Term 1 Week 7 2024

Join Us for Catholic Education Week: Celebrating Innovation and Faith

As we approach a very special time in our school calendar, I am delighted to extend a warm invitation to all our families to participate in Catholic Education Week, taking place from April 4th to April 12th. This year, we are embracing the theme of "Innovation and Faith," reflecting on the unique blend of tradition and forward-thinking that characterises our Catholic schools within the Diocese of Lismore. 

Catholic Education Week is not only a celebration of our Catholic Identity but also an acknowledgment of the pivotal role our schools play within their local communities. It is an opportunity to celebrate our unique mission of enabling our students to experience the fullness of life, and to celebrate our thriving school community. 

One of the key events during this week is our Kindergarten 2025 Open Information Night on Monday, April 8th at 4:30 pm. We are excited to open our doors to prospective families and share what makes our school a nurturing and innovative place for learning. Thanks to Mrs. Dedal's visits to all the local pre-schools and the wonderful support from our current school community on social media, we have already seen a fantastic response with numerous expressions of interest and enrolments.

We would be grateful if you could continue to support us by liking, sharing, and commenting on our Kindergarten 2025 Facebook posts. Additionally, if you know of anyone considering joining our school community in 2025, please make sure to tell them about the Kindergarten Open Night. 

Please find an attached flyer detailing all the events and celebrations planned for Catholic Education Week. We encourage you to review it and mark your calendars for the activities you and your family would like to attend. 

This week is a wonderful opportunity for us to come together in faith and innovation, to celebrate our achievements, and to look forward to the future with hope and excitement. We look forward to seeing you during Catholic Education Week and thank you for your continued support and enthusiasm.  

Naplan

NAPLAN week is now done and dusted as our students in years 3 and 5 diligently participated in all four tests showing lots of concentration and resilience. There will still be some catch up sessions next week for a few students who missed tests this week. Results of these tests usually come out early term 3 where parents will sent home an individual student report reflecting their child’s achievement in each of the tests against performance descriptors and comparison to the national average and school’s average. The results will be available to our school to also give overall school data for trends and patterns of achievement and growth. General school performance results are then published on the MySchools website.

Best wishes from the leadership team 

	Mr Rick Galvin Principal
	Mrs Maria Wilson Assistant Principal Mission
	Mrs Jessica Koenig  Assistant Principal Learning and Teaching

Project Compassion

World Down Syndrome Day

Next week we have several celebrations happening in the school.

Thursday 21st March at 9 am - Assembly recognising Inclusion Day

Thursday 21st March  - From 12 noon - St Joseph's Day Celebrations - see flyer below- families, friends and grandparents are welcome to join us for all or some of the day. 

The liturgy will be in the hall hosted by Year 1 and 2. Open Classrooms is a chance for families to visit their child's class or to bring along a friend who may like to look at our wonderful school. The shared lunch is a time when families can bring food to share with their children to picnic and mingle during lunchtime. Tabloids are where all the students will be in different groups and will move around the playground for mini-games and sports.

Friday 22nd March - 2:20 pm - The weekly assembly will focus on Harmony Day - hosted by Year 2.

Please check your Compass Events Module for:

Theatre Excursion - Dogman The Musical - Years 3 & 4

Covering of Books - Volunteer from Home 2024

At the end of last year, we have purchased numerous new classroom resources for the students. We are placing a call out for anyone who could spare some time to cover some books! We will supply you with the contact. Any assistance would be greatly appreciated. Our plan is to send home 15 books at a time and if you want more, we can send the next 15.

If you can help at all, please fill in the following form. For further inquiries, contact Mrs Border through the school office.

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eSports

Stage 2 Science

Stage 2 students have been busy nurturing bean seedlings in Science. Students are now designing a greenhouse to transfer their seedlings in hope that they will thrive. Watch this space for their Mini Greenhouse builds next week!

*Reminder* Stage 2 students need to bring in their recycable materials for their builds next Tuesday 19th of March.

Kindy Maths

Assembly

Class Awards

Ministry Awards

Birthday Awards

Class Of The Week

We are so excited to have already begun choreographing our performance dance teams to compete in the local Manning and Port Eisteddfods this year as well as performing for our school community. This year we have three dance teams; Infants Team with Mrs Toole, Stage 2 team with Mrs Koenig and Mrs Dedal and a Stage 3 Team with Mrs Watts. Bec and Amy are also assisting.

These teams practise weekly at lunchtimes and require a commitment to additional practices and payment of a fee to cover the costs of costumes, buses and extras to be able to participate in performances. Compass notifications were sent home this week to those students who have expressed interest and have been joining in at lunchtimes so far. Please ensure you respond to this asap as costumes will need to be ordered shortly. We can't wait to give our students an amazing experience of performing on the stage and increasing skills, enjoyment and confidence through the artform of dance!

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