Dear Parents and Carers,

My heartfelt thanks to everyone in our community for coming along and celebrating the 40^th Birthday of St Michael’s. So many of our students expressed to me how much fun they had on the day! We could not have held the day without organisation from Maria Papasidero and our amazing St Michael’s staff. They painted faces, sold books, assisted at the BBQ, had sponges thrown at them, worked on tombola and much more!

Huge thanks also to our parents and families who ran a stall and to our Community Council who worked tirelessly all day on the Barbecue!

We are dedicating this newsletter to the wonderful 40^th celebrations last weekend! There are some great photos also on our Facebook site.

Winners of the 40^th Anniversary Art Award

Congratulations to the winners of our Art Award that was part of our 40^th Anniversary celebrations.

These were judged externally by Ms Rosie Clarke Develin; a long-term Artist and Secondary Arts Teacher. Congratulations to the overall winner: Mihail Ishchenko.

His colourful 3D interpretation caught the judge’s eye!

The winners for each grade are also listed below:

Kindergarten:  Ivy-Rose G

Year 1: Sofia S

Year 2: Ryder T

Year 3: Annika S

Year 4: Olivia S

Year 5: Coco T

Year 6: Katie P

Thank you to Mrs Jane McKeough for her wonderful organisation of the competition and organisation of judging and prizes. Jane also assisted the students of all ages to create magnificent portraits- if you haven’t seen these, they are truly amazing. Jane is an accomplished and creative artist and teacher who exposes our students to many fabulous arts experiences-we are truly blessed to have her on our staff! 

End of Year Events

There are several events coming up at school which we will keep advertising via newsletter, Compass and Facebook. This is not the full list- updates on our website, Facebook and for specific events, teachers have sent home information.

• K-2 students will be participating in Swimming Lessons next week.
• Our 5/6 Cohort will be attending Camp in Jindabyne 5-7 December.
• We welcome back our Kinders for 2023- Thursday 8 December.
• On Friday 9 December, at Morning Assembly, Father Loi will be with us to say farewell.
• We will also hand out final Rainbow awards and prizes at this gathering.

Further Reminders:

We greatly appreciate families paying school fees to ensure we are up to date financially before the start of a new year. Please contact Lynda if you have any questions/concerns.

Please let us know if you have had a change of circumstances and will not be returning to St Michael’s in 2023.

Sincere thanks and gratitude for a wonderful community event on the weekend as I mentioned in my speech on Saturday, the values of the Ursuline Sisters, the first administrators of St Michael’s, were wisdom, justice and compassion. I’m proud to say that St Michael’s holds firm to a proud Catholic tradition where these values are expressed in the life and teachings of Jesus and in our everyday interactions as a school and parish community.

Thank you for your continued support.

Many Blessings,

Judy Egan