Dear Families,

Firstly, I’d like to thank all of the dads and special people who came to the school on Friday for breakfast. It was so lovely to have our eco-centre buzzing once again with members of our school community and enjoying the morning with their children. I’d also like to thank our staff for working hard to make sure that it was a special morning – setting up the room, making pancakes and all the tidying up afterwards is lots of work so I thank our staff for the part they played in the morning also.I hope all of our dads had a wonderful day on Sunday and that your families looked after you.

Thank you also to our P&F group for running the Father’s Day stall – we couldn’t run these special days without our P&F.

Our basketballers competed last week in Traralgon, but were unlucky on the day. Unfortunately, this is the end of the road for the team, but we are very proud of how far they got in the competition and for representing our school with responsibility, Respect and Resilience. Thanks to Mr Watson for taking the team to Traralgon and all the organisation that went into the day for them.

Our F/1 children celebrated 100 Days of school last week. They all looked wonderful and participated in lots of fun activities on the day. Thank you to Miss Smith and the F/1 team for making this a special event for these children.

Last night, we had some children involved in “The Big Sing” in Traralgon. This was organised by Mrs Szkwarek and we thank her for all of the organisation that went into this for the children involved and hope it is a wonderful night. We often do so many things for our children who participate in Sports, it is fantastic to see children given the opportunity to take part in The Arts also.

A reminder that next week is the last week of school. We have footy day on Thursday the 15 th . This is also the last day of term. Please remember that school finishes at 3 pm on this day and there is no school on Friday 16 th September.

P&F are also running a hot dog lunch on this day – remember to order on time through CDF pay.

Next term, our children will be looking at scripture in RE through the lens of “Memorable Moments”. We will be focusing on the passage of scripture where Mary visits her cousin Elizabeth to tell her that she is having a baby. Elizabeth is also expecting a child at this time, who is also an important person in the story of Jesus. That person was John the Baptist. Many of the children won’t know this story, but we know that they all have Memorable Moments in their lives that they can connect to, like sharing the news of a new baby on the way, birthdays, sacraments, holidays and other special events that happen throughout their lives. Our job at Lumen Christi is to use these Bible stories and make them relatable to our lives today.

I know there will be many families hoping for a memorable moment for their footy team as the finals get underway this week. Good luck to those with a team in the finals.

Have a wonderful week ahead,

Sally

Please take note of these dates for your family calendar

TERM 3 DATES

Week 9

6th September - 2nd Prep Transition Session

Week 10

14th September - Footy Colours Day

                           LAST DAY TERM 3 (SCHOOL FINISHES 3PM)

15th September - SCHOOL CLOSURE DAY 

TERM 4 DATES

Week 1

Week 2

11th October - Prep Transition Session 3

Week 3

16th - 18th October - Grade 5/6 City Camp

Week 4

25th October - Prep Transition Session 4

27th October - Halloween Disco (Run by P&F)

Week 5

3rd November - PUPIL FREE DAY

Week 6

6th November - SCHOOL CLOSURE DAY

7th November - Melbourne Cup Day Public Holiday

10th November - PnF Colour Run 

Week 7

Week 8

20th - 24th November - School Swimming Week 

Week 9

1st December - Bethlehem Bazaar

Week 10

7th December - End of Year Mass 9:30am

8th December - Kurnai Churchill Transition Day

Week 11

11th December - Kurnai Churchill Transition Day

12th December - State Wide Transition Day 

                         Kurnai, Lowanna & Lavalla Transition Day

13th December - Whole School Fun day (To be advised)

                          Grade 6 Lunch (To be advised)

Well done to our fantastic learners of the week!

We had some children win awards for their Poetry and Short Stories in The Churchill News.

Well done to our wonderful writers. 

We had a great Father's Day Breakfast last Thursday. Thank you to all the families that came along to celebrate our Dads. 

Our Grade P/1's celebrated their 100th Day at School on Friday. They enjoyed making delicious pancakes sprinkled in Hundreds and Thousands and showed how they can write 100 words. Thank you to Miss Smith for organising such a fun day!

Lunch Orders are on Wednesdays.

Download the Spriggy Schools app, set up an account for each child and start ordering!

They will be delivered before playtime so the option is there to include ALL food your child needs for the whole day - a day off from making lunches!

Lots of healthy options.

Instructions in the information sheet provided.

NB: Mini grazing boxes need to be ordered by 3pm on Tuesdays.

All other orders by 7:30pm Tuesday evening.

THE LUNCHRUN WILL NOW BE OFFERING HOT FOOD FORTNIGHTLY

Starting from Wednesday the 19th July, LunchRun will be offering hot food options for students fortnightly. On these Wednesdays there will be no snack available, only lunch. 

Every other Wednesday will be the regular lunchbox menu - NO HOT FOOD

An updated QR code has been added to the information sheet provided. 

Feedback welcome.