Dear parents and carers,

The children had a great day last Friday dressed in mufti and sporting crazy hair for the gold coin collection for Save the Children. Thank you to the Minnie Vinnies group and many of the other students for their concern for displaced children in many of the world’s conflict zones at present. Mufti Day gave us the opportunity to play our part in supporting these children and their families. Thank you for your kind donations!

Thank you also to Sheridan Hunter and Sally Metcalfe for arranging the delicious Meal Deal. The children thoroughly enjoyed this treat, and it helped make the day fun and memorable.

Athletics Carnival – Friday 31st May

It is just over a week until the St Joseph’s Athletics Carnival which will see children K-6 competing in a wide range of track, field, and novelty events. This event will take place at the Henry Lawson High School and we hope many parents and friends will be available to join us and cheer the children on!

A great day of sport is assured!

(Due to the Athletics carnival, Playgroup will be cancelled and reconvene on Friday 7th June.)

Parents will have received a message via Compass with the program for the day. The students come to school first before moving to the High School for the event with K/1 joining us at 11.30. The children all need their hats, water bottles, snack and lunch, PE Kit including and jacket/jumper for when they cool down between events

Henry Lawson Festival

The main dates to remember are:

Poetry Recitation Thursday 6th June Grenfell Public School

Festival Parade Saturday 8th June Grenfell CBD

Poetry Recitation

Next Thursday, 6th June, the whole school will participate in the Poetry Recitation at Grenfell Public School. Recitation Day aims to foster an awareness of Australian verse among students, as well as give them the opportunity and confidence to perform before an audience and an adjudicator; thus building experience and confidence in public speaking. 

Book prizes of Australian literature will be awarded for all sections winners. Highly commended and commended cards will be awarded, and all entrants will receive a card for their participation in the Henry Lawson Festival.

Thank you, parents and carers, for supporting the children in preparing for the poetry recital. To complete their performance, the children are encouraged to dress up for the recital or carry a prop or both. Parents are of course very welcome to come along on the day and hear the children recite their poems.

Henry Lawson Festival Parade

This year's theme is "Up the Country" and staff and students have been busy discussing our Parade entry. We have decided to break up some of the theme of the poem and allocate outfits to the different classes. We hope that all members of the school will participate in the parade which is scheduled for Saturday 8th June.

K/1 will be organising some masks to dress as a herd of sheep to lead our parade entry and 5/6 will find their best drover/swagman inspired outfits to help move the sheep along. 2/3/4 will be discussing the variety of animals mentioned in the poem ranging from reptiles to birds and making masks to match to complete our portion of the procession. 

By now, families should have received a letter outlining arrangements for the parade with a slip to return to register whether your child will be participating. Please do return the slip by Monday 3rd June.

If you have any issues or need further information, please contact Mr M through the school number or lachlan.martens@cg.catholic.edu.au. 

In Conclusion…

The Athletics Carnival is scheduled for tomorrow, Friday 31st May. Unfortunately, the weather forecast is not encouraging at this point. We are pleased to inform you that Henry Lawson High School has confirmed that we are able to postpone the event to the following Friday 7th June, if required. Should the rain arrive as predicted or if it is forecast on Friday morning, a message will be sent via Compass to inform you that we will have school as usual, and the Carnival will be rescheduled to the following Friday.

For more details of the Carnival, please see the Sport Report later in this newsletter.

With best wishes,