St Columbkille's Catholic Parish Primary School Corrimal eNewsletter

Religious Education News

Laudato Si Week

As you know it is Laudato Si week where we think about the letter that Pope Francis wrote to all human beings.

In His letter he asked that we all find ways to care for our common home - planet Earth. To try to reduce our waste by recycling the things that we can, using FOGO and putting rubbish in the correct place.

Our Enviro Ninjas, the Friday morning gardeners and the Yr 5 bin kids have been doing a wonderful job of composting your Crunch’n’sip scraps and feeding some to the worms. The worms have been creating good, rich soil for our plants to grow. And a Big thank you all of you, who come to school with a trash free lunch box.

The next action we would like to try is to save our drink containers from going into the red top bins and going to landfill. Most of us have our own re-reusable drink bottle, but if you have any bottles or juice boxes, could you please put them in the crates around the school so we can recycle them and earn money for St Vincent de Paul.

Ms Lauren Ah Tong

Year 4 Classroom Teacher

Our Enviro Ninjas have been busy this week educating classes about being "stewards of creation."

Our Year 3 "Patch" students have been busy in the garden and looking after all of God's creatures.

Botanic Gardens Day

Plant yourself at Wollongong Botanic Gardens from 10am this Sunday 26 May for a Botanic Gardens Day smorgasbord of free, nature-focused tours, talks and activities. Pioneered right here in Wollongong, the national day celebrates the role of plants in our lives and the work botanic gardens do to conserve and protect for future generations. Our Wollongong Botanic Gardens Curator, Felicity Skoberne, has promised an overgrown program for nature lovers young and old. For more information click on the link below

Botanic Gardens Day

National Reconciliation Week

From the 27 May-3rd June, Australians celebrate National Reconciliation Week. The theme for 2024 is "NOW MORE THAN EVER." During class lessons students will have the opportunity to learn more about this topic, as well as be a part of two zoom learning opportunities about Indigenous authors and Coomaditchie artwork.

120 Year School Celebration

On Friday 7th June @ 9.15am St Columbkille's will celebrate both the feast day of our saint, Saint Columbkille, along with the 120 year anniversary of our school. Preparations are underway for our special mass, will be led by Father Anthony and our school band, the Cobras. We will also acknowledge those students receiving the annual St Columbkille award, for demonstrating an understanding and commitment to their faith.

Sacramental Update

Enrolment forms must be returned as soon as possible if your child is making their Confirmation (Year 6), First Holy Communion (Year 3) or First Reconciliation (Year 2). These forms may be collected from the office.

Parish/Family Mass

Last Thursday evening we were able to celebrate a Liturgy of the Word with Holy Communion in place of our usual Mass. Thank you to Ms Ah Tong, Miss DeFrancesco and those Stage 2 students who read and were a part of this celebration. Our next get together will be on Sunday 9th June at St Columbkille's Church commencing at 9.30am.

Jo Herring - Religious Education Coordinator