School News
Upcoming Dates, RE News, Library News & Important Updates
SCHOOL CALENDAR & COMMUNICATION
Please click here to access our school calendar to view all important upcoming dates. St Edward's Parent Calendar can also be accessed via your Compass Portal. From the Compass app you can access the calendar from the calendar symbol at the bottom of the screen. If you are accessing Compass via a browser the calendar symbol is on the top left.
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R.E. NEWS
Easter Sunday is the celebration of Christ's resurrection from the dead. It was celebrated last Sunday, and marks the end of Holy Week, the end of Lent, the last day of the Easter Triduum (Holy Thursday, Good Friday and Easter Sunday), and is the beginning of the Easter season. His resurrection marks the triumph of good over evil, sin and death. It is the singular event which proves that those who trust in God and accept Christ will be raised from the dead.
Caritas - Project Compassion
Thank you for encouraging the students to support Project Compassion. If you have Project Compassion boxes at home, they can be returned to the school or to the church.
Mothers’ Day Photographs
Please email a photo to be included in a Mothers’ Day slideshow to Mrs Clarke at sclarke@arm.catholic.edu.au as soon as possible. Photos will not be accepted after Friday 3rd May, as the slideshow needs to be finalised and timed.
Advanced Notice - First Eucharist Information Night
The First Eucharist Information Night will be held on Wednesday 1st May at 5.30pm at Mary Help of Christians Church. It is very important that parents attend this meeting. First Eucharist will be held on Sunday 2nd June at 9.00am.
LIBRARY NEWS
End of Term Return of Books
As we near the end of term, it is time to start returning borrowed library books. Students are welcome to borrow for the holidays but any books that have become overdue need to be returned before the end of term. Please chat with your child to find out if they know where their books are and remind them to return them to the school library.
Author in Residence - Cameron Stelzer
St Edward's is excited to welcome back Dr Cameron Stelzer in Week 2 next term. Dr Cameron Stelzer is an award winning self-publishing author and illustrator. He has been a full time author since 2004 and has been visiting schools to share his insights about writing and illustrating for well over 10 years.
Every grade will get an opportunity to have a visit from Cameron and selected students will get to participate in extension writing and illustrating. This is a very exciting opportunity for our school.
NSW Premier's Reading Challenge
We are very excited to give the students at St Edward’s Primary School the opportunity to participate in the 2024 NSW Premier’s Reading Challenge. This is a proud tradition at St Edward’s and every student is invited wholeheartedly to participate.
Every student at the Infants Campus will automatically be signed up to the challenge and read books from the challenge as part of their class and library sessions.
Primary - WOW! We have had over 130 primary students sign up to participate in this years PRC.
Login details have been handed out to all primary students who are participating in this years challenge. If your child has not received their login details, please ask them to come and see Mrs Michell in the library or email cmichell@arm.catholic.edu.au
Students can start logging their books today using this link
https://online.det.nsw.edu.au/prc/studentExperience.html#/
Students are encouraged to log onto the PRC website from home, or access the PRC site using the iPads in the library in their break time. Students should now start to log books they have read and also discover books that are part of the PRC using the link above. If you have any problems with logging books or access please reach out.
The Challenge runs until Friday 23rd August, 2024. Students can join at any time but the end date remains the same.
PLEASE NOTE!! Any books on the list that your child has read (or you have read to your child for K - 2) over the summer holidays can be counted for this year’s Challenge.
Class Library Days
Cycle A - ODD weeks
Monday: 3M and 3E
Tuesday: 3P and 4E
Wednesday: 4M and 4R
Thursday: 2M, 2H, 2P, 2W
Friday: All Kindergarten - every week. Year 1 students who bring their bags can swap their books.
Cycle B - EVEN weeks
Monday: 5Q, 5H and 5 C
Tuesday:
Wednesday: 6C, 6S and 6O
Thursday: 1L, 1C, and 1K. Year 2 students who bring their bag can swap their books.
Friday: All Kindergarten - every week
St Edward's Library Clubs
The clubs include:
Early Bird Reading Club: from 8.30am every day when each campus is open.
Monday: Lego Club - Primary
Tuesday: Games Club - Primary
Wednesday: Lego Club or Craft Club - Primary
Thursday: Lego Club - Infants
Friday: Games and Lego Club - Infants
Encourage your child to be a part of our busy, happy, vibrant library community by occasionally joining in with any or all of these activities.
See you in the Library!
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