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Dear Parents, Teachers and Students,
Playgroup Starts Tomorrow
We welcome the return of Playgroup tomorrow after the extended holiday break. Playgroup will commence at 9am in the PAC and is $3 for the first child, $1 for subsequent children in family. Morning tea will be provided for children and parents. We hope to see you there.
All Saints Day Prayer Assembly
This Friday 4EG will be hosting our All Saints Day prayer assembly at 9am in the PAC. All families are warmly invited to join us.
Boorowa Touch Football and Netball Carnival
Thank you to Esther Glover for her coordination of the 24 teams representing Mt Carmel last week at the Boorowa Carnival. Thank you to Mel Allan for coordinating netball and Sue Shepherd for coordinating touch football on the day. Thank you as well to all our fabulous teachers who had a long, hot day in the sun, wind and dust. Thank you to parents who managed or coached teams and to the high school students who volunteered to assist with refereeing duties. The day was enjoyed by all and there have been many positive comments about our students being well mannered, courteous and good sports. Well done everyone!
Crazy Hair Day
The student reward for reaching our Walkathon fundraising target is a Crazy Hair Day, which will be held on Tuesday 5 November, Week 4. I now ask that any outstanding sponsorship be collected and sent to school as quickly as possible.
Kindergarten Orientation
Next Wednesday will be our final Kinder Orientation session before school starts next year... how exciting! The Kindergarten 2020 Parent Information Evening will be held next Wednesday in the Lacey Library at 6:30pm.
Headspace
Headspace Goulburn has commenced an outreach service to Yass for counselling support for young people aged 12-25. The Yass outreach service will provide support for mild to moderate mental health issues. Counselling appointments will be available at the Yass Wellness Centre, 9.30 to 5pm on Mondays and eventually Mondays and Tuesdays 9.30 to 5pm. Headspace is a free service. Intake and counselling appointments will be managed from the Goulburn headspace office on 4824 4944. Referrals can be faxed to the Goulburn headspace office – 4824 4994 or email info@headspacegoulburn.org.au.
More information about headspace can be found at https://headspace.org.au/
Class Placements 2020
Parents are invited to email me with regard to any considerations you may have for your child’s class placement for 2020. 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 Friday 8 November 2019. 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 2019.
2020 Planning
A request to any K-5 families moving from Mt Carmel at the end of this year: it would greatly assist our preparation for 2020 if you would 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,
Acts 6:1-7
Role models are important elements in our lives. We can imitate them, or we can aspire to be like them; to incorporate their values and characteristics into our lives. I mention this as we begin to look at the early church. Our goal is not to imitate the early church. In other words to be identical to them. Rather, what we want to do is to identify their values and characteristics and incorporate them into our current life situations. This is what we want to do as we look at the early church today and see how they addressed diversity and dispersed power and the authority to serve.
ALL GOD'S CHILDREN
The early church was growing and it was becoming more diverse. Not only were there Jewish Christians, but there were also a growing number of Hellenists. These were Jews who born and raised outside of Jerusalem and Israel. Their primary language was Greek and not Hebrew or Aramaic. They were different. Apparently, some "humanness" had seeped into the life of the church and there was some discrimination in the dispersement of goods for the care of widows, orphans and others in need. The Hellenists complained that their widows were being ignored.
The apostles and the members of the early church did a very interesting thing. They chose seven men to head up the distribution of care items. All seven of the men had Greek names and were Hellenists. The dominant group, the Jewish Christians, yielded power and control over to the minority group. The Jewish Christians were able to do this because they did not see the Hellenists as a threat and understood that they were all God's children.
The fact that the early Christians were able to see everyone as God's children were one reason that the Jewish Christians decided to yield power to the Hellenists. Another reason was that the apostles understood that they were not called to do everything. They could not devote themselves to the word of God and to prayer, while being distracted by other responsibilities.
A HOLY CALLING
The early Christians looked for people in whom the Holy Spirit had been working. They called men in good standing--they had earned the respect of the community of believers. The candidates were also full of the Holy Spirit. In other words, they led righteous, faithfully obedient lives.
The people chose seven men. Their task was "to serve tables." In reality it was more than that. They were charged with the task of supervising the distribution of resources to members of the Christian community who were in need. Their task was both administrative and "hands on."
We might think that waiting on tables was a lowly vocation, but this was not the view of the early church. Once the men had been selected, the apostles prayed over them and laid their hands on them. The act of laying their hands on the new deacons was an ancient sign of transferring the Holy Spirit, spiritual power and blessing. The first deacons were being called to a holy ministry.
It is important for us to view our own ministries, or vocations, from this perspective. We may not have had hands laid upon us when we accepted the roles of parent, student, teacher, nurse, sales representative, or other calling, but that doesn't mean that ours are not holy ministries. Our jobs and vocations are holy and they are used by God to share God's love and grace and to spread God's kingdom.
Kevin Ruffcorn
Next Friday, 8 November, Years 5&6 are hosting a fundraiser at recess for those in need in Timor Leste – there will be a cake stall, gardening stall, games and fun activities for everyone to enjoy as we answer our “Call to Serve” and raise funds for those in need. Fr Mick has organised a guest speaker, a Dominican sister from Timor Leste who teaches in Dili, to come and speak with the students next Friday. Our students will have this amazing opportunity to hear directly how their fundraising efforts will help others. Please support this student fundraiser generously so our students can make a difference in other children’s lives.
Jan Harvey
Assistant Principal
Boowora Touch and Netball Carnival
A very big thank you to all the parents, team managers and referees for your help at the carnival last week. It was a very windy and dusty day, but the children all had a great time.
