ISSUE NO 201512 - 28 April 2015

FROM THE PRINCIPAL

Hello to all in the St Brigid's community.

Week 2 Term 2

This Sunday is the Fifth Sunday of the Easter Season.

The Readings this week again give us an insight into the future of Christianity post the Pentecost event. In the

First Reading, again from the Acts of the Apostles, we see the introduction of Saul, later to be known as St Paul,

into the history of the Christian story. Unfortunately we also are introduced to the first division in the church – is

Christ's message for everyone or just the Jews?

In the Second Reading from the First Letter of St John the writer urges the community to be faithful and to

demonstrate their love for one another in their daily deeds and actions.

In the Gospel Jesus’ lesson that he is the vine and God is the vinedresser is read. This powerful lesson reminds

us that those who remain connected to Jesus bear much fruit and that those who bear the fruit are Jesus’

disciples.

When all three reading are considered together we can see the emergence of the early church from a loose

collection of followers of the charismatic Jesus to an identifiable group notable for their outward demonstration of

love for all, guided by the Holy Spirit and their zeal in spreading the teachings of Jesus Christ.

Enjoy the readings pointing to the imminent birth of the church.

ANZAC Day

Thanks to all the students, staff and parents who were able to represent St Brigid’s at the Nerang community

ANZAC Day ceremony on Saturday. In particular thanks to Ms Bray who coordinated our participation in the

event.

Thanks also to Mrs Kingston who organised our moving and meaningful ANZAC Day Liturgy on last Friday. I wish

to congratulate the children on the RESPECT that they showed during our liturgy and thank all the staff and

students who contributed to the liturgy in any way. I also thank all the parents and other family members who

were able to join us for St Brigid’s Centenary ANZAC Day liturgy.

What’s on over the following week

Assembly prayer this week was led by the Year 2B class whilst 2C will lead next weeks’.

Interviews for Prep enrolments for 2016 continue this week.

AST Breakfast with Zero the Hero Meet and Greet and Walking Safely Show will be held on Tuesday April 28

commencing at 8:00am.

Year 5 will host a visit from St Michael's staff and students Wednesday April 29th.

Years 5 and 6 Student Led Conferences will be held this week.

Interschool sport for Years 5 and 6 will continue on Friday.

The Parents and Friends’ Association Mothers’ Day Stall will be held on Tuesday May 5th.

The monthly School Board Meeting will be held on Wednesday May 6th commencing at 6pm.

Prep Parent Teacher Interviews will be held next week.

St Brigid's Cross Country Carnival will be held next Wednesday as per the timetable published on the Parent

Portal.

Positive Behaviour for Learning (PB4L)

This week we will be revising all three rules; Respect for Self and Others, Respect for Learning and Respect for

Property. Please reinforce these rules at home by the way you speak to and with your children and the way you

interact with the various people in your daily lives.

Gold Coast Police Notice

Police from the Gold Coast District will be running a major school traffic operation emphasising safe driving

behaviour and student’s traffic awareness around St Brigid’s starting this week.

This Week, 27th

April to the 1st May - is the operation’s Education and Proactive Week.

During this week Police Officers intend to visit St Brigid’s (either before or after school) and reward students for

good traffic behaviour, be it wearing bike helmets, using the crossing, exiting the vehicle on the footpath side etc.

At the same time Police will be talking to parents in relation to good driving behaviour around school zones,

correct procedures for parking etc and educating on driving offences. (In saying that any life endangering

offences will be dealt with accordingly).

Next week, Week – 4th

May – 8th

May – is the Enforcement Week.

During this week officers will specifically be tasked to attend St Brigid’s and enforce all road rules and regulations

and tickets will be issued to all drivers committing offences.

Helping children to cross the road safely

Children may cut it more closely than their parents realise when it comes to guessing how far cars are from an

intersection or how long it takes to safely reach the other side. Using virtual reality, researchers tested how often

children might walk into oncoming traffic in real life. The results show that parents may be over-estimating how

careful their children are and may need to teach them safer habits. Study participants wore headsets outfitted

with a 3-D display and motion sensors to detect every real step they took into virtual streets. Researchers asked

the children to cross the virtual street when they thought traffic conditions were safe. Researchers measured how

many seconds the virtual cars were from hitting children when they crossed the street. Then, they put parents in

the same situation and asked them when they thought their children would attempt to cross. Parents generally

expected their children not to cross the street when an oncoming car was less than 4 seconds away, while the

children crossed into traffic with tighter gaps of about 3 seconds. We need to be realistic about children's

developmental level and not over-estimate their ability to judge safe distances. A small error can result in the

child being seriously injured.

