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Lent and Ash Wednesday

Lent should be more than a time of fasting - a time of giving up. It needs to be viewed as a time of feasting- of giving love to others. We can use Lent to fast from certain things and feast on others. In our Ash Wednesday Mass, we reflected on how we can: 

Fast from judging others and instead feast on uplifting others.

Fast from anger and instead feast on patience.

Fast from complaining; feast on appreciation.

Fast from self-concern; feast on compassion for others.

Fast from discouragement; feast on hope.

What are you going to fast from? What are you going to feast on?

This week the season of Lent begins with Ash Wednesday, which also marks the beginning of the annual Caritas Australia Project Compassion Appeal. Donations to Project Compassion allows Caritas Australia, the Catholic Agency for International Aid and Development, to work with local communities around the world to end poverty, promote justice and uphold dignity.

The theme of Project Compassion 2022 is ‘For All Future Generations’ and reminds us that the good that we do today will extend and impact the lives of generations to come. It invites us to make the world a better place by working together now and finding long-term solutions to global issues.  We encourage you to put your compassion into action this Lent through your prayer, fasting and almsgiving by supporting Project Compassion. Each family will receive a Project Compassion box for their donations or you can donate online via the Caritas Australia website at: lent.caritas.org.au

Splash of Yellow for the Ukraine

Caritas are on the ground supporting the people of the Ukraine. To show our solidarity and support we would invite everyone to wear a splash of yellow on Friday 18th March and bring a gold coin donation which will be added to the Project Compassion boxes at school. 

Foundation Mass 

This Sunday, our Foundation families joined with the Prep families of St Louis de  Montfort’s to celebrate Mass with Fr Andrew at Braeside park. The weather was perfect and Mass itself was lovely and very inclusive with our children supplying the artwork for the altar,  helping their parents in the prayers and readings and delighting us all with actions for the final song ‘God’s love is…’. 

Literacy News-

This week’s newsletter looks at ways that promote reading to someone.

Help Parents Promote Independent Reading and Writing at Home

Janice Such

Home Fun That Promotes Read to Someone

Parents can use these ideas to give children the opportunity to read to someone at home:

1. Act as individual reading partners for their children.
2. Encourage siblings to have fun reading to each other.
3. Invite visitors to be Read to Someone partners with children.
4. Take turns reading the frames of a newspaper comic strip with their children.
5. Learn about and attend special events such as Read to the Dog at the library.
6. Arrange for children to tape-record themselves reading a favorite story.
7. Gather books of jokes and riddles for children to read to family members.
8. Have children read recipes out loud during meal preparation or baking.
9. Participate in a family reader’s theater performance with their children.
10. Ask their children to read them a bedtime story for a fun role reversal.

Reference:

Boushey, G., & Moser, J. (2014). The daily 5 (2nd ed.). Portland, ME: Stenhouse.

Visual Arts - Artist Spotlight

This week's Artist Spotlight is on Harry S from FD.  We have been learning about Primary and Secondary Colours.  Beautiful work Harry.

Mrs Kimball