Dear Families
A Prayer to St Mary of the Cross MacKillop
Feast Day – August 8
Loving God,
Thank You for the life of St Mary of the Cross MacKillop,
Australia’s first saint.
She showed us how to love You by helping others,
especially those who were poor, sick or in need.
Help us to be like Mary MacKillop—
kind, brave, and full of faith.
Teach us to see You in everyone we meet,
and to always try our best at school and in life.
St Mary of the Cross,
pray for us and guide us
to make a difference in our world.
Amen.
Grandparents Day Celebration
Last week we were delighted to welcome so many grandparents and special friends to our school for Grandparents Day. We began with a beautiful prayer service in the church to honour and thank our grandparents for the important role they play in our lives. After the service, our visitors were warmly welcomed into classrooms where students proudly shared their learning. The afternoon finished with a lovely afternoon tea in the Mary MacKillop Room, filled with smiles, stories, and special moments. It was a wonderful celebration of love across generations.
Marist Sports Day
On Wed Aug 27 our Gr 5 & 6 students will travel to Marist Sion College in Warragul to participate in a sports day with senior students from St Angela's Warragul, St Joseph's Warragul, St Ita's Drouin and Columba Catholic Primary School in Bunyip. We are presently working out our teams and will be practising in the coming weeks.
Families are welcome to come and support us on the day.
Parent / Teacher / Student Interviews
On Fri Aug 29th we will be conducting Parent/Teacher/Student Interviews during the day. This is an opportunity for you to talk about your child's learning at school with their teacher. We are presently organising the admin side of these interviews. We will let you know when this part has been organised and then you will be able to go onto PAM and select your interview time. For now, you could mark this important event on your calendar.
New Student Leaders
Beau Treyvaud and Aleyah Horton-Maynard have been appointed as our new Gr 6 leaders. We look forward to their leadership at school. Congratulations.
Staff
Recently Ms Liza Marino has resigned her teaching position at our school. We thank Liza for her work with us and wish her well in her future. We welcome Ms Anne Pulbrook to our staff as an Emergency teacher. Anne has been visiting the classrooms in recent weeks and has really enjoyed getting to know our children. Fun Fact: Anne has a dog called Charleya, and this is Aboriginal for good energy. She enjoys swimming and tennis. Welcome to our school Anne.
Mini Vinnies Fundraiser
In week 3 on Friday August 8th, our Mini Vinnies Team are organising a BIG fundraiser. Everyone is welcome to come in casual clothes for a gold coin donation. They are also organising a Sausage Sizzle Lunch that you can order on CDFpay ($3 for a sausage in bread and a Prima. Additional sausages are $2). The team will cook and deliver the sausages to the classrooms. They will put all the money together, and then give half of it to the Mary MacKillop Foundation (it is St Mary of the Cross' Feast Day) and the other half goes to the Opening the Doors Foundation (which supports First Nation Australians in Catholic Education). On this same day, we will all gather in our church at 3pm to celebrate Mary MacKillop's feast day, Mary is Australia's first Saint. Everyone is welcome.
Assemblies
We meet every Monday afternoon at 3.15pm to sing our National Anthem and give out our awards and Birthday certificates. Additionally, twice a term on a Friday afternoon our classes present their learning at Special Assemblies. This term Gr 1/2 are presenting their Assembly on Friday August 15th at 3pm and then F/1 class are presenting their Assembly on Friday September 12th at 3pm in the Mary MacKillop Room. Everyone is welcome!
Mini Vinnies Talent Show
This year's Talent Show will be in week 5 on Thursday August 21st at 2pm. It is $2 per student, per entry and it is $2 for each student to watch the Talent Show. It is $5 for adults to attend the Show and toddlers are free. We encourage students to enter the Show either individually or with others. Perhaps you could talk to your child about the possibility of entering the Talent Show and support them in preparing an item to perform. It usually is a wonderful event. The judges will decide a 1st, 2nd & 3rd prize in 2 age groups: F/1/2 and then Grs 3/4/5/6.
May God continue to bless and guide us in our learning.
Trish Mulqueen
