Welcome Back!

Welcome back everyone to Term 4. I trust you all had a wonderful holiday and hope you had the opportunity to spend some quality family time and recharge the batteries for what should be an exciting final term of school.

Being well and truly on the way to COVID -Recovery, Term 4 is jam-packed with events and celebrations so as I said at Assembly on Monday... strap yourself in for the ride ahead! Please also keep a close eye on the Newsletter and calendar dates.

Footsteps

This Friday our Footsteps Dance program commences. All children in Years Prep - 6 will participate in weekly dance sessions which will culminate in a celebration at our end-of-year Picnic and Concert.

We have been using Footsteps for the past 13 years and it's always wonderful to see how the children progress over their seven years.

Dance sessions will run weekly so all children will need to wear their sports uniforms on Fridays. This will be a change for some levels so please see below for confirmation on which days children are to wear their sports uniforms.

Year Prep: Thursday & Friday
Year 1/2: Tuesday and Friday
Year 3/4: Tuesday and Friday
Year 5/6: Thursday and Friday

School Disco

Are your children ready for their social event of the year?

Next Friday 14th October we will be holding our Student Disco from 6:30 - 8:00 pm and it should prove a huge hit!

THIS WILL BE A MOBILE PHONE-FREE EVENT

Mobile phones will not be permitted to be brought into the hall.

We have had so many people volunteer to assist so we will be contacting those we require by the end of this week. If you miss out this time, never fear... there will be plenty more opportunities for you in the future.

Our parent volunteers will be assigned to the various supervision tasks throughout the evening so we ask all other parents to just drop their children off at the door at 6:30 pm and return to collect them at 8:00 pm sharp.

Our Disco is open only to children in Years Prep-6 and the cost is $10.00 per child ($15 per family), payable at the door on the night. Once inside, children will not be permitted to leave the hall until the conclusion when they are collected by their parents.

Our always popular Candy Corner will operate, where children can purchase goodies such as drinks and snacks as well as glow sticks!

Our school disco is always a popular event on the calendar and this year will be no exception!

Italian Day

On Wednesday 19th October our children will be participating in the ‘Corpus Christi Italian Festa’. This is an exciting day where we, as a school community, will celebrate all things Italian. The children will have the opportunity to participate in FOUR special activities they have selected from the following choices:

Creating with Clay
Soccer Clinic
Italian Basket Weaving
Carnevale Mask Making
Monument Construction
Bocce Tournament
Make a Souvenir Tambourine
'Luca' the Disney Movie
Stained Glass Magnet Making
Pasta Making (plain flour, eggs, tomatoes, salt, pepper, garlic, basil & olive oil)
Pizzelle (Waffle) Making (plain flour, eggs, sugar, vanilla, oil, lemon rind & cooking spray)

As a part of the celebrations, a special pizza and gelato lunch is being organised for the children by our wonderful PFA (further details are contained in this newsletter.

To add to the ‘festa’ atmosphere, we are asking that the children come to school dressed in Italian colours, or if they prefer, a fashion that reflects Italy e.g. chef, waiter, soccer player, Roman soldier. Of course, this is entirely optional, but the children will have the opportunity to parade their costumes at our Italian Assembly.

The timetable for the day is as follows:

9.00 - 9.30 Assembly and Parade
9.30 - 10.15 First Rotation
10.15 -11.00 Second Rotation
11.00 -11.30 RECESS
11.30 -12.15 Third Rotation
12.15 -1.00 Fourth Rotation
1.00 - 2.00 LUNCH
2.10 - 3.20 “Cultural fever” Performance An Italian musical and dance show performed by “I can dance inc.”
3.20 - 3.30 Return to classroom for dismissal.

Thank you to all the wonderful parents who have offered to help out. We look forward to seeing you on the day.

Mille grazie

Catrina Anderson

Italian Day Pizza Lunch

Tomorrow your children will bring home an Order Form for our Italian Day Pizza (and Gelato) Lunch. If you choose for your child to indulge, you must complete the form for each child, and return it to your child's teacher with the correct money enclosed (no change will be given) by next WEDNESDAY 12th October.

Each child must have their own order form.

Interschool Sport

Our Interschool Sports Program resumes this term with our Year 5/6 children competing in the Footscray District Summer Sports Competition.

Our children will be competing in basketball, bat-tennis, newcombe and cricket. Competition commences Friday 14th October and we wish them well.

ABC Music

Trivia Night

Attention all brainiacs and trivia buffs! Please check out the Parents and Friends Association (PFA) page of the Newsletter for details of our much anticipated (adults only) Trivia Night scheduled for Friday 11th November commencing at 7:30 pm.

Important Notice!

Believe it or not, we are well into planning preparations for 2023 so to assist with staffing and class groupings we really need to know ASAP if there are any families who are NOT returning to Corpus Christi School next year.

Please contact me directly if your child/ren will not be returning in 2023.

Summer Uniform and Hats

By the end of next week, all children should have transitioned into their summer uniform. Please note that runners are not part of the summer uniform and are only to be worn with the sports uniform.

If you need any uniform requirements, please contact our office staff.

As per our SunSmart Policy, the children will also need to be wearing their school hats during recess, lunch and PE lessons from the first day of Term 4. Children who do not have a hat will need to play under the shaded areas of the school.

Photo Shoot

Next Wednesday 12th October, we have organised a photo shoot for our new promotional brochure, website update and associated paraphernalia.

Your child may have their photo taken as part of the shoot (if photographic permission has been granted) so we ask that children are presented beautifully in their summer uniform.

Have a wonderful week

God bless

Anthony Hyde

(Principal)

Awards and Celebrations

October