We had a lovely turnout of grandparents this morning for our Grandparents Morning. It was beautiful to see the joy and love in the faces of both the children and their grandparents as they walked through the school together and the children showed them their work, which due to COVID-19 restrictions, was displayed outside the classroom. Thank you to Fr Andrew, the readers, Mrs O'Malley and Mrs Demarte whose hard work and efforts all ensured that the morning was a success!
Last week you all received a letter in regard to St Mary’s Annual General Meeting (AGM). Staffing for 2021 (including where the split classes will be) will be announced and the school’s new Strategic Plan will be unveiled on this night.
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Please find attached AGM information, Nomination and Attendance Forms that can be downloaded and printed. If you would like to nominate or RSVP through the Skoolbag App, eForms are available under the EFORMS heading in the main menu. |
Swimming lessons for Pre-primary to Year Two begin on Monday for the next fortnight. Hopefully the weather warms up! As luck would have it, temperatures are not going above 30 next week and there is rain predicted!
God Bless and have a lovely weekend with your families,
Ms Adriana Coniglio
Principal
Thank you to the Year 4/5 class, Miss Montgomery and Father Andrew for a lovely Liturgy service for All Soul’s Day on Monday, 2nd November.
· Remembrance Day Service: Wednesday, 11th November at 1.15pm. All are invited and welcome to attend our service in the school undercover area.
· Book Fair starting 9th November.
· First Reconciliation Retreat: Friday, 13th November. All students in Year 3 are permitted to wear free dress and lunch is provided on this day.
· Assembly, Friday 13th November at 2.15pm.
· Sacrament of First Reconciliation: Saturday, 14th November 6.30pm or Sunday, 15th November 10.30am. Students receiving the sacrament are to make Reconciliation just prior to Mass.
Mrs Zoe O'Malley
Acting Assistant Principal
We have been very busy in Year 3 preparing for the Sacrament of Reconciliation. This week we did an ‘Examination of Conscience’ for the first time. We have learnt that when we go to reconciliation, we say sorry for our sins and that to sin you break one of the Ten Commandments. To do our examination of conscience, we reflected on some poor choices we have made and how we need to say sorry and ask for forgiveness to move on from them. We have also been practicing what we need to say when we do our Sacrament. This week we practiced with a partner, one person even had to pretend to be Father Andrew!!
After a very successful T20 Cricket Cup Carnival in week one, we have continued to focus on Fielding and Striking skills across all year levels.
We are using the Woolworths Junior Cricket program and have grouped the students into the following;
-Pre Primary, Year One and Year Two
-Year Three and Year Four /Five
-Year Five/Six
The students are really enjoying the activities and learning how to safely use the equipment and learning new skills or improving on old skills.
The main learning focuses will be throwing and catching, striking and fielding and the safe use of equipment.
Pre-Primary: Georgia Caldwell
Year One: Toby Sharp
Year Two: Ashley Auburn
Year Three: Tayla Montgomery
Year Four/Five: Judd Cooper
Year Five/Six: Tyler Geier
Pre-Primary: Norah Swarts
Year One: Andrew Wilson
Year Two: Logan O'Meagher
Year Three: Jack Kermode
Year Four/Five: Olumiji Onikola
Year Five/Six: Shelby Roberts
Lord Jesus, you are the lover of our souls,
the bridegroom who longs to be close to us.
May we be watchful and ready when you come.
Amen.
