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HOLY TRINITY SUNDAY
Last Sunday was Holy Trinity Sunday. This special feast day recognises the Holy Trinity. “Trinity” means “three” and the Holy Trinity recognises that there are three persons in God. There is only one God, but God is a relationship of the Father and the Son and the Holy Spirit.
When explaining this to children, we can describe the Holy Trinity as if it were like a family. Each of the persons is different, but the family wouldn’t really exist if one of them were missing. The Holy Trinity is also a relationship of love. When we live the way God wants us to, we are joining in the life of the Holy Trinity.
Importance of the Holy Trinity in our life:
* All Sacraments are administered in the name of the Holy Trinity - we are baptized, confirmed, anointed, our sins are forgiven, and our marriage blessed, and our Bishops, priests and deacons ordained in the name of the Father, Son and Holy Spirit.
* Where Church bells ring three times daily, they remind us to pray to the Holy Trinity.
* We bless ourselves, and the priest blesses us, in the name of the Holy Trinity- In the name of the Father and of the Son and of the Holy Spirit
IN SYMPATHY
Please keep in your prayers Mrs Anmarie Moroney and her family. On the weekend, Mrs Moroney’s father passed away peacefully. We pray that they find comfort in the love of their family and friends.
This week, Mrs Janine Webb will be teaching Year 3. Thank you for your understanding and support.
SEMESTER ONE REPORTS
In Semester One, we normally provide a progress report at the end of Term 2. Due to the very different Semester One that we have experienced this year with remote learning, the decision has been taken by our Diocesan office, that schools will issue an interim Semester 1 Report. This is not a progress report. The report will look quite different to our normal Semester Progress Report. In this Interim Semester 1 Report, your child will be graded on engagement and effort in three areas: Religious Education, English and Mathematics. The report will be issued on Friday Week 9 via COMPASS. Please see the attached co-signed letter from Noel Henry (CEDoW Head of School Improvement Services – Primary) and I, regarding the Diocesan reporting for this semester.
Last term, we held parent-teacher interviews. I appreciate the support you gave to our staff in the organisation of these interviews, especially considering we were at that stage, in the process of remote learning. If you wish to discuss the interim report, please don’t hesitate to contact your child’s teacher and a similar discussion process can be arranged.
TERM 2 WEEK 6 ONLINE ASSEMBLY
Each week, we are creating our weekly assembly online. This assembly is uploaded to your children’s Seesaw page. If you did not see the assembly last week, please visit your child's Seesaw page. Alternatively, you can also view the assembly on our school Facebook page. I thank our Lamplighter’s Team for a very special World Environment Day prayer that they created for our assembly.
CEDoW COVID-19 website
The CEDoW COVID-19 website aims to provide clear and accurate messaging for our school communities about all Diocesan procedures regarding CEDoW COVID-19 measures. A link to the COVID-19 Information Centre has been placed on our school website home page. It is also available on the CEDoW website. You can access the site from this link.
https://www.dow.catholic.edu.au/about-us/general-news/covid-19-information-centre
FAMILY PHOTOS
If you haven’t already done so, can you please send in a family photo for our FAMILIES IN OUR SCHOOL COMMUNITY wall. We would like to create a photo wall in our school foyer, recognising all our great families that make up our school community of St Michael’s Mittagong.
Thank you for your continued support of our school community.
Have a lovely week,
Best wishes and God Bless,
Mrs Katrina West
Principal
Mass
Although restrictions are slowly easing and we are now permitted to have up to 50 worshippers for Mass, there are still a number of Government and Diocesan directives with which we need to comply.
One is the registering of all those who attend Mass and retain contact details for four weeks.
To streamline this process of registration, we now have an online booking service, where you just nominate the Mass you would like to attend and provide contact details and how many will attend.
You can register by going to the parish website (www.ccsh.dow.org) and follow the link to Mass registration.
When you arrive for Mass, you will be greeted by a monitor who will tick your name off the list and direct you where to sit.
