2025 Newsletter Term 3 Week 8
Letter from the Principal - Brad Toole
Dear Parents,
This week is National Child Protection Week.
At All Hallows we put children first by prioritising their safety and wellbeing.
We are committed to providing a safe environment for all students, parents and staff. All staff in our schools promote child safety by having a clear understanding of their child protection responsibilities.
If you have a concern, we encourage parents and students to talk to the Principal or other senior staff members at the school. At times you may feel it is not appropriate to speak with the Principal, if this is the case please contact the office of Catholic Education Diocese of Bathurst, Phone 6338 3000. We will listen to your concerns and offer assistance, all complaints and allegations are taken seriously and responded to with sensitivity.
This year's theme is "Every Conversation Matters"
A times families may need support, some useful phone numbers are:
Lifeline Ph. 131144
Kids Help Line Ph. 1800 551800
1800 RESPECT National Sexual Assault Domestic Violence Counselling Service
School Production
Thanks everyone for your support in our ‘All Hallows - The Amazing Race’ Production. All the feedback has been very positive and we are so proud of all our students.
It was really a community effort and the staff and students would like to thank the following people for their contributions:
Annette Bruce, Amanda Searle, Amanda Watts, Pip Cliff, Vessick Johnsson, Mel Stuart, Alex Toole, Emma Bowen and Rebecca Stubbs.
We would also like to thank the Buckle, Menchin, Rogers and Clift children for their help with the props.
Sorry if I have missed anyone that helped out. We appreciate you all greatly!
Check out our Facebook page for all the fantastic photos - All Hallows Catholic Primary School
Compass Permissions Currently Requiring Parent Approval
Selected Year 5/6 Students Christmas Art Bathurst - Friday 12th September
Year 5/6 Green Day Mudgee - Thursday 11th September
Kindergarten Zoo Excursion - Friday 19th September
R.E Matters
The theme for 2025 is…
All Hallows - People of Hope
2025 is a Year of Jubilee!
A New Saint
A special event took place in Rome last weekend. The Catholic Church named two new saints.
One of these was a young man named Carlo Acutis
Pope Leo XIVll canonised Carlo Acutis in Rome.
Carlo was the only child of wealthy, educated Italian parents who were not particularly religious. He first learnt about God through his nannies and tutors. Even as a toddler he showed amazing awareness of the love of Jesus and was drawn to attending Mass. He was educated in Catholic schools and showed kindness to those kids who were being picked on. He always defended them. Carlo was a devout Italian Catholic teenager known for his love of technology and for creating a website showcasing Eucharistic miracles. These miracles inspired many and helped him on a path to sainthood. He was beatified in 2020 and is known as "God's Influencer" for how he used his computer skills to share his faith and encourage others to live a holy life. His life was short, dying of leukemia at the young age of 15, but his deep faith, love for the Eucharist, and acts of kindness toward the poor made a lasting impact. Carlo taught “To always be close to Jesus, that’s my life plan” May we too have the grace we need to become like Carlo.
What really counts in life is the nobility of the soul or the manner in which we love God and neighbour. . . all men and women are created by God. – Carlo Acutis.
SPORT
POLDING ATHLETICS
Good luck to Braxton, Aliyah, Rory and Brycen who will be representing the Bathurst Diocese at the Polding Athletics Carnival in Newcastle on Friday. We are very proud of your efforts!
TOUCH FOOTY GALA DAY
Yesterday students from Years 3 – 6 travelled to Mudgee to play Touch Footy in Touch Footy Gala Day. This annual carnival is a great opportunity for fun and friendship through sport as we compete for the ‘Dave Aldridge Shield’ for good sportsmanship. It was a wonderful day and our teams were all complimented for their skill, improvement throughout the day and indeed their good sportsmanship. Many thanks to the teachers and parents from the three schools, who managed our eight teams throughout the day. We are grateful that the day is run by NSW Touch Football and supported by Mudgee Touch association and thank them for their effort.
DIOCESAN SUMMER SPORTS TRIALS
The Bathurst Diocesan Summer Sports Trials for 2026 will be held in Dubbo on Thursday 20th November (Touch Footy, Softball and Cricket) and Friday 21stNovember ( Basketball and Tennis) and are open to students in Yr 4 and Yr 5.
These trials are used to select members for the Bathurst Diocesan team to compete at the Polding selection Trials in 2026 for cricket, basketball, tennis, touch footy and softball. Students from all schools in the Bathurst Diocese are invited to attend the trials. This is a selection trial, with skill and game components, which will allow all students the opportunity to best show what they can do. Students wishing to trial MUST display a HIGH standard of ABILITY in these sports to warrant being sent to the trials. They should be involved in REGULAR COMPETITION and have a SOUND KNOWLEDGE OF THE RULES of the game.
