Principal's Message
WOW!
What a musical SPECTACULAR!!
Tuesday night’s performance of ‘The Sound of Musicals’ was a real showcase of the talents of our children (and teachers) here at Christ Our Holy Redeemer. I was so proud of the children and their performances. They have put in an enormous amount of time and effort in preparing for the show, developing many skills and having plenty of fun along the way.
The feedback from parents, grandparents and friends has been overwhelmingly positive; the student performances, the manner in which the children moved on and off the stage, the narrators, the staff item, the finale, the venue itself and in particular, how much the children enjoyed themselves.
Again, congratulations to all the children and a sincere thanks to Sarah Counihan and all the teachers for preparing the children and to all our dedicated support staff who helped in so many ways to ensure that the show would run smoothly. Thanks also to the many parents who assisted with costumes. Your support is sincerely appreciated.
DVD and MPeg4 video file orders are now being taken if you would like a copy of the concert. Please refer to the concert news section in this fortnight's newsletter. The order form has been sent home with your child tonight.
Non-Food Sharing Reminder
Just a reminder that we expect that children do not share their food with others at school. We have a number of children with allergies to different foods as well as children with anaphylaxis.
We also remind parents to refrain from sending food treats to share with the class to acknowledge and celebrate a child's birthday.
While we can not ban food types we can certainly reduce the likelihood of a student having an allergic or anaphylactic reaction.
Swimming
Swimming commences NEXT WEEK. All children present at school during the next two weeks, are expected to participate in the program as a swimming program is mandated as part of the Victorian Curriculum.
Please refer to the Swimming page in this edition of the newsletter for an update.
Prep 2020
Over the past two days Jill Palermo and myself have met with our 2020 Prep students and their families. This has been a great opportunity to get to know the children in preparation for starting school next year. We currently have 23 students enrolled for Prep.
3.20 pick-up
The 3.20pm pick-up is working extremely well.
For the safety of our children, please remember that the early dismissal time is only for students being collected from the gate.
Prep 2020 Interviews
This week Jill Palermo and myself have been meeting with our 2020 prep families. It has been a wonderful opportunity to touch base with these children and have a chat with their parents about how we can best support them as they prepare to commence school in 2020.
Term 3 Footy Fundraiser
The children are having a lot of fun with this social justice fundraiser.
As of last Monday the AFL team that had accumulated the most money was RICHMOND, closely followed by Collingwood. The class that had raised the most money was 3/4D, raising $116.70.
But there's still 2 weeks to go!
The final tally will be announced in the final week of school. We hope to raise as much money as possible for this worthy cause!
This terms charity is: John Moriarty Football Fund. This charity brings Indigenous youth together through sport, promoting good health and well being.
