Monday Lunchtime Craft/Lego

Monday Lunchtime Craft/Lego will commence in Week 2. It is organised by class rotation throughout the term.

Deployment Groups

Are held on Tuesday and Wednesday lunchtimes (after eating time). Please let me know if your family has a Defence parent away (whether it be deployment, course or exercise) and your child would like to attend the Deployment Group.

Relaxation Sessions

Relaxation sessions will be organised by class rotation throughout the term commencing in Week 2. Relaxation occurs during quiet reading time after lunch and is voluntary. Relaxation sessions help children build resilience and coping skills using techniques of deep breathing, progressive muscle relaxation and imagery.

Defence Community Organisation Notice

What  Anti-bullying program

When  First session – Saturday, 27 July 2019  10-11am

Where  New Indoor Sports Centre, Australian Defence Force Academy

(off General Bridges Drive, Campbell)

Info  For ages 6-14 years. Open to children of ADF members. $50 per term. Build self-confidence and self-protection skills with non-offensive techniques. Point of Contact: Padre Mick George 0447 247 398

National Peace Project

During the school holidays on Friday 19 July 2019, a number of STM School Choir members and their siblings attended the National Peace Project at the Australian War Memorial. This was an initiative of the OZY Youth Choir (see https://www.commemorativechoir.com/about.html for information about this interesting online choir). The event commemorated the centenary of 'Peace Day', a day of official celebrations throughout the British Empire to mark the end of the First World War.

The afternoon included an educational tour of the Memorial followed by processing though to the Commemorative Area to the forecourt, forming and filming a giant peace poppy and singing two songs as an “impromptu” Peace Choir.

Elise Clark, Timothy Copeland, Ava Davis, Sophia Ellis, Faith, Mia and Ava Gibb, Ethan Golder, Sora and Mary Golding, Lacie Hill, Lachlan Jaensch, Charli Morris, Ewan Owen, Dashel Spiller and Ava Thuell were all excellent ambassadors for St Thomas More’s.

Sonja Mingay
DSM

Work hours: Mon-Wed 9am-3pm, Thu 9-11am