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Principal: Mr Paul Brady

Our Vision: Reverence the Story of All People

Stella Maris Catholic

Primary SchoolOur Vision:

Reverence the Story of all PeopleP.O. Box 4126

Shellharbour 2529 (02) 4296 4606

Fax: (02) 4295 1885www.smsdow.catholic.edu.au

2 May 2013 12/13

STELLA TELLER

Dear Parents and Friends of Stella Maris,

Did you ever stop to think about the fact that all

material things are diminished by sharing. Forexample, the more people there are to share a loafof bread the less there is for each person. On theother hand, knowledge is actually increased bysharing. Teachers and parents multiply knowledgewhen they share it with children. One piece ofknowledge that the world could well do to share isknowledge about the Christian virtue of gentleness.

Han Suyin, the renowned Chinese writer, tells usthat, There is nothing stronger in the world thangentleness. This is because gentleness is true

strength. It is treating other people with care,respect and consideration; it is being sensitive. TheBook of Proverbs tells us, A gentle tongue is a treeof life. It promotes life in other people, because itdoes not hurt or pass judgement or put-down, butoffers compassion and understanding.

A quick look around our society will reveal peoplepublicly yabbering loudly on mobiles, an unhealthylevel of abusive and foul language, increasinglevels of road rage and a frightening level ofdomestic violence. The antidote for these

behaviours is gentleness for it brings calmness,quietness and humility. However, no-one is humbleanymore; in fact, people are falsely told that to behumble means that they dont have self-esteem.Absolute rubbish! Being humble means that youdont force your presence upon others but that youdo respect the presence of others and act in amanner that is refined, kindly and expressive ofgood manners.

George Washington had a number of self rules,the first of which stated that, Every action done incompany ought to be done with some sign ofrespect to those who are present. The choice totreat ourselves and others with respect is in ourhands and it is through our hands, our actions andthe manner of our speaking, that we express thevirtue of gentleness. St Paul in his letters to thepeople of Philipi encourages those people to, Letyour gentleness be known to everyone.

Margot Prior, Professor of Psychology atMelbourne University, has pointed out that when itcomes to manners and respect for others, childrencant just be told: Parents have to be like thatthemselves. Manners are learned by watching whatthe parent does. If the behaviour isnt passed on

through parent modelling, it becomes so muchharder for the child as the child grows older.Children need boundaries and they sometimes needto be told what behaviour is okay.

Once again it is St Paul in his letters to theChristian community in Philipi, who reminds us to,Show a gentle attitude towards everyone. If weare gentle, we reveal the strength of our characterprecisely in our ability to remain calm andunruffled in very trying situations. When othersobserve such self-control, they admire ourcharacter; they trust us, they confide in us and areopen to our suggestions. Gentle people have greatinfluence, precisely, because they are gentleandkind and gracious.

While gentleness may not be in vogue, in todaysworld it is certainly due for a return. Perhaps,whoever said, Today I will walk on the gentle sideof the street, has put up a choice that is well worthconsidering.
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God, our Father,

We thank You for the gift of gentleness.

We know that it has companion gifts

of love, joy, peace, patience, goodness and

faithfulness, all gifts of the Spirit Your Son

promised to send us.

We ask that these gifts be alive in us and

observable to our children, so they become part

of their lives. Amen.

Peace and Best Wishes

Religious Education News

Gospel for today: ...I go to the Father; for theFather is greater than I..." [John 14:28]

All Saints Catholic Parish

Shellharbour

Mass times: All Saints ChurchCollege Ave, Shellharbour City

6:00pm Saturday Vigil9.00am Sunday, 5.00pm

Mass at Stella Maris

Year 4 will be celebrating Mass on Tuesday 14May at 9:45. Parents and friends are welcome tojoin us.

Confirmation 2013

Candidates for Confirmation will be presented atany Mass on the weekend of Sunday 19 May(Pentecost Sunday)Recollection: 19 May 11:00am-1:00pmThese two hours are an opportunity forConfirmation Candidates and their parents to spendtime together in prayer and discussion.

