A special Faith in Action Team (FIAT) event happened on Monday 10th September for all Year 5 students. The Year of Youth Celebration Day!
The Year of Youth Celebration Day was a response to the launch of the Year of Youth in 2018. ‘Open New Horizons for Spreading Joy’ was the theme for the day.
Students participated in a comprehensive whole-day program, coordinated by St Michael’s Faith in Action Team teachers, assisted by nine volunteers and supported by Year 5 teachers. Students were able to ask questions and listen to responses relating to vocations and the life of the Church, with our Parish Priest, Fr Wim Hoekstra. Paul Fam [St Michael’s Youth Minister ], Sr Rosie Drum [Assistant Director of Catholic Youth Parramatta], and Parramatta Diocesan Youth Leaders engaged in discussion, activities, prayer, praise and worship experiences with our Year 5 students.
The day of engagement included purposeful Creative Arts activities, [dance, music, drama and visual art] with the themes of faith, mercy and love. There were many opportunities on the day for our school and parish communities to build stronger connections.
Through their participation in the Year of Youth Celebration Day, Year 5 students have developed a deeper understanding of how important their role is as young people in our church and have been inspired to actively live their faith.
St Michael's Catholic Primary Baulkham Hills
www.stmichaelsbhills.catholic.edu.au
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29 Sep 2023
From Facebook
Our students had the best day ever when they took part in our "Colour-a-thon". They danced, cheered, twisted and played lots of colourful games. A huge thank you to our families for their generous donations and to our sponsors for the fabulous prizes! ❤️🧡💛💙💚💜🖤 🤩🏃🏃♀️🏃♂️![563943395785443_700811145432000-1]()
28 Sep 2023
From Facebook
St Michael's celebrated Mrs Maka's retirement by putting on a wonderful showcase of the children's talent. Every grade gave a performance that was outstanding. They took Mrs Maka on a journey through the years of music that was part of her life during the last 40 years. The scripts and the changes to the words of the songs made it very meaningful for her and the dancing was fabulous. The Choir and the Band also performed and were just amazing. Everyone who visits St Michael's acknowledges that our children are so well mannered and welcoming. Mrs Maka's children & grandchildren, the Deputy Executive Director of Catholic Schools Diocese of Parramatta and two of Mrs Maka's Principal colleagues who joined us for the farewell concert were totally amazed by the children’s talent, their behaviour and their welcome to the special visitors. What a fabulous send off St Michael's, we are so very proud of you all 🥰 Farewell Mrs Maka and God Bless you always 🫶
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29 Sep 2023
From Facebook
Our students had the best day ever when they took part in our "Colour-a-thon". They danced, cheered, twisted and played lots of colourful games. A huge thank you to our families for their generous donations and to our sponsors for the fabulous prizes! ❤️🧡💛💙💚💜🖤 🤩🏃🏃♀️🏃♂️
28 Sep 2023
From Facebook
St Michael's celebrated Mrs Maka's retirement by putting on a wonderful showcase of the children's talent. Every grade gave a performance that was outstanding. They took Mrs Maka on a journey through the years of music that was part of her life during the last 40 years. The scripts and the changes to the words of the songs made it very meaningful for her and the dancing was fabulous. The Choir and the Band also performed and were just amazing. Everyone who visits St Michael's acknowledges that our children are so well mannered and welcoming. Mrs Maka's children & grandchildren, the Deputy Executive Director of Catholic Schools Diocese of Parramatta and two of Mrs Maka's Principal colleagues who joined us for the farewell concert were totally amazed by the children’s talent, their behaviour and their welcome to the special visitors. What a fabulous send off St Michael's, we are so very proud of you all 🥰 Farewell Mrs Maka and God Bless you always 🫶
28 Sep 2023
From Facebook
Congratulations to our Term 3 'Student and Citizen of the Term' students👏 Well done to you all and keep up the wonderful effort 🤩
