Dear Families,

This will be our final newsletter for 2023 and I’d like to take the time to thank all of our families for their ongoing support this year. I’d also like to thank our amazing teachers and dedicated staff for all of their hard work with our children this year. The end of the year always creates the space to sit back and reflect on just how far we’ve come as a school and I can, hand on heart say, that we’ve spent our time well, we’ve focused on the right things that have an impact on learning and our children have benefitted from the work that we’ve put in. I hope that, in the majority of cases, this is reflected in student reports that will be coming home on Thursday.

Last week, we farewelled our Year 6 students and celebrated with them and their families at their graduation. It was a lovely celebration and I know that all of the staff and families felt extremely proud of the lovely young people they are. Good luck to all of them on their transition days and as they move on to secondary school.

Today, children have spent some time in their 2024 classes with their new teachers, which has been an exciting day for everyone. We have welcomed our new Foundation students and some new families across the school also, which is lovely to see.

On Thursday, we have our end of year mass and our whole school fun day at the movies. Our Year 6s will also return for their Year 6 lunch celebration.

I am starting to see children come into school with Christmas Cards and gifts for their teachers and myself. Thank you so much everyone for your generosity and kindness. We love what we do and we love working with your children. Gifts are not necessary; however, it is a lovely gesture to acknowledge that what we do is appreciated by our families. 

I’d like to take this opportunity to wish all of our families a wonderful Christmas and that families will have the opportunity to spend some time together with friends and loved ones over the summer break.

Please take care if you are setting off on the roads or to the beaches this summer. We want all of our children and their families to stay safe.

Christmas is a magical time for children and a very important time for us as a Catholic community. Amidst presents, naughty little elves that cause trouble around your houses each day and all the celebrations, let us remember that as a Catholic community we are waiting and preparing for Jesus to come and be with us.

A reminder that school finishes this Friday 15^th December at 3pm.

School returns for ALL students on Wednesday 31^st January, 2024.

A very happy and holy Christmas to everyone.

On behalf of all of the staff at Lumen Christi, I thank you all again for being such a great community and look forward to seeing our families back and well rested in 2024.

Enjoy the break,

Sally

Please take note of these dates for your family calendar

TERM 4 DATES

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 @ Cafe Qu Bah

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

TERM 1 2024

Week 1-31st January- Students return

Week 2- 7th February- Foundation students rest day

Week 3- 14th February- Foundation students rest day

Week 4- 21st- February- Foundation students rest day

Week 5-28th February- Foundation students rest day

Week 6-6th March- Foundation students rest day

Week 7- 11th- Labour day weekend

           13th- Foundation students back full time

Congratulations to all of our students of the week for putting a lot of effort into their learning!

What an amazing our last assembly of the year was! Not only did we have one Aussie of the Month but THREE! Congratulations to Braxton form F/1, Billy from 3/4 and Kingston from 5/6 A! 

Friday the 15th of December is our last day of school for the year! Students will finish at 3pm as normal.

Congratulations to our new school leaders for the 2024 school year.

It is my pleasure to announce the following students have been given the following roles.

For children who were not elected as Captains, there will be other roles decided in the new year. 

School Captains: 

Maeve Jones

Kingston Riess

School Vice Captains

Janine Robinson

Taj Rennie

Green House Captain

Victoria Walker

Gold House Captain

Sanne Schelfhout

Red House Captain

Macen Stoel

Congratulations to Alex Connell who won a top 10 award for the Christmas Card competition for our diocese. What stunning entry. We are so proud.

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. 

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

They will be available on Tuesdays and Thursdays at lunchtimes. Icy poles will also be available on Fridays when the weather is hot. 

The cost will be 50c. each. 

This year's whole school fun day is fast approching, on Thursday the 14th of December. Please remember to give consent on PAM. If you're having trouble please don't heisitate to call the office, we are more than happy to help.

Our grade 6 Lunch is also coming up on the same day, forms were sent home with students in regards to dietey requirments and pick up arrangements for students from Cafe Qu Bah. Please return these forms to the office at your earliest convenience. 

Dear Families,

Please can I ask for all families to respond to this very short survey.

It is about understanding how to improve our Catholic Identity in the school.

You don't have to be Catholic to take the survey.

This will help Lumen Christi move forward next year as our school is under review.

The link for your survey is:

https://docs.google.com/forms/d/e/1FAIpQLSeKLjO4AZhda5V1WKAMKUsE3yrcVw8l
Zoe899fiziMZZy68uw/viewform?usp=sf_link

Many thanks

Sally