Dear Families,

Firstly, my apologies that the newsletter is a day late.

We had a wonderful time last week on Year 5/6 camp. The children got to experience many different activities that were both educational and fun. It’s always lovely to spend time with kids outside of school.

Last night, we held our Family Eucharist night for all students in Year 4. I thank everyone for taking time our of their busy schedules to come along and participate in this activity that highlights such an important part of our Catholic Tradition. Hopefully everyone went home with fully tummies from the pizza that we shared.

We have a number of children celebrating receiving the Eucharist for the first time on Sunday and in the coming weeks.

We pray for David Van Rossum, Hunter Yacoub, Billy Breheny, Eli Leary, Kingson Riess, Charlotte Fairbrother, Anne Ng and Tyler Phelines all making their First Communion in the coming weeks.

A Blessing Prayer

May God bless you always and may God’s goodness continue to shine on you.

May you grow closer to God and share God’s love and goodness with others.

And may you grow to be the people God wants you to be.

We ask this through Christ our Lord.

Amen.

Remember we have our crazy socks day and Halloween Disco on Friday. Our crazy sock day is to raise money for the Catholic Mission in Timor Leste, so please bring along a gold coin donation.

Our P&F have been hard at work organising the disco, which should be wonderful fun for everyone.

Remember to keep raising money for the Colour Run – this is a new fundraiser the P&F have been working hard on this year and should be a great school community event. I am so appreciative of the good work the P&F at our school do.

We are always looking for new P&F members as well as School Advisory Committee members so please contact me at sdarby@churchill.catholic.edu.au if you would like to know more about being a part of these groups at the school.

Have a wonderful week ahead,

Sally

Please take note of these dates for your family calendar

TERM 4 DATES

Week 4

24th October - Euchirst Dinner

25th October - Prep Transition Session 4

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

                    - Crazy Sock Day 

                    - WORLD TEACHER'S DAY

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

15th November - Prep Transition Session 5 - Auslan 

Week 8

20th - 24th November - School Swimming Week 

Week 9

1st December - Bethlehem Bazaar

Week 10

4th-5th December - Grade 3/4 Camp - Allambee

7th December - Grade 6 Graduation @ 5pm

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

14th December -  End of Year Mass @ 9:30

                          Whole School Fun day 

                          Grade 6 Lunch (To be advised)

15th December - Last day of term- 3pm finish 

This Friday the 27th of October we celebrate all our amazing Teachers'. We can't thank them all enough for everything that they do! 

On the sixteenth of October we caught a train from Morwell to Melbourne for Lumen Christi’s grade 5/6 School Camp. It was a long and boring trip up but at least it was faster than driving in a car! Once we arrived and dropped off our bags we walked over to our first activity which was ACMI, the moving picture museum, where we got to listen to music, play games and learn fun facts. I loved it and I thought it was amazing. After ACMI we walked over to some street art which looked really cool. It gave the old grey bricks a pop of colour. Some of the alleyways we went to were called ACDC lane and Hosier lane. Once we had finished seeing all of the art we went to Grilled for dinner which was not enjoyable because it made my friends and I feel sick! Then we went bowling which was really fun playing against my friends. Once that was over we went back to the hotel for bed.

By Alice

On day 2 we first went to a Music Making class and made some music with digital instruments on the computer. We had partners to help make the songs. I found that it was a very interesting experience, because it was so unique and I have never done anything like it. Then we went to a heritage walk located in Birrarung Marr, which is the Indigenous name for the Yarra river. We learned about the Indigenous people, how they lived, and how they hunted for food. Afterwards we went to the Melbourne Cricket Ground and learned how football started and when it originated. Then we went to the Australian Sports Museum, where we learned about how all the sports started up. That night we had dinner on the Blue Train, where we ate some delicious pizza. Then we went to the Eureka sky deck, which is the tallest building in the southern hemisphere. It was Mr Watson's favourite activity.

By Ilah

Wednesday was our last day in Melbourne. We didn’t do much this day because it was our last day and it was going to be a long, boring trip home. After a quick pack-up we went to Lume. Lume is an interactive aboriginal art centre where there were lots of projectors projecting huge aboriginal art onto white blank walls while music was played. It was so amazing, I loved all of the pretty designs on the walls and floors! We spent about 1 hour there then went to lunch. After all the fun in Melbourne it was time to catch our train home. 

By Bella and Alice

attached is the updates 2024 forms for Concession Card holders 

 Our P&F have organised to sell Zooper Doopers again at school this term.

They will be available on Tuesdays and Fridays at lunchtimes.

The cost will be 50c. each. 

The Parents and Friends commitee would like to remind everyone about their facebook page. On this page you can find all the information about upcoming PnF events at the school, as well as second hand uniform information.