Gospel Reading: Matthew 15:21-28

    At that time, Jesus withdrew to the region of Tyre and Sidon. Now a Canaanite woman came from those borders and began to cry out, "Lord, Son of David, have pity on me! My daughter is tormented by a demon." But Jesus did not answer her, not even a word. So his disciples approached him and said, "Send her away: see how she is shouting after us."

    Then Jesus said to her, "I was sent only to the lost sheep of the nation of Israel."
But the woman was already kneeling before Jesus and said, "Sir, help me!" Jesus answered, "It is not right to take the bread from the children and throw it to the little dogs." The woman replied, "It is true, sir, but even the little dogs eat the crumbs which fall from their master's table." Then Jesus said, "Woman, how great is your faith! Let it be as you wish." And her daughter was healed at that moment.

CE Community Council Consultation

As you would be aware, CE have embarked on a process which is aimed to bring School P & F, Board and Community Councils under the one structure. This process has been ongoing for around 12 months. If you are interested in finding out more, or giving feedback which I can then forward onto CE, please click on the link below for the latest updates:

https://shorturl.at/pxzK1 

Principal Report Community Council

Moving forward, we will aim to have our CC meetings on Thursday evenings so that I can publish my report in the newsletter. If you are interested in finding out more, click on the link below:

https://shorturl.at/hoq89 

 If you are interested in joining the meeting online, please click on the link below:

https://shorturl.at/rIX25 

Thank you for your ongoing support.

 Cameron

The Feast of the Assumption

On Tuesday we celebrated the Feast of the Assumption with a Mass. The students sang beautifully and some shared their images of Mary.

We thank the Prayer and Service group for their preparation of the readings.

Father's Day celebrations

On Friday 1 September, from 8.15am, we invite all parents and children for a BBQ breakfast and games on the oval. Classrooms will then be open from 9-10am. The Father’s Day liturgy will be celebrated by the ELC on Monday 4 September, 9.15am in the Church.

ELC NEWS

Happy Birthday to Geordie and Jayce N

On Tuesday the Stingrays and Turtles attended Mass to celebrate the Feast of the Assumption of Mary. We learnt this feast day is important because it reminds us to contemplate Mary’s example of fulfilling God’s will in her life. The Assumption signals the end to Mary’s earthly life and marks her return to heaven to be reunited with Jesus.

Science week

This week we have been exploring many science concepts. It was even incorporated in our fruit shop where we found that a mandarin that is peeled will sink BUT a mandarin with its peel floats! Some of the experiments we have completed this week are: floating and sinking, skittles rainbow, magic milk, static electricity, baking soda and vinegar reactions and rainbow celery.

Special Day for MND and Cancer

Thank you for supporting our special day for Motor Neuron Disease and Cancer. We have families in our school who have been heavily impacted by these diseases. As well as raising awareness and having a wonderful community day, we raised over $3,200 for these important causes, with more trickling in this week.

Community Council Meeting tonight

The St Jude’s Community Council will meet tonight at 6pm in the library.  All are welcome to attend in person or online. See the Principals message for more information.

Book Week

We are looking forward to celebrating Book Week. The theme this year is ‘Read, Grow, Inspire’.  Lobsters are invited to come to school dressed up as their favourite book character on Friday 25 August. Stingrays and Turtles will participate with the primary school on Wednesday 30 August. We will be parading through the school carpark (it will be closed off) at 9am. Feel free to stick around for some photos.

Floriade

Every year the ELC support the Rotary Club Floriade Gnome display. We will be creating our own mini-Floriade here at the ELC. Keep your eyes out for what will be popping up in our gardens very soon.

Mura Gadi Monday and Friday

We have had a lovely week of weather to enjoy our Mura Gadi program. Next week we will trial having Mura Gadi on a Monday and Friday so please pack your child’s gum boots on these days. 

Gymnastics

Thank you to all of the families that provided feedback on the gymnastics program. It was an overwhelming ‘Yes’ to participate for a second term. We are currently arranging days with Woden Valley Gymnastics for term 4.

Hats

Now that we’re getting closer to Spring, please ensure that your child has a labelled hat in their bag. We monitor the UV rating closely, when UV is 3 or more we must wear hats as part of our sun protection policy.

Term 3 Week 5

Next week is officially Book Week so we will find out the winning books for each category.

Our dress up day will be happening but in Week 7 rather than Week 6. It will be on Wednesday! This is to enable the part-time ELC classes to join in the fun with us, so come along to watch the parade.

The Library is also having a Book Fair in Week 7 this term!

We are pleased to partner with The Book Cow in Kingston again this year to offer a “Books Only” Book Fair to our students. There will be picture books and chapter books for all ages.

*All are welcome to come in and check out the books!

*Sales will be after school on Tuesday, Wednesday and Thursday until 5pm. No before school sales.

*Children may purchase books at lunchtime as well.

South Weston Athletics Carnival

St Jude's was well represented today at the South Weston Athletics Carnival, at Woden Park, Phillip. Our team of 40 athletes participated strongly in all events and displayed outstanding sportsmanship. Full results in next week's newsletter.

Year 5/6 Touch Football 

Year 5/6 students (girls and boys) have been invited to participate in a Touch Football Gala Day on Monday 28 August at Deakin Playing Fields. Please see Compass and email notification sent to Year 5/6 parents this week for full details and nomination. Consent for your child/ren to participate is due this Friday 18 August by 3.30pm.  

Canteen Volunteers – Week 6

Wednesday 23 August– E. Dimanoski & one more volunteer please

Thursday 24 August– L. Gardiner, K. Lees & R. Buckley

Friday 25 August – S. Monges, G. Cabot, S. Devonport and one more volunteer please

If you would like to volunteer in the Canteen please email Katrina.howden@cg.catholic.edu.au

Uniform shop open  

Tuesday 22 Aug - 2:30pm to 3:30pm

Friday 01 Sept - 8:30am to 9:30am

For any and all uniform needs, orders can be placed via the Uniform Shop tab on Qkr!, or via email to: uniform.stjudes@gmail.com for any second hand items. **Please do not make payment for secondhand items, until we reply to your request confirming stock is available. 

If there is ever an issue with an order, please email the uniform shop and we will endeavour to fix this as soon as possible. Similarly if items are missing from Qkr! or marked 'stock not available', please let us know and we can order stock with relatively quick turnaround times. 

The next Community Council will be held on Thursday 17 August at 6pm in the school library and online (see the Principals message for link). Everyone is welcome.

The Father’s Day stall will be held on Thursday 31 August. Children will be able to purchase a gift with prices ranging from $2 to $10. If there are any mums who can spare an hour or two to help at the stall, we would love to see you.

It is almost time to start thinking about the 2024 fete. The first step is to put together a fete committee. If you are interested please reach out.

Many thanks,

Gemma Cabot

Stjudes.scc@gmail.com