Dear Parents,

Swimming lessons have begun! Thank you for having your child/ren prepared with their swimming bag and items. It was an exciting afternoon as we haven’t got out much this year. Let us hope and pray that the weather will give us a full program of lessons over the fortnight. Swimming is such a vital skill to ensure safety around water but is also a fun activity and relatively cost effective. Pools in our council region are free again this summer. The Batlow Swimming Club is calling for new members if you and your child are interested. Please see more details below. 

Thanksgiving/Graduation Mass Thursday 9th December at 10am in the Church. Then .....

Awards Day 11.30am, held outside and will be recorded for parents to view at a later time for their convenience.

Pool Celebration Day

Our Pool Celebration Day is scheduled for Monday 13 December from 10 to 2pm. The funds from Home Cooking and Cake raffle fund the highly anticipated inflatable in the pool on that day. A note will be sent out via Compass in the coming days to seek permission.

Semester Reports

Also coming out via Compass will be Semester Reports. They will be released on Compass on Wednesday 8 December. Reports will be printed on request only. Parents wanting an interview with class teachers are asked to contact them directly to arrange a time to meet either face to face (if fully vaccinated) or online.

Attendance

Teaching programs will be continuing right to the end of Week 10  especially in Literacy and Numeracy. Student attendance is vital in supporting children’s connection to school and promoting future success. Parents are responsible for ensuring their children attend school regularly.

Jannine

Christmas Hamper Appeal

Thank you very much for giving so generously to our St Vincent de Paul Christmas Hamper Appeal. I have bundled our donations up and will be delivering them today for them to distribute to people in need this Christmas.

Your kindness can make a difference to people in need in our community this Christmas. 

Preparing for the birth of Christ

"In the sixth month the angel Gabriel was sent from God to a city of Galilee named Nazareth, to a virgin betrothed to a man whose name was Joseph, of the house of David; and the virgin’s name was Mary. And he came to her and said, “Hail, O favoured one, the Lord is with you!” But she was greatly troubled at the saying, and considered in her mind what sort of greeting this might be. And the angel said to her, “Do not be afraid, Mary, for you have found favour with God. And behold, you will conceive in your womb and bear a son, and you shall call his name Jesus. And Mary said, “Behold, I am the handmaid of the Lord; let it be to me according to your word.” And the angel departed from her.”

Luke 1:26-31, 38 

Mary embraces this intimate gift from God: a new life. She allowed herself to belong to God. Does your life belong to Jesus or just part of it?

Jesus, sometimes I only choose to love you

when it is easy or fashionable.

My own self can get in the way of the gift you

wish to give me.

Transform me into a vessel that is willing to

accept you with my whole life.

Amen

Melissa Hotham - Religious Education Coordinator

STUDENT OF THE WEEK - WEEK 8

YEAR 6 LEADERS AWARD

Semester Reports will be accessed via Compass on Wednesday 8th December.

There will be no paper copies of reports.

Christmas raffle tickets & money are due in next Wednesday 8th December.

The last Community Council meeting for the year will be held next Monday. Any agenda items please email to office.stmarysbatlow@cg.catholic.edu.au by this Thursday.

Thank you to everyone who supported the Book Fair. We received over $400 credit and purchased new books for the Library.

Could all families look for any library books at home and return them before the end of year.

Our home cooks this Friday are the WILLEMS & WESTERN families 

The BARTLETT family are on cake raffle this Friday.

Batlow Swimming Club is held Monday, Wednesday and Friday nights from 5.30 to 6.30.

Please contact Kelly Brown on 0427892121 or see the Batlow Swim Club Facebook page.

Sadly school banking concludes this term due to the Commonwealth bank not continuing. 

Deposits can be made at the bank once this concludes.