Welcome to 2017

Hi everyone and welcome back to school!
I would like to extend a very special welcome to Cairo and Beau who join us in Hoiho Class this year.
I will post more information shortly about what is planned for Term, in the meantime if you are reading this blog and having a bit of a tidy up at home I would really appreciate magazines for cutting up especially National Geographics, Woman's Weekly's, New Idea etc.
Remember your stationary packs can be collected from Office Products Depot.  
See you soon!
Ms Dodd

Kristkindle

The Advent tradition of Krsitkindle.

Each class in the school will discuss and quietly complete kind, helpful acts throughout the school day (eg. rubbish duty, leaving thoughtful note for cleaners, sweep courtyards, open doors for staff, take some pre-loved toys to the Vincent De Paul, using good manners etc,). These acts are discussed and completed as a class or in groups for people they see in need and will also be encouraged to be carried on at home. Teachers will encourage quiet, small acts of generosity for others without looking for acknowledgement. Each child will be given a name of another child to give a Kristkindle gift

to on the last day of school – Friday 16 December. Families are asked to provide a small, wrapped gift that their child can give to their Kristkindle on the final day. The gift can be homemade and if purchased should not cost more than $5.00. Please put the name of the child receiving the gift on the outside and the name of the child giving the gift on the inside. In keeping with the spirit of Kristkindle please help your child to keepthe name of their Kristkindle a secret until the day.

Advent Outreach

Advent Outreach

We are collecting festive food items to donate to St Vincent de Paul who will use them to make Christmas food hampers for people in our community this Christmas.

Please consider giving foods such as fruit cakes, tinned fruit, pickles, sauces and relish to go with meat, jams and jellies, meringues, fruit mince pies, chocolate, fruit sauces for use with desserts, good quality biscuits, crackers to go with cheese and dips, nuts etc.

The food will be presented to St Vincent de Paul at the 9.30am mass on Sunday 4 December 2016.

We would like to encourage every family to support this opportunity to reach out to those in need.

Thank you.

“I was hungry and you fed me, thirsty and you gave me a drink; I tell you, whenever you did this for one of the least important of these followers of mine, you did it for me!”  Matthew 25

Think Positively Cartoon!

Operation Christmas Child Collection

Remember to bring in your gift for the Operation Christmas Child collection.  As a class we elected to bring items for a 2-4 year old girl. 
Share with your families the attached you tube clips - it is amazing what joy small gifts brings to others.
https://www.samaritanspurse.org.au/what-we-do/operation-christmas-child/

Skiing at Rainbow

Check out these photos of our great day out at Rainbow Ski field.  A big thank you to all our parent helpers and instructors.  It was a brilliant day!

Hoiho learns Bike Safety

On Monday we were very fortunate to have Murray and his team come along and teach us road safety using our bikes.