Next weekend (13/14 June) Mass times will be:
Vigil, Saturday 5pm
Sunday 8am
Sunday 9.30am
Sunday 11am
Sunday 6pm
Please remember that all Masses will be celebrated at St. Thomas Aquinas Church, because of the social distancing requirements. We are fortunate that we have a Church which will easily accommodate 50 worshippers and even 100 when restrictions further ease.
Given the circumstances, you will notice that the Mass times are a bit fluid at the moment. I would welcome your feedback as to their suitability.
The online booking system will be convenient for many of you who will not need to ring the parish office. Please visit https://www.ccsh.org.au/ and click on the picture
and it will take you to the booking section. For weekday Masses, you no longer need to book, but you must sign in with your name and contact details when you arrive for Mass or you can register online.
Times for this week are:
Tuesday 8am
Wednesday 8am
Thursday 8am
Friday 11am.
There are Government and Diocesan directives which have to be followed. Most of the government ones are known to you, but a couple of diocesan ones will feel very strange to us. For example, congregational singing is prohibited; Holy Communion will be distributed only on the hand and the Precious Blood will cease to be offered from the chalice; no physical touching at the sign of peace; collection plates will no longer be passed through the Church.
All of these conditions are contained in the directives which are available on our Parish website and the Diocese of Wollongong website.
As you enter and leave the Church, there will be baskets clearly marked first and second collection. Please give generously, and thank you to those who have continued to donate while we have been in lockdown. Direct debit is the easiest way to contribute to the income of the parish. If you would like to join, please contact the office.
Mass and liturgy services will continue to be posted online through the Parish YouTube channel. I encourage you to still participate in Mass by viewing them online.
https://www.youtube.com/channel/UC7S6wrESEOUqrF9Ppp7mDvg
Parish Fundraising
“MEGA RAFFLE” tickets can still be purchased. First prize is a HONDAJAZZ, valued at over $20,000 (supplied by Southern Highlands Motor Group). Tickets on sale now, $10.00 per ticket. Tickets can be purchased via https://www.raffletix.com.au/ccsh. The raffle will be drawn later on in the year. Thank you for your continual support in this challenging time.
Rebecca Mitchell
REC
ENTERING STUDENT ABSENCES
Compass has been reactivated to allow parents to explain their child's absence from school. When completing this in Compass, please ensure that ALL fields are completed. Please type the reason your child is away in details/comment box, it is important that the school is aware of the reason, particularly at this time.
HEALTH AND SAFETY
During this time it is important that we maintain the regulations in terms of reporting any incidents of COVID19. It is vital that you inform our school if your child has been tested for COVID19 or is in isolation due to being a close contact of someone being tested.
Students who are sick are asked to stay at home until they are well. Any child who becomes sick at school will need to be sent home and if contacted, we ask that you please collect your child promptly.
PARENT CONTACT DETAILS
At all times we ask that parents keep your contact details up to date. However, at this time, it is more crucial as we are sending out updated information, nearly on a daily basis. Please advise the office, in writing/email, if you have any changes to your residential address, phone numbers (home, mobile, work), email addresses and work details.
KINDERGARTEN PARENT/TEACHER INTERVIEWS
An important part of our school's reporting process is a parent/teacher interview. These interviews for Kindergarten will be held during week 9 of this term.
Bookings are made through the Compass Parent Portal. Bookings will open Monday 15th June and will close at 2.30pm Thursday 18th June.
Years 1 - 6 will be receiving an interim report (see below).
Interim Semester 1 Report (Years 1-6)
Interim Semester 1 Reports will be available via the Compass Parent Portal on Friday 26th June. We no longer print and send home bulk reports as per previous years. For those unable to download or print a copy of the school report, please notify the school in writing and a copy will be printed for you.
A reminder that a student profile exists on Compass only for the period of their enrolment at St Michael’s. When they leave St Michael's, their profile will not be accessible. As students' academic reports are provided to families via Compass, it is important that each report be saved to an external location by parents before the student leaves St Michael’s so that it remains accessible in the future (eg for high school application).
Happy Birthday to the following students who celebrated a birthday this week:
Zachary R, Nellie R and Tobias N
