Dear Parents

This week is Book Week and we have already had some wonderful events for the students. 

G’DAY ASIA- STORYTELLING AND PUPPETRY

On Monday we had the performance “G’Day Asia”, which was a fantastic puppet show. The presenter, Hugh, told stories from around Asia in particular Indonesia, Japan, India and China. The highlight of the show was definitely the Chinese dragon, which students from Year 6 were able to carry around the hall. 

SHARED STORYTELLING

On Tuesday, we had our Pyjamas and Stories Day, where the students and staff wore their pyjamas and shared their favourite stories from the 2023 Children’s Book Week books. It was a fun day of learning and sharing. 

IMAGERY THROUGH LEGO DESIGN

In the Library, our own “Lego Master” Mrs Sewell, has set up a fantastic display of Lego creation builds. The children have been absolutely amazed by the creations and have been inspired to create their own. Year 6 have a display in the library of their persuasive advertising task in building design through the use of Lego. 

BOOK FAIR

On Friday 1st September, the library will be open for parents, grandparents, godparents and great people to look at and purchase from, our Scholastics Book Fair. The students will be able to purchase from the Book Fair the following Monday (4/9) and Tuesday (5/9) during class times and parents are able to come during the day on Monday and Tuesday as well. Thank you to Mrs Sewell for organising this.

WRITE ON 

Last Friday we announced the highly commended and winners of the 2023 Write On persuasive text writing competition. These students are:

Stage 1 Highly Commended- Lorenzo Anzures

Winner- Imogen Sloan

Stage  2- Kiri Sherry and Anthony Brand

Winner- Halle Whipp

Stage 3- Sophia Davis-Welstead

Winner -Isaac Majarich

Congratulations to all our students who wrote wonderful stories as part of this competition. 

SOCCER GALA DAY

Tomorrow is the Soccer Gala Day at Tahmoor. All details are on the printed note that was handed out yesterday. Thank you to our parents and staff who are attending the day to support our students. Staff onsite at Tahmoor will be Mrs Williamson, Mr Boyd, Mrs Mitchell and Mr Sherry.

WAKAKIRRI

Good luck to our Wakakirri team who will be representing our school next Wednesday at the Wollongong Entertainment Centre. You will be amazing!!

Thank you to all the staff and parents who have supported the team especially Mrs Williamson, Mrs Whipp and Mrs Eggleston who have guided the students so well throughout their practice sessions. 

CONGRATULATIONS TO OUR STUDENTS

Congratulations to Layla Woodman (Year 6) who represented our school at the Oxley Interschool Riding event last weekend. Layla won Overal Champion of the Years 5-6

DIOCESAN ATHLETICS TRIALS

Congratulations to the seven students who represented our school at the Diocesan Athletics trials. They were Willow, Lucinda, Will, Mason, Tobias, Jerwill and Charlotte.

Will Soloman came second in the 800m and 1500m and got through to the MacKillop Athletic Championships on the 18th September at Homebush. Well done to all of the team. 

Thur 24 Aug - No Gymnastics today (due to Soccer Gala)

Save the Date - Parent Workshop with Dr Justin Coulson on 12 October

St Michael’s Mittagong, St Thomas Aquinas and St Paul’s Moss Vale are very excited to be co-hosting a Parent Workshop with well known parenting expert Dr Justin Coulson on Thursday 12 October at St Paul’s Catholic Primary School in Moss Vale. Justin is the co-host and parenting expert on Channel 9's Parental Guidance, the founder of happyfamilies.com.au, and one of Australia’s most trusted parenting experts. He holds a PhD in Positive Psychology.

Over the past decade he has helped innumerable families with his 9 books about raising children, his hundreds of media appearances (including all of Australia’s major news outlets, and even the Washington Post and the New York Times), and two viral videos that have been viewed a combined 80 million times!

Please add this event to your calendar. Further details will come soon. 

Dr Justin Coulson

Enrolment Information - Chevalier College

Chevalier College has contacted us to let us know that applications for Year 7 2024 and 2025 are now overdue, and they have a waitlist. They therefore request that if you are considering enrolling your child at Chevalier College and have not yet applied, please do so today.  You can apply online at Chevalier College and if you have any questions, please contact the Enrolments Office on 4861 0524.

GDAY- FRIDAY 1ST SEPTEMBER

Please refer to the note sent home today with all students, in regards to the G Day organisation. If you have any questions, please don’t hesitate to contact our school office or the P&F committee. 

Thank you to those parents who have indicated they can help on the day. It would be lovely if we could have a few more helpers. If you are available, can you please indicate on the note I have sent home today.

Thank you for your continued support of our school.

Have a lovely week.

Best wishes

Katrina West