Dear Families

Farewell to Spring and a warm welcome to Summer!

The sunny start to the week has been lovely and it is terrific to be able to have a bust school with different events being a distraction from the closures and interruption so the past two years.  We have classes rehearsing for the both the Nativity and Christmas Carols so the energy levels are on a high across the school.  Fingers crossed our children can maintain this excitement and have a strong finish to the year.  December is always busy in schools and homes so we encourage everyone.... including the adults ..... to value self-care behaviours like good sleep habits and keeping hydrated.

Next week we have a few external activities so it is important for families to have their PAM accounts active and permissions granted for their children.  The WHAT'S ON article provides a list of events coming up as well as which onsite events visitors can attend.  Confirmation was our first event with visitors so we had to have Check-In procedures in place - can we thank everyone who attended for the way they responded to our sensible and gentle approach to enacting these expectations.  Graduation will follow the same procedure but with a larger crowd so again we ask your support, so please be aware of the check-in procedures.  A few days later we will have the Nativity & Carols events which will require us to manage much larger crowds so we will certainly be reliant on the support of school families to ensure these events can be managed effectively.

Next week we have both our 2022 Transition Day (Tues) as well as the Semester Two Reports being distributed (Fri).  Our 2022 Foundation Class will be onsite 8.35am to 12.00pm while the rest of the school will spend the middle part of the day with their 2022 teacher and classmates.  We hope to have Mrs.Darby onsite for part of the day. 2022 Start of the Year Dates are published in this newsletter.

So with Christmas Trees up to announce the start of Advent may I wish you and your family a most blessed start to the Christmas Season.  With only two weeks left of my principal-ship at Churchill I plan on enjoying my last days here as I sadly go about my farewells.  I look forward to seeing parents and families at our end of year mass and other events where I can offer my sincere thanks to everyone at Lumen Christi for the past nine years.

Have a great week, Dave