This week’s Gospel: Mark 1: 29-39

And immediately going out of the synagogue they came into the house of Simon and Andrew, with James and John. And Simon’s wife’s mother lay in a fit of a fever: and forthwith they tell him of her. And coming to her, he lifted her up, taking her by the hand; and immediately the fever left her, and she ministered unto them. And when it was evening, after sunset, they brought to him all that were ill and that were possessed with devils. And all the city was gathered together at the door.

And he healed many that were troubled with divers diseases; and he cast out many devils, and he suffered them not to speak, because they knew him.  And rising very early, going out, he went into a desert place: and there he prayed. And Simon, and they that were with him, followed after him. And when they had found him, they said to him: All seek for thee. And he saith to them: Let us go into the neighbouring towns and cities, that I may preach there also; for to this purpose am I come. And he was preaching in their synagogues, and in all Galilee, and casting out devils.

First Day back

It was wonderful to see so many smiling faces, both students and parents, possibly for different reasons. Yesterday went very smoothly, with staff and students getting to know each other, develop relationships and get stuck into learning. Our staff spent the last 2 weeks preparing and this made an enormous difference. Thank you to all our families for everything you did to prepare your child for the first day of school, it obviously paid dividends.

A few reminders

• Our morning drop off routine is the same as last year, with those who want to stay, being able to park in the area past the bollards. The drive through area enables traffic to keep flowing and significantly reduces the bank up on Mulley street. Please try to make sure that your child is at school before the 8:50 bell. If they are late, even by a few minutes, they often miss the introductory instructions, which causes them stress and anxiety.
• Student supervision hours are 8:30am – 3:20pm. Outside of these times, please utilise Camp Australia.
• Sports days are generally Wednesday and Friday, on these days students are allowed to wear their coloured joggers. On other days our uniform policy has black shoes listed. These can be the traditional leather shoe or may be a softer jogger, however, they must only be black in colour. Please help us with this.
• We will be using the Cancer Council guidelines of lower than 3 UV rating for no hats. This means that for most of the time, when students are outside, they will be required to wear a hat.
• The car park at the front of the school is reserved for ELC parents, we are also looking at having an additional disabled space added to this area.

Community Council AGM

Our AGM will be held on Tuesday February 21. We will need to hold elections for two of the vacated executive positions. Each position runs for an initial 2 years, with an opportunity to be re – elected for a second term. Positions being vacated are Chair and Treasurer. We will be holding an online ballot for all families to vote. If you are interested or you would like to find out more, please contact the front office. Nomination information will be circulated next week.

Thank you for your continued support

Cameron

ELC NEWS

Happy Birthday to Hazel W, Martina A, Zeon A, Jayden J and Mia D

A very warm welcome to our new and returning ELC families.  The first week of preschool is an exciting time. The children have been exploring their new environment whilst getting to know one another and their teachers.  Thank you for having your children so well prepared for preschool and for a positive first week.  We look forward to the year ahead. 

Emails

All families should have received an email from your class teacher. If you have not received this email, please notify the ELC so you can be added to the distribution list. You may also need to check your junk/spam folder and mark the email as a trusted source.

ELC Fee Statements

ELC Fee statements are sent fortnightly on Tuesdays and direct debits occur on the following Thursday.  Please check the ‘Due Now’ amount at the top of your statement and ensure there are sufficient funds available in your account in order to avoid extra charges from Debit Success. Our statements are backdated so that you have a record of the payments made, and CCS received in the last fortnight.

St Jude’s Welcome Picnic

This Friday 3 February there will be a Welcome Picnic for St Judes families from 5:30pm -7:30pm at the primary school oval. ELC families are very welcome. Bring a picnic and get to know some of the other St Judes families. 

Parent Information Night

Please come along to our ELC Parent Information Night next Tuesday 6 February at 5:30pm. We will go over all the frequently asked questions to help you get a better idea of how our ELC runs. 

Week 1

Welcome back! Library classes for 2024:

ELC –Stingrays / Lobsters and Turtles are all on Wednesday again this year.

