Dear Families,

Firstly, thank you so much to our P&F team who ran a wonderful “Glow Disco” on Friday night. The children all looked like they had a wonderful time and I’m very grateful to the P&F for organising and running this event and all the other fundraising activities throughout the year. Thank you also to our wonderful families who supported this event, the P&F have many projects that they are hoping to
fund to enhance the school for the children. We had a number of volunteers also helping in the kitchen on the night – thank you for giving up your time to help out. It is much appreciated and as we all know, many hands make light work. The P&F are always looking for new members, please let myself or Janelle in the office know if you are interested in joining. It’s a great way to meet other parents and support the school community.

We had a fantastic celebration last Thursday for the feast day of St Mary of the Cross, MacKillop, Australia’s first Saint. It was lovely to see some of our parent community there supporting the mass that we attended alongside St Vincent’s and Sacred Heart. The children really enjoyed the opportunity to complete a fun activity with the students at Sacred Heart and we thank our colleagues in Morwell for hosting on the day and making us feel so welcome. Also, a huge thank you to Mrs Szkwarek who is our Religious Education Leader and for the effort that she went to make this happen. I would also like to thank our parish council for suggesting this event and for supporting the school to ensure we had transport to Morwell and back.

There were a few close games in the AFL over the weekend, congratulations to all the teams who will make the finals.

Please remember that we have Parent Teacher Interviews this week on Wednesday and Thursday evening. It’s a great opportunity to check in with your child’s teacher/s and be on top of what your child needs to work on for the remainder of the year. If you would like to know how you can support at home, this is the perfect time to chat with the teacher about this.

We also have some children representing our school in the inter-school basketball competition on Thursday. Good luck to them!

This week, it is National Week of Action against Bullying. We will hopefully be talking about this in our classrooms across the school. All children have the right to come to school and feel safe in the physical and online environment. We are always working at Lumen Christi to ensure that our children experience positive relationships at school.

When I was in mass on Sunday at my parish, the Second Reading was really relevant to National Week of Action against Bullying. Sometimes, the bible can be tricky to try and understand or take key messages from. But this reading couldn’t be more clear:

A reading from the letter of St Paul to the Ephesians
Never have grudges against others, or lose your temper, or raise your voice to anybody, or call each other names, or allow any sort of spitefulness. Be friends with one another, and kind, forgiving each other as readily as God forgives you in Christ.
Try then, to imitate God, as children of His the He loves, and follow Christ by loving as He loved you.

Have a wonderful week ahead,
Sally

Please take note of these dates for your family calendar

TERM 3 2024

Week 5: 14th and 15th August- Parent/Teachers Interviews 

              15th- Distract Basketball- Churchill Lesiure Centre

Week 6: 19th August - Bookweek Dress Up Day

Week 7: 28th August- 2025 Foundation Transition session 1- 2:15pm-3:00pm

               29th August- Father's Day Stall 

Week 8:

Week 9: 11th September - School Concert Night

Week 10: 17th September - Divison Athletics

                  19th September - Last Day Term 3, 3pm Finish

                                         - Footy Day and Hot Dog Lunch (P&F)

                                        - 2025 Foundation Transition session 2- 2:15pm-3:00pm

                20th September - Pupil Free Day (Professional Learning)

Term 4 2024

Week 1: 7th October- Term 4 Starts

Week 2: 14th and 15th October- 3/4 Camp Allambee

              15th October- Regional Athletics

              16th October- Foundation Transition session 3- 2:15pm-3:00pm- 

              17th- District Cricket

Week 3:

Week 4:  30th October- Foundation Transition Session 4- 2:15pm-3:00pm

                1st November- Pupil Free Day

Week 5: 4th November- School Closure Day

               5th November- Melbourne Cup Public Holiday

               6th November- State Athletics 

Week 6: 13th- Foundation Transition Session 5- 2:15pm-3:00pm

Week 7: 

Week 8: 27th November- Foundation Transition Session 6- 2:15pm-3:00pm

Week 9:

Week 10: 10th December- Statewide Transition Day- 11:15am- 1:20pm

                12th December- End of Year Mass and Navtity Play

Week 11: 18th December- Students Last Day- 3pm Finish 

Our fabulous award winners for week 4! Well done everyone!

Last Thursday all our Students and staff travelled to Morwell to celebrate the feast day of Mary MacKillop. 

Thank you to the staff at Sacred Heart in Morwell for hosting our school today after our combined parish mass. Our students and staff loved spending time learning together about Mary MacKillop and creating a beautiful display for our church. Thank you to all involved.

Our 2024 Book Week Dress Up Day will be held on Monday 19th August. This is a fantastic day where students and teachers celebrate books and Australian Children's Authors and illustrators by engaging in a range of activities. 

The 2024 Book Week Theme is "Reading is Magic".

CHILD SAFETY & WELLBEING

Lumen Christi Primary School is a child safe school. We are committed to embedding a culture of Child Safety, adhering to the Victorian Child Safe Standards: Managing the Risk of Child Abuse in Schools and School Boarding Premises (Ministeral Order No. 1359).

We believe that ensuring the safety of the students in our care is an integral part of who we are as a Catholic faith community. The school acts in accordance with the Ministerial Order through policies, procedures, measures and practices, staff training and, ultimately, through the strategies used in working with the students and families within our school community.

We continue to maintain and develop a safe and supportive learning environment where staff are focused on engaging students in meaningful, relevant and challenging learning experiences.

If at any time you have any issues or concerns you feel you need to raise please contact our Principal: Sally Darby or our Child Safety Officers: Kristie Smith, Elly Smith or Janelle Szkwarek on 5122 2231