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SCHOOL CALENDAR & COMMUNICATION
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R.E. NEWS
Grandparent's Day - Friday 26th July
One of the happiest and biggest days on our school calendar is Grandparent's Day and this will be celebrated this Friday 26th July. Our K-6 Grandparent's assembly will begin at 12.30pm in the Primary Campus Hall, followed by a picnic lunch and games on the school oval afterwards. We invite all of our Nans, Pops, Grandmothers and Grandfathers to come along and join us on this special day where we have the opportunity to celebrate and give thanks to God for these wonderful people in our lives. We hope you can attend!
In the event of rainy weather, the assembly will still go ahead at 12:30pm. However, the picnic will be cancelled.
Family Mass - Kinder, Yrs 3 & 6 - 28/7/24
Please join us this Sunday 28th July at 9.00am in Mary Help of Christians Church for our Family Mass. Students are involved in the Mass through reading, prayers and the offertory. All families are invited to attend to celebrate Mass as a Parish Community. Students from Kinder, Year 3 and Year 6 are asked to bring morning tea to share. All Grandparents are welcome!
LIBRARY
CBCA Book Week - Reading is Magic
Book Week Parade
St Edward's will be celebrating the CBCA Book Week in Week 5 of this term. There will be many different activities held in the libraries during Week 5 to celebrate. This years CBCA theme is "Reading is Magic". One of our students most loved events is our annual Book Week parade. We invite students to come to school dressed as their favourite book character. We also welcome members of our school community to join us in celebrating "Book Week" and see our wonderful students parade in their favourite book character costumes.
Date and times for the 2024 Book Week Parade:
Infants - Wednesday 21st August at 8:45am
Primary - Wednesday 21st August at 10:00am
NSW Premier's Reading Challenge - closes 23rd August
A reminder that there is just over 4 weeks of the Premiers Reading Challenge left. We have many students that have started the challenge and some only need to read a few more books to complete. If your Primary child is participating in the PRC and has not read all 20 books, please encourage them to visit the library in their break time to see Mrs Michell who will organise some quick reads and support them with logging their books to get them across the line.
Infants students have been automatically signed up for the challenge and will complete the challenge during their library sessions and class times at school.
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 using this link https://online.det.nsw.edu.au/prc/studentExperience.html#/ If you have any problems with logging books or access please reach out. cmichell@arm.catholic.edu.au
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. Year 1 students who bring their bags can swap their books.
Friday: All Kindergarten - every week.
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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