Dear Parents,

I would like to acknowledge the staff, parents and students of our St Angela of the Cross community for their hard work, positivity and understanding as we head into the remote learning landscape. Whilst each of us would like to be living within our normal realms we must now follow the advice of the government to ensure we are back together in the near future.

We understand that remote learning will present many challenges for families. Whilst we would love you to complete all learning tasks assigned, please complete as much as possible and remember support is only a phone call or email away.

The current restrictions in place are set to finish at midnight on Thursday 3^rd June and hopefully we can welcome our students back to school on Friday. If there are any changes to this current advice we will communicate this to all families as soon as possible.

Our thoughts and prayers continue to be with those who may be unwell, and those who are working to keep our community safe.

Last week we held our first ever parents and friends meeting.

It was decided at this meeting that we will look at running one fundraiser each term starting in term 3.

Term 3: Pie Drive

Term 4: Chocolate Drive

Thanks to the parents who attended and for their input, more details will be communicated to families in the near future

Our parents and friends’ meetings are open to all of our parents and there are no set roles or responsibilities.

Our next meeting will be Wednesday 16th June, 9:00am at school.

A heartfelt thankyou to Sheree and the team at Bunnings Warehouse, Warragul for their generous donation of umbrellas and a school BBQ.

We are so grateful for these items and know they will be put to good use within our school.

We love being a part of such a generous and supportive community.

A reminder that all school uniform needs to be labelled clearly so we can return lost property to its rightful owner.

If you have uniform come home with another child’s name on it please return it to school so it can be re-distributed.

Corpus Christi, this feast of the Body and Blood of Christ, which we celebrate this weekend is of huge importance to Christians. We forget sometimes, but Eucharist is the “source and summit’ of our Christian life and it is impossible to overstate its importance. It is not a localised, limited event. Eucharist is a manifestation of the Kingdom of God. Pope Saint John Paul II calls the sacrament “cosmic! Because even when it is celebrated on the humble altar of a country church (like ours in Warragul, Drouin and Neerim South), the Eucharist is always, in some way, celebrated on the altar of the world.”[1] Pope Benedict asserts it “joins heaven and earth; embraces and penetrates all creation … in the bread of the Eucharist, creation is projected towards divinisation … toward unification with the Creator himself.”[2]

Eucharist is entwined with Jesus’ incarnation, his “en-fleshment” as part of creation. In the sacrament of his body he actually gives us his own flesh, which he has united to his divinity. Both the Incarnation and the Eucharist reveal to us that God actually wants to abide in us and us in Him. As the Creator is in Christ and Christ is in us, so we find ourselves in unity with the Creator. What is the Creator’s purpose in uniting us to himself? That, nourished by his body and blood, we act as Jesus did during his earthly life: serving his children, especially the poor, sick, dispossessed and marginalised. Is it only the flawless who are to be so nourished? Emphatically not! Pope Francis tells us: the Eucharist “is not a prize for the perfect but a powerful medicine and nourishment for the weak.”[3]

Deacon Mark Kelly  

[1] Pope St John Paul II Ecclesia de Eucharistia.

[2] Pope Benedict XVI Corpus Christi homily

[3] Pope Francis Evangelii Gaudium 47

Keep your kids safer online and manage their screen time. Find out everything you need to know on this Free Live Webinar. This will help you learn and manage the online dangers a child may face today. 

During circle time, the students in years Prep-Two have been focusing on student safety and wellbeing and how to keep ourselves and others 'Emotionally Safe.'

Last week we discussed the difference between 'Personal Strengths' and other things we are good at. 'Personal Strengths' are strengths that others can benefit from such as kindness, patience, generosity and having empathy for others. The students drew a picture of themselves and another student displaying a particular 'Personal Strength.'

We have then tied the pictures onto a Peace Lily to symbolise how we can use our 'Personal Strengths' together to create an emotionally safe and peaceful classroom.

Please send your remote learning pictures to cvanderlinden@stangelawarragul.catholic.edu.au

We would love to share some on facebook to celebrate the students hard work and achievements.

Our school is taking part in the Wonder Recycling Rewards campaign this term.

Help us collect bread bags and tags so we can earn points to redeem on new RHSports equipment. It’s simple! All you need to do is keep your empty bread bags tags.

We are collecting ALL bread bags and tags, not just the Wonder brand

The more we collect the more points our school earns.

On Tuesday May 25^th, our school community ventured into the city on our very first excursion to Scienceworks. This was to celebrate the end of our Science Inquiry Units and to consolidate what we had learnt in our busy classrooms. Staff and students had a wonderful day out in the city. Here are some of our reflections from the day.

I learnt that there 88 constellations in the sky. – Ella. M

I built a car that looked like a Lamborghini. – Seth

I watched a show where a dog named Tycho went to the moon. – Teddy

I learnt that the Earth rotates on a tilt. – Alex

We counted back from 10 and a rocket blasted off! – Sophia. B

There was a sound room where you could listen to different sounds like scary, happy and sad sounds. – Lily

The sun is big and hot. – Lola

We went into the planetarium and watched a show. – Ella. L

The Earth is on a 23.5-degree tilt. – Oliver

Jupiter is the heaviest planet. - Billie

Jupiter has over 80 moons. – Chad

We had running races against Cathy Freeman. – Sophia. S

The bus trip was long and we told knock - knock jokes on the way. - Antonette

日本語

Nihongo

Japanese

USE Japanese for FUN.

楽しんで話します。

USE Japanese. Yes but in what context? Well mostly we are learning Japanese that can be used between students in classroom settings. Which is why last term was focussing on asking for things, passing things and talking about what you have.

Let's USE Japanese for FUN.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=21YNEcTrlqE

Last time we learned how to invite someone to play. Now we are negotiating what to play. If you are following along carefully, you will notice that I said ‘asonde’ was ‘play’, and now I have used ‘asobu’ for ‘play’. This is where the mind needs to be flexible, and we become curious about understanding language structures. So if the verb is the last word of the sentence, then it is ‘asobu’. If another word attaches to it, then ‘te-form’ is used, so it is ‘asonde’ because we added ‘kudasai’. In homegroup 1, we just practise the phrase. In homegroup 2 we talk more about the language structures.

Felt をください。

Felt o kudasai.

Felt please.

私と一緒に 遊んでください？

Watashi to issho ni asonde kudasai?

Me and together with play please? 

フェルトと遊ぶ？

Feruto to asobu?

Felt and play? 

(Play with felt?)

What things do you do? Email me to let me know and I will help you make a Japanese way to say it. Especially if it fits the “object - verb” pattern. office@trafalgar.catholic.edu.au

Homegroup 1