Reconciliation & First Holy Communion

Partners Programme

The first sessions of Partners in preparation for thesacraments of Reconciliation and First Holy

Communion will commence on:Sunday, 12 May at 2pmWednesday, 15 May at 7.30pmThursday, 16 May at 1.30pm

Thought for the WeekTeaching your children how to pray can be adaunting task. The best place to start is withcommon prayers for children that can be easilymemorized. TheGrace Before Mealsand theGuardian Angel Prayerare prayers that even veryyoung children can learn by repeating them daily.

Instilling a sense of gratitude in our children can beespecially hard in a world where many of us havean overabundance of goods. Grace Before Meals isa good way to remind them (and ourselves!) thateverything we have comes ultimately from God.

Grace Before Meals

"Bless us, O Lord, and these your gifts, which weare about to receive, through Christ our Lord.

Amen."

The Guardian Angel Prayer

Angel of God, my guardian dear, to whom His loveentrusts me here, ever this day [night] be at my sideto light and guard, to rule and guide. Amen.

Glory Puljak - Religious Education Coordinator

Welcome Back

A warm welcome is extended to all families to thenew term. This term is only nine weeks long but willbe packed with a great deal of activity. We lookforward to working with you once more.We also welcome the Dickey family to our school,especially Harrison (5B) and Mitchell (3B).

Uniforms

The Uniform Shop is now well stocked with Winteruniforms. It will be open again on Monday morning.If you need to purchase an item please take thisopportunity. Given that we now have enough stock

there should be no reason for students not to bewearing correct Winter uniform from Monday weekonwards. If there is a problem I would be grateful ifyou could let me know through your childs teacher.Thank you.

Staff Development DayEarly Notice

As previously advised we have been allocated anextra Staff Development Day this year to prepareteachers for the introduction of the new AustralianCurriculum in 2014. This day will be held onTuesday, 11 June (after the Queens Birthday long

weekend). As usual this day will be pupil free.

Anaphylaxis

Anaphylaxis is an allergic reaction which cansometimes quite severe, even life threatening. Wehave a number of children at our school who areallergic to nuts. A reminder to parents not to sendnuts or nut products to school. Thank you for yourco-operation.
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Gold Awards

Congratulations to the following students onreceiving a Gold Award:Bianca S 2G, Imogen Q 2B, Julian T 4G, Jordan V5/6G.

Principals Awards

Congratulations to the following students onreceiving a Principals Award:

KBLara C, Ava B, Remy K, Kye LKGEmily C, Brian B, Chelsea S, Sibeal M2BGeorgia H, Maiya M, Isabella T, Imogen Q2GRyan R, Jay D, Kodee B, Kiara F, Caitlyn W,Tobias C, Cooper R, Liam B, Ky B, Brock A,Grace S4GKasey R, Lachlan C, Nicholas C, Olivia B,Paris A

Award Assembly

As it is the first week of term there will be no classpresenting this week.

Head Lice

There has been a reported case of Head Lice at theschool. Can you please check your child/rens hair

and treat if needed.

Shellharbour City Councils Reconciliation

Week Writing Competition

National Reconciliation Week is held annually fromMay 27June 3. Each year Shellharbour CityCouncil hosts a Reconciliation Flag Walk forschools, and we have participated in this important

event since its inception in 2009. This year thecouncil is encouraging school children to take partin a writing competition, with the winners readingtheir poem or story at the Flag Raising Ceremony atthis years Reconciliation Flag Walk on MondayMay 27. The topic for this writing competition isWhat does the word Reconciliationmean to you?

If you would like any further information please seeme. Entries are due by Friday, May 17. Mrs Sykes

Numeracy Problem of the Week

The new problem for this week is:

Mrs Brady is an excellent baker. She decides tobake some yummy cakes for the teachers at

Stella Maris. Each cake requires four eggs. How

many cakes can Mrs Brady bake if she has one

dozen eggs?

Please put your answer (and your problem solvingstrategies/drawings) in the red box next to my stairsor give to me by Wednesday 8 May. You mustshow your working out to receive your SMIGGLEreward! The answer will be revealed in thenewsletter on Thursday 9 May. Good luck!Mrs Honey, Numeracy Coordinator

Healthy Living

The healthy lunch box award this week goes KB.

