Term 3 Week 8 St Thomas' Newsletter
Acknowledgement of Country
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We acknowledge the Girai Wurrung people of the land on which we live and learn. We recognise their continuing connection to land, water and community. We pay respects to elders, past, present and emerging.
Prayer
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From the Principal
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We were extremely fortunate to have Bronze Medal Olympian Penny Smith come in on Friday to talk to the students and answer some questions. Her story is very inspiring and we are very grateful that Penny was able to come and spend some time with us.
I write this newsletter whilst on Grade 3/4 Camp to WarraGnan (Warrnambool). Lots of activities and fun is to be had for the next couple of days. We are due back at school tomorrow before the end of the day.
This week we look forward to our Book Week and dress up on Friday. We will have a parade on at 9am which we invite parents and friends to attend.
Enjoy the remainder of the week.
Matt Uzkuraitis
News
ASSEMBLY: No assembly this week due to Book Week Dress Up and Activities day on Friday
LOST PROPERTY: We have had a piece of woman's jewellery found on school ground which we believe may have personal value. Please contact the office for more information if you may have lost something.
Book Week - Friday 6th September
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This Friday 6th September we will have our Book Week Dress Up and activities day. On this day we will have a Parade at 9am which we invite parents and friends to come along.
After the parade the students will be split into groups from Prep to Grade 6 and participate in a number of activities that relate to some of the books that were CBCA listed this year.
This is always an enjoyable day.
Gr 5/6 Hooptime - last Friday
The Hooptime Basketball competition concluded last Friday with some of our Grade 3/4 students participating in the Rookies competition. Throughout these competitions the way the students have conducted themselves has been very pleasing. From showing positive sportsmanship to including everyone on the team, it has been a very successful few weeks. We thank all those who have helped coach, score, umpire or support.
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Grandparents/Special Persons Day
Grandparents/Special Persons Day is Friday 13th September. The day will go as follows:
The school will have recess early (10:20-10:50am)
We invite any grandparents or special friends to celebrate a liturgy @ 11am at the Church.
After Mass, from 11:30 - 12:30pm, we will invite the Grandparents and special friends over to the school to walk through the classroom's, play some games in the classroom. Some refreshments (light lunch and a cup of tea) will be given from 12:30pm onwards in the undercover area.
We invite all Grandparents, special friends or it could even be just mum or dad. We look forward to this community event.
AWARDS
Student Awards | Name | Term 3 Week 7 2024 |
PREP M | Ellis Gowland Hayden Mellington | For his excellent writing efforts! For his wonderful spelling efforts and achievements! |
Gr 1K | Ivy Meade Patrick Broad | For wonderful perseverance & determination. For being helpful to others when he mastered a skill himself. |
Gr 2P | Ava Richard Ailish Meade | For consistently showing leadership skills within the classroom. For being resilient when things are tricky. |
Gr 3/4JM | Fletcher Gleeson Max Timms Layla Thornton | For applying himself to complete his work despite distractions. For demonstrating perseverance when grasping new understandings. For always being a safe, respectful and responsible class member. |
Gr 5/6C | Ned Abbott Oliver Clarke | For challenging himself when converting 12 hour time to 24 hour time. For always taking other people's feelings into account. |
Gr 5/6B | Poppy Moloney Daisy Dillon | For their beautiful responses on their Father’s Day activity. |
ART | Darcy Meade Grace Boshier | For working so hard on your gelli print design, it looks fantastic! For bringing positivity and sunshine in to the art room every Wednesday! |
AUSLAN | Jimmy Selman Nate Irving | Working hard on identifying and categorising depicting signs in Auslan. |
PE | Anouk Bedeker Ned Abbott | For a wonderful effort playing cricket! Well done! For great bowling in cricket! |
SPECIAL | Harry Heffernan Ailish Meade Jack O’Neill | For completing Level 1 of MiniLit. For completing Level 1 of MiniLit. For completing Level 1 of MiniLit. |
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School TV
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We draw your attention to Friendship and Belonging. It is not always easy for children and teenagers to always know how to manage friendships. Learning how to make new friends and keep them involves a number of skills every young person needs to understand and develop. For some these skills will come very naturally, allowing them to easily move between different friendship groups, sharing their experiences and opening up to new people. For others, this can be much harder to navigate. Belonging to a group that is like-minded with similar interests is highly beneficial to a child’s wellbeing. Friendships are full of ups and downs and it is better for kids to learn how to manage and build their own friendships, even though as an adult carer you may be tempted to interfere.
Parish Bulletin
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Community Events
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