Dear Parents/Carers,

A huge thank you to parent volunteers, staff and Erin Hardwicke for her superb organisation of our Swimming Carnival yesterday. Congratulations to all our 3-6 students for their wonderful participation. Our K-2 students also enjoyed some water fun at school and by all accounts had a fun time.

I look forward to seeing you at our Parent Information Night tonight at 5:30pm in the library.

School-aged students can be signed in at the hall from 5:20pm and collected by 6:30pm. Please enter via the front office, to sign in/out children. Entry to the library for the information session is via the sliding doors at the front of the school.

Parents can enjoy some nibbles, listen to some school information and visit classrooms to meet and greet teachers. The term overview for each grade will be available to take home tonight, together with information around ‘friendology’ a program we have adopted this year to assist our students to build friendship skills. 

Thank you for your continued support.

Many Blessings,

Judy Egan

Community Council

We have two current positions available on our Community Council executive. If you'd like to nominate, please complete the form attached.

Special wishes to those children who will celebrate their birthdays this week: Gursirat K, 5/6P, Joshua O, 5/6I, Lucas V, 5/6P, Arpitha E, 1B, Luca W, 5/6I.

Congratulations to the following students who achieved a Harmony Award this week.

Well done!!   

Hi parents and carers,

My name is Jo, and I am happy to be returning to St. Michaels as the school counsellor this year.

The school counselling program can be used as a first port of call in supporting and addressing your child’s mental wellbeing within the school environment. As the school counsellor, I can work with your kids using a short-term, child-led intervention model to support them in addressing any concerns relating to big feelings, relationships, growth and emotional regulation and expression. Through sessions that involve a lot of play, art and talking – I aim to facilitate a safe and objective space for children to explore their feelings and provide guidance and strategies for them to learn to manage and regulate themselves in different contexts.

Please do not hesitate to reach out if you have any questions or would like to enquire further about the service, and whether it might be helpful for your child.

If you would like to make a referral for your child, please use the link below to access the online form. Once this referral has been put through, I will be in touch as soon as possible to chat through your concerns and discuss how the service might be helpful to support your child.

https://catholiccare.force.com/housing/s/school-referral-form

I look forward to working with you and your school throughout 2025.

Parish Sacramental Program

2025 Sacramental Program – for students who are baptised and will be in years 4-6 in 2025.

Sacrament of Reconciliation will be celebrated in term 1, 2025

Sacrament of First Communion will be celebrated in term 2, 2025

Sacrament of Confirmation will be celebrated in term 3, 2025

For further Information – please contact the Sacramental Program Coordinator at sc.belconnennorth@cg.org.au or check the parish website at www.cg.org.au/belconnennorth

Swimming Carnival

Our swimming carnival for 2025 saw lots of great personal swimming efforts and personal bests as well as fantastic house spirit being on display. We thank all the parents who assisted in running the day across a variety of roles. Congratulations to Felix (3/4O), Zoe M (3/4G), Leo (5/6I), Chloe B (5/6I) and Mahli (5/6I) who have all qualified to represent our school at the Belconnen Regionals. Ribbons will be presented at morning assembly next Friday 28 February. Parents are welcome to attend in the courtyard.

School Sport ACT - ACT Teams Selection - Important Information 

Please see the School Sport ACT webpage http://www.schoolsportaustralia.edu.au/stateterritory-school-sport-offices/school-sport-act/ or Facebook page for the most up to date information.

SCHOOL SPORT ACT TRIALS – Please keep an eye on the School Sport ACT website www.schoolsportact.asn.au for upcoming ACT trials. The process for registering can be found below. If you need any assistance registering your child please feel free to ask for assistance.

How to register your child with School Sport ACT

School Sport ACT now collects all registration information online – this is to prevent the movement to and fro of a paper note and have all information readily available to officials prior to the trial. As this process incurs a fee for data storage, system maintenance and admin, a small fee payment via credit card will be required.

1. Go to the School Sport ACT website – www.schoolsportact.asn.au
2. Click Register (top right corner of homepage) for an Account – enter parent details and password
3. A confirmation email will be sent to your chosen email that will contain a link that you must click on to verify the email account.
4. Click Log In (top right hand corner of home page) enter password then click on top tab My Profile
5. You will see a ‘dashboard’ of your information, click green box to Add Student – enter student and medical details and save.
6. Go to the Sports Tab – choose your specific sport, click on Trial Information box then click on the Register to Trial link.
7. Select your child’s name from the dropdown box and then enter the optional fields for Playing History, Preferred Position (if applicable) and Representative Experience. If you are already in the system, ensure your child’s school is up to date in your profile – have they moved onto High School?