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- Photos - Year 5/6 Netball Gala Day
- TeamKids Winter Holiday Program
- Teeball Camp July 2022
Dear Parents and Carers,
We have had a great day here today celebrating the feast of St Thomas the Apostle. It was so beautiful to be back in the church for a school Mass which also included the sacrament of ‘Anointing of the Sick’, given to some parishioners who were at the liturgy. During the middle session of the day, the students rotated through different activities focused on the concept of ‘connection’. We weren’t able to have our fire pit lunch, but Victoria still managed to do a whole school lunch of sausages, pumpkin soup and the most delicious damper. Thank you, Victoria! The wet weather changed the activities but didn’t dampen the fun and celebrations.
It was also our annual Vinnie’s Winter Woolies Appeal. The team from the big Vinnies group came in the afternoon and were presented with a mountain of warm clothes and blankets that will be distributed to the many homeless people in Canberra. They were most appreciative of the generosity the families of St Thomas the Apostle have shown. Thank you to Geoff Ryan for planning such an inspiring day. It’s been brilliant!
Pupil Free Day first day of Term 3
A reminder to families that the first day of Term 3, Monday July 18th has been allocated by Catholic Education as a Pupil Free Day. We will be continuing our professional learning in CATALYST. Please see the link below to the page on the Catholic Education Office website if you would like to know more.
The front office will be open on the Monday and TEAMKIDS will be providing a holiday program for those requiring it.
Term 2 has been a fruitful and engaging term. I hope you all get to have a great winter’s break and if you plan to travel, I pray that it can happen and that your journey is a safe one.
I myself with be taking two weeks long service leave for the first two weeks of the term. Susan Chant will be Acting Principal while I am away and Luke Mooney will be Acting Assistant Principal.
The St Thomas the Apostle School Community will be back at school on Tuesday July 19th.
Yours in partnership,
Ursula Jamieson
Principal
RE Week 10 - Our Common Home - Connecting with Each Other
Today we celebrated the feast day of St Thomas the Apostle. Our focus this term has been connecting with others, and there has been plenty of that this week. Between the Eucharist information evening, movie night, netball gala day, feast day mass and celebrations, and the winter appeal it is evident that we are all part of an amazing community.
The community of St Thomas is so generous, and the multitude of donations for the Vinnies Winter Appeal will support the Canberra community in a significant way. Thank you for your generosity and kindness.
You are welcome to join us for 10am mass this Sunday to celebrate the feast day of St Thomas. There will be morning tea after mass to celebrate with our parishioners.
Date |
Event |
Friday 1 July |
St Thomas the Apostle Feast Day |
Monday 18 July |
Pupil free day |
Tuesday 19 July |
Start of Term 3 |
Wonder Recycling Rewards Program
St Thomas the Apostle are participating in the Wonder Recycling Rewards Program 2022. This is a sustainability initiative in which students can recycle bread bags (of any brand), that might otherwise go to landfill.
These can be brought in at any time and placed in the pink box located in the front office.
For each box we fill we earn reward points which we will be able to redeem on new sports equipment for the school. This will be running until September 2022.
Kinder - Wednesday & Friday
Year 1 - Wednesday & Friday
Year 2 - Monday & Wednesday
Year 3/4 - Tuesday & Thursday
Year 5/6 - Tuesday & Thursday
Happy Birthday
to the following students and staff
who celebrated a birthday this week and
in the upcoming holidays
TeamKids Winter Holiday Program
TeamKids have another amazing WINTER Holiday program planned!
- Learn new skills and make new friends
- Qualified and REMARKABLE Educators
- Digital detox with our no screens policy
- Delicious and nutritious morning and afternoon snack
- CCS approved care
Head to teamkids.com.au to secure your spot!
Just under one week until the school holiday Teeball camp.
Anyone who has not registered for the camp and is interested in attending please do as soon as possible. This will assist the coaches with the organisation of the camp.
The Camp will be held on Wednesday 6th of July, from 09:00am to 3:30pm at Hawker International Softball Centre.
Cost is $60. Please click here to register: https://www.act.softball.org.au/events/145576/
If you have any questions, please email georgia.carpenter@softball.org.au