St Michael's Primary School - Kaleen
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Tyrrell Circuit
Kaleen ACT 2617
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Email: office.stmichaelsps@cg.catholic.edu.au
Phone: 02 6241 4022

Principal's Page - Judy Egan

Dear Parents and Carers,

Congratulations to our children and their families who received their First Holy Communion on the weekend. Thank you so much to Father Loi and the Parish and school teams including Ms Younger, Miss Lewis and Miss Frogley. The Masses were beautifully prepared and the children were outstanding!

Our Lady of Perpetual Help Feast Day

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Tomorrow, Thursday 23rd June, St Monica’s Evatt and St Michael’s will be celebrating the Feast of Our Lady Help of Christians. The picture included is hung in the Church and in our Front Office. The image of Our Lady of Perpetual Help is an icon, painted on wood, and seems to have originated around the thirteenth century. We shared some of the origins of the icon at staff prayer this week. If you are interested in what the icon represents and its historical background the following website provides further information.

https://catholicstraightanswers.com/what-is-the-story-behind-the-image-of-our-lady-of-perpetual-help/

We pray to our Lady, Mary the mother of Jesus for help and guidance in times of need. We know Mary as a woman of faith who leads us to her Son- Jesus. Tomorrow our Year 3-6 students will travel by bus to St Monica’s and the K-2 students from St Monica’s will visit our junior students. There is a liturgy in the Church at 10am, everyone is most welcome to attend.  Students to wear sports uniform for the day.

Parent/Teacher Interviews/Reporting

Thank you to those parents and teachers who were available to reflect and give feedback around student progress and the Semester reports over the past week. We really value the process of working together to ensure your child/ren continue to grow in all facets of their life journey. Semester 1 Reports will be sent via the Compass portal next Wednesday, 29 June, 2022.

Community Council Meeting and Refurbishments

Last night at our Community Council meeting we discussed a small project of refurbishments for St Michael’s entrance and staffroom. I met with Architects this week around plans for adding an awning to our front entrance and improving the access and design of our staff kitchen. I am committed to ensuring that St Michael’s buildings and grounds are refurbished and updated as required.

Ian Luscombe

We are looking forward to Ian Luscombe visiting us next week. Ian is a specialist in positive behaviour management and has worked with many schools across our region to reflect and refine their positive behaviour management policies, processes and practices. We will certainly look at ways we can involve the whole community in this discussion.   

https://www.behaveability.com.au/ian-alison/

SAVE THE DATE:  Saturday afternoon 19 November 2022, we will be celebrating St Michael’s 40th Anniversary. Planning has begun and we will keep you informed.

STRIKE ACTION: The CE has advised that IEU (NSW/ACT) and NSW Teachers Federation are taking joint strike action on Thursday 30th June across public and Catholic schools. There is a Principal’s meeting today and I will let our community know how this will impact St Michael’s as soon as I have further information.

Rainbow Awards

At the end of each term, 2 children from each class receive Rainbow awards. Teachers choose students for these awards for multiple reasons. For most students it is around excellent efforts and achievements across all areas of the curriculum and contributing positively to live in harmony with others. Awards will be presented at 9am next Wednesday, 29 June in the hall. Names of recipients are printed in this newsletter. 

Thank you for your continued support as we make our way to the end of a busy term.

KD

Eliza D

Samuel W

KK

Toby B

Ivy-Rose G

1/2B

Ashton S

Lauren M

1/2H

Jack B

Carol G

3/4L

Aken K

Mahlia G

3/4F

Zanna B

Misha I

5/6Y

Josiah P

Finley H

5/6H

Eden L

Madison M                                           

5/6S

Kai W

Sierra T

      Many Blessings,

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