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Dear Parents and Carers,
We have a new Pope, Pope Leo XIV. Over the weekend the installation mass was celebrated formally, installing Pope Leo XIV into his new role as leader of our Catholic Church. There are always many questions when we gain a new person in leadership in any role. The leader of the Catholic Church is one such role. Pope Leo’s words during his installation mass can give us much hope as he vowed to work for unity and condemned the exploitation of the poor, allowing the Catholic Church to be a sign of peace in the world.
At the end of our newsletter, I have included a prayer for Pope Leo XIV which you might light to take some time to reflect on.
Mother’s Day
Our school recently celebrated Mother’s Day as a community. Our Year 6 students let a beautiful liturgy celebrating our mother’s and recognising the importance of all mother figures in our lives. Students were keen to share their portraits of their mums and then welcome them into the classrooms to have some learning conversations. We then finished off with a shared lunch and the drawing of the raffle. Thank you to Mrs Lapi-an for her work in coordinating our Mother’s Day Stall and to our parent helpers. Congratulations also to our raffle winners. I hope that all our mums had a lovely Mother’s Day weekend.
Cooking with Mrs Hunt
Congratulations to Joe who chose Cooking with Mrs Hunt as his PB4L reward. He enjoyed making some chocolate spiders to share with his class.
Living Safely with Dogs
Last week our Kinder, Year 1 and 2 students had a visit from the Mack a beautiful Border Collie and his owner Lisa who are part of the Responsible Pet Ownership Education Program. This program focuses on teaching children how to be safe around dogs and responsible pet ownership.
God Bless
Prime Minister Award
‘Being a steward of creation’, ‘Trying your best’, ‘Speaking with kindness’ and ‘Being a responsible learner’ are some of the qualities that teachers consider when awarding ‘Prime Minister’ at our weekly assembly. It is an acknowledgement of the student’s efforts and they have the privilege of wearing the badge with honour, of suggesting a focus the school can work on, award Gotchas to other students at lunch time as well as earning Gotchas for themselves. Congratulations goes to Bella Doan (Week 3) and Zedd Dine (Week 4).
MJR Awards
As part of our MJR system, we acknowledge that the following student, Samuel Ungaro has reached 100 Gotchas. Well Done!
Mother's Day Celebrations
Thank you to everyone who assisted with our Mother's Day Stall and celebrations. We raised $2500 towards our new gazebos.
Special thanks to:
Mary Stepowikow, Teagan Eggins, Anna Macmillan, Kristy Campbell, Sally Gaudron, Lisa Hagarty, Jodie Raison, Lucy Robinson, Rebecca Hook, Alice Marshall, Adelaide Burrell, Jennifer Mullen and Sheree Ungaro. We appreciate your support!
Thank you to everyone who supported our Raffle. Congratulations to our lucky winners:
| 1st prize | K Darby |
| 2nd prize | Ben Linehan |
| 3rd prize | Christian Borserio |
| 4th prize | Kyron Manewell |
| 5th prize | Zoe Gaudron |
Students are loving Art Club with Natasha! It's a great creative hub for them to forster their creativity, socialise and express themselves. Look at these lovely paintings.
RE Focus: Student formation in our school
Earlier this year in a previous RE focus, I explained formation as being the experiences we have that help us to better understand and develop a relationship with God and with Jesus.
Coming up later this week is our Year 4 formation morning is entitled “Service to Others” and focuses on ‘faith in action’ - leading towards our Year 4 class taking the lead for our Vinnies Winter Appeal beginning next week. Throughout the year, each of our primary classes have a formation day with a focus specific to each grade.
But there are many other less formal formation opportunities that all our students take part in throughout the school that help develop this relationship with God and Jesus.
School Liturgies – All throughout the year we have many liturgies and events that have a specific religious focus and help us as a school community to come together in prayer, to hear God’s words in the readings and reflections. Each class takes turns in leading these important events in the life of our school and each liturgy is a way for us to get to know and learn more about God and Jesus.
Hymn Practice – Hymns are songs that are about / dedicated to God and Jesus. Our assembly each week begins with our students joining in singing a hymn as a way of expressing our thanks and appreciation for God and for Jesus.
Value of the Week – Each week, as part of our PB4L program, we promote a ‘Value of the Week’ (this week being – “I include others”). As part of introducing this weekly value at our Friday assembly, our Year 6 leaders explain how our value of the week can relate to our students Making Jesus Real as part of our Catholic School Community.
Daily Prayers – Each day, as a Catholic school community, we take time to participate in 3 daily prayers. Our Morning Prayer as a school, our Lunchtime Prayer as a school and then our Afternoon Prayer in class. These prayers give our students opportunities to take the time to stop and think about God and about Jesus and to invite the conversation to begin.
Our morning and afternoon prayers end with the line ‘and may we live Jesus in our hearts, forever.’ This line is a reminder for us to make Jesus real each and every day and to always try to grow and develop our relationship with God and Jesus through formation.
