School News
What's coming up in Term 3
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School event |
Date |
Parent support, engagement, or reminders |
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Book Week Celebrations |
Tuesday 22 August |
Kinder, Year 1 & 2 Thirroul Library visit 9.30-11.00am |
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Book Week Celebrations |
Wednesday 23 August |
10:15: Author’s Expo 11:00: Picnic morning tea 11:30: costume parade All welcome See additional information below |
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Public Speaking competition |
Monday 28 August Year 1-4 at 2:00pm Tuesday 29 August Year 5 & 6 at 2:00pm |
Parents welcome to attend finals held in the hall See additional information below |
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Around the World Mufti Day |
Thursday 21 September |
Wear mufti clothes with the theme ‘around the world’. Gold coin donation goes towards fundraising for our new playground equipment. Special ‘around the world’ canteen meal deal and snacks. Use the ‘chip in’ function to donate to our playground equipment fundraiser. See additional information below |
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Book Week commences on 19-25 August. The theme for 2023 is Read, Grow, Inspire. We will be marking this wonderful event with many activities throughout the week. Students will have opportunities to engage in author talks, K-2 Thirroul library visit, interactive activities with Children’s Book Council shortlisted books and of course a Character dress up and book parade. We will also be having an Authors Expo, where every student will plan, draft, write and publish a text to share with their parents. Mark this date in your calendars: |
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What’s happened at St Michael’s over the past fortnight?
STEM CONNECT PROJECT - Year 4 and 5
Students in Year 4 and 5 have been engaging in a STEM Connect project partnering with students from Holy Spirit College to build their skills in science, technology, engineering and maths. They have planned and designed new playground equipment and have 3D printed some of the designs. The designs are set up in the office foyer. We are trying to raise funds to contribute to buying contemporary playground equipment and the STEM students have designed some examples of what they’d like in their playground. If you would like to make a donation to our playground fund, please send this into the office. All donations are greatly appreciated.
WASTE FREE WEDNESDAY update
Last week we had our first MAGIC round, where all students who brought waste free lunches to school on Wednesday received a raffle ticket to go into the draw to receive a BENTO lunchbox. Congrats to Sienna P and Ethan Z who won the bento boxes. Here are the results for Week 3 and 4.
Waste Free Warriors Week 3 results:
Year 1- 60%
Year 2- 75%
Year 3- 70%
Year 4- 71%
Year 5-80%
Year 6-70%
Kinder-75%
So the Gold Waste Free Warriors are: Year 5
And the Silver Waste Free Warriors are: Year 2 and Kinder
The Waste Free Wednesday results for Week 4:
Year 1- 63%
Year 2- 66%
Year 3- 65%
Year 4- 63%
Year 5- 60%
Year 6- 59%
Kinder- 81%
So the Gold Waste Free Warriors are: Kindergarten
And the Silver Waste Free Warriors are: Year 2
We created a KINDNESS culture and painted our school BLUE on Friday 18 August when we celebrated Bullying NO WAY! Day. We all engaged in fun activities to learn about the different types of bullying and how to be an upstander. Check out the amazing kindness chains created by each class, we even connected the chains to make a St Michael’s school kindness chain.
Respectful Relationships
Our focus on Respectful relationships was launched with Bullying No way day. A student advisory Group has been formed by students elected by their teachers to be the vice for their classes to develop respect focuses. These respect focuses have been derived from data gathered from our students who completed surveys in Term 2 about how safe and respected they felt at our school. The student advisory group (SAG) have met and have developed the first respect focus which will be explicitly taught over the next fortnight with role plays.
The respect focus for Week 5 and 6 is: Calling Out Disrespect.
School Assembly Timetables
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Week |
Focus |
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5 |
Respectful Relationships and Awards Assembly |
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7 |
Respectful Relationships and Awards Assembly |
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9 |
Living the St Michael’s Vision Awards Assembly |
Public Speaking
Students from Years 1-6 will be involved in public speaking this term. This is a homework task, with details of topics and further information provided via compass to each class.
- Presenting in class in Week 6. At the completion of this competition three students from each class will compete in our school competition.
- During Week 7 we will host our Whole School Public Speaking Competition.
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Monday 28th August |
Years 1- 4 Public Speaking 2pm in Hall |
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Tuesday 29th August |
Years 5 & 6 Public Speaking 2pm in Hall |
At the whole school competition:
- Yr 1 & 2 - 1st, 2nd, 3rd in Stage 1, the remaining 3 students get a finalist certificate
- Yr 3 & 4 - 1st, 2nd, 3rd in Stage 2, the remaining 3 students get a finalist certificate
- Yr 5 & 6 - 1st place in year 5 and 1st place in year 6 (these 2 students go to the Dio Comp), the remaining 4 students get a finalist certificate.
Mrs Amy Sammut - Assistant Principal
St Michael’s School Social Media
With so much going on at school, a great way to follow any up and coming events and read about the great things that are happening, please follow us on:
Instagram- stmichaels.thirroul or Facebook-St Michael's Catholic Primary School, Thirroul
Parish News
First Penance and First Communion 2023
The Sacrament of First Communion is given to children who have reached the age of reason, which is accepted as seven years old, that is, when a child is in Year 2. [Canons 913, 914] Prior to receiving First Communion, children are to celebrate the Sacrament of Penance [Reconciliation].
In order to prepare for these Sacraments, there is a preparation program consisting of the following: a parent information evening; two classes (after school hours) in preparation for First Penance; celebration of First Penance; two classes (after school hours) in preparation for First Communion.
Enrolments close on 5 September 2023. Enrolment Forms may be downloaded from the Parish website. Enrolment forms are to be emailed or delivered to the Parish Office by 5 September 2023.
Dates for First Penance and First Communion are listed on the Parish website.