Wishing everyone a Happy, Restful and Safe Holiday break

Greetings!

I write this newsletter in the aftermath of the excitement and humility of being re-appointed as the Deputy Principal of this inspiring learning community. Thank you to everyone who kept me in their prayers and thoughts as I went through the process of applying for and winning this position. Thank you also to those who have gone out of their way to congratulate me on my re-appointment. I look forward to continuing to work with you all and to watching your child flourish and graduate from St. Martin’s Catholic Primary School.

During Term 1 and 2, students from Years 2 – 6 participated in Numerical Acumen.

Numerical Acumen aims to:

• Increase the speed at which students recall basic number facts.
• Develop confidence and improve student use of mental computation strategies.
• Support student ability to apply mental computation strategies confidently in a range of situations.

St Martin’s would like to celebrate the special achievements of the following students:

Achievement Awards

Cortez, Ashel, Yashil, Gurman, Connor G, Connor W, Aryan, Sneh, Akhil, Brahm, Hiral, Deen, Shania, Sahil, Riya, Ben, Tayrn, Dhairya, Yeon-Sue, Aaron, Abigail, Navreet, Dhyey, Diyon, Fairy, Tyler, Gurshan.

Inspirational Awards

Gurman, Aryan, Ashel, Cortez, Brahm, Sneh, Akhil, Yashil, Tyler, Abigail, Fairy, Dhyey, Riya, Navreet, Sahil.

We also congratulate Year 4G for receiving the award for Inspirational Middle Primary School of the Year for South Australia.

The efforts of all of the students at St Martin’s who participated in Numerical Acumen earned St Martin’s third place as Inspirational School of the Year.

25^th Sunday in Ordinary Time – Year A – 20 September 2020 - Mt 20:1-16 - Parable of the Workers in the Vineyard.

by Fr Michael Tate - No Salvation Outside the Church?

This is a story of the day labourers of Jesus’ time. The ‘early birds’ contracted for the just wage of one denarius and did the hard work over the course of a long day. They were outraged when latecomers also received a denarius.

This little parable circulated in the Christian community of the first century because there was great antagonism between the Jews who became followers of Jesus and the non-Jews, the ‘Gentiles’. Jewish Christians looked at their long history of hardship preparing for the coming of the Messiah. And, now, here were these Gentiles who had done nothing by comparison, and God appeared to be granting them whatever it took to enjoy the ‘daily bread’ of the Kingdom of God.

Jewish Christians had to be shocked out of their idea that God’s grace could not be lavished on those outside the boundaries of the Chosen People.

We could pause to pray to be taken by happy surprise by those billions of people outside the Church who, by the grace of God, will share with us ‘the Bread of Life’, given for the salvation of all the world.

Are you aware that Monday, 12th October is a Pupil Free Day?

Term 4 commences on Tuesday, 13th October 2020.

There will be an additional Uniform Shop opening time on Thursday, 8th October from 10.00am - 2.00pm.  A reminder that all students are required to wear their summer uniform in Term 4.