28 Sep 2023
From Facebook
At the 'Annual Year 6 Rotary Writing Competition' last week April Williams won third prize for her story and Emma O'Brien and Xavier Parker were Finalists. St Michael's also won third prize in the overall school award. A very successful evening 👏 Congratulations April, Emma & Xavier, we're very proud of you. 🤩
28 Sep 2023
From Facebook
Congratulations to our junior boys relay team who competed at the MacKillop carnival last week. The boys placed 11th with an incredible time and had a great time on the day. Well done boys 👏🏅
12 Sep 2023
From Facebook
On Tuesday the 5th of September, our St Michael's netball teams travelled to Penrith for the Netball Gala Day. What a wonderful day it was, with three St Michael's teams taking out first place in their age division! The best part of the day was the amazing sportsmanship shown by our teams and the encouragement they gave each other. Thank you so much to all of the parents and carers who put their time and skills into training sessions, coaching and umpiring on the day. 🤩
11 Sep 2023
From Facebook
What an amazing opportunity our students had. Mrs Maka and Mrs Fleming accompanied 8 students to Lunch With the Stars at Dee Why. 20 renowned authors and illustrators were in attendance. Two guest speakers spoke, Wai Chi and Mike Barry. Wai Chi spoke about her books and how she was inspired by her experience on Australian Survivor to write her latest picture book 'Last Place Lin' and Mike Barry showed the audience how he creates the images for his Action Tank graphic novels. At lunchtime, the students got to meet all the authors. A big thank you to Heritage Bank for sponsoring our table and Jean Saxby who was the lovely author that was seated at our table. Mrs Fleming was especially pleased to take an armful of signed books back to the library. #HeritageBank
09 Sep 2023
From Facebook
Oh, What a Night! Our talented Years 3 -6 students performed "Pirates of the Curry Bean" this week. Congratulations to all of our students on their outstanding performances. A huge thank you to our wonderful music teacher Mrs Lyndall Parker for her work in teaching, producing and directing this magnificent production. We appreciate all the time she has given to make this musical a success. Thank you to Mrs Amanda Feil, our talented dance teacher, who gave up so many recesses and lunchtimes to teach our talented dancers. Thank you to Mr David Ison who helped at all the rehearsals and performances with the audiovisual. Thank you to Mrs Harding, Mr and Mrs Wilkins and Mrs Yu for all the wonderful props they have made and to Mrs Reid for printing and distributing the tickets and programs. Thank you to all staff, teaching staff, teacher assistants and office staff who all contributed in some way to make the school concert a huge success. 🤩🙌👩🎤🎤🎼🩰
04 Sep 2023
From Facebook
We are getting excited for our Colour-a-thon on September 13. A huge thank you to our generous sponsors. 🏃 🔴🟠🟡🟢🔵🟣 🏃♀️ #lollipopscastlehill #motiv8sports #illagorestaurant #enzoscucinanorthmead #thehillslodge #kellyvillepets #sirculo #ultimatenorthmead #bakersdelightkellyville #ragingwaters #bunningscastlehill #stickwithtorilou
02 Sep 2023
From Facebook
Father's Day BBQ What a fabulous morning we had. Hundreds of people arriving, the smell of sausages in the air and the happiness on the children's and dad's faces.😀 St Michael's school community were overwhelming in their response to a request for volunteers. A big thank you to the 20+ volunteers who came in before 7am to start the preparation and cooking. We appreciate your support and enthusiasm. Your help made all the difference to the success of this wonderful event. 🥳 A huge thank you to Mr Frank Pagano, our GA, for his great support and to Mrs Janelle Reid for ordering, organising and picking up all our catering requirements. Your commitment to the St Michael's community is very much appreciated. Wishing everyone an enjoyable Father's Day on Sunday ☺️
01 Sep 2023
From Facebook
St Michael’s is proud to support Jersey Day 2023. Enjoy the staff video!! 😁 #jerseydayau #donatelife
31 Aug 2023
From Facebook
A huge thank you to our wonderful Teacher Assistants! We are so grateful for everything you do 💐