Guardian Angels' Update Term 2 Week 10 2024
Coming up @ GA
School Holidays
Week 10 | Term 2
Tuckshop closed for week 10
Thursday 20 June
Uniform Shop Open | 1pm - 4pm
Friday 21 June
Last day Term 2
Week 1 | Term 3
Monday 8 July
First day of Term 3
NAIDOC Week
Uniform Shop Open 7.30am - 10.30am
Wednesday 10 July
Tuckshop Open (order must be in by 7.30am)
Assembly 1.50pm
Thursday 11 July
Tuckshop Open (order must be in by 7.30am)
Uniform Shop Open | 1pm - 4pm
Year 1 Fire Education Incursion 11am
Friday 12 July
Tuckshop Open (order must be in by 7.30am)
100 Days of Prep Celebration
Year 3-6 Dance
From the Principal
For many people, particularly our young people, the strongest role models are not generally celebrities and sports people, but family members. The people who they admire most are the real people in their lives. As a parent, it is important to recognise that you are often the one who inspires them. Having an interest in others and a willingness to listen to their stories is important.
At yesterday’s athletics carnival, there was so much pride in the way that the children shared in the day with those who they admire most – their parents and family! This event, like so many others, is a wonderful opportunity to showcase the strength of presence for our students. I thank our staff and students for their preparations, and our parents and other family members for giving so freely of their time to volunteer and to be with us throughout the day as community.
So, as we come to the end of another busy term, let’s take the ‘time to find and affirm the best of each person we meet, whether spouse or sibling, colleague or child, and enjoy the blessedness of the minutes, hours, days and years of our lives’ (Ann Rennie; Australian Catholics.com.au).
May you all have a wonderful break and may the reflection below guide you, as you seek many opportunities in the coming days, to share in the company of family and friends:
A reading based on the letter of Paul to the Ephesians:
Give yourself to one another completely.
Be generous in your giving and make no conditions for these gifts.
Love one another constantly and fully. Be humble in your acceptance of each other’s love.
Be honest with each other, be thankful for each other’s love and strive to develop its richness day by day.
Respect each other in every way.
Be patient with one another’s weaknesses and accept each other.
Communicate constantly with one another; be calm, patient, tolerant and reasonable in your communication.
Be capable of good listening. Share with one another misfortune and good fortune alike.
Be compassionate and express your love for one another constantly.
Know your limitations and be honest with yourself as you are with one another.
(Adapted from: Anne Doyle, Australian Catholics, Building Better Relationships, Spring 2009 vol 17 no 4)
Thank you to all in our Guardian Angels’ community for sharing in another great term at our school and I look forward to seeing you all again in Term 3.
Update: P&F Advisory Group
On Monday evening, 17 June 2024, the P&F met at a Special General Meeting for the purpose of discernment and decision-making around transitioning to a P&F Advisory Model.
At this meeting, the motion to move to this model was accepted, and the current P&F structure dissolved.
The process of electing a P&F Executive for the Advisory Group was conducted, with all previous P&F Executive members accepting their nominations and being voted by the members into these roles.
The constitution is being finalised to reflect the P&F Advisory Group, and this will be shared with the community once completed.
The P&F Executive will share detailed information with the community early in Term 3.
I would like to extend thanks to the P&F Executive and members for their engagement in discussions around this model, and I look forward to continuing to work in partnership in the future.
From the Primary Learning Leader
ICAS COMPETITION
5th – 30th August
We know our students are amazing, so we’re giving them the opportunity to showcase and celebrate their talents in the world-renowned ICAS competition this year.
What is ICAS?
ICAS is an online academic competition that gives students the opportunity to challenge their higher order thinking and problem-solving skills in English, Mathematics, Science, Writing, and Spelling Bee.
Every student who participates is celebrated and recognised with a printed certificate in each subject area, and an online results report to track development each year. Top performers are eligible for one of the highly coveted ICAS medals.
To learn more about this year’s ICAS competition, visit: (icasassessments.com/products-icas/)
How to participate in ICAS
If you wish for your child to participate in ICAS this year, please:
- Read about ICAS subjects and prices here: (com/products-icas/)
- Read the Privacy Collection Statement below.
- Read the terms and conditions here: (com/wp-content/uploads/2023/04/2023-ICAS-Assessments-Schools-TsCs_S2023.V6-1.pdf)
- Go to the Parent Portal to sign up to chosen subject areas here: (icasassessments.com/pages/pps)
- Enter our school’s access code –NJA791
- Enter your child’s details, select the subject areas your child would like to participate in, then proceed to payment.
Please note that the ICAS subject areas shown for selection are at the school’s discretion.
After payment is made via the Parent Payment System, you will receive an order confirmation email, please keep this for your records.
ICAS results and certificates
All assessments will be conducted online, at school. We will notify you of the date(s) that we will run ICAS assessments, and when your child’s ICAS results are ready. Your child’s ICAS certificates will be delivered to school. Once we have received them, we will present them to your child to bring home. The back of the certificate will show your child’s ICAS results and the login details, “TAP ID and Pin”. - Use these to enter the Results Portal orti.icasassessments.com/ortiStudent.
Privacy collection statement
The following information is a privacy notification about how your child’s data is kept private and secure.
ICAS Assessment is owned by Janison Solutions Pty Ltd (We, Us, Our).
To deliver assessment products, Janison will require your child’s School to obtain your consent to provide Janison with certain personal information of students. Janison will collect, store, use, disclose and otherwise deal with such personal information in accordance with its privacy policy (below). We are aware of our responsibility to protect personal information related to children and students from being disclosed when we deliver an ICAS Assessments product. Unless you, as the child’s legal guardian consents, we will not:
- collect any personal information or data of children other than the information we need for the successful completion of an assessment, test, or exam.
- transfer any personal information we obtain from a child in the delivery of assessments and tests to any jurisdiction outside of Australia.
- share any personal information relating to children with any third parties (except for those third parties necessary for us to carry out our Services or provide our Products e.g., medal engraving).
- use any personal information or data relating to children for marketing purposes.
You can view our full privacy policy at https://www.janison.com/privacy-policy/.
We may retain personal information and data relevant to a child for their future purposes or for research purposes by Janison for the duration of the school life cycle of the child. However, if you or your child at any time wish to have their personal information or data removed from our systems, they or you may opt out by simply contacting our Privacy Officer at privacy@janison.com or by contacting icasassessments@janison.com.
In other news ........
From the Parish
Sacrament of Confirmation
Enrolment forms are now available at the Parish Office.
Enrolment Deadline for submission: 21 June 2024.
Important dates:
1. Mandatory Parent Session - 17 July (Wed) 6 pm
2. Workshop A - 10 August (Saturday)10 am to 12 pm
3. Workshop B - 18 August (Sunday)10 am to 12 pm
4. Sacrament of Confirmation—27 August (Tuesday 5 pm onwards)
Kind Regards,
Erin Burchell
Email: gachurchwynnum@bne.catholic.net.au
Phone: 07 3393 4980
Office Hours: 9 am – 2 pm Monday – Tuesday
9 am – 4 pm Wednesday - Friday
From the Community
NAB Auskick AFL program is offering a 6 week program for students in Prep to Year 3.
Please see below for registration details.
