Immaculate Heart of Mary Catholic Primary School Newborough eNewsletter

Buongiorno a tutti,

Firstly, grazie to all the parents who encouraged their children to dress up for Italian day. The costumes were spectacular, unique and entertaining and all reflected the theme for the day, Italiano! The parade, to Italian music of course, was colourful and engaging as everyone showed off their wonderful costumes.

Prior to Italian Day students from Year 3 to 6, explored some of the cultural components of Italy, including food, landmarks and people. They then created a poster as a medium for sharing the information that they had researched. These are displayed in the main corridor of the school. Here is some of their work.

During Italian week, Students enjoyed making pizzas and eating them too! Deliziosa! They also wrote some sentences in Italian about pizza.

Students were engaged in various Italian activities throughout the day. Our Year Six students taught our younger students how to play bocce and our junior classes made Italian donuts called zeppole. Colourful masks graced many faces and mosaic tiles made of pasta decorated various classrooms.

The day concluded with the whole school being entertained with a magic show performed by Luigi Zucchini, which was hilariously funny and amusing.

Dear Parents and Carers,

I hope you all enjoyed a lovely extra long weekend. It is certainly a great time of the year to have a little extra time off, especially when the weather was so kind.

We are in the preparation stage for the children who are making their First Communion on Saturday November 16 at 5.00pm at St Mary’s, or Sunday November 16 at 10.00am at St Kieran’s. The children have been working within their class and with Fr Daniel to prepare for this special occasion.

Next Monday our Year 6 students will be attending the cenotaph in Newborough to commemorate Remembrance Day with the community. They will lay a wreath on behalf of St Mary’s school to recognise the sacrifice made by those who bravely fought, and continue to fight, for freedom and peace in our world. As a school we will all be observing a minute’s silence at 11.00am on Monday to remind us of how blessed we are to live in a country where we have peace and freedom.

On the 11th hour on the 11th day of the 11th month, a minute’s silence is observed and dedicated to those soldiers who died fighting to protect the nation.

At 11am on 11 November 1918, the guns on the Western Front fell silent after more than four years of continuous warfare. The Germans called for an armistice (suspension of fighting) in order to secure a peace settlement. They accepted the allied terms of unconditional surrender.

The conflict had mobilised over 70 million people, left between 9 and 13 million dead, and as many as one third of these with no grave.

The 11th hour of the 11th day of the 11th month attained a special significance in the post-war years. It became universally associated with the remembrance of those who had died in the war.

Originally known as Armistice Day, it was renamed Remembrance Day after World War Two to commemorate those who were killed in both World Wars.

Today the loss of Australian lives from all wars and conflicts is commemorated on Remembrance Day.

It was also decided that everyone should wear a red poppy on that day. This was because thousands of red poppies had sprung up on the battlefields where many soldiers lost their lives during the First World War.

We will remember them. Lest we forget.

Kind regards,

Lisa

Please find below our school fees for 2025;

Per Family Fees
Family Fee	$1145
Capital Fee	$270

Per Student Levies
	Foundation	Yr.1	Yr.2	Yr.3	Yr.4	Yr.5	Yr.6
Curriculum	$115	$115	$115	$115	$115	$115	$115
Booklist	$110	$110	$110	$85	$85	$85	$85
Excursion	$90	$90	$90	$90	$90	$90	$90
Camp				$300	$300	$420	$420
Swimming	$90	$90	$90	$90	$90	$90	$90

Total Year Level Levy	$405	$405	$405	$680	$680	$800	$800

Our prefered method of payment is by Direct Debit (link to download below), Weekly (Friday), Fortnightly (Thursday) or Monthly (15th)

Direct_Debit_Request.pdf

Payments can also be made by EFT, cash or eftpos.

School_Fee_Schdule_2025.pdf

If you have a current Direct Debit in place it is highly recommended that you review the amount to ensure that it is sufficient to cover any increase in fees or levies.

Contact Sandi if you would like help calculating the amount or require a printed Direct Debit sent home.

It would be appreciated if new or amended Direct Debit Authorities could be sent in to the office for processing by Friday 6th December.

St Mary's Craft Group

Once again we’ll be having a Christmas Stall for the children to be able by presents for their parents or other special people. Presents will be priced from $2 to $10. We are looking for donations to help with providing a variety of goods for sale. This year the Christmas Stall will be held on THURSDAY 5th DECEMBER.

We look forward to your continued support in our fund raising efforts.

Latrobe City - What's on: November

November_Events_Calendar_2024.pdf

Indulge Yourself - Graduation Beauty Package

St_Marys_graduation_makeup.pdf

Lunch Orders

Lunch orders are every Tuesday & Thursday. Please make sure you put your child's name, grade and the day the order is for (Tuesday or Thursday) in the note section during checkout. Tuesday orders are due in by 5pm Monday and Thursday orders by 5pm 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/

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