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Dear Parents, Guardians and Carers,
This week we celebrate our Confirmation candidates and their families as they receive the Sacrament of Confirmation on Friday. Members of the school community are warmly invited to attend the Mass at the Champagnat Centre, Lavalla Catholic College St Paul’s Campus. The ceremony starts at 5pm with Bishop Greg Bennet as celebrant.
Congratulations to:
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Estelle Archibald Sally Darby Nicolas Gilham Kumen Konyi Levi Palmer Lily Quinlan Hudson Smith Oliver Wilson |
Sienna Athanasiadis Quinlen Davidson Isla Hollands Isabel Lavery Ashton Pavich Ariana Riseley Chloe Szkwarek Dustin Wood |
Javier Borg Rowan Dunne Darcy Hourigan Dante Lourensz Xavier Pettie Anika Roscoe Lyla Tripodi Phoebe Walker |
Indi Bowen Mia Francolino Ekhai Imhagwe Jye Van Iwaarden James Poursanidis Grace Seeber |
Grandparents Day
This special day will be held on Friday 16th June starting at 2:30pm with the children lining up under the shelter.
The children will be grouped with their siblings, cousins and other family members so that they will be in the one classroom with their grandparents. There will be activities to do together during that time. If grandparents are not available on this day another special person can attend in their place.
The Seymour Street gate will be open from 2:25pm. There will be QR codes at this gate to assist with signing in and staff will be present to assist with this process.
Please take note of these important dates:
- Grandparents Day - Friday 16th June at 2:30pm
- Student Led Conferences - Tuesday 20th and Wednesday 21st June
- Semester One reports released to PAM - Thursday 22nd June
- Last Day of Term Two - Friday 23rd June 2pm finish
- Start of Term Three - Monday 10th July 9am.
Kind regards,
Jodie
News from the Parents and Friends Group
Hello to all the families out there on behalf of the P&F committee, we all hope you have had a fantastic term 2. The Mother’s Day stall was a great success and we hope all the mums and special people out there had a great day with their kids.
We now move onto our next fund-raiser for the year. We will be holding a Lamington drive, sponsored by the Heyfield Bakery. Chocolate and/or Raspberry lamingtons can be ordered for $10 per tray (each tray holds 6 x large cubed lamingtons). $3 from each tray sold goes back to St Michaels, so we appreciate your support.
Further details will be sent through in an email to families on how to order through CDF pay. Orders will close on the 22nd of June and will be distributed the first week back of term 3 on Thursday the 13th of July. We would like to thank all the families for your ongoing support throughout the year. Finally a huge thankyou to Heyfield Bakery for your generosity and support.
The Second Hand uniform shop will be open every 4th Thursday of the month starting June 22nd from 3:00pm to 3:30pm. The stall is located in the large meeting room at the school, so those wishing to purchase items will need to enter through the main office.
Kind regards,
Josh Martyn - President.
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 7 the School Wide Expectation focus was Safety:
I have the right to feel safe in our school environment.
The award winners for Week 7 are:
| Rhian Sempel | Christian Paolini | Nate Bishoff |
| Molly Davis | Aethon Mankombil | Amel Manhiem |
| Flinders Gibbison | Romi Colgan | Pippa Roscoe |
| Nathan Tang | Harper Kite | William Do |
| Charlie McMahon | Eli Brady | Evin Dissanayake |
| Kyah Pham | Harrison Rathjen | Evie Howe |
| Avery Dunne | Ava Berkelmans | |
| Quinn Chapman | Ryan Ogg |
As we follow along from the events of the last few weeks, we now celebrate Trinity Sunday. The feast of the Holy Trinity is about God the Father, God the Son, God the Holy Spirit - One God but 3 people. Each time we make the sign of the cross we are saying a prayer to the Holy Trinity. As we celebrate the feast of the Holy Trinity, can you see how God's love is manifested in the Father, and the Son, and the Holy Spirit?
Sunday's gospel tells us of the awesome extent of God's love for us and God's promise of eternal life. The gospel echoes the first reading in which God tells Moses he is a loving God, slow to anger. These readings give us some clues about the Holy Trinity and the love of the Father, Son and Holy Spirit for all of us.
In the gospel Jesus said to Nicodemus, ‘God loved the world so much that he gave his only Son, so that everyone who believes in him may not be lost but may have eternal life.” Wow, what a promise! The Old Testament and the New Testament both tell us, emphatically, that God loves us. No doubt about it.
St Michael's is once again participating in the Wonder Recycling Rewards Program. Our school is collecting bread and muffin bags to redeem for sports equipment. Could you please keep your bags and place them into the green bin outside of the hall. Bread bags should be as free from crumbs as they can be to keep the recycling process free from contamination (there is no need to wash them). Any questions can be forwarded to Mrs Dortmans or Miss Petesic. Thank you for your support!
Victorian Premiers’ Reading Challenge
The Victorian Premiers’ Reading Challenge is now open and (insert school name) is excited to be participating. The PRC application offers a range of exciting features including:
- access to a library catalogue (including book images and blurbs)
- a modern user-friendly interface
- rewarding students with badges as challenge milestones are achieved
- the option for students to mark books as a favourite, give them a star rating or complete a book review
The Challenge is open to all Victorian children from birth to Year 10 in recognition of the importance of reading for literacy development. It is not a competition; but a personal challenge for children to read a set number of books by 8 September 2023.
Children from Prep to Year 2 are encouraged to read or ‘experience’ 30 books with their parents and teachers. Children from Year 3 to Year 10 are challenged to read 15 books.
All children who meet the Challenge will receive a certificate of achievement signed by the Victorian Premier and former Premiers.
To read the Premier’s letter to parents, view the booklist and for more information about the Victorian Premiers’ Reading Challenge, visit: https://www.vic.gov.au/premiers-reading-challenge
Deborah Gilmour in the school library is able to help with any enquires.
To participate in the challenge please click on the link below:
