From the Principal

Dear St Michael’s School families, 

A Prayer for Forgiveness

Dear Lord,

Thank You for Your endless love and mercy. 

We come before You with humble hearts, 

asking for the strength to forgive as You forgive us. 

Help us to let go of anger and resentment, 

replacing them with kindness and understanding. 

Teach us to seek peace, to mend broken friendships, 

and to show grace to those who have wronged us.

May our hearts be filled with compassion, 

and may our words and actions reflect Your love. 

Guide us to build a school community rooted in respect, patience, and forgiveness.

Amen.

ST MICHAEL'S HOLY WEEK & EASTER MASS TIMES

Below are the times for the Holy Week and Easter liturgies which will take place at St Michael's Church over the season. I strongly encourage you to try to take your children to some of these liturgies, as a way of helping them understand our traditions, especially at this essential time of the church year.

As Easter Sunday is taking place two days before our return to Term Two, our school prayers will occur at the following times:

• Wednesday 23 April, 8.50am, whole school in the hub
• Classrooms, students will pray Easter prayers with their classroom teacher each morning
• Thursday 24 April, 2.30pm in the hub (ANZAC prayer service)

THANK YOU MISS ANN

We wish to thank Miss Ann for her wonderful contribution to Year Three/Four G this term, and indeed her amazing work with our children in the time she has been at St Michael's School. We wish Ann all the very best for her leave, that she finds the rest and relaxation she deserves and enjoys the time with her family. We look forward to her return in the new year. Thank you Ann for everything! You truly are an amazing teacher!!

STAFFING UPDATE

We have been busily recruiting for staff who are going on parental leave and those taking long service leave in Term Two. Just so that families are aware, the following staff will commence in their assigned positions:

Ms Katelyn Struthers - Replacing Rachael Lampe for Long Service Leave for Term Two.

Miss Kate van Sebille - Replacing Jess Casey for Long Service Leave from Monday 12th May

Mrs Chloe Lawlor - Student Wellbeing Leader replacing Emma Quinless for parental leave from the week commencing Monday 19th May.

Chloe will also be undertaking the Learning Diversity Leadership role to replace Sam Isaacson in Term 3.

We continue our search for a Performing Arts Teacher and parents will be notified as soon as this happens.

All new staff will undergo an induction process and spend some time with current staff in these positions to gain an insight into their roles. We welcome them to St Michael's School and wish them all the very best in their time here.

ST MICHAEL'S SCHOOL HOLIDAY PROGRAM

Did you know we now have a holiday program onsite, organised by TheirCare, our Out of Hours Care provider? They have set up some amazing programs for children over these school holidays. Check it out here and make sure you book in!

EASTER EGGS

It's a delight to share Easter Eggs with our children at this time of the year. At St Michael's School we enjoy providing a small Easter surprise for the students, however as Easter is quite late this year and is not actually here for another two weeks, we will hold over this tradition until we return to Term Two.

SACRAMENT OF RECONCILIATION

Last week, our Year Three students participated in the beautiful Sacrament of Reconciliation. It was heartwarming to see families come together in prayer, supporting their children as they took this important step in their faith journey with Father Darien. This Sacrament holds profound significance in today's world, reminding us of the power of reflection, forgiveness, and reconciliation—values that are often challenging, yet essential, for individuals and leaders alike.

Thank you to Ray Hickey, our Religious Education Leader, and the Year Three/Four staff, Des Harding, Lou Hedley, James McIlroy, Rachael Lo Ricco and Ann Lagreca for their work in preparing the children and for being present at the Sacrament as well.

Furthermore, we thank our families for your support of your children in the preparation for Reconciliation.  Preparing students to receive sacraments requires a strong home, school and parish partnership.  We are most grateful to our families for your ongoing support.

TERM TWO COMMENCEMENT

A reminder that the first day of Term Two (Tuesday 22nd April) will be a closure day for the students as we will be holding a professional learning day for the staff. Students will commence classes on Wednesday 23rd April. A reminder also that Friday 25th April is ANZAC day, a public holiday for everyone.

PSYCHOLOGY SERVICES AT ST MICHAEL'S SCHOOL

Parents who are seeking a psychologist for their child are welcome to make contact with Advanced Psychology, who run their sessions in a confidential space onsite. Sessions can take place during the school day. If this is something you are seeking, please make contact with Linda Kollind at Advanced Psychology on 03 7002 8006. Discuss your needs and Linda is able to assist with the right program and / or assessment for your child. Please know this is a completely confidential service.

MOTHER'S DAY 2025

We welcome all Mothers or a special friend to attend a light breakfast with their children on Friday 2nd May. This breakfast is being put organised by the Parents and Friends Association, in consultation with the school. Breakfast commences from 8am on this day and will take place in the hub. Please see details on the PFA page as we move towards this special celebration.

DISTRICT TENNIS TOURNAMENT

Congratulations to our District Tennis team - Eleni, Oli, James & Leo. All the students played very well in their pools and we're incredibly proud of them representing St Michael's School!! Well done to Leo who narrowly missed progressing into the finals in his pool and ended in third position.

GIRLS' FOOTY AT ASHY REDBACKS

Attention Girls!!

Our Ashy Redbacks have a thriving girl’s program, and we are excited to announce that in 2025 we will have  U9 , U11, U12 girls teams.

TRAINING: Monday and Wednesday evening throughout the year and they will have an enormous amount of fun.

As a special offer we are offering all new girls born between 2013 - 2017 that sign up and a register before Friday 4th April a $174 discount on the total cost of registration which is almost half price.

Please see details below.

Discount Voucher Code:CDAA4E0C

Registration Link: https://www.playhq.com/afl/register/94c3e8

Club Queries regarding Registrations: registrations@ashyredbacks.org.au

www.ashyredbacks.org.au P: 0416 069 458

FRIDAY ASSEMBLY TOMORROW AND EASTER EGG RAFFLE

TOMORROW we look forward to watching Five/Six G present the prayer and their learning. Directly after the assembly we will hold our annual Easter Egg raffle. Everyone is welcome to join us for this special event, from 2.35pm, in the hub. We're looking forward once again to a special visit that afternoon!

ST MICHAEL'S SCHOOL KINDER KIDS SESSIONS

Do you have a 3 or 4 year old toddler at home? If so, please note down these dates as our Kinder Kids sessions for this year. Any kinder children are welcome to attend and meet our Year Five students to share some stories and games together.

ST MICHAEL'S VEGGIE GARDEN

In our final week of the term, Mrs Ashton's class has been planting in the veggie garden. They have planted some dill seeds, a new and interesting herb for most of them. We're looking forward to these when these are ready to try something new!!