the result of

transport requirements for the Commonwealth Games and subsequent bus availability for the start of Term 2, 2018. BCE

staff will be working on this day.

A reminder of the following (whole school celebration) dates:

• Parish Dinner 7 October

• Trivia Night 13 October

• Pupil Free day 16 October

• Cultural Evening 20 October

• Carolyn Watson Official School Farewell Liturgy and Afternoon Tea 3 November

• Remarkable Moments Celebrating Learning Morning 10 November

• Parent Volunteers Assembly 17 November

• Christmas Concert 24 November

• End of 2017 School Year 12pm 1 December

Term 4 Learning Focus – One of our learning focuses again is encouraging our

students to talk about their learning! (Learning Intention and Success Criteria) We

use WALT (We are Learning To) to help with a shared language to talk about

learning. WILF (What I’m Looking For) helps with a shared language on success

criteria – the things we do to help us achieve our learning intention.

Feast of Saint Francis of Assisi: Today marks the feast of St Francis of Assisi. St Francis has inspired many followers

throughout history, including the current Pope. Who was St Francis? St Francis of Assisi is the patron saint of animals,

merchants and ecology. What lessons can we take from St Francis to help us

live our lives today? Prayer of St Francis of Assisi

Saint Francis of Assisi embraced poverty so that he could follow the crucified

Christ more fully.

Let us pray for simplicity of life. O God, you bless the poor in spirit.

May we be detached from material things. Through Christ our Lord. Amen.

Wishing you all a peaceful week

Bronwyn

Student of the Week

Term 3 Week 10

Prep A Bronte Wann

Prep B James Karaberidis

Prep C Lisani McGibbon

1A Mahi Jain

1B

1C

2A Kylah Hallam

2B Seth Young

2C Olivia Donaldson

3A Koby Coonan & Matilda Revelo

3B Kaitlyn Clossick

3C

4A

4B

4C

5A

5B Jack Day & Niamh Edwards

6A

6B Billie Peoples & Lexi Gater

WEEK Monday Tuesday Wednesday Thursday Friday Weekend

1

October 2 Queen’ Birthday Public Holiday

3 Start of Term 4

4

5 Fr Baiyi returns

6 Assembly: 2A No Class Mass

7/8 Parish Dinner

2

9 Book Fair all week

10

11 12 13 Assembly: 6A Class Mass: 3A Trivia Night

14/15

3

16 CTJ Day (Pupil Free Day)

17

18 Indonesian Teacher Visit

19 20 Assembly: 6B Class Mass: 3B Cultural Evening Indonesian Teacher Visit

21/22

4

23

24

25 Year 1 Excursion

26 Gala Sports Day

27 Assembly: 5A (Nano Nagle Focus) Class Mass: 3C

28/29 Nano Nagle Day (Sunday)

5

30

31

November 1

2

3 Class Mass: 5A Afternoon Assembly: 5B Carolyn’s Farewell and liturgy 2pm

4/5

6

6 Prep Information Night

7 Prep Orientation

8 Prep Orientation 9 10 Assembly: 2B Class Mass: 5B Remarkable Moments Day (BCE) Principal’s Awards Assembly

11/12 Remembrance Day

7

13 8.30am Launch SVDP Christmas Appeal

14

15 16 17 Year 6 Retreat Day Assembly: 2C (Volunteers Assembly) No Class Mass

18/19

8

20 Well Being Week

21

22 23

No Assembly No Class Mass Christmas Concert 6.30pm-8.00pm

25/26 Parent End of Primary Celebration

9

27

28 Graduation Mass 6.30pm

29 Year 6 Wet ‘n’ Wild Reports Sent Home

30

December 1 Whole School Mass 11.00am School Concludes 12.00pm

2/3

A Prayer for Peace

This Year the theme for St Peters is a Community in Peace. We have used this theme across the whole year to remind us that Jesus’ teaching and actions were inspired for peace and dignity for all. The church promotes the dignity and worth of each human person. This message is taught in our Religion Curriculum from the beginning of Prep. Our Prep students learn about and respond to the Creation Story in Genesis with the emphatic words “and God saw that it was good”. With so much violence and division in our world at the moment it might be good to return to the message our Preps learn about the dignity of each human person and a community of peace starts with each person. On this feast day of St Francis of Assisi, the church

remembers one of the world’s most famous Saints who promoted peace and care for all creation. We as a community might like to prayer his prayer for Peace.

