PO Box 2506 Burleigh BC 4220 Phone:(07) 5535 1803 Fax: (07) 5535 1819 Email: [email protected] http://www.mps.qld.edu.au Dear Parents, Friends and Guardians All Stars Players Visit COMING Yesterday we were very fortunate to be visited by four players from the All Stars Rugby League side who will be taking on the Indigenous All Stars in the National EVENTS Rugby League’s Showcase season opener at Skilled Stadium this weekend. , , and joined us for about an Wednesday February 9 hour and spoke to the whole school in our new multi-purpose centre. They answered Whole School Assembly the children’s questions and had the chance to give away some NRL merchandise, some of which we will look to use for our Fete later in the year, and joined us for some Friday February 11 group photos (These are attached throughout this newsletter). They also took the time 8 & 9 yr old ‘A” division swim trials to stress to the children the importance of healthy eating habits and regular exercise. The morning was an exciting one for the children (and many staff – Iris Burnell Monday February 14 managed to snare a photo with Petero) and we are indebted to our Assistant Principal, 7pm—P & F Meeting Tony Barron, for his organisation of the day. Tony, through his Queensland Primary School Rugby League contacts, was able to snare this great opportunity at the end of Wednesday February 16 Yr 7—G.C Leadership Liturgy last year. He has spent a great deal of time liaising with the various levels of the St Vincent’s league structure and our congratulations are offered to him for his efforts. It was a fun Parent Information Evening morning. Thursday February 17 Parent Information Meetings - Wednesday, 16 February District Swimming We have finalised the times for our annual Information meetings for our parents which are being held on the above date. The meetings will be general in their format and Friday March 4 therefore I would ask parents to refrain from asking child-specific questions as our G.C.C.P.S. Swim Carnival teachers may not be adequately able to answer them in a public forum. The meetings will run through daily routines, cover major curriculum areas and discuss matters such as parental support, homework and the like. They will run on to each other for some families or may mean breaks of a half an hour between meetings, so to help out we will have tea, coffee and biscuits available to help pass the time. These will be served out of our Tuckshop area. Thank you for your anticipated support of our teachers and these meetings. All meetings will be held in your child’s respective classroom.

Prep – Year 1 5.00pm Year 2/3 5.45pm Year 4/5 6.30pm Year 6/7 7.15pm

Parents’ and Friends’ Meeting – Monday, 14 February – 7.00pm I would just like to remind parents that our first P. & F. meeting for the year is being held next Monday evening in our school staff room. Issues for the night include future directions for the school, Year 7 move to High School, combined School / College Fete as well as financial reports and meeting dates for the year. I look forward to seeing as many of you there as possible.

Staff News Last week was the last week of teaching for a while for Meagan Curry who started a MASS TIMES period of Long Service Leave from Friday. We wish Meagan a restful and refreshing Children Mass time away from the daily happenings of our school and we look forward to her (Doyle Centre - children read at Mass) re-joining us in August. In Meagan’s place we welcome Melissa Redman as our 5.30pm 1st Sunday of each month Cultural Languages and Literacy teacher. Melissa is well known to many of our Children’s Liturgy of the Word children as she has done a number of contracts here over the last few years. (Doyle Centre - children are withdrawn for brief lesson) Swimming Carnival Success 10.00am 2nd & 4th Sundays; On Monday we held our Swimming Carnival for our 10 to 13 year old children at 5.30pm 3rd Sunday Pizzey Park at Miami. The weather turned a bit cooler for us after the weekend’s 8.30am each Sunday at St Benedict’s, hammering conditions and the children performed tremendously. There was plenty of Mudgeeraba good sportsmanship on display as well as some eagerly contested events. Parish Mass Times Congratulations to the children for their participation and enthusiasm and thanks also Sat—5.00pm Miami; to our parents and friends who turned up to cheer the children on. Our thanks are 6.00pm at Palm Beach; 6.15pm at Burleigh Heads; extended to our Senior and Junior P.E. teachers, Paul Hill and Andrea Bedward, for Sun-7.00am at Palm Beach & their organisation prior to the carnival and their work on the day. Thanks also to our Burleigh; staff who helped in many ways on the day. Well done also to the Year 7 children who 8.30am at Mudgeeraba & Miami; performed creditably in the teacher / student relay at the day’s end. 10.00am at Doyle Centre; 5.30pm at Doyle Centre Thanks for reading. Greg Casey

Pickup and Drop Off of Children There are 2 main areas within the school where children can be picked up or dropped off each day. These are Sunlight Drive and the main car park/bus area off Reedy Creek Road.

