Term 4 Week 2 of 11
Friday, 15th October 2026
Message from the Principal
Dear Parents and Carers,
Term 4 is going along very quickly and it’s hard to believe we are two weeks down already. Sadly, our Year Prep to Year 2 school sports was postponed due to bad weather. As per the email sent out, we are running it again on this Monday October 19.
2027 Classes (2nd time in the newsletter)
This time of year, as school principal, I have one foot in 2026 and the other in 2027. Part of the preparation for 2027 will be our leadership team and our classroom teachers completing class lists. Planning for the 2027 school year has already commenced. Please email the office (office@rskingspark.catholic.edu.au) if your children are intending on leaving Resurrection at the end of year.
We are also inviting you to write about your child’s learning and social needs to assist us in the placement of your child into specific classrooms for the 2027 school year. Please note that we may not be able to provide you with exactly what you want, but we do try to do our best given the many and diverse factors that go into making up a class. If you have written to me in previous years, please write again for 2027.
Please email me, principal@rskingspark.catholic.edu.au with the heading “Confidential – 2027 Class Placement”. All emails must be received by Friday 23rd October at 3.30pm
Monday 2nd November
School Closure Day: TIL for Staff
Tuesday 3rd November
School Closure Day: Melbourne Cup P/H
Thursday 10th December
Christmas Carols
Monday 14th December
Year 6 Graduation
Thursday 15th December
End of Year Mass 9am
Last Day of School 12pm dismissal
Best Wishes,
Deputy Principal
Reminder Hats on for Term 4!
As the sun begins to shine brighter and the days grow warmer, it's time for our Term 4 sun safety reminder: all students are required to wear their school hats during outdoor activities.
Wearing a hat is a vital part of our SunSmart policy, helping protect students from harmful UV rays while they enjoy recess, lunch breaks, PE lessons, and other outdoor events.
What You Need to Know:
Hats are compulsory whenever students are outside.
Students without hats will be asked to stay in designated shaded areas.
Please check that your child’s hat is clearly labelled with their name.
Let’s work together to keep our school community safe and sun-smart.
Family Curriculum Overviews Available
To help keep you informed about what learning will take place in Term 4, the teaching teams have put together an overview of the term ahead. You can find these on Seesaw and on the school website.
2029 High School enrolments
Dear Year 4 families,
High School may seem a long way off, but just letting you know that applications for students starting Year 7 in 2029 will open on Wednesday 27th January 2027 and close on Friday 13th August 2027. Families are encouraged to apply to at least two
secondary schools to increase the likelihood of receiving an offer.
Thank You for Supporting Ubuntu Uganda
Late last term, we had a Footy colours day and collected a Gold Coin donation in support of the Ubuntu Uganda Partnership! Your generosity helped us raise an incredible $342.80, every dollar goes toward strengthening our connection and support for our friends in Uganda.
Best Wishes,
Thank you note from Uganda Fr Nestus
OUR LADY OF FATIMA BUYAGA CATHOLIC PARISH
P.O. BOX 1495, MASAKA
MASAKA DIOCESE
RE: APPRECIATION TO RESURRECTION CATHOLIC SCHOOL COMMUNITY FOR THE MONEY RAISED THROUGH A FUNDRAISER FOOTY DAY CLOURS.
On behalf of Our Lady Fatima – Buyaga Catholic Parish Community, and in particular, the Students, teachers and parents of Resurrection Vocational Secondary School, hereby express our deep heartfelt appreciation for the love, kindness and support you offer to our school; to care most especially for the greatly needy and disadvantaged members of our school. Many of our students couldn’t be in school now had it been not your support. We are glad that we have as a sign of God’s love and providence to us. Hearing and knowing that you think and care for being is a great source of hope and confidence that has encouraged many to persist through various challenges and reach where they wouldn’t. I am glad to inform you that we are having senior one to senior five and a population of over five hundred students in the four years of existence. Last year we had our first senior Four to sit for the National exams and they all passed well. Again, on Monday 12th October, we had our second senior Four start their national exams. Today they have finished their four papers. Maths, Chemistry, English and History. We have 41 students in senior five, a level that continues to give great hope for the students in lower classes, that it’s possible to keep in school despite the parents' little income.
