Dear Families,
Welcome back to Term 2!! I hope all of the children enjoyed a good break from school and are ready to get back into learning.

We have a busy term ahead, please make sure that you are across the school calendar so that you know what is happening over the term.

We have six children receiving the Sacrament of Eucharist for the first time this Sunday. All families are welcome to attend the Mass if they would like to support their classmates. Please keep in your prayers Abigail Jurdison, Arya Riess, Pippa Harder, Nate Wookey, Lucy Liu Saville and Ashley Sheary on this very special occasion in their faith journey.

Grade 5/6 will go to camp next week on Monday, Tuesday and Wednesday – we are leaving at 9:30am so please ensure you are at school on time.

Next Thursday is ANZAC Day so there will be no school on this day and Friday 26 th April is a school closure day. There will be no staff on site on this day so please ensure that the necessary arrangements are made for children at home on this day.

There are two other pupil free days this term. On Friday 24 th May, staff will be undertaking professional learning on including Indigenous perspectives in the curriculum. On Friday 7 th June, staff will be undertaking training in our Whole School Approach to Positive Behaviour.

I do apologise for these pupil free and school closure days happening so closely together, unfortunately we needed to accommodate the availability of the presenters running the Professional Learning for us. I thank families for their understanding. These dates went home in a letter at the beginning of the year, I do hope I have given families enough notice to arrange care for their children.

I’d like to let families know that school photos will be on Thursday the 9 th May. This is a good time to send home a little reminder about school uniform – over the next couple of weeks, summer dresses and skorts need to be put away and the winter uniform options need to be worn to school. This is either the grey tunic or grey pants/shorts with grey socks or grey tights. And black shoes need to be
worn. We allow a couple of weeks to transition into the correct uniform for winter. Black skirts and leggings are not part of our normal uniform, but can be worn on PE days.

You might notice walking through the school, that the concrete is looking a little brighter and cleaner. We need to say a huge thank you to Brian Jurdison for donating his time and skills to improve how the school is looking. It looks absolutely wonderful and we appreciate the time and effort that has gone into this.

Lastly, I’d like as a Community to keep in our prayers those who lost their lives and family members in the Westfield Shopping Centre at Bondi Junction at the weekend. We pray that these families receive the support they need and that they find the strength to face the difficult road ahead after
this terrible and senseless tragedy.
Have a wonderful week ahead,
Sally