General News
Chapel and Assembly - Livestreaming
Chapel and Assemblies will continue to be livestreamed on our closed group on Facebook each week. You can find this by searching ‘St Paul Lutheran School Blair Athol Live Streaming’.
Chapel:
Please feel welcome to join us for worship each Wednesday morning this term at 9:00am in the Church. Thank you to Mr Mayer for leading us in Chapel this week and sharing with us about The Lost Sheep: Jesus finds us and saves us.
Our hosts for the remainder of this term will be:
Week 8: Reception Christmas Concert
Week 9: Leadership Team – Jesus: Our Rescuer Has Come
Assembly:
Assemblies take place on most Friday mornings at 9am in the Hall. Our Assembly hosts for this term are:
Week 7: Sports Presentation Assembly
Week 8: General Presentation Assembly
Social Media Changes
Please see below a resource that you may wish to share with your parent community to help them navigate the upcoming changes to Australian social media legislation.
The Cyber Safety Project has developed a Social Media Delay – Parent Toolkit. This resource is designed for schools to share with parents and their wider community and includes:
- Clear guidance on the new laws and their implications
- Practical strategies for families to manage the transition
- Conversation starters to help parents support their children
- Tips for saving content before accounts are suspended or deleted
These changes take effect on 10 December 2025. The Cyber Safety Project toolkit offers timely, practical support for families and will remain updated to reflect the latest advice from eSafety.
Access the parent toolkit here: https://cybersafetyproject.com/wp-content/uploads/2025/11/CSP-Social-Media-Delay-Parent-Toolkit.pdf
Library news
This week in the library we have been turning our minds towards Christmas, reading some Christmas stories and decorating our Australian Christmas tree and nativity scene. Make sure you come and have a look - it is a beautiful community artwork!
While Christmas is still a little while away, we only have this week and next left for borrowing before the end of year break.
Overdue notices went home yesterday. Have a look at home (under the bed or couch or in the car!) for any books listed. Please do come and see me if you are having trouble locating an overdue book.
Next week Ms McLeod returns to St Paul. It's been so much fun to take care of the library in her absence, but we have all missed her. My special thanks goes to Liann for her amazing assistance in keeping things running so smoothly.
Submitted by Beth Madigan
Parking Reminder
Just a reminder for school families to not park in the designated church parks at the front of the church please. These need to be left free for church staff and visitors and for SPLASH staff. Thank you for your understanding.
Term Dates 2025
Term 4: 14 October - 10 December
Term Dates 2026
Term 1: 28 January - 10 April
Term 2: 28 April - 26 June
Term 3: 20 July - 25 September
Term 4: 13 October - 9 December