At our All Souls Day Mass today Fr Emil invited the students to participate in two things. One was to light a candle to represent all those people in our lives that we can pray for and offer support. The other was to engage in some thought on who the Mr Percival's are in our lives. Mr Percival is the pelican in the famous Australian novel Storm Boy, by Colin Thiele, who when presented with the opportunity to fly away with his siblings, Mr Proud and Mr Ponder, decided he wanted to stay where he was. Mr Percival wasn't ready to move onto his next chapter with the other pelicans and preferred the safety of Mike, the boy who had reared him. Upon telling the students about Mr Percival, Fr Emil explained that some people move into the kingdom of heaven with ease, like Mr Proud and Mr Ponder, where others, like Mr Percival, need the support and prayers of those around them to fully embrace their next journey. This is the reason for the celebration of All Souls Day.

So, this evening we would love all of our families to ask their child about who the Mr Percival's are in our lives and how we can support them?

Save the Date - Julie Ogden Parent and Staff Farewell - Tuesday 13 December 5:00pm-6:00pm

The Community Council and Staff would like to invite all parents to a farewell for Julie Ogden who leaves us after 20 years at St Thomas More's. Whilst the students will have an opportunity to farewell Julie during the day, we would like to bring the adults in our community together to share some wine and cheese and embrace this significant person in our community. TeamsKids will be open for parents require childcare as this will be an adult only event. A formal invitation calling for RSVP's will come out in next weeks newsletter.

Kinder Nativity and End of Year Picnic - RSVP

At last week's Community Council Meeting the council discussed the Kinder Nativity and End of Year Picnic and if this event would be difficult for families to attend given the many end of year functions that are often held on Friday's during lunchtime in December. We are hoping to gauge interest in this event to ascertain if it is an appropriate event for place on our calendar in the coming years or if it places unnecessary pressure on parents during this busy time of year.  Please complete the RSVP below f you are planning to attend the Kinder Nativity and/or End of Year Picnic.

https://forms.gle/zwduuELekw6wszp99

Class Placements 2023

We would like to remind our families from Years 2-5 that our staff will commence the process of class placements for 2023 soon. Students will be asked to nominate 5 friends that they would like in their class with at least one of these friends being placed in their class. We believe that every teacher at our school is able to teach any child at our school and will therefore not accept requests for specific teachers.  If there is information regarding your child and their class placement that you feel the school is not already aware of and would like considered, please email it to me and I will follow up with a conversation or book a meeting. Requests from previous years will not be taken into consideration. We would ask that any requests are received by the end of next week.

Colour Run

We will be launching our Colour Run this Friday with sponsor booklets and information on the first prizes being sent home to families. If there are any last-minute sponsors out there, please don't hesitate to get in contact. 

Luke Donnelly
Principal