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Dear Parents, Guardians and Carers,
Concert week is here!
On Wednesday students will have an early lunch and play at 12pm, get changed into their costume at school, then walk to the Theatre at 1pm. After the performance students will return to school for the remainder of the day and go home in their costume. Make up is not required for the Wednesday matinee performance. After the matinee the children can be collected from school as they will need to return to school to collect their school bags.
Children are asked to be at GPAC between 5:30-5:50pm on Wednesday night before the evening performance. F-2 children are to be dropped at the back stage door at the corner of Grey St and Church St. A teacher will be at the door to meet them. 3-6 children to be dropped at the door near the outdoor space between GPAC and the little theatre. At the conclusion of the evening performance at 7:15pm please come and collect all children from the same place that you dropped them off. Teachers will need to tick students off before they can go. If your child is going home with someone else please let their classroom teacher know beforehand.
We are also asking that they bring a pair of thongs or slides to wear at GPAC for the performances
A reminder that you can purchase a USB of the concert on CDFPay for $10
The grades Foundation, One and Two students begin their swimming lessons on Wednesday next week at the Ford Centre. Thank you to all the parents who have been able to volunteer their time to help with the buses and supervision.
Just a reminder that the school is closed on Monday 31st October and Tuesday 1st November. School resumes on Wednesday 2nd November.
Mission Day
Friday 28th October
On Friday 28th October we will celebrate Catholic Mission Month with a special Mission Day at St Michael’s. This will be our next fundraising effort for the Goat Rearing Centre in Embider.
The theme of our Mission Day will be “Kicking Goals for Good!”. Across the globe sport is the great equaliser. Every child is able to play sport and, often, the less we have the more creative we need to get. Many children around the world, including Ethiopia, play with a ball made out of recycled goods - the ‘sock ball’. Even Pope Francis played with a ‘sock ball’ as a boy in Argentina.
As preparation for our Mission Day the children will complete a range of tasks in class to learn about the country of Ethiopia and the various concepts that are important in Catholic Social Teaching such as: creation, wellbeing, opportunity, service, peace and participation.
On Mission Day the children will come to school dressed for their favourite sport or as their favourite sports person. It might be a specific person or ready for the sport in general. Like other dress-up days the children need to wear appropriate footwear for school and are not to use face paint or hairspray.
To participate in the Mission Day we ask that the children bring along a Gold coin.
Thanks for your continued support.
Any child in grade 4 and above that has been Baptised and celebrated 1st Reconciliation is able to celebrate 1st Communion this term.
Some important dates for the calendar are:
Commitment Mass – 22nd /23rd October
Prayer letter Mass – 5th /6th November
Pin Mass – 12th /13th November
1st Communion celebrations:
Saturday 19th November 5pm
Sunday 20th November 9.30am
Sunday 20th November 5pm
Whilst God doesn’t have favourites, the weekends readings tell us that he does have a preference for the humble. Even if you do lead a good and blameless life there's no need to boast about it. God knows us intimately and doesn’t need to be told just how good we are. The tax collector, for all his sins, seems to have chosen the better path in his sorrow and humility.
Some people like just salt on their food and other people like only pepper. Like black and white, salt and pepper seem to be opposites. But some people like them both and use them together, as complements to each other’s flavour. The proud Pharisee and the humble sinner seem to be opposites, but they can also be seen as complements as well.
The proud Pharisee was able to understand the good things about himself. This gave him confidence to pray in thanksgiving for his blessings. It’s good to be thankful for blessings, but Jesus would probably say the proud Pharisee took it a bit too far. Why do you think so?
Each week students from each class are awarded Student of the Week certificates. These children are nominated for the example they have been within the school based on the School Wide Expectation focus for that week. The weekly focus will be from Wednesday until Tuesday the following week. Awards will be presented to students at assembly on Friday.
In Week 3 the School Wide Expectation focus was Respect :
I treat my peers, teachers and learning environment with respect.
I show appreciation for the efforts of others.
I speak kindly to others.
I show justice and fairness to all.
I listen carefully to others.
The award winners for Week 3 are:
| Kaylee Carmody | Logan Suter | Nate Woods |
| Maggie Heller | Ava Hopkins | Harry Wight |
| Isaac Kennedy | Lisamaria Thomas | Chloe Quail |
| Rhianna McInnes | Summer Moore | Josh Smith |
| Blair Cooper | Akoch Manheim | Mohan S |
| Ollie White | Ella Van Der Meer | Zanthe Flewin |
| Lorcan Doherty | Linesa Dehiwatte | Hugo MacPherson |
| Indiana Devitt | Ayden Berkelmans | Adele Calabro |
| Evie Brand | Izaa Nabeel | Lily Sanders |
| Levi Ason | Archer Conway | Jasmine Ness |
| London-Rose Radford | Memphis Laurie | Melanie Stanistreet |
| Cooper Greaves | Odin Heystraten | Torah Chapman |
| Jack Owen | Violet Quinlan | |
| Ava Berkelmans | Oliver Wilson |
Icy poles are for sale at lunchtime during Term 4. They are 50 cents each.
This sleeping bag is from Grade 5 Camp Coolamatong. If this belongs to you please contact the office.
