Dear Families,

Well, we definitely had a very interesting week at Lumen Christi last week. The children may have come home reporting that many of the classmates were absent from school. I am pleased to report that we are seeing lots of children return to school this week after recovering from either Covid or the other flu/flu like bug that has been circulating around.

That said, the government announced last week that it is no longer recommended to do the RATs twice a week. We will however continue to send the boxes of RATs home for families that would like them. The message about unwell children will stay the same – if children are unwell with symptoms, even if they are testing negative on a RAT, they must stay home until symptoms resolve. Please keep children home from school with sore throats, runny noses or little coughs – even if it’s not Covid, we are risking spreading other nasty bugs around.

Thank you to those families who completed the Insight SRC school surveys, this is much appreciated and will be helpful information for us moving forward.

Remember that school photos are coming up on Thursday 9^th June. Please see Janelle or Maree in the office if you cannot find your envelope.

We had a fantastic footy clinic last week which all children participated in. We also had our first Confirmation workshop, which Mrs Savige ran and did a brilliant job in her new role as our Acting Religious Education Leader. Our senior children participated in a soccer tournament with the local schools. Our boys won their competition and go through to the next level and our girls came very close, but the honours went to Yinnar this year. Well done to everyone who participated and to the staff and parents who helped on the day.

The Parents and Friends group met last week and discussed up and coming fundraising events. We thank them for their substantial contribution to having our school videos made to promote our school and for all of the events they ran in terms one and two. They have some fantastic things on the horizon and are always looking for other parents who can help. Please contact me if this is something you think you can help with.

Over the weekend, Australia voted for a change of Government. I’d like to offer a small prayer for our country’s leaders, especially our new Prime Minister and all of the ministers who are taking on a new role.

God, thank You for the men and women who serve our country in leadership roles. Please provide our leaders with reminders each day of why they decided to dedicate their lives to public service, and use that commitment to encourage them. Amen.

Have a great week everyone,

Sally

Please take note of these dates for your family calendar

TERM 2 DATES

Week 4

18th May - Confirmation Workshop 1@ 5pm

19th May - Footy Clinic

21/22 May - Confirmation Commitment Masses

Week 5

24th May - School Advisory Committee Meeting @7pm

25th May - School Open Day

Week 6

1st June - Life Ed Van session 1

Week 7

8th June - Life Ed Van session 2

9th June - SCHOOL PHOTOS

             - Confirmation Workshop 2 @5pm

10th June - Casual Clothes Day: Bring a Can Day

Week 8

13th June - Queen's Birthday Public Holiday

16th June - End of Term Mass @9:30am

Week 9

23rd June - Confirmation @ Sacred Heart 6pm

24th June - END TERM 2

TERM 3 DATES

Week 1

11 July - First Day Term 3

              Engineering workshops for children

Week 2

20 July - Eucharist Workshop1

Week 3

27 July - Parent Teacher Interviews

28 July - Parent Teacher Interviews

Week 4

4 August - Eucharist Workshop 2

We are asking if there are any adults availabel to help cover some of our new library books? This is a really time consuming job and is made much easier with a few helpers.

If you are able to help onsite, please let Maree in the office know or email mnardino@churchill.catholic.edu.au. You must have three doses of the Cobid vaccine to volunteer at school, otherwise, we welcome people to take  a few books home and cover them at home.

Many thanks

We will be holding an Open Day on Wednesday 25th March to anyone who is considering our school in 2023.

We have shared this poster on our Facebook, please feel free to share with your friends and family who may have a child ready to start school next year. We are very proud of our school and our community and we know that Lumen Christi offers something unique and special.

If you have a child who will be starting with us in 2023, please pop in to the office and collect enrolment forms ASAP.

Enrolments are open now.

We are attempting to promote our beautiful school for prospective families in 2023. We have now shared three videos on our Facebook page for families to see and share with the community.

You can view the video by searching on our Facebook Page - Lumen Christi Catholic Primary School, Churchill

or by following this link:

https://www.facebook.com/lumenchristips

Remember to like our page and share the video to spread the word!

We will be uploading two more videos in the coming weeks that celebrate our school children and our wonderful community.