Immaculate Heart of Mary Catholic Primary School Newborough eNewsletter

Dear Parents and Carers,

It has been a wonderful and eventful fortnight in our school community, marked by rich learning experiences, celebrations of faith, and meaningful connections.

This week, we are delighted to support and celebrate with our students who are receiving the Sacrament of Confirmation. This is a significant milestone in their faith journey, and we commend them for the reverence and maturity with which they have prepared. We ask that you continue to keep these young people in your prayers during this special time.

Over the past week, we joined Catholic schools across the state in recognising Catholic Education Week. The theme, “Pilgrims of Hope,” invites us all to reflect on the role we play in bringing hope and positivity to our world and to one another. We encourage you to visit the school to view the stunning display created by our gifted art teacher, Kim Nelson, together with our talented students. It beautifully captures the spirit of this year’s theme and is a testament to the creativity and thoughtfulness of our school community.

All students recently took part in a St John First Aid incursion, gaining practical skills and knowledge to help keep themselves and others safe. These sessions were age appropriate and hands on, and we were impressed by the enthusiasm and engagement of our students throughout.

We have also greatly enjoyed welcoming children from our local kindergartens over the past few weeks. These visits provide a valuable opportunity for our future students to explore our learning environment and begin building positive relationships. We look forward to continuing these visits in the weeks ahead.

Last week, we took time to acknowledge and celebrate the exceptional contribution of our Education Support Officers (ESOs) as part of Education Support Officer Day. Their dedication, compassion, and commitment to our students is truly valued. A special morning tea was held in their honour, and each ESO received a small token of appreciation as a gesture of our heartfelt thanks.

Thank you for your ongoing support and partnership in your child’s education. It is a privilege to lead such a vibrant, faith-filled learning community.

Warm regards,

Lisa

On Friday 16th of May, we celebrated the wonderful ESO's in our school with a special morning tea. We would like to thank them again for the fabulous work they do with our students, we really do appreciate you all.

Catholic Education Week- Art Display

In celebration of Catholic Education week we created a whole school art piece to celebrate our wonderful Jubilee year with the theme of 'The Pilgrims of Hope'.

Students learnt about the church's big celebration of the Jubilee that occurs once every 25years. A Jubilee is a special year on the Catholic Calendar that encourages us to build our connection with God whilst having a year filled with joy, hope and starting fresh. We learnt that Pilgrims are people on a special journey. Students understood that they are Pilgrims on a learning journey. When we walk together as a group to a sacred place (our school church) we are a pilgrimage.

Once we had an understanding of the Jubilee and being a Pilgrim we explored what hope means. Hope is when we believe something good can happen even if we don't know when or how.

We explored the Jubilee symbol for this year and gained an understanding that the symbol represents four people from the four corners of the earth all embracing one another. The cross represents our faith and it is anchored in the rough seas that represent the ups and downs of life.

All classes contributed to the display as listed below:

Foundation- Learnt about Aboriginal Art with the hand meaning 'belonging'.

Grade 1s- 2 types of textured art for the sky background (bubble art & bubble wrap art)

Grade 2s- 2 types of textured art for the sea background (floating chalk art & marble foam art)

Grade 3s- Zentangle Jubilee 2025 & Pilgrims of

Grade 4's- Surrounding words in creative lettering

Grade 5/6O- Large recreation of symbol

Grade 5/6M- Large creation of Anchor

Grade 5/6SR- Large textured HOPE

Then as a school we created our St Mary's Garden of Hope

This garden represents our understanding of Hope with each piece having a hope for ourselves (a personal hope) or a more general hope (a hope for others or our world).

The students contributed to this section of the display as follows:

Foundation- Our Path of Hope (Footprints with a world hope)

- Paper flowers (Centre circle with a personal hope)

Grade 1's- Egg carton flowers

Grade 2's- Pipe cleaner Daisies

Grade 3/4's- Lavender paper flowers

Grade 5/6's- Painted glass stones (message of hope on the underneath)

(Each of the flowers has a leaf with a hope that the student feels is important to them written on it and the stones have a hope of importance written on the underneath).

A lot of hard work, concentration and effort has gone into this wonderful piece and I am extremely proud of all classes for trying their best and sticking with it. The art piece looks magnificent.

Our Foundation students have recently welcomed these gorgeous chickens to our school.

They have been monitoring them for a week and a half now and have watched the progression from eggs hatching into cute little chicks.

All the students have been very engaging with this experiment.

Our P&F group have arranged a Pie Drive through Morwell bakery Out of Dough.

This is a great way to fill the freezer with a quick meal option for a busy night!

All money raised is used to purchase additional resources for our children's education.

Orders can be placed online through CDFpay App

There is an abundance of flavour options to choose from. Please place your order by Wednesday 4th June. Delivery will be Tuesday 17th June.

We will let you know time/place closer to the date.

Thank you for supporting this great fundraising event.

St Mary's P&F committee

Football Auskick Program

Moe United Soccer

St Mary's Craft Group

St Mary’s Craft Group would like to thank the families who have supported our fund raising efforts this year.

If any of the new families would like to know more about us we meet in the School Hall every Tuesday at 9.00am and always ready to welcome newcomers and share a cuppa!

Many Thanks,

St, Mary’s Craft Group

Lunch Orders

Lunch orders are every Thursday. Please make sure you put your child's name & grade in the note section during checkout.

Thursday orders to be in by 8pm Wednesday.

If your child is going to be absent please contact Heather by 9.00am on 0432 966 982 or heather.clarkson@live.com

https://h-w-food-service.square.site/

Uniform Shop

Please place orders via the CDFpay App. This can be downloaded from the Apple App Store or Google Play. Alternatively scan the QR code below;

PAM (Parent Access Module)

Please enter all student absences directly into PAM. As teachers do not have time during the day to check DOJO messages or emails.

https://pam.stmnewbor.catholic.edu.au/

Our Patch

Our_Patch_Flyer.pdf

All bookings, changes, cancellations etc need to be made directly through Our Patch.

Contact; 1300 018 310

Website; https://ourpatch.education/before-and-after-school-care/

Email; ihomnewborough@ourpatch.education

July 2025

Wednesday 2nd - P&F Meeting 6.30pm
Thursday 3rd - Last Day of Term 2
Tuesday 22nd - First Day of Term 3
Wednesday 23rd - Art Show 3pm to 4pm
Friday 25th - Pyjama Day - St Vincent De Paul Winter Appeal Food Donation
Monday 28th - Grandparents Day - Prayer Gathering

August 2025

Friday 15th - School Closure Day
Monday 18th - Book week Celebrations
Thursday 21st - 100 days of Foundation Celebrations
Monday 25th to Friday 29th - F-2 Learn to swim
Monday 25th - Eisteddfod
Tuesday 26th - Eisteddfod

September 2025

Thursday 4th - Disco
Monday 8th - Father's Day Prayer Gathering
Tuesday 16th - Division Athletics Carnival
Friday 19th - Footy Day (BBQ)
Friday 19th - Last Day of Term 3

October 2025

Monday 6th - First Day of Term 4
Wednesday 22nd - Production Day Matinee (Time TBC)
Thursday 23rd - Production Day Evening 4pm & 6pm