Dear Michael Hall Community,

There is clearly no substitute for the excitement and energy of large gatherings, and we have all been feeling a sense of this as we have watched our wonderful team of parents put the final preparations into place for tomorrow's Advent Fair. It promises, once again, to be a feast for the senses with an array of homemade goods, baked treats, craft activities, music, food and laughter to behold and enjoy with family and friends.

However, it is worth reflecting that, in some very important ways, the smaller-scale the ritual, the more direct the experience can be and the more deeply the meaning can resonate. Our Fair celebrates the start of the period of Advent, to be held in such reverence and beauty over the weeks ahead, as part of our annual Festival cycle.

I look forward to welcoming many of you to the Fair tomorrow and to sharing our Advent celebrations with you in the coming weeks. I also send my best "Good Luck" wishes to the students in Classes 12 and 3, along with their teachers and all who have been involved in preparing them for their performances this weekend of 'The Malambanone Tree'. 

Sarah Stokes
Principal

The Delightfully Smooth Car Park!

A huge thank you goes to one of our generous parent benefactors for the amazing work being done to our lower car park. Without their kind donation of materials and workforce we would all still be driving round the moonscape for the rest of the winter! We are so glad that the work was able to be completed before the Advent Fair, as its another positive addition that helps showcase the School.

Dear Community,

We look forward to seeing many of you at this year's Advent Festival of Music on 8^th December when Classes 6 to 12 will be contributing songs, musical pieces and readings to a wonderful programme anticipating Christmas.  

Every year we welcome a capacity audience to our Advent Festival of Music, and every year we invite families of participating pupils and students to claim a pair of tickets in advance of them being made available to all. Any parents of pupils and students in Classes 6 - 12 who have yet to reserve tickets have until Sunday to do so. From 8am on Monday morning, all remaining tickets will be made accessible through the Michael Hall website on a first-come-first-served basis.

If you would like tickets, visit the School Life blog ( Michael Hall - School Life ) after 8am on Monday morning and click on the Ticketsource link to see if there are any left.

On the evening, there will be a collection towards Music at Michael Hall. The generous donations we receive each year all go toward Music and this year, in addition to funding the Class 2 String Experience, we are hoping to purchase a clarinet and flute for our budding instrumentalists to use.

See you on 8^th December!

Warmest wishes,

Julian Rolton and Claire Hope.