The road that accesses the Primary and College Administrations is not to be used to pick up or drop off children. We ask that parents leave this area clear at all times for the safety of our children. Children and classes use the crossing at many times throughout the day to access the office, the oval and the Doyle Centre. Parking or driving on this road before, during or after school, could endanger the lives of our children.

Please also be aware that NO parents should be parked in the drive-through area where the buses pick up children

Tuesday Lunch This semester the College will be using our ovals for Prep students and their families on the first day at Marymount. their Interschool Sport Program each Tuesday.

To help the College in this area, we will be having an early lunch each Tuesday. Our lunch time will now run from 12:20 – 12:50pm each Tuesday until Semester 2

NRL All Stars v Indigenous Game On Saturday February 12 the second ever NRL All Stars v Indigenous Game will be held at Skilled Park Stadium.

Yesterday we were visited by 4 of the NRL All Star players: Cameron Smith; Petero Civoniceva; Kurt Gidley and Nathan Hindmarsh. The players spoke with the children about healthy eating, keeping fit, and about their NRL careers. The children asked some great questions of the players and had the opportunity for some photos. STUDENT BANKING 2011 It is great to see so many students saving and collecting Media from Brisbane Catholic Education Marketing their Dollarmite tokens. Remember Tuesday is school department organised some photos and will hopefully be banking day and students should bring their weekly placing these and a story on the BCE website, in the deposits into their class for their teacher to collect. Every Catholic Leader, and with the Courier Mail. deposit made at school no matter how big or small receives a cool Dollarmite token. There are great new I spoke with the players after the assembly and they reward items worth 10 tokens which will be announced were full of praise for the way the children participated in next week! If you have tokens from last year you can the assembly and were so full of enthusiasm. continue to collect them for the backpack which requires 30 tokens to redeem; this will be available until the end of Have a great week Term 2, 2011. If you would like to open a Youthsaver account and participate in school banking there are new Tony Barron account packs available from the bookshop; please complete them at home and return to school. Flute for sale – near new, used last DID YOU KNOW? year only for lessons at school. Please ∗ $5 for every child that opens a Youthsaver account at call Kylie 0421909097. school is paid directly to our P & F ∗ 5% of the total school banking each week is paid as a commission to our P & F Elite Rhythmic Gymnastics ∗ over $1000 was received last year from school banking All ages welcome! commission and put towards P & F projects Doyle Centre ∗ If every child saved $1 per week Marymount would Beginners classes Monday 3.30-4.30pm receive approx $2500 per year for our P & F. This has Contact Tatiana 0403 034914 or 5593 8197 to be the easiest way to fund raise! DRUM LESSONS Available at Marymount College on Wednesday. Happy Banking! Call Cvitan Barac on 0408 722 539 for further details The Banking Ladies and booking. What Mackay writes warrants our consideration. To what extent do we truly acknowledge each child (or adult) for Hugh Mackay, a leading Australian social researcher, their unique worth? Do we take the time to take each has written and presented some well acclaimed thoughts person seriously for they are? Do we truly value the voice about changes and their impact on Australian society. In of each person with whom we interact? Are we good, active his book, “What Makes Us Tick” (Hachette, Australia; listeners? Whilst we do need to teach children about certain 2010) he analyses some human desires and how these ways to conform in society, such as following rules and affect our behaviours. showing due respect for others, we also need to be careful not to stifle the creativity and individuality of the developing He argues that our behaviours express our desires to be person. This is a delicate balance but one worth investing taken seriously and if we are not taken seriously we tend time and energy. to resort to particular measures so that we become Many of our classes have “Circle Time” scheduled into their heard and noticed, and some of these measures are daily programs. This strategy allows each and every child to very unhealthy. “Taken seriously” in this sense does not have a voice and to be acknowledged for their voice on a mean being taken as a “serious” type person, but as a daily basis. Perhaps you could spend a few moments unique and valued individual. Mackay lists human discussing “Circle Time” with your children to hopefully desires as (p. 3) as: appreciate its impact. • the desire for the respect of others • the desire to be noticed Enjoy the rest of the week Annette O’Shea • the desire to be appreciated • the desire to matter • the desire to be understood Ozanam Villa Visits • the desire to be valued as a person Last Wednesday saw the first our visits of students to • the desire to be accepted Ozanam Villa at Burleigh for 2011. Ozanam Villa is an • the desire to be remembered. aged care facility in our local area that caters for residents with a wide range of needs. Most of our interaction is with He writes that if we do not perceive our voices are heard low-care residents and occasionally with day –respite care in a legitimate and authentic way, our reactions may clients. Students from Years 1, 2, 6 and 7 visit residents at range from sadness; envy of others receiving the Villa throughout the year and spend time with them in recognition, or resentment. Over time these can prayer and conversation. Older students celebrate Mass manifest in some serious dysfunctional type behaviours with them while the younger ones read, chat and share such as drug abuse and life-altering situations such as stories of life. This most worthwhile activity is beneficial for broken relationships. both students and residents who share life experiences

