Informer Term 2 - Week 9

From Our Principal ...

Dear Families,

Please see below more information for families regarding the new Federal Government Funding model (Gonski model) and the impact on funding for Catholic Schools.

Over the coming months, further advice pieces will be shared, with each piece building on the detail of the previous.

Please take the time to read the material to understand the impact of the changes on the funding for our school and school fees across all non-government schools.

Have a great week and hug your kids.

Regards,
Jamie Emerick
Principal.

Parents & Friends Assoc. Meeting: TODAY

Our next Parents & Friends Association meeting is on
TODAY
in the staff room at 5:30pm. 

All Welcome!

Lost Property - Collect Tomorrow

Lost property will be on display in the Multipurpose Area tomorrow from 8am until 4pm. If you recognise any item in the photos below, please ask your child to collect it tomorrow, or feel free to stop in and collect it yourself. Any left over items will be given to charity.

School Photo Days - Thur 13 & Fri 14 June

School photo payment envelopes were sent home with your child last week.  Orders may be made online, directly with MSP photography.  If you place your order online, you do not need to return the photo envelope to school.

If you choose to pay cash, please complete the envelope and return to the school office on or before the photo days.

Please see school photo timetable below.

Capricornia School Sport

Fitness Club

Learn To Pray ...

St John the Baptist Feast Day

We are very fortunate to have St John the Baptist as our school’s namesake, as he is someone we can all truly look up to as a role model. John was not swayed by public opinion. Nor did he care about what the general populace was doing. Rather, he was a man who followed his own convictions, and even though this went against what the current trend was, he was courageous enough to stand up and say his piece. He wasn’t afraid to be seen as being different, such was his commitment to what he believed.  

His intention was only to spread the word that people needed to change their wrongful ways in readiness for the coming of the Messiah. His conviction did win him many followers and this inevitably ended with his death at the hands of Herod.

We can all take a lesson from his courage and his commitment to what he believed was necessary and right. As members of the St John the Baptist community, may we too strive to mirror these traits and be the hands, the feet and the voice of Jesus in today’s world…in our school, workplace and home.

All families are Welcome to join us for our St John the Baptist Feast Day Mass on Friday 21 June at 11:40am in Nazareen Place (Multi-purpose Shed). 

St John's Way Awardees

Library News ...

Prep to Year 3

Lost a Library book?

Try to remember what the book looked like:  How big was it? What colour? What do you remember about the cover? Is it hardcover or paperback?

Next, tell your parents and your teacher. With their help you will probably find it.  Also keep in mind that all library books have spine labels, barcode labels, and library labels so that they stand out!

Tuckshop Volunteers Needed

Can you spare 30 minutes or 3 hours on a Tuesday, Wednesday or Thursday morning to volunteer in our tuckshop - anytime from 8am to 2pm?

Our lovely tuckshop staff will provide training. Volunteers need to have completed our school Volunteer Induction Session.

Please call the office if you are able to help out. 

Volunteer Tuckshop Roster

Tuckshop Menu

OSHC Vacation Program

Uniform Shop Hours

Casual Relief Teachers

Chanel College MND Fundaiser

Invitation to Mass of Thanksgiving

Mass of Thanksgiving for Leesa Jeffcoat AM
Diocesan Director Catholic Education

Bishop Michael McCarthy invites all school communities to attend a Mass of Thanksgiving for Leesa Jeffcoat AM who, after 23 years of faith-filled service, will shortly conclude her time as Diocesan Director of Catholic Education. The Mass will be held in St Joseph’s Cathedral on Wednesday, 12 June commencing at 10:3Oam.

All are welcome at the Mass to thank God for the gift that Leesa has been to the Ministry of Catholic Education in this Diocese and to pray that God will bless her in abundance into the future.  

For those unable to attend in person, the Mass will also be live streamed via the following link https://youtube.com/live/ELlJocspoSg?feature=share 

Ecumenism & Interfaith Presentation

Are you interested in learning more about the Catholic Church’s position with regard to relations with other Christians and people of other faiths and want to know what is happening in Queensland in this area?

You are invited to a free presentation with Margaret Naylon from Brisbane Archdiocese on Saturday 13 July from 9:30am to 12 noon in the Hanly Room, Francis Rush Centre, 196 Charlotte Street, Brisbane. This presentation will be live-streamed for people across Queensland who are unable to attend in person. For further information, please contact Margaret Naylon at naylonm@bne.catholic.net.au or 0408 123 364.

For registration: follow the link to the booking site or use the QR code.

https://app.tickets.org.au/eb/EcumenicalInterfaithPresentation

Young Engineers Winter Holiday Camp

World Science Festival

Gladstone Seafarers Duck Derby

St John's Walkerston