School News
What's coming up in Term 3
What’s coming up in Term 3:
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Parent support, engagement, or reminders |
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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 |
What’s happened at St Michael’s over the past fortnight?
WASTE FREE WEDNESDAY update
Here are the results for Week 8:
Year 1: 52%
Year 2: 63%
Year 3: 50%
Year 4:52 %
Year 5: 62%
Year 6: 47%
Kindergarten: 82%
So the Gold WFW warriors were: Kindergarten
And the silver WFW warriors were: Year 2
Here are the results for Week 9:
Year 1: 63%
Year 2: 80%
Year 3: 65%
Year 4: 70%
Year 5: 57%
Year 6: 52%
Kindergarten: 91%
So the Gold WFW warriors were: Kindergarten
And the silver WFW warriors were: Year 2
This week was MAGIC ROUND so all students who bought waste free lunches to school on Wednesday this week have gone into the draw to win 2 BENTO boxes. These will be raffled off on Monday morning.
The overall Term 3 WASTE FREE WARRIORS are Kindergarten. They will be rewarded with extra play and a taste testing session of produce from our school garden. This produce will be strawberries, cherry tomatoes with basil and lemon cordial with mint.
Respectful Relationships
We are continuing our respect focus of ‘Calling out Disrespectful behaviour’ as we are starting to get very good traction with students being upstanders and calling out disrespect when they hear it and see it. The members of our Student Advisory Group (SAG) have been busy creating actual scenarios and role plays of calling out disrespect for all classes to enact and use as discussion points. Lara M and Olivier F in Year 6 also created an imovie after they interviewed students about their thoughts on calling out disrespect. You can view the imovie below.
Calling out Disrespectful Behaviour is…
-Saying stop in a strong voice
-Saying, ”I don't like what your saying or doing”
-Doing something about the disrespect, taking action
-Being brave and not worrying about what others will think
-Helping/standing up for others
-Telling a teacher when you hear or see disrespectful behaviours
Calling out Disrespectful Behaviour is not…
-Being a bystander
-Ignoring, walking away from disrespectful behaviours
-Joining in and encouraging disrespectful behaviour
Term 3 Respect Focus
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Weeks |
RESPECT FOCUS |
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Week 9-10 |
Calling out Disrespectful Behaviour |
School Assembly Timetables
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Week |
Focus |
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9 |
Living the St Michael’s Vision Awards Assembly |
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.
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From Fr Ken Blessing of Animals, Monday, 2 October at 9:30am. As usual, the Blessing of Animals will take place on the Monday of the long weekend, 2 October at 9:30am at the Parish of Saint Michael, 325 Lawrence Hargrave Drive, Thirroul. The blessing takes place in the courtyard next to the church. All animals under 800kg and their carers are welcome, though please keep the larger crocodiles on a tight leash. The feast of St Francis of Assisi is on Wednesday, 4 October, with Mass at 9:00am – animals are welcome at that Mass. Blessed are you, Lord God, maker of all living creatures. May we always praise you for all your beauty in creation. We show our respect for the Creator by our stewardship of creation. Care for the earth is not just an Earth Day slogan, it is a requirement of our faith. We are called to protect people and the planet, living our faith in relationship with all of God’s creation. This environmental challenge has fundamental moral and ethical dimensions that cannot be ignored.
Centenary of the Parish – Saturday, 28 October. All are invited to join our parish family, old and new, to celebrate the Parish’s first 100 years! Mass with Bishop Brian will be held at 17:30pm on Saturday, 28 October, followed by a community gathering: a BBQ in the school grounds for all. Further details to follow. In addition, to celebrate the Centenary, you will be able to order special mementos: 100 Year Anniversary Book; Centenary Wine Glasses; Centenary Wines – Sauvignon Blanc or Merlot. Order forms are available in the church, from the Parish Office, or on the Parish’s website or with the Bulletin emails. Orders need to be placed by Tuesday, 3 October the latest. Hand or email in your order form to the Parish Office, or in a special box on the front seat in the church. By 10 October, please phone or email the Parish Office, or complete the sheet in the church indicating how many from your family will be attending the BBQ dinner after the 17:30pm Mass on Saturday, 28 October. All are invited to attend. |