SMCM, you are superstars! We have now raised $1131 for Caritas!
This week our Caritas Friday connects to Oliva’s story. Oliva is from the Solomon Islands and she was unable to read, write or count. Caritas Australia helped to give her a future by enrolling her in Literacy and Numeracy classes.
Help Caritas support others like Oliva by dressing up as your future self and donating a gold coin on Friday!
Last week we raised an amazing $541 for Caritas Project Compassion. Well done SMCM – giving to others (almsgiving) is an important part of Lent and it helps us to become closer to God.
This week’s Caritas Friday fundraiser links to Margret’s story. Margaret is a teacher at a vocational school for deaf students in the Solomon Islands. Margret and her students face water shortages and they have to walk off campus twice a day to collect safe drinking water.
Please find our Term One Overview below. For future reference it may be found under the ‘Parent Information’ tab. Please also note that our Term One Timetable, also located on the same page, has been updated.
Wear your favourite piece of clothing with your uniform and bring a gold coin donation!
BRING A GOLD COIN DONATION FOR CARITAS!
We begin our annual Lenten Project Compassion fundraiser this week with our first Caritas Friday. This week’s theme is connected to the first Project Compassion story of Jamila, a single mother living in the world’s largest refugee camp in Bangladesh. With the support of Caritas Australia, Jamila learnt to sew and uses this skill as income to support her family.
‘Be More’ for others in Lent and DONATE to Caritas!
We are so very excited to welcome everyone back to school tomorrow! Students will wear their full summer school uniform and will begin their day with their specialist subjects – Performing Arts, Visual Arts and Japanese.
On Friday we will begin our Caritas Friday Lenten journey. This week our students are encouraged to wear one piece of their favourite clothing with their school sport uniform. We ask that our students be mindful of what item of clothing they choose as they will need to remove it when representing our school at interschool sports. For example, if they choose to wear a soccer jersey they would also need to bring their school sport top in their bag. A gold coin donation is also required to support Caritas Project Compassion-thank you!
We are very excited to see our senior students leading our school community in a positive, supportive and encouraging way.
It is Ash Wednesday. This is an important time in our Church calendar and the beginning of a special time that we call Lent. What do you know about Ash Wednesday and Lent?
You might like to set up your own sacred space and get ready to participate in our school Liturgy. Or, see the post below for links to St Peter’s and Fr Rob Galea’s Ash Wednesday Mass.
What are you going to do to BE MORE this Lent? Don’t forget to wear your favourite item of clothing and bring a gold coin donation for Caritas on Friday!
Please click the link below to access the learning for today (it is the same learning grid as yesterday). You may choose which activities you wish to complete.
Please note that Whereby can only have 4 students/parents at one time so if you are waiting to be let in by your teacher it is possible that the room is full so you may need to try again in 15 minutes. The links to the whereby rooms are listed below.
We also know that today is SHROVE TUESDAY which is a very important day in our Catholic calendar. It marks the first day of Lent. You may want to have a read and listen to the activity posted in the learning grid and bake/cook something delicious to honour this special day.
If you need any help, your teachers will be available to chat with you through email and on WHEREBY on Tuesday and Wednesday from 9:30am – 12:30pm
Please note that Whereby can only have 4 students/parents at one time so if you are waiting to be let in by your teacher it is possible that the room is full so you may need to try again in 15 minutes. The links to the whereby rooms are listed below.
We hope that you and your families are safe and well. Once again, these unprecedented times have dealt us an unexpected change of routine.
The current 5 day lockdown looks very different to the way we engaged with remote learning in 2020.
At the beginning of the term, our homegroup focus is getting to know one another as well as establishing expectations and routines. During this time, students have not had access to digital devices. So today, it is not expected that students complete learning activities. From Tuesday, some learning activities will be placed on the blog. These learning activities do not all require online access for completion (there are some online activities if you and your child wish to complete these).
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The year 6 teachers will be available over the next few days. Please do not hesitate to contact us via email or through whereby using the links below
We will be available to chat with you and your child on Tuesday and Wednesday from 9:30am – 12:30pm should you require further assistance or advice to support your child with learning activities. Whereby can only accommodate 4 students/parents at one time so if you are waiting to be let in by your teacher it is possible that the room is full so you may need to try again in 15 minutes.