Dear Parents, Teachers and Students,


Working Bee
I would like to express my sincere thanks to the families who were able to lend a hand at the Working Bee at the end of Week 2. On the day, we had 30 parents, students, ex-students, teachers and other community members helping out, and our school is looking fabulous as a result. We were able to get a handful of minor building works, some painting, and lots of gardening maintenance completed, and the BBQ lunch was a lovely social gathering, too.


Class Placements 2025
Parents are invited to email me with regard to any considerations you may have for your child’s class placement for 2025. 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 peers that will support their development. Requests are to be emailed to me at: michael.green@cg.catholic.edu.au by this Friday 8 November 2024. 

Please be aware that, although all requests received are given due consideration, there is no commitment that your request will be accommodated.

Requests from previous years are not kept on file nor 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 2025.


Departing Students
Schools are required to record destination schools for all departing students. If there are any K-5 families moving from Mt Carmel at the end of this year, please 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.


Remembrance Day
Next Monday is Remembrance Day, and 2 Blue will be leading a prayer service, commencing at 10:40am, to mark this important community event. Parents and families are welcome to attend. The School Captains and I will be attending the Yass RSL Remembrance Day ceremony, to show our respect and lay a wreath at the cenotaph.


Student Leadership
Next Wednesday, nominations open for Year 5 students who are seeking formal leadership positions in 2025; that is, School Captains, Vice-Captains, House Captains and SRC Representatives. At Mt Carmel, our student leaders are appointed, not elected, and the process begins with students completing a nomination form addressing a selection criteria. These forms must be submitted by Friday 22 November, Week 6. Nominees then present a speech to the school in Week 7 and meet with an interview panel in Week 8. The panel will then decide on appointments, taking into consideration each nominee’s interview, application and feedback from students and teachers (via voting slips, following the speeches). I wish all who are considering nominating for these positions the very best.

May God’s peace be in your families, 

Michael Green
Principal

Religious Education in the Classroom
Welcome to Week 4! Year 2 students are examining how people engage in action and rituals that assist in restoring right relationships and maintaining peace. Students are exploring the definition of forgiveness and how they can apply it within their lives. I asked a few students what forgiveness means to them and below are their responses.

Harry: Forgiveness is about forgiving others and I forgive by saying super quickly “I forgive you”. 

Chevy: The Prodigal Son teaches us to forgive when you have done something wrong. I forgive people by giving them some space and then I say sorry.

Charlie: I forgive people when they are happy.

Adelaide: If someone makes someone upset, you say sorry. I have learnt to say sorry and then I feel happy. 

Anna: Forgiveness is about caring and respecting other people even though you do not know them. 

Religious Life of Mt Carmel School

Thank you to Mrs Karakotas, Mrs Goode and 1 Green for preparing and leading a beautiful prayer service to celebrate All Saints Day. K, 2, 4 and 6 Gold classes attended Parish Mass at St. Augustine’s Church to celebrate the feast day with Fr Peter and parishioners.

Youth Ministry
This term, Mt Carmel School’s Ministry Team have organised mini faith retreats for the Year 5 students in preparation for their Journeying with Jesus retreat in Term 1, 2025. This involves our Year 6 Youth Ministry Team leading small groups in faith formation experiences focusing on prayer and exploring why we need a backpack with a first aid kit, a torch, and a water bottle to help us on our journey with Jesus. 

Catholic Mission Month - Crazy Socks Fundraiser
Mt Carmel School’s Mini Vinnies organised a successful fundraiser to support Catholic Mission on Thursday 24 October and raised $ 341.20. Thank you for supporting Mission Month.  

Remembrance Day Prayer Service
Remembrance Day falls on the 11th of November each year. On the 11th hour on the 11th day of the 11th month, a minute's silence is observed and dedicated to those soldiers who died fighting to protect the nation. Our Mt Carmel community has many defence force veterans who have dedicated their lives to serve the nation. We thank them for their service.

2 Blue will be leading a prayer service on Monday 11 November to celebrate Remembrance Day. The prayer service will start at 10.40 am in the PAC and parents and friends are invited to join us. 

