TERM 4:

Monday, 31st October

Article: Healthy Eating Habits for Children

Key facts

• Healthy eating in childhood reduces your child’s chance of developing health problems as they get older.
• A healthy, balanced diet includes foods from all 5 food groups: fruit, vegetables, grains, proteins and dairy.
• Foods high in sugar, saturated fat and salt aren’t necessary for a healthy diet and should be limited.
• Cooking and eating healthy foods together as a family can help your child develop healthy eating habits for life.
• If your child has specific dietary needs or restrictions, your doctor or dietician can help you make sure their diet is healthy and balanced.

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All students and staff have participated in a unique fundraiser by drawing mini-versions of themselves. All these drawings were put together to be printed on tea towels that will be available to buy very soon. The image can be viewed by clicking on the link below.

Please contact the school office if you would like to order tea towels. Order forms will be sent home within the next few days.

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Religious News: Thursday the 20 th of October.

This Sunday is World Mission Sunday. Each year, the second last Sunday of October is dedicated to World Mission Sunday. It offers us the opportunity to celebrate 200 years of Missions. Pope Francis, in his 2022 World Mission Sunday message, invites everyone to answer the call to be a missionary, sharing that “Mission is carried out together, not individually.”
The link below is a beautiful song that was sung by Andrew Chinn’s daughter.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=A0KfFoVqh1k

“Socktober”

This coming Monday the 24 th of October, students are asked to come to school in their school uniform, with the addition of wearing socks in

a crazy way. Please bring a gold coin donation which we will forward on to Catholic Missions to assist in the goat-rearing farm in Ethiopia.
We will also be making our soccer balls. Please send clean, old socks and or rags to assist us with this activity.

Liturgies: Tomorrow our Grades Three and Four students will be leading our Liturgical Assembly at 2:30 in St Mary Mackillop Hall. The theme for our Liturgy is Justice. Catholic Social Justice teaches us that all people are made in the image of God. As God is love, we were created to love and be in a relationship with each other. Human dignity is upheld when each person’s needs are met and when he or she lives in harmony with others in a community that together pursues the common good. Catholic Social Justice teaches us to look at reality through the eyes of those who have been made poor by oppression and injustice. We do this when we join together to end poverty. 
During Term Four our students are reflecting on elements of Catholic Social Teaching and how can they make a difference.

Kind Regards,
Sue Benc

TRANSITION TO HIGH SCHOOL - A MOTHER'S PERSPECTIVE

How I prepared my son (and myself) for his transition to high school.

I wasn’t expecting to feel so sad at the thought of my first child starting high school.

Philip, 12, is counting down the days until his primary school experience is over and he begins high school. Every couple of days we have a meeting or an assembly or some sort of event marking the completion of his primary education and I keep waiting for him to feel sad at the thought of leaving the only school he has ever known...

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Many in our school community continue to face financial challenges from the effects of of the pandemic.

We are committed to supporting families experiencing financial challenges through

our School Fee Concession programs, and encourage any parent/carer/guardian experiencing difficulties to contact us regarding fee assistance.

Please contact Deborah at disemann@stmyarram.catholic.edu.au to explore confidential financial support arrangements or to obtain further information.

Book Club catalogues have been sent home with the students.  Orders are due back on Monday, 24th October.

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