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Dear Parents, Carers and Friends,
Although this week is a little quieter at school, next week things are ramping up! We start the week opening our classrooms on Monday August 18th for parents to visit and see what the children have been learning. It is also a time for you to have a quick chat with your child’s teacher should you wish to. We look forward to welcoming all parents on Monday if you can make it.
The exciting adventures of Book Week occur next week too. A huge part of book week is the Book Character dress up day that the students love to participate in and strut their stuff in the parade. This year the Lowe Street students will dress up on Tuesday August 19th and Macquoid Street students will dress up on Wednesday August 20th. Both parades will take place first thing in the morning after the students drop their bags into class and the class rolls are marked. We welcome parents to join us if you can, to enjoy the fun Book Week parades. There are other fun things for the students to be involved in during their library lessons as well. I want to thank you, our parents and carers, for supporting the children to make (or buy if it’s easier) their costumes. Remember costumes do not need to be elaborate, and things can be easily fashioned from things and clothes they already have at home. There is no need to go to great expense.
The children in Year’s 3 to 6 have been busily preparing for and competing against their peers in public Speaking over the past few weeks. On Friday August 22nd our most successful public speakers from each grade will travel to Crookwell to participate in the Northern Region Public Speaking competition. I wish them all the best and know they will do our school proud.
Coming up in Week 7 (Wednesday September 3rd) we have a big celebration on one day. We will commence the morning with our Father’s Day breakfast at Macquoid Street. The students will then walk to Lowe Street for our Feast Day Mass before walking to the park for our annual Lap-a-thon. The sponsorship cards for the Lap-a-thon were sent home with the children today. Everyone is welcome to join us if you can, please add it to your calendars. I want to thank the Community Council for their support with organising the Lap-a-thon. The money raised will go towards a major upgrade to the Macquoid Street hard top area out front of the canteen. We will share drawings in the coming weeks. Thanks for supporting this important school fundraiser.
This week we celebrate the feast of the Assumption of the Blessed Virgin Mary on Friday 15th August. This day commemorates the Catholic belief that the body and soul of the immaculate Mary, mother of God was assumed into heaven. We will be celebrating with four liturgies, one on Lowe Street at 10:15am in St Raphael’s church. The Macquoid Street classes will have their liturgies in the St Gregory’s church with Years 3 & 4 at 9:15am, Year 2 at 10:00am and Years 5 & 6 at 12:00pm. Please feel free to join us if you would like or there will be the usual parish masses at St Raphael’s church at 12noon and 5:30pm if you would like to attend mass.
Let us pray together…
Father in heaven,
all creation rightly gives you praise,
for all life and all holiness come from you.
In the plan of your wisdom
she who bore the Christ in her womb
was raised body and soul in glory to be with him in heaven.
May we follow her example in reflecting your holiness
and join in her hymn of endless love and praise.
We ask this through Christ our Lord.
Amen.
Please continue to pray for those in our community who are sick and their families who care for them. We also pray for all the Year 6 students who are preparing for their Confirmation in September, that they will truly experience God’s grace and guidance in their lives.
Have a blessed fortnight.
Tiffany Reedy
BOOK WEEK
CBCA Book Week is coming up in Week 5 of term 3 (18-22 August)... only 1 week to go!
This year celebrates the 80th anniversary of the CBCA Book Week. The theme for this year's book week is "Book an Adventure".
We will hold our annual Book Week Parade at each campus in week 5 of term 3:
- Lowe St:Tues 19August at 9.10am
- Macquoid St:Wed 20August at 9.30am
So, time to start thinking about a character to dress up as... look in your dress up box, wardrobe or the local Op-Shops for inspiration.
Costumes don’t need to be elaborate or expensive and the most imaginative ones are often ‘put together’ or constructed at home.
No prizes are awarded for costumes we just encourage everyone to dress up and join in the fun.
We look forward to seeing all of the costumes.
We will also be running some competitions in conjunction with Book Week. These will be explained to the students during their library lessons:
MACQUOID ST campus:
- Short Story:
- Students can write a short story with the theme 'Book an Adventure' in mind.
- They will be provided with 1 double sided piece of paper with lines.
- Due Tue 19 August
- Design Competition:
- Students can design the front cover of a picture book (incorrectly listed as front inside cover in last week's newsletter)
- The teacher will choose one of the short-listed books that will be read to them during their library lesson.
- Students will start the brainstorming in their library lesson but will need to complete the design at home.
- Due Tue 19 August
LOWE ST Campus:
- Poster Design Competition:
- Students are encouraged to design a bright and eye-catching poster that celebrates the CBCA Book Week's theme of "Book an Adventure"
- Due Mon 18 August
2. Colouring Competition:
- Students will be given a special “Book an Adventure” themed colouring sheet during week 4 library lessons to decorate with their brightest and most adventurous colours.
- This will need to be completed at home.
- Due Mon 18 August
There will be prizes for each competition winner!
PREMIER'S READING CHALLENGE
Thank you to all of the parents that have been busy updating their child's reading records on the NSW PRC website.
We now have 170 students registered for the challenge and 101 have already finished.
The competition date for this year's PRC is 19 September ... just over a month left to log your child's reading!
ALL students that complete the challenge will receive a certificate towards the end of term 4.
We would like to acknowledge the students from each year who completed the challenge during the previous 2 weeks:
K - Lucia F, Mackenzie F, Reuben P
2 - Xavier L, Olivia W
3 - Indiana K, Mark M
4 - Francis L
If you have any questions, you can contact me at: natalina.ireland@cg.catholic.edu.au
FOUNDATION NOVELS via THE BOOK COW
The Book Cow is pleased to offer all St Gregory families a 15% discount for any of the books included on the Foundation novels list for K-Y6:
- Families who like to get ahead with reading or have their own copy of a text at home, will receive 15% discount off the CECG texts (excl Poetry titles) by using the discount code - CECGF2025at checkout.
- This offer is exclusive to CECG families, including St Gregory's.
- All orders will be delivered direct to the school and distributed to the students once received.
I’ve attached a flyer (including a QR code) for any parents that wish to take advantage of this offer. CECG_Family_Offer_3_.pdf
Congratulations to our students who have represented St Gregory's in NSW PSSA recently
Amelia - PSSA AFL
