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Dear St Monica’s families and friends,
Over the past two days the school has undergone its 5 yearly Registration Standards and School Improvement process. It has been delightful to have the 7 panel members spend time across all facets of our school. Celebrating our successes and supporting us in finalising our strategic plan for the next 3 years.I am incredibly proud of my staff who have gone above and beyond to get their documentation ready and for showcasing the wonderful teaching and learning that is taking place in the classrooms.
I am ever so appreciative of my Leadership Team, particularly Maggie Lloyd, who has shown unwavering support of me to make sure the two days have run as smoothly as they have.
I am grateful and thankful to our parent community, some of whom who gave up their time to speak to the panel about this great school of ours. Finally to our students, you are the reason we are here and all of the commendations, affirmations and actions we receive from the panel are for you! We will receive the final report in the coming months which will be available for distribution to our community.
Catholic Schools Enroment Period - Next Tuesday 16 May and Thursday 18 May our school will be hosting two Open Days. The school will be open for tours and at 6pm, on the Tuesday evening, we also will be hosting an Enrolment Information Session. 5 flyers were sent home with each family on Monday afternoon. Please distribute these to anyone you know who is interested in finding out more about our school and encourage them to come over for a visit!
Peace and blessings,
Caleb C, Lily M, Charlie C, Lucy G, Max S, Ryan W
Focus on Kindergarten
In Kindergarten the students are exploring the concepts of relationships and resilience – both very important for all of us but especially for little people learning to be a part of a bigger community like school. As they investigate these big understandings they will learn that:
● as a child, Jesus grew up in his Jewish community, Jerusalem, just like they are growing up in their community in Canberra,
● we have relationships with the people around us - our families, our community,
● Jesus’ teachings can help them to make good choices, be resilient and develop positive relationships with others.
What choices did you have to make today? How resilient were you when things didn’t go to plan? How can we look to Jesus’ teachings to develop better relationships with everyone?
Whole School Prayer Time
Catholic Schools Week – Youth Ministry
Thank you to Mr Mass and the Youth Ministry Team for the beautiful commissioning and blessing last week. We look forward to the great developments in this growing ministry.
Mary/Mothers
Our Kindergarten students and teachers are excitedly preparing to lead the whole school in prayer on Friday 19 May from 9.15am in the St Monica’s Church. You are invited to join us in celebrating all mothers, especially Jesus’ mother, Mary.
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.
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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 |
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Year 2 |
Year 1 |
Year 3 |
Year 6 |
Kindergarten |
Year 4 |
Year 5 |
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.
Registrations are now closed and no late registrations can be accepted.
‘Trybooking’ for the Sacrament of First Eucharist
Fr Mick would like to cap the bookings to a maximum of 15 candidates for each celebration.
Please note when you make your booking please only book 1 place in the name of the candidate celebrating the Sacrament – all families will be allocated a pew in the church (if you have additional guests they can overflow across the aisle).
The ‘trybooking’ opens on Monday 15 May 2023 and will close on Friday 19 May. The links will be available on the Parish website at www.cg.org.au/belconnennorth
Purchasing a stole for First Eucharist
Purchased stoles have now been delivered to the schools. If you purchased a stole and you have not yet received it please send me an email at sc.belconnennorth@cg.org.au
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
| Class | Student | Focus |
| K Blue | Matilda R | Others |
| K Blue | Kaihran T | Others |
| K Maroon | Angeth A | Myself |
| K Maroon | Hunter H | Myself |
| 1 Blue | Harper S | Myself |
| 1 Blue | Scarlett T | Myself |
| 1 Maroon | Flynn P | Myself |
| 1 Maroon | Meika P | Myself |
| 1 White | Dylan A | Myself |
| 1 White | Charlotte C | Myself |
| 2 Blue | Audrey B | Others |
| 2 Blue | Ayla W | Myself |
| 2 Maroon | Tewa Y | Myself |
| 2 Maroon | Noah Z | Myself |
| 3 Blue | Isabella A | Others |
| 3 Blue | Alex H | Myself |
| 3 Maroon | Billy K | Myself |
| 3 Maroon | Alessandro S | Myself |
| 3 White | Bonnie c | Myself |
| 3 White | Ivy P | Myself |
| 4 Blue | Lucas C | Myself |
| 4 Blue | Milla F | Myself |
| 4 White | Jack R | Myself |
| 4 White | Imogen S | Myself |
| 5 Blue | Nikolas H | Myself |
| 5 Blue | Maddie P | Others |
| 5 White | Ivan P | Myself |
| 5 White | Natalia S | Myself |
| 6 Blue | Laura R | Myself |
| 6 Blue | Sian s | Myself |
| 6 Maroon | Eva A | Myself |
| 6 Maroon | Aidan H | Myself |
| 6 White | Jemima B | Myself |
| 6 White | Ella K | Myself |
Thank you to our wonderful volunteers who helped out last Friday. I started the day with no-one and Rach Pentes, Katherine O'Sullivan, Angalea Turnbull, Tim Porter, Chris Regan and Katrina Ciampa came to my rescue. A special welcome to Bianca Partington who hit the ground running and fitted in like she has been here forever. I understand that in these times many people are taking up extra hours and time is tight but our canteen cannot run without volunteer power. So even if you only have any hour to give once or twice a term, your time would be appreciated. Many schools have lost their canteens or have higher prices due to the costs of staffing or they utilise off-site services. The future of our canteen service depends on our wonderful volunteers. Please consider joining us, no experience is necessary. Please sign up using the link below.
Some lunches are going to waste as children are sick. If your child has to go home early please let the office know and we will arrange to get their order to them to go. If you know they will be absent before order cut off you can cancel on Qkr! and get a credit. If you let me know by 10am I can hold over the order for the next week, so please don't let food go to waste and don't be out of pocket. My contact email is wendy.regan@cg.catholic.edu.au
