Leader's Message
Meet and Greet
Next week we are pleased to be able to invite parents and carers to our Meet and Greet sessions with their child’s teacher/s. This is a short meeting to personally meet to share information about your child with their teacher and ask any questions you may have at this early stage of the year. We continue to ask that if parents, carers or children have cold or flu symptoms, they do not come to the school and should make contact with the school office.
End of Term Community Activities
As we come to the close of the term with only two weeks to go, here are the main events that parents and carers can be involved in that build our community across the school:
- 30th March - Whole School Cross Country.
- 1st April - Out of Uniform Day for Project Compassion (gold coin donation), Easter Hat Parade and Prayer Assembly hosted by Year 1.
- 5th, 6th and 7th April - Sacrament of Penance (Year 4).
- 6th April - Kinder to Year 2 Dance Showcase.
Please remember that Thursday 7th April is the last day of school for Term 1 and there will be no supervision on Friday 8th April for our pupil free Staff Spirituality Day.
CELEBRATING OUR FAITH
Out of Uniform Day for Project Compassion and Easter Hat Parade
Spanning across the six weeks of Lent each year, Project Compassion brings thousands of Australian schools, parishes and supporters together to raise funds for people living in some of the most vulnerable communities across the world. Throughout Lent we have had the Caritas Project Compassion boxes available across the school for donations to be made. We have also used the video resources from Caritas to demonstrate to our students the difference that our support makes in the lives of those we support.
We are inviting our students to come to school out of uniform on Friday 1st of April for a gold coin donation to go to Project Compassion. For students that choose to wear out of uniform, please consider clothing that is comfortable for learning and being outside (sleeves, closed in shoes and hats are still required). While we encourage this as a community, it is a non-compulsory activity. Please note: children should wear clothes they already have, in place of their uniform; there is no need to purchase something new for the day.
The donations that we collect can help vulnerable communities around the world to:
- Improve access to food and clean water.
- Support education and skills training.
- Help vulnerable communities to increase their income.
- Provide training in disaster risk reduction.
In addition to this, as we celebrate the lead up to Easter and the concluding time of Lent, we will also be holding an Easter Hat Parade and our Prayer Assembly hosted by Year 1 on Friday 1st April at 9:15am. All children are invited to parade wearing their simple, home-made creations. Please do not go to any expense for this fun celebration. Parents and carers are welcome to attend the parade and assembly. More details to come about how the parade will be organised.
We thank you in advance for your participation in celebrating this season, and your kind generosity to help future generations and communities around the world live a better life.
Learning Together
Thank you Corey Tutt
This week we were the very fortunate recipients of a box of brand new picture books focused on telling stories in the words of our First Nations People. Corey is a proud Kamilaroi man who mostly grew up in the Yuin Nations of the South Coast. He is an Aboriginal Australian mentor and STEM champion. He is the founder of Deadly Science, an initiative that provides science books and early reading material to remote schools in Australia.
Corey has written a number of books himself, with his most recent book being ‘The First Scientists - Deadly Inventions and Innovations from Australia's First Peoples’. We would like to thank Corey for his generosity in supporting our students to deepen their understanding of Australia's First peoples and reminding us that if we care for Country, the Country will care for us.
Whole School Writing …
On Tuesday our students arrived to find a mysterious egg sitting in the COLA. This egg was the provocation for some very interesting and creative writing from all our students. One student’s thoughts were….
The Mystery Disappearance of the Diamond Encrusted Egg
By Charlie Burns
What….Who took the museum's most famous diamond encrusted egg? Who took it?
The town museum has the most high IQ security.
“I know. I know who took the egg”. I confronted Ms Hatherly.
“You took it. I know you did.”
Ms Hatherly said “No, no I didn’t.”
“Yes you did.”
I kept saying that she did take the egg until I spotted her partner, the skillful one, Mr Taylor. And then I saw her other partner, the technology genius, Mrs Blundell.
“You did it.” I chanted. “Yes, yes you did.”
Joel arrived and he started chanting by my side “You took it. You took it.”
We kept going until they confessed. We called the police and told them everything.
Text Help
Students have a variety of Texthelp extensions available to support them in accessing the curriculum using digital technology. These extensions can be accessed from home. For more information please visit the Text Help website.
