AROUND THE SCHOOL

YEAR OF ST JOSEPH

ACHIEVEMENT AWARDS 30th July

SCHOOL NURSING PROGRAM - FOUNDATION Questionnaire due back Friday 13th August

The Primary School Nursing Program is a free service offered by the Department of Education and Training.

Foundation families receives the School Entrant Health Questionnaire in their first year at school. Please complete this form and return it to school as soon as possible (by Friday 13th August). Large white envelopes went home last week. To avoid the office having to call you to ask for the envelope to be returned, please send it back before or on Friday.

IF YOU DON'T WISH TO PARTICIPATE? If you do not wish for your child to be seen by the Primary School Nurse, please tick the ‘no’ box, sign on page 5 of the questionnaire and return.

The information in the questionnaire is confidential & helps the Primary School Nurse understand any concerns you may have about your child’s health & development & the impact this may have on their learning. This information is important in providing support for you & your child. If your child need’s a brief further assessment such as a vision or hearing test the nurse will see them at school. You can contact the nurse directly if you wish to discuss the screening which may include checking your child’s distance vision, hearing, speech and oral health. The nurse is also available to discuss any concerns you may have with parenting, child health & wellbeing issues.

SPORT

DIVISION CROSS COUNTRY - Lardner Park

Images from Lardner park on July 15th.

FEAST OF MARY MacKILLOP 8th AUGUST

FIRST COMMUNION

A big thank you to the families, parish members and staff who made it all happen.

Congratulations to all the candidates.

3rd August

Fr Aju, Jack, Hayley , Olivia J, Nathan, Olivia M, Lucas, Natalia, Eve, Bayley & Finn.

4th August

Fr Aju, Mikayla, Lacey, Levi O, Zara, Jett R, Logan, Oscar, Levi P, Kohan, Matthew M, Julian, Will S & Harper.

10th August - Our final group of candidates.

Fr Aju, Lukah, Elizabeth, Sid, Alshija, Levi B

TOKYO OLYMPICS

Former St Laurence's student Eleanor Patterson in action, finishing 5th of 13 competitors in the final on Saturday night.

2012 London Olympics and 2014 Commonwealth Games in Glasgow - Our very own Mrs Hutchinson (Kaila McKnight), also a former student of St Laurence's. The Grade 1 and 2 students enjoyed hearing about her experiences and seeing mementos from both Games.

PLANET ARK'S NATIONAL TREE DAY

On Friday 30th July, children took part in Planet Ark's National Tree Day. They got there hands dirty by planting Australian Native Trees around the school grounds. Thank you to Mrs Stephan for organising this event.