Dear Parents and Caregivers
Firstly, let me extend my thanks to you for your generosity towards the Walk a Mile in My Boots fundraiser earlier this term. We raised $255.50 for the Hutt Street Centre.
This was a great total and the students obviously enjoyed spending time with their buddies on the day.
Mission Day
Next week, we have our Mission Day to support Mary MacKillop Today. This day is always filled with excitement and fun. Please remember to send your child along to school on the day with money in a zip lock bag (so as not to lose it) and labelled with your child’s name. Students from William Street will walk to the Bridge Street campus around 11am, ready to participate in the many activities available between 11:30am and 1:30pm.
Below you will find the different types of stalls that will be available for students to participate in:
| Preschool | Lucky Dips |
| Reception Gold | Readers Theatre |
| Reception Blue | Fruit Cups |
| Year 1 Classes | Iced Domino Biscuits and Recyclable Art |
| Year 2/3 Classes | Guess the Number Lolly Jar/Raffle, Ring Toss and Quoits |
| Year 4 Gold | Fruit Boxes |
| Year 4 Blue | Coin Snap |
| Year 5 Gold | Mini Games |
| Year 5 Blue | Fishing Cup Game |
| Year 6 Gold | Slushies |
| Yer 7 Gold | Wet Sponge Game |
| Mrs Vassallo-Wakefield | Fair Trade Stall |
| P&F Committee | Face Painting |
Reconciliation
As humans we all have a choice in life. We have the choice to do what may be right or wrong. However, just as we may choose to do wrong, we can choose to give our wrong doings to God. After all, God sent Jesus to take our sins away, but God can’t do that, if we do not give them to God.
This is what God desires from us; our sins, our weaknesses and our repentance. No matter who we are or what we have done, God is waiting in Reconciliation for us, through the Priest, to take our sins away and to be reconciled with God again. The priest is not there to judge or criticise, he is there to help, to heal, to be the instrument of God’s mercy.
In the same way, we as parents should forgive our children’s mistakes. We need to love our children unconditionally and not be judgmental; in this way we become instruments of God, giving our children an experience of God in their lives.
Last week the following students from the school celebrated Reconciliation for the first time.
Mary ~ Charlotte ~ Sienna ~ Brody ~ Justin ~ Leon ~ Orlando ~ Thomas ~ Alvin ~ Alicia ~ Amalia ~ Giada ~ Lucy ~ Siena
We congratulate them and keep them in our prayers as they continue their Sacramental journey.
Remembrance Day
On Sunday we celebrate Remembrance Day. November 11 is the date which marks the end of World War 1 and this year we celebrate its centenary. We remember all those who died in that war and all those who have died in wars and conflicts since then. We pray that we recognise that peace begins in our own families, classrooms, schools and communities, and it begins with us. Each one of us can make a difference in our world.
God Bless
Grace Vassallo-Wakefield
APRIM
