RETURN TO SCHOOL

We are so excited…..we hope you are too!

We are really looking forward to seeing all of our students back at school on Monday for our final week of term. You have been sent a letter from the Director of our Diocese around what this means for us. We are disappointed that parents and carers are unable to come into school yet, but this is certainly a small concern in comparison to welcoming students back to some very eager teachers and peers! Please read this carefully to ensure you are ready for the return we have been longing for.

Please continue to think of and pray for those areas of NSW who continue to be in lockdown. Having spoken with colleagues in Sydney over the past week, they have been in this situation for all of Term 3 with the end in sight still some time away. 

STAFF DEVELOPMENT DAY TERM 4

After considering the amount of time students have been away from school and the demands on families, we have made the decision to postpone our Staff Development Day from the first day of Term 4 to part way through the term. We are now planning for this day to be on Friday 5th November (Term 4, Week 5).

Please mark this date in your calendar for forward planning. Child minding will be offered on this day. Any parents requiring care for their child/children on that day are asked to please contact the Office Aunties or email us at sjpport@lism.catholic.edu.au to book. We will need to have bookings finalised by 3:00pm Friday 29th October to facilitate staffing for the day.

JUST FOR FUN

Here are the answers to last week’s riddles. How did you go? 

1. A joke
2. A coin
3. A Piano
4. A Grandfather, Father and Son
5. A Needle
6. A map
7. Your name
8. Emojis 
9. Fris-bee 
10. Stairs

Below are a few Maths riddles to get you through to Week 10!

1. I am an odd number. Take away a letter and I become even. What number am I?
2. If two’s company, and three’s a crowd, what are four and five?
3. What three numbers, none of which is zero, give the same result whether they’re added or multiplied?
4. Mary has four daughters, and each of her daughters has a brother. How many children does Mary have?
5. Which is heavier: a ton of bricks or a ton of feathers?
6. Three doctors said that Bill was their brother. Bill says he has no brothers. How many brothers does Bill actually have?
7. The day before yesterday I was 21, and next year I will be 24. When is my birthday?
8. A little girl goes to the store and buys one dozen eggs. As she is going home, all but three break. How many eggs are left unbroken?
9. A man describes his daughters, saying, “They are all blonde, but two; all brunette but two; and all redheaded but two.” How many daughters does he have?
10. If there are three apples and you take away two, how many apples do you have?
11. A girl has as many brothers as sisters, but each brother has only half as many brothers as sisters. How many brothers and sisters are there in the family?