Socktober

The Socktober event was on Monday and many staff and students wore their funny socks and donated money towards this great cause for Catholic Mission. We managed to raise $74.25 which was a great effort.

The Soccer Shoot Out was also a great success and students were able to use the soccer ball they created in class for the event. This soccer ball creation highlighted how children from around the world make their own soccer fun by using the minimal resources they have to improvise to play the 'world' game. Congratulations to Antonio in JK and Jonathan in SB for scoring the only two goals in the Soccer Shoot Out!!!

Catholic Social Teaching aligns with this Socktober event and alerts our students to the impact they can make however small, to other children around the world. The students have been learning about values that extend far and wide through our sense of Social Justice.

Thank you to the Mini Vinnies for leading this school event. Enjoy the photos from the day.

Rosary

October is also the month of the Rosary, one of the best known of all Catholic devotions. Staff and students are regularly gathering in the Chapel to pray the Rosary this month. I would also like to extend this invitation to the wider school community. We gather in the Chapel most mornings when an announcement is made. Please join us if you can.

Prayer Boxes

At St Therese's, we have re-introduced Prayer Boxes that are used both in the classroom with students as well as offered to students to take home to use with their family.

Prayer forms a major part of our Catholic tradition and as such, we use these Prayer Boxes as an opportunity for students to creatively lead prayer time. There are a number of items in the box for students and families to use to assist in generating prayer.

Teachers and myself have demonstrated how the Prayer Boxes can be used so that students have an opportunity to share this knowledge and practice with you at home.

Keep an eye out for the Prayer Boxes coming home throughout the course of the term.

I trust you enjoy this opportunity to share in prayer with your children.

A family that prays together, stays together.

Poppies

Poppy Badges will be on sale leading up to Remembrance Day. The cost is $1-2.

Please support the Dandenong RSL with a badge purchase if you can.

Stay courageous.

Michelle Hinds

Japanese Day 21st November