SCHOLASTIC BOOK CLUB

th MARCH

The children of our primary schools represent the single greatest opportunity for us to change and shape the future of Australian communities. There are few roles more important in our society than teaching and raising children. Make books and Book Club a part of this journey.

Carefully curated selections help you put the right books in the right hands.

When ordering a Scholastic selection know the books are carefully chosen and levelled by our team of experts. Our Book Club contains a core range specifically chosen for the selected year levels. The catalogue also includes an extended range of product in our Extra! Ages section, to offer reading choices beyond the core year levels, for gift and sibling purchases.

Closure Day

The first day of Term 2 will be Wednesday 19 April. The day prior will be a closure day with 4 other schools (St. John's Thomastown East, St Clare's Thomastown West, St Joseph's Brunswick West, St. Joseph's Mernda along will Catholic Education Office personel). OSHClub will operate on the 18 April all day providing there are sufficient numbers, so please book now.

4/5M Share in World Prayer Day at The Salvation Army

Our visit to the Salvation Army prayer service!!

On Friday the 3rd of march 4/5m went to a World prayer service held at the Salvation Army. some people from the Philippines talked about their jobs and how they travelled around. Sebastian and Mikayla both read a little prayer of the faithful. after that a few minutes later it was time for 4/5m to shine their singing skills. we sang a hymn called Oh Mary, we ask you and Mr Mullavey said that we did a fantastic job. After the prayer service we went into a hall for the elders to eat. Mr Mullavey told us to partner up with someone and go around the room and find aN elder to speak with. I partnerEd up with Joanne. Fr Gerry helped Joanne and I, he took us to a very nice elder called Tess. she was very nice, so we asked her some questions until we had to say good bye and go back to our wonderful school. We had so much fun and we might just go there again.

From Han Lu

Salvation Army Prayer Service

On the 3rd of March, we went to the Salvation Army . Our school is only a short walk away. We got there in no time. This was the first time I had been there (apart from the election). I was a little excited. There were about 46 seats I chose to sit in the middle of row 2. The pray service was dedicated to Philippines. Almost everyone lost their place. We watched a video about the Philippines and how a typhoon destroyed many homes. At the end we sang a song. After, we talked to some people who said we sang very well but soon it was time to go.

Oscar

Our visit to the Salvation Army

On Friday 4-5 m went to a special prayer service for the Philippines. The people that read were from the Philippines. They talked about how it was living there. They talked about their work and how they felt about all the typhoons hitting their land. After all the readings and hymns our class got up and sang a beautiful hymn called “Oh Mary, we ask you”. After the whole prayer service Mr Mullavey asked us to get a partner and go and meet one or two people so I partnered up with Han. Han and I went and met a wonderful elder named Tess. She asked us so many questions about us. She also told us about one of her very good friends that lives in the Philippines. Tess also said that she has known her since her wedding. Wow! that was the best day ever.

By Joanne Prokos

21 March is Harmony Day

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Our diversity makes Australia a great place to live. Harmony Day is a celebration of our cultural diversity – a day of cultural respect for everyone who calls Australia home.

Held every year on 21 March.

The message of Harmony Day is ‘everyone belongs’, the Day aims to engage people to participate in their community, respect cultural and religious diversity and foster sense of belonging for everyone. At St Mary's this special day links in extremely well with Our Dispositions of collaboration, acceptance and trust.

Children are asked to wear colours of their cultural identity on this day. We will then share some fun times together at Pender's Park from 1:30-3:00pm approx. All welcome.

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Issue 5 · 09 Mar 2017

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