Dear Parents, Guardians & Carers,

What a busy two weeks we have had since our last newsletter.

All students enjoyed an extremely fun incursion on Monday 29th July with KABOOM hosting our very own St Gabriel’s Olympic Games, which even included a torch relay and opening ceremony.  Students represented a country in mixed age groups.  The winning country was Canada.

Congratulations to our Year 6 students who ran the activities and led their countries.  You were all awesome. 

Congratulations to our boys soccer team who competed in the Regional Competition on Wednesday 31st July.  The boys played extremely well and finished runners up on the day.  Thank you to all staff and parents who assisted in the 3 levels of competition, it is very much appreciated.

We had some very old students arrive at school last Thursday.  Many of them with grey hair, wrinkles and walking sticks.  Our Foundation students celebrated 100 days of school.  If you haven’t seen the video on our Facebook page it is well worth a look and laugh.

Our Book Fair will begin next week on Monday 12th August.  It will run for 2 weeks and will conclude on Friday 23rd August which will also be our Book Week Dress Up Day.  The theme this year is “Reading is Magic”.  Students are encouraged to dress up as their favourite character, book or something related to the theme.  We will host a book week parade on Friday morning at 9am. Further details will be communicated closer to the date.

IMPORTANT DATES

• 20th August- Sacrament of Reconciliation
• 22nd August - School Closure Day
• 26th-28th August - grade 6 camp
• 29th August-Student Free Day: Year 6 only
• 30th August- Father’s Day Mass at St Michael’s Church
• 30th August- Father’s Day Stall
• 17th September- Division Athletics
• 20th September - Term 3 ends 1pm

Kind Regards

Michelle