Term 3 Week 7 of 10
Friday, 28th August 2026
Message from the Principal
Dear Parents, Grandparents, and Carers,
This week we celebrated Book Week. The major highlight of the week was our Annual Book Week Parade on Monday. It was wonderful to see our students dressed up as their favourite book characters being clapped and supported by the other students and the parents who came along.
For me Book Week is a reminder of one of the great gifts that schools give their students. The gift of reading. The ability to decode and make letters into words, the ability to comprehend and the ability to enjoy written words. One of my passions and the passions of the school is for our students to be great readers. Reading is a real gateway to future success. To achieve this, we do a lot of things in our school.
In Year Prep to Year 2 we use the Sounds-Write program to meet the needs of beginning readers. Students also participate in Heggerty Phonemic Awareness lessons to strengthen their ability to hear, identify and manipulate sounds in spoken words. This daily oral practice supports the development of the beginning skills required for successful reading and spelling. Teachers select a variety of texts that are fiction and nonfiction that build knowledge, vocabulary and language comprehension. During reading lessons, teachers explain comprehension strategies and support students to think deeply about texts through purposeful questioning and discussion.
Students in Years 3–6 continue to develop their reading skills through explicit literacy instruction. Students develop in their ability to read with accuracy, fluency and increasing independence. In Years 3–6, comprehension instruction builds on the foundations established in the early years. As students become more accurate and fluent decoders, teaching shifts towards understanding what students have read in a variety of different text types such as narratives and information reports.
Some of our students need extra support with reading. I am proud of the support we provide. Many trained staff members deliver MultiLit programs (Mini Lit and Macqlit) to support students requiring additional instruction in reading, phonics, fluency and comprehension.
We want everyone to experience success.
Best Wishes,
Deputy Principal
Father’s Day Event
Join us for a Special Father’s Day Celebration! We’re excited to invite our community to a Father’s Day Breakfast and Blessing on Friday, 5th September. This is a wonderful opportunity to come together and honour the incredible fathers and father figures in our lives.
🍳 Event Details
● Date: Friday, 4th September
● Time: 7.30am to 8.30am
● Includes: Egg and bacon roll Breakfast & special blessing
Let’s celebrate the dads who make a difference.
Nforma for Parents is being replaced with nForma Connect app
We would like to remind all families that the nForma for Parents app will be decommissioned at the end of this month.
From 1 September, all parents and users will need to access the new platform through the current nForma Connect app.
If further assistance is required, please don't hesitate to contact our office staff and they will be happy to assist you.
Student Illness
This week, our sick bay has seen a dramatic rise in the number of children requiring care. While we very much understand that a sick child can represent a day off from work, or having to reschedule important meetings or appointments, school is not the place for an unwell child. By keeping a sick child home, it gives them an opportunity to recoup and get well in the comfort of their own home. It also helps stop their illness being passed on to other students. Thank you for your understanding.
After School Supervision
A friendly reminder that all students must be supervised from 3:15pm onwards by an adult (parent /carer). Teachers take great care to dismiss students from their classroom either to the care of an adult or to afterschool care. While families are allowed to use the playground equipment until 3:30pm, this still requires direct supervision of the child by the responsible adult. No child should be left unsupervised on the yard. The playground is not a place for students to wait for collection. Sadly, we have had some instances of missing school bags and injuries which we believe have been as a direct result of no supervision.
Students whose families are running a little late are offered temporary supervision by a staff member until 3:30pm outside the hall. However please note, any child left from 3:30pm may be sent to afterschool care with the family incurring the expense.
Staff News!
We have had some very exciting news! We welcome our newest Resurrection community member. Mrs Carla Krsticevic welcomed little Francesca into our world on August 24th. Congratulations to Carla and her husband Daniel on the new addition to your family. God bless you and your family as you navigate and embrace this special time in your lives!
Year 3 Camp
What a wonderful overnight stay our students had at camp Weekaway in Benloch. They participated in canoeing, archery, a maze run, laser tag and the flying fox. The students showed so much resilience in their first school camp. Thanks to the staff for giving up their time and energy to make the two days such a success.