To keep children safe, adults need to start by setting a good example. Children learn a lot just by watching. If

parents and older children behave in dangerous ways, younger children are likely to do so also. Older children

may take greater risks dashing out between cars.

Pedestrian safety lessons need to start early when children have to cross busy intersections from a very young

age. For toddlers, parents can talk about what safety choices they make each time they cross the street, from

looking both ways to making eye contact with drivers. By the time children are 4 or 5 years old, parents can start

letting children (under close supervision) make the decision about when it's safe to cross a street, starting with

residential streets with light traffic before trying busy intersections. This lets parents gently correct bad choices so

children can fine-tune their instincts about when it's safe to cross. Talking to children about why they need to

follow particular rules or procedures for crossing safely is a good approach, like pointing out the good sense in

walking a little further to use a pedestrian crossing rather than take a risk.

Acknowledgement: Dr Barbara Morrongiello, a psychology professor at the University of Guelph in Ontario,

Canada, reported by Reuters Health, March 31, 2015.

Principal Performance Review

Dear Parents/Guardians

Re: Principal Performance Review

All those in Senior Management positions in Brisbane Catholic Education, participate in regular performance

appraisal processes to assist in their professional development planning.

Mr Kevin Bianchi is undertaking such a review in Term 2, 2015.

As a component of this process, a confidential on-line survey is being conducted by the Ardjuna Corporate

Services.

Currently a sample of families selected across various year levels have received an invitation to participate in this

survey. The invitation was emailed directly to families by Ardjuna. This survey will be conducted over a two week

period.

Community consultation is highly valued and I thank you for your participation.

Yours sincerely

Trevor Doyle - Area Supervisor

School Services South, Catholic Education Archdiocese of Brisbane

Parish News

THE FIRE OF ETERNAL LOVE “...his word is like a fire burning in my heart. (Jeremiah 20:9)

The Verbum Dei Missionary Community will hold a day Retreat in St Brigid’s Parish Centre on Saturday 16th May

from 10.30am to 3.30pm (commencing after 9.00am Mass). The cost will be $15.00 each (includes food). For

more information please contact Cathy 0407 567 122 or Tamara 0403 525 544

St Brigid’s Catholic Parish Fundraising Committee

On Tuesday 5th May the first fund raising committee meeting will be held in the Parish Centre commencing at

7.00pm. A parish fund raising committee is a very important ministry in the parish to implement ideas to raise

much needed funds for the parish.

The parish is seeking fresh ideas in regard to fundraising and is aware that there are many very talented people

in the Parish, both men and women, whose participation would be welcomed. If you have a desire to help and

any ideas of how to raise funds please consider becoming a part of this very important ministry. Please speak to

Fr Rafal direct or call the office on Tuesday or Thursday between 9.00am and 3.30pm. Any help with this would

be greatly appreciated.

Please click here to access this week's Parish Newsletter.

Kevin Bianchi

Principal

APA News

NAPLAN Preparation for 2015

NAPLAN testing will take place this term for Students from Years 3 & 5. Testing will commence on Tuesday May

12 and conclude on Thursday May 14. Friday will be allocated as the testing catch up day for students who

missed tests during this time. The schools testing schedule is outlined below:

Tuesday May 12th Wednesday May 13th Thursday May 14th Friday May 15th

Language Conventions

Start time: 9.10am

Reading

Start time: 9.10am

Numeracy

Start time: 9.10am

Test Make up day

Venue: Staffroom

Start Time 9.00am

Supervisor: Chris.C

Writing

Start time: 11.40am

Any parents who wish to clarify issues around NAPLAN testing and their child are encouraged to make a time to

speak with their child’s classroom teacher or Mr Clurey. We wish all our students sitting NAPLAN assessments

next week all the very best and are mindful to keep these tests in perspective. Your child’s classroom teacher can

provide a comprehensive assessment of their social, emotional, academic and spiritual progress as many

parents would have found during recent Parent-Teacher interviews.

