TERM 1 WEEK 6 Friday 2 March, 2018

WEEK 5 BOOK SWAP WEEK Mon 12 Aug St Mary of the Cross Prayer Celebration Tues 13 Aug International Left-handers Day Wed 14 Aug P & F Meeting Thurs 15 Aug Assumption Mass Fri 16 Aug House Day Art Competition finishes WEEK 6 BOOK WEEK Tues 20 Aug Year 3 Excursion Fri 23 Aug Book Week Dress Up Year 2 Medieval Day WEEK 7 Mon 26 Aug Year 1 Greenmount Excursion Wed 28 Aug Father’s Day Stall WEEK 8 PARENT/TEACHER INTERVIEWS Fri 7 Sep Father’s Day Prayer Celebration & Morning Tea WEEK 9 PARENT/TEACHER INTERVIEWS Wed 11 Sep Prep Excursion Wed 11 - 13 Year 5 Camp Sep Thurs 12 Sep Board Meeting Fri 13 Sep Year 2 MECC The Twits WEEK 10 PARENT/TEACHER INTERVIEWS Tues 17 Sep Dance Fever Challenge Fri 20 Sep Mission Fair

LAST DAY TERM 3

SFX SCHOOL IMPROVEMENT PRIORITIES 2019 Reading, Problem Solving, Data Collection & Analysis

Dear Parents,

Yesterday was the feast of St Mary of the Cross, Mackillop. St Mary MacKillop was the foundress of the Sisters of St Joseph in partnership with Father Julian Tenison Woods and this order opened a number of schools in Australia. This wonderful, courageous and humble woman is Australia’s first and only saint. Mary, in her writings, distinguished between true and false humility. She thought that genuine humility is grounded on truth – acknowledging our own self-worth in all of its strengths and weaknesses and not allowing misconceptions to be projected to the world. Humility, as viewed by Mary, was free from any illusions about self-importance and grounded in reality: acceptance of the truth about oneself and others. This humility is inspired by charity and thoughtfulness of others and not concerned with one’s self or one’s failings or what others think about us – this is

most definitely a challenge in today’s age of social media ‘likes’. Mary called this humility “the antidote to both self-importance and loss of self-esteem”. So how does this play out for us today in the 21st century? Here are some tips on what humility may look like and how to cultivate it: 1. Listening to others rather than talking. 2. Give other people credit for the things they do, give genuine compliments and praise them. 3. Admit when you are wrong. 4. Go last. 5. Ask for advice. 6. Practise mindfulness and focus on the present. 7. Be grateful for what you have. 8. Seek genuine feedback from others. The school will hold a Feast Day celebration commemorating St Mary Mackillop in the church on Monday at 8:45am. Please join us if you are able.

Have a wonderful weekend. God Bless,

Olivia

Friday 9th August 2019 WEEK 4

SCHOOL MISSION STATEMENT

At St Francis Xavier

School we will

Learn Love

Live the Gospel Witness our Faith

and Celebrate Life

TERM THREE

Assistant Principal Religious Education

Karen Gaviglio

Assistant Principal Curriculum (Acting) Jodie Benfer

PREMIER’S READING CHALLENGE

There is only 1 more week in the Premier’s Reading Challenge, so encourage your children to continue reading.

Forms are due back at school next Friday, 16th August.

PARENT TEACHER INTERVIEWS – IMPORTANT DATES

Later this term we will be holding our second round of Parent Teacher Interviews for the year. This is new for our school to have a second set of formal interviews. These interviews will be extremely valuable to find out updated academic, social and behavioural information about your child. Interviews for all students will take place during weeks 8-10 of this term (September 2nd – September 20th). Parent lounge will be open for booking times at 7am Monday 19th August and close at 5pm Friday 30th August. Interviews will be 10mins long. Please remember to check your booking time prior to the week of interviews. If you are booking an interview for the following classes, please book under the teacher listed beside the class: Prep HB – Amanda Heron 2BM – Trish Brennan 4SL – Angela Lamperd

St Mary of the Cross Mackillop

prayer celebration

Monday 12th August

8:45am

St Francis Xavier Catholic Church

Assistant Principal Administration Mary Oxenham

WALK SAFELY TO SCHOOL DAY

REMINDERS FOR NEXT WEEK

Entries close next Friday

16 august

School fees for Term 3 have been sent out to families.

If you did not receive your account, please contact Pauline in the office. Payments can be made in Cash, EFTPOS, Cheque, Credit Card, Direct Debit, BPay or

Internet Banking

INTERNET BANKING DETAILS

A/C: St Francis Xavier School BSB: 034-210 ACCOUNT: 811093 REFERENCE: Account code at top right hand corner of invoice.

Payment is due on or before Wednesday 21st August, 2019. Pauline Hyde—Finance Secretary