Hello Families,

Firstly, Happy Father's Day to all our special males in our lives. I hope you get to spend time with loved ones on Sunday and celebrate all that is important.

Thanks to everyone who came and celebrated with us this morning. It was lovely to see so many community members together sharing a meal and time in the sunshine. Thanks to all the wonderful staff and parents who came and helped set up, serve, mingle, took photos, shared stories, and packed up. All of you are appreciated.

Congratulations also to our Year 1 students and teachers for leading us in a lovely Father's Day assembly. You were all amazing and oh so very cute!

First Eucharist

Congratulations and blessings to our Year 5 students who begin celebrating their First Eucharist this weekend. We pray for you all to have a blessed experience and enjoy the next step in your Catholic faith journey.

Year of the Holy Spirit

Earlier this week you received a prayer card to use throughout this year, the Year of the Holy Spirit. It might be a way to pray as a family throughout your week. The Scripture this is based on is in the image below:

Community Council

This coming week is the Open Community Council meeting, meaning anyone who is interested can come along. The meeting begins at 6pm in the staffroom. One of the big agenda items is fundraising. If you would like a say, please join us.

Finance Transformation

Our school has now been moved over to the TechOne system. This has implications for school fees, school payments and all elements of finance.  Please see the note that was sent out last week about this via Compass. I have also attached it to this newsletter along with another one outlining other important information.

With the new system now in place it is even more important that you have access to Compass. Please ensure you have logged into the Compass system to keep up to date with all school happenings. If you need assistance, please contact the front office.

Late Drop Offs

As part of our legal requirements, if you are dropping your child/ren off after 9am we ask that you please accompany them into the front office to sign them into school. It is not the job of the front office staff to do this for you. We appreciate that mornings can be hectic times but a minute to sign your child into school is necessary. Thank you for your support of this.

Year 6 Debating

So far, our students have competed in two debates. Their argumentative skills must be excellent as we have won both! Congratulations to the students, their teachers and Miss Arcidiacono who has been organising the students and their travel to and from the debates.

Book Week

Thanks to Mrs Alison Bond for all of her hard work to ensure such a great Book Week last week. the students had a wonderful time celebrating all things reading which culminated in a great Book Week Parade last Friday. I am so sad to have missed this, I love dressing up and celebrating with the students, there is always next year!

School Disco

Please see the attached information about the upcoming Community Council run Disco next Friday. It is a great community event and a chance for you, as parents, to get involved in school spirit. You are able to volunteer your time with various jobs, and it is a great opportunity to socialise with other parents.

There is a two-step process to purchasing tickets. First purchase the entry ticket for each child and then indicate either gluten-free or normal meal pack.  All is outlined in another area of the newsletter. All meal deal orders must be completed by 9am Wednesday 6th September.

Just to clarify timing of the disco: Apologies for the varying information.

Junior Disco - Arrive and eat from 5:30pm. Disco 6pm - 7pm

Senior Disco - Arrive and eat from 6:45pm. Disco 7pm - 8:30pm

Fete

A reminder that this is on Friday 17th November at 4pm. This is another great opportunity to support our school. The next meeting is next Wednesday 6th September at 5:30pm in the staffroom. The more the merrier!

Remember if you love our school, tell others, if not, tell us! I am always happy to listen to feedback.