Term 2 - Week 2, 2022

Principal's Message

Dear Parents,

This week we welcomed parents back in to school for our Prayer Assembly on Monday. It was so good to have parents joining us in prayer again after a long absence. Our Kindergarten students led our prayer on the resurrection of Jesus. This prayer is the culmination of Holy Week, which we celebrated in our church during the Easter holidays. Below are some photos of the Kindergarten students leading this prayer.

On Wednesday students from our school ran at the Clarence Zone Cross Country carnival in Grafton. We thank Robert Miller for driving the children and helping us get there and back safely. The students were outstanding ambassadors for our school. They tried their best in hot and humid conditions and were probably thankful that the venue changed to a flat course due to the recent wet weather. Some photos of our team of runners are below.

NAPLAN commences next week for students in Years 3 and 5. These assessments take place on Tuesday, Wednesday and Thursday. We wish our students well in these assessments. 

Finally I wish all our mothers and those in our community who serve as mothers a Happy Mother’s Day this Sunday. I keep you all in my prayers this weekend. On Monday, we are holding a special Mother’s Day Liturgy and afternoon tea at 2:30pm. I invite all mothers to come along and join us in recognising the role mothers play in the lives of our students. I close with this prayer for mothers: 

Regards,

Nathan Trezise,

Principal

Weekly Awards

Chayse B - for great effort when reading and writing in Reading Groups!

Charlotte B - for wonderful acting and enthusiasm in our prayer assembly!

Hunter G - for your amazing work in reading today. Keep up the great work.

Aurora W - for the fantastic effort you have put into your writing so far this term. Well done!

Hayley M - for showing her understanding of fractions in Mathematics.

Rosie W - for making a big effort in Mathematics to show her understanding of a fraction of a collection.

Jordan D - for great improvement in reading fluency and taking notice of punctuation when reading aloud.

Freya W - for a detailed map showing inland exploration of Australia.

Mother’s Day Liturgy and Afternoon Tea

To all our Mums and Grandmothers and mother figures - we would like to invite you to a Mother's Day celebration. 

When: Monday 9th May 2:30 pm

Where: Mt St John's school undercover area

We will be creating a display for our Mother’s Day Celebration, and we would like to include photos of our Mt St John’s mothers/ grandmothers/ mother figures. Could you please email your photos to louise.sprowles@lism.catholic.edu.au, or drop them off at school so we can scan them. Or you can send the photos in to school with your child. Could we please have these photos by 11am on Monday.

WaterWise Program

Thank you to Aleisha Robinson from Cascade Environmental Centre, who has been here at school yesterday and today conducting information sessions with the students on how to be water wise.

Book Club

Issue 3 Book Club catalogues went home last week. Orders and money are due back by next Wednesday 11th May. Below is a link to the catalogue.

Child Protection Policy and Procedures

At Mt St John's we follow the Lismore CSO Child Protection Policy and Procedures. All staff at Mt St John's are mandatory reports. As such, if we suspect a child is at risk of harm we are obliged to report our concerns. A link to a copy of this policy, which can be found on the school's website, is below.

Withdrawing your balance from your My School Connect canteen account

As we are no longer using My School Connect for school canteen ordering, you may have some money remaining in your My School Connect account. 
Please find below instructions on how to withdraw your balance. You will need to provide your bank BSB and account number in the process.

School Facebook Page

Check out our school Facebook page! It is wonderful to be able to share the good news of our school with our families and community. 

Library Day - Wednesday

Library day for all students is Wednesday - please make sure your child brings in his or her cloth library bag on this day. Each student may borrow four books per week. 

School Bus Travel

Applications for student travel can be made online. Apply here 

School Drive Subsidy

The School Drive Subsidy is available for eligible school students where there is no public transport available for all or part of the journey. If you have to drive your child more than 1.6km to a school bus stop, you may be eligible for this subsidy – go to the link below to apply. 

GLUE & Messy Church

GLUE "God Loves Us Eternally" (formerly GFS) is held each Wednesday during school terms from 3-5pm at the Anglican Hall. Afternoon tea, games, fun worship and craft. All primary kids welcome, as are newcomers. For more info, ring Gwenneth on 6657 2135. COVID-safe practices will apply. 

Instrumental Music With Hazel

Hazel Buchanan is offering individual music lessons on Friday afternoons at school again this year, and currently has a couple of spaces. Hazel teaches woodwind, brass and piano. For more details, please call Hazel on 0458 572525.

Dorrigo Rangers Rugby Union

Bellingen/Dorrigo Junior Rugby League

Soccer Training - Wednesdays

• Quolls (Under 12s) - 5:15pm
• Wallabies (Under 10s) - 4:00pm
• Sugargliders (Under 8s) - 4:00pm
• Miniroos - 3:30pm (from 30th March) 

Library After-school Lego Activity

Healthy Lunchbox Website

Cancer Council’s Healthy Lunch Box website is your one-stop shop for everything you need to know about packing a healthy lunch box.  For recipes, information and health tips please visit the website below.