Monday – Year 4 + Year 5  

Tuesday –  Kinders     

Wednesday – ELC +  Year 3   

Thursday – Year 1 + Year 2 + Year 6       

• All children in Years K – 4 need to have a Library bag to borrow books (any type of bag will do) Children may borrow/return books on any day that the Library is open (Monday-Friday) & after school as well as during their class time.
• Year 5/6 Book Club will happen soon at lunchtime on Fridays.
• Thank you for the overdue Library books that came in today! Wonderful!

Some children still have books to return from last year so it would be good if they came back by next week. Borrowing for 2024 starts next week.

• Thank you also to the Barclay family who left a box of donated books for the Library / school.
• Thank you to the Rankin family who made some lovely book bags for us!

Happy reading! 

St Jude’s Swimming Carnival Monday 5 February

The annual school swimming carnival is this coming Monday at Stromlo Leisure Centre. 

The event details are all on COMPASS.

Some key information is as follows.

Buses will leave from 9:15am to the event, races will start from 9:45am and we will be back at school by 2:45pm.

Students need to bring all the food and drinks they require for the day. Canteen facilities will not be available to students.

Students are able to wear house coloured clothing, they should bring a towel and a plastic bag to put wet things in at the end of the day. While we encourage getting in the spirit of house colours, we ask students not to colour their hair out of respect for the pool management.

If you put down to be a parent helper at the end of last yearyou should receive an email toady with further details on assisting. If you did not put your name down but are keen to help out please email brendan.mitchell@cg.catholic.edu.au

If you have any questions please contact the front office or Brendan Mitchell.

Canteen 2024

In 2024, the Canteen will open on a Wednesday, Thursday and Friday from Week 2 (Wednesday 7 February 2024) onwards.

Volunteers 

If you are able to volunteer in the canteen please email the office at office.stjudes@cg.catholic.edu.au. 

A huge thank you to everyone who came along to our first shop open for 2024, we appreciate your support and patience as we worked through a high number of transactions for the morning. Our girls size 6 sports skorts are back in stock, apologies if you missed out on this on Sunday. 

*Shop Open Friday 9 of February 9am-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. 

Moving through Term 1, our volunteers will pack Qkr! orders throughout the week and deliver to students classrooms. 

Welcome to another school year! A very big welcome to new families to the school. Please feel free to reach out to other parents and the Community Council email if you have any questions about life at St Jude’s! There is a wealth of knowledge out there and we are here to help. We are in the final stages of producing a Community Council welcome pack for all families.

Welcome Picnic – 3 February 5pm  - Welcome Picnic. Bring a picnic rug, some dinner and come down to the oval to catch up with friends and make some new ones!

AGM – 21 February 6pm

Our AGM will be held 21 February in the library and online. The executive positions of Chair and Treasurer will be vacated and I encourage anyone interested in these positions to reach out for further information. An official call for nominations will occur prior to the AGM.

Fete – 18 March

Preparations are racing ahead. We need stall coordinators. If you are able to assist please let us know.

Many thanks,

Gemma Cabot

Stjudes.scc@gmail.com

Welcome back to our old and a special welcome to our new St Jude’s families! 

Our school fete in 2024 will be held on Saturday 16 March 10:00am-2:00pm. This success of the fete is dependent on volunteer parents in the school community. As the date rapidly approaches we are seeking additional volunteers to help make this day a success. 

If you’re able to help out in any capacity (big or small) please reach out to our email stjudesfete@gmail.com or to our fete coordinator Sarah 0414533117. 

Specific volunteers we are still after:

- stall coordinators 

- Site coordinator

- entertainers/ performance groups

- raffle coordinator 

- electricians to help setup power for our stalls (Friday 15 March) 

DONATIONS

Stalls 

- treasure trove are continuing to seek donations with the next drop off times to come out shortly through Compass. 

- plants pots and other items for our garden stall. If you have cuttings you want to donate or ornamental pots 

All these donations can be dropped off at the set times or in the milk crates located at the front office of the Primary school/ELC. 

If your child is part 

Sponsors

- if you or someone you know are interested in sponsoring the fete we are in the process of securing sponsors and would love to hear from you. 

- this could also be donations to raffle prizes 

Raffles

- If you have any vouchers or new items you would like to donate to raffle prizes 

- seeking support from local printers or the donation of printing 

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