Why is it important to eat breakfast?Eating breakfast helps you: concentrategives your brain energy. be activegives you energy so you can have fun

in the playground. learnthe foods you eat help you to see; help

you listen and help your brain workWhat happens if you dont eat breakfast? If you dont eat breakfast you feel hungry. Feeling hungry is your bodys way of saying it

needs food. Your body needs food like the engine of a car

needs petrolto keep you going.What is a healthy breakfast? Wholegrain breakfast cereal (like wheat biscuits)

+ lite milk. Top Tip: skip the sugar but you can add fruit or

sprinkle on sultanas instead.

Wholemeal toast or crumpets. Top with thinlyspread fruit jam or vegemite + lite cheese.

Porridge + lite milk + berries or dried fruit. Fresh fruit + a tub of lite yogurt.To drink: 100% fruit juice or refreshing water orglass lite milk.

Diocesan Cross Country

Next Tuesday, 7 May, our school Cross CountryTeam, together with Mrs Flood and Mr Brown, willtravel to Cambewarra (Nowra district) to competeat the Diocesan Cross Country Carnival. We wishall athletes the very best of luck and are confidentin their ability to perform well on the day.

Coles Sports Equipment

Parents and children will remember that last yearwe raised over 30000 points in the Coles SportsEquipment Promotion. This week we received thissporting equipment. It includes lots of newNetballs, Softballs, TBall bases, Baseball mittsand a wide variety of small game equipment forvarious Gross Motor activities. Thank you once

again to the many families who supported thispromotion.

CANTEEN ROSTER

6 May Tahra Garcia, Melissa Somerset,Maree Chin

8 May Amanda Stannard, Tracey Lockeridge,Sarah Cororan

10 May Melinda Fitzgerald, Vicky Murray

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Mothers Day Raffle

Raffle tickets are being sent home today with youreldest child. Tickets are $2 per book and will need tobe returned to school by Friday, 10 May. Donationsare being requested for prizes in our Mothers DayRaffle. If you are able to assist please give anydonations to the office. Thank you in anticipation.If you are able to assist with the wrapping of theraffle prizes on Thursday, 9 May from 1pm2pm

please let the office know. Thank you.

Woolies Earn and Learn

We have registered for the Woolies Earn and Learnpromotion. You can help our school acquire somegreat educational resources by collecting WoolworthsEarn & Learn Points for every $10 you spend fromMonday 8 April and Sunday 9 June 2013. Eitherplace yourcompleted sheet in the marked CollectionBox at the local Woolworths or bring into school.Thank you for your support.

St Marys School ReunionThere will be a 30 year reunion in 2014 for allstudents who were in Year 10 1982 or Year 12 1984.To register please [email protected] phone Ann on42717680.

Parent Conference25 & 26 May 2013

ParramattaParents and carers are encouraged to considerattending the 10th Biennial Catholic Schools

Parent Conference being hosted by the Council ofCatholic School Parents (CCSP) on the weekend of25/26 May 2013.The Conference is an opportunity for parents andschool staff from Catholic schools throughout NSWand ACT to gather and listen to a great line-up ofspeakers on topics like: How to Motivate YourChild, Cybersafety, Shaping Your Child's Genius aswell as a Q&A panel. Participants are alsoencouraged to bring their smart technology,(iPhone, ipad, android, tablet) and learn how toconnect to what their child is learning in school

today and what education of the future promises.For more information and registration form visit theCCSP website www.ccsp.catholic.edu.au.The Wollongong Diocesan P&F Forum willsubsidise the cost to each schools P&F ofregistering two parent representatives to attendallor part of the Conference. Any queries regardingpayment can be directed to Rebecca Hill,Wollongong Diocesan P&F [email protected]@dow.catholic.edu.au or on4253 0993.

May

6 Kinder 2014 Interviews beginEnglish Books go home this week

7 Diocesan Cross Country Carnival8 Stage 3 Corpus Christi Production9 Year 2 Excursion to Minnamurra

10 Mothers Day StallP & F Disco14-16 NAPLAN Year 3 and Year 514 Parent Information Night (Oral Language)22 Stage 3 AFL Carnival27 Reconciliation Week Walk28 Parent Information Night (Numeracy)

June

1 Working Bee7 Year 4 Excursion to Police Boys Club8 Queens Birthday Long Weekend

11 Staff Development Day14 Half Year Reports

Kinder Excursion to Art Gallery17-20 Parent Teacher Interviews19 Netball Gala Day21 School Athletics Carnival25-26 First Reconciliation28 Last Day of Term

Mr Paul BradyPrincipal

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