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UNSW – ICAS Science Test

Nine students from Grades 3-6 have nominated to participate in the ICAS Science assessment on the morning of

Monday June 1st supervised by Mr Clurey. Both the English and Maths assessments will follow later in the term.

Should you require more information please access the following link: http://www.qagtc.org.au/

Visible Learning

Learning continues to be an important focus right across our school. Through making it clear what ‘effective

learners’ do, we are building students capacity to be effective learners. This in turn improves student learning

outcomes.

Students who are effective learners can articulate what they are learning about and why.

To support this at home parents could:

Encourage students to talk about something they learned at school either formally (in class or informally

and why it was significant.

Discuss with your child something you are learning about and why this is important to you.

Chris Clurey

APA

APRE NEWS

ANZAC DAY 2015 – 100th Anniversary

What a wonderful start to Term 2. The students of St Brigid’s have really engaged in the true meaning of ANZAC

day this year. They say every picture tells a story so see below for some snapshots of how we commemorated

this very important milestone. (The ANZAC day display will remain in the ECO Enquiry for another 2 weeks.)

God of love and liberty,

we thank You for the peace and security we enjoy.

It was won for us through the courage and devotion of those

who gave their lives in time of war.

We pray that their labour and sacrifice may not be in vain,

but that their spirit may live on in us and in generations to come.

We ask this prayer in the name of Jesus

http://www.qagtc.org.au/

Amen.

ANZAC Day Liturgy

ANZAC Day Display – ECO Enquiry Centre

ANZAC Day March

2B Prayer

We thank 2B for sharing prayer with us this week. 2C will lead next week’s prayer.

Belinda Kingston

APRE

DATE CLAIMERS

Wednesday 29 April Year 5 Visit from St Michael's College

Thursday 30 April Yr 6 Student Led Conferences

Monday 4 May Mother's Day Assembly

Tuesday 5 May P&F Mother's Day Stall

Wednesday 6 May Cross Country Carnival (School Oval)

Wednesday 20 May District Cross Country

Friday 22 May Under 8's Day

Monday 1 June UNSW Science Testing

Wednesday 3 June Catholic Schools Cross Country Carnival

Monday 8 June Queen's Birthday Public Holiday

Friday 26 June End of Term Mass 9:15am

Monday 13 July First day of Term 3

Please refer also to the Calendar on the Parent Portal for dates relevant to St Brigid's.

Term Dates

Please refer to the Brisbane Catholic Education website for term dates for 2015 and 2016.

http://www.bne.catholic.edu.au/students-parents/Pages/TermDates.aspx

LIBRARY NEWS

This term we have been researching the Anzacs and Gallipoli. Please visit our Anzac display in the Eco Inquiry

Centre where you can peruse student's work, view our wonderful collection of Anzac memorabilia and see a very

authentic periscope constructed by Alexander R (6B).

http://www.bne.catholic.edu.au/students-parents/Pages/TermDates.aspx

The WEBSITE will open on May 1………

It'll include everything you need.

To participate:

On 1 of May download the Reading Logs. Ask students to record the number of minutes they spend reading on each day in May. In the first week of June, students and their families enter their total Reading Minutes online for a chance

to WIN!

The more families participating in National Family Reading Month the greater chance to share in the $10,000 prize pool!

Award-winning Australian author and illustrator

Aaron Blabey is the official spokesperson.

The Class Library times

Tuesday……….3A, 3B, 3C, 1C, 1A, 4A.

Wednesday…....4C, 1B, 4B.

Thursday……...Years 5, Years 6.

Friday…………Prep years, Years 2.

Please provide your child with a clean library bag (with a plastic supermarket bag inside it).

Thankyou.

Jan Knowles Teacher Librarian PASTORAL CARE

Slow down, become conscious of life’s simple pleasures.

“Don’t overlook the

beauty of small moments.

The best portion of

your life will be

the small, nameless moments

you spend smiling with

someone who matters.”

Inspirational Thoughts

This week leave room for a ’simple pleasure’.

