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                              Calendar Dates- What's on.

MARCH

4th             Shrove Tuesday

5th             Prep Children at School

5th             Ash Wednesday

10th           Labour Day Public Holiday

18th           Family Prayer Evening 6.30-7.30pm

21st            Open Day - 9.00-11.00am

26th-28th  Yr 5/6 Camp

PLEASE NOTE:  SUPERVISION OF STUDENTS IS BETWEEN 8.40AM TO 3.45PM ON SCHOOL DAYS. 

PRAYER 

God of wholeness and hope:

Send Your Spirit of healing,

that She may accompany our shepherd Pope Francis in his illness.

As he endures pain and discomfort, give him strength and peace.

May he experience the continued grace of your mercy.

May your unconditional love comfort him and help him heal.

May his faithful and humble service continue to be a beacon of hope

for each of us who continue to serve your Kingdom.

Through Your Son, Jesus, the great healer of all, we pray: Amen.

From the Principal

Dear Parents and Friends,

Next week we will recognise significant times in our liturgical year beginning with Shrove Tuesday, a time for self-reflection and soul cleansing. The following day we will commemorate Ash Wednesday when we gather with the parish community for Mass at 9.00am. Ash Wednesday signifies the start of Lent, a 40-day season of prayer. Our Lenten journey is time for us to seek the Lord through prayer, serve the Lord through almsgiving, and practice self-control through fasting as we prepare and await the resurrection of Jesus Christ.

Thank you to the parents who will be with us on Shrove Tuesday to assist with pancake making.

NAPLAN

NAPLAN will commence the week commencing 10 March for students in Grades 3 and 5. The assessments are online except for the Writing test for Grade 3. The schedule for the individual assessments is as follows:

Catholic Education Week 

Catholic Education Week commences Sunday 16 March. The theme for this year aligns with the Jubilee Year, a year of pilgrimage, 

“Arise, shine; for your light has come, and the glory of the Lord 

has risen upon you (Is 60: 1).”

During this week we will hold an Open Day on Friday 21 March. This will be an opportunity for us to showcase our school to the wider community and share the wonderful elements that make our learning environment the great place that it is. All visitors will be welcome to enjoy a sausage and partake in activities during the open morning from 9.00 to 11.00am. Thank you to Leon Moussa who is organising the sausage sizzle. 

Catholic Education Week is also an opportune time for us to gather as a faith community in prayer and embrace our Catholic identity. A family prayer evening is scheduled for Tuesday 18 March from 6.30 to 7.30pm. More details will be provided in the coming weeks and we ask that you put this date in your diaries.

School Assembly

Everyone is welcome to attend our weekly assembly at 9.00am on Friday and to stay for coffee afterwards.

School Closure Days Semester One

Throughout the year we have four school closure days for staff professional learning and development. Our first closure day will be in Week 1 of Term 2, Thursday 24 April. On this day all staff will engage in first aid training. 

Warmest Regards.

Michelle Worcester

Principal

Family Picnic

Lovely to see our families gather for the Annual Family Picnic last Thursday.

Playgroup

Cake Raffle 

We appreciate our families volunteering for cake raffle bringing joy to the children at assembly every week. The weekly cake raffle will be drawn at Assembly on Friday mornings. To support this fundraiser we ask for volunteers to provide a sweet treat (eg; cake, slice, cookies, cupcakes etc) to be raffled. Please sign up to bake using the following link  https://volunteersignup.org/AA7XT

Thank you to all of our Volunteers.

All donations of baked goods require a list of ingredients attached.

Raffle tickets are 20c each and sold at the beginning of assembly.

Thank you for your support

Tuck Shop

Tuckshop will be open every Friday, we are very fortunate to have our tuckshop run by parent volunteers for the students enjoyment. This would not be possible without our small team of committed volunteers showing up week after week.

Please reach out to Clara on 0449 767 020 or Angi on 0431 021 711 if you can help.

 We appreciate your support.

Entertainment books are another piece to our fundraising puzzle. When you sign up you receive 12 months of discounts and offers - and our school benefits - 20% of every membership purchased goes to support our school! 

https://subscribe.entertainment.com.au/fundraiser/9a27151 

COMMUNITY

Vermont Vultures Basketball Club

Are you in Grade Prep, 1 or 2 and want to try Basketball? Why not join our ‘Come and try’ Sessions to have some fun and meet new people!

We are looking to run 3 sessions for kids that are new to Basketball. They will be on Thursday February 20, Thursday February 27, and Thursday March 6 from 6:30pm-7:30pm at the Knox School. We will break these sessions up into Boys, Mixed and Girls sessions depending on your child’s preference.

We are hoping to have some giveaways from Nunawading Basketball available and will be offering free Uniforms for any new players signing up in the U8 and U9 Age groups.

Please find the link here to register your interest and we will be in contact shortly: https://forms.gle/SGCEwLegsWhsyih59