St Monica’s Primary School - Evatt eNewsletter

Dear St Monica’s families and friends,

Catholic Schools Week - It is Catholic Schools Week this week for ACT Catholic Schools. This is a timely reminder of what it means for Catholic Education in our Archdiocese, in our Belconnen Region and in our very own St Monica’s Community. Our moral purpose here at St Monica's is to maintain the unique qualities of a Catholic school. We aspire to be a school that is centred in the person of Jesus Christ, contributes to the evangelising mission of the church, and is distinguished by excellence for academic performance, behaviour, culture and in our reputation in the local community.

I think we do a magnificent job of making known the person of Jesus, Catholic Social Teaching is alive in our school in the way we treat one another, our outreach to the poor and the marginalised. This is the week to celebrate our Catholicity and to be proud of the Catholic Community we belong to. Our key celebration for Catholic School’s Week will be the commissioning of our Youth Ministers into their role at our Whole School Prayer time tomorrow morning.

Baby News - A big warm welcome to some of the tiniest and newest members of the St Monica's community. Baby Edith, sister to Evelyn in KM and Baby Willow, sister to Chloe in KB were born during the Easter holidays. We congratulate both families and look forward to having them in the Kindergarten class of 2029!!

Enrolment Flyers - 5 flyers will be sent home with the eldest child from each family tomorrow. Please distribute these to family, friends, colleagues or team mates as you see necessary. Word of Mouth is always the best form of advertising and it costs nothing to come and take a tour of the school. We hope to see lots of new faces on the 16 and 18 May!

School Photos - Please check your Compass account for information that has been sent out from MSP Photography regarding the ordering of photos. When you login to your account you will see the following, simply click on the Order Photos link

Warmest wishes,

Happy Birthday to the following students celebrating a Birthday this week -

Will H, Joshua R, Beau R, Karlin O, Declan C, Sienna R

RE Curriculum

Focus on Year 6

Year 6 are learning about the Australian Catholic Church and the contributions made by individuals and organisations to the development of the Catholic faith in Australia. It is a rich history that includes St Mary MacKillop, rebel priests who celebrated sacraments in secret, and Caritas Australia. The contributions made by Catholic education communities has been extensive. In our comparatively short history our Church has certainly grown and changed remarkably. Perhaps you’d like to investigate some of this rich history yourselves?

Religious Life of the School

Whole School Prayer Time

Easter

Thank you Year 5 for your wonderful Whole School Prayer Time last Friday. I think everyone was humming “Hallelujah” for the rest of the day – not a bad way to continue to celebrate Easter. ?

Catholic Schools Week

Tomorrow, Friday 5 May, the Youth Ministry Team will be blessed and commissioned in St Monica’s Church at 9.15am. This is a special celebration of Catholic Schools Week. These Year 6 students have chosen to learn more about their own faith and to be willing to work with their peers and younger children in sharing and developing the faith of our community. You are invited to come and bear witness to this special blessing and commissioning.

Parish Masses

As we continue to strengthen our good relationship with our parish, and to build greater connections, students at St Monica’s have restarted the practice of attending weekly parish masses on Wednesday mornings. Below is the list of when each year level aims to attend the Wednesday morning mass at 9.30am. You are warmly invited to join us in these Eucharistic celebrations.

Week 4

17/5

Week 5

24/5

Week 6

31/5

Week 7

7/6

Week 8

14/6

Week 9

21/6

Week 10

28/6

Year 2

Year 1

Year 3

Year 6

Kindergarten

Year 4

Year 5

Sacramental Program

Thank you to all those families who joined us online last Thursday evening for the Parent Faith Formation evening. Special thanks for your participation and patience with our technical issues. A reminder that if you have not attended a Parish Mass and made your commitment as a family, it must be done this weekend.

Sacrament of First Eucharist

This will be celebrated across the four Sunday Parish Masses:

5.00pm - 17 June at St Monica’s Church – Evatt;

8.00am - 18 June at St Michael’s Church – Kaleen;

10.00am – 18 June at St Monica’s Church – Evatt; and

5.30pm – 18 June at St Michael’s Church – Kaleen.

Commitment Masses

Students and parents must attend one of the weekend Masses at either St Monica’s Church (5.00pm Saturday or 10.00am Sunday) or St Michael’s Church (8.00am or 5.30pm Sunday) on one of the following dates to make their commitment for the Sacrament - Saturday 29 April and Sunday 30 April and Saturday 6 and Sunday 7 May. There will be no additional commitment masses beyond these dates.

Purchasing a stole for First Eucharist

Purchasing a stole is optional and is not compulsory (you can borrow one on the day). If you wish to purchase a stole, please make a payment of $20 through Qkr! with the registration and the stole will be delivered to the schools and the School of Religion (SOR).

Sacrament of Confirmation will be celebrated on 5, 6 and 7 September 2023.

Sacrament of Reconciliation will be celebrated in Term 1 in 2024.

