Working Bee

Grandparents Day

The school was a hive of activity on Friday morning for our Grandparents Day. Kindergarten impressed us by leading the Centred in Faith Gathering for our largest audience in a number of years. We then welcomed our Grandparents and special friends into the classrooms to provide us with their wisdom on how we can achieve our School Creed. The morning was finished with a morning tea hosted by Year 2. Thank you to Angela Padman and all the Year 2 families for your contribution to the morning tea. 

Registration Standards and School Improvement

This week our school is participating in the Registration Standards and School Improvement process with a panel of 7 members of Catholic Education spending 2 days celebrating the school's successes and supporting us in finalising our strategic plan for the next 3 years. I would like to thank the staff for their preparation of this process and for showcasing the teaching and learning that is taking place in our classrooms. Catholic Education will be providing the school with feedback for distribution to our families in the coming months.

5/6W - Modular Classroom Update

On Friday last week, we received the keys to our modular classroom which will be home to 5/6W from the beginning of Term Two. You might note that we have adjusted our language to modular classroom rather than demountable as we tend to view demountables as old, used, temporary spaces, which our modular classroom is anything but. We look forward to having an opening of the modular classroom next term.

Luke Donnelly
Principal

Religious Education News Term 1 Week 9

Sacrament of First Holy Communion

The Enrolment Mass for those students wishing to prepare to celebrate the Sacrament of First Holy Communion will take place on Sunday 7th May after the 9:30 am Mass at the Parish. The Celebration of the Sacrament will take place at the 9:30 am Mass on Sunday 18th of June.

Journey with Jesus Retreat

On Friday our Year 5 and 6 students participated in the ‘Journey with Jesus’ Retreat. The day was facilitated by Luke Maher from Catholic Education and a number of Youth Ministers. The retreat focused around equipping each child with a metaphorical ‘backpack of faith’ to take with them on the journey of life. Inside the backpack, they were introduced to some helpful tools they can pull out for the ups and downs, new beginnings and changes like starting high school.

Project Compassion- Sixth Sunday of Lent (Palm Sunday) 1 & 2 April

Every day, more than 200 million children miss out on school, around 690 million people go hungry and 2.2 billion people cannot access clean drinking water. In recent

years, COVID-19 has also devastated vulnerable communities already living in poverty, with the health and economic impacts to reverberate for years to come.

It’s through the generous support of people like you that we are able to continue to help lift vulnerable communities out of poverty  – support that is needed now more than ever.

Thank you for your continued support of Project Compassion – past, present and future. Together, we can help vulnerable communities face their challenges today and build a better tomorrow For All Future Generations.

Please donate to Project Compassion 2023 to help continue empowering vulnerable communities around the world to lift themselves and their communities out of poverty.

Together, we can help vulnerable communities face their challenges today and build a better tomorrow For All Future Generations.

You can donate through Project Compassion donation boxes that were sent home with each family earlier this term, by visiting caritas.org.au/project-compassion or by calling 1800 024 413. Donation boxes can be handed into the front office in the first week of next Term 2.

Yours in Christ,

Samantha Mance
Religious Education Coordinator

Samantha.mance@cg.catholic.edu.au