2024 Newsletter Term 3 Week 3

Letter from the Principal - Brad Toole

Dear Parents, 

Tomorrow is a very important day on the Calendar for Catholic people in Australia. We celebrate the Feast Day of St Mary of the Cross MacKillop.

Our school will celebrate with a special liturgy organised by Mrs Buckle, Mrs Stokes and Year 4 tomorrow at 12.30pm in the school hall.

Parents and Friends are invited to stay with the children for lunch on the playground after liturgy.

R.E. MATTERS - Walking in the Light

Feast of Saint Mary of the Cross MacKillop- Australia’s First Saint, 8th August

Mary Helen MacKillop (15 January 1842 - 8 August 1909), also known as Saint Mary of the Cross, was an Australian Roman Catholic nun who, founded the Sisters of St Joseph of the Sacred Heart. 

Mary MacKillop was a woman of prayer. She turned to God in times of need, but also to praise and  thank God.

On Thursday, Yr 4 will lead our school community in a beautiful liturgy for the Feast of St Mary of the Cross MacKillop – First Saint of Australia and founder of the Sisters of St Joseph. 

As a ‘Josephite’ school, Mary MacKillop is a wonderful role model to us all. We strive each day to live by the words of Mary MacKillop – This is evident each and every day at All Hallows – students helping each other on the playground, teachers and students working together in class, individuals picking up rubbish at the end of breaks, class captains running errands and Yr 6 doing jobs around the school at the end of each day are just some of the many examples we show our desire to be like Mary MacKillop.

On this special day each year we also remember our dear ‘Joeys nuns’.  We send flowers from the school community so they would know we are remembering them as an important link to St Mary for All Hallows Catholic School today. 

“Always remember to love one another.” (Mary MacKillop - 1888)

Have you seen our beautiful St Mary of the Cross MacKillop Mural?

The mural design commemorates the Sisters of St Joseph beginning their work educating children in Gulgong.
Last year, All Hallows Catholic School celebrated the 140 year anniversary of our school.

A huge thankyou to artist Belinda Davies for her work. We absolutely love it!

 FEAST  OF THE ASSUMPTION OF MARY INTO HEAVEN  -    15th August

On Friday 15 th August, the school and Parish community will come together to celebrate the Feast of the Assumption of Mary.  On this feast of Mary we celebrate a special favour that God gave to Mary, our Mother.
The Assumption means that Mary was taken up into the glory of heaven, not only with her soul, but also with her body. As we celebrate the feast day of Mary, we can ask our Blessed Mother Mary to guide, protect and care for us.

Please join us at Mass on Friday 15th August at 9.10am

Soccer Gala Day

On Friday we will have approximately 75 students  and 8 staff members attending the St Laurence's Dubbo Soccer Gala Day. It will be a great day and we are looking forward to competing against other schools from our area.

The  Gala Day will be held  at Lady Cutler Ovals Bligh St. Dubbo.

TRAVEL: We will be travelling by bus to Dubbo.  The buses will be leaving at 7.00am and will NOT be back in time for the afternoon buses.  We expect to return to school at 4.45pm.

UNIFORM: Players will wear their sports uniform on this day.  

Shin pads must be worn by all players. The school has a supply of shin pads that may be borrowed by those students that need them. If your child would normally wear a mouth guard, they should bring this on the day. 

Players must wear joggers only. The wearing of football boots is not allowed.

Long Footy Socks

Please wear sunscreen and their school hat throughout the day. 

FOOD: Players will need to have a packed recess and lunch, as well as at least two drink bottles of water.

DIOCESAN ATHLETICS CARNIVAL

Congratulations to the following students who have been selected to represent Northern Region Schools at the Bathurst Diocesan Athletics Carnival in Dubbo on Friday 23rd August ( week 5)

William Bowen – Discus, Shot Put

Brycen Butler – 1500m, 100m, 800m

Arabella Davis – Shot Put

Ivy Gray – Shot Put

Lilah Gray - Discus

Rory Kinsela – Shot Put

Aubrey Lugg – 100m

Dylan McKeown – Shot Put, High Jump

Nathan Mudyara – 100m

Please note that parents will need to log onto the Catholic Schools NSW website (CSNSW) to register and pay for this event.  Instructions have been sent home with the permission slip.allhal

Book Week Parade - 16th August

Next Friday 16th August, we will be having our Book Week Parade at 9.10am on the basketball court. 

Students are to dress up as their favourite book character. 

As part of our book week celebrations our Breakfast Club will be having a ‘Pancake Day on the Friday morning. Everyone is welcome to come along and grab a pancake from the canteen area between 8.20am and 8.50am. 

School Fee Statements

School Fee Statements were emailed out to families last week.  

We would like to thank everyone who is up to date or making regular contributions towards their fees.  

The 3rd and final instalment for 2024 is due next Friday 16th August.  Please note that if you are paying regularly by direct debit, your fees should be cleared by the end of the year.  

If any family is experiencing financial difficulty and would like to discuss payment and  fee relief options, please contact the school office as soon as possible.

Kindergarten 2025 & KOALA Club

Enrolments for Kindergarten 2025 are now being accepted.  If you have a child ready for school next year, we ask that you send in your enrolment forms as soon as possible.  Enrolment packs are available at the school office, Gulgong Preschool and Happy Days.  Or you can contact the office and we can send a pack home with an older sibling.

Our KOALA Club Kindergarten Transition Program begins Thursday 5th September from 9.30am to 12.30pm. 

P & F Meeting

Our next P & F Meeting is Thursday 22nd August at 3.45pm  in the school hall. 

We will begin planning for the P & F Bazaar - save the date!  Friday 8th November 2024

All welcome.

Uniform Shop Opening Hours

Our P&F Uniform Shop is open on Tuesday mornings 8.30am - 9.15am. Should  you need  items outside this time please message through the P&F Facebook page "all hallows gulgong p&f &uniform shop" and someone from the P&F will arrange a collection from the office for uniform items.

Pupil Free Days

Advanced warning that our 2nd and 3rd Pupil Free Days for the year will be held on:

Monday 2nd September - Monday Term 3 Week 7

Friday 25th October - Friday Term 4 Week 2

Breakfast Club

A very big thank you to Coles Mudgee, Cobb's Bakery and Little Big Dairy Co who are making regular donations of food items for our Breakfast Club.  This initiative is making a great difference to our students. 

For this week we will also offer Hot Milo on Wednesday.

School Performance Tours - Wadjinyj

Today we were treated to a great performance by Wadjunyi. The cost of the performance was covered by the school. The children thoroughly enjoyed the performance.

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Garden Club News

This week in Garden Club we cleaned our minibeasts water containers ready for our thirsty insects. We gave our garden beds some extra love with a top up of compost. We mixed the compost in with the leafy mulch that was sitting on top of our garden beds acting like a blanket for the winter. We were excited to see so many worms of all sizes in our garden, proving what healthy soil we have! We planted some more flowers and carrots to enjoy later on in the season. Thanks for all the hard work Garden Clubbers, the extra effort we put in now will show us results when we are ready to harvest!

Happy gardening, Miss Norris and Mrs Watts

Student Wellbeing

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Merits - Week 2 Term 3

Kinder:  John, Hilary

Year 1:  Jayce, Millie

Year 2:  Kurt, Evie

Year 3:   Hamish, Ned

Year 4:  Eloise, Liam, Ivy, Oliver, Issy

Year 5:  Dakota, Frank

Year 6:  Tommy, Pearl

Halos:  Cooper H, John, Lincoln, Charlotte, Hattie, Izzy, Anna, Cambell, Michaela