Sr Brigid Frawley

GUIDANCE COUNSELLOR

As I’m sure you are aware, NAPLAN is quickly approaching. For our Year Three students, this will be the first

time they will sit the NAPLAN tests. For our Year Fives, it will be the last they do in a primary school setting. This

week’s article, written by Michael Grose parenting expert, assists parents to prepare their children for NAPLAN in

a different way to our teachers. He discusses the pressure that is placed on our children around the time of these

tests and how the best approach is a positive, optimistic view that they are a learning experience for both

completing tests and also for managing nerves or anxiety. Children have been found to mimic their parents’

thinking styles, so if you can take a positive attitude, it is more likely that your child will also.

“You gain strength, courage, and confidence by every experience in which you really stop to look fear in the face.

You must do the thing which you think you cannot do.” - Eleanor Roosevelt

Debbie Thurlow

Guidance Counsellor

BIRTHDAYS

Happy birthday to those children who are celebrating their birthday this week:

Jordon N, Ryan D, Jack N, Annabelle F, Ben T, Ruby B, Aidan F.

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P B 4 L

Robo's Rule of the Week

Respect for Self and Others, Respect for Learning, Respect for Property.

Robo Awards

Sean 0C, Will 0A, Zenon 2A, Abbie R 2A, Daisy R, Hailey S 6B, Brioney 4B, Matt H 4A, Brynton 6B, Kobe

2A.

Class Awards

0A Tiara, Kody

0B Ruby, Ben

0C Gabrine, Jerome

1A Jordan, Summer

1C Aliya, Coen

2A Alex, Zenon

2C Brock, Blake

3A Bobbi, Ava

3B Neja, Maya S

3C Keenan, Mia R

4C Ashlee, Joshua

5A Kyan

5C Madison, Blake

THE ARTS

ANZAC Liturgy - Singing Club

Thank you to the children who supported our ANZAC liturgy last Friday. There were many new faces among the

singers. I hope they will continue to attend Singing Club held each Thursday morning in the music room, 8am.

We also thank Bill and Kurian for their drumming.

Recorder Group

Thank you Mrs Wilson and Yr 6 girls, Shaniece, Maddie and Alyssa for accompanying us at the ANZAC liturgy.

Any student from Years 4-6 who is interested in forming a recorder group to play at upcoming events, as needed,

please speak to Mrs Sandstrom.

Mrs Maryanne Sandstrom

MRS MESSENGER'S SPORTS REPORT

Cross Country Carnival

We have a busy term ahead with our School Cross Country Carnival, District Cross Country Carnival and

Catholic Cross Country Carnival, as well as Interschool Sport.

Our School Cross Country Carnival is in Week 3 of this term, Wednesday 6 May 2015.

We have had to make some changes to the Cross Country Carnival times to help ensure the day runs

smoothly. Please see below an amended timetable. Please note these are approximate times only.

Times First Session Events Times Second Session Events

8:50 am

9:20 am

9:50 am

10:20 am

10:40 –

11:20

12 years Boys

12 years Girls

11 years Boys

11 years Girls

10 years Boys

10 Years Girls

9 years Boys

9 years Girls

1st Break

11:40

am

12:10

pm

12:40

pm

1:20 -

1:55

2:10

pm

8 years Boys

8 years Girls

Year 2 Boys

Year 2 Girls

Year 1 Boys

Year 1 Girls

2nd Break

Prep Girls

Prep Boys

We have also amended the distances the children run. This was changed to coincide with the district area. The

distances for each age grouping are listed below.

• Preps, ones, & twos --- Modified short course.

• 8 & 9 year olds --- 1.5 kilometres

• 10, 11 & 12 year olds --- 2 kilometres

Interschool Sport

This week's Interschool Sport games are as follows:

Soccer - St Vincent’s 12:40 pm 6 B Boys 12:40 pm 6 B Girls 1:35 pm 5 B Boys

Girl's Oztag - TBA

Netball -Firth Park Yr 6 12:45 pm Yr 5 1:30 pm

Rugby - TBA

Unfortunately, both the Oztag and the Rugby League games were cancelled due to a double booking of the

ground, though the children had a great time training and playing games at school. The girl's netball both had

wins. 6B played Varsity and won 19-0 and 5B played Mudgeeraba and won 18-0. The soccer also had

wins. Year 5B St Brigid’s boys v Robina won 2-0, Year 6B St Brigid’s boys v Robina won 7-0 and Year 6B St

Brigid’s girls v Robina won 3:2. Great results all round!!!