Dear God, 

As God’s people we pray for the needs of the Church and the world.  We pray for change: in ourselves and in the circumstances of those in need, particularly in Ethiopia. May we pour out our lives in service. Unite us in faith, hope and love as we pray together.

Send your Holy Spirit to inspire and sustain us in our mission.

We ask this through Christ our Lord. 

Amen.

St Augustine’s Parish New
Children's Liturgy

The next one is on Sunday 10 November 2024. All children are invited to be part of the activities centred around the particular weekend’s Gospel. 

Parish Mass
Click on this link for further details http://staug-yass.org.au/wp/sacraments/. 


Wishing you all a great week!

Enjoy your week!
Eva Karakotas
Religious Education Coordinator

Hail Mary, full of Grace,
the Lord is with thee.
Luke 1:26-28

Boorowa Touch and Netball Carnival 2024
A huge thank you to all those parents, siblings, grandparents and guardians who volunteered their time to help out at the Boorowa Touch and Netball Carnival in Week 2. I got nothing but positive reports back from people who managed the teams on the day. The students were great ambassadors for the school and should be congratulated for the way they conducted themselves. I received the following feedback from the organisers last week:

Dear Touch and Netball Carnival schools and Sport Coordinators,

On behalf of St Joseph’s, Boorowa, Boorowa Central School and the Boorowa Touch and Netball Carnival Organising Committee, can I pass on to all schools our thanks for making the 2024 carnival such an amazing success!! 390 teams across both touch and netball (we estimate that would be approximately 3750 students) and possibly 2500 spectators and volunteers from schools, it was a massive day with so much fun and enjoyment had by players and spectators alike.

Thank you to all schools for their ongoing support for the carnival and to Sport Coordinators for your work organising your schools and their teams. We look forward to many more years of fun in Boorowa!!

A claim the date for 2025: our date for next year’s carnival is Friday 24th October (the usual Friday of Week 2, Term 4). So pop that in your calendars and we will look forward to next year.

Mr Mark Birks
Principal
St Joseph’s Primary, Boorowa

Gecko Sports
The Gecko Sport crew will be running a tennis program with Primary students in weeks 6-10. We look forward to learning lots of new skills and having lots of fun!

Ted Dunstan
Sports Coordinator

Congratulations to the recipients of the Week 1 Mt Carmel Awards.
These awards were handed out on Thursday, 24 October, at morning assembly.

K Blue Ruby Holt Hamish Lyons	K Gold Scarlett Hamilton Luca Davis Rigel Barker
1 Green Mila Boyton Jayden Regan Edward Dryburgh	1 Red Poppy Sargent Rosella Jones
2 Blue Dane Hewett William Rothwell	2 Gold Elisabeth Morris Sasha Ramadan
3 Green Makaila Hooper Ashton Dorris	3 Red Eleena Mattappallil William Walsh Johnathon Hamilton
4 Blue Neva Welsh Richard Jol	4 Gold Esther Nyathi Jake MacDonald
5 Green Alice Miller Xavier Arnold	5 Red Louis Arnold Magnus Felizardo
6 Blue Lucy Miller Chloe Caldow Camilla Bremner Jordan Mackay	6 Gold Rosie Rainger Sofia Da Deppo Isabelle Pidgeon Ekaterina Mulcair Heath Wood Rory McCall Blake Foster Adam Holman

Congratulations to the recipients of the Week 2 Mt Carmel Awards.
These awards were handed out last Friday, 1 November, at morning assembly.

K Blue Elyse Carter Lydia McDonald Charlotte Kunneke	K Gold Mia Smith Emily Reynders
1 Green Ally Wren Halle Davaris Kaylahn Carroll	1 Red Arabella Merriman Rosella Jones Oliver Drake Feliks Bruzynski
2 Blue Benedicta Barker Chevy Leahy	2 Gold Elisabeth Morris Nate Verma
3 Green Ivy Worboys Roy Mitchell Lachlan Miller	3 Red Delilah Inglis Hudson Mackay Sebastian Dawes
4 Blue Esther Payne Mnqobi Nyathi	4 Gold Zoey Mitchell Heidi  Tyndall
5 Green Amelia Hooper Beau Jones Fletcher Lees Hugh McPherson	5 Red Lily Butt Milton McDonald
6 Blue Alicia Hardy Charlie Field Martha Whitehead Phoenix Streatfeild Xavier Holm	6 Gold Zoe Seselja Jessica Davis Henry Gooley

Congratulations to the recipients of the Week 3 Mt Carmel Awards.
These awards will be handed out this Friday, 8 November, at morning assembly.