Thanks very much for the contribution to this great hope and may God bless you most abundantly.
Regards,
Nestus
Wellbeing, Community & Child Safety
Colour Run
We are excited to share that we will be holding a Colour Fun Run on Friday, 27th November.
Parents are warmly invited to attend this exciting event and cheer on the students as they take part in the fun!
All children are to wear a white t-shirt and get ready for some colour fun.
You can start creating your child’s fundraiser profile by completing the below:
Step 1 - Selecting https://myprofilepage.com.au/and click the ‘Register ‘button.
Step 2 - Create your profile page
Step 3 - Fundraise Away
Step 4 - Convert Cash to online
Step 5 - Choose prizes or donate to a cause
Reminder
Disability Parking
We have noticed that the disability parking bays have been used regularly by drivers picking up students that do not have a disability parking permit. The disability parking bays are specifically for those who have a disability and are the adult picking up a child. Disability parking permits are provided so that a person with the disability can access the disability parking bay. Please reconsider if you really require the use of one of these parking bays.
Year 3 STEM Excursion
Our Year 3 students enjoyed an exciting STEM excursion to St Kilda Beach, where they explored marine ecosystems and learned how human activities impact Port Phillip Bay. Students participated in a Little Penguin Tour, the CDS Vic Radical Recycle Relay, and a beach clean-up while discovering the journey of an aluminium can and the importance of recycling. These hands-on experiences helped students understand how small actions can make a big difference in protecting our environment.
We are also excited to introduce Victoria’s Container Deposit Scheme (CDS Vic) at our school! We will be collecting eligible drink containers at school and returning them to raise money for future STEM excursions and to create our school garden! This initiative will help our students learn about sustainability while turning recycling into an opportunity to support more exciting learning experiences.
SUNDAY GOSPEL
Twenty-ninth Sunday in Ordinary Time Year A
A reading from the holy Gospel according to Matthew 22:15-21
We Reflect
The gospel writer presents this episode as a deliberate attempt by the Pharisees to trap Jesus and turn the people against him. Their plan was a good one, with no apparent ‘safe’ answer: is it permissible (within Jewish tradition) to pay taxes to Caesar or not? If Jesus were to answer that it is not permissible to pay taxes then he would be identified as a rebel and a threat to Roman authority – leaving himself open to severe punishment. If he were to answer that it was permissible to pay the taxes he would have alienated a lot of his audience who resented the taxes imposed by Rome.
Instead of falling into the trap set by the Pharisees, Jesus approaches the question in a completely different way. He asks them to show him the money with which they pay the tax. Immediately, he has turned the tables on them. He doesn’t appear to carry any of the coin in question and yet the Pharisees’ disciples carry them as a matter of habit. They are asking if it is permissible to pay the tax and yet freely carry the coin with which the tax is paid. Jesus shows up the hypocrisy of their question by forcing them to reveal their own position in the simple action of producing one of the Roman coins. Jesus then closes the dispute by instructing them to render (give) to Caesar what belongs to Caesar but, more importantly, render to God what belongs to God. In a very simple way Jesus has shown up the Pharisees’ disciples as being collaborators with the Roman authority and placing that authority above the authority of God. He reminds the listeners that regardless of earthly authority, the first duty is owed to God.
