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
Fifth Sunday of Lent
This week as a family, you might choose to have a prayer time together, attend Mass on the weekend and make an effort to go without a treat and give the money saved to Project Compassion. When we focus on what we can do for Lent, we do it to remind ourselves that God and God’s way of love is more important than these things.
Upcoming Events
Friday 15th March - Green Mufti Day for St. Patrick (Caritas Fundraiser, Gold Coin)
Friday 22nd March - Free Hat Friday (Caritas Fundraiser, Gold Coin)
Feast of St. Joseph
On Tuesday 19th March, students participate in a class liturgy to celebrate the Feast of St. Joseph. St. Joseph, the husband of Mary and foster father to Jesus. Joseph was a compassionate, caring man. He protected and cared for Mary and Jesus. Joseph respected God. He followed God's commands, by loving and respecting Mary and helping Mary to raise Jesus.
Year 4 Class work
Year 4 have been learning all about Holy Week.
Students from 4E were very proud to show their listening and note taking skills.
Great work boys!
Project Compassion
During Lent we try to think of others, especially those less fortunate. Project Compassion is a wonderful program run by Caritas Australia to raise funds for communities in need. On Ash Wednesday, each student brought home a money box for families to make donations throughout Lent. These will be collected at the end of the term. Each classroom will have a donation box, to encourage students to help those in need.
LIBRARY NEWS
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 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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