St Thomas More's Primary School Campbell eNewsletter

2025 Student Citizenship Awards

We are thrilled to announce that the Mini Vinnies team have received a 2025 Student Citizenship Award from the Order of Australia ACT branch. Penny Vanzwol, who heads up the team, and two students have been invited to attend the awards ceremony on August 20 with the Governor General. This is a wonderful accolade for the work we are doing within our community. Congratulations Penny and team for this award!

Called to Care Meals

In recent weeks our Called to Care Meal Bank has been completely depleted. We would greatly appreciate any families who have the capacity to cook frozen meals, even if it's one from an evening meal being doubled, to drop frozen meals with labelled ingredients lists to the front office. There are many reasons we provide this pastoral care to those in our community and it as always very well received.

Colour Run 2025 - Calling for Sponsors

Our Colour Run for 2025 is being held on the final day of term on Thursday 27 September. As we prepare to launch the Colour Run, we are calling for sponsors to donate prizes and/or funds to purchase prizes. If you know of a business who would be able to support our school, please let us know. We will launch the Colour Run on Wednesday 27 August.

Carpark Design

We are pleased to provide the final designs of our top carpark to our community for your information. The carpark was designed in collaboration with our community council, parish council and the Military Ordinariate. We are currently engaging in a procurement process for the works to be completed and would hope this occurs by the start of the 2026 school year.

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Science Fair

The Science Fair is fast approaching! Entries will be dropped off at the Hall next Friday from 8:20am so that the students can attend the fair during the day. The fair will be open to families from 3:00-3:30pm. Entries will need to be taken home at the conclusion of the fair.

Enrolments for 2026

We know that the power of Word of Mouth has been present in our community as we have had many families enrol who have heard about St Thomas More's from you. With the addition of a Year 1 class in 2026, we are asking families to continue to spread the word about the high quality education and community engagement students experience at St Thomas More's. Places for Year 1 and Years 3/4 are still available!

Luke Donnelly

Principal

Friday 15 August 11.45am	Parish Mass Whole School Hosting-3/4W Feast of Assumption
Friday 15 August 3.00-3.30pm	Science Fair School Hall
Monday 18 August 8.50am	Book Week Parade School Hall
Tuesday 19 August 5.30pm-7.30pm	Snuggle Up and Read

Congratulations to the following students who will be presented with a certificate which reflects an affirmation from their teacher. These affirmations will highlight their applications to their learning as well as affirm how they have been a person of Wisdom, Courage, and Peace. Affirmations will be handed out at 8.50am on Friday morning. Parents are welcome to attend.
Week 3	Centred in Learning	Centred in Faith
Kindergarten	Alexander Fish	Oliver Evans
Year One	Oskar Wood	Savannah Dunne
Year Two	James Clissold	Ben Liddy
Year Three/Four Green	Lilly-Anna	Keira Kelly
Year Three/Four White	Mabel Manser	Jihoo Park
Year Five/Six Green	Charlotte Harvey	Matilda Head
Year Five/Six White	Madeleine White	Annabelle Brown
Principal's Affirmation	Hunter Welldon	Pippa Robards
Principal's Affirmation	Emma Hansen	Owen King
Arts Affirmation	Cooper Hambrook
Italian Affirmation	Thomas Sutherland

3/4 Green

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5/6 White

Year 5/6W have been focussing on money and percentages. Using division, the students found ways to calculate 50% of an amount and calculate the cost of items with a discount.

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We look forward to celebrating Book Week’s 80^th anniversary in Week 5, August 18-22. Please see the schedule above.

Thank you,

Ms Mikkonen.

Confirmation preparation continues Sundays for our Year 6 candidates. If your child is preparing but has not yet registered, please use this link to register https://forms.gle/e5KKN857FRs2fVAo6. If families have any questions about Sacraments at St Thomas More's please contact Mrs McPadden (skye.mcpadden@cg.catholic.edu.au).

Scholastic Book Club orders are due by Sunday 10 August.

All orders to be completed online. Instructions are on back page of current catalogue. Any questions or concerns please contact Scholastic Book Club (details in catalogue).

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15 Aug	Feast of the Assumption All day

15 Aug	Parish Mass- Whole School 11:45 AM - 12:15 PM

15 Aug	Science Fair - School Hall 3:00 PM - 3:30 PM

18 Aug	Book Week Parade 8:50 AM - 9:30 AM

18 Aug	Week 5 Term 3 All day

19 Aug	Snuggle up and Read 5:30 PM - 7:00 PM

22 Aug	Centred in Learning Gathering 8:50 AM - 9:00 AM

22 Aug	Parish Mass- Year 5/6 & Kinder 11:45 AM - 12:15 PM

25 Aug	Week 6 Term 3 All day

26 Aug	Social Justice Evening - Teeny Vinnies and Mini Vinnies 4:30 PM - 6:00 PM

29 Aug	Centred in Faith Gathering- Confirmation Year 6 8:50 AM - 9:00 AM

29 Aug	Kenny Koala Visits Whole School All day

29 Aug	Confirmation Retreat Day All day

29 Aug	Parish Mass- Year 6 11:45 AM - 12:15 PM

31 Aug	Sacrament of Confirmation 10:00 AM - 11:00 AM

1 Sep	Week 7 Term 3 All day

4 Sep	North Gungahlin Athletics Carnival All day

5 Sep	Father's Day Breakfast 8:15 AM - 8:45 AM

5 Sep	Open Classrooms 9:00 AM - 10:00 AM

5 Sep	Parish Mass 11:45 AM - 12:15 PM

7 Sep	Father's Day All day

8 Sep	Week 8 Term 3 All day

11 Sep	School Disco 6:00 PM - 7:00 PM

12 Sep	Centred in Faith Gathering- Courage Year 1 8:50 AM - 9:00 AM

12 Sep	Parish Mass- Year 5 11:45 AM - 12:15 PM