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This weekend signals the start of Advent, the exciting period of time the Catholic church uses to prepare for Christmas. Many themes are used during the weekly scripture readings for the next four Sundays, with ideas like preparing, waiting, hope, staying awake and looking for a sign.
Advent gives us the reminder to 'prepare' for Christmas, not the shopping or the catering plans, but rather on a deeper personal and spiritual level. At Lumen Christi we try to be the 'Light of Christ' for others so we need to be prepared to be the Jesus-character for others while also appreciating opportunities when others are being Christ-like for us.
Another simple way of embracing Advent is to go a little deeper with Kris Kingle. Plenty of workplaces, friendship groups or families might randomly select a person to buy a gift for, but maybe think about going a step further than a Secret Santa gift and spend Advent making deliberate decision to make the person's life easier or joyful. Another idea as a family is to consider how you could reach out to someone in need, or an organisation that is involved with social justice initiatives. The simple act of dropping in an handwritten Christmas card to a neighbour could have such a beautiful impact on someone.
Take some time to watch this short Youtube clip:
Tonight we have another long awaited event for 2020, the Sacrament of Confirmation for our Year 6 Candidates. We ask for every blessing for these eight children as they receive the gift of the Holy Spirit through this sacrament. The Holy Spirit was given as a gift to the early followers of Jesus at the very first Pentecost, with this vent often referred to the birthday of the Church. Like these first disciples, our children once filled with the gift of the Holy Spirit are urged to share the Good News through their actions, language and attitude. Today we pray for these terrific students who throughout their time at our school have worked hard to be the Light of christ to others.
We congratulate:
Tia Akkerman
Natalie Fenech
Kayla Gridley
Ava Morgan
Sam Robinson
Leah Simpson
Alexandra Mitchell
Logan Foster
Advent Day: THURSDAY 3rd DECEMBER
This year our traditional Bethlehem Bazaar stalls cannot occur due to Covid 19. Instead, we will still dress up as people from Bethlehem and bring a gold coin donation. With the money raised, each class will buy a toy to place under our ‘Advent Wishing Tree’. The toys will be distributed to children in need from our local community at Christmas time. This fits in with our Catholic Social Teaching and Mission of Jesus, that being, giving to those in need. Advent is the beginning of the Church year. It begins on the fourth Sunday before Christmas. The word 'Advent' means 'coming' or 'arrival'. The whole season is a celebration of the birth of Jesus. It is also a preparation time, thinking about Jesus and his wonderful contribution to our Catholic faith and traditions.
Graduation: THURSDAY 10th DECEMBER
Our Graduation Day is finalised with the Year 6's finishing on Thursday 10th December. We plan to have our Graduation event that night starting at 5pm, with details still evolving with hopefully the further lifting of restrictions. The changes released this week indicate we can have additional people attend the Graduation event apart from just staff and students. We think this will enable us to allow parents to attend .... which is better than live streaming it!!
Nativity Play: MONDAY 14th DECEMBER
Our annual Junior School Nativity Play is scheduled for Monday 14th December at 9am. This is normally a public event and is typically held in the Church. With the lifting of some restrictions we think that we will be able to host this event outside with families invited to come along.
Final Assembly & Christmas Carols: TUESDAY 15th DECEMBER
We welcome everyone to join us for our final assembly and Carols at 8.45am. Last year with the arrival of Mrs.Szkwarek as our music teacher, our rather informal carolling session to celebrate the last day of the school year became a little more grander. Each class will have the chance to perform their rehearsed music class item for the other students as well as join in with a few well known Christmas Carols. Students are able to where some Christmas 'bling' with their uniform eg. Santa hat, Reindeer ears.
Students finish School: TUESDAY 15th DECEMBER
All students have their last day today, with dismissal at the regular time of 3pm.
.... and the yet to be confirmed events
- Year 6 Fun Day
- Whole School Fun Day
At the start of term, upon our return to onsite learning, we gave some reminders about our 'Before and After School' procedures. We would like to take the opportunity to thank families for their support in addressing some of the issues that had previously popped up, and in some cases we appear to have in fact eliminated them.
Just a few reminders:
- A huge thank you for not parking in the bus zone on Williams Avenue. Latrobe City appreciated our efforts to ensure we kept this area clear and safe. We are also glad no one has been issued with a fine!
- Please use the KISS & GO Zone on Williams Avenue for drop offs instead of pausing in the car park driving lane as this creates dangerous (and annoying) congestion.
-The yard is supervised from 8.10am. With the warmer weather some children are walking or riding to school and arriving earlier than that. Please be aware of the supervision times.
Again we thank you for your support in ensuring our school environment is safe and efficient for the benefit of all our children.
With the changes to COVID rules about visitors being allowed onsite we have the opportunity ask for volunteers to do some work around the school that hasn't been able to be done. If you are keen to roll up your sleeves and get involved please reach out to Mr.Cooper or leave a message at the office.
Some of the jobs:
- Spreading mulch
- Weeding the Vegie beds
- Re-installing some cabinetry that was relocated during the office move
- Hanging some pin boards
- Creating some edging for a path from the new ramp to the new playground
- Spreading some gravel to create the new path
We would love some parents to do it so you can feel like you have contributed to the school ..... and ir also saves us the expense of paying someone to do it. We thank you for your support.
We are now stocking Summer School Dresses onsite. Purchases can be made via CDFpay $36.
We have a few of each size in the Uniform Shop, with the turnaround for ordering in more stock now much quicker than in the past.
As always we welcome your donations of second hand uniform items for the Uniform shop that we can then re-sell which then helps us continue to provide low cost second hand uniforms to everyone in our school community.
All new uniform items can be ordered through the CDF Online App with the items then sent home with the children.
At the moment we have a display rack in the foyer for families to try for sizes, with this also available during our Prep Transition sessions.
Just a reminder to families to remember to contact the office via phone or the school app/website to notify us if you child is away or is running late so that we can update our attendance records. Families are also encouraged to contact us prior to a planned absence (eg.appointments) so we can pre-record absent days.
With the new school office now being available to parents, any late arrivals or early dismissals can be done via the iPad in the reception foyer.
A range of transition activities for Prep 2021 have been taking place this term. Recently the children have participated in STEM:Robotics and Library classes.
We look forward to Orientation Day for all students on Tuesday the 8th of December.
