Principal's Message 

Year of Jubilee

Bonjour à tous.

Week 3 of Advent.  This Sunday, the 3rd candle of the Advent wreath will be lit.  This candle is pink.  The pink candle symbolises 'JOY'.  It is also known as the 'Shepherd's Candle'.

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LAST DAY OF TERM FOR STUDENTS WEDNESDAY 17TH DECEMBER 

NORMAL FINISH TIME

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Our Grade 6 Celebration Evening was held on Wednesday 10th December at St Laurence’s Primary School, following the students’ bike hike to Meeniyan and back. 

The night began with everyone enjoying the student art posters and the photo banner display. Dinner was provided by Brent Sinclair, and the students and their families shared a picnic-style meal together under the big tree in our school grounds.

After dinner, each Grade 6 student placed their painted rock in the school gardens as a special memento of their time at St Laurence’s. Families then gathered to watch our Grade 6 Dance performance, which all students proudly took part in. The fun continued with some lively line dancing and a spirited game of dodgeball—teachers and parents versus the Grade 6 students!

The evening was a joyful and memorable celebration of our students’ achievements and a wonderful opportunity to come together as a school community.

To our families — thank you for your constant support, encouragement, and trust. And to our students — thank you for the energy, humour, and heart you brought to our classrooms every single day.

Congratulations, Grade 6 — we can’t wait to see all the amazing things you will do next!

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This morning we held our End of Year Mass.  It was a wonderful celebration of a year well lived.  At the conclusion of mass our class awards were handed out.  This year's recipients were:

CLASS AWARDS:   This award is given to a student/s who show initiative, has been a role model, works co-operatively and demonstrates our ABC's. Congratulations to:

FOUNDATION

Drago Egert

Georgia Kranen

GRADE 1

Eleanor Boyd

Emilia Gardiner

GRADE 2

Rocky Johston

Isla Bordonaro

GRADE 3

Austin Santosh

Sienna Corponi

GRADE 4

Indigo Woodman

Harrison Dunlop

GRADE 5

Edward Isted

Thisili Wickramasinghe

GRADE 6

Noah Jimmy

Klara McGlead

CITIZENSHIP AWARD

This award is given to a student who for their entire school life, has been a committed, respectful and caring person.  Congratulations to:

Bailee Cottle

SISTERS OF ST JOSEPH'S AWARD

This award is given to a student who has a prayer and liturgy interest, is committed to social justice/mission/community and lives out our motto 'Love in Action'.  Congratulations to:

Ivy Reidy

SPECIALIST AWARDS are given to a student who has showed excellence in the fields of Physical Education, Art and Music Dance Drama.  Those recipients are:

PE - Ryder Pedlow

ART - Iris Avery Openshaw

MDD - Rachael Kooloos

Congratulations to you all.

2026 CLASSES

We are pleased to announce our classes for 2026.

Foundation D:  Mrs Emily Sherriff & Ms Christy Roberts

1/2 E:  Mrs Judy Ryan & Mr Brett Whittle

1/2 F: Mrs Anne Burke & Mrs Sarah Wilms

1/2 G:  Mrs Deb Gannon

3/4 I: Mrs Robyn Piasente

3/4 J:  Mrs Kim Scrimshaw

3/4 K: Mrs Casey Bateman & Ms Eliza Hughes

5/6 A:  Mrs Nikki Hoekstra & Mrs Kirsten tuckett

5/6 B: Mrs Tania Hamilton

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PAM IS BACK UP AND RUNNING.   At this stage, families can only access PAM via safari. The address for PAM is:  pam.stlleongatha.catholic.edu.au

Do not try and access through Simon Everywhere as that app remains offline for the moment.

Please contact the office if you are having issues with PAM.

Not returning in 2026?  If you will not be returning to St Laurence's in 2026 please let the office know as soon as possible as we are in the process of arranging classes for next year.   

DIARY DATES

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Merci,

Have a lovely weekend.

Liz

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Loving God,

We thank you for the joy you bring us.  

Help us prepare our hearts by loving others as Christ loves us.  

We ask this in the name of  Jesus our Lord. AMEN