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Dear Parents and Carers,
It’s normally around this time of the year we hold our mission fete. Unfortunately,due to COVID restrictions we are not able to do so this year. Instead, our Yr. 5/6’s are
raising funds for Catholic Mission through the sale of our 60 Year Anniversary Cookbook. More details about purchasing the cookbook will be out soon – we hope to take pre-orders next week. A very big thank you to Mel Kirk (Baily Yr. 5) for her design and compilation work.
“Every man and woman is a mission; that is the reason for our life on this earth”. Pope Francis.
Christmas Hampers
Christmas time is fast approaching and the Mini Vinnies team have started their annual collection of food items for St Vincent De Paul. If you are able to, we would greatly appreciate it if you could donate to this important cause. All donations are due by November 26th.
eSafety’s Parent Guide to Digital Technologies and Mental Health
The Council of Catholic School Parents NSW/ACT (CCSP) invite parents and carers to join the eSafety Commissioner's education and training team for a free live webinar on Monday, 22 November 2021 from 7.30pm to 8.30pm. The webinar will provide parents and carers with strategies to assist young people and their mental health when engaging in an online environment. The webinar will cover topics such as:
- What to do about accidental exposure to content about suicide, self-harm and eating disorders.
- Using games, apps and social media to support mental wellbeing.
- The pros and cons of digital mental health platforms.
- Strategies for young people to support friends online.
Interested parents and carers can register their participation online by completing a brief registration form.
Canberra Central Parish Secretary Position
This is a part-time permanent position (10-12 hours per week). Note office located Dickson. Salary will be subject to equivalent Clerk Award Level 4 rates. Please email (emil.milat@cg.org.au) or phone Fr Emil (0414523036) for a copy of the duty statement & selection criteria, to be received by 7 December.
Thank You
On behalf of the School Community Council, thank you to all our parents for the lovely gift our staff received to acknowledge our work during lockdown. We were very grateful!
Affirmations
We will present the Centred in Faith, Centred in Learning and Principal affirmation certificates at morning assembly this Friday.
Yours sincerely,
Julie Wiley
Principal
End of Year Dates 2021
Friday 26th November
Illuminate Gathering- This is an important celebration for our Year 5 and 6 students who have been involved in the Youth Ministry Team this year. Miss Anh, our Youth Minister, will be providing this experience for our Youth Ministry Team from 11:30am to 1pm.
Mini Vinnies Christmas Hampers- Miss Anh, Miss Strmota, our Chaplain, and myself will also be helping those students involved in Mini Vinnies to pack our class hampers. These hampers will be donated to the St Vincent de Paul Christmas appeal.
Friday 3rd December
Confirmation Retreat- Our Year 6 students will participate in a Confirmation retreat experience run by Miss Anh and Father Emil.
Kinder Nativity- At 12pm the Kinder Nativity will be held. The Year 6 students will also get a chance to watch the Kindergarten children reenact the Nativity.
Sunday 5th December
Sacrament of Confirmation- We will celebrate the Sacrament of Confirmation at 9:30 am Mass.
Wednesday 8th December
Thanksgiving Mass- Father Emil will join us to give thanks at our end of year Thanksgiving Mass at 9:30 am. We are hoping that restrictions will allow a representative from St Vincent de Paul to join us so that we are able to present them with our class hampers.
Thursday 9th December
Year 6 Graduation- The Graduation ceremony will be held at 5:30pm.
Christmas Eve- 24th December
Christmas Eve Mass- Father Emil will be saying an outdoor Christmas Eve Mass. If your child would like to be part of the Nativity Procession please email me. Miss Anh and I will practice the Procession at the school with the children on Friday 10th of December.
Yours in Christ,
Samantha Mance
Religious Education Coordinator
Book Week
Book Week will be celebrated in Week 9 (29th – 2nd Dec). ‘Old Worlds, New Worlds, Other Worlds’ Some of the activities we have planned:
- Author Visit: Wednesday 1st Dec All classes will attend writing workshops with Shelly Unwin.
- Parade & Dress Up Day: Thursday 2nd Dec (Students & Teachers)
- Book themed Boardgames (designed by 5/6) Thursday 2nd Dec
- Book Week Crossword Challenge.
Readers Cup Results- Year 5/6
I would like to congratulate our Readers Cup Teams for 2021. St Thomas More’s entered two teams and I am pleased to say that both of our teams finished in the top 6 out of 27 schools from around Canberra. I am immensely proud of their conscientious effort, teamwork and dedication to reading 5 novels with the challenge of remote learning thrown in!
Team 1: Ava White, Hunter Johnston, Ashlea Lewis & Isabel Curcio placed 6th and were highly commended for their answers.
Team 2: Leah Shoebridge, Erin Gabbitas, Madeleine Butcher & Elise Clark placed 3rd overall.
Book Club- Year 3/4
The Year 3/4 Book Club meetings have wrapped up for the year with a final meeting held this week. Our Year 6 leaders, Leah Shoebridge, Dominic Shoebridge and Ava White have done an outstanding job organising the meetings and quizzes centered around the most popular book ‘The Train to Impossible Places’. Book Club has been a successful initiative with many of our 3/4 students enjoying the joy that can be found in joining a community of keen readers.
Book Returns & Borrowing
The final loans day will be Monday 29th November (Week 9). I will begin spending outstanding loans notes from Week 9. If you can help to locate missing books, this would assist me in finalising the annual stocktake on time.
Madeleine Reid
Librarian
