Dear Families,

Another week has flown by at Lumen Christi. A busy week of celebrating Pancake Day and observing the beginning of Lent with our Ash Wednesday Mass, which due to Father James’ availability, was held on Thursday last week.

Our children participated beautifully in our mass, a big part of this was the practise that they had with Mrs Szkwarek in music learning the songs so it is wonderful to have her back after her parental leave. It takes many members of our staff team make Lumen Christi work so well. Thank you also to Mr Clarke and the grade 3/4 children for leading our mass.

This week, we will be practising a whole school evacuation as a part of our Emergency Management planning. It’s important for the children to know what to do so that in the event of a real emergency they can be confident of the correct procedures. Each term we will practise something different for all of the different scenarios that could be a possibility in a school setting.

Next week is shaping up to be a busy week with Dad’s night and rocket launching with Mr Clarke. And we also have our sports day, which Mr Watson will be organising and running. Our Parents and Friends are organising a barbeque lunch on this day. There is a flyer attached to this newsletter with prices and information about what can be bought. We thank our P&F for their dedication to always making things fun and exciting for the children here at school. They do a wonderful job raising funds and they are a small team who dedicate a lot of their own time to organising the many events that happen throughout the school year. They always need more help and support, so please feel free to contact me if any parents would like to contribute.

As we are in the season of Lent, many children may have talked in their classrooms about “giving something up” – but we can also use this as a time of reflection and renewal, to better answer the call to Christianity, remembering to be the Light of Christ in the world, as God wants us to be.

A short Lenten Prayer

God, may Your light guide my day, and your spirit bring me peace.

Amen.

Have a wonderful week ahead,

Sally