Dear families

On Tuesday we had our Annual Athletics Carnival at the Joe Carmody Track in Newborough.  It was a fantastic day!  The teachers and families felt especially proud of the student's efforts.  Congratulations!  Thank you Taryn Maxwell-Garratt for organising such a great school day.

Sports Day Prayer 

Lord, thank you for a healthy body that is fit and strong.

Help us to play fair, whether we win or lose,

and show good sportsmanship. 

Keep us safe and injury free and bless our efforts.

We pray for our coaches, and we thank them for their time

and dedication to our team.

Lord, remind us that it's more important 

to play well and enjoy the game than winning.  

We are grateful for the friends we make and the

lessons we learn through our sport.  Amen.

Teaching Masses

This year we are focusing on learning more about the Mass.  Fr Bernard is a great teacher and is running a series of teaching masses to help us understand the Mass more.  Each class will have a teaching Mass and we warmly invite you to come when your child's Mass is on.  The Gr 4/5 Teaching Mass is Thursday May 2nd.  We hope you can come.

Sacrament of Reconciliation

One of the most important things that we do in a school year, is to prepare students for the Sacraments.  There are seven Sacraments in our church (Baptism, Reconciliation, Eucharist, Confirmation, Marriage, Holy Orders and Annointing of the Sick).  At school, we prepare students for Reconciliation in Gr 3, Eucharist (First Holy Communion) in Gr 4 and Confirmation in Gr 5 or 6.  This year we have 5 students who are preparing for the Sacrament of Reconciliation.  The parents have already attended a parent education evening in Warragul and the families have attended the Commitment Mass in our church, where Fr Bernard welcomed them as part of the parish family. 

We pray especially for Isabella, Billy, Evie, Lola, Lachie and Reuben as they prepare for this Sacrament. They will celebrate their First Reconciliation in our church  on Thursday March 14th at 5.30pm.  All families are welcome to celebrate with us. We will have a special morning tea at school on Friday to celebrate with these students.