Dear Families,
Yesterday, the whole school had our first practise all together for our school concert – “Spooktacular Night”. All of our children have been working so hard on their concert dances and it’s looking fantastic and we can’t wait to perform for our families and friends. Remember that tickets are available through CDF pay, so please purchase your tickets as it is one show only and we don’t want anyone to miss out!

We have our new Foundation students coming on Wednesday for their first Transition session, which is very exciting. We are looking forward to meeting them all and having them spend an afternoon here at school getting to know each other and become more familiar with their school environment. If you know of any children or families still undecided about sending their child to school, please invite them to our transition day for Foundation students, we’re very happy to include any family that would like to see what Lumen Christi has to offer.

We also have our Father’s Day Breakfast and Mass on Thursday morning, we always have a wonderful turn out on our special mornings – we are looking forward to having our wonderful dads here at school. We understand that our families come in all different forms, so please bring along any special person to celebrate. Everyone is welcome.

A Prayer for Fathers
Gracious God,
Bless fathers and all father figures with such love and faithfulness that children flourish and grow in
character and joy.
We pray for those who long to be reunited with their fathers and those for whom this day is difficult.
For all of our fathers, we thank you.
Amen

Have a wonderful week ahead,
Sally

Please take note of these dates for your family calendar

TERM 3 2024

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

               29th August-   Fathers Day Breakfast and Mass

                                    Father's Day Stall 

Week 8:

Week 9: 11th September - School Concert Night

Week 10:   16th September - Nudel Kart Incursion (STEM)

                  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 6! Well done everyone!

Father's day breakfast and mass will be held on the 29th August.

Breakfast from 8:00am in the ECO-centre, Mass following at 9:30am in the church. 

We hope to see as many families as possible

We have recently developed a student code of conduct which we will be sending home early next term. In the new year, this will be something that will go home with the Parent Code of Conduct and the ICT agreement. It is all part of ensuring that we have agreed ways of being and behaving with each other. Staff have a code of conduct that they agree to annually also.

Please contact Mrs Darby if there are any questions or concerns about this.

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 

I wanted to share with families a helpful link to learn about all things to do with online safety.

The e-safety commissioner is a great resource for parents when navigating the online environment with their children.

As a school, we will always reccommend following the government guidelines for social media and gaming minimum age limits. However, we also know that the reality is that many of our school children are accessing these things well before the recommended age and therefore, we want to ensure that families are well informed and supported in that choice.

The link to the e-safety commissioner page for parents is here:

https://www.esafety.gov.au/parents/resources

We encourage our families to engage with this resource to ensure they know the benefits and risks of children operating in this space.