Kindergarten Transition

This past week we had the pleasure of meeting and teaching our new Kindergarten students for 2022. All children were eager and excited to find out more about their new school environment. From meeting their new buddies, to a personal tour of the school buildings and play spaces and participating in motor skills activities and playing outside in the playground (the play equipment was hugely popular) the students enjoyed a range of experiences on their first day of Kinder Transition. We look forward to our transition program continuing in the ensuing weeks and all this has to offer.

The following is a prayer for our Kindergarten Transition children… 

 Christmas Food Drive – Grenfell Food Hall

Our school community can play an important part in renewing hope for many locals who face an uncertain Christmas. Together, we hope to bring relief to those who need it through a food drive. We aim to focus on collecting non-perishable food items for our local Grenfell Food Hall. 

Each week there will be a new category for the donations. Next week would like to start to collect food in plastic packets or bottles such as pasta, rice, salad dressings, cooking oil, etc., as well as food in tins and jars such as beans, spaghetti, corn, tuna, soups, tinned tomatoes, pasta sauce, stir fry sauce etc. Please send these items in if you can. 

Below is a list of the items we will be collecting on a week-by-week basis, but we are open to receiving them at any time during the drive. For all items, please check that expiry dates extend into 2022. Thank you in advance! 

Week 6: Food in plastic packets or bottles (pasta, rice, salad dressings, cooking oil etc.) and/or food in tins or jars (tuna, baked beans, soup, tinned tomatoes, pasta sauce etc.)

Week 7: Food that comes in a box (cereals, jelly, biscuits, cake mixes etc.)

Week 8: Treat food (chips, lollies, pavlova nest, long life custard, chocolate, crackers etc.)

 At the end of Week 8, all the items that we have collected will be delivered to the Grenfell Food Hall. 

Thanks for your support in this and all our school fundraising projects. 

Sacramental Program News

 Reconciliation and First Communion are both sacraments of initiation which form part of a child's spiritual journey. Sacraments sustain us and are visible signs through which the Christian Community celebrates God's loving presence or Grace. Congratulations to the children undertaking this journey.

 Sacramental meetings for Reconciliation and First Holy Communion have commenced. Meetings will be held at 6pm at St Joseph’s Church. One parent is to accompany their child to each of the meetings.

The remaining meetings will be held on the following dates:

• November 10^th
• November 17^th
• November 24^th

Please have your child bring their booklets with them to the meetings. The booklet for First Reconciliation was sent out last term and the First Holy Communion booklet is yet to be given out.

For more information, please contact Miss Schneider. Email:

danielle.schneider@cg.catholic.edu.au

Danielle Schneider

Acting Religious Education Coordinator