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Mass for Beginning of the School Year 2023
What a beautiful way for our school community to celebrate the beginning of the school year. Today we celebrated Mass with the theme of Journeying Together: Compassion, Humility, Courage. Thank you to all of our parents and friends for joining us today, as well as Fr Prodencio for saying Mass.
Shrove Tuesday and Ash Wednesday
Family Connect - Social Futures
My name is Jerico Navea, and I will be your Social Futures Family Connect in Schools Program Worker. I have 7 years of experience working as a case worker, youth worker, program manager and facilitator in the Child, Youth and Family support sector for both Non-Government and Government organisations in Melbourne, Sydney and now in the beautiful Birpai Land - Port Macquarie. I am passionate in my work with supporting families, children and young people experiencing challenging circumstances and draw on my experience, skills, compassion, and understanding to support families with their goals and needs. I very much look forward to collaborating with the Catholic Schools in Port Macquarie and offering my support and services to the families and students within your school.
Welcome to Joey's
We welcome Jenny Meehan to our team at Joey's.
Jenny will be working as an Educational Assistant focusing on Literacy Support for the remainder of 2023
Short term support is available for all students with Kelly Russell - our School Counsellor.
Teachers are the first point of contact for any academic and emotional concerns for your child.
If the teacher feels that greater support is needed outside of the classroom setting, the teacher will talk with you about the option of your child seeing Kelly for short term support.
Unless in a crisis situation, children are ONLY seen by the counsellor with parent/carer consent.
Kelly offers individual counselling as well as specific group counselling programs such as Seasons for Growth (Grief and Loss), Cool Kids (Anxiety Management) and Zones of Regulation (Emotion Regulation).
Kelly offers other group programs throughout the year based on identified needs of students.
2023 Student Residential Address and other Information Collection
Shrove Tuesday (Pancake Day) and Ash Wednesday Service
Incitare - Year 6 Student Discipleship Retreat 2023 (selected students)
Sacraments Parent Letter 2023
BYOD Acceptable Use Agreement - Year 5 and 6
BYOD Flyer - Year 5 and 6
Year 1 - History Learning
Zone Swimming Carnival - Macksville (selected students)
Kindergarten Church Treasure Hunt
Today I had the privilege of exploring St Agnes' Church with our littlest investigators.
Kindergarten stayed at the church today, after our whole school Mass, for a shared lunch on our Parish Grounds, then explored the church by searching for clues in their teams. Well done Kindergarten for finding the pews, confessionals, sitting in the presiders chair, identifying our Saints and stations of the cross and much more. You are always welcome in our Parish.
Ms Hatherly
Assistant Principal Mission
Primary Swimming Carnival
On Tuesday students in Years 3 to 6 and competitive Year 2 students participated in our annual Primary Swimming Carnival at Wauchope Memorial Pool. Whether they were swimming in competitive races, just for fun or cheering on others from the grandstand, the spirit of the day and the teamwork in our Houses was wonderful. Congratulations to all students and staff on a fun-filled day.
Our Age Champions and Runners Up are as follows;
Age Champion | Runner Up |
8 Years Boys - Elvis Scott | |
8 Years Girls - Ellie Lawrence | 8 Years Girls - Lily Hillier |
9 Years Boys - Harry Lawrence | 9 Years Boys - Oliver Godwin |
9 Years Girls - Hannah Cooper | 9 Years Girls - Alexia Lynch |
10 Years Boys - Cjay Connor and Noah Alchin |
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10 Years Girls - Lily Skinner | 10 Years Girls - Georgia Bell |
11 Years Boys - Archie Holloway | 11 Years Boys - Lincoln Mostran |
11 Years Girls - Zoe Lawrence | 11 Years Girls - Amelia Matthews |
12 Years Boys - Caden Connor | 12 Years Boys - Charlie Burns |
12 Years Girls - Lailah Watson | 12 Years Girls - Evie Johnson |
Congratulations to all of these students.
