Dear Families,

I hope all of our families enjoyed the lovely weather over the weekend. It was certainly lovely to see some sunshine after some of the less lovely weather we have had recently.

God was certainly smiling on us on Sunday, bringing people out in droves to our P&F sausage sizzleat Bunnings. I want to sincerely thank our Parents and Friends committee for the effort they went to to organise this fundraiser for our school and to all of the people who helped throughout the day. I appreciate how busy peoples’ lives are, so to give up part or all of your Sunday to do this for the school is a really generous thing to do. For those who weren’t able to help, but who went out and bought a sausage or two – thank you also. It was a very successful day by the sounds of it, so well done to this fantastic group of parents. If there are any other parents who would like to be on the P&F committee, please come in and see either myself or Janelle Breheny in the office. We always need extra helping hands and everyone is welcome.

Grade 3 and 4 have been off at camp this week. As always, our children have demonstrated our school wide expectations consistently and all of the staff attending camp were extremely proud of all of our beautiful children and I know our families would have been too.

Recently, the teachers have done some professional learning in the Gospel of Mark because the Catholic community are currently in the Year of Mark. What we have learned is that each of the Gospel writers wrote at a different time in history and for very different audiences. One of the things that we found very interesting was that in Mark’s Gospel, he writes for a “Gentile” audience – this means people who were not Jews or Christian at the time. Mark’s message is that Jesus and God are
for everyone, not just a select few. At Lumen Christi, we always aspire to be welcoming of everyone, just as the Gospel of Mark tells us to be.

This year, Mrs Szkwarek purchased a special set of Indigenous Rosary Beads for every classroom forour children to use. October is the month of the Rosary, so at Assembly last week, we started learning how Catholics pray this special prayer to Mary. We hope to teach our children particular aspects of Catholic life to help build on the Catholic Identity of the school, which is an important part of what we do.
Next week on Thursday, we look forward to welcoming our Grandparents to school for our mass and Grandparents’ morning. Please remember to remind all of our special Grandparents to come along if they can.

Have a wonderful week ahead,
Sally

Please take note of these dates for your family calendar

Term 4 2024

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 October  - District Cricket

Week 3: 24th October - Grandparent's Day and Beginning of Term Mass

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

               31st October - Crazy Sock Day

               1st November-School Closure Day

Week 5: 4th November- School Closure Day

               5th November- Melbourne Cup Public Holiday

               6th November- State Athletics 

               9/10 November - Reconciliation Commitment Mass 1

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

              13th November Reconciliation Games Night for ALL Year 3 students

              16/17  November - Reconciliation Commitment Mass 2

Week 7:  21st November - Whole School Mass @9:30am 

                23/24 November - Reconciliation Commitment Mass 3

Week 8: SCHOOL SWIMMING THIS WEEK

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

Week 9:  5th December - School Captain Speeches for Year 5 Students

               6th December - Bethlehem Bazaar

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

                 10th December 2025 School Captains Announced

                12th December- End of Year Mass and Nativity Play

Week 11:  16th December - Whole School Fun Day & Year 6 Lunch

                  17th December - Year 6 Graduation Mass @5pm

                 18th December- Students Last Day- 3pm Finish 

Congratulations to these Responsible Learners this week!

Congratulations to Mia, our wonderful Aussie of the Month. Mia is a positive member of our school community and is a very worthy recipient of this award. Well done Mia

A reminder about student attendance. Parents have a legal responsibility to ensure their child attends school regularly. At Lumen Christi, the optimal attendance rate is 90% or higher. We love to see our children at school and learning with their friends. 

When attendance falls below 90% (not due to illness) with no explanation, we are required to follow up with families as per our DOSCEL policies and procedures. In some cases, we may have to report absences to DOSCEL to ensure that we are meeting our legal obligations as a school.

If your family or your child needs support in ensuring regular attendance at school, we are here to help. Please do not hesitate to contact your child's teacher or Mrs Darby so that we can ensure all of our children are at school, learning and socialising with their peers.

Parents and Friends Icy Poles are back for 50 Cents on Tuesday and Thursday

A HUGE thank you to our wonderful P&F for running a successful Bunnings BBQ on Sunday. We are so appreciative of the hard work and all the effort you go to for our school and for our children.