Dear Parents and Carers,

What an amazing Book Week we had last week! A huge thank you to the staff, especially our library team, Mrs Jago and Mrs Spano, for helping us truly ‘Book an Adventure’. Your enthusiasm brought the theme to life, from the engaging activities, author visits and the incredible parade of characters. The effort you put into every detail made this a truly immersive and fun experience for everyone. Your passion for reading and for our students shines through, and I am so grateful. Thank you to our beautiful children for the effort they put into their costumes, you all looked amazing! Huge thanks to the parents for attending our parade and for always being so supportive.

LIST OF WINNERS:

We celebrate Father’s Day this Sunday and it is an opportunity for us all to think of the strength of a father, his love, his wisdom and his guiding hand.

Fatherhood, like all parenthood, is a vocation, a call from God. It is a complex and multifaceted role. God provides an example of the very vocation of  fatherhood. He gave up his only Son, Jesus, so that we might be saved through him.                        

As a Church, we uphold St. Joseph as the model for fathers. So what can fathers learn from the person of St. Joseph? From what we know from the gospels, St Joseph faced a few major dilemmas in his life. One of his dilemmas was whether to accept Mary as his wife. Another, was to choose between remaining in Nazareth, his home/comfort or to flee to Egypt in order to protect his family. We can say that in these times of dilemma, Joseph, aware of the gravity of each situation, discerned what was just and good not only for him, but also for Mary and later for the infant Jesus as well. He was a person who listened to, and was aware of, his ‘inner calling’. We can all learn from St Joseph’s discerning attitude when dealing with our own families’ dilemmas and issues. And while dealing with those issues, if we recognise that what we choose, is in line with God’s will for us, then we can certainly trust that the outcome will bring joy and peace not only to us but to our whole family as well.

We, as a community, thank God for the gifts of our fathers, grandfathers and father figures and we pray that God may give them the wisdom to carry out their role of guiding, loving and protecting our families.

Let us also remember those who have lost their father or grandfather, always remembering that the memories of our Dads live on forever as they leave an indelible imprint on our hearts. Let those memories of the times you shared give you comfort for his life was rich because of you.

A huge thank you is extended to our P&F, particularly our Year 3 parents, Anna Allomes, Jess Lane and Bec Andrews in anticipation for our beautiful Father’s Day Breakfast this coming Friday morning. Your effort and planning is very much appreciated and I know that our Fathers and Father-figures will feel very special. Remember to join us for breakfast and handball at 8am, followed by open classrooms and mass at 9:15am.

May God bless all our families.

Mrs Leanne Meehan
Executive Principal