26th July 2019

Dear Parents and Carers

Welcome back to school for Term 3. The staff and students are all refreshed and ready to embark on a new term of learning. Our staff prayer this week readied us for the Spring term where it is much easier to look forward with joy then our last term where we moved into winter.

Lord as we prepare for the coming of a new term make us ready, attentive and available to hear you. Thank you for the gift of being able to rise each day with the assurance that you walk through it with us. May the work we do and the way we do it , bring new hope, new life and courage to all we come in contact with this term.

This mornings Grandparent’s Mass was another beautiful mass prepared by our staff and students. We welcomed many grandparents and friends into the school to see the children’s work and to have morning tea with us. It was a pleasure to greet such important people in our children’s lives. Thank you to Father Kene who celebrated his first school mass with us.

Next week is our school census. The Nationally Consistent Collection of Data forms part of this and plays a big role in our continued funding from the government. Thank you to Mrs Miller, our staff and parents who have contributed to this massive task.

At the end of last term our new director announced changes to the SCS School Review process. As our school review was scheduled for August it has been put on hold. We have chosen though to continue to shape our new Strategic Plan which is a requirement of all schools. We will use the staff and student surveys (unfortunately we got only a few responses from parents) as well as reflections on our previous strategic plan and annual plans. Once the new plan has been written we will share that with the community.

Please see the school calendar for all our events this term. Have you put the Book Character Parade in your diary? On the 20th August the children get the chance to dress up and celebrate reading and books!

The theme this year is “Reading is my superpower.”

You are all invited to attend this Sundays Year 4 family mass at 9am at Sacred Heart Church.

This week teachers have had time to plan Religious Education units with Mr Brierley. Next week teachers will be released to assess children’s mathematics progress in multiplication and division using the clinical interview.

Regards

Julie Caldwell