Leadership Report

A Well-Deserved Congratulations to Mrs Wilson!

Congratulations, Mrs Maria Wilson, on her truly positive and successful Assistant Principal Appraisal this week.

Maria’s dedication, achievements and strengths were celebrated as part of her fourth-year review, highlighting her invaluable contributions to our school community. It was wonderful to celebrate her accomplishments and strengths as an integral part of our community. A sincere thank you is also extended to our incredible staff and parents for your support and engagement throughout the appraisal process. Your partnership is essential in helping us recognise and celebrate the excellent leadership and hard work within our school.

Please join us in congratulating Mrs Wilson on this well-deserved affirmation of her outstanding work!

The whole school was treated to an incredible performance of "The Carnival of the Animals" by the brilliant team at GotyaBack Productions on Wednesday. Students were captivated by the show, which brought to life the famous musical suite by Camille Saint-Saëns. From the graceful "The Swan", the captivating giant turtle of ‘the aquarium’ to the hilarious antics of the "pidgeons," the performers integrated movement, drama, dance and live music through comedy to explore tales of the animal kingdom. The show was a vibrant, engaging experience that integrated all strands of our Creative Arts syllabus in an appreciation of professional theatre. The performance delighted students from Kindergarten through to Year 6, including our preschool special guests!

Stage 3 Drama Workshop

Following the whole school performance, our Stage 3 students were lucky enough to participate in a Drama Workshop led by the GotyaBack team. The interactive talk explored the history of the music and how and why theatre and the arts continue to be an important and engaging form of communication in our world today.

Tim and Steph Maddren shared their background in dance and drama, and Matt explained how his musical skills progressed from picking up a guitar at 12 years of age to becoming a professional musician. Charlie Biddle even got to demonstrate on the looping machine to compose his own beatboxing sequence. A huge thank you to GotyaBack Productions for delivering such an enriching day of performing arts! The energy and enthusiasm of both the performers and our students made it a truly memorable event. We hope this experience ignites a passion for the arts in many of our young learners!

Socktober

Today our student Mission Team coordinated a wonderful “Socktober” day. Students wore their crazy socks and kicked goals to “Sock-it to Poverty” helping to raise money for Catholic Mission’s work in Zambia.

Thank you to everyone who contributed to the day, including donating socks to make sock-er balls and donating funds. Altogether we raised $333.55 and Callistemon won teh soccer kicking competition. 

Knitting Nanas

Over the last 10 weeks, students from years 5&6 have been busily knitting squares to create blankets for the Parish “Wrapped with Love” project. The project, run through the Camden Haven Parish, donates blankets to Community @3 who supports needy people in our community. A massive Thank You to our Parishioners, Pauline, Stephanie, Angela, and Michael, who have been supporting the children with their knitting each week, picking up many dropped stitches along the way. Also, to the Tilligerry Art Group (led by the grandmother of Thomas Hayward), who carefully put together the squares into beautiful blankets.