and come to appreciate a view that is different from their He cites examples in everyday life situations to own. demonstrate his point. He describes the situation such as when people are unsuccessful in job applications and Last week my class went to Ozanam Villa. Firstly we sang then in dealing with the silence that often follows where ‘I Sing To Mary’ and ‘God’s Love Is’. Secondly we showed the candidate reports, “It’s as if I didn’t exist.” The lack of them our acrostic poems. Thirdly we read some books to acknowledgement of the application (their voice) is more them. Finally we had some chips and a drink of cordial. painful in some ways that the actual unsuccessful Then we went back to school. We had a great time. outcome. By Josephine, Keely and Stephanie in 2LC

The same is reported of those left in waiting rooms for appointments. Whist the irritation of a waste of time is evident, Mackay argues that the real problem is the unspoken message, “You’re not as important as we are.” (p.4)

Mackay then parallels these scenarios to the human dislike of being typified as the same as others; of being Raffle for flood victims seen to be “typical”. Interestingly, he writes that we are You will recall that Greg indicated in last week’s newslet- quite able to handle criticism of personal shortcomings ter that Marymount Primary is twinned with Christ The King or failures, but we react against criticism seen in racism School at Graceville to offer assistance following the recent or sexism. He argues that this is because such labels as floods. About one-third of the school families there had racism or sexism, see us lumped into a particular suffered heavy losses in the floods. We are in the fortunate category, and therefore our uniqueness is not position of having some NRL ‘goodies’ left after yesterday’s acknowledged. He writes (p. 5): visit and offer these as a way of raising money that will be given directly to this community. We can handle criticism of our personal behaviour, for which we know we’re responsible, more easily than we Raffle to assist families at can handle an attack based on assumptions about us Christ The King Graceville. because we happen to be Baby Boomers, Muslims, $1.00 per ticket on sale at the students, unmarried mothers, Lawyers, asylum-seekers, tuckshop before school and at Presbyterians or homosexuals.” both breaks and at some of this weekend’s parish masses. Drawn at the It seems we not only want to be accepted as part of a school disco 23 March. community, but we want to be valued as a unique Three prizes each of an autographed football and individual as well. laminated poster. Bernadette Christensen