Caring for Year 1 Garden, Learning Peacefully together in Year 1, Promoting Peace in our world with letters to the girls’ school in Zambia we supported in Social Justice Week Prayer of Saint Francis Lord make me an instrument of your peace Where there is hatred let me sow love Where there is injury, pardon Where there is doubt, faith Where there is despair, hope Where there is darkness, light And where there is sadness, joy O divine master grant that I may not so much seek to be consoled as to console to be understood as to understand To be loved as to love For it is in giving that we receive it is in pardoning that we are pardoned And it's in dying that we are born to eternal life Amen Paul Rees Assistant Principal - RE

News from Primary Learning Leader

ICAS National Testing

Last term a group of students from Grade 3 to 6 participated in the ICAS National testing in English. Students completed a written

test which assessed their reading and language skills in a range of contexts. The following aspects of texts were assessed and reported: text comprehension—reading for meaning—in literary and factual texts; the writer’s craft in selecting particular text types, vocabulary and techniques; syntax; and vocabulary. The questions required students to locate, identify, sequence, explain,

interpret, analyse and infer information in and about texts.

Students read a variety of texts. The types of texts included extracts from picture books, short stories, novels, poems, play scripts, transcripts of interviews, letters, diary entries, advertisements, webpages, feature articles, opinion pieces and comic strips.

All students are to be commended on the way they conducted yourselves during these tests. All participants this week received a

certificate of participation with the results of these tests. The following students are to be congratulated on their high level of

achievement on the ICAS Science test. They will receive their certificate of achievement on assembly this week.

Distinction Credit Merit

Grade Six Charlotte Ryan

Grade Five Evelyn Hughson

Grade Three Erin Bampton

Grade Six Jada Nathan

Brenton Peters

Grade Five Simeon Bampton

Grade Four Ashley McGrath

Grade Three Luke De Marco

Rundong Yang

Grade Six Caitlin Flood

Austin Hancock

Francis Wang

Grade Five Sophie Catterson

Grade Three Erin Flood

Isabelle Fuller

Taylor Smith

The ICAS - National Mathematics test results are still pending. Congratulations again to all students who have participated in

these assessments during 2017.

Kind Regards,

Jo Cridland Primary Learning Leader (PLL)

SPORTS NEWS

Zone II Athletics Carnival – Thursday 7th September

Congratulations to those students who participated in the Zone Athletics Team at QEII Stadium on 7th September. St

Peter’s performed outstandingly well, finishing in 2nd place in Division 2 and only 7 points behind the winning school.

Each student was a fantastic ambassador for the school and Mr Gaffney and I were impressed with attitude, manners

and behaviour on the day.

Cricket Cluster Cup

St Peter’s will be making their inaugural appearance in the Catholic Schools Cricket Cluster Cup on Friday 6 th October v

Our Lady of Fatima, Acacia Ridge. We wish the Year 5 & 6 Team well and look forward to hearing how the day goes.

Please return any relevant paperwork provided to the school office asap.

Gala Day

Our next Catholic Schools Gala Day is on Thursday 26th October at Kianawah Fields at Tingalpa. Students will be making

their choice for the day from either Cricket or T-Ball and training will be held in school on Friday afternoons in the run

up to this event. Any questions, please see Mrs Dinnen or Mr Campbell.

Mrs Dinnen

NANO NAGLE LIBRARY NEWS

Welcome to Term 4 and our annual Book Fair!

The Fair will run from 8am Monday morning 9th October

until 3pm Friday afternoon 13th October (next week). On

Thursday, we will be opening until 6pm.

Books will be available and can be put aside for Christmas or birthdays, just see the adults at the desk. Last year our

book fair earned us enough money to replenish some old titles and purchase many new ones for our library. Also,

some sets for classroom reading.

There will be an Eftpos machine available but cash is always welcome. Thank you for your support.

Merrill and May.

Piano Concert

Our End of Year Piano/Keyboard Concert will be held Tuesday 21 November 2017 from 5pm-8pm in the Simon Peter

Centre at St Peter’s Catholic Primary School Rochedale. All are welcome.

More details in next weeks’ newsletter……

Tuckshop

The new menu for this term is attached to this newsletter. Please be aware that there will not be any sushi available this

week.

We are desperately in need of volunteer helpers for the tuckshop this week. Even if you have only have

half an hour to spare, please come down and offer your help.

Lost Property

We have several items bought into the lost property (watches, wallets, keys, books etc). if you have misplaced

anything please come to the office to describe and collect it.