School Vision
St Matthew’s School empowers children to embrace life-long learning and grow and develop as God intends.
Prayer
God grant me the serenity to accept the things I cannot change;
courage to change the things I can;
and wisdom to know the difference.
Living one day at a time;
Enjoying one moment at a time;
Accepting hardships as the pathway to peace;
Taking, as He did, this sinful world as it is, not as I would have it;
Trusting that He will make all things right if I surrender to His will;
That I may be reasonably happy in this life
and supremely happy with Him Forever in the next
Amen.
Dear Parents and Carers
Congratulations to all our merit award winners who were announced at last Friday’s assembly.
It is lovely to celebrate all the wonderful achievements of our students.
Christmas Hamper Appeal – St Vincent de Paul
The gift of giving at Christmas time helps us to provide food or gifts to those less fortunate. A Christmas tree has been set up in the undercover area at school. Please send in either nonperishable food items, or a gift for a child, to place in the baskets under the tree. These items will be donated to St Vincent de Paul at our Thanksgiving Mass on Wednesday 11 December. A big thank you to Sr Sahaya for organizing this appeal.
Year 1 & 2 Prayer Service
Students from Years 1 & 2 recently celebrated with a prayer service in the Year 1 classroom. Children in these classes sang songs about love and heard prayers about forgiveness and saying sorry. It was lovely to see so many parents and grandparents attend. A big thank you to Miss Evans for organizing this service.
Christmas Concert & BYO Picnic Dinner – 6pm
Parents and friends are invited to our school Christmas Concert at 6pm on Wednesday 4 December. All students from Pre-Primary to Year 6 will be performing in the concert and are required to be at school by 5.45pm to meet their teachers in their classroom prior to the start of the concert. Following the concert, all families are encouraged to enjoy a BYO picnic dinner. Please feel free to invite family and friends to celebrate with us at this joyous time of the year.
Swimming Lessons PP- Year 2
On Monday students from Pre-primary to Year 2 will commence a two-week program of swimming lessons. All these lessons have been scheduled in the afternoon. Students will travel by bus to the Narrogin Recreation Centre for these lessons.
Booklists for 2020
Booklists for 2020 will be sent home shortly. You may choose to complete your order online by 20 December or submit your booklist locally. Please view instructions attached to booklist.
Annual General Meeting 2019
A reminder that we have our Annual General Meeting this Tuesday 26 November at 6.30pm in the school library. At this meeting, our P&F and School Board will present their reports, and staffing for the 2020 school year will be announced. Please join us for the hospitality provided after the meeting.
May God bless your week
Natalia Thomson
Principal