Bronwyn Messenger

PE Teacher & Sports Coordinator (Relief)

ACTIVE SCHOOL TRAVEL

We had a great turnout to our 2nd

breakfast for the year yesterday morning, April 28th.

We welcomed Zero the

Hero at the breakfast and to an assembly afterwards. Zero and Kathy entertained the P to 3 grades, teaching

them about road safety. The children were very well behaved and had fun, as well as learnt how to keep safe on

the road. We thank Zero, Kathy, Anthony and Dave for a fantastic show!

We would like to thank all our helpers at the breakfast, Julie Rollison, Helene Fahey, Paula, and all our children

helpers. Jack, Vanessa, Alex, Amelia, Reilly, Alex L thank you for the beautiful food. Julie purchased the beautiful

fruit from Mt Nathan Fruit Shop.

We hope to start the passport system next week. We always encourage our families to travel actively to school,

walking, riding, carpooling or coming by bus.

Thank you to the families who are able to travel actively regularly. You are making a big difference to our

environment!

Please enjoy our wonderful photos from the breakfast.

WORKPLACE HEALTH AND SAFETY NEWS

Visitors' Register

The Visitors' Register is located at Reception and all parents and visitors are required to sign in and out.

This is an essential document that keeps the school informed of all visitors and contractors who may be on site at

any particular point in time.

be SAFE be WELL

ENVIRONMENT COMMITTEE

ECO News

We wish to RESPECT our environment at St Brigid's, and several classes are collecting their food scraps to

recycle. We are looking for hungry chickens or dedicated composters to help us!! Please contact the office if

you would like to recycle some fabulous food scraps.

Patricia Fearnley Environment Committee

TUCKSHOP

The tuckshop is now open every Wednesday, Thursday and Friday! Please click here to access the 2015 Menu.

The preferred method for ordering tuckshop is online through Flexischools. Please click on the following link to

register your child and order tuckshop.

https://www.flexischools.com.au/FM/FM.aspx?p=Registration&RegID=5f1lmr6LHB.

Julie Rollison Tuckshop Convenor (Relief)

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UNIFORM SHOP

Hours

Opening hours - Tuesday and Friday 8:30am - 9:30am

Help needed! If you have a spare hour on a Tuesday or Friday morning from 8.30 - 9.30am. your help serving

would be greatly appreciated. If available to help out, please give me a call or drop in to the Uniform Shop.

Deb Laurie - 0431 151 903

P & F News

CLASS NEWS

Prep News

This week the children are learning about the letter/sound Rr. Please keep encouraging your child to know all the

sounds and words that we have focussed on, as it is necessary for the early stages of reading and writing. The

letters taught this year are s, a, t, i, p, n, c, k, e, h

In Maths we are continuing to discuss 2d shapes. The children need to know and draw a rectangle, a square, a

circle and a triangle.

In Religion we are reading the two Bible stories of the Creation. Sister Brigid is visiting our classrooms to expose

the children to the two different stories.

In Geography the children will compare their homes, holiday homes and homes that they visit. This integrates

with our History focus being “My Family”. The children will be sharing a family photo with their classmates and

completing self portraits and family portraits over the coming weeks.

This week we will introduce Oscar Organisation: Please encourage your child to try to do their best at all times, to

listen carefully, to take care of their things and to be on time for school. This is being organised!

Year 1 News

Grade One parents are invited to a meeting to be held in 1A/1B from 2-3 p.m. on Thursday. The meeting is an

information session to provide support and ideas to help your child acquire literacy skills. If you are considering

coming in as a volunteer helper this term in the classroom it is a good idea to attend this session.

This term Grade One commences a formal Spelling book call ‘Spelling Conventions’. List words from the text will

form the basis of the home spelling program. Each week the spelling patterns in the words are reviewed and

activities for a unit of work undertaken. The program assists children to become more aware of spelling when

reading and writing. Spelling words are different to sight words. The sight words are based on the frequency or

how often you come across particular words when reading. Spelling words are based on spelling patterns.

