Dear Parents, Teachers and Students,

St Patrick’s Day
Next Friday is St Patrick’s Day and we’re going green! The day will begin with a Prayer Assembly in the PAC, hosted by 3ML. All students are invited to wear green and bring a gold coin donation for Caritas’ Project Compassion. We are also going to host a St Patrick’s Day Disco for all our students so we look forward to dancing to some Irish jigs and Irish bands. Thank you to our SRC for organising this event for our students. There will be food and drinks for purchase at the disco. More details will follow in our next newsletter.


ZimboyZ Incursion
Tomorrow we are very lucky to have the ZimboyZ visiting Mt Carmel School to perform for us. The incursion will be for all students Kindergarten to Year 6, and will no doubt be lots of fun for our students. Thanks to everyone who has already paid to attend.


May God’s peace be in your families, 

Jan Harvey
Assistant Principal

Religious Education in the Classroom
Welcome to Week 6! Year 3 students have been focusing on the Sacrament of Reconciliation, their Lent journey and using Christian Meditation to pray. 

3ML are also preparing for their St Patrick’s Day prayer service in Week 7. 

I asked a few students to explain what the Sacrament of Reconciliation means to them. Below are their answers:

Jess: Forgiving is a good way of being nice.

Vinnie: I say sorry to God when I do something wrong.

Jack: When you go to Church and get forgiven by Fr Peter.

Gabe: Fr Peter forgives my sins and helps me be nice to others.

Claire: It is about saying sorry to God.

3ER have been learning to pray using Christian Meditation. 

Year 5 students have started their Religious Education unit with a provocation walk to identify the outward signs (symbols and practices). These signs indicate how Mt Carmel School belongs to the wider Catholic community.

Thank you for your support and donations for this great cause. 

Every year, countless people turn Lent into a demonstration of faith, love and generosity. You can be a part of this incredible community, who believe that there are simple actions we can all take to “be more” for our world.

Please remember to send in your donations for Project Compassion and help make the world a fairer place for all. Let us be more! 

Gracious God, today begins a period of inner reflection and examination. The days stretch before me and invite me inward to that silent, holy space that holds your Spirit. This special time beckons me to see my life through Christ's eyes and the truth and reality of your love incarnate. Give me the grace to enter the space of these days with anticipation of our meeting. And, when I open my soul to your presence, let your loving kindness flow over me and seep into the pockets of my heart. I ask this for the sake of your love. Amen.

Parish Mass
Click on this link for further details http://staug-yass.org.au/wp/sacraments/. 

Enjoy your week!
Eva Karakotas
Religious Education Coordinator

Love One Another

“This is my commandment,that you love one another as I have loved you” John 15:12

Canberra Goulburn Swimming Carnival
Congratulations to the following students who represented Northern Region at the Canberra Goulburn carnival in Queanbeyan yesterday: Stella Pack, Georgina Collins, Brooke Reardon, Preston Sargent, Amelia Shannon, Mabel Adie, Riley Mitchell, Xavier Doyle, Emily Ryan, Grace Ryan and Imogen Maher. 

I will let you know who is through to the next round when I get the final results.

Summer Trials for Year 5 and 6 students
Good luck to the students who are trialing for the Archdiocese of Canberra and Goulburn Rugby League and Netball Teams on Tuesday 14 March at Southwell Park, Lyneham. 

Please check the C & G website and the Facebook page for information about upcoming events https://www.sport.cg.catholic.edu.au/calendar.

Ted Dunstan
Sports Coordinator

Congratulations to the recipients of last week's Coordinator Awards. Awards are handed out at morning lines each Thursday.

Congratulations to our Swimming Age Champions who were presented with their medalions last Thursday. 
A special congratulations to Stella Pack who was named the Senior Girls Runner Up at the Northern Region Swimming Carnival. 

The Scholastic Book Fair has now been finalised. Amazingly over $10,000 worth of books were sold, which will allow for over $3,000 worth of books to be purchased for the Lacey Library collection. Thank you for making the Book Fair so successful!

Kind regards,
Natalie Broers
Teacher Librarian

The parish will offer the sacraments of First Reconciliation (Year 3), First Eucharist (Year 4) and Confirmation (Year 6) in 2023.

For details including timetables please click here, or contact the Sacramental Team via email on sacramentalteamyass@gmail.com.

A wonderful opportunity for prospective families to see the College in action, meet our students and attend the Principal’s Address, Year 7 and 11 Information Evenings and lots more.

 We are enrolling now for 2024 and beyond!

 Please visit www.merici.college for all dates and information for our Open Day, Be a Merici Girl Days and Talk and Tours. Register online now!

⭐️REGISTRATIONS CLOSE THIS FRIDAY, 10  MARCH!⭐️

Click here to register: https://www.playhq.com/netball-australia/org/yass-netball-association/d4eb7d69/register.

 Tell all your friends!!

If registering more than one child - please go back to the first rego page for each child (or the system may put them in the same age group, sorry, we can’t change this). 

 Regos must close on 10 March. Please don’t ask for an extension - we need time to form teams and do the draws. 

 To get free rego using an Active Kids Voucher, click on the “I have a Government Voucher” and then select NSW. 

 Depending on registrations and number of teams, older teenagers may need to play on Tuesday nights, TBC.

All submission will be entered into a raffle, to be drawn on Monday 3rd April.
There will be two prizes given out to the students that have their name drawn. All entries will be displayed in our office.

1st Prize: Nintendo Switch + 2 games

2nd Prize: FitBit Ace 3 Kids activity tracker

3rd Prize: $50 Kmart Gift Card