REFLECTION by Greg Sunter
We Read
The Pharisees went away to work out between them how to trap Jesus in what he said. And they sent their disciples to him, together with the Herodians, to say, ‘Master, we know that you are an honest man and teach the way of God in an honest way, and that you are not afraid of anyone, because a man’s rank means nothing to you. Tell us your opinion, then. Is it permissible to pay taxes to Caesar or not?’ But Jesus was aware of their malice and replied, ‘You hypocrites! Why do you set this trap for me? Let me see the money you pay the tax with.’ They handed him a denarius, and he said, ‘Whose head is this? Whose name?’ ‘Caesar’s’ they replied. He then said to them, ‘Very well, give back to Caesar what belongs to Caesar – and to God what belongs to God.’
Praise to You Lord Jesus Christ
Parish News
Missing Australian human rights activist Hiep Tran
Hiep Tran, who was recently detained or rather abducted after travelling to Cambodia is Minh-Tam Pham ‘son. Hiep had been holidaying in Thailand before making a short visit to Cambodia to meet with colleagues who are human right activists.
Hiep Tran arrived in Australia at the age of 17. He completed his secondary education at Melbourne High School and then graduated from Monash University and working as an IT Analyst at The Royal Australian and New Zealand College of Psychiatrists (RANZCP) – Teltra – National Australia Bank (NAB). He also is a co-founder and Public Officer of Australian Alliance to Combat Human Trafficking Inc. was established through the initiatives of the Vietnamese Students Association in Melbourne with its Certificate of Incorporation N. A0049951J has been certified by Consumer Affair Victoria on 22 March 2007, efforts to fight against human trafficking regarding the Vietnamese communist regime’s complicity in trafficking of young Vietnamese girls - aged 6 to 10 - were forced to be sex slaves in Cambodia,
On 18 September 2026, while travelling in Cambodia to participate in meetings with other human rights activists, both men were unlawfully seized by Vietnamese secret police operating extraterritorially in Cambodian and ordered their detention in Saigon.
At the time of their abduction, they were preparing to board a scheduled commercial flight to Bangkok, where their relatives were waiting. Their confirmed itinerary clearly demonstrates that they had no intention whatsoever of entering Vietnam…”
We ask parishioners to sign the petition below by clicking on the link to help bring these men home.
Discover The Bethany Way - Introductory Retreat and Information Session
Are you sensing a call to deepen your relationship with God and explore a journey of spiritual formation?
Join us for an Introduction to The Bethany Way on Saturday, 31 October, from 12:00 pm to 4:00 pm. This retreat offers an opportunity to learn about The Bethany Way formation journey, experience its spirit, and discern whether God may be inviting you to take part.
Lunch will be provided.
Applications for The Bethany Way Formation Journey 2027 will open on 31 October 2026.
To register for this introductory retreat, please book online: https://www.trybooking.com/au/event/1644191
Month of the Rosary
You're warmly invited to join us in praying the Rosary at 6.30pm each Wednesday throughout October, beginning on the 7th, in the Church.
After the rosary you are invited to stay back with the prayer group to reflect the readings of the coming Sunday.