Any student wishing to attend the Summer Sports Trials will need to see Ms Statham.
An information note will be sent out at the beginning of Term 4.
End of Day Messages
Can we please ask that all end of day messages involving changes to regular routines are phoned into the office prior to 2.45pm. This will ensure that all messages are delivered accurately and in a timely manner to the students before the end of the day. Your assistance with this is appreciated.
Green Day
Tomorrow Year 5 & 6 will head to Mudgee for the annual Green Day expo. It is a great day that teaches a lot about looking after the environment and being a more sustainable person for our future. Miss Holt and Mr Rogers will join Mr Toole for the day.
Christmas Art
This Friday Mr Toole and Mrs Clift will take our seven students from the Xmas Art team to the finals in Bathurst. They will attend a liturgy, watch the awards and have lunch at Cathedral school in Bathurst before returning back to school.
The bus will leave at 8.45am and return by 3.20pm.
End of Year Presentation
After careful consideration we have made the decision to hold this year's awards ceremony during the school day instead of during the evening. The reason we have made the decision is we want to give all students the opportunity to be at the awards ceremony. We have noticed a trend over recent years of less students attending the night time presentation evening. We will evaluate after the Presentation afternoon this year.
Our Awards Assembly will be held on Thursday 11th December at 1pm at Memorial Hall.
Pupil Free Days
Advanced warning that our 3rd and 4th Pupil Free Days for the year will be held on:
Monday 13th October - Monday Term 4 Week 1 (Students return Tuesday 14th October)
Friday 7th November - Friday Term 4 Week 4
KOALA Club
We look forward to meeting with our new friends again tomorrow!
We have planned our ‘Koala Club’ transition dates and parent information sessions for people that have students that will be starting in Kinder in 2026.
Key Dates:
Term 3:
- Koala Club 2 - 11th September 9.30am - 12.30pm
- Koala Club 3 - 18th September 9.30am - 12.30pm
Term 4:
- Koala Club 4 - 16th October 9.30am - 2.30pm
- Koala Club 5 - 30th October 9.30am - 2.30pm
- Koala Club 6 - 13th November 9.30am - 2.30pm
- Koala Club 7 - 27th November 9.30am - 2.30pm
- Kinder Readiness / Information Meeting 27/11/25 2.30pm (School Hall)
Canteen - Flexischools
From Term 4, All Hallows Gulgong will be using Flexischools for online ordering and cashless payments for our school Canteen.
We're excited to announce our school canteen is now online with Flexischools, so you can order
and pay for lunches online or via the Flexischools app - no more looking for
change or scrawling on paper bags!
With Flexischools you can:
• Place and pay for canteen orders in seconds
• See up-to-date menus and items
• Quickly re-order family favourites
Simply download the Flexischools app from the Apple or Google store and follow the prompts to
create an account. You can also register online.
Once set up, click “Order Food” to place your order and pay. Orders can be placed at any time,
up until our specified daily cut-off (as shown in the app).
You can even set up a student login and let your child take charge of ordering – great for growing
independence.
We encourage all families to use Flexischools to help us create an efficient cashless experience
at the canteen, and simplify school life.
About Flexischools
Flexischools is Australia's number 1 school ordering solution and operates in more than 2000 schools across Australia. Flexischools helps parents and students to order and pay for school lunches, uniform shop items, and school community events online or via the Flexischools app.
Flexischools takes a market leading approach to information security, having received ISO 27001 certification for its information security management system, and has also successfully participated in the Safer Technologies 4 Schools (ST4S) process - a national standardised approach to evaluating digital products and services used by schools across Australia.
P&F
Save The Date
Friday 31st October 2025 5.00pm - All Hallows P&F School Bazaar
Uniform Shop Opening Hours
Our P&F uniform Shop is open on Tuesday mornings 8.30am - 9.15am. Should you need items outside this time please message through the P&F Facebook page and someone from the P&F will arrange a collection from the office for uniform items.
Student Wellbeing
Merit Awards - Wk 7 Term 3
Kinder Zaya, Clay
Year 1 Indy-Rose, Blair
Year 2 Bonnie-Blue, Lukas
Year 3 Alexis, Ruby
Year 4 Ruby, Michaela, Zion
Year 5 Anna, Ivy, Elsie
Year 6 Dylan, Noah, Olivia, Dakota, Pippa
Halos: Ivy, Alexis, Albert, Winter, Logan T, Willow, Ruby T, Lilly, Wayne, Jack B
NOTICEBOARD