I want to especially focus on the wonderful way our children looked after each other and supported each other in completing a new type of experience.
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Wellbeing, Community & Child Safety
For Positive Behaviour for Learning (PBL) this week, the students will focus on how to be an ACTIVE LISTENER. Communication breakdown is one the biggest problems we face in our friendships. The students will learn and practice how to be a good listener that displays RESPECT to the person talking to them.
Learning Diversity
Celebrating Neurodiversity at Resurrection Primary School
At Resurrection Primary School, we recognise and celebrate the diversity of every student. Just as children have different interests, personalities and strengths, they also have different ways of thinking, learning, communicating and experiencing the world.
Neurodiversity is the understanding that there is natural variation in how our brains work. This includes students who are Autistic, have ADHD, dyslexia or other neurodevelopmental differences. A neurodiversity-affirming approach encourages us to recognise each student’s strengths while also understanding and supporting the areas they may find challenging.
For our school community, this means looking beyond behaviour and remaining curious about what a child may be communicating. A student who appears distracted, overwhelmed, withdrawn or dysregulated may be experiencing sensory overload, anxiety, difficulty with executive functioning or challenges communicating what they need.
SHOWCASE SPECTACULAR
Meet the performers
SUNDAY GOSPEL
Twenty-second Sunday in Ordinary Time Year A
A reading from the holy Gospel according to Matthew 16:21-27
We Reflect
This week’s gospel is the first of three predictions of Jesus’ death and resurrection in Matthew’s gospel (see also Mark and Luke). Despite Peter’s confession of faith that immediately precedes this passage (see last week’s gospel), the disciples still do not have a very solid understanding of Jesus’ purpose. They may regard him as the Messiah, but still do not fully understand what that means. In this passage, Jesus is beginning to prepare them for the events of the passion – his death and resurrection. He is trying to lead them to a greater understanding of his mission and message. But Peter abruptly ‘rebukes’ Jesus and tells him not to speak like that. One can almost hear Peter saying, ‘Look, Jesus, you’ve got a good thing going here, don’t spoil it by talking about dying!’ However, Jesus responds to Peter very sharply, suggesting that his lack of understanding is inspired by evil and reflects human thought, not divine wisdom.
The passage then leads in to a description of the challenge of discipleship. To be a follower of Jesus means to ‘deny’ oneself, take up one’s cross and follow Jesus. In the context of this passage, to ‘deny’ oneself means to not be concerned about ‘I’ but to be concerned about ‘You’ – to put others before self. To be a follower of Jesus means to be selfless, not self-centred. In the ultimate example of this, Jesus tells his disciples that whoever wishes to save their life will lose it, but whoever loses their life for Jesus’ sake will find it. To ‘save’ your life is to hold back from giving yourself fully to the message of Jesus – to be ‘half-hearted’ in your faith. But to ‘lose’ yourself in the message of Jesus is to fully give yourself over to living the reign of God and through ‘losing’ yourself in this way, Jesus tells us, is how to truly find life.
REFLECTION by Greg Sunter
We Read
Jesus began to make it clear to his disciples that he was destined to go to Jerusalem and suffer grievously at the hands of the elders and chief priests and scribes, to be put to death and to be raised up on the third day. Then, taking him aside, Peter started to remonstrate with him. ‘Heaven preserve you, Lord,’ he said. ‘This must not happen to you.’ But he turned and said to Peter, ‘Get behind me, Satan! You are an obstacle in my path, because the way you think is not God’s way but man’s.’
Then Jesus said to his disciples, ‘If anyone wants to be a follower of mine, let him renounce himself and take up his cross and follow me. For anyone who wants to save his life will lose it; but anyone who loses his life for my sake will find it. What, then, will a man gain if he wins the whole world and ruins his life? Or what has a man to offer in exchange for his life?
‘For the Son of Man is going to come in the glory of his Father with his angels, and, when he does, he will reward each one according to his behaviour.’
