School News

SCHOOL CALENDAR

Please click here to access our school calendar to view all important upcoming dates. St Edward's Parent Calendar can also be accessed via your Compass Portal. From the Compass app you can access the calendar from the calendar symbol at the bottom of the screen. If you are accessing Compass via a browser the calendar symbol is on the top left.

R.E. NEWS

First Eucharist Photos

Students should have received their First Eucharist Photo Pack yesterday. Please contact your classroom teacher if they haven't made it home.

Marriage and Family Week - Family Mass

All families are invited to celebrate Marriage and Family Week by attending Mass this Sunday 26th June at 9.00am. Please come and join us for Mass and morning tea.

The theme for Marriage and Family Week is: “Family love: a vocation and a path to holiness” intends to highlight family love as a vocation and as a way of holiness, so as to understand and share the profound and salvific meaning of family relationships in daily life”.

St. Vincent de Paul Winter Appeal - PJ Day

Thank you for your support with our "Hat Free Fridays", raising money for the St. Vincent de Paul Winter Appeal. Thousands of families in our country need your help to stay warm and fed this winter.  Every little bit helps! 

We have one more "Hat Free Friday" this Friday 24th June and our annual PJ Day next Wednesday. Students are encouraged to wear their PJ's, Oodie, Onesie and/or dressing gown to school on Wednesday 29th June. Please ensure you send in a gold coin and students wear sensible, closed in shoes for outside play.

Year 6 RE Test

Our Year 6 students will be participating in the annual Religious Education Test tomorrow, Friday 24th June.

Advanced Notice:

Grandparents Day Celebrations - 26th July

The Feast of St. Anne and St. Joachim (Jesus' grandparents) is on Tuesday 26th July (Tuesday of Week 2 next term). All grandparents are invited to our celebrations at the Primary Campus on this day. We will begin with a liturgy at 10.15am in the Primary Hall, followed by morning tea in the grounds. We hope you are able to join us!

LIBRARY NEWS

Inspire Learners for Semester 1

We are finalising the Inspire Learners for this semester. Inspired Learners operates weekly with Year 3, 4 and 5 and offers our top readers an opportunity to extend their research, reading and investigation skills.

Each student learns about a particular curriculum area for their grade and then creates a question for further research, learning research and investigation skills along the way. A written answer to their question and a visual component supporting their findings is a part of the process. Each grade is wrapping up their visual aspect to their findings in preparation for an opportunity to share their work very early next term.

NEW Parent Collection

Last week saw the launch of our new Parent Collection. This is a very exciting development to support our families in another practical and informative way as this collection is designed to be loaned to parents when they need support on a particular subject. 

Through conversation with our school leaders and teachers, there may be a need for your child that an information book or a children's picture book may help with. 

This is also the place to locate our 1000 Books Before School packs. Please see the ladies at the Infants Campus Office and they will be happy to set you up.

For further information on what we have to offer, do not hesitate to contact Mrs Sheridan, Mrs Brownsmith, Dr Jake or any of our school leaders at the Infants Campus.

PRC Reminder for Participants

Another gentle reminder that this year's Premier's Reading Challenge closes in mid Term 3 so, if you are completing this at home with your child, please be noting the books on your PRC log in Reading Record so everyone gets to complete it who nominated in Term 1. Thank you.

What day is the library open on each campus?

Primary:  Monday, Tuesday and Wednesday every week.

Infants:   Thursday and Friday every week.

Both campuses are open:

From 8.15am for Early Bird reading and sticker collecting; and Recess and Lunch in playtime for reading, drawing and various clubs.

See you in the Library,

Mrs Annie 

K-6 Teacher Librarian

School TV

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SchoolTV addresses this as an online resource designed to empower you as parents with credible and sound information with realistic, practical ongoing support strategies.

Check out the resources on our school website @ https://stedwardstamworth.catholic.schooltv.me/