For further Information – please contact the Sacramental Program Coordinator at sc.belconnennorth@cg.org.au or check the parish website at www.cg.org.au/belconnennorh

Age Group	1^st Place	2^nd Place	3^rd Place	4^th Place	5^th Place	6^th Place
Girls 8 Yrs	Molly O	Clementine A-C	Elizabeth D-H	Lucy D	Ella F	Ellie T
Boys 8 Yrs	Matthew P	Blake R	Thomas S	Billy B	Henry C	Kane O
Girls 9 Yrs	Emerson P	Maddie N	Geeza J	Fatmata K	Aria K	Aaliyah S
Boys 9 Yrs	Sonny S	Lucas M	Jett T	Jacob O	Donato A	Billy K
Girls 10 Yrs	Milla F	Mia K	Nellie R	Ruby S	Phoebe D	Luci G
Boys 10 Yrs	Lucas C	Mitchell C	Charlie G	Nikolas H	Giorgio P	Karlin O
Girls 11 Yrs	Ivana P	Sophie P	Isabella H	Taylor H	Grace E	April A
Boys 11 Yrs	Ater A	Jett S	Paddy K	Cooper R	Lachlan P	Ivan P
Girls 12/13 Yrs	Sienna R	Lily H	Esther L	Laura R	Ella K	Harleen T
Boys 12/13 Yrs	Charlie D	Patrick I	William S	Joseph J	Toby M	Akol A

Cross Country House Points - Walga - 194, Mugga - 163, Buru - 150 and Mirri - 142

This year through our St Monica's Stars we will emphasise the ways we live out

Respect, Resilience, Engagement and Growth

through a focus on

Myself - Academic

Others - Social

Our Surroundings - Community

so we come to know Jesus.

Class	Student	Focus
K Blue	Maddison T	Myself
K Blue	Chloe W	Myself
K Maroon	Angus J	Myself
K Maroon	Emilio R	Myself
1 Blue	Josephine C	Myself
1 Blue	Harry V	Myself
1 Maroon	Daniel S	Myself
1 Maroon	Amity W	Myself
1 White	Henry M	Myself
1 White	Grace M	Myself
2 Blue	Hargun K	Myself
2 Blue	Huxley T	Myself
2 Maroon	Jade A-C	Myself
2 Maroon	Caleb C	Myself
3 Blue	Kane O	Others
3 Blue	Emerson P	Myself
3 Maroon	Will H	Myself
3 Maroon	Selina L	Myself
3 White	Charlotte G	Myself
3 White	Abhijot S	Myself
4 Blue	Phoebe D	Others
4 Blue	Joseph F	Myself
4 Blue	Ruby S	Myself
4 White	Elsie F	Myself
4 White	Andreas K	Myself
5 Blue	Jesse S	Our Surroundings
5 Blue	Macayla W	Myself
5 White	Naomi A	Myself
5 White	Ava N	Myself
6 Blue	Cooper D	Myself
6 Blue	Sophia R	Myself
6 Maroon	Bol K	Myself
6 Maroon	Joshua S	Myself
6 White	Matthew M	Myself
6 White	Harleen T	Others

Star Awards for Week 3 will be given out at Assembly on Monday 15 May at 8.55am in the Courtyard

Congratulations to Aiden Mc (6 Maroon) who won the ACT Boys Primary School Golf Championship last Monday when he played at Murrumbidgee Golf Club. This may gain Aiden selection for the Australian Championships in November which will be held in Perth. We await confirmation of this. Well done Aiden!!

What a fabulous start to the term for Canteen! Thank you so much to our valuable volunteers who have helped with both normal canteen and the sausage sizzle – Katherine O’Sullivan, Fiona Steinberg, Esme Rolleston, Angalea Turnbull, Tim Porter, Chrissie McKnight, Alyce Miletic, Bek Stevenson, Ling Fei, Katarina Pilatic and Chris Regan – you are all amazing.

Thank you to our loyal customers for supporting our first sausage sizzle in many years. It was very popular and certainly something we will do again.

We still have some lolly bags left over and will sell off the last of them tomorrow so they do not go to waste. This will be the last canteen red day for this term.

As always, if there are any issues please email me wendy.regan@cg.catholic.edu.au, my work days are Wednesday – Friday.

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Merici College

A wonderful opportunity for prospective families to see the College in action, meet our students and attend the Principal’s Address, Year 7 and 11 Information Evenings and lots more. We are enrolling now for 2024 and beyond!

Please visit www.merici.college for all dates and information for our Open Day, Be a Merici Girl Days and Talk and Tours. Register online now!

Open Day, Principal’s Address and Year 7 2024 Information Night: Wednesday 3 May

Be a Merici Girl Days: 28 April, 1 and 8 May

Talk and Tours: 4 March, 6 May, 19 August, 21 October

St Clare's College

Try a Day: Wednesday 3 May, 9.00am to 3.00pm

We invite prospective Year 7, 2024 students (current Year 6 students) to join us for the day to experience the exciting and enriching opportunities that our College has to offer.

Open Evening: Thursday 4 May, 4.30pm to 7.30pm

Open Evening is an opportunity for families to look through our facilities and talk to staff and students.

Register today! - https://stcc.act.edu.au/alerts/shape-your-future/

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