Guardian Angels' Newsletter Term 3 Week 3 2024
Coming Up
Week 3 | Term 3
Thursday 25 July
Tuckshop Open (limited menu, order must be in by 7.30am)
Uniform Shop Open | 1pm - 4pm
Grandparents' Day
Friday 26 July
Tuckshop Open (limited menu, order must be in by 7.30am)
Year 3-6 Dance
Week 4 | Term 3
Monday 29 July
Uniform Shop Open 7.30am - 10.30am
Tuesday 30 July
Run Club 8.05am
P&F Meeting 6.30pm
Wednesday 31 July
Tuckshop Open (limited menu, order must be in by 7.30am)
Auskick P-3 7.30am
Assembly 1.50pm
P&F Hosted Justin Coulsen Event
Thursday 1 August
Tuckshop Open (limited menu, order must be in by 7.30am)
Uniform Shop Open | 1pm - 4pm
Friday 2 August
Tuckshop Open (limited menu, order must be in by 7.30am)
Year 3-6 Dance
Week 5 | Term 3
Monday 5 August
Uniform Shop Open 7.30am - 10.30am
Second Hand Uniform Pop Up 7.45am-8.15am
Tuesday 6 August
Run Club 8.05am
Wednesday 7 August
Tuckshop Open (limited menu, order must be in by 7.30am)
Auskick P-3 7.30am
Assembly 1.50pm
Thursday 8 August
Tuckshop Open (limited menu, order must be in by 7.30am)
Uniform Shop Open | 1pm - 4pm
Friday 9 August
Tuckshop Open (limited menu, order must be in by 7.30am)
Y2 RawArt Incursion
Year 3-6 Dance
From the Principal
Guardian Angels’ School Partnership Review (23rd August 2024)
In the coming weeks, we will have the opportunity to welcome an expert review team to our school to facilitate our School Partnership Review. This review is part of our Brisbane Catholic Education (BCE) system priorities and is guided by the School Improvement Tool (NSIT). This tool enables reflection and review on our efforts to continuously improve learning and teaching, wellbeing and engagement, in our school. During this review process, we will be able to reflect on ‘what is working well’ and share in our school’s achievements and successes. Additionally, we will be able to consider the areas that we want to build on and those that we are still working towards and identify some considerations for future planning.
There are many highlights during the school day, and one that is present in our school is a genuine sense of enjoyment and engagement in learning and teaching from our staff and students across our learning areas. We’ve had such a great start to the term, and this sets the foundation for a momentum for deep learning and teaching throughout the weeks ahead.
There are so many aspects that make our school great and we see them happening in our classrooms each day; in the commitment that our staff have to our students, in the effort that our students put into their learning, in the care shown by staff, parents and students towards one another, during participation at masses and liturgies, prayer assemblies and other school events, at sporting activities, and in the day to day as we strive to LIVE the GA way, and so much more.
Engaging in the School Partnership Review Process, supports our continued efforts to build our young people into strong confident learners who want to make a difference and who believe that great things are possible for them. In addition, it is through these activities that we witness Gospel values that are at the heart of our school and are what we are all about.
As we move into the busyness of term, thank you to our families for the many ways that you support our school with expectations that guide your children to develop strategies that support positive behaviour, learning engagement and wellbeing.
I look forward to sharing further information around our School Partnership Review in the coming weeks.
Celebrating Grandparents’ Day and Catholic Education Week at GA
Each year, as we celebrate Catholic Education Week, we highlight the Gospel values that are at the heart of all Catholic Schools. As we gathered as a faith community for liturgy this morning, we had a wonderful opportunity to reflect on what it means to me a part of Catholic Education. Having our Grandparents and extended friends and families join as part of this liturgy, made this a truly special morning.
This morning we welcomed our grandparents and other special people to celebrate Grandparents’ Day. It is wonderful to see so many gather with us for this special celebration.
At Guardian Angels, Grandparents’ Day is very special to us as it gives us an opportunity to showcase the school that we are so proud of as we share all the great things we do each and every day.
Today, we honoured and celebrated all Grandparents and special people for the important role that each plays in the lives of the students in our school. There are many simple moments that create the special memories that can often become the greatest of treasured times.
Thank you to our Grandparents, families and friends for joining us today and for making memories with us, and reminding us of all the little things that we learn from you.
When you thought I wasn’t looking
When you thought I wasn’t looking
I saw you hang my first painting on the refrigerator,
And I immediately wanted to paint another one.
When you thought I wasn’t looking,
I saw you make my favourite cake for me,
And I learned that the little things in life, can be the special things in life
When you thought I wasn't looking,
I heard you say a prayer,
And I knew there was a God that I could always talk to, and I learned to trust in Him.
