Dear Families,

Thank you to all of our families who came along and attended our Athletics Day on Friday. Unfortunately, I was at a two day meeting with all of the other Principals in our Diocese and was unable to be there. However, I hear it was a great day! Congratulations to Gold house who came away with the overall win but to all of the children who participated respectfully and showed resilience when needed. Thank you to Mr Watson for the overall planning and management of the day, it’s a big job so we are grateful for his leadership in this area. To our staff, who always do a wonderful job making sure things run smoothly, their enthusiasm and effort is greatly appreciated. Thank you also to the Parents and Friends who ran the barbeque for the day, I’m sure this was well supported and hopefully a good fundraiser for the school.

We had a good turn out for our dad’s night last week also. Thank you to Mr Clarke and the other teachers who stayed to help on the night. I hear it was a great night and lots of fun was had by everyone there.

Tonight we have our Games Night for all year 3 children and those making their Reconciliation, so this should also be a good opportunity to come together, acknowledge those making their Sacrament and ensure that all children in their year are celebrated and a part of this special time in our school calendar.

Last week, we had Mrs Fahey in the art room work with our children and in partnership with Bunnings Warehouse to make some improvements to our garden. Mrs Fahey applied last year for a Garden grant and was given $900 to spend. The children enjoyed this opportunity and I would like to thank Mrs Fahey for the great effort she has gone to in making this happen and instilling great pride in our school grounds.

At mass this weekend, the Gospel spoke about Jesus meeting the woman at the well and the importance of water, the giver of life. All children have come home with Project Compassion Boxes, which focuses on donating money for people in other parts of the world who may not have access to clean, running water. Where families are able, we would love for family participation during Lent to help raise money for others in need. A little goes a long way and every little bit helps.

We are heading well into the second half of the term. It’s been a busy term as always and I’m sure the break will be upon us in no time as the weeks seem to fly by so quickly.

Our staff are doing an amazing job with our children, in particular we have been working hard on changes to our approach to literacy which the children are enjoying also.

NAPLAN is upon us this week, we ask that children in Years 3 and 5 make every effort to attend as NAPLAN provides us with very important school data that helps identify areas for us to work on.

Have a wonderful week ahead,

Sally