Emmaus Catholic Primary School
Term 1, Week 6 Newsletter: Friday 10th March
PRINCIPAL'S MESSAGES
Lent Prayer
Dear Lord,
Help us to cherish the gift of creation.
May we be just and generous stewards,
Of all the gifts you have given us.
Amen.
As we enter the third week of Lent this Sunday, the Gospel reading reminds us that the voice of God calls each of us to 'Come back to Him with all our hearts for he is tenderness and compassion'.
Tempted as we might be to give up on others or even ourselves, when we feel the Lenten promises are producing no fruit, God never gives up on each of us. He calls us by name and waits and waits.
Hello to all our families!
Welcome to our third newsletter.
It is hard to believe that we have reached the top of the hill for Term 1 and now begin to descend towards the end of term and Easter. I still cannot believe how quickly the term is moving!
The children have continued to just get on with it and keep moving forward. We are very fortunate to have a beautiful group of children trying hard in all that they do.
COMMUNITY MASS
This Saturday 11 March our school will be preparing and organising the Holy Cross Parish Mass commencing at 6:00 pm.
We invite and encourage our families to come along and join in this celebration.
All masses this weekend will be run by the three schools in the parish. Emmaus Catholic Primary School will, as mentioned, celebrate Saturday evening Mass, Holy Cross College will celebrate the Sunday 9:30 am Mass and St Helena's Catholic Primary School will celebrate the 5:45 pm Mass on Sunday.
FIRST P&F MEETING
Another first will take place for our school this coming Tuesday evening. You all will have received an invitation to attend the first P&F meeting for Emmaus Catholic Primary School.
The meeting will be held in the Multi Purpose Room commencing at 6:00pm on Tuesday 14 March.
I encourage all parents to come along and be part of this meeting as this will be the beginning of something great in our school and also the early stages of building our school community spirit.
We will also be voting in our Executive for 2023.
At the meeting we hope to also have a class representative that can communicate between class families and the P&F Executive.
I would like to sincerely thank Sofija Malkus, Laura Shaw, Zeena Humby, Travis Muir, Sophie Snook and Natasha Heneghan for their expression of interest to be part of our inaugural P&F committee. Both Loretta and I look forward to working with you all.
I hope to see a good number of parents in attendance.
SPECIAL CONGRATULATIONS
As a school community we would like to congratulate Nevaeh Pietersen (Year 4) and Jaylan Pietersen (Year 2), for receiving the Sacrament of Baptism last weekend. We wish both Nevaeh and Jaylan special blessings in their life journey with God.
UNIFORM
How wonderful it is to start seeing our students in their school uniform.
They all look so smart!
Please note that all students in Years 1 - 5 are required to transition to their formal summer uniform next week (Week 7). We have one more Uniform Shop opening on our school site:
Date: Tuesday 14 March
Where: Multi Purpose Room at the back of the school oval
Both cardigans and jumpers can be ordered online NOW and these will be delivered to the school by next Tuesday.
You can order here: www.jfe.net.au
School code: 9641
Track jackets and track pants and the girls culottes will be available to order next term. Further information about on site Uniform Shop opening times for winter uniforms will be given soon.
Please see below for specific uniforms and what is worn on each day (Year 1 - 5):
Formal Boys Summer Uniform
Year 2, 4 and 5 - Worn on Monday, Tuesday and Thursday
Formal Girls Summer Uniform
Year 2, 4 and 5 - Worn on Monday, Tuesday and Thursday
Boys Phys Ed Uniform
Year 2, 4 & 5 - Worn on Friday
Girls Phys Ed Uniform
Year 2,4 & 5 - Worn on Friday
Sport Faction Uniform
GENERAL INFORMATION
Please take note of the upcoming events:
- Tuesday 14 March: P & F Meeting @ 6pm
- Wednesday 15 March: NAPLAN commences for Years 3 and 5 (continued into Week 8)
- Saturday 11 March: Emmaus School Mass @ St Helena of the Holy Cross Church @ 6pm
- Friday 17 March: PP - Year 5 Assembly @ 9am
- Monday 20 March: Beginning of Harmony Week
PLEASE NOTE:
- The St Helena, Holy Cross and Emmaus Quiz Night (previously advertised for Friday 24 March) has been postponed to Term 2. Parents will be advised in time.
HAVE A GREAT WEEKEND!
The next newsletter will be issued on Friday 24 March. Have a great weekend!
Sandro Coniglio