Dear Parents, Teachers and Students,

2024 Enrolments 
Our Open Day tours are complete and this evening we will hold our Parent Information Showcase in the Lacey Library at 6pm. My grateful thanks to the many student leaders who have led tour groups and volunteered to run displays at the showcase evening – you are the best promotional resource the school has, and I’m very proud of you all! Anyone who has missed the Open Days and would like to have a look around the school can still contact the school office to organise a personal tour.

Enrol Now (https://enrolments.mtcarmel.nsw.edu.au/nsw-schools/start).

Reconciliation Week
National Reconciliation Week commences this weekend, and this year’s theme, “Be a Voice for Generations.” encourages all Australians to be a voice for reconciliation in tangible ways in our everyday lives – where we live, work and socialise. It is a time for all Australians to learn about our shared histories, cultures, and achievements, and to explore how each of us can contribute to achieving reconciliation in Australia. Reconciliation Australia encourages all Australians to take action every week of the year, not just in National Reconciliation Week. To help Mt Carmel celebrate this important week, indigenous performer, Lucas Proudfoot, will be visiting on Monday for a musical incursion, sharing songs and stories of Indigenous culture. 

National Simultaneous Storytime
Today Mt Carmel School joined with schools across the nation to read The Speedy Sloth by Rebecca Young and Heath McKenzie, a fantastic rhyming book about perseverance and achieving your personal best. If you’d like to share a telling of this story at home tonight, you can go to https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=25tV0wFPFpc.


Parent Talk Newsletter
The Council of Catholic School Parents NSW/ACT (CCSP) have published their latest newsletter. Parent Talk aims to provide parents and carers with relevant and timely information about developments in education, wellbeing, CCSP advocacy program and significant Catholic news and events. To read Parent Talk, click the link below.

https://ccsp.schoolzineplus.com/parenttalk?nid=27

Athletics Carnival
Our 3-6 Athletics Carnival will be held, weather permitting, next Friday 2 June at Victoria Park. Classes have been practising their athletic skills durning PE lessons for several weeks now; the 1500m has been completed already, and the High Jump will be finished at school before the day of the carnival. Primary students who are running in the 800m event will need to be at Victoria Park by 9am; all others will start the day at school and walk to and from the carnival with their class. Spectators and parent-helpers are welcome to attend, please see the link in the Sports News if you would like to volunteer on the day.

The Kinder to Year 2 classes will be coming up to Victoria Park by bus after Recess for the Infants Carnival, with running races and fun activities to test their athletic prowess. Again, parents are most welcome to join us.


Sickness at School
There are lots of bugs doing the rounds at the moment – the common cold, influenza and COVID. And although there are no mandated requirements for isolation any more, I ask that if your child is unwell, please keep them at home until they are symptom free. Attached to this newsletter are the 'Too sick for school?' guidelines, for your information.

May God’s peace be in your families, 

Welcome to Week 5!  Kindergarten’s Religious Education unit of work focuses on Jesus and his Family and making connections to students’ own families. Students have been learning about Joseph, Jesus’ father, and examining different images and statues of Joseph. 

Task: Trace your hand. Add one person on each finger showing someone you trust.

On the palm, you can add God if you want to be like Joseph and trust in God. 

Our Lady, Help of Christians Prayer Service 
Thank you to Mrs Glover and 6EG for leading a beautiful prayer service.

Mt Carmel’s Youth Ministry Team News
The Youth Ministry team meets on a weekly basis to pray and examine different scripture passages through the Worlds of the Text around the Gospel messages of love, salvation, and forgiveness.

Mt Carmel’s Mini Vinnies News|
Mt Carmel’s Mini Vinnies is organising the Winter Appeal for our local Yass Vinnies Conference. Students are making posters to promote the Winter Appeal in our school.

Lord,
Thank you for sending your Holy Spirit to guide us.
Let us be comforted with the knowledge that Your Spirit is ever present 
and helping us to build communities of hope and peace. 
Help us to listen.
Amen.

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

Have a lovely 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

Mt Carmel Athletics Carnival
Our athletics carnival is scheduled for next Friday 2 June at Victoria Park. Over the last few weeks, students have been practising basic athletics skills and techniques during their sport sessions on Tuesdays and Fridays. The high jump event will be conducted at school this week and next week. We will require lots of parental assistance for the carnival, if you are free on the day and would like to help out, please complete the Google form using the link below to register your interest. All Primary students (3-6) will be automatically registered for all events. If you know your child will not be present on the day or is unable to participate for any reason, please let me know on the Google form using the link below. If your child is in Year 2 and is 8 or turning 8 and you wish them to participate in the Primary carnival, please complete the Google form using the link below. 

To be a parent helper at the carnival, click here.

If your child will be absent or unable to participate in the carnival, click here.

If your child is in Year 2 and you would like them to participate in the primary carnival, click here.

If your child is going to miss the carnival or is a Year 2 student who is going to compete, it is important to let me know for planning purposes.

Canberra Goulburn Cross Country
Congratulations to Zoey Mitchell, Macy Camilleri, Phoebe Reynolds and Reese Flynn who all made it through to the NSWCPS (MacKillop) cross country in Sydney on the 13th of June. What a fantastic effort girls, well done!

Trials 
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

The K-2 Athletics Carnival will be held at Vicrotia Park on Friday 2 June, weather permitting. 

The students will travel by bus from school to Victoria Park at the end of recess and return back to school by bus at 2.30pm. 

K-2 Students will participate in running races and a variety of activities.

It is encouranged to pack plenty of snacks and water for your child.

Lunch orders will now be available to pre-order on Qkr! and can be collected during the students lunch break at 1pm from the Vicrotia Park Canteen. If you wish to place a lunch order (food items and a drinks only), all orders much be placed by 3pm on Thursday 1 June via Qkr. Snacks will also be available to purchaes throughout the carnival with cash required for these purchases. A canteen menu can be found further in the newsletter. 

Students will be allowed to leave the carnival from the park at the conclusion of the K-2 Carnival with a parent; however, they must be signed out on the event roll prior to leaving. 

Parents are most welcome to attend.

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

National Simultaneous Storytime

Today the students of Mt Carmel participated in the National Simultaneous Storytime. Along with over 2 million other students across Australia, we watched an online reading of The Speedy Sloth written by Rebecca Young and illustrated by Heath McKenzie. 

NSW Premier’s Reading Challenge
The 2023 Premier’s Reading Challenge is underway and will conclude on Friday 18 August 2023.

If your child has completed the challenge in previous years they can log on to the Premier’s Reading Challenge website using their existing login details.

www.premiersreadingchallenge.nsw.edu.au

If your child is completing the challenge for the first time, please email me at natalie.broers@cg.catholic.edu.au and I will provide you with login details.

Congratulations to the following students who have completed the NSW Premier’s Reading Challenge for 2023.

Asher Gorman
Aria Hodgson
Marlowe Clarke
Rushad Chowdhury

Natalie Broers
Teacher Librarian

2SS have been learning about the life and times of Jesus. They took their knowledge of housing in Jesus’ time outside to build their own biblical style houses in the sandpit.

The Mt Carmel School Uniform Shop is open each Tuesday afternoon between 2.30pm– 4.00pm during school terms.