Good afternoon Families and Friends,
Welcome to Term Four. It’s so lovely to have the good weather coming through, to see the children wearing their summer uniform and to see the garden bursting with new growth and blooms.
Our big focus at the moment is our upcoming St Luke the Evangelist Feast Day next Friday, our Art Show AND our Fete. Now that’s a WOW WEEK! Please join us at all of these events as it really does give the opportunity to showcase the very rich community we are and have here in Blackburn South.
On Friday, we have a very special day of Joy as we celebrate the Feast day of St Luke the Evangelist. We would love as many families as possible to join us at mass, to come visit us in our classrooms and to join us for morning tea. The children will be engaging in some activities about St Luke before the full on fun with Kaboom Sports after recess. A very special part of our day will be when our current House Leaders: Will, Tia and Emily (Staunton), Thomas, Lenny and April (D’Prazer) and Max and Mason (Egan) will officially launch the House names with their namesakes present at mass.
Next week will be very busy setting up our Discovery Centre for the Art Show. Our budding artists are working away at creating many masterpieces under the guidance and expertise of our teachers. As part of our feast day celebrations, we will be launching our Art Show at 3 pm. You are warmly invited to come into the Discovery Centre from 3pm-4pm to have a sneak preview of the Art Show. We’ll leave it open until 4 pm for families to have a wander through. On Sunday at the fete, you can have another wander through, maybe with grandparents, relatives and friends in tow. We’ll be asking for a gold coin donation per person on entry so make sure you have those coins ready.
FETE UPDATE:
WRISTBAND LINK FOR UNLIMITED RIDES: https://www.trybooking.com/CVOGR
$30 Earlybird price closes on FRIDAY 18th OCT. at 1pm. They will cost $40 on the day of the fete! Wristbands will be delivered to classrooms so kids can take them home on Friday.
DONATIONS of crafts, plants, cakes, books, chocolates & lollies are all welcome & will be accepted up to and including Saturday 19th (cakes on the day of the fete too, of course!).
HELPERS are welcome on Saturday 19th October for set-up from 12 noon at the school. Any help, however small, will be most welcome.
VOLUNTEERS NEEDED: Thanks to everyone who has volunteered to make sure this day is a big success and to share the load. Please sign up & donate an hour of your time at our various stalls:
https://www.signupgenius.com/go/10C094DAFAE2DA5F8C70-51333157-stlukes#/
SURPRISE GUEST ARTIST: Stay tuned for a surprise guest artist who will be performing on the fete stage at 2pm!
The week ahead is all about community. When l looked at definitions for the word, l found in Oxford Languages
community (/kəˈmjuːnɪti/)
a group of people living together and practising common ownership AND
a similarity or identity OR
joint ownership or liability.
Community, in its most basic definition, can be defined as individuals who share a common interest, background or purpose that gives them a sense of cohesion. The 5 community characteristics that most influenced community attachment (in order of importance) were: social offerings, openness, aesthetics, education, and basic services. (https://extension.psu.edu/what-makes-the-good-community). As a community of faith, of families and of learners, we offer so much to each other. I am grateful each and every day l walk into this community. Thank You.
Have a great weekend ahead and l look forward to seeing you next week.
Clare
Principal
principal@slblackburnsth.catholic.edu.au
