From the Principal

Please note that weekly Parish mass times will now be located each week on our School Hours / Timetable page in our newsletter. 

Prayer 

 Father, 

we thank you for the good times we enjoy with our families; 

for the fun and the friendship; 

for the moments we feel deeply known and loved by each other. 

Help us cherish each member of our family. 

In Jesus’ name, Amen.

Father's Day and Special Friends' Breakfast

NEXT FRIDAY we are holding our Father's and Special Friends' Breakfast. This commences from 7.30am in the school hub with egg and bacon rolls and sausages in bread, plus juice, coffee and tea. Hopefully the weather holds out and we can get outside for some sporting fun. We will then hold a liturgy with all our children and visitors at St Michael's church from 8.45am.

7.30am Visitors & children start arriving for breakfast in the hub (school bags can be placed in morning bag areas upon arrival.

8.00am (Approx) Outside games set up for visitors and children when they finish breakfast

8.45am All invited to St Michael's Church for liturgy

9.15am (Approx) Liturgy finishes and children go to classrooms

Book Week: Reading is Magic

It has been a fabulous week focusing on lots of new texts to devour from our Scholastic Book Fair. Each day families have made their way into the hub to see what exciting titles are in this year's collection. Each class also visited the Book Fair on Wednesday to browse with their "Wish Lists" in hand. Each class also had the opportunity to vote for their favourite book which will now go into class libraries. 

Thank you Therese Molnar for your dedication to the Book Fair and Book Week each year. This year Therese decorated the library with the Book Week theme and again coordinated the delivery of the Book Fair and parents to assist in the daily sales. We could not have held this without your helping hands!!

We can't wait to see the wonderful dress ups for tomorrow's Book Week parade! Keep reading!

Athletics Carnival

This week our Year Three to Six students engaged in our annual Athletics Carnival at the Bill Sewart Track in Burwood East. The clouds threatened but we persevered anyway and were able to complete most of the track events and even got in some of the field events. The children were most excited about the day's events and revelled in dressing up to support their teams. Each student also represented one of the countries participating in the Olympics this year and their coloured sashes told them which countries. Mr Lo Ricco will complete the field events as part of the students' PE lessons and the winning team will be announced after that. A HUGE thank you goes out to Mr Lo Ricco for his excellent organisation, all the staff who attended and supported for the day and to the many parents who eagerly marshalled, despite the threat of rain!! Thank you Leah Mahon, Hayley Betros, John Cusumano, Charlotte Jones, Jensen Jin, CHECK NAMES WITH JORDAN 

Annual Parent, Staff and Student Surveys

In the coming weeks, our annual feedback surveys will be distributed to all within our community. The details from these surveys are used alongside the quadrennial School Improvement Process which helps us to set goals and targets for improvement. For details about the surveys and exactly what they cover, please see MACSSIS Survey information in the Deputy Principal's section of this newsletter. I strongly urge you to complete the survey so that we can use this information to make St Michael's School the best we can. Thank you, in anticipation. 

Prep Transition Dates

We ask all families who have a Prep child commencing in 2025 to please take note of the following dates and put them into the calendar now! These will be the dates we hold the Prep Transition sessions for the pre-school students and general parent information while students are with the staff in structured sessions.

Session 1: Wednesday 16th October, (9:00-10:00 am) 

Session 2: Wednesday 30th October, (9:00-10:00 am) 

Session 3:  Wednesday 27th November (9:00-10:00 am) 

Session 4: Wednesday 4th December (9-11am) Please take note of this 2 hour session

Additionally we invite all parents to an information and social parent night on Thursday 14th November (7-8:30pm) . This is a parent only evening so please put it on the calendar now. This will be held in the hub and there will be light refreshments served.

Science Week at St Michael's School

Next week, 26th - 30th August, St Michael's celebrates Science Week. This year the theme is Species Survival. Students will be looking at plants / species and how they interconnect to survive. They will also consider actions that can support biodiversity in our environment. As part of a S.T.E.M. focus, the students will be examining Rube Goldberg's work with machines and engineering their own machines using a variety of everyday items.

Year Six Graduation

It's that time of year where the planning for Graduation has begun! Could our Year Five and Six families please keep an eye on the Community News section of the newsletter for updates about what's happening and how you can be involved.

St Michael's Art Show

Official Opening Ceremony

The St Michael's Art Show will commence with an official opening ceremony, from 2.30pm on Thursday 12th September in the quadrangle. All are welcome to attend this special ceremony and then see the art show directly after it. A reminder the art show will be open for visitors in the hub at the following times:

Thursday 12th September: 2.30-6.30pm

Each week we will be sharing with you one of the advertisements designed by some of our Year Five/Six students:

Eleni M