Spirit of God, Grant us the gifts of knowledge, understanding and wisdom that we may respond in faith to whatever you ask.
Spirit of God, grant us the gifts of right judgement and courage that we may choose correctly when making decisions about the way we live as followers of Jesus.
Spirit of God, grant us the gift of reverence and wonder so we never take you for granted, and always respond in prayer and action in bearing witness to Christ our Lord in our lives.

We pray for our students making their confirmation this Saturday. May it also remind us of the gifts that we have been given, to use them well and to work on those gifts that are still developing. Thank you to Father Sean, Mrs Mitchell, Mr Tuckwell, Miss O’Brien and Mrs Hamilton for the preparation of the students. We also thank the members of the liturgy group and their parents for giving up their time on Saturday.
 
Cross Country
Congratulations to Ruby Francis who came in second place at the Diocesan Cross Country last week. Ruby will now move on to the next level and we wish her well at that event.
 
NAPLAN
The annual National Assessment Program commenced today with our Year 3 & Year 5 students sitting the writing paper. Parents of students in these grades can help their children by trying not to stress them about the assessments, treat it as just another day as these assessments are just a snapshot of the student’s capabilities. Make sure however, that they aren’t late and have breakfast before they come. All students will need to ensure that they have their headphones with them each day and the Year 5 students bring their iPads fully charged. The testing will continue over this week and next.

Uniforms
Starting this week all students are required to wear winter uniforms.

Glassware 
For the safety of everyone at St Michael's, a reminder that no glassware, including glass drink bottles and glass lunch boxes are allowed at school.     

Have a lovely week everyone,
Kayleen Petzer