Dear Families,

Here we are at the final week of term. It’s been a very busy term as usual with lots of wonderful activities for the children. It has also been fantastic to invite parents back to share in many parts of our school life again.

Thank you to everyone who has made me feel very welcome at Lumen Christi. As a new Principal, I greatly appreciate how wonderful everyone has been. I have worked in schools for a very long time and it’s not often you find a school like Lumen Christi with such a great sense of community.

I huge thank you to the people who have formed the Parents and Friends and School Advisory Council. The work that you continue to do for the school is really important and appreciated.

Last Thursday, we had six children from our school and one from another Primary School receive the sacrament of reconciliation at Sacred Heart Church. It was a beautiful celebration and the three schools did a great job running a combined liturgy for the children and their families. Congratulations to Anne, Billy, Eli, Charlotte, Noah and David on their First Reconciliation. Thank you to Mrs Colaciello, Mrs Campbell, Mrs Dyson and Father James for their role in preparing the children for this sacrament.

This week, we will have our annual Passion Play on Wednesday at 2pm in the church. All are welcome, but we must sight vaccination certificates and we ask that all adults wear a mask as although in the church, it is a school activity.

We will also be drawing our Easter raffle at 12pm on Friday. Good luck to everyone who bought tickets. If you have sold your tickets and have money to return to the school, please do this ASAP so that you are in the draw to win a prize. The P&F have done an amazing job putting all the prizes together – they look wonderful.

Easter is our most important celebration in the Catholic calendar. We celebrate at this time, Jesus the Son of God, who died and rose from the dead to fulfil the scriptures who promised a Messiah for the world. All the staff here at Lumen Christi wish our families a very happy and holy Easter time, we thank God for the gift of new life symbolised by all those delicious Easter Eggs that we might eat on Easter Sunday.

Enjoy the Easter Break, we look forward to welcoming everyone back in Term 2.

Sally

Please take note of these dates for your family calendar

TERM 1 DATES

Week 11

6th April - Passion Play in Church @ 2pm

7th April - District Sports @ Yinnar

8th April - Easter Raffle drawn @ 12pm

8th April - End Term 1 at 12:30pm

TERM 2 DATES

Term 2 Week 1

25th April - ANZAC Day - No School

26th April - Term 2 Begins

28th April - PSGs

29th April - District Cross Country

Week 2

5th May - Mother's Day Stall

8th May - Mother's Day

Week 3

NAPLAN Week (Years 3 & 5)

10th May - NAPLAN Writing 

11th May - NAPLAN Reading

12th May - NAPLAN Language Conventions

12th May - Footy Clinic

13th May - NAPLAN Maths

Week 4

18th May - Confirmation Workshop 1@ 5pm

21/22 May - Confirmation Commitment Masses

Week 5

24th May - School Advisory Committee Meeting @7pm

28/29May - Confirmation Committment Masses

Week 6

1st June - Life Ed Van session 1

Week 7

8th June - Life Ed Van session 2

9th June - SCHOOL PHOTOS

Week 8

13th June - Queen's Birthday Public Holiday

Week 9

23rd June - Confirmation @ Sacred Heart

24th June - END TERM 2

Vaccination and mask rules apply at this event. This will be held at 2pm in the Church.

A reminder to avoid parking roadside on Thursday.

Also the Lion's Club will be selling sausages and drinks. Children are encouraged to bring along no more than $5 if they wish to have a sausage and a drink on the day.

A reminder that raffle tickets are due in on the 6th April. This will be drawn at assembly on the last day of school. The assembly will be in the Courtyard weather permitting or in the eco-centre should it rain. 

An outdoor event does not require proof of vaccination however, vaccination mandate rules apply should we need to draw the raffle indoors. We also require masks to be worn indoors.

School finishes at 12:30pm on Friday - parents are welcome to take their children home after the Easter Raffle. Please make sure you tell your child's teacher when you leave. We require written notice for any children going home with any other family than their own. Please ensure hometime arrangements are communicated with your child's teacher if they are going home with someone different on this day.

I received communication from DOSCEL last week informing me that all volunteers at the school need to have a third dose of the Covid-19 vaccine. 

My apologies for the laste notice in informing the school community that any parent helpers, volunteers and members of either the Parents and Friends or School Advisory Committee must be able to provide evidence of a third vaccination or a lawful exemption effective immediately.

Parent helpers and volunteers are essential in the running of the school. I personally would like to thank all of the people who help keep our school running.

If you are currently volunteering at the school and there is going to be an issue with the capacity to volunteer due to these changes, please contact the school office.