Dear Families,

Welcome back to Term 3.

It was great to see the children’s enthusiastic return to school, ready for learning and enjoying time with their friends. Although we are being blessed with beautiful sunny days, they are very cold early on, so please encourage your child to wear a jumper and coat (if they have one) on the chilly mornings. I hope you all managed to find some time for a sleep-in, and to relax, recharge and enjoy being together over the holidays.

STAFFING NEWS

This term we welcome Mr Tim O’Brien to our teaching team. Tim recently finished his teaching degree and has joined our Learning Support team as a teacher for the remainder of the year. Welcome Tim.

Mr Jamie Kemp is enjoying long service leave and will return refreshed in Week 3. Mr Peter Collins is continuing in the Coordinator role during Jamie’s absence

WAKAKIRRI 2019

Wakakirri is well and truly underway with our Year 6 students set to perform at Canberra Theatre next Thursday night 1 August.  The amount of work going on behind the scenes to get everything ready for the performance next week is amazing. It is certainly an event that the students thoroughly enjoy being a part of and work hard to perfect their roles. The rest of the school will be fortunate to watch a dress rehearsal next Monday.

FIRST EUCHARIST

We wish our Year 4 students all the best as they prepare for their First Eucharist. We ask everyone to keep them in your prayers as they prepare to be in communion with the Parish. While all Sacraments are important, children often begin to feel like they are really part of the church when they are able to come up with their parents and fellow parishioners to receive Christ’s body. There is an information session for those parents whose children are preparing to receive the Sacrament, tonight, 7:30pm at Holy Family Church

SCHOOL SURVEY - LAUNCHING MONDAY 20 AUGUST

An annual satisfaction survey of parents, students and staff will be conducted on behalf of all Catholic schools in the Diocese this term. The surveys are designed to gather feedback from parents, staff and students about our school and will be used to inform school improvement. Responses are confidential and individuals can not be identified. 

The surveys will be launched via email on 29 July and close on 9 August 2019 using the email addresses supplied to the school. If you do not receive an email with a link to the survey, you can access and complete the survey at the following link. https://www.research.net/r/stfrancisofassisiparent2019

Please keep in mind that these surveys are about school improvement and are a great way in determining areas that we can do better.  It can be quite hurtful when personal comments about certain staff members are included. The staff do gain access to all written comments and these personal statements can be counterproductive to the overall aim of the survey. Please think about the impact your comment may have before submitting it online.

WELCOME TO OUR NEW FAMILIES

Towards the end of last term, and the beginning of this term, we have had many new families start at our wonderful school. I am sure you will join with me in warmly welcoming them to our school community. Welcome to the Ash, Willis, Fleming, Way, Turner, Villella, Hamood and Bird families.

Peace and Best Wishes

Kate Markcrow

Principal