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Thursday 18 March 2021

FROM OUR PRINCIPAL

TERM 1 WEEK 8

Dear families,

The Catholic identity of our community intersects faith, life and culture to offer all students lifelong meaning and purpose. Our culture is strengthened when school, home and parish work in partnership to integrate faith, life and culture. These strategies offer schools faith experiences that are authentic, meaningful and explicitly grounded in the context of their lives, culture and the Catholic faith tradition. It is in this way that the identity of our school will be enhanced.

Every four years our community is invited to participate in the Enhancing Catholic School Identity survey. The survey invites schools to reflect deeply on their Catholic identity and the means by which it might be enhanced.

The analysis of the ECSI Standard Report offers a threefold measure:

the current Catholic identity of a school as perceived by members of its community
attitudes towards a preferred or ideal future Catholic identity
the readiness of the school community to move into action

Our school would be most grateful if our families took 30 minutes to complete this survey.

ECSI SURVEY ACCESS

Direct link: https://www.ecsi.site/au/user/

Password: Ghj654

CLICK NEW USER

SURVEY ACCESS CODE: Y8s6ag

Write down you login and password

CLICK NEXT

COMPLETE THE 4 SURVEYS

Thanks in advance,

Roxanne

IMPORTANT TERM 1 DATES

FRIDAY 19 MARCH
School Photo Day

WEDNESDAY 24 MARCH
Lunch Orders due for Friday due to Athletics Carnival

THURSDAY 25 MARCH
Athletics Carnival @ Alexandra Oval

FRIDAY 26 MARCH
Last lunch order day for Term 1

THURSDAY 1 APRIL
Last Day Term 1 - early finish at 2.15pm

WORKING BEE THANK YOU

Check out the Before and After shots from our Working Bee on Saturday.

We are very grateful to the people who gave their time on Saturday to help us tidy up our school grounds.

Thank you to:

Harrington Family

Haffenden Family

Chamings Family

Marsh Family

McAloon Family

Roberts Family

Rodger/Schwab Family

Price Family

Newberry Family

Griffiths Family

Louder-Cutchie Family

Carey Family

Staff Members

Also a shout out to the Ganley Family for lending us some heavy equipment!

BEFORE PHOTOS

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MIDDLE LEARNING COMMUNITY

This week both MLC2 and Foundation classes worked together in a literacy session, helping the Foundation students learn about the letter "g". See photos below.

MLC2/FOUNDATION PHOTOS

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EASTER RAFFLE & HOT CROSS BUN DRIVE

Our Easter Raffle tickets are $1 each! Thank you to those who have sold tickets so far. We have some great prizes up for grabs. The display is currently in the office. Tickets and prizes need to be handed back to school by next Wednesday 24 March.

We are also holding a Hot Cross Bun Drive through Bakers Delight. A 6 pack of hot cross buns is available for $8.50, with $1.50 from each packet being donated back to the school. 3 flavours are available - traditional, choc chip and apple & cinnamon. Yum! Huge thanks to Bakers Delight for constantly supporting our school. Forms need to be returned by next Friday 26 March for delivery the following Monday.

IMPORTANT INFORMATION FOR NEXT WEEK'S LUNCH ORDERS

Lunch orders need to be in next Wednesday instead of Thursday due to the Athletics Carnival

SCHOOL ATHLETICS CARNIVAL - THURSDAY 25 MARCH

Our annual athletics carnival is next Thursday at Alexandra Oval. If you would like to help on the day and hold a current WWC, please follow this link or use the QR code provided:

School Athletics Form

PARISH OFFICE - TEMPORARY PHONE NUMBER

The Parish Office is currently having issues with their landline. If you are needing to get in contact, please phone 0421034444 or email ararat@ballarat.catholic.org.au

ST MARY'S OFFICE HOURS

MONDAY 8.30AM - 4.00PM

TUESDAY 8.30AM - 4.00PM

WEDNESDAY 8.30AM - 4.00PM

THURSDAY 8.30AM - 4.00PM

FRIDAY 9.00AM - 4.00PM