TERM FOUR DATES 2026
Week 4
Monday 26th October
● Year P - 2 Assembly at 2:30pm
● Adrian & Fiona EAL PD
Tuesday 27th October
● Leadership meeting at 3:30pm
Wednesday 28th October
● Junior Year Level Mass 9am
● 2pm full evac drill
Thursday 29th October
● Staff Meeting at 3:30pm
Friday 30th October
● 3/4 Excursion - Scienceworks
Saturday 31st October
●
Sunday1st November
● Solemnity of all Saints
Week 6
Monday 9th November
● Year 3 - 6 Assembly at 2:30pm
Tuesday 10th November
● Leadership meeting at 3:30pm
Wednesday 11th November
● Remembrance Day Service
Thursday 12th November
● Staff Meeting at 3:30pm
● School Advisory Council (SAC) meeting and dinner - 7pm
Friday 13th November
● Prep 2027 Transition with parents (Session 2 of 4) - 9am - 10am
● STEM - Fighting Extinction Showcase at Melbourne Zoo (Grade 6 - 10 students) 9.45 to 1.00
Saturday 14th November
●
Sunday 15th November
● Thirty - third Sunday in Ordinary Time
Week 8
Monday 23rd November
● Years 1-6 2027 Transition (Session 2 of 2)
● Year 3 - 6 Assembly at 2:30pm
Tuesday 24th November
● PSGs
● Leadership meeting at 3:30pm
Wednesday 25th November
● PSGs
● Leadership meeting 3.30pm
Thursday 26th November
● PSGs
● Staff Meeting at 3:30pm
Friday 27th November
● PSGs
● Prep 2027 Transition without parents (Session 4 of 4) - 9am - 10:45am
● Fundraiser Colour Run
Saturday 28th November
Sunday 29th November
● First Sunday of Advent
Week 10
Monday 7th December
● P-2 Swimming
● Year 3 - 6 Assembly at 2:30pm
Tuesday 8th December
● P-2 Swimming
● Leadership meeting at 3:30pm
● Staff Birthday December
Wednesday 9th December
● P-2 Swimming
● Year 6 Big Day Out to Funfields
Thursday 10th December
● Christmas Carols
Friday 11th December
Saturday 12th December
Sunday 13th December
● Third Sunday of Advent
Week 3
Monday 19th October
● Year 3 - 6 Assembly at 2:30pm
Tuesday 20th October
● Student Engagement Team Meeting all day in the parish
● Staff October Birthdays
Wednesday 21st October
● G5 excursion - Melbourne Museum IMAX
Thursday 22nd October
● Middle Year Level Mass 9am
● G6 excursion - Melbourne Museum IMAX
● Staff Meeting at 3:30pm
● Student Engagement Team Meeting
Friday 23rd October
● Principal Network
Saturday 24th October
●
Sunday 25th October
● Thirtieth Sunday in Ordinary Time
Week 5
Monday 2nd November
● School Closure Day: TIL for Staff
Tuesday 3rd November
● School Closure Day: Melbourne Cup P/H
Wednesday 4th November
●
Thursday 5th November
● Executive team meeting - intervention and learning support forward planning for 2027
● Staff Meeting at 3:30pm
● Prep Level Mass at 2.30pm
Friday 6th November
● Prep 2027 Transition with parents (Session 1 of 4) - 9am - 10am
Saturday 7th November
●
Sunday 8th November
● Thirty-second Sunday in Ordinary Time
Week 7
Monday 16th November
● Years 1-6 2027 Transition (Session 1 of 2)
● Year P-2 Assembly at 2:30pm
Tuesday 17th November
● Staff Birthdays
Wednesday 18th November
●
Thursday 19th November
● 2026 Evaluation Day (All leaders)
● Staff Meeting at 3:30pm
Friday 20th November
● Prep 2027 Transition without parents (Session 3 of 4) - 9am - 10:45am
● Principal Network
Saturday 21st November
Sunday 22nd November
● The Solemnity of Our Lord Jesus Christ King of the Universe
Week 9
Monday 30th November
● P-2 Swimming
Tuesday 1st December
● P-2 Swimming
Wednesday 2nd December
● P-2 Swimming
Thursday 3rd December
● 2027 Planning Day for Executive
● Staff Meeting at 3:30pm
Friday 4th December
● Principal Network (Mass)
● Years 1-6 2027 Transition (Session 3 of 3) 9am to 10.45am
Saturday 5th December
Sunday 6th December
● Second Sunday of Advent
Week 11
Monday 14th December
● Year 6 Graduation Lunch 11am to 1.30pm (lunch at 11.30am)
● No assembly today
Tuesday 15th December
● End of Year Mass & Awards at 9am
● Last day of the year for students finish at 12pm
● Staff will complete the handover
Wednesday 16th December
● Staff Lunch 12pm - 4pm
Thursday 17th December
Friday 18th December
Saturday 19th December
Sunday 20th December
● Fourth Sunday of Advent
