A message from Father Mark
 

Hi everyone. As some of you may be aware, Tara Chapman has been diagnosed with a very aggressive brain tumour, and the prognosis is not good. We want to help Tara, and her family! (Tara is the 6-year old daughter of Jenny and Eden Chapman. Jenny leads Children’s Liturgy and led a group in the Sacramental Programme run recently.)                        And so you are asked:

·         To pray, every day, through the intercession of Blessed John Paul, that Tara will be healed of this affliction.

·         To give, to help the family with their many expenses at this time. We will hold an account in the parish for them – you can contribute by placing your donation in an envelope marked “Tara”, and put it in the collection basket, or hand it in to the parish office, or deposit it in the St Mary’s Parish account           ( 02 0342 0050016 026; code: Tara)

·         To help in any way you can – contact Rachel Pola (021 250 4726) or Rose Florence (3666 796) if you can help in any way – gardening, baking, firewood. One immediate need is someone to house-sit their small, house-trained dog for six weeks!

I have attached a prayer that can be used for this very special intention. Wouldn’t it be great if every Catholic school pupil and their family prayed for Tara.

 

God bless you all

Fr Mark 

Prayer for Tara

(through the intercession of Blessed John Paul II)

O Blessed Trinity, we thank You for having graced the Church with Blessed John Paul II and for allowing the tenderness of Your Fatherly care, the glory of the Cross of Christ, and the splendour of the Spirit of love, to shine through him.

Trusting fully in Your infinite mercy and in the maternal intercession of Mary, he has given us a living image of Jesus the Good Shepherd, and has shown us that holiness is the necessary measure of ordinary Christian life and is the way of achieving eternal communion with You.

Grant us, by his intercession, and according to Your will, healing for Tara, in the hope that Blessed John Paul will soon be numbered among Your saints.  Amen.

Week 3 Term 2

Wednesday - Lunch time disco.  Postponed until 12th June.

Bring your disco clothes and a gold coin donation.   The Young Vinnies will do great things with these donations.  Please support this hard working team.

Thursday  - Teacher Only Day
Mary-Anne Rolling is opening her out of school care programme for kids.  Give her a call if you would like to book a spot for your little treasure.  She is really lovely and will take great care of them.

Friday - Mufti Day for Tara
Tara Chapman is a little 6yr old girl who was diagnosed with a brain tumor during the school holidays.  Tara's big sister Hannah attended St Marys a couple of years ago.  Gold coin donations will go to Tara and her family to help them in this very difficult time.  Your prayers will also be appreciated.

Golden Time = PJ Party

Cake Stall
The middle school are holding a cake stall tomorrow (Thursday) and Friday at morning tea.  They are raising money for a trip.  Cakes are usually 50c - $1. 

Week 2
Sorry about the delay - our staff weekly notices and reminders were emailed after my bedtime.

Tuesday: singing in the hall (8:45am)
Wednesday: recycling trip at 9am
Thursday: singing in the hall (8:45am)
Friday: Pentecost Mass - hosted by our junior team.  All welcome.
             Golden Time - Talent Quest.  You will have 1minute to wow your classroom teacher.  

Recycling Trip
A huge thanks to the parents who returned their trip notices so promptly.  Each class needs at least 4 parents to accompany them.  We can not take the children out if we have less than the required adult/child ratios and we are in need of a couple more willing volunteers, please.  At this late stage, Room 16 only has 2 helpers and will have to miss out.  Children can bring a few pieces of rubbish to recycle while we are there - please rinse cans, bottles etc first.

Singing
The whole school meets on Tuesday and Thursday mornings for singing/prayer.  We begin at 8:45 and try to be finished by 9:00.  There is a scary number of children who are drifting in after the first song.  Please, try to be on time as this is really distracting.  Our first bell goes at 8:30.  Children are allowed inside to prepare for the day - chairs down, pencils sharpened, book bags put away etc.     Our school day begins at 8:45. All children arriving after this are marked on the roll as late.

Talent Quest
Kids can perform alone or with friends.  Tell jokes, sing a song, show a magic trick, play an instrument.  Don't get stressed out - this is just for fun.

Art Materials
We are planning some exciting art using recycled materials. We are going to need some clean tin cans, glass baby food jars and eggs cartons.  Put aside a few bits so you don't get caught out and we'll be in touch as soon as we are ready to begin (sorry, we really don't have the space to store it here).

Thanks everyone and have a great week.

Term 2

Holiday Over - we are back to business.
Our concept this term is SUSTAINABILITY. "Am I a caretaker of God's creation?"
We are focussing on reduce, reuse, recycle and have trips to the recycling centre and the Gardens at Hannahs Bay.  Keep checking the blog for more details.

We are really keen to get some more parent help.  Parent helpers will generally be asked to take small groups to play learning games. We teach maths before morning tea, writing before lunch and reading in the afternoons. If you are interested in sharing your time and helping us out, or if you have some questions, please let us know.  Even 1-2 hours a week can make a huge difference.

Check out the last posting and add your talents to the wall.  Sam just made it through the first round of boot camp - it's so exciting to see one of our St Marys family sharing their talents. Go Sam!!!

X Factor video - Here is a video of our very own little Sam Yeoward (all grown up) at his audition for X Factor.  There are bound to be a few super stars in the Year 2 crew this year - maybe we should have a talent quest for Golden Time?

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