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- Principal's Page - Judy Egan
- Ready2Munch Lunch Orders!
- Grandparents and Special Friends Day - Please RSVP
- Happy Birthday
- Harmony Awards
- Religious Education News - Erika Tokich
- RoboCup 2023
- Cartoon Workshop!
- Parish News
- Sport & Library News - Erin Hardwicke
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| Important Dates & Reminders | |
| 20 October |
Boorowa Touch Football and Netball Carnival |
| 27 October | Grandparents Day |
| 27 October | World Teachers day |
Dear Parents and Carers,
The students have made a great start to Term 4 and it has been wonderful checking in with classes and hearing all the holiday news.
It is a huge day on Friday for many of our students and staff and I wish everyone well as St Michael’s head off on the wonderful trip to Boorowa. I have been to the carnival on multiple occasions, and it has been a great day for our Catholic Community and a wonderful way to support a small town. I know that our students will be great sports and I sincerely thank parents and teachers who have trained teams, are transporting students or helping on the day- your generosity is greatly appreciated.
Semester Reporting
CE has advised that the final reports for Semester 2 will include a general comment at the end of the report. The final section will include brief comments for English, Mathematics, Religious Education and other areas specific to class learning. Reports will be published to Compass on Monday 4 December. We will not be scheduling an online booking system for parent interviews in Week 9; however, you are most welcome to contact the class teacher via email if you would like to make an appointment to discuss your child’s report.
Grandparents and Special Friends Day
Just a reminder that Friday 27 October 9am-11am, we welcome our Grandparents and Special Friends to St Michael’s.
To assist us with catering please RSVP by Wednesday 25 October via email Office.stmichaelsps@cg.catholic.edu.au or phone us on 02 62414022.
Chief Minister’s Reading Challenge
Congratulations to Olivia and Zara Cameron who represented St Michael’s at the Chief Minister’s Reading Challenge yesterday. Thank you to Mrs Hardwicke for her support.
Building Update
Thank you for your patience as our renovations continue at the front of the school. We will continue to utilise the back gate for YMCA before and after school care and morning and afternoon entry and exits. The car line pick up and drop off has not been impacted by the renovations. Just a reminder that for safety reasons, students should not arrive at school before 8:20am as there is no supervision.
If you need to collect your child for an appointment please call the office, you will need to enter via sliding doors and follow signs to front office to sign your child out. Please reach out if you have any concerns, we are happy to support.
Graduation
Year 6 Graduation preparation is well underway. Year 6 Parents are reminded to book tickets via the Compass portal. Information was sent via the Compass News feed on the 11 October.
Thank you again to all our families for your continued support and best wishes to our Boorowa teams.
Many Blessings and travel safely,
Judy Egan
Ready2Munch
Tired of making lunches for your kids? Why not try ‘Ready2Munch’ online ordering system. Lunch orders will be available for this Friday for those children NOT attending Boorowa Carnival. Lunch orders will be delivered to the school for lunch time only NOT at recess.
To order please access the site at https://ready2munch.com.au/
Parents need to select St Michael's School before placing an order. You will need to include your child’s name and class on the order under Notes.
Parents will need to place orders by 4pm on a Thursday for delivery on a Friday.
Special wishes to those children who will celebrate their birthday this week and in the holidays:
| Coco T | 5/6H |
| Sierra T | 5/6H |
| Eliza D | 1/2T |
| Ruhani K | 1/2T |
| Annika S | 3/4O |
Congratulations to the following students who achieved a Harmony Award this week.
Well done!!
| KD | Valentina E |
| 1/2K | Zoe E |
| 1/2T | Gordon D |
| 3/4B | Nima W |
| 3/4O | Lucas V |
| 5/6H | Mihail I |
| 5/6M | Kye M |
| 5/6S | Aarian K |
Catholic Student Youth Mission Australia
CSYMA offers a student faith formation model which is integrated into the heart of the Religious Education Curriculum. Its vision is to enable the work of evangelisation in Catholic schools and to draw students and staff into a life giving and changing relationship with Jesus. The model invites students to share their gifts and lead prayer experiences in the future.
This week staff from the Catholic Education Office and Year 10 Merici students led an inclusive retreat day, ‘Journey with Jesus’, which is phase one of the model. The retreat was a time to stop, listen, reflect and act on God’s message of love, salvation and forgiveness.