Congratulations to the recipients of this week's Coordinator Merits, which focused on 'Show Respect'.
KJG Amelia Hooper Louis Arnold |
KNB Dylan O'Reilly David Watson |
1EK Anika Lyons Camilla Bremner |
1JR Charlie Field Chloe Corcoran |
1SS Amber Watson Samuel Masters |
2HR Megan Lymbrery Pia de Nanteuil |
2TD Imogen Maher Landon Glover |
3LS Mia Buser Flynn Wullaert |
3TC Zara Hillman Tiana Pidding |
4EG Skye Edwards William Webster |
4KF Phoebe Brown Lewis Jones |
4SS Neve Luckie Clare Broers |
5/6MA Luca Rajic Dominica Owen |
5/6JH Grace Miller Cooper Lees |
5/6WZ Grace Bush Brodie Doyle |
Merits will be presented at Thursday morning's assembly. Next week, the teachers will be on the look out for children who 'Be Fair'.
Dear Parents and Carers
REACH Assessment participants will receive their certificates on Thursdays as indicated below:
WEEK 3 |
Thursday 31 October |
Digital Technologies |
Science |
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WEEK 4 |
Thursday 7 November |
Writing |
Spelling |
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WEEK 5 |
Thursday 14 November |
English |
Mathematics |
Students receiving PARTICIPATION Certificates will be acknowledged at morning assembly. Their certificate will be presented to them in class by their teacher.
Students who have achieved either GOOD EFFORT, COMMENDABLE or OUTSTANDING test results will be presented their certificates at assembly.
Students will be able to access their detailed results and the questions to each test online at www.unswglobal.unsw.edu.au/educational-assessments.
Go to the Results and Reports Portal at the top of the web page and log in to “Student Results” using their TAP-ID and PIN which is outlined in the student letter which will be sent home later this week. Student letters have been sealed in an envelope addressed to the student’s parents. The student’s TAP-ID and PIN will give students access to the results for other REACH Assessments that they participated in. Students must not share their TAP-ID and PIN.
If you have any queries, please contact Trish O’Dell on 6226 3357 or email patricia.odell@cg.catholic.edu.au
Digital Technologies | |||
Wyatt Brassil | Participation | Hamish Bright | Commendable |
Alexander Donaldson | Participation | Molly Jarratt | Commendable |
Lulu Meriman | Participation | Yossarian Barker | Good Effory |
Nicholas Drake | Participation | Fergus Green | Participation |
Caitlin Guiney | Participation | Angus Kelly | Commendable |
Neve Luckie | Participation | Elijah Porfirio | Commendable |
Rory Swadling | Participation | Maddelin Barker | Participation |
Delanie Brassil | Participation | Jeremy Bremner | Commendable |
Shaylee Dunn | Participation | Catalina Harding | Participation |
Amelia Markota | Participation | Hugh Merriman | Participation |
Luca Rajic | Commendable | Rachael Widdows | Participation |
Jocoby Cai | Participation | Isabella Jarratt | Participation |
Clancy Ritchard | Participation | ||
Science | |||
Wyatt Brassil | Participation | Hamish Bright | Commendable |
Alexander Donadlson | Participation | Molly Jarratt | Commendable |
Lulu Merriman | Participation | Delilah Rajic | Good Effort |
Jake Wullaert | Participation | Simon Bremner | Outstanding |
Nicholas Drake | Participation | Fergus Green | Participation |
Caitlin Guiney | Participation | Angus Kelly | Commendable |
Neve Luckie | Participation | Rory Swadling | Commendable |
Yossarian Barker | Participation | Delanie Brassil | Commendable |
Catalina Harding | Participation | Luca Rajic | Participation |
Rachael Widdows | Participation | Hugh Merriman | Participation |
Louis Green | Participation | Isabella Jarratt | Participation |
Clancy Ritchard | Participation | Jacoby Cai | Participation |
Flavours - Strawberry Burst and Orange Crush
- 99.9% fruit juice (sourced from Australian Growers)
- Natural Flavours and Natural Colours
- 99% Fat Free
- No Added Sugar
- Gluten Free
Available at lunch time only
Available on Friday's only.
Thursday Mornings: 9am - 11am
Front room of the PAC (off Dutton St)
$3 for the first child, $1 for subsequent children in family
Teddy Bear’s Picnic—Thursday 12 December (Week 9)
This week will be the last Playgroup for 2019 and we will
be hosting a Teddy Bear’s Picnic.
If you are able to attend, please have your child/children
bring along a teddy (or favourite toy) and a plate of food to
share with the other children.
* Please note no egg and nuts to be included in food.
ST AUGUSTINE'S BOOK FAIR – November 2 & 3
St Augustine's Parish will be holding its annual Book Fair again this year, on the same weekend as Classic Yass (November 2 & 3). Last year’s Book Fair was highly successful and the parish hopes that with your support, this year’s can be even better. Funds this year will go to various parish building/maintenance commitments, with a proportion being directed towards Yass Rural Australians for Refugees to assist them with their valuable work.
If you’ve been putting off going through the book shelves and cupboards, now is the time to start! Donations of books, DVDs, CDs, vinyl records, games, puzzles and the like are all welcome. Donations can be accepted from now until Tuesday 29 October.
Please contact Deb Valencic at deb.valencic@gmail.com or ring or text 0427 674 246 to advise that you have goods to donate and to organise a time to drop off donations or to have them picked up.
Donations of encyclopaedias and magazines cannot be accepted this year.