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Dear Parents, Guardians and Carers,
Last Friday our School Captains participated in the ANZAC Day parade and ceremony in Traralgon. Congratulations to Olivia, Branson and Aria. You were great representatives of the school. It was also lovely to see so many happy faces and waves from the students watching the parade as we walked past. Thank you for your support!
Changes to School gates before school:
To improve the safety and supervision of St Michael’s students before school starts (8:30am to 8:50am), we will be implementing some changes to the school gates. Please take note of the following:
At 8:30am:
- Kay Street sliding gate - will be opened by the yard duty teacher to let students in and then closed immediately
- Breed Street Pedestrian Gate (school crossing to the GRAC) - remains closed at all times. All students are to enter via the front of the school
- Church Gate - the pedestrian gate between the school hall and the church will be opened as per usual and generally supervised by the yard duty teacher.
All gates will open as per normal of an afternoon. The above arrangements only affect mornings.
STARTING LATE AND FINISHING EARLY
We have noticed there has been an increasing number of students arriving at school late and finishing early. We understand that medical appointments such as doctors or offsite therapist appointments cannot be avoided during the school day but we ask that NON URGENT appointments be scheduled outside school hours.
There are several reasons why this is not okay:
- Arriving Late - The start of the day is a chance to get settled, complete the before school classroom routine and connect with their teacher and friends before the day officially begins. The children are more settled, they know what is expected of them for the day and they haven’t missed important information about what might be happening in their day.
- Leaving early - Learning is occurring right up until the end of the day; whether it is completing set work or playing a game with their class there is always a learning intention behind it and a reason why it is important. With The Resilience Project, a lot of the grades are ending their day with a reflection linked to either gratitude, empathy and mindfulness. Reasons such as getting a haircut, avoiding traffic, wet weather are not acceptable reasons for your child to leave early.
- Frequent absences - these not only impact your child’s learning they also influence their ability to form connections with their peers. By having continual absences they may also find it hard to return, creating anxiety as they need to reconnect with their friends and teacher, relearn the routines of the classroom and establish themselves back into the games on the yard during break times.
Road Closure - Friday 2nd May
Kay Street will be closed on Friday 2nd May for all traffic due to a Rotary Convention being hosted by Latrobe City. Please consider an alternative drop off and school pick up route.
Important Dates:
- Thursday 1st May - State Swimming
- Friday 2nd May - Respectful Relationships Program for all 5/6s
- Tuesday 6th May - Confirmation Parent Workshop
- Wednesday 7th May - Information Evening for Foundation 2026 students
- Friday 9th May - Foundation Mass at 9:30am
Kindest Regards
Lia DiCorleto
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 given out at Assembly on Friday.
In Week 2 the School Wide Expectation focus is Safety:
I have the right to feel safe in our school environment.
| George Bulmer | Madison Matheas | Ryan Joseph |
| Cato Nightingale | Imogen Hunter | Austin Freshwater |
| Malika Mifsud | Kaylee Carmody | Harper Bailey |
| Evie Chittem | Cohen Shields | Kaiden Garth |
| Brianna Kaiser | Cooper Greaves | London-Rose Radford |
| Lachlan McKenna | Ariana DiCiero | Harry Blomquist |
In Sunday’s gospel we read about the disciple Thomas. Thomas has received a pretty raw deal from history! The phrase, doubting Thomas, has found its way into our everyday language and condemns Thomas as the one who wouldn’t take the word of his fellow disciples but wanted to see the Risen Lord himself. However, rather than remembering Thomas for his doubt, we should remember Thomas as the one who makes the extraordinary declaration of faith, ‘My Lord and my God!’ It is Thomas, alone amongst all those who recognise the greatness of Jesus across the four gospels, who acknowledges Jesus as not just the Messiah, but God.
When Thomas made his declaration of faith, Jesus said, ‘You believe because you can see me. Happy (or Blessed) are those who have not seen and yet believe.’ (v29) Because this gospel was written 60 years or so after the time of Jesus, there were indeed many who believed but had not ever seen him. The blessing is on all those who believe without the benefit of a physical encounter of Jesus. Whilst the gospel was written as an acknowledgement of those at the end of the 1st Century, it is also a blessing and encouragement for believers of today!
The School Savings Bonus is a State Government initiative designed to assist families with cost-of-living pressures. Under this funding, each eligible student is entitled to a $400 bonus for application towards activity levies and uniform purchases from approved supplier. Within our school, all CSEF applicants are eligible to receive this funding. All families who have a Centrelink Health Care Card and have not applied for CSEF in the past are encouraged to contact the school office and initiate an application this year. Please refer to the below link for more information:
https://www.vic.gov.au/receiving-school-saving-bonus#non-government-school-information
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
