Dear Parents

It was great to welcome our students back to school again today. A huge thank you to everyone in the school community for the way they have embraced learning from home once again. Your support and understanding as always is greatly appreciated. I would also like to take this opportunity to thank the amazing staff here at St Angela’s who enacted their remote learning plans last Friday morning with minimal notice. The staff here go above and beyond what is expected in their role. The students are always at the forefront of every decision made and their dedication and commitment to their job is unquestionable.

Whilst school is back in operation restrictions on school activities and events still remain; the following activities are still under restrictions. These include assemblies, school events, tours and parents on-site. When attending the Administration area density limits of two visitors at any one time apply and all visitors must check in using the QR codes provided.

Visitors including parents, guardians and contractors will be required to wear a face mask when on school site, both indoor and outdoor, including reception and classrooms, unless an exception applies. Teaching staff are not required to wear a face mask when teaching and providing direct support to students.

To make sure we keep our community safe we expect all parents to follow the school and government restrictions. Please refrain from mass gatherings outside of the school during pick up and drop off times and ensure you are maintaining the required social distance.

The car line will be used each morning and afternoon, please continue to remind your child(ren) about their pickup arrangements so we can ensure they are at the correct collection point. A reminder that if you are utilising the car line in the afternoon please remain at your car, staff will walk students over and manage the dismissal of students/families one car at a time. Thank you for your patience and compliance in ensuring the safety of all in our community.

Join St Angela of the Cross Primary School in fundraising for the MS Readathon.

The MS Readathon inspires kids to read as much as they can, all for one incredible cause. The rules are simple. Read whatever you like, as much as you can,
throughout the month of August.

Children can register with our school page by clicking on this link
https://www.msreadathon.org.au/fundraisers/StAngelaoftheCrossPrimarySchool.

Best of all, by joining our quest, not only will you awaken a love of reading, you will also be helping kids who have a parent with multiple sclerosis.

A reminder that Pies can be collected from Administration tomorrow between 2.30pm and 3.30pm. 

Thankyou for making this fundraiser a success!

A special thankyou to Belinda, Amie and Becky for organisng this fundraiser.

Unfortunately, due to COVID-19 restrictions, we are unable to have parents on site for our book fair. Instead, tomorrow your child will visit the in house book fair and bring home a wish list, instructions for ordering and a catalogue.  

If you have any questions about the book fair or payment please don’t hesitate to call the school or email kburrell@stangelawarragul.catholic.edu.au

All sales from our book fair contribute to our St Angela of the Cross library so we do appreciate any purchases that you make. Book fairs are a fantastic opportunity to purchase Christmas presents and get our children excited about reading!

We thank you for your ongoing support.

Christians (as well as Muslims and others) recognise Jesus’ mother Mary as special. Along with every Sunday and Christmas, the feast of Assumption is a Holy Day of Obligation in Australia. We take celebration of the Assumption of the Blessed Virgin Mary seriously! Why?

Most miraculous of mothers, Mary is central to the wonderful event of Jesus’ Incarnation, the extraordinary entwining of the Creator with creation. Joyfully she proclaimed God’s intervention in the world (Luke 1:39-56), bearing the Christ child, raising him to adulthood, was his faithful disciple at the foot of his cross, gathering in that upper room with his other disciples after his crucifixion and again at the Pentecost event which we see as the birth of the Church.

Mary is assumed to be a major source of Luke’s gospel; her story intimately recounted as only she could. Mary’s joyful “Magnificat”, prayed every day in the prayer of the church, models faithful love of the Lord and openness to God’s will. Scripture says nothing definitive about post-Pentecost Mary but for the lyrical passages in Apocalypse (Apoc 11:19, 12:1-6, 10) taken to refer to her, about a woman adorned with the sun defying a dragon with a star dragging tail. The miraculous circumstances of her motherhood, her proclamation of faith and her exemplary life make Mary unique. We can imagine how the earliest church revered her and certainly she has been venerated in the Church since the second century.

From the fifth century the church has celebrated Mary’s death and, though there were various fables and traditions about Mary post-Pentecost, understanding of her Assumption grew over the centuries. One of only two clear examples of Papal Infallibility, the Church has taught since 1950 that the Virgin Mary "having completed the course of her earthly life, was assumed body and soul into heavenly glory". (Pope Pius 12^thMunificentissimus Deus).

Deacon Mark Kelly

It is important that students have a shared responsibility for child safety at our school. Therefore, students at St Angela of the Cross are included in the Child Safety Committee to assist in developing child safe practices and processes throughout the school. In addition, the students in Homegroup 3 have worked together to create their own child-friendly version of our school Child Safe Policy, which captures the ideas, words and understanding of the importance of child safety within our school community from the students' perspectives.

On Wednesday August 4 th , students in Homegroup 1 reached a once in a life time milestone – 100 days of school for the very first time!
On this special day we celebrated the fact that our students are now 100 days smarter, 100 days older and 100 days taller!
We completed a variety of fun activities all focused on and around the number 100. Our students even baked cupcakes and decorated biscuits – they were delicious!

Congratulations Foundation students on a wonderful 100 days spent at St Angela’s.

We have been reading about and researching different Australian athletes and sports at the Olympics.

Homegroup 3 chose an athlete and wrote them a letter congratulating them on their achievements and also asking questions about their sport.

Below are some of our letters that are ready to post to our wonderful athletes.