When you thought I wasn’t looking,
I saw you make a meal and take it to a friend who was sick
And I learned that we all have to help take care of each other.
When you thought I wasn’t looking,
I saw you take care of your house and everyone in it
And I learned we have to take care of what we are given.
When you thought I wasn’t looking
I saw that you cared and just how much you loved me
And I learned to want to be all that I could be
When you thought I wasn’t looking
I learned most of life’s lessons that I will need to know to be a good and special person, just like you.
When you thought I wasn’t looking
I looked at you, and remembered to say,
Thanks for all the things that I saw, when you thought I wasn’t looking.
(Author Unknown)
State Aerobics Championships
Congratulations to our aerobics team on their outstanding achievements at the State Championships! It's a testament to their hard work & persistence paying off. Qualifying three out of four teams for the National Championships is a remarkable feat. Best of luck to them as they prepare for the upcoming competition on the Gold Coast.
RESULTS:
GA Glitter (Yr1/2) 10th (out of 20 teams)
GA Galaxy (yr 3/4) 6th (out of 17 teams) and a Wild card to Nationals
GA Glamour (yr 5/6) 2nd Place and off to Nationals
GA Groovers (yr 5/6) 2nd Place and Off to Nationals
From the Acting Assistant Principal Administration
Good afternoon everyone I hope you are having a wonderful week.
Parent Teacher Interviews – Term 3
In the second last week of this term (Week 9), we will again be offering formal Parent Teacher Interview opportunities. These interviews are wonderful opportunities for parents to catch up with their child/ren’s teacher/s and celebrate the students’ successes and achievements. It is also allows for important discussion regarding ways that we, as a team, can support our students in areas of strength, challenge and with relationships with others.
The interviews will be held Monday 4 – Friday 8 September. Parent Teacher Interviews are easily booked through the PTO (Parent Teacher Online) link in the Parent Portal. The Parent Portal will open to parents on Monday 19 August. You will have until Wednesday 28 August to book an interview time. Relevant information to support the interviews will be communicated through subsequent newsletters.
Uniforms
Thank you to our parents who are working so hard to ensure their child/ren are wearing the correct uniform to school. Wearing a uniform appropriately allows us to show pride in our school community and supports the sense of belonging to this beautiful school family. It is really important that our students are wearing their uniforms correctly. This means that they are wearing the correct uniform on the correct day, including all aspects of the uniform. Uniforms should also be in good condition. I have been noticing a number of students who are wearing the incorrect shoes with certain uniforms. Students in Years 1-6 may not wear their sports shoes (sandshoes) with their formal day uniform. Sports shoes are only to be worn with the sports uniforms. Each class would be aware of the day/s to wear sports uniforms, as communicated by the classroom teachers. All other days, the formal school uniform should be correctly worn in its entirety. Thank you for supporting our efforts to represent our school appropriately and respectfully.
Dance Concert Years 3-6
The Superstars dancing lessons have begun for our students in Year 3-6. Every Friday until 8 September (Week 9) our students will enjoy a specialised dance lesson with our friends from Superstars. This culminates with a wonderful dance concert.
We warmly invite our parents and families to join us for this concert so be sure save the date in your diary. Friday 6 September at 2:15pm in the MC Shed. More information and reminders about this event will be provided as it draws closer. This one is not to be missed!
Important Dates
Please save the date for these upcoming school events. We look forward to sharing these wonderful occasions with you.
- Thursday 15th August - Feast of the Assumption – Whole School Mass
- Monday 19th August – Friday 23rd of August - Book Week
- Wednesday 21st August – Book Week Parade – 9am – MC Shed
- Friday 6th September – 2.15pm - Year 3 – 6 Dance Concert
- Monday 4th – Friday 8th September – Parent Teacher Interviews
God bless and take care,
Rhiannon
From the Acting Assistant Principal Religious Education
Grandparents Day
Today we celebrated the wonderful gift of our Grandparents by sharing in a special liturgy led by our Spirit Committee followed be exciting visits into our classrooms. We look forward to this special day each and every year. Our Grandparents are a very special part of our life at it was wonderful to spend the morning with them. Today we also held in our hearts those Grandparents who could not be with us today.
Grandparents’ Prayer:
Dear God,
Please bless our grandparents. Thank you for the life they gave our parents and for the life they gave to us. For the ways they help us and make us strong, we give thanks. For the ways they have paved the road that leads us here, we are grateful. Let them grow in wisdom and joy in life. Let them find peace and rest from their work. Let them be healed of every sickness and pain. And let them see with their own eyes the glory of you son, Jesus, in the love of their children and grandchildren. Bless them always.
