College Updates Term 1 Week 3 - 15 Feb 24

These dates may be subject to change at the discretion of the College and/or depending on COVID-19 restrictions. Any changes will be advised to parents and carers via Schoolzine.

Dear Parents and Carers

Today an announcement has been made that there will be a new direction in governance for Catholic Education within the Archdiocese. A link to the announcement is below for your information:

https://cgcatholic.org.au/about/our-archbishop/addresses-and-statements/new-era-in-governance-of-ce/

It is intended that very little will change within schools as a result of this governance change. Further updates will be provided as the initiative progresses.

Kind regards

Shane Giles

Dear Families,

This week we commenced the Church season of Lent in preparation for the celebration of Easter. We began with the traditions of Shrove Tuesday, which is a time to use up the perishables in the larder in preparation of the fasting of Lent. Also known as Pancake Tuesday, students shared  a pancake and ice cream morning tea!

Lent begins official on Ash Wednesday. Ash Wednesday traditions remind us of our mortality and the need to live lives of gospel values and faith. Community members are anointed with ashes to remind us of the dust of our creation. Throughout Lent, is a time of fasting and abstinence. During this time, we may abstain from eating meat on Friday, give up that special treat that we crave or resolve to take up a service activity.

Lumen Christi Catholic College supports Project Compassion as its Lenten commitment. Please join with us in supporting the work of Caritas around the world.

Be the Light of Christ

Shane

With the commencement of Lent, so is our introduction of the Lent Menu which is available every Friday.  To place a lunch order for Friday you must first choose the Lent Lunch Menu from the QKR! Dashboard.  The usual Lunch Summer Menu will not be available on Fridays.

NSW School Vaccination Program

In 2024 the following vaccines will be offered free to students at school:

• in Year 7 - diphtheria-tetanus-pertussis (dTpa) and human papillomavirus (HPV) on 4 April 2024
• in Year 10 - meningococcal ACWY vaccine on 27 February 2024.

Year 11 students that missed the Vaccinations last year can also register for a catch up vaccination.

Vaccination will only be provided at school if consent has been received.

How to Provide Consent:
1. To complete online consent for your child’s school vaccinations, visit: https://engage.health.nsw.gov.au/engage

2. For detailed steps on how to provide consent please refer to the NSW Health webpage How to Provide Consent.

3. Follow the steps to log in to your existing ServiceNSW account. This is the same account you may already use to renew your driver’s licence. If you don’t have a ServiceNSW account, refer to ServiceNSW to create one.

4. Update or confirm your personal details in ServiceNSW as required.

5. Complete the School Vaccination Consent Form for your child/ren. You will need to:
a) Enter your child’s personal details
b) Provide the Medicare card details for you and your child
c) Read the linked Parent Information Sheet and privacy statement. Translations available in 27 languages
d) Provide consent

The benefits of providing consent online: • easily update your child’s details • receive SMS and/or email notifications when vaccinations are given • faster upload of vaccination records to the Australian Immunisation Register (AIR).

For more information on routine school vaccinations, please visit www.health.nsw.gov.au/schoolvaccination. If you require information in your language, please visit: www.health.nsw.gov.au/immunisation/Pages/school_vaccination_language.aspx
If you or your child does not have internet access or a Medicare caNSW School Vaccination Program offers the following free vaccinations.

Paper consent forms are available for parents that are unable to register online at the front office or from your PC Teacher .

Dear Parents and Carers

A reminder for parents and carers of Year 7 students that consent is due tomorrow, 16th February.  Please log on to Compass and complete your consent for your child to attend the camp which is being held at Kianniny on 26th, 27th and 28th February 2024.

Dear Parents and Carers

Welcome to the 2024 school year.

As a way of welcoming new students and families, as well as welcoming back current Lumen Christi families, we are having a Primary Beach Picnic and activity afternoon. All Kinder to Year 6 students and their families are invited to come along to Pambula Beach to enjoy a picnic lunch in the park, followed by a games afternoon on Pambula Beach.

The picnic is a great way to begin our school year and gives both students and families the opportunity to meet each other and form new friendships. We also get to use our lovely beach environment to have a fun afternoon of games and activities.

Below are the details of the excursion:

• Friday, 16 of February 2024
• Pambula Life Saving Club, Pambula Beach
• 11.45am Depart Lumen and walk to Pambula Beach
• 3.10pm Arrive back at Lumen
• Students will walk to the beach in their class groups
• Students are invited to bring something to sit on, food to share with their friends and any equipment to play on the beach.

Dear Year 3 & 4 Parents/Carers,

Due to unforeseen circumstances the Stage 2 Geography excursion will no longer be taking place as planned on the 7^th May 2024. 

Kind Regards,

Alicia Kelly

Pickles are offering a 30% discount during the sale.  This discount will apply to in-store purchases from today and for all online purchases from 16 February 2024.