The recent relaxation of COVID restrictions has seen the reintroduction of several routines which had been absent from school life for some time. One such routine is our Morning Assembly which is held each morning before the children enter the building to begin lessons. The assembly begins with a Welcome to Country followed by a Morning Prayer which is led by our Year Six children. It includes an acknowledgement of the day’s birthdays and general announcements.

Morning Assembly was reintroduced on Monday morning in beautiful Autumnal weather.

Mother’s Day Breakfast
A reminder that a breakfast for our mothers will be served from 7.30am on Friday morning in our Junior Playground. I understand many of our parents have felt quite dislocated from our school community during the Pandemic. It is for this reason that we have moved so quickly once Restrictions were eased to hold a function to enable parents to gather and enjoy each other’s company once again.

Our 50^th anniversary Committee will be holding a special fundraiser on the morning. All profits will be put towards reducing the price of tickets for our Anniversary dinner in September.

Egg and bacon rolls will be served by our staff for mothers and children. The morning will conclude at 8.30am with a blessing for all mothers.

Please bring some gold coins as a donation to help defray costs.

Enrolment Period
We are now approaching the mid-point of the Official Enrolment Period and as such I would like to remind our current families that it is important to submit your application as soon as possible. I would be grateful if you could pass this message onto anyone who is considering enrolling their child into our 2023 cohort at St Matthew’s.

Next Wednesday our school will be open to any prospective families for a tour and Information session.  Tours will begin at 5.00pm with the Information Session following.

The enrolment application link is included for your convenience: https://cg.catholic.edu.au/parents/enrolment/

Election Day Barbeque
Once again, our school will be used as a Polling Booth on Election Day. In past years our parent community has hosted a barbeque which has been a great money spinner for our school. If you are interested in coordinating the Barbeque on the day, please contact me. Once we have a Coordinator, we will arrange a roster of volunteers.

Finally happy Mother’s Day to all our mothers on Sunday.