Dear Families,

Welcome back to the 2024 school year! It has been wonderful seeing all of the children come back to school over the past week, ready to start learning with their new class and teachers.

We welcome all of our new families to our community and we thank you for choosing Lumen Christi and trusting your child’s education with us.

I hope all of our families had a wonderful Christmas and that there was time for a restful break.

We are welcoming some new staff to our team this year:

Kristie Smith – Learning Adjustment Leader and Classroom Teacher (F/1)

James Mulry – Classroom Teacher (3/4)

Charli Rohde – Learning Support Officer (4/5/6)

And returning:

Kylie Yeates – Classroom Teacher (2/3 on Thursdays)

I look forward to working hard with our staff and our children to continue the good work we have been doing here at the school over the past couple of years. I always welcome parent feedback and thank those parents who ensure that they address any issues as they arise. Please feel free to contact me or your child’s teacher at any stage if there is something that needs to be discussed, we are always here to help and do our best.

A Student's Prayer for a New School Year

Lord Jesus, I ask for Your help as I begin this new school year.

Allow me to experience Your presence in the many blessings You put before me.

Open my eyes to the new challenges and exciting opportunities that this new school year brings.

Open my heart and mind to new friends and new teachers.

Give me a generous spirit to be enthusiastic with my studies and courage to accept new opportunities.

Help me to be attentive to my teachers and let me experience Your presence in my new friends.

Jesus, inspire me to do my best this year!

Amen

Term 1 is a short term and has a very full calendar. Remember to mark all important dates in your family diary or calendar!

Again, welcome back everyone.

Have a wonderful week ahead.

Sally

Please take note of these dates for your family calendar

TERM 1 2024

Week 2: 7th February- Foundation students rest day

             8th February- Begining of year mass- 9:30 am start 

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

            7th March- Lumen Christi Sports day 

Week 7: 11th March- Labour day weekend

              12th March - Foundation Students Full Time        

Week 9: 26th March- Yinnar and distract athletics day (To Be Confirmed)

             28th March - Last Day Term 1 12:30 finish

             29th March- Good Friday 

TERM 2 2024

Week 1: 15th April - Back to School for all students

Week 2: 22 - 24 April - Grade 5/6 Camp Rumbug

              25th April - ANZAC Day Public Holiday

              26th April - School Closure Day 

Week 3: 9th May - School Photos

Just a small number of award winners for our first week back at school. Well done to all of these children for a super start to the year!

Our Beginning of the year mass is on this Thursday 8th March, a time where we come together as a school at the church to welcome everyone to a new school year, especially our Grade Prep students and their families. It is at 9:30am at Lumen Christi Church and we warmly invite parents and families to join us. 

We have a wonderful group of parents who meet once a term as the School Advisory Committeee.

The purpose of this group is to provide parent perspective to school decisions made by myself as the Principal.

We usually meet once a term on a Tuesday night at 7pm for an hour.

It's a great way for working parents to be involved if they aren't able to support in other ways during the day.

If this might interest you as a parent, I'd love to hear from you!

Please email me directly at: sdarby@churchill.catholic.edu.au

Or phone the office to speak with me on 51 222231

A friendly to all of our families that we are asking for each family to bring to school one box of tissues per child.

This will help us during the winter months as sneezes and colds become more present in classrooms.

This is an item that we ususally request that families provide which was unfortunately left off of our back to school items last year.

We thank you for your cooperation.

A great start to the year - it is great to see everyone in the correct school uniform.

For those children opting to wear the skort, a reminder that it is a green skort. Black skirts and shorts on PE days only (Thursdays and Fridays).

Please remember that correct school uniform is black leather school shoes or all black leather runners with no coloured logos.

Car Park Safety

Parents and Carers might have noticed that we now have a teacher on duty on the Car Park every night after school. This is to ensure the safety of our children in that very busy 5-10 minutes when children are making their way to their cars to go home. Our parents are very responsible in the carpark, so I do thank everyone for their care whilst driving in and out of the school at pick up time. We wanted to add that extra layer of supervision to try and reduce the risk of any accidents occurring further.

Safer Internet Day

Today is Safer Internet Day! The following link takes parents to a website that provides exert advice on how to ensure child safety online. Online gaming and social media platforms are becoming a part of the every day lives of our children - it's our job to make sure our children are safe and act responsibly online.

https://www.saferinternetday.org/

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.