St Timothy's School Vermont

Parent Question: What are we asking for and what are the Political Parties offering Catholic Primary Schools in the next election.

Fair funding for students to learn, grow and flourish

With less than 50 days until the Victorian State Election, help us continue to spread the word that our students deserve equal access to the funding and opportunities they need to learn, grow and flourish.

I’m pleased to share that the Liberals and National Party have committed $175 million per annum over 4 years towards non- government schools for capital infrastructure, if elected in November.

This multi year investment will go a long way to ensuring that our students have access to school infrastructure that meets all the needs  of a modern and evolving curriculum.

While this is a significant step forward, we’re only halfway there.

We are hopeful that the Victorian Labor Party will make a similar announcement in the coming weeks and call on all our parents and carers, family and friends of our students to show their support for our plan by advocating to their local Labor MP.

Visit  cecv.catholic.edu.au/funding  to find out more about our plan to address increasing demand for a Catholic Education and ensure that our schools have the right funding and support into the future. CECV 14th October 2022

We are very excited for our whole school to be off to visit Scienceworks this Term on 25th November. The focus will be in the  Inquiry/Science/Earth & Space Learning areas. The P-3 and 4-6 will have  a different Learning Focus and will attend different exhibits at Scienceworks. It will be lovely to be able to go as a whole school to experience this very special learning opportunity.

Wednesday 26th October

The focus of the visit will be Road Safety and awareness:

• Seatbelts / whose responsibility.
• Crossing roads and pedestrian safety.
• What to do in an emergency.
• Who do you call and what information is needed?
• What do HWP do and what is their job?
• Safety around vehicles and car parks.
• Bicycle safety, helmets and roads etc.
• Having a look in the HWP vehicle with all the gadgets it has (lights and sirens included).
• ESTA (000) and what they do.

Are you interested or have friends who may be interested in joining a Playgroup at St Timothy's?  It would be great to be able to re-establish this fun gathering. Please spread the word and contact Gail or Anne Maree if interested in becoming a part of this group.

Early this term (after Swimming) we require volunteers to drop promotional material to 25 Child Care and Kindergartens. Please speak to Anne Maree or Gail if you can assist. Thank you in advance 

Just a reminder that we have a School Closure Day on Monday 31st October and a Melbourne Cup Public Holiday on Tuesday 1st November. This is a lovely opportunity for families to take advantage of a Long Weekend. Please put these days in your calendar.

Term 4 dates: Friday 21st October ( new), Friday 28th October, Friday 4 th November, Friday 11th November, Friday 18th November, Friday 25th November ( cancelled - due to Whole School Excursion) Friday 2nd December.

This year we will be taking  the children (P/1, Year 4/5 & Year 6) to All Saints and Souls Day Mass on Friday the 28th October at 10 o'clock. Change of date is due to the Long Weekend instead of on 1st & 2nd November the official day of recognising these important people in our Catholic Faith. Parents are welcome to join us.

The children will participate in a special mass to remember this very important day in our history at 10am on Friday 11th November. There will be NO ASSEMBLY on this day.

We invite families to send long any memorabilia or photos of family members that they would like to be remembered on this special day. Parents are welcome to join us.

I have again been fortunate to be successful in gaining Sporting School funding for Term 4. We will be granted $1450 to run a 3 week (1 hour) tennis program for all students. The clinics will be run on Friday 21st October, Friday 28th October and Friday 4th November. The children will then be encouraged to use the nets and raquets to play during recess and lunch times on the basketball court area. The children will need to wear Sports Uniform on these days.

Term 4 is Summer Uniform. It is COMPULSORY for children to wear a SCHOOL SUN HAT when outside. We have some available Summer Uniforms in the Second Hand Uniform shop . Otherwise uniforms can be purchased from Beleza 4/126 Dorset Rd Boronia Phone: 761 2438.  We also advise children apply sunscreen prior to coming to school on any exposed parts of their body e.g face. legs and arms.

Saturday 22nd & 23rd October

This week’s gospel passage flows on directly from last week’s gospel and continues the teaching of Jesus about prayer. Where as the preceding passage emphasised the need for persistence in prayer, this passage is about the way in which we come before God in prayer. It is the tax collector, whose simple prayer is ‘God, be merciful to me, a sinner,’ who goes home at rights with God. In this simple prayer, the tax collector recognises that he is not in right relationship with God and asks for God’s mercy. This is a hallmark of the lowly and outcast in the gospel of Luke: they recognise their need and seek God’s forgiveness and mercy. The model of faith that is depicted over and over again in this gospel is the one who recognises their need for God’s loving mercy and asks for it. We are repeatedly reminded that God’s mercy, forgiveness and abundant love are constantly out-flowing towards us and all we have to do is humbly desire and welcome them.

Humility is at the heart of this parable. The Pharisee is representative of those who are assured of their own rightness but who rely on comparison with others to make themselves feel righteous and justified. The actions of this man were not limited to Pharisees alone, nor are they limited to a particular time and place. This man’s attitude of asserting his own faithfulness and religious observance by comparison with others can be easily seen in the world today. All faiths seem to be afflicted with these characters who assure themselves of their own ‘goodness’ by railing against those who are different. But, as the parable assures us, it is the humble who are exalted by God.

Sunday 23 October, 2022

10am – 4pm

Nunawading Community Hub and Tunstall Park 96-106 Springvale Rd, Nunawading VIC 3131

This year's Spring Festival theme of Our Backyard celebrates the community coming together and enjoying the collective backyard we all share - Whitehorse!

Come along to this free event and explore over 50 stalls our wonderful community has to offer. Enjoy an exciting mix of live music and dancing with 35 local artists and community groups performing across 5 stages.

Keep the kids entertained all day with free rides, face painting, activities, and a selection of delicious food and treats.Visit https://www.whitehorse.vic.gov.au/festivals-and-events/spring-festival for more information.

Term 4

Wednesday 26th October: HWP Incursion

All Saints & Souls Mass: Friday 28th October

Prep Orientation Days

Friday 21st ( new) , Friday 28th October, Friday 4 th November, Friday 11th November, Friday 18th November,  Friday 2nd December.

School Closure Day- Monday 31st October

Melbourne Cup Day- Tuesday 1st November

Wednesday 9th November -Let's Celebrate Learning

Friday 11th November: Remebrance Day Prayer Service

Friday 25th November- Science works Excursion

Monday 12th December Whole School End of Year Celebration ( please note day /date change)

Year 6 Graduation - Thursday 15th December

Final Day Term 4 Friday 16th December