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 

"God took the strength of a mountain, the majesty of a tree, the warmth of a summer sun, the calm of a quiet sea, the generous soul of nature, the comforting arm of night, the wisdom of the ages, the power of the eagle’s flight, the joy of a morning in spring, the faith of a mustard seed, the patience of eternity, the depth of a family need, then God combined these qualities, when there was nothing more to add, He knew His masterpiece was complete, and so, He called it … Dad."

Author Unknown

TOMORROW - Father's and Special Friends' Breakfast

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

Last Friday was a wonderful celebration of Book Week and our favourite characters from the books we love. It was truly magic to watch our children come dressed in their various costumes, some of which appeared to take great planning, consideration and creative energy! Thank you to One/Two G who lead our parade with their assembly, beautiful prayer and then the sharing of some of their favourite books, after which all classes took the opportunity to walk through the crowd and show their magnificent costumes. Thank you to all for your efforts!!

It was wonderful to have our Kinder Kids join us for the book week parade and also come dressed in their favourite book week characters too. They enjoyed some time reading with the Year 5s after the book week parade.

Science Week

This week we celebrated Science Week in our classrooms and in Science Specialist classes. The theme for the week was 'Species Survival' and we explored eco-systems and what all species need to ensure their own survival, including humans. Some class also explored how Rube Goldberg machines work, machines which have a chain-reaction contraption designed to achieve a simple task using indirect, impractical, overly-complicated steps. We used whatever we had around our classrooms and engineered our own machines. It was lots of fun!

Year Three/Four Excursion - Melbourne Zoo

On Monday this week the Year Three/Four Level attended the Melbourne Zoo as part of their Inquiry Learning for this term. Our main focus for this experience was identifying animals' countries of origin on a world map with a lens on Australia's neighbouring countries that the students have been researching. We also considered what climate and vegetation the creature would be used to and how the zoo had catered for this in their enclosures.

Most of the students strolled along the trail of the elephants, gorilla rainforest, wild sea, lion gorge and finished with the frogs and reptiles. Some of our learnings on this day were attending a workshop and learning how to be researchers by looking around our living environment and cataloging signs of life.

The best part of the day was walking through the aviary and realising that there were three distinct areas within it, woodlands, wetlands and rainforest. The students had a great time trying to spot the elusive cassowary.

A huge thank you to our parent helpers and learning support officers on the day, we really appreciated your presence and support in making this such a memorable day for our students.

National Child Protection Week

It's a term of special "weeks"!! Next week there will be a whole school focus on National Child Protection Week, which is just one of the many ways in which we highlight child safety within our community. Please see more about this in the Wellbeing News section of this newsletter.

Last Week's Newsletter Edit

Apologies for misprint in last week's newsletter! Thank you to the parents who supported our Athletics Day last week: Leah Mahon, Hayley Betros, John Cusumano, Charlotte Jones, Jensen Jin, Clare Lorenz, Sylwia Michalska and Iliana Dimitriadis.

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.

Year Six Graduation

Reminder.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:

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