Interim Reports and Parent-Teacher Interviews

Your child’s Interim Report will be coming home this Friday. Interviews will be held on Wednesday and Thursday next week in the Lacey Library. If you have not yet made an appointment time for a Parent-Teacher Interview next week and wish to do so, you can book online using PTO with the login details sent home last week, or phone the school office before next Wednesday.

Cross Country Carnival

A reminder that our 3-6 Cross Country Carnival will be held this Friday at Walker Park from 11:45am. Parent helpers are always welcome; please contact Mrs Esther Glover if you are able to assist on the day. K-2 Classes will be having their own Cross Country races at school next Tuesday 9 April at 12:00pm.

Holy Week Prayer Service

Easter falls on the middle weekend of the school holidays, and next Friday 12 April we will be marking this most special time in our liturgical calendar with an enactment of the Stations of the Cross from 9:30am, beginning at the Infants Playground (Equipment area). As we follow Jesus on the path to Calvary we will be moving solemnly through different parts of the school grounds. All are welcome to attend.

Easter Bonnet Parade

Everyone is invited to attend the Mt Carmel Annual Easter Bonnet Parade next Thursday 11 April at 1.00pm under the shadecloth in the playground. Students from K-2 are encouraged to create an Easter Bonnet out of materials from around the home; reuse, recycle and be creative! Students in Year 3 to Year 6 may also with to participate in the parade.

School Uniform

After the school holidays we return in winter school uniform. I would like to request parent support to ensure that each child is complying with school uniform requirements. At all times, students at Mt Carmel represent themselves and the School. We hope wearing the uniform is a source of pride for our students in identifying themselves as a Mt Carmel School student. Students should be wearing the correct school hat, in Terms 1 and 4, and school jumper; and although it is an honour to be selected for representative sports, souvenir apparel is not part of our school uniform. Please ensure that all uniform items are clearly labelled on the inside so that if misplaced it is easily returned. Likewise the full school sports uniform should be worn on Tuesdays and Fridays. We need to collectively maintain the high standard of wearing the correct uniform items, which reflects our pride in our School. I thank you for your attention to this. 

Anzac Day Parade

This year ANZAC Day falls in the second week of the school holidays and, as usual, Mt Carmel will be marching in the parade.

The ANZAC March commences at 10:45am so Mt Carmel students (in winter uniform) need to assemble outside the Liberty Theatre in Lead Street at 10.30am. The ANZAC ceremony will conclude outside the Yass Memorial Hall at approximately 11:45am. It would be fantastic to have every student participating. 

Assembly

This Friday at 9am 2HR and 3LS will be hosting our assembly presentation. I’m looking forward to seeing the wonderful work each class has been engaged in. Principal’s awards will be distributed at the assembly; recipients are listed below.

Dogs on the Playground

Today at lunch time two dogs made their way on to the school playground. Fortunately the dogs did not cause any harm and were safely removed from the school grounds. Some children did get a bit of a fright and others became over-excited and silly. Each year we are visited by the Responsible Pet Ownership incursion—they are coming next term in Week 1—and we are taught about safe behaviour around dogs. Can you please reinforce with your child that if approached by an unfamiliar or unattended dog they should be still and quiet. I also ask for everybody’s assistance in ensuring that they close the gate after entering or leaving school grounds.

May God’s peace be in your families,

Michael Green