In Prep, spelling was based on obvious sounds as children endeavoured to spell words that were

consonant/vowel/consonant such as sun, dog, or Mum. Grade One focus for spelling is for regular spelling

patterns, word building e.g. b- ell, and commonly used words in writing such as my, I, the. Spelling programs are

developmentally based and sequential. Grade One has also commenced a handwriting book. By Term 2

children are better able to specifically focus on letter direction and follow teacher instructions to have greater

success with letter formation and direction. Children are expected by the end of the year to be able to form upper

and lower case letters correctly.

Year 2 News

Last Wednesday the Year 2 students participated in the Hinze History Heroes program at the Hinze Dam.

Here is what some of the children had to say about the experience:

"The dam was overflowing!" - Ben

"We got to go on an animal hunt to find letters to crack a code." - Emre

"The Hinze Dam was very big." - Zac

Thank you to all the students who started Cross Country training last Thursday morning.

On Friday we participated in a school Liturgy in the MPA to commemorate ANZAC Day. Many of our students

also attended services, with their families, in the local community.

Year 2B lead assembly on Monday. The focus was being a 'good shepherd.'

Congratulations to all the students who travelled to school in an Active School Travel way on Tuesday, April 28

and enjoyed the AST breakfast. This was followed by a show starring Zero to Hero where students learned the

importance of travelling in an AST way.

Year 3 News

Year Three is busy learning about persuasive texts. We have loved reading books such as Don’t Let the Pigeon

Drive the Bus, Don’t Let the Pigeon Stay up Late and ‘I Wanna Iguana’. Children will present their first

persuasive talk this week on ‘Homework Should/Should Not Be Banned.’ The teachers look forward to hearing

lots of convincing arguments!

Library re-commenced on Tuesday, Week 2. Please don’t forget to return all Cross Country permission slips as

soon as possible.

The children are to be congratulated for their very respectful behaviour at Friday’s ANZAC Day liturgy. It was

clear that everyone genuinely wanted to pay their respects to honour the servicemen and women who have

served or who are serving for Australia. The singing club also sang beautifully. Well done boys and girls!

We would like to share with you some memorable moments from the past week.

I enjoyed sport this week because we got to play games like dodge ball and stuck in the mud. Naarishma 3C

I liked playing Dominoes and Uno in the library. Mia L 3B

I enjoyed playing handball in the hall with Cooper, Jamie and Carter. Ryan 3A

Year 4 News

Year 4 are continuing their reading about Nim and her exciting and brave adventures on the island. They are

gaining a wider range of vocabulary as they learn about how to survive everyday life on an island. As part of their

assessment for the term the students will make a paper mache island. We are asking each student to bring in a

piece of sturdy cardboard named for this activity. An old box cut up would be perfect.

Our Geography component this term has begun with naming the continents of the world, and which hemisphere

Australia is situated in. The students will then begin their inquiry based learning about different types of habitats.

Year 6 News

The Year 6 students showed a great deal of reverence this week in our lead-up activities to Anzac day. During

library both classes have been designing posters that would have been used in the recruitment of soldiers in

World War 1. The students worked in groups and their high levels of productivity produced impressive

results. These posters, as well as many other displays can be seen in the Eco-Inquiry foyer. Please feel free

to visit. On Thursday, Mrs Kingston's husband, Craig Kingston, spoke to the students about his experience in the

War in the Middle East. He showed them photos of where he and his family were stationed and what it was like

fighting for peace. This gave the students an idea of what war is like in modern times. On Friday, our Anzac Day

liturgy, organised by Mrs Kingston, was a respectful tribute to the forces who have fought for our country both

present and past. The school leaders who took part in the liturgy were, Ella R, Isabel, Emma, Alex D and Jett C,

Mia G and Brodie. They did an outstanding job.

Thank you for returning payment for the leadership shirts. They will be ordered this week and will take around 5

weeks.

Student-led conferences will be held on Thursday afternoon. There are still places if you have not returned your

form.

OFFICE NEWS

Have you changed your Contact Details?

As we may need to contact you urgently at any time due to illness, accident or just to keep you informed of what

is happening in your child's life at school, it is most important we have your current contact details. If you have

moved residence, changed your workplace, email address or phone numbers recently please call in to the office

to complete a Change of Address/Contacts form or click here to print one off at home.