K Blue Lillian Drybrugh Logan Bennett	K Gold Lucy Ward Charlotte Aksenov
1 Green Aurora Irwin Winnie Smith Felix Inglis	1 Red Phoebe Platt Phoebe Mitchell Olivia Christensen
2 Blue Camille Walker Keziah Mathew Hugh Davaris Harry Agostino	2 Gold Hayden Spring Nicholas Da Deppo
3 Green Madison McGurk Isaac Reynders Baxter McDonald	3 Red Olivia Aksenov Constance Potter Alan McRae
4 Blue Isabelle Davis Jack Maher	4 Gold Gracie Lyons Vincent Da Deppo Rowan Kelly-Clark
5 Green Abby Hillman Molly-Anne Howarth William Drake	5 Red Paul Coady Conor Guiney
6 Blue Teia-Rose Hackett Evangelique Aniversario Tommy Markota	6 Gold Ellie Carroll Jack Butt Rory Welsh

Congratulations to the students who attended the CWA Yass Branch morning tea last week, to receive their certificates. 

Unfortunately the Mt Carmel Clothing Pool will be closed tomorrow, Thursday 7 November. We apologise for any inconvenience this may cause. 

If you have an outstanding account with the Clothing Pool, we ask you pop into the office and make your payment as soon as possible. Funds raised from the Clothing Pool will be used towards the Christmas Raffle.  

The St Augustine’s Book Fair will be held again 9-10 November, in The Lovat Chapel from 9am until 5pm.

It will be a great opportunity for Christmas presents shopping.
There will be a large variation of books, Puzzles, DVDs, CDs and vinyl available for purchase.
Come and enjoy exploring The St Augustine’s Book Fair.

We at RDASNA are excited to invite you to a collaborative discussion on The Welcome Experience for the Yass Valley region of NSW.

This event will be an opportunity to:

Learn about The Welcome Experience: Gain insights into this valuable service designed to support relocates settling into our region (more information available at: https://www.nsw.gov.au/regional-nsw/makethemove/welcome-experience).

Join the conversation: We'd love to hear your thoughts and suggestions on how to best tailor The Welcome Experience to the specific needs of Yass Valley.

Network with stakeholders and relocatees: This event offers a chance to connect with other key players and individuals who have recently moved to the area.

Details

Date: Wednesday 13 November, 2024

Time: 5:30 registration for a 6-8pm event

Venue: Yazzbar

Please RSVP by registering for the event here and include any dietary requirements by 6 November to confirm your attendance.

We look forward to your participation as we work together to create a seamless and positive experience for new essential workers to the Yass Valley region.

About RDASNA: Regional Development Australia Southern NSW & ACT (RDASNA), is a conduit to bring jobs, investment and innovation in Southern NSW and ACT. We are a connection point for anyone looking to be a part of the growth, prosperity and liveability of our region. After the successful pilot program of The Welcome Experience Goulburn and other pilot programs around the state, the NSW Government have committed to a statewide rollout of the program, and we are excited to bring this initiative to Goulburn-Mulwaree, Hilltops, Queanbeyan-Palerang, Snowy Monaro, Upper Lachlan, Wingecarribee and Yass Valley.

For any questions, please don't hesitate to contact: Ally Dunwoodie

Welcome@rdasna.org.au | Alexandra.Dunwoodie@rdasna.org.au

If you believe there are other individuals within your team or organisation who would benefit from attending this discussion, (or would love some pizza to celebrate the end of report writing!), please feel free to forward this invitation to them.

We look forward to seeing you there!

Sincerely,
The RDASNA Team

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