From the Principal

The weather this week has been a nice treat, the mornings are cold but the days have been amazing. Unfortunately, Danielle and I tested positive for COVID earlier this week and have been away from school. I thank the leadership team and all the staff for their flexibility and hard work to keep the school running like clockwork. We are in the middle of a COVID wave at school and this brings about challenges with staffing. Some learning programs may be impacted and not able to run at full capacity as we work through this short period. I ask families to be patient and understanding with us as we navigate this period. 

Just a note for families there is no assembly on June 10th due to the school being closed for the King's Birthday Public Holiday. The next assembly will be held on the 24th of June. 

I sent communication out over the weekend in regards to our Before and After School program. I encourage families to continue to use this service as much as they need. Hopefully, with the changes in place, we can have more consistency. I thank families for their patience in this space. It is a topic that has been discussed at our School Advisory Council meetings and I have shared the challenges around engaging with alternate providers given that we are a smaller school. 

A big congratulations to the students who represented our school at the District Cross Country last Friday. We had four students progress to the Divisional round on June 4th. Well done team STM and we wish the students who have progressed all the best at Division. 

Next Thursday evening (6th of June), our Year Six boys and their families have been invited to St Joseph's for the Light House Expo evening. I hope to see as many families there as possible. Students and families are to arrive by 5:45 pm and the evening will conclude at 7:30 pm. 

Winter Sports:

Next Friday our Year 3-6 students are participating in the winter sports carnival. We are competing in three sports. AFL, Soccer and Volleyball. Thank you so much to the parents who have indicated they are willing to be parent helpers. We will reach out to you early next week and let you know logistics and where you will be supporting (you will of course be at the same location your child/ren are playing). 

Public Holiday:

As mentioned above the school will be closed on Monday, June 10th for the King's Birthday Public Holiday.

Taster Day for Pre-Schoolers:

Healthy Family Series: Inform and Empower:

Congratulations!!!

Congratulations to Jude in Prep/1 who became a Big Brother recently. Proud parents Kate and Matt welcomed Joshua Patrick into the world last Wednesday. Mum and Baby are doing well. Congratulations, we are so very happy for all of you.

Working Bee - Term 2:

Due to my family commitments on Saturday mornings, our term 2 working bee will be held after school on Friday 7th of June. We will start at 3:30 pm and finish around 4:30 pm - 5:00 pm. In Term 3 and 4 I will try to offer a couple of weekend options. 

St Thomas More Feast Day and Thommies Market:

On the 21st of June, we will be celebrating St Thomas More Feast Day. This day is an event we celebrate in style every year and this year will be no different. We will once again be holding our Thommies Market, more information will begin to come home about this much-anticipated event. 

All families are invited to share in mass with us on this day. Mass will begin at 9:00 am in the Parish Church. 

Lunch Orders - Mondays:

Subway Vermont South and Canteen Hub are very pleased to be able to offer the Subs For Your School Lunch Program.

• Every Monday 
• Place your order by 4:30 pm Sunday - the day before
• If you are using a VPN please select Australia
• Please register at canteenhub.com.au
• Select St Thomas More Primary School
• If you need to cancel your order this can be done via canteenhub.com.au under your profile up to the order cut-off time.
• Need help please email help@canteenhub.com  

Belgrave Preschool Enrolment:

Camp Manyung - June 12th - June 15th

We are now a couple of weeks away from Year 5/6 Camp to Manyung. Please find here relevant documents related to camp including the slides from the information session on Wednesday evening.

Please see attached a packing list for camp.

Any medications for camp will need to be authorised by a Doctor. The following form is the MACS Medical Authority form. Please note, no medication is legally allowed to be administered by teachers without this form. Hard copies of this form can be collected from the office. 

Victorian Premiers Reading Challenge:

If your child is interested in joining the Victorian Premiers' Reading Challenge, please let our school Library technician and LSO, Lisa Norris know. 

Lisa can be contacted on lnorris@smbelgrave.catholic.edu.au

2024 School Closure Days:

Friday 16th of August - School Closure 

Monday 21st of October - School Closure 

Monday 4th of November - School Closure

Tuesday 5th of November - Melbourne Cup (Public Holiday)

Friday 29th of November - School Closure

Monday 2nd of December - School Closure

Tuesday 17th of December - Students Last Day

Thank you and God bless

Declan