St Luke’s Catholic Parish School caters for children from Prep through to Year 7. In partnership with our families, our Parish, the Catholic Education Centre and wider community, St Luke’s offers a curriculum which supports the growth and development of the whole child: socially, emotionally, spiritually, intellectually, physically.
Our staff respects the uniqueness and dignity of each child and base teaching/learning programs on sound educational theory and practise. Set amid pockets of natural bushland and native gardens, our modern buildings and facilities offer an attractive and welcoming learning environment for children P-7.
Important Dates
26th June
Term 2 concludes 3pm
28th June
J Rock Prop Working Bee
29th June
6.30pm J Rock Parent Information Meeting
(Library Annexe)
13th July
Professional Development (Pupil Free) Day
14th July
Classes resume for Term 3
16th July
Assembly 2pm
17th July
Athletics Carnival
(Whole School)
18th July
6pm School Involvement
Mass
Year 1
20th July
7.30pm P&F Meeting
(Staff Room)
Welcome Back
Welcome back to students and families after an enforced break due to one of our students testing positive to Swine Flu. It is pleasing to report that the Year 6 student has made a full recovery and the student and her family are grateful for the support they have received from the St Luke’s School community. Despite the reality that each of us wishes to protect the health of our own child, it was heart warming to see the “good side” of our community display its face in a challenging situation last week. We commend the work of office staff and teachers who stayed back late last week to make sure that contacts were made with families. Approximately 600 phone contacts were made with families and staff over 2 days last week as well as hard copy communications sent via mail. All this happened without fuss and with a great deal of goodwill and professionalism. Thanks also to parents for your understanding in a situation that was inconvenient. Our aim is to be open and working hard to meet the needs of our families. Parents will be pleased to know that our staff engaged in planningthat included Child Protection, School Wide Behaviour Support, Program Achieve and Year Level Meetings as well as other items. It is good to welcome back our students and no doubt there will be many relieved parents who are happy to see their children back at school.
SCHOOL BOARD'S RELATIONSHIP POLICY
The St Luke’s School Board is commencing a process to formulate a relationships policy. It is important to identify the foundational values of our school as we begin to draft this policy. The School Board will engage the parent community in a survey and feedback process. The Seven Values of St Luke’s encompasses the foundations of the Relationships Policy and it is vital that parents know the Seven Values before they are asked to contribute to the Policy. Please find the 7th of our Seven Values outlined below:
St Luke’s School is a community of learners on a journey towards knowing.
We value:
Quality, Catholic, inclusive education full of opportunities for growth
High quality supportive and nurturing relationships between students, staff and parents
A safe and happy community in which our environment is valued and enhanced and where individuals flourish
St Luke’s – a great place to be.
Program for Athletics 17th July
9.00am
10,11,12/13 yrs 800m
Prep & Yrs 1,2,3 Sprints & Relays
9,10,11,12/13yrs 200m heats
Lunch break approx 10.45 – 11.30am
9,10,11,12/13yrs 200m finals
9,10,11,12/13yrs Sprints
9,10,11,12/13yrs Sprint Finals
9,10,11,12/13yrs Relays
2.30pm approximately Presentation and Clean Up
Prep – Yr 3 events will be finished by approx 11.00am
ATHLETICS CARNIVAL
The school Athletics Carnival has now been rescheduled to take place on Friday, 17 July, first week Term 3. The local sports district has allowed schools an extension of time to select and nominate Athletics teams, due to Swine Flu school closures. We look forward to enjoying this community event with families next term.
SCHOOL INVOLVEMENT MASS The school involvement Mass which was to be held on Saturday, 20 June will now be held on Saturday, 18 July. Year 1 will be leading the Mass and all families are invited to come and celebrate. There will be a sausage sizzle after Mass and anyone who can assist with this please contact your child’s teacher.
ROSIES & BABI APPEAL
The Rosies & BABI Appeal 2009 has been a great success and that has been largely due to the generosity of so many people across the parishes and primary schools of our deanery. In these times of economic stress, so many people have opened their hearts and have responded magnificently yet again to the extent that we have far surpassed the totals which we achieved last year.
On behalf of both Rosies and BABI please accept my thanks for your wonderful efforts which will go some way to alleviating the hardship of so many in our community who are doing it tough at this time. May God bless you for your kind and generous response. Mike Jones – Deanery Pastoral Coordinator
P&F News We are currently revising our P&F Constitution. Anyone interested in the process can get copies at the office and we will be discussing the changes at the next meeting.
Our next P&F meeting will be held on Monday, 20 July at 7.30pm in the staffroom. It has become apparent that Wednesday is no longer suitable for a lot of our members so having P&F Meetings on a Monday will be discussed at the next meeting.
Parish News -
St Luke's Car Boot Sale & Market
Start sorting through your pre-loved treasures in readiness for our first ever car boot sale and market. It will be held on Saturday 11th July from 7am to 11am in St Luke's Car Park. Cost $10 per car (+$5 for a table). Click here for more info....
St Luke's Business Directory For the benefit of the whole community we are in the process of setting up a Business Directory on our school website. The intention of this directory is to:
Provide families (and other website visitors) with the contact details (including direct website links) of those in our community who provide a particular service,
Provide families with an opportunity to advertise their business,
Support the school’s budget through fees received from advertisers.
At this stage, all advertisers in this directory will be required to have children currently enrolled at St Luke’s Catholic Parish School. In future years, advertising may be offered to others in our community. Please note that St Luke’s Catholic Parish School does not sponsor, endorse, or recommend any of these organisations, services, or activities.
Once established, our aim is to mention the Business Directory in the newsletter each time a new advertiser is added. (Reference to the Business Directory will also be given at other times throughout the year.) Please take the time to look at a similar business directory on St Elizabeth's website.
Contact the School Office on 3245 9595 or email pcapalaba@bne.catholic.edu.au if you wish to learn more about advertising and find out about a special offer we have in place over the next 2-3 weeks!!!
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