Dear Parents,

I am forever grateful that I work in a school with such a wonderful parent community.

As parents, you are always looking for ways that you can assist us and this week we witnessed some of these ways.

We started the week with our Mother's Day Stall. A big thank you is extended to Mariella for co ordinating the Mother's Day stall and for all the wonderful helpers that assisted on the day. Your assistance on these special occasions assists the members of the Parents and Friends, who all work tirelessly to make our school a better place for all of our students.

On Wednesday, we saw a wonderful turn out to our Mother's day Cuppa. We are grateful to the many mothers, grandmothers and other family members who were able to make it that morning. I would like to take the opportunity to say thank you for the generosity of our parents who donated some biscuits and cakes, along with Anton and Faysal for giving up their time to make cups of tea and coffee for the mums. Those in attendance also had the opportunity to be entertained by our Holy Name student choir, with some special songs befitting the occasion.

Manchester City Soccer Clinic

On Wednesday morning, I accompanied a group of 20 Year 4 and 5 students to Parade to participate in a 5 week Manchester city soccer clinic. Holy Name, along with two other schools, went through a series of stations, which was organised by the Parade boys involved in the sport program. Our students had a wonderful time and are looking forward to returning in a couple of weeks time.

Uniform Change

All children should now be in their winter uniform. I have noticed that some children are wearing runners on days that are not their sport days. Please note: shoes with a white sole are considered runners and should not be worn unless it is sport day.

Please note: students are not permitted to wear mascara to school.

Canteen

Canteen sales have begun. The only way to order hot lunches is through our school Schools24 app (see the instructions below). Over the counter lunch time sales will continue to occur on Tuesday and Friday. Thank you to the school leaders who assist with this each week.

Schoolpix School Photos

Our School Photo Day is rapidly approaching.

Please note that orders can only be placed & paid for online.

Do not send in any money or envelopes to the school.

You can also order sibling photos via the Schoolpix website.

Italian Day

Dear Parents/Cari Genitori,

As part of our Italian Program, we will be celebrating ‘Italian Day’

this term, during Week 6, on Wednesday, 31st May.

The whole school community is invited to come dressed on the day in ‘Anything Italian’! You could come dressed in Italian colours, with something as simple as wearing green, white and red ribbons/ clothes, or you could wear soccer gear or Ferrari gear or use your imagination to have some fun and come in anything that says ‘Italian’ to you!

We will be celebrating ‘Italian Day’ with some fun whole school activities. We will have a parade in the morning at 9am and we warmly invite all parents and families to stay for this.

During the middle block, we will be enjoying an interactive Italian incursion. This interactive performance will showcase some Italian cultural traditions, including music, singing and dancing. The incursion cost is already included in your excursion/incursion levy.

Then, in the afternoon, in our House Colour groups, we will enjoy a variety of Italian activities, such as a Year 5/6 soccer tournament and an activity afternoon.

One of the highlights of the day is our Italian lunch! Our wonderful ‘Parents and Friends’ are going to delight our children by organising a Pizza and Gelato Food Day.

Hot Food Day Order forms were sent home with each child today - check their bag

It is not compulsory to order this lunch. Please send the correct money, any extra will be treated as a donation.

We thank you so much P&F for your amazing help and ongoing support!

Look out for further details over the coming weeks in Seesaw.

Looking forward to our special ‘Italian Day’ celebrations!

Thank you! Grazie!

Signora Bregu

Helpers Wanted

We are seeking helpers to assist with distributing lunch on Italian day. If you have a couple of hours free from approximately 9:45-11:00 we would greatly appreciate your assistance. Leave your name with Leanne at the front office.

Please note: to volunteer at school in any capacity, you must have a current Working with Children check.

STORY TIME

We welcome all kinder age students to join us for Story Time on Wednesday 24th May. This is a great opportunity to get to know other students and families who will be coming to Holy Name in 2024. See flyer below or contact the office for more information.

Parent Class Representatives

Thank you to the parents who have volunteered to be a Class Rep since our last newsletter. We now only have one class missing a rep. If you can help, please let Leanne know. If you would like to partner up with another parent in your child's class, please do so.

So far, we have reps for :

Prep B Antonietta Arceri

Prep K Lauren Lombardi

1/2A Liz Persichetti

1/2C Sandeep Josan

1/2F Antoinette Lattouf

3/4B Dena Sellick & Jackie Di Stefano

3/4L Still needing a rep

3/4M Mark Harris

5/6C Rachael Reckerman & Vicky Sartor

5/6K Antonietta Arceri

5/6Z Nicole Rasmussen & Dani Nathan

The Role of the Reps is as follows:

RESPONSIBILITIES	SUGGESTIONS
Acts as a contact point between the Parents & Friends and school Feedback to P & F and School Staff on what parents are thinking and commenting on Act as a source of information for new families to the school Acting as an extra line of communication between the teacher and parents, for example by passing on messages about school events	Organise social events for parents to get to know each other Setting up and running a Facebook page where class parents can communicate

Assembly Roster

We welcome all parents and friends to join us each Monday from 2:30 for our assembly. Each week a different grade level will share and present their learnings. Please see the roster below.

TERM 2 ASSEMBLY ROSTER

WEEK	Week Beginning (Mon)	MONDAY ASSEMBLY presented by:
4	15th May	GRADE 5/6C
5	22nd May	GRADE 3/4M
6	29th May	NO ASSEMBLY - GRADE 3-6 students away at NETBALL
7	5th June	GRADE 3/4L
8	12th June	NO ASSEMBLY - PUBLIC HOLIDAY
9	19th June	GRADE 5/6K

HOLY NAME PRIMARY SCHOOL IS A CHILD SAFE SCHOOL.

WE PROMOTE THE SAFETY, WELLBEING AND INCLUSION OF OTHERS.

PHYSICAL EDUCATION & SPORT

Mr Derryn Ling