Mother’s Day

The main message I would like to give this week is the excitement we shared as a school community in being able to host a Mother’s Day celebration today. In reflection, it has been such a long time since we last did this, that some of our students have never actually experienced an event like this before in our school! Our beautiful Year 1 students, who with their incredible teachers gave us lots to celebrate, were overwhelmed by the number of mums, grandmothers and carers who came to be with us and to see them lead so well. It warmed my heart to see you all and I want to thank you for coming to be with us. This is only the first of many more wonderful events to come, so please keep connected to our communications, so you can come back again for our next endeavour. I wish you all a wonderful day on Sunday, but also to ensure you know just how much you mean to your children and to our community. Happy Mother’s Day.

Signing in to the school

As of Monday 10th May, all parents and visitors entering the school grounds from any entrance in addition to the office will need to sign in using our QR code. This includes dropping off in the morning (if you enter the school grounds beyond the office or gate) but doesn’t include parent pick up in the afternoon, for parents who are using our walk through. If you are coming during the hours of 8:55am to 3:10pm, all gates will be locked and entry is through the office as usual. This is not only a COVID-19 check-in, but a child protection check-in that we are required to have. This is to ensure the safety of every child in our community. We will have QR codes on the pathway entrance walls in the mornings to make this as easy as possible and not to overwhelm the office foyer during the busy first part of the day. Thank you for your support with this important procedure.

Catholic Schools Week - 200 years of Catholic Education in Australia

Our fun photo gallery and video for our students that was posted last week in the newsletter was a real look at life in times past at school. This week I am resharing just the video, so that you can see the lengths that our super staff go to, in efforts to inspire and entertain our students. See if you can pick out our staff among the very Holy sisters and brothers of St Joseph! 

Local World Record Attempt!

A reminder that we would love to support The Rotary of Port Macquarie West, to attempt to break the existing world record for the “Longest Washing Line of Socks”! If you would like to drop in any “lonely socks”, well-worn pairs of socks, or socks as presents from family or friends that have never been worn. They don’t need to be new, but please clean. We will collect them and drop them off as we have enough to do so, for the month of May. The event will take place in the first weekend of June.