Gospel – Matthew 16:13-20

Jesus went into the region of Caesarea Philippi and he asked his disciples, “Who do people say that the Son of Man is?” They replied, “Some say John the Baptist, others Elijah, still others Jeremiah or one of the prophets.” He said to them, “But who do you say that I am?” Simon Peter said in reply, “You are the Christ, the Son of the living God.” Jesus said to him in reply, “Blessed are you, Simon son of Jonah. For flesh and blood has not revealed this to you, but my heavenly Father. And so I say to you, you are Peter, and upon this rock I will build my church, and the gates of the netherworld shall not prevail against it.

I will give you the keys to the kingdom of heaven. Whatever you bind on earth shall be bound in heaven; and whatever you loose on earth shall be loosed in heaven.” Then he strictly ordered his disciples to tell no one that he was the Christ.

Assistant Principal Appointment

As you would be aware, earlier this year, Dan Fulton resigned from the position of Assistant Principal. After an extensive recruitment process, it is my pleasure to announce the successful applicant is Mrs Kerrin Henderson. Kerrin has extensive experience in leadership, having held the executive positions of Principal and Assistant Principal at other schools within our Diocese. In 2022 Kerrin joined St Jude's as a classroom teacher and Curriculum Coordinator and this year she has held the position of Acting Assistant Principal at St Jude’s. I am thrilled to have Kerrin continue in the position of Assistant Principal at St Jude's.

Book Week

We have celebrated a wonderful book week this week. Next Wednesday, we will be holding our book parade. READ, GROW, INSPIRE is the theme. We will have our normal morning assembly and students will then process around the car park area in their costumes and class groupings. This will impact on morning drop off as the main carpark will be closed. If possible, park nearby or drop off. Thank you to Mrs Comley for all her work in organising and running the book fair, teaching some awesome literature based lessons and facilitating the character parade.

Father’s Day Celebrations

As you will have seen, On Friday September 1 we will be holding our Father’s Day breakfast. Breakfast will be a sausage sizzle, pastries, tea and coffee and a fruit box. There is an RSVP later in the newsletter. Please include your children in these numbers as we will then be able to include them in the catering. If Dad isn’t able to attend, we would love to have a significant male from your child’s life. Once breakfast is over, the students and teachers have organised some activities in the classrooms. These will finish by 10am. On Monday September 4 the ELC will host a whole school liturgy and ELC dads are invited.

Prime Minister’s Spelling Bee Challenge

This year, 5L trialled the Prime Minister's Spelling Bee challenge. A big congratulations to Arjun M, Grace L, Joey B, Kate H and Ellie W from 5L who have all proceeded into the state finals of the Prime Ministers Spelling Bee challenge. Congratulations and good luck to these clever spellers.

Referendum

It is widely predicted that this will be held on Saturday October 14. We will be a voting venue. This is a great opportunity to be involved, as we will host a sausage sizzle and cake stall. More information to come.

Electronic Sign

A huge thank you to Camp Australia for the significant contribution they made towards this project. We look forward to sharing key messages and showcasing some of our schools wonderful events.

Thank you for your ongoing support.

Cameron

Congratulations!

A huge congratulations to our year 6 candidates for the Sacrament of Confirmation. Last night they made their Sacrament during a very personal, prayerful Mass where the Archbishop highlighted the important step that they are choosing to take, in deepening their relationship with God. He also blessed family members and special gifts. We continue to pray for these children, that they use the gifts of wisdom, understanding, knowledge, counsel, fortitude, reverence, and awe, to live faithful lives and bring God into their lives of those around them. 

Prayer Liturgy

Today our Prayer and Service peer group lead ELC - 2 in a prayer liturgy. Thank you for all their preparations.

Father's Day Celebrations

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 ELC on Monday 4 September, 9.15am in the Church.

Annie and Karilee competes in Melbourne

Annie 3R travelled to Melbourne with Karilee Calisthenics this past weekend to participate in the Longbeach Calisthenics Competition in Frankston. Annie’s div 2 team competed in 6 disciplines and took home 2x1st, 1x2nd, 1x3rd and a 4th place. Combined with the Karilee div 1 team they became the aggregate winners of the sub-juniors competition.

