Dear Parents, Teachers and Students,

Class Placements 2022
Parents are invited to email me with regard to any considerations you may have for your child’s class placement for 2022. These considerations should be important for the education and wellbeing of your child. Requests for a particular teacher, gender of a teacher, multiple friends etc, are usually not appropriate nor a priority. It is very important for parents to understand that creating classes is detailed and exacting work completed by the teachers to ensure that your child is placed in an appropriate class group each year. When considering class groupings, teachers will look specifically at your child’s educational and social needs and place them with a teacher and peers that will support their development. Requests are to be emailed to me at: michael.green@cg.catholic.edu.au by Friday 22 October 2021. Requests received after this date may not be able to be considered. Please be aware that each request will be considered separately and by no means are all requests met. Requests from previous years are not kept on file or considered, as situations change each year. If you would like a previous request to be considered again, you are asked to send in a new request for 2022.


Departing Students
Schools are required to record destination schools for all departing students. I ask that all families of Year 6 students inform us as soon as possible of the high school your child will be attending. In the Forms & Documents tab on the school website and SZapp is a Year 6 2022 Destination eForm. I also request that any K-5 families moving from Mt Carmel at the end of this year send me an email (michael.green@cg.catholic.edu.au) as soon as possible indicating your intentions along with your destination. Much of this term is spent preparing for next year and our student numbers need to be accurate. Thank you for assisting us with this information gathering.


Book Week
Now that we are back at school, it is with great joy that I can announce a date for our rescheduled Book Week parade. On Friday 29 October, Week 4, we will be holding the parade before Recess, via Zoom. Parents and families can watch live from 9:30am (the link will be provided via Compass on Friday morning), although we are unable to provide exact times for each class. If you miss the live parade, a recording will be posted in the afternoon. As part of the celebration, each student will be provided with a sausage sandwich for lunch (dietary needs will be catered for) but will need to bring a drink and snacks to supplement this, if needed. The canteen will be open for pre-ordered recess and lunch items as usual.

Crazy Sock Day
This month is Catholic Mission’s “Socktober”, and this Friday, we are holding Crazy Sock Day. Students are invited to bring a gold coin donation and wear their craziest socks to help Catholic Mission “Sock it to Poverty”. In Week 4 we will be holding a “Sockball” House challenge; more information about this will be coming next week (see https://www.socktober.org.au/socktober-shootout for a video on how to make your own sockball).


Prayers
It is with much sadness that I pass on to the school community the news that, during the school holidays, Audrey Dawes, mother of Mrs Jan Harvey, passed away. Long-term residents of Yass will have fond memories of Audrey’s many wonderful years in the Yass Library. Vale, Audrey, and sincere condolences to Jan and her family.

Eternal rest grant unto Audrey, O Lord, and let perpetual light shine upon her. May her soul and the souls of all the faithful departed, through the mercy of God, rest in peace. Amen.

May God’s peace be in your families,