Dear Families,

Firstly, congratulations to our Year Four students who made the Sacrament of First Eucharist over the weekend. It was a lovely celebration and so wonderful to have our families celebrating with us and the wider parish. A huge thank you to the Parish for providing a beautiful morning tea to celebrate. It was also lovely to have our families attend our Eucharist night at school. It is very important to me as the Principal at this school that all children get to experience parts of the Catholic Tradition, even if they are not Catholic or making their sacraments. Being a community is who we are as a school, so thank you to those families who came out on Tuesday night to gather together and share a meal with each other.

Please remember that we have some school closures coming up on Friday, Monday and Tuesday, which is Melbourne Cup holiday. There will be no staff at school on these days.

The Colour Run is fast approaching, so make sure children have their white t-shirts ready. There are a limited number available from the school office for $4 for those children who would like to purchase one here.

Remember that Swimming will be coming up in Week 8 and for those children transitioning to secondary school, their transition sessions will be fast approaching too.

We also have camp for our 3/4s early in December, which will be a fun and exciting couple of days for them.

Again, I ask families to keep those in areas of conflict around the world in their prayers. I am sure I am not alone, watching on in sadness at what is going on in the world.

Lastly, thank you for sending the children along in their crazy socks and raising money for the people in Timor Leste, we will be making a donation to the Catholic Mission on behalf of the school.

And the Halloween Disco was a great success – thank you to the P&F for their organisation and to our staff who provided supervision on the night.

Have a wonderful week ahead

Sally