Dear Families,

We had another fun filled week here at Lumen Christi last week. One of our highlights was having some of the riders from Tour de Cure come and visit us at our school and bring some fun packs for the children.

Our children were wonderfully behaved and asked really thoughtful and interesting questions to the riders who commented on the good behaviour of our children. This is so pleasing to see and I know all of the staff felt very proud of our children.

We are having our first whole school practices this week running through our school concert from start to finish. It’s starting to come together and we are looking forward to performing it for our families and friends. Tickets are on sale via CDF pay, if you have made a payment, tickets can be collected from the school office from Thursday.

We have begun our swimming program this week, which is a great opportunity for children to build water competence and skills so that they can swim safely and confidently over the summer months (if the summer weather ever gets here).

Next week is a busy wee at school with the end of year fun day at Mid Valley Village cinemas, the grade 6 shopping day, our end of year mass and nativity play and the Bethlehem Bazaar, which the Year 5 and 6 children have been working hard on creating their stalls and items for sale.

It is with great sadness that I announce that Italian at Lumen Christi will be coming to an end this year but I am pleased to announce that it will be replaced in 2023 with AUSLAN, which is a uniquely Australian sign language for people who are deaf or hearing impaired. It uses hand, arm and body movements to convey meaning and we are very excited to welcome Kristine Travers to our staff team who will be starting this program at our school next year. Kristine is an experienced teacher who has recently found a passion for AUSLAN and is very keen to be joining our Lumen Christi team in 2023. There will be more information in the newsletter explaining what AUSLAN is.

Have a wonderful week ahead,

Sally

Please take note of these dates for your family calendar

TERM 4 DATES

Week 9

28th November - Whole School Fun Day at Village Cinemas

                        - Grade 6 Shopping Trip and Lunch at Qu Bah

1st December - End of Year Mass and Nativity Play @9am

2nd December - Bethlehem Bazaar 11:30am - 1:10pm

Week 10

6th December - Whole school Concert Practice

8th December - SCHOOL CONCERT @ MORWELL CENTRAL

                         4:30pm & 6:30pm

Week 11

13th December - State Wide Transition Day

15th December - Grade 6 Graduation

16th December - Last Day for Students 3pm finish

Week 12

19th December - Last Day for Students 

19th December - School Closure

TERM 1, 2023 DATES

Week 1

31st January - Term 1 Starts for Students

2nd February - Start of Year Mass

School activity permissions on PAM:

- Whole School Fun Day

- Whole School Concert Practice at Morwell Central

Please be on the look out for these as it is very important that everyone attends.

Last Thursday we were visited by the Tour de Cure - cyclists raising awareness and money for Cancer Research.