Newsletter 4 - 20th of March 2025
Principal's Page
Dear Parents and Guardians,
Let Us Pray:
All Things Swimming
Congratulations to Thomas Faction in winning this year's school swimming carnival. It was wonderful to see so many parents/carers/grandparents in attendance. Special congratulations to those who won the sportsmanship awards as well as our champion swimmers and runner ups. Thank you to our sports teachers Mr Gaby and Ms Jerovich for putting a great day together.
Results from the day can be found further down in the newsletter.
Swimming lessons commenced this week for Years 1, 2, 4, 6. From all accounts the first week has run very smoothly. Parents are reminded not to approach the swimming instructors during lesson time. Please see the supervising class teachers if you have any queries.
NAPLAN
Congratulations to our Yr 3 and Yr 5 students who have complete 2 weeks of NAPLAN testing. The national tests covered Writing, Reading, Conventions of Language and Numeracy. NAPLAN results will be released to schools and parents early in Term 2.
Celebrating 85 years of Catholic Education
This year, St Lawrence's turns 85. A committee has been formed with a representative from the P&F. We have started to brainstorm what the week would look like come Term 2 Week 4. Our Anniversary Mass will be celebrated on Tuesday 20 May. The P&F will be organising a disco plus many other surprises. Watch this space.
New Students
Let's also welcome our new students to St Lawrence's.
Araya B - LB
Ashton T - LB
Milivoj B - 1G
Noah B - 3B
Ruby B - 3T
Hayley T - 3G
Leilani B - 5B
Happy Days
David Tunchon
Principal
Admin News
Before School Play
Please note that before school, all playgrounds in all areas of the school are out of bounds for all children. When children arrive to school before 8.15am they will need to sit on the UCA stage until supervision starts at 8.15am. From 8.15am until the bell goes children are to stay in their allocated area.
The safety of your children is always our priority.
What uniform do I wear today?
Religion News
Fruit of the Spirit Focus: KINDNESS
The Fruit of the Spirit of Kindness involves tenderness, heart, and action. We see kindness countless times in Jesus' ministry. He had compassion on those who had were “like sheep without a shepherd” and in need of both physical and spiritual food (Mark 6:30-44).
Kindness: doing acts that may help or assist others.
A Prayer for Pope Francis
Heavenly Father,
We pray for Pope Francis.
We ask for Your healing hand to be on him.
Give him strength in his body, mind, and spirit
as he recovers from his illness.
May Your grace surround him,
bringing comfort, peace, and restoration.
Protect him with Your love,
and may the light of Your wisdom
continue to guide him in his mission.
We trust in Your mercy and know You are with him.
Amen.
Missions: Project Compassion Fundraiser – Wear a green accessory: $ - see Lousie for amount raised
Thank you everyone for your kind donations to help us all "Unite against poverty."
Keep filling up your Project Compassion boxes with your loose change and return them to the office by the end of this term.
Caritas Information: For more information about the 2025 Project Compassion World Wide projects:
2025: The Year of Jubilee in the Catholic Church: Pilgrims of Hope
Swim Carnival 2025
Summary:
The 2025 St Lawrence’s swimming carnival was another big success. We were extremely proud of the students of all ability levels who participated in races, relays and novelty events. The positive atmosphere on the day was highlighted by students encouraging each other, and competing with smiles on their faces.
Mr Gaby and Ms Jerovich would like to thank all the teachers and parents who helped out on the day. We are grateful to be part of such a supportive school community.
A big congratulations to Thomas who won an unbelievable 8th carnival in a row.
Also, congratulations to our individual award winners.
Overall Results:
1st Thomas - 601pts
2nd Gummer - 571pts
3rd O’Collins - 449pts
4th Kelly - 314pts
Sportsmanship awards:
Gummer: Hudson W
Kelly: Hudson F
O'Collins: Macee V
Thomas: Kaden S
Champion awards:
yr4 girls champion: Alex F
yr4 girls runner up: Maddow P
yr4 boys champion: Chase O
yr4 boys runner up: Hudson M
yr5 girls champion: Holly S
yr5 girls runner up: Paige C
yr5 boys champion: Max I
yr5 boys runner up: Blake R
yr6 girls champion: Isabella S
yr6 girls runner up: Skyla G
yr6 boys champion: Thomas S
yr6 boys runner up: Leo L
HPE Specialist
St Lawrence’s Primary School
Award Winners !
P&F News
Easter Raffle 2025: Once again your P&F are holding the egg-stremely, egg-citing Easter Egg Raffle!!!
We can have over 200+ prizes which makes your chances of winning very high.
We would like to ask for donations of Chocolate, Eggs and Easter Gifts. These need not be expensive as many supermarkets have special offers on at the moment!
Each classroom has a donation box for you to add your donation too.
More information will come out regarding purchasing raffle tickets online shortly.
If you have any Easter Baskets, Bags or Ribbon laying around your home we would appreciate the donation too to add to our raffle supply.
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