Whole School Costume Order on Operoo needs to be completed ASAP pleaseFAMILY MATHS NIGHT - Wednesday 23rd August, 6.30pm in the Hub
Dear Parents and Carers
Please note that weekly Parish mass times will now be located each week on our School Hours / Timetable page in our newsletter.
Prayer
A Child's Prayer to Mary
Mary, dearest Mother, look on me today,
Keep my soul for Jesus and keep sadness far away.
Teach me how to love Jesus as the saints and angels do.
Teach me how to pray to Him simply - just like you.
Let me receive Him always with faith and joy and love.
Until the day I meet Him in heaven above.
Source: Father W.D. Creede, C.Ss. R.
Book Week ~ next week
Next week we look forward to celebrating Book Week 2023 - Read, Grow, Inspire.
This has been advertised in our Literacy News section for the last couple of weeks. The main events are as follows:
Monday 21st August, 2.40pm : Mr Herbison to read her favourite Book Week book to the whole school. All welcome!
Wednesday 23rd August, 9.00am: Book Week Parade - students wear outfits of book week characters
Thursday 24th August: Buddy Books - Students bring their FAVOURITE book and classes get together with their buddy grade to share with a friend
EVERY DAY NEXT WEEK, 3.30-4.00pm - The Book Fair will be held in the Hub. Parents are invited to visit the book fair and purchase books, a percentage of these funds go back into the school for our library.
Cupcake sale
Next Thursday, 24th August at pick up time. See Community News for details. Bring small change, no credit card facilities.
Perceptual Motor Program
Throughout Term 3 our Year Prep, One and Two students have taken part in the Perceptual Motor Program (PMP). This program assists in developing students' eye-hand and eye-foot coordination and helps improve fitness, balance, gross motor skills and eye tracking skills. These skills, in turn, help students with tracking texts in reading. Thank you to our junior staff in coordinating these vital activities and also to the many parents who have assisted throughout the weeks in these sessions.
Performance Costumes
A reminder to all our families that if you have not yet completed the Operoo form with your child's size and not yet made the costume payment to our account, could you please do so as soon as possible. Thank you for your support.
Family Maths Night
Thank you SRC for creating this flier!
A reminder to families to please go to Operoo and indicate your attendance at our Family Maths Night on Wednesday 23rd August, 6.30-7.45pm. We will begin in the Hub with some general information, then move into classrooms where you and your children can engage in some problem solving tasks together.
Following this evening event, we invite parents to come along to an Open Maths Morning on Thursday 7th September, from 9.00-10.00am. Our purpose here is for families to see how a Maths lesson unfolds in the classroom. Straight after the session in class, we will be holding a morning tea for parents in the Hub. All welcome.
Please mark these important dates in your calendar and please respond to the RSVP on Operoo NOW.
St Michael's Visual Arts Program
This term in our Visual Arts program the students have been focusing on using clay. In clay modelling, students focus on making artworks using different techniques and processes and expressing their ideas and imaginations through these artworks. The handling and modelling of clay is a skill in itself and can be quite a challenge to navigate! The Visual Arts program assists students to produce artworks which communicate, challenge and express their own ideas and those of others. These images are of the work from our Prep students...
2023 School Fees
Thank you to all families who have paid their 2023 school fees and those who are up to date with their scheduled payments. This is a reminder to all families to please either schedule your payments If you have not paid your fees please contact Kathy Muhllechner to make and arrangement to do so.
Father's day breakfast, from 7.30am
WHEN: Friday 1st September
TIME: 7.30-9.00am
7.45-8.15am Breakfast will be served throughout this 45 minute time in the Hub
8.15-8.45am Games on the courts
8.45-9.00am Liturgy in the Hub
We welcome all our dads (or a special friend) to attend our breakfast which will be happening on the Friday before Father's day. We will be serving breakfast from 7.30am in the Hub; sausages & bacon and egg sandwiches, for Dads and students. We will also hold some outdoor games and activities (weather dependent) before heading back into the Hub for a short liturgy before the end. We look forward to seeing you there.
If you haven't already, please indicate your attendance at this event on Operoo NOW!
St Michael's School Production
Please remember to keep the date free!
DATE: Thursday 5th October
VENUE: Crossway Baptist Church, 2 Vision Drive, Burwood East (see map below)
TIMES:
Time of arrival for students - 6.15pm
Time show will begin - 6.30pm
Approximate finish time - 7.45pm
COSTUMES - Please see details about costumes on Operoo NOW
Ample parking is available at the venue. We require 4-5 people to take responsibility for ushering cars through the carpark for easy organisation. Please email Annie at aherbison@smashburton.catholic.edu.au if you can do this job on the night. You will be shown what to do and you will also be able to watch the show.
Jump Rope for Heart kicks off this term at St Michael’s!
Jump Rope for Heart is the Heart Foundation’s primary school skipping challenge that helps kids move more, have fun and raise funds for lifesaving research and programs.
This year we’ve got an audacious goal to see our student Heart Heroes at St Michael’s to log 40 hours of skipping throughout the program! Register your child online, so they can receive the full benefits of the program and participate in online fundraising, simply follow the link below to get started.www.jumprope.org.au/parents
Students will be skipping throughout the term during break time, during this time you can share their online fundraising page with family and friends to help raise money for this great cause.
We will hold our school Jump Off Day in Term 4, this will mark the end of the program and is a chance for everyone to come together to skip and show off their newly learned skills.
Thank you for supporting the Jump Rope for Heart program!
Parking on Top Courts
We remind families that the top courts are not for parking when dropping off or collecting students. Many of our students walk through the courts on their journey home and in order to keep them safe, we ask that you do not park there after school. Thank you for your cooperation.
Term 3 Kinder Kids Reading final session
Thank you to some of our Year Five Leaders for creating this ad for our Insta post!
