Dear Families,

Welcome to week three! My goodness, time is flying by in this very busy term.

Firstly, I’d like to thank our Parents and Friends for organising and running a Bunnings BBQ at the weekend. I believe they raised over $600 for the school, which is a fantastic effort! Thank you to Shane Wilson for being the leader on this venture and to everyone who helped out on the day. We are so lucky to have such a dedicated P&F who are so generous with their time.

Our P&F are also running lunch orders this week on Thursday, there are some new items available on the menu, so please be sure to check these out and put orders in via CDF Pay or the office.

Today Mrs Adams and Miss Smith are attending a Resilience Project conference in Melbourne. We began running this program at our school this year and so far our teachers and students are enjoying it and the engaging approach to learning about wellbeing that it offers us. One of the things that has come out of the project is some data about our children that has given us a few focus areas to work on but also highlighted some strengths. One of the key messages from our student wellbeing data is that the majority of children surveyed report a happy home life and feel safe and supported within their families. This is one of the biggest and most important protective factors for wellbeing so we have some very lucky kids here at Lumen Christi!

We have District Basketball coming up on Friday this week, 100 Days of school next week for our children in Mrs Fahey’s class and Book Week Dress Up Day on the 19^th August also. So lots happening around the school as always.

This week, we celebrate the feast day of Australia’s Patron Saint – Saint Mary of the cross MacKillop. Mary MacKillop was a co-founder of the Sisters of St Joseph. Her most important contribution was the establishment of schools and refuges for the disadvantaged in Australia and promoting education for the poor.

We will be holding a prayer service on Thursday morning celebrating St Mary of the cross MacKillop on Thursday morning at 8:45am.

A short reminder about school uniforms. We still have a number of students wearing the wrong uniforms on the wrong days. Please remember that Mondays and Fridays are sports days and all other days, students should be in correct uniform including plain, black shoes/runners.

Have a wonderful week ahead,

Sally

Please take note of these dates for your family calendar

Term 3 2025

Week 3:

8th Aug - District Basketball

Week 4: 

12th Aug: 100 days of school F/1

Week 5:

20th August - Parent Teacher Interviews

21st August - Parent Teacher Interviews

Week 6:  

27th Aug: Transition Session 1 Foundation 2026

Week 7: 

4th Sep: Fathers Day Breakfast and Mass

Week 8:  

8-9th Sep - Grade 3/4 Camp 

Week 9:  

18th sep- Last day of term 3 

18th Sep - Footy Colours day

18th sep - End of term Mass 9.30am 

Our class award winners and SEDA superstars for the week! Well done everyone

Welcome to Term 3! 

I hope that everyone had a lovely break over the holidays and enjoyed some down time either together as a family or pockets just for yourself. 

As we head into another term filled with learning, it can be easy to stay focussed on what is coming next. I would like to invite you to see if you can take some moments to pause and reflect. Try these prompts to help flex your gratitude muscle. These are great things to talk about over the dinner table. 

Kerry Adams

Mental Health and Wellbeing Leader.

All new Foundation students and families are welcome at Lumen Christi. Enrolment packs are available at the school office. Phone 5122 2231 to book a school tour with our Principal.