Fees

Term 2 fee statements were issued on Friday 17 April 2015 via email or mail, due date 8 May 2015. Please

advise the Office if you haven’t received your statement.

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Parent Portal Access

Please contact the office if you have any problems accessing the Parent Portal.

Student Banking

Available in Term 2, we have two new reward items from our Outer Space Savers range for students to redeem.

Invisible Ink Martian Pen

Intergalactic Rocket

Students who consistently display stellar savings behaviour by making 25 or more School Banking deposits in

2015 will automatically go into the draw to win a family trip to California's Disneyland. After week 4 of Term 2,

students who have not banked this calendar year will be unable to enter the Disneyland Competition! This

astronomical prize includes return flights, five nights accommodation, transfers, three days park entry for up to

two adults and two kids, plus AUD$2,000 spending money.Full Terms and Condidtions can be found at

https://www.commbank.com.au/personal/kids/school-banking/2015-school-banking-grand-prize.html

Student banking is every Wednesday at St Brigid's. Please complete your deposit slip each week, including the

student number. The bank will not accept cheques through the school banking system, so please only send in

cash. Thankyou.

Student Absences

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When leaving a message on the School Absences Line - please clearly state the following:

Student's Name

Class

Reason for Absence - VERY IMPORTANT

Administration of Medication

Please note - a NEW Medication Request Form must be completed for 2015 for any students requiring

medication to be administered during school hours. This form can be found on the Parent Portal or collected

from the office or accessed by clicking here.

At times medication needs to be administered to a child at school ie, antibiotics, ear drops etc. If you need us to

administer medication to your child during school hours, you must complete a Student Medication Request form.

Medication is to be provided in the original pharmacy labelled container/box to the school.

Please ensure medication is not out of date and has an original pharmacy label stating the student's

name, dosage and time to be taken.

The student needs to have previously received a dose at home without any ill effects.

The medication must be collected when it is no longer required at school.

A new form must be completed if the student is prescribed a change.

NB: Where possible, medication should be administered to your child at home at times other than during school

hours.

Lost Property

It doesn't seem to take long before we accumulate a large pile of lost property at the office. If you have labelled

your children's items and they turn up in lost property, we will send them back to the classroom. It is therefore

very important to label every single item.

COMMUNITY NEWS

Keeping Our Children Safe

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Over the next few weeks you will see an increase in High Visibility Traffic Patrols. We are keeping our roads safe

by performing proactive and targeted traffic enforcement in relation to all school zones on the Gold Coast. So

remember the road rules and don’t break them just to save a few extra minutes. The consequences will be with

you for the rest of your life.

Click here to see some of the penalties which apply to traffic offences that are currently occurring within your

school zone.

Worldwide Marriage Encounter

A weekend away for married couples in peaceful, picturesque surroundings – away from the distractions of

everyday living. Take time out of your busy schedule, to invest in your most precious asset . . . your

Marriage! This is a unique opportunity to recharge your relationship batteries, refocus on each other and fall in

love all over again!

Weekend date: 15th – 17

th May 2015

Venue: Santa Teresa Spirituality Centre, Ormiston QLD (on Brisbane’s bayside)

For bookings/details contact: Maria and David Murphy, ph (07) 3342 1456,

dandmmurphy@optusnet.com.au Information website:

www.wwme.org.au

Soccer X Training T-Shirts are available for $20. If you would like one please click

here for the order form.

Parenting Course

Village Family Support Program is running three parent courses in May 2015 for parents of children of various

ages. The courses cover strategies and increase confidence of parents in managing children’s challenging

behaviour, while teaching children to better manage their emotions and frustrations. Attached is the flyer with

details of the programs commencing Friday mornings 1 May or Saturday mornings 2 May 2015, contact Nikki at

Studio Village Community Centre, located off Exit 62 for more information or to discuss your needs. Nikki, as

Family Support Worker also offers individual support for those who need someone to talk to for information,

advice or referral, including 1-1 parent courses, call between 9am and 3pm Monday to Friday for an appointment:

phone 5529 8253, or email family@studiovillage.com.au

Advertise Your Business

Advertise your Business on the Electronic School Newsletter with a link into your website

If you are interested please call Lorelle Davidson 0419 655 230

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