Welcome to the website of Mother Teresa School

Ours is a new school built by Brisbane Catholic Education in response to the need for a Catholic Primary School in the rapidly growing Ormeau area. We are situated on Eggersdorf Road, which is the main road leading off exit 45 on the M1 Motorway.

Being a new school, we are growing our student population from prep upwards, and in 2012 offer classes from prep to Year 4 and will grow each year as our current Year 4 children progress through the year levels before heading to secondary school in 2015 as part of the move of year 7 to secondary schooling. The plan for Mother Teresa’s is to become a three stream school, with an eventual population of between 500 and 600 students.

Why Mother Teresa?
Our school is named in honour of Mother Teresa of Calcutta, whose life was dedicated to the betterment of others. Mother Teresa often said that a worthwhile life is one that is lived in the service of others. It is this notion of servant leadership that we hope to instil in our children. Service to others in the modern world involves key elements such as:

• Conservation of our environment for future generations.
• Using skills to build communities by building positive relationships.
• Developing high academic standards to maximise our talents for the good of the community
• Developing and sharing recreational, sporting and artistic skills to enrich our world.

NOW ENROLLING FOR 2013 - PREP TO YEAR 5 Mother Teresa’s is a newly established Catholic Primary School servicing the Ormeau community.  We are accepting enrolments for Prep to Year 5 for the 2013 school year. Should you wish to find out more about our school please call the office on 5549 5000, or visit the school and join us for a tour of the school facilities on Tuesday May 22 from 9am to 10.30am.   Click here to download our brochure

As a member of the Archdiocese of Brisbane Catholic Education, we take up the challenge of education to Teach, Challenge and Transform.

We encourage any and all parents who are interested in learning more about our wonderful school and the fantastic opportunities it can off your family, to contact us and come in for a tour of the school, so you can see these things for yourself!

Mr Peter Kerrins
Principal

 

Community News......

NAPLAN    Today our students were some of 200,000 Queensland students taking part in the National Literacy and Numeracy tests, or as we know them, NAPLAN. Much has been made of NAPLAN in the media, and whether you agree to it or not, it is here and our job is to guide our children through it. This year's results will be very interesting as most schools are halfway through transitioning to the National Curriculum, which has some different approaches than our previous outcomes based approach. The tests are to determine trends in school performance to ensure consistency across the nation. The report you receive in September, details what your child knew on the 15th, 16th and 17th of May, around one third of the way through the school year, and you should remember that context when you receive the report. Again, should you want to know how your child is doing, sit with them through their homework, visit the class or talk to the teacher.

VISITORS TO OUR SCHOOL    We have two special events coming up which highlight the great work that our teachers are doing here at school. On May 23, we have a bus tour of leading educationalists coming here to have a look at how we manage our curriculum, particularly in respect to supporting learning through ICT. On May 31, a group of international delegates attending the CEFPI conference on the Gold Coast are coming to look at elements of the physical design of the school, and why and how certain features of the physical environment enhance learning. It is very reassuring to know that the hard work of our teaching staff is being recognised by our peers, and I would like to thank the staff for their continuing hard work and commitment.

There are a couple of key dates for next week that I would like to bring to your attention. Next Thursday (May 24) we are celebrating Australia's Biggest Morning Tea to raise funds and awareness for the Cancer Foundation. All we ask is a $2 donation, and you might like to buy some raffle tickets. The morning tea will take place after our 9.00am liturgy.

ORMEAU CAR RALLY    We also have a fundraising and fun community event on Sunday 27th. We are holding a cake stall at the Ormeau car Rally which will be hosted from Heritage Park, on Rifle Range Road, Pimpama. Not only are we asking parents to donate or Cook delicious cakes and slices for the stall, but we need people to help sell the items as well. The car rally itself is a fun activity, and is not based on times or speed, but on the number of correct questions answered from the clues given, so it is more like a cross country trivia competition. At the very least, you will get to see a lot more of Ormeau than you have probably seen before! At the end of the day at Heritage Park, there will be food stalls, classic car displays and free wildlife shows to keep everyone entertained. For more details and registration (entry cost is a gold coin donation per vehicle) please go to www.myormeau.com.au and follow the prompts. Names of people willing to help with the set up or selling of the cake stall can be sent into pormeau@bne.catholic.edu.au and titled 'Cake Stall", or sent via Twitter @MTSormeau.

As we are nearing the completion of Stage two of construction, we will be offering tours of the new facilities and an outline of Stage three of construction for all new and existing families. These tours will take place from 9.00am to 10.30am on Wednesday May 22, followed by a cuppa and a chat. All are welcome to attend!

LITURGY AND BIGGEST MORNING TEA  Our next liturgy will be on Thursday 24th May at 9am. This liturgy will celebrate Pentecost and the beginning of the Year of Grace and will be followed by our 'Biggest Morning Tea' in the library. All friends and families of our Mother Teresa School community are invited to celebrate with us.

SACRAMENTAL PROGRAM  As part of the preparations for receiving the Sacraments of Confirmation and Communion, families who are currently part of this year's program are invited to attend a session at 7pm on Wednesday 16th May at St Patrick's Church, where Fr Tony will explain the parts of the Catholic Mass for children. We continue to keep these families in our prayers.

FOLLOW US ON TWITTER    Don't forget to follow us on Twitter @MTSormeau. If you have no idea what twitter is and how it works, drop into the office and borrow a copy of a most useful little book, called Twitter for Dummies. Fifteen minutes after opening the book, I had opened a Twitter account and was finding people to 'follow'. All we ask is that you return the book once you are tweeting, so others may also 'follow'. I have found twitter useful for emergency reminders, cancellations etc, and can be accessed via laptop, phone or tablet. So come in, get a book and join the communications revolution!

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