We ask this through Christ our Lord. Amen
Catholic Education Week
This week is Catholic Education Week, it is celebrated annually in week 3 of term 3. Catholic Education Week is an opportunity for all 313 Catholic schools in Queensland to celebrate and promote their distinctive mission and ethos.
Catholic education strives to make a difference in the lives of those in our schools and in the wider community by challenging young people to live out the message of Jesus and to reach their full potential as compassionate, contributing, life-giving members of society.
This year’s theme is COMMUNITIES OF FAITH, HOPE AND LOVE.
From the Primary Learning Leader
During the week our staff have participated in their first MMA (Measure Monitor Act) session for Term 3. During these sessions our teachers came together as a year level to engage in professional dialogue around our reading and writing data and our learners. From these rich discussions and observing the data, our teachers have established their strategic teaching responses that will be implemented in their BOOST – Guided Reading Sessions for the next 5 weeks. During this time, to help support daily guided reading practices and targeted support, a member of our leadership will also be coming into classrooms to work with Guided Reading Groups. Our students are at the core of everything we do, therefore all our teachers work very hard to embed quality teaching practices into their Guided Reading Sessions to support all their learners.
NAPLAN
Today our year 3 and 5 parents will receive their child’s NAPLAN report. The NAPLAN reporting uses four proficiency levels of achievement.
- Exceeding - The student’s result exceeds expectations at the time of testing.
- Strong - The student’s result meets challenging but reasonable expectations at the time of testing.
- Developing - The student’s result indicates that they are working towards expectations at the time of testing.
- Needs additional support - The student’s result indicates that they are not achieving the learning outcomes expected at the time of testing. They are likely to need additional support to progress satisfactorily.
Further information about Proficiency Standards can be found at
https://nap.edu.au/docs/default-sources/naplanisr-parent-carer-faq.pdf
At Guardian Angels’ NAPLAN is one of many diagnostic tools used to provide additional information about student progress to help inform our teaching and learning. The measures are indicators used to assist us in tailoring the learning journeys of students and provide parents with information on their child’s learning progression.
Lytton Districts News
16 students met qualifying times to attend the Lytton District Track and Field trials at the UQ Athletics track earlier this week. The students came and gave it their all, doing themselves proud. The following students earnt places to regionals representing Metropolitan East:
Kian R - 100m and 200m
Charlie C - 100m
Chanel S - High Jump
We wish these students the best of luck for the next trial and look forward to an update.
Melanie Denmead
PE Teacher (PT Monday to Wednesday)
Guardian Angels' Wynnum
Student Awards
Congratulations to the following students, who received a LIVE the GA Way Award at assembly.
These students demonstrate the LIVE the GA Way in all they do and say:
Oliver E, Benjamin H, Abby B, Elle W, Jordan Z, Pippa W, Evan T, Noah R, Eliza B, Charlotte W, Bel T, James C, George B,
Hartley B, Gunnar S, Harsimran K, Maverick A, Megan W, Ben R, Abbie O, Ruby O, Hunter W, Emily R, Charlotte R, Lily M, Olivia R, Paige J, Indi W, Caitlin H, Miles W, Huxley Q, Jordan T, Ryker W, Mason Z, Zara C, Harry C, Millar G, Amaya C, Maggie B, Sofie P, Lucas N, Aurora D, Camila S, Margo N.
School Fees
School fees for Term 3 2023 were issued today Thursday 18 July and are due for payment by 2 August. Thank you to those families who have already made payments or who have arrangements in place.
If you have not received a copy of your statement, please check your junk/spam email folder. If you require another copy of your statement, please request by emailing pwynfinance@bne.catholic.edu.au
Our preferred method of payment is by Direct Debit. Direct debit forms are available on the School website or please email me at pwynfinance@bne.catholic.edu.au to request a copy.
Other payment options are:
- BPAY using the reference details on your statement.
- Online Payment: https://www.bpoint.com.au/payments/guardianangelsschoolwynnum?BillerCode=1747880
- EFTPOS via the School Offices.
Please always feel free to contact the Finance Office should you ever have any questions.
Kind regards
Amy Hardisty – Finance Officer
P&F News
The next P&F Meeting is scheduled for Tuesday 30th July, on teams at 6.30pm.
Everyone is welcome.
Angels on the Oval
Second-Hand Uniform Pop Up
Second-hand uniforms will be available to purchase on:
Monday 15th July 7.45am - 8.15am
&
Monday 5th August 7.45am - 8.15am
Each item is $5 cash sales only.
Please visit the Uniform Shop at Guardian Angels Campus.
Need items outside of shop times?
Please email pwynnum@bne.catholic.edu.au with what you need &
one of our amazing parent volunteers will order this for you.
From the Community
