Dear Parents, Teachers and Students, 

World Teachers’ Day
Australia celebrates World Teachers’ Day this Friday 30 October. I am conscious of the cliché, but teaching truly is a noble profession and I am grateful every day for the generosity, talent, patience, commitment and, above all, love that our wonderful teachers bring to their work. I encourage every student at Mt Carmel to take the time to personally thank their teacher on Friday.

Socktober
And just so the day’s not all about the teachers, this Friday, students are invited to bring a gold coin donation and wear crazy socks and their favourite sports jersey to help Catholic Mission “Sock it to Poverty”.

https://www.socktober.org.au


Book Week
We had a very exciting week last week and it was wonderful that so many families joined the live stream of our virtual Book Week Parade. If you haven’t yet had the chance to check it out, you can still see the parade via the following link:

https://cgcatholic.zoom.us/rec/share/oMKzOIIeVnFklVQr9i6Y0-als4S14LYPulIGHBPJhdkEL9cI4llvmcf0-xl7xw6Z.DQdy52eOdStynLEJ

A tremendous thank you to Mrs Turner and Mrs Patmore for the love that goes into transforming the Library for Book Week each year. Thanks also to Mat Broers, Dennis Garland, Tanya McPherson and Cassie Streatfield for their help with the BBQ.

All Saints Day Prayer Assembly
Next Monday 3EG will be hosting our All Saints Day prayer service. A link will be provided via SZapp and email for families who would like to join us in prayer.


Kindergarten Orientation
Next Wednesday will be our first Kinder Orientation session and we are very excited to be welcoming next year’s Kinder to Mt Carmel. Staggered start times for drop-off have been emailed to all families; please contact the school office if you need to confirm your time. The Uniform Shop will be holding special Kinder Fittings from 12:00pm to 1:00pm in the PAC on the second and third weeks of orientation.


Class Placements 2021
Parents are invited to email me with regard to any considerations you may have for your child’s class placement for 2021. 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 6 November 2020. 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 2021.


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 app is a Year 6 2021 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.


May God’s peace be in your families, 

Michael Green
Principal