Our Lady of Lourdes Primary Newsletter

The Gospel (Matthew 10: 29 - 31)

Jesus said, “What’s the price of a pet canary? Some loose change, right? And God cares what happens to it even more than you do. God pays even greater attention to you, down to the last detail – even numbering the hairs on your head! So don’t be intimidated by all this bully talk. You’re worth more than a million canaries”.

... On the way to Mass

What does it say about God that God knows all the secrets and even all the hairs on your head?

On the way home from Mass ...

If God knows everything about you, even how many hairs are on your head, what does that tell you about what God feels for you?

The Prayer

Our many storied God, you give name to the prayers sung through our living. You created a world with so much potential for beauty. It is through this world that we experience the many stories that make us who we are. Help us to encounter you today, during this time of beholding and wonder. 

Amen.

The Question of the Week

Staff/Parents

When has your faith in Jesus been most seriously tested?

Primary Students

What could you do to encourage someone who is feeling hurt?

The Action

Jesus says to fear no one; but I run out of fingers counting the people and situations that cause fear and anxiety in my life. Is it that I doubt God is going to get me out of the latest scrape that I’m in? 

Is it that God has given me reason to doubt that I will be rescued?  

Reflect on the times that you have struggled in your life and then what your faith in God has done to help you in that situation.

Your child's semester one report will be available via the Compass parent

portal from today. To access the report you will need to download the

Compass Parent Portal.

At the end of each term we hold an assembly to present the Principal and Citizenship Awards. Each class teacher selects one student from their class to receive a Principal’s Certificate and one student to receive a Citizenship Certificate.

The criteria for selection is listed below:

Criteria for Principal’s Award

Students may have shown one or more of the following:

• Achieved high standard results this term

• Continually produced work of a high standard

• Have shown outstanding effort in their school work

• Participated most enthusiastically in all class activities

• Made great improvement/progress in their school work

Criteria for Citizenship Award

Students may have shown one or more of the following:

• Treated others with care and respect

• Helped other students

• Considered the feelings of others

• Demonstrated the values taught in our school

• Cared for the environment

• Displayed skills taught in our Social Skills Program

• Parents of children receiving an award are welcome to attend.

Class teachers will notify parents of children receiving an award via email. .

We still have many School Representative Sport Shirts that have not been returned. If your child has represented our school in any sport and used one of these shirts, we ask that parents please check if they still have them at home and if so return them as soon as possible.

School Fees Instalment 2 payment was due on Wednesday 31st May 2023.

If your school fee account is outstanding and you are not on a flexible payment arrangement, please finalise your account now.

School fee accounts on a flexible payment plan arrangement, please check your scheduled payments are paid accordingly and there are no missed payments. Thank you

As term 3 approaches we have many events coming up. We are in need of volunteers who may wish to organise the Father’s Day raffle. If you are able to assist in any way or would like more information of what is involved, please contact Belinda on 0413913001.

Children’s Rosary participants gather together to pray the Rosary every Monday during the school term. Parents need to accompany children. 

Bring your Rosary beads and spend some time in prayer.

Where: OLOL Church

When: Monday (school term only)

Time: 3:30pm

Contact: anitamolina@hotmail.com