Congratulations Annie!

And the winners are:

Please remember that we are celebrating Book week next week with:

* our Dress up parade on Wednesday morning to include ELC classes.

* Book Fair in the Library  ~ open Tuesday / Wednesday / Thursday 3pm until 5pm each day.

Also celebrating some of our children’s artistic responses to the shortlisted books for 2023.     

Australian landmarks by Year 4            Matchbox craft by Year 5

Teapot designs by Year 6                  Book Flowers and trees by Year 6                                                           

Seahorses by Year 4

Read, grow, Inspire tree with leaves from all the children in the school!

Happy reading! Verna Comley

ELC NEWS

Happy Birthday to Elliot S, Bridget H, Fletcher M, Aarishan R

Father's Day Stall

The Father's Day stall will be held next Thursday 31 August. The children will be able to purchase a gift with prices ranging from $2 - $10. We will hold a pop-up stall for the Stingrays on Wednesday 30 August. If there are any mums who can spare an hour or two to help at the stall on Thursday, we would love to see you.

Father’s Day Breakfast & Open Classrooms - Friday 1 September

We invite all parents and carers, especially Dads, to a BBQ breakfast on Friday 1 September, from 8:15am under the primary school shelter shed. The Turtles and Lobster classrooms will then be open for visitors from 9am – 10am.

Father’s Day Liturgy & Open Classrooms - Monday 4 September

This year the ELC children are presenting the Father’s Day liturgy. ELC families are welcome to come along on Monday 4 September at 9:15am in the church. The Stingrays will have an Open Classroom after the liturgy.

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 tomorrow, 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 photos.

Kinder and ELC Orientation

Orientation morning for 2024 St Jude’s Kinder and 2024 ELC will be on Wednesday 8 November. Watch this space for more information.

Floriade

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

Calling for Assistance – Father’s Day Breakfast

Calling for all mum’s/grandmother's/aunty’s - assistance to prepare the Father's Day Breakfast on Friday 1 September. Help is needed from 7am onwards to cook the barbeque and set-up for the Breakfast. If you are able to help, please email Katrina.howden@cg.catholic.edu.au

Canteen Volunteers – Week 7

Wednesday 30 August– J. Long & G. Cabot

Thursday 31 August– L. Gardiner, K. Lees  & R. Buckley

Friday 1 September – S. Monges, S. Devonport, E. Eyles and one more volunteer please

Thank you to everyone who assists in the Canteen – your help is greatly appreciated!

Uniform shop open:  

Friday 1 Sept - 8:30am to 9:30am

Friday 15 Sept - 2:30pm to 3:30pm

***THE UNIFORM SHOP TABS ON QKR WILL BE CLOSED FOR MAINTENANCE FOR 24HRS FROM 8AM SUNDAY 27 AUGUST. ORDERS CANNOT BE PLACED IN THIS TIME.***

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 Community Council was held Thursday 17 August. Thank you to all that attended in person and online. We discussed upgrades to the shelter shed, trivia night and a school disco. The minutes will be made available shortly.

Community Council Feedback

We have prepared a short survey to gain a greater understanding on several aspects of the Community Council. The responses will allow us to target our work more effectively. It should take no longer than 2 minutes and we would very much value your response. The survey can be found here:

https://www.surveymonkey.com/r/YT9HGJB

Father’s Day Stall

The Father’s Day stall will be held, 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.

2024 Fete

It’s time to start thinking about the 2024 fete. Last year we had around 10 people on our fete committee, which worked really well as the tasks were broken down into manageable chunks. Committee roles include:

1. a) fete coordinator
2. b) finance coordinator
3. c) sponsorship coordinator
4. d) stall coordinator
5. e) set up & site coordinator
6. f) entertainment coordinator
7. g) publicity coordinator

If you are interested in being on the fete committee, please let us know.

Important Dates

Many thanks,

Gemma Cabot

Stjudes.scc@gmail.com