Term 3, Week 3 Friday 11th August 2023

Dear Parents and Caregivers,

On Tuesday 8 August, we gathered for a whole school Liturgy of the Word to celebrate the Feast of Saint Mary of the Cross. Mary Mackillop founded the order of the Sisters of Saint Joseph. The Sisters mission was to continue in Mary MacKillop’s passion to address the needs of the community. One such need, was providing an education for all children. St Margaret Mary’s School was original established by the Sisters of Saint Joseph in 1929. Each year, we celebrate our own special connection to St Mary of the Cross.

Catholic Charities
In response to the St Vincent de Paul Appeal, the Croydon Park volunteers are seeking further donations that will help address the increasing number of families turning to ‘Vinnies’ for assistance. As such Sr Catherine, is in short supply of packet items such as cereal, pasta or long-life milk. Any generous donations of cereals, packets and boxes of pasta or cartons of    long-life milk will be greatly appreciated.  White donation baskets will be placed in the Front Office entrance foyer from Monday 14 August (Week 4) to Friday 7 September (Week 7). Please note, I will invite Sr Catherine to collect donations each week or as needed to provide for those families seeking assistance from the parish. Thank you once again for your ongoing generosity.

Sacramental Student Workshop
On Wednesday 4 August; Anisha, Rose, Xavier, Kayleen, Rosalie, Aria, Javier, Cameron, Jayne-Louiz and Abrihet attended a Sacramental Student Workshop at St Patricks School in Mansfield Park. Our ten candidates joined other students from Whitefriars, St Patrick and families within the parish. Special thanks to Ms Brown, who attended the workshop and assisted our candidates to reflect on the ‘Sacraments of Initiation’ through various art and craft activities.

Liturgies and Masses
We warmly invite anyone who is able, to join us for the following; Year 1 and Year 2 Liturgies of the Word and Year 3/4 and Year 5/6 parish Masses. Each of these celebrations will be held in St Margaret Mary’s Church, please enter via the front office or the Torrens Road church entrance.

Sacramental Rehearsal and Ceremony Dates:
The following rehearsals, ceremonies and Masses for Confirmation and First Holy Communion will he held in St Margaret Mary’s Church.

Please note: The children receiving the Sacrament of Confirmation are required to attend the rehearsal with their Sponsor on Thursday 24 August.

If you have any questions please send an email to matthew.harrison@smms.catholic.edu.au or contact the parish office directly on 8346 0944.

Have a good weekend everyone.

Matthew Harrison

Dear Parents/Caregivers

I hope that the first few weeks of Term 3 have been happy and healthy!

Please remember that if your child is unwell, we would prefer that you keep them home.  Many students are being sent to the sick room and parents are having to be called to pick their children up.  Your support with this is much appreciated.

Book Week

Book Week will be celebrated across Australia from Saturday 19 – Friday 25 August. The theme this year is ‘Read, Grow, Inspire’. All classes have been sharing the nominated books from the Children’s Book Council and doing some activities around this during their library lessons. We will celebrate Book Week with our annual Book Week Dress Up and Parade on Friday 25 August starting at 10:15am. We hope that you will be able to join us.

This is the same date as our School Disco – so it’s going to be a fun and exciting day and evening for everyone!

School Disco

Don't forget to purchase tickets via the Qkr! app by Thursday 24th August.

Thank you to those people who have donated party bag items.  If you would like to donate prizes or party bag items please bring them to the office.

NO HAT NO PLAY!
Students are getting back into the routine of wearing their hat each day. Please help your child to remember to bring their SMMS hat each day – our wide brimmed school hat is required for all outside play and PE lessons and carnivals. Please clearly label the hat with your child’s name. Our uniform shop has everything you need for your child – please visit Rosie Tuesday afternoons and Friday mornings.

CROSS COUNTRY

Well done to the 23 Cross Country runners who participated in the SACPSSA Cross Country Carnival event yesterday in the Adelaide Parklands. Students ran 2km around the parklands and should be proud of their efforts! Thanks to Celeste Brown and Greig Graham who supported the students.

Best wishes

Belinda Elliott
Assistant Principal

SAVE THE DATE: DRESS UP PARADE

FRIDAY 25^TH AUGUST, 10:15AM-10:45AM

Children are invited to dress up on this day. No scary costumes or weapons please.

Parents are welcome to come along and watch the children parade.

PRE-LOVED BOOK SALE

Start saving your silver coins!

During Week 5 there will be some pre-loved books for sale. 20c for each book.

***Stay tuned for more information and costume ideas.***

Wynter is currently enjoying tropical Thailand to watch her Dad compete in the Australian team at the World Championships (Olympics for dragonboat racing).  Here they are at the opening ceremony on Monday night.

We look forward to hearing all about it when they return.