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Happy Easter
Wishing you all a safe and happy Easter break.
Easter Mass Times- St Catherine’s Parish
Parents and Friends (P & F)
A very big thank you to our P & F for organising the end of term sausage sizzle for our students and the Easter Raffle. Thank you to all our school families for donating, purchasing and selling raffle tickets. Our students are very grateful and excited about all the events we have planned for tomorrow. If you are available, families are welcome to join us at 9:00am on our Asphalt area for our Easter Crazy Hair/ Hat Parade and the Easter raffle.
Important Dates
End of term 1- students finish at 2:30pm on Friday 8 April
Term 2 begins on Tuesday 26 April
School Closure Day- Tuesday 14 June
Year 5-6 Camp- Wednesday 6- Friday 8 April
This week I will be attending camp with year 5-6 students, Alana Tavcar, Paul Hamiliton and Sue Pattinson. We are looking forward to spending time with students and watching them take on challenges, work as a team and develop independence. I wish to acknowledge and thank the staff attending camp as they have families and commitments they leave behind, in order for our students to be able to experience camp.
In my absence Mrs Carmel Donlon will be delegated authority. While I will be in touch with school, please contact the school office if you have any queries or concerns.
Parent/Teacher/Student Meetings
Thank you to families for attending these meetings online. Teachers were pleased to meet with families and students to discuss student learning. Parent/Teacher/Student learning will again take place at the end of term 2
OSHClub- Farewell to Sue
It is with great sadness that we farewell Sue from Oshclub. Sue has provided before and after school care for our students and families for six years. We consider Sue part of our St Catherine’s family as she has cared for our students in the same professional way as our staff. Sue has always worked in collaboration with staff to ensure the highest care and programs were available to our students. We wish Sue the very best for the future and thank her for all the support she has offered our school community. Our school community will formally say farewell to Sue tomorrow morning at 9:00am on the asphalt, just before our Easter Hat Parade.
Oshclub are still finalising Sue’s replacement and will make an announcement to our school community shortly.
Rapid Antigen Test Kits
More test kits will be available for families to pick up from school Monday 4 and Tuesday 5 April from outside the front office.
RELIGIOUS EDUCATION NEWS
2022 Caritas Project Compassion
Each family has received a Project Compassion box for donations or you can donate online via the Caritas Australia website at: lent.caritas.org.au. Spare collection boxes can be obtained from the office.
If you chose to collect during Lent, please return the boxes to school. Please return donations to the school office by Thursday, 7th April so we can add the school donations to St Catherine's Parish Donations. Boxes can also be returned directly to St Catherine’s Church during weekend masses.
Stations of the Cross
Each Year the children illustrate/decorate the Stations of the Cross. Please see the Photo Gallery. The originals are displayed on the Learning Hub windows facing the oval.
Confirmation- Year 6 students
Presentation to the Parish Community- Sunday 1st May
You are asked to attend Mass this weekend. At this special Mass, the students will be recognised and presented to the Parish Community. Family, relatives and friends are welcome as we publicly acknowledge their Confirmation year. Family Sacramental Workshop 7pm Wednesday, 4th May Families will attend the Confirmation Workshop with their child. This will be online- A link will be sent to families closer to the date. As part of the preparation your child will also receive a Confirmation workbook. Some of these activities will be completed in the classroom at school. Other activities from this book are to be completed at home.
Confirmation Reflection Day- Wednesday 25th May
All Confirmation Candidates & Year 6 students (even those not making their confirmation) will participate in a Reflection Day. More details to follow over the next few weeks.
Celebration of the Sacrament- 7pm Thursday 2nd June
Celebration of Confirmation at St Catherine’s Church
Carmel Donlon
(Religious Education Leader)
Many thanks to Harry from Melbourne Taekwondo Centre for his expertise over the last 4 weeks
Congratulations to Year 2 for performing brilliantly in this year’s Word Mania challenge and achieving one of the top rankings during the Competition Round!
Calling all magicians, dancers, singers, musicians, athletes & actors - whether you would like to perform solo or put an act together with your friends, get practising over the holidays because auditions will be held early in Term 2. Application forms will be available to pick up at the office in week 1.
OSHClub - Farewell to Sue
It is with great sadness that we farewell Sue from Oshclub. Sue has provided before and after school care for our students and families for six years.
Thanks to Sam Hartrick from hartrick property for supporting our school with supplying realestate boards, advertising our school tours. We appreciate your support.
Please have your entries in by Friday 8 April.
Happy Colouring!
While we encourage parents to drop their children off and go, we understand that some students may feel more comfortable with their parent or carer staying in the hall during the disco. If you plan to stay at the disco to support your child, please, you must have a valid Working With Children’s Check and proof of vaccination. A Working With Children check is free for school parents to obtain ahead of time at the link below:
https://www.workingwithchildren.vic.gov.au/individuals/applicants/how-to-apply
If you are staying at the disco you will need to show your Working With Children card and proof of vaccination status to the parents running the event.
Return yourself to the library
Revive lost hobbies, or rediscover a love of learning, with collections of books, DVDs, CDs, magazines, audiobooks, and more.
Your local library also provides programs, events, and online resources for the whole family to discover. Return yourself to Kingston Libraries and rediscover creativity, community, and the collection.
Easter Treasure Hunt
From Saturday 2 April to Thursday 14 April Hop on into any of our Kingston Libraries to hunt for bunnies, crack the code and score a sweet treat.
School Holiday Program
From Monday 11 April to Monday 25 April Kingston Libraries will be running holiday activities at a variety of branches, including a mix of movies, crafts, special guests, performances and Storytime’s. Bookings now open!
Meet local artist Christina Darras
Thursday 21st April
2-3pm
Parkdale Library
Suitable for ages 5+
Let local artist Christina Darras share with you how she creates her artworks and get inspiration for our Bookmark Design Competition.
Bookings required. Book online at kingston.vic.gov.au/school-holidays-bookings, by phoning 1300 135 668 or ask at your local library branch.
Bookmark Design Competition
(Saturday 9 April to Saturday 7 May)
It’s back! Get creative and help design a new range of bookmarks for Kingston Libraries. Open to children and youth aged 5-16. Speak to your friendly library staff to find out how to get started! Winners announced Friday 27 May WIN! $50 Dymocks vouchers!
Regular Children’s Programs
Pop on into your local library to pick up a Children and Families Booklet to see our regular program of activities for young people, including after-school activities running every Friday at Westall, Minecraft Club weekly at Clarinda and Patterson Lakes, regular and special Storytimes and Tiny Tots, and much more.
Entry Requirements
It’s not quite business as usual yet. Check our website for current entry requirements: www.library.kingston.vic.gov.au.