Praise to You Lord Jesus Christ
Parish News
Confirmation Celebration with Bishop Ashe
Our Confirmation candidates will be receiving the Sacrament of Confirmation from Bishop Martin Ashe on Saturday, 12 September.
Two Confirmation Masses will be celebrated at 11am and 1.30pm.
We invite our parish community to keep these young people in prayer as they prepare to be strengthened by the Holy Spirit and continue their journey of faith.
Sausage Sizzle – 12 & 13 September
A sausage sizzle will be held after all weekend Masses on 12th and 13th September. We warmly invite parishioners to stay after Mass, enjoy a sausage, and spend some time together as a community.
All funds raised will go towards the Feast of Our Lady.
St Vincent de Paul – July Activity Report
Our St Vincent de Paul team has received the July monthly report, and we thank them for their continued dedication to supporting those in need within our community.
During July:
Home visits — 35 visits were made
Adults assisted — 58 adults received support
Children assisted — 30 children were helped
Food vouchers — $3,990 in vouchers were distributed
New callers — 11 new households reached out seeking assistance
We express our gratitude to the team for their compassionate service and ask our parish community to keep them, and all those they support, in your prayers. The team will be speaking at Mass on 26th & 27th September.
Office Closure
The office will be closed on Thursday 17th September as staff will be attending a Parish Administration Forum.
Notice for All Proclaimers of the Word
A reminder to all Proclaimers of the Word who recently received an email regarding the upcoming voluntary training program.
The course is delivered through the Open Learning online platform, which allows you to read and engage with the material, communicate with other trainees, discuss topics, ask questions, and share reflections throughout the program.
The training is structured into four weekly modules, each including:
Online Coursework
Follow up Tasks
One Hour Zoom session
Please note that a local community training session at our parish will take place towards the end of the program, replacing the third week’s Zoom class.
TERM THREE DATES 2026
Week 8
Monday 31st August
P & F: Father’s Day Stall in the hall
Years 3-6 Assembly at 2:30pm
Tuesday 1st September
PSGs
Leadership meeting at 3:30pm
Wednesday 2nd September
PSGs
Thursday 3rd September
PSGs
Staff Meeting at 3:30pm
Friday 4th September
PSGs
Father’s Day Breakfast BBQ at 7am
Saturday 5th September
Sunday 6th September
Twenty - Third Sunday in ordinary Time
Week 10
Monday 14th September
P&F: Footy Colour’s Day (gold coin donation) & Hot Dog Day and zooper dooper ($5)
Years 3-6 Assembly at 2:30pm
Tuesday 15th September
Leadership meeting at 3:30pm
September Staff Birthdays
Wednesday 16th September
Talent Show
Thursday 17th September
Talent Show
Friday 18th September
Saturday 19th September
Sunday 20th September
Twenty - Fifth Sunday in Ordinary Time
Week 7
Monday 24th August
Book Week Parade 2026 at 9:15am!
Year P -2 Assembly at 2:30pm
Tuesday 25th August
Curriculum Team Meeting all day in the parish
Wednesday 26th August
Thursday 27th August
Staff Meeting at 3:30pm
Friday 28th August
Saturday 29th August
Sunday 30th August
Twenty - Second Sunday in Ordinary Time
Week 9
Monday 7th September
Year P-2 Assembly at 2:30pm
Tuesday 8th September
Student Engagement Team Meeting all day in the parish
Wednesday 9th September
Year 4 Camp to YMCA Camp Wyuna
STEM Incursion - Year Prep Vegetable gardens with Bunnings 2pm
Thursday 10th September
Year Prep Year Level Mass 9am
Year 4 Camp to YMCA Camp Wyuna
Staff Meeting at 3:30pm
Friday 11th September
Year 4 Camp to YMCA Camp Wyuna
Principal Network
Saturday 12th September
Sacrament of Confirmation - 11am and 1:30pm
Sunday 13th September
Twenty - Fourth Sunday in Ordinary Time