Zone Swimming Carnival
The following swimming champions will head to the Zone Swimming Carnival in Macksville on Tuesday 21st February in Macksville.
Noah Alchin |
Georgia Bell |
Cooper |
Charlie Burns |
Caden Connor |
Cjay Connor |
Hannah Cooper |
Gemma Cooper |
Drew Evans |
Lily |
Harrison Hoade |
Charli Hoitink |
Archie Holloway |
Evie Johnson |
Lily |
Zoe Lawrence |
Harry Lawrence |
Ellie Lawrence |
Alexia Lynch |
Harper Maher |
Xavier Mat |
Amelia Matthews |
Lincoln Mostran |
Oscar |
Lily |
Sunny Stapleton |
Lailah Watson |
Kindergarten | Zaylee Collins | Landon Hough | Parker Wood |
Namayanja Gatonye | George Smith | Sophie Burt | |
1 White | Lola Jarvis | Harper Jordan | Cohen Watson |
1 Blue | Toby Burnham | Henry Preston | Lilyanna Beukers |
2 Blue | Morgan Marlowe | Cooper Wallis | Harriet Clough |
2 White | Leo Rushworth | Brayden Watson | Sienna-Maree Canty |
3 Blue | Jacob Lees | Oscar McHugh | Faith Ojeda |
3 White | Maddison Isaccs | Alexia Lynch | Wyatt Hough |
4 White | Ella Roach | Kooper Salan | Harrison Slater |
5 Blue | Gemma Cooper | Archie Holloway | Millie Schneider-Smith |
6 Blue | Lilliana Anderson | Charlie Burns | Xavier Mat |
6 White | Chloe Widdison | Lucas Yates | Evie Johnson |
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Please note these dates can change from time to time due to unforeseen circumstances and we will endeavour to advise you of any changes at the earliest possible opportunity. Our school Google calendar can be accessed via this link for additional advanced dates -
For your convenience 2023 school term dates are listed below. They are also located on our website. Click on the words “TERM DATES” on the home page.
TERM 1 2023
School Administration Day (Pupil Free)
Friday 27th January 2023
Year 1 to 6 Maths Assessment Interviews
Monday 30th January and Tuesday 31st January 2023
Kindergarten Best Start Interviews
Monday 30th January to Friday 3rd February 2023
Year 1 to 6 commence classes for Term 1
Wednesday 1st February 2023
Kindergarten commence classes for Term 1
Monday 6th February 2023
Last day of classes for Term 1
Wednesday 5th April 2023
Staff Development Day (Pupil Free)
Thursday 6th April 2023
TERM 2
Staff Spirituality Day (Pupil Free)
Monday 24th April 2023
Kindergarten to Year 6 commence classes for Term 2
Wednesday 26th April 2023
Kindergarten to Year 6 last day of classes Term 2
Friday 30th June 2023
TERM 3
Kindergarten to Year 6 commence classes for Term 3
Monday 17th July 2023
Kindergarten to Year 6 last day of classes Term 3
Thursday 21st September 2023
Staff Development Day (Pupil Free)
Friday 22nd September 2023
TERM 4
Kindergarten to Year 6 commence classes for Term 4
Monday 9th October 2023
Kindergarten to Year 6 last day of classes for Term 4
Thursday 14th December 2023
Staff Development Day (Pupil Free)
Friday 15th December 2023
Staff Development Day (Pupil Free)
Monday 18th December 2023
Staff Development Day (Pupil Free)
Tuesday 19th December 2023
Other Holidays in 2023
Australia Day – 26th January (Public Holiday)
Good Friday – 7th April (Public Holiday)
Easter Monday – 10th April (Public Holiday)
ANZAC Day – 25th April (Public Holiday)
King’s Birthday – 12th June (Public Holiday)
Labour Day – 2nd October (Public Holiday)
Christmas Day - 25th December (Public Holiday)
Boxing Day - 26th December (Public Holiday)