Dear Parents, Guardians and Carers,

Melissa Morris has decided to have a change in career and will be opening a clothing/homewares store in November in the Traralgon CBD. Whilst exciting for her, sadly it means she will be leaving us at the end of this term. As a result of this staffing change we are currently advertising two Administrative Officer positions to start in Term Four.

• Administrative Officer (Compliance)
• First Aid Officer

Further information including position descriptions and how to apply can be found in the careers tab on our school website. Applications close August 28th at 9am.

Eisteddfod - Monday 28th August 

Next week all students will be performing in the Latrobe Valley Eisteddfod. This is a wonderful opportunity for our students to experience and we are thankful to the teachers and Mrs Vanyai for their preparation. It has been wonderful walking around the school and hearing the children sing their item and rehearse as a group. On Monday, the children are to wear their full school uniform (not sports uniform).  Grey shorts or pants, tunics or skirts may be worn with the red polo shirt. Jumpers and jackets will not be required on stage. Students are to wear their black school shoes and for those classes who have Sport specialists on Monday, please bring your sneakers in your school bag. 

Parents are warmly welcome to come to the Traralgon Town Hall on Grey Street to watch the performances. There is usually a small fee, around $5, to enter. If you are coming to watch, please note, the DOORS WILL CLOSE AT 10AM. Please get there early as last year people were disappointed that they weren't able to get in.

Year 4 Camp to Coonawarra 

On Thursday 31st August, our Year 4 students and their teachers are heading off on school camp to Coonawarra. We wish them all the very best and can’t wait to see the photos from all of the exciting activities that they will participate in. The Flying Fox is a hit. 

Father’s Day stall - Friday 25th August 

This Friday the children will have the opportunity to purchase a gift from the Father's Day Stall. A reminder that parents will need to access CDFpay to arrange payment prior to Friday. We’d like to thank the Parents and Friends group for their efforts in co-ordinating this event, it is much appreciated. 

Important dates to remember: 

• Thursday 31st August - Yr 4 Camp to Coonawarra 

• Thursday 7th September - Italian Week Dress up day and parade 

• Friday 8th September - School closure day

• Monday 11th September - Fairytale day (Foundation only)

• Monday 11th September - Year 3 Camp to Allambee

• Thursday 14th September - Footy Colours day 

• End of term -Thursday 14th September at 3:20 pm.

Kind regards,

Jodie

The Parents and Friends committee are running a

Father’s Day Stall

on Friday 25th August 2023 during school hours.

 If you would like your child/ren to have the

opportunity to purchase from the stall

please log onto CDFpay to allocate them a Gift bundle.

Purchases must be made by 10:00pm Thursday 24th August 2023.

Cash cannot be accepted on the day.

Cost =$8 per Gift Bundle ( 1 per child only)

Each gift bundle will consist of two gifts chosen by your child

and a raffle ticket. 

Helpers are warmly welcomed!

Click the link to register your interest to help out.

Father's Day Stall Parent Helper 2023

*Please note: Volunteers are required to have a current working with children’s check.

Reminder

Pies from the Yarragon Bakery pie drive can be collected Wednesday 23rd August from the school hall 3:00-3:45pm. Access to the Hall is via the door on Church Street. If you have a large order, we recommend you bring a box to carry it in. 

As we do not have refrigerated storage space, please organise someone else to collect your order on the day if you are unable to do so yourself. 

• Friday 25th August  - Father's Day Stall
• Thursday 14th September - Footy Day Hot Dog Day

Please note if you wish to communicate with the P&F they have a new email address pandf@stmtraralgon.catholic.edu.au

The Second Hand uniform shop

The shop will be open every 4th Thursday of the month. The next day it will be open will be on Thursday 24th August 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. Donations and swaps welcome.

At the end of last week information was sent home to the families of our Grade 4 children about the Sacrament of First Communion. 

Preparation for the 2023 Communion Sacrament will begin with a Parent Information Meeting on the 25th October at 6pm in the St Michael’s Church. 

Registration forms are due back at the Parish Office by Friday 16th September. If your child is in Grade 4 and you have not yet received your information OR if your child is in Grade 5 or 6, has received Reconciliation and has not yet received First Communion please contact me via email srickwood@stmtraralgon.catholic.edu.au .

Regards

Sue Rickwood

I’d like to send a huge shout out to our St. Michael’s family for your generosity and support of the winter collection for St. Vincent de Paul Society.

Last Tuesday we celebrated a whole school mass for the Feast of the Assumption. Our school community presented Lyn Burns, a representative from St Vincent de Paul, with over 800 items of food.

These items will help the organisation support many local families over the coming months.

Thank you for supporting this worthwhile cause.

Sue Rickwood

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 is Resilience : 

I view mistakes as a learning opportunity.

I persist through challenges and difficulties in my learning.

The award winners for Week 7 are:

Victorian Premiers’ Reading Challenge

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. There are 18 days left to complete the challenge! Could students participating please complete their entries by the 5th of September to allow time for verification.

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.

Issue 6 is out now! Orders due at school by Friday 25th August 2023.