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Dear Parents, Guardian and Carers,
Walking around the school this week there is a real buzz in the air with excitement as children enjoy their last few weeks of school for this year. Please keep checking the school calendar over the final weeks of the term as levels will be having fun days at different times over the last few weeks.
Our end of year Mass is this Friday at 9:30am and all are welcome to join us. We will be saying farewell to long serving staff; Sue Hill, Deb Gilmour and Catherine Taylor who are moving on to retirement and we wish them all the best. This will be followed by a morning tea in the hall. The Assembly on Friday will be a special one as we farewell those staff leaving the school starting at 11:30am in the school hall.
Our grade 6 students are currently preparing for their transition to secondary school next year. This time of the year can bring on big emotions as they get ready to move on from primary school, as the excitement of the move to a new school is tinged with the sadness of saying goodbye. Their graduation will be on Friday 13th December. Please join us at 3:15pm for the hat toss which will take place in the basketball shelter. It is always a lovely way for the school community to gather and farewell these students.
Change to Stationery orders in 2025
As a school we have made the decision to not send booklists home this year largely due to the closure of our regular supplier, Seymour Street newsagency. The teachers will be doing bulk orders of all supplies required by the children in their classrooms for 2025, therefore parents are not required to purchase stationery for their children next year. These will be ready for the children when school commences.
Kind regards,
Jodie
Important dates:
- 2nd Dec to 5th Dec - Foundation Swimming
- 6th Dec - End of Year Mass, Morning Tea and Special Assembly to farewell leaving staff
- 11th Dec - Year 3/4 Fun Day
- 12th Dec - Year 6 Fun Day
- 13th Dec - Year 6 Graduation Lunch and Mass at 6pm
- 13th Dec - Foundation Breakfast Camp experience 7:30am
- 17th Dec - Year 5 Fun Day
- 17th Dec - Year 1/2 and Foundation Fun Day
- 18th Dec - Term 4 ends 3:20pm
Sunday was the beginning of the Advent season. We are, perhaps, used to thinking of the season of Advent as a time of preparation for the celebration of Christmas. But this week’s readings, and the readings of the next few weeks, remind us that the notion of preparation extends well beyond the celebration of the birth of Jesus. The coming of the Messiah would usher in a new prosperity and a divine reign of God. The earliest Christians began to see that the ancient prophecies could all be applied to Jesus and they began to regard Jesus as the promised Messiah – the fulfilment of prophecy. However, Jesus also promised that he would come again, and the expectation of the first followers of Jesus was that his return would be in their lifetime.
Have you thought about it? – Waiting, waiting, waiting …
I’m not a big fan of waiting! Anticipation is pretty good; getting prepared and getting ready are OK, too. But when it comes down to being all dressed up and ready to go, I’m just hopeless at waiting. If Advent is a time of pointless waiting for Christmas then we’ve somehow missed the message. Rather than just waiting, Advent is a time of preparation and anticipation. But it’s not just about anticipating Christmas. That’s part of it, sure. However, Advent is about reminding ourselves that we have a job to do: preparing for the reign of God – in our lives and in our world.
Our sausage sizzle last week was a fabulous success. Thanks to John Diciero for cooking up a storm on the BBQ. Our Grade 5/6 Mini Vinnies were fantastic at organising and serving our happy customers.
A HUGE shoutout to Traralgon Bunnings for donating a new barbeque for us to use at school events.
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 the special assembly on Friday at 11:30am.
In Week 9 the School Wide Expectation focus is Honesty:
I always tell the truth.
I am honest when reflecting on my personal performance.
I take responsibility for my actions.
| Isabella Mustac | Maya Lourensz | Flynn Waite |
| Hannah Manning | Elsie Rudolph-O'Donnell | Corey Moore |
| Josie Kite | Charlie Conway | Leah Kalapurackal |
| Toby Flowers | Flinders Gibbison | Jaymes Johnstone |
| Liam Hunter | Finn Hourigan | Austin Freshwater |
| Robert Johnson | Noah McMahon | Evie Hoggard |
| Athalia Celin Manu | Kaila Hamblyn | Milla Koppen |
| Lorcan Doherty | Campbell Quail | |
| Boston Shaw | Lily Faithfull |
2025 travel offers
Families have been emailed travel offers from the Student Travel Assistance Portal for bus travel in 2025. Families have until 14 December 2024 to accept travel offers for 2025.
Please review your travel offers in the Student Travel Assistance Portal and check all travellers details are correct. If you have changed address or your travel offer is incorrect you will need to decline the travel offer, update your address in your profile(if required) and then submit a new travel application.
Bus service waitlist
Where bus services have reached capacity, some students have been placed on a waitlist. The Student Transport Unit reviews the waitlist every day and when a seat becomes available, the system will automatically email a travel offer to families. Priority of access is given to eligible students.
Contact
Families requiring assistance with STAP (including requests to change their allocated bus service/stop) can email: schoolbus@education.vic.gov.au
We offer hot lunches weekly on a Monday with Munch Lunch. They are a local company that offer a variety of lunch items.
Ordering is simple, download the Spriggy Schools app via your App Store or Google Play store, select St Michael's School, add your children and their class to the app and place your order! Lunches will then be delivered to school. Orders need to be placed by 9:00am on the day. You can pre order lunches 2 weeks in advance.
Contact: Munch Lunch 0459 220 445 or hello.munch.lunch@gmail.com
