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Dear Parents, Guardians and Carers,
Welcome back to Term Three! The year is certainly flying. I hope you all had the chance to spend time together as a family and recharge your batteries.
Dear Lord,
As we prepare for the coming of a new term make us ready, attentive and available to hear you.
Thank You for the gift of being able to rise each day with the assurance that You walk through it with us.
Thank You for the gifts of creativity and uniqueness, and the energy to put them to good use.
May the work we do and the way we do it bring new hope, new life, and courage to all we come in contact with this term.
Amen.
St Michael’s Facebook Page
We are excited to announce that St Michael’s school has launched a facebook page. It is a place for us to share events and learning experiences through a social media platform. Just search on facebook for St Michaels School Traralgon and like the page.Thank you to everyone who completed a camp survey form from earlier in the year. We appreciate you taking the time to share your thoughts and suggestions for how to make the camps program financially viable for the school and families. There was a very clear response that the camp program was worthwhile and that both parents and teachers wanted some form of it to continue.
After taking in the recommendations from the parent and staff feedback and consultation with the school leadership and consultative committee we have agreed on the below structure for our camps program moving forward:
- Foundation - grade 2: School based camp experiences.
- Grade 3 - Long Day adventure camp experience.
- Grade 4 - Two day adventure camp.
- Grade 5/6 (combined) - Three day camp. Location to rotate in a two year cycle.
Important dates to remember:
- 17th July - Year 5/6 swimming program begins
- 31st July - Year 3/4 swimming program begins
- 31st August - Yr 4 Camp to Coonawarra
- 8th September - School closure day
- 11th September - Year 3 Camp to Alambee
- End of term -Thursday 14th September at 3:20 pm.
Kind regards,
Jodie
In Sunday's gospel Jesus invites us to shoulder his yoke and learn from him for he is gentle and humble in heart. When we hear the term, yoke, we tend to think about the yoke that is used to harness oxen together or the yoke that someone might carry on their shoulder to balance a heavy load. But the yoke that Jesus invites us to shoulder in the gospel this week is deceptively simple: love God and love your neighbour. To love God is to consciously make a place in our lives for God. The busy spin that tends to be characteristic of so many people’s lives today does not allow room for God; does not allow room for prayer and quiet; does not allow room for compassionate response to others. To love God and love our neighbour we must first make room for them. Though society views strength and power as values, our readings today remind us that Jesus tells us that the way to God lies in gentleness and humility. It’s important that we instil in our children the importance of stopping to allow time to rest, think and to renew.
The Lamingtons from the Lamington Drive will be available to collect on Thursday the 13th of July from 3:00 - 3:45pm in the Hall. Entry via Church Street. We would like to thank all the families for your ongoing support throughout the year.
A huge thankyou to Heyfield Bakery for your generosity and support.
The Second Hand uniform shop
The shop will be open every 4th Thursday of the month. The next day it will be open will be on Thursday 27th July from 3:00pm to 3:30pm. The stall is located in the large meeting room at the school, so those wishing to purchase items will need to enter through the main office.
Each week students from each class are awarded Student of the Week certificates. These children are nominated for the example they have been within the school based on the School Wide Expectation focus for that week. The weekly focus will be from Wednesday until Tuesday the following week. Awards will be presented to students at assembly on Friday.
In Week 1 the School Wide Expectation focus was Honesty:
I always tell the truth.
I am honest when reflecting on my personal performance.
I take responsibility for my actions.
The award winners for Week 1 are:
| Claire Mavhundu | Bentley Leitch | Vinuli Dissanayake |
| Liam Eccles | Dylan Rawson | Charlotte Bond |
| Lyla Lubawski | Zahlie Johnstone | Henry Stanistreet |
| Oscar Hill | Harper Rode | Lily Olayemi |
| David Edgar | Aurora Buhagiar | Livia Lowe |
| Edwin Kornet | Eden Marotta | Ariana Riseley |
| Jordy Blake | Lillian Wright | Hudson Young |
Victorian Premiers’ Reading Challenge
The Victorian Premiers’ Reading Challenge is now open and (insert school name) is excited to be participating. The PRC application offers a range of exciting features including:
- access to a library catalogue (including book images and blurbs)
- a modern user-friendly interface
- rewarding students with badges as challenge milestones are achieved
- the option for students to mark books as a favourite, give them a star rating or complete a book review
The Challenge is open to all Victorian children from birth to Year 10 in recognition of the importance of reading for literacy development. It is not a competition; but a personal challenge for children to read a set number of books by 8 September 2023. 58 days left to complete the challenge!
Children from Prep to Year 2 are encouraged to read or ‘experience’ 30 books with their parents and teachers. Children from Year 3 to Year 10 are challenged to read 15 books.
All children who meet the Challenge will receive a certificate of achievement signed by the Victorian Premier and former Premiers.
To read the Premier’s letter to parents, view the booklist and for more information about the Victorian Premiers’ Reading Challenge, visit: https://www.vic.gov.au/premiers-reading-challenge
Deborah Gilmour in the school library is able to help with any enquires.
To participate in the challenge please click on the link below:
