School News
Upcoming Dates, RE News, Library News & Important Updates
SCHOOL CALENDAR & COMMUNICATION
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R.E. NEWS
Confirmation
The Enrolment Mass will be held on Saturday 5th August at 5.30pm. It is a Parish requirement that all candidates enrol for the Sacrament. Please bring your enrolment card and see the teachers before heading in to Mass.
Mini Vinnies
Students from our Mini Vinnies group collected a bumper crop from our school orchard this week! Oranges, mandarins and lemons were collected and presented to Father Paul to use in Hope Kitchen. In this month of August, our Mini Vinnies group are focusing on service and spreading kindness. The group meet each week in their own morning tea time and loved being outside this week to pick the fruit to help others in our community.
Mary of the Cross MacKillop
Students will celebrate the Feast of St. Mary of the Cross MacKillop on Tuesday the 8th of August, gathering as a whole school for Mass at 10am.
St. Mary of the Cross MacKillop is Australia’s first Saint. Mary MacKillop became known as St. Mary of the Cross when Pope Benedict XVI canonised her in 2010. She was a Catholic nun who, together with Father Julian Tenison Woods, founded the Sisters of St Joseph of the Sacred Heart. St Mary of the Cross and Fr Woods opened their first school in Penola, South Australia. From there, they founded other schools for children who were poor, especially in country areas. They taught about God’s love and being faithful to the Gospels.
LIBRARY NEWS
Premier's Reading Challenge
Many students and their families nominated to complete the Premier's Reading Challenge this year. Please be aware that time is quickly getting away for this year. We are steadily working towards completing the Kinder, Year 1 and Year 2 challenge with library and literacy lessons, but students working on this independently with families from K-6 need to keep going!
The closing date is Friday 18th August.
Book Week Parade
Book Week falls in Week 6 this term. The theme this year is "Read, Grow Inspire". We have some great activities planned in the Library over the next 6 weeks.
Dates have been locked in for this year's 2023 Book Week Parade. We invite students to dress up as their favourite book character and participate in our parade to celebrate.
Infants - Thursday 24th August
Primary - Friday 25th August
More details to follow.
Early Bird Reading Club
Please remind your child that the Early Bird Reading Club is on each day from 8.30am. This is an opportunity for students to get in some valuable quiet reading time. Every chance to read personal choice books can only help reading development and building reading abilities.
At Infants there is always an opportunity to read with the library staff. Stickers, books and lots of congratulations are always available. At Primary it is quiet independent reading in a warm comfortable space.
Class Library days
Cycle A - ODD weeks
Monday: 3R and 3C
Tuesday: 3P and 4E
Wednesday: 4U and 4R
Thursday: All Year 1
Friday: Kindergarten - every week and all Year 2
Cycle B - EVEN weeks
Monday: All Year 5
Tuesday:
Wednesday: All Year 6
Thursday: All Year 1 and all Year 2
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
Born to Buzz About Books - fortnightly at 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.
What day is the library open on each campus?
Primary: Monday, Tuesday and Wednesday every week.
Infants: Thursday and Friday every week.
Both campuses are open:
From 8.30am for Early Bird reading and sticker collecting; and Recess and Lunch in playtime for reading, drawing and various clubs.
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