The day involved listening to the Merici students share their stories of faith, fun activities and small group work; all which helped open their hearts to listen to God, the voice they can always count on and listen to. At the end of the day, the students wrote a prayer, reflecting on what stood out to them from the day. They were also invited to consider being part of a junior ministry team next year to help lead future faith experiences.
Congratulations to the students who enthusiastically participated in the day. May this be part of an exciting faith journey. A special thank you to Luke Maher for his leadership, all staff for their support and the Merici students for mentoring our St Michael students.
CSYMA Junior
Key Dates RE for Term 4
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27 October |
Grandparents Day - Liturgy at 10am in the church |
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13 November |
Kindness Day |
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7 December 9:30am |
St Michael’s Giving Mass and thank you to parents |
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11 December 9:15am |
Kinder Nativity |
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11 December 5pm |
Graduation Liturgy |
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12th December 2:30pm |
Candle Ceremony |
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1/4/8/13 December Times TBC |
Advent Liturgies |
For all Religious Education enquiries please email Erika Tokich at:
erika.tokich@cg.catholic.edu.au
On the 6th to the 8th of October, St Michael’s students took part in the National Robocup competition in Melbourne.
It was a fabulous experience for the students to be a part of coding and robotics at such a high level. The students learnt how to persevere through challenges and work as a team to complete a series of challenges.
Our team was involved in Rescue Line, which is set up as a scenario to save a victim from a chemical spill. There were ten rounds and each round consisted of a varying level of difficulty. At the beginning students needed to have their robot track a line to reach a spill zone and save a victim. By the end of the competition, their robot needed to avoid obstacles like water towers, go up ramps and over sticks to reach the victim.
It was a fabulous few days where the students made friends and were able to be part of an amazing atmosphere consisting of hundreds of competitors.
Parish Sacramental Program 2024
2024 Parish Sacramental Program – for students who are baptised and in years 4-6 in 2024
Information Session
An information session for the 2024 Sacramental Program will be held early in term 1, 2024 (date and venue to be advised).
Sacraments during 2024
Sacrament of Reconciliation - will be celebrated in term 1, 2024.
Sacrament of First Communion - will be celebrated in term 2, 2024.
Sacrament of Confirmation - will be celebrated in term 3, 2024.
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
Parish Office Manager – Inner North Parishes
People are invited to apply for the position Parish Office Manager, Inner North Parishes (encompassing Campbell, Canberra Central, O’Connor & Watson). This is a full-time position (subject to review in 12 months)
Essential Requirements:
- An understanding of and support for the Catholic Church and its teachings
- Excellent verbal and written, interpersonal and communication skills
- Computer literacy in MS Suite and database skills, (in particular PACS database)
- Act with tact & discretion, maintaining high levels of confidentiality, honesty, integrity, reliability and punctuality
Please email Deborah.foote@cg.org.au for a detailed copy of the duty statement and selection criteria. Applications addressing the Selection Criteria with attached resume to Fr Anthony Riosa, SSS, anthony.riosa@cam.org.au must be received by Friday 3 November 2023.
Boorowa Touch Football and Netball Carnival – 20 October
The Boorowa Touch Football and Netball carnival has almost arrived! Many of the teams have been training in the leadup and we thank the parents for volunteering their time. A reminder to allow extra travel time as the traffic becomes very congested as you approach Boorowa. See https://stjboorowa.nsw.edu.au/touch-netball-carnival for updates.
Looking forward to a fun day!
Awards Recognition – Chief Minister’s Reading Challenge
Yesterday, I had the pleasure of attending the Chief Minister’s Reading Challenge Awards at the National Library of Australia with Olivia (KD) and Zara (3/4O). On behalf of our school, Olivia accepted our school’s award from Chief Minister Barr. In addition to the certificate, we received a $100 voucher from Paper Chain books to purchase new titles for our library.
Thank you to all our wonderful students who completed this year’s challenge. We look forward to doing it all again next year.
Sporting Achievements
We love to celebrate our students many sporting achievements. If your child has been selected to a representative team, please let us know. We can then acknowledge them in the newsletter and here at school.
Erin Hardwicke