We are starting to get back into the swing of things in the Year 5-7 Swimming Carnival tuckshop. We still have some children ordering lunch Congratulation to all Marymount children who participated from the 2010 menu. Please ensure you have the new in the Years 5 – 7 swimming carnival on Monday. It was 2011 ORANGE menu. Copies are available at the wonderful to see great sportsmanship and house spirit tuckshop. throughout the day. There was also plenty of tough

competition in the pool with some individuals winning all New to the tuckshop menu is the SALAD SHAKER four events for their age group. CUP...healthy, tasty and great to eat! Please encourage A very big thank you to all staff who helped make the your child to try one. I am very pleased to report orders carnival possible. Without your efforts it would not be for fresh cut sandwiches, salads and fruit are on the possible to organise and conduct these wonderful whole up. Sushi is once again proving to be very popular and is school events. available two days a week; Tuesday and Thursday. Healthy choices are important for your child to Eight and Nine year Catholic Carnival selections make in these early years and we are endeavouring to Trials for 8 and 9 year old ‘A’ Division swimmers will be make this possible through our tuckshop menu. held on Friday 11 February starting at 12 noon in the Marymount pool. This event is for ‘A’ Division swimmers Tuesday saw the tuckshop ladies pop on a little extra lip only with whole year level carnivals to be held later on in gloss for the arrival of our visitors from the NRL ALL the year in Term 4. STARS!! It was great to meet some of the players and even better to hear the comments about our menu being District Swimming Carnival so healthy and great for the children. Thanks to the The District Swimming Carnival will be held on Thursday Sexton Family for providing the tuckshop with fantastic 17 February at Somerset College. Students aged 10; 11 decorations to welcome our special guests Nathan and 12 years old who placed 1st or 2nd in A Division Hindmarsh; Petero Civoniceva; Kirt Gidley and Cameron events at Monday’s carnival will be invited (no Smith. New to the school tuckshop, mum Lon, was most compulsion to attend) to swim at the District Carnival. impressed and asked who will be guest starring next time Parents can expect permission notes and carnival she is in the tuckshop! Thanks to Lisa Hatton for filling in program to come home with these students before the at the last minute, I know how difficult it was for you. weekend.

Medal Presentation The roster is now complete and will be sent home with Age champion (8-13 years) swimming Medals will be your child this week. Please contact me should the dates presented at our whole school assembly on Wednesday not be suitable. 16 February. Roster for next week Congratulations Monday 14 February—Monica Zidor & Kerry Wasson Congratulations to Leyton Lawson who has been selected Tuesday 15 February-Lisa Stevenson & Deborah Hopkins to play in the Gold Coast U12 soccer team. Well done Wednesday 16 February—Melanie Leis, Ros Knowles Leyton. Congratulations also to the following students Thursday 17 March -Amanda Davidson & Maria Retallack who competed in the recent Qld Surfing Competition for Friday 18 March.—Sandie Rees & Megan Kennedy nd Nipper Clubs: Veronica McNevin 2 11yrs; Noah rd th McKitterick 3 11yrs; Jack McNevin 4 12yr The response to our volunteer request has been outstanding! Thank you all so very much. Have a great week Paul Hill I look forward to meeting our new volunteers over the next few weeks.

Kanagawa Gakuen Visit Vicki Turner We are fortunate enough to have Kanagawa Gakuen visiting us again next March. This girls’ school visit us every year and we always have a great time with them. Kanagawa Gakuen is also the school that welcomes with open arms and look after us very well (almost too well) when we go to Japan. These girls will need a host family to stay with while they are here, and if you could help please do not hesitate to contact me on [email protected] for an application form or enquiry. We always have a very strong support from the primary school and I’ve been very grateful of it.

I look forward to hearing from you. Kanae Aki LOTE Coordinator - Marymount College

BURLEIGH HEADS CATHOLIC PARISH Parish Office Hours 9.00am to 5.00pm 3 Sunlight Drive, Burleigh Waters (Postal PO Box 73, Burleigh Heads) PHONE: 5576 6317/5576 6466 FAX: 5576 7143 Parish Manager : Mr Jim Littlefield Parish Pastoral Team EMAIL: [email protected] Parish Pastor: Fr Pat Molony Associate Pastor: Fr Rafal Rucinski Pastoral Associates: Sr Patricia Tomlinson, Sr Moira Broderick