Dear Families,

Welcome back to Term 2! I hope that all families enjoyed a nice Easter break together. I also hope that all Mums had a wonderful Mother’s Day on the weekend and were thoroughly spoilt by their children and families. It was so pleasing to see the excitement on the children’s faces as they entered the school yard after their three-week holiday break when they were able to be reunited with their peers in the school yard.

At the end of last term, we celebrated Holy Week and while our initial Holy Week celebrations had to be modified and adapted it was a great opportunity for us to reimagine the ways that we can link life experience to the narrative of Holy Week. As a school we produced an i-Book about the story of Holy Week and had students record audio to tell the story. This electronic book was then shared with the classes and used to form the basis of daily staff prayer in week 11. Upon our return to school in Term 2 each class celebrated an Easter Liturgy in their classrooms with a special focus upon new life.

Project Compassion spanned across the six weeks of Lent and was a demonstration of the faith, love and generosity of Caritas Australia’s caring supporters in the name of justice and peace. Every year Project Compassion is a wonderful opportunity for Australian’s to come together in solidarity with those less fortunate to try to help end poverty, promote justice and uphold dignity. This year our school raised a total of $614 for Project Compassion, which is a testimony to the amazing generosity of our school community and willingness to support those in need. If you haven’t already done so can you please return all Project Compassion boxes to school as soon as possible.

Last week, May 4 – 10 was Catholic Education Week and while we were not able to celebrate this more broadly as a school community it is important to acknowledge the school-based launch of Catholic Education’s new positioning statement ‘Raising Hearts and Minds’. The new position statement builds upon the previous statement of ‘Where Every Child Matters’ and takes us a step further in working in partnership with families to educate and nurture the whole person to thrive and become capable learners. 

For families wishing to participate in the online weekly Parish Sunday Masses, please either click here or access via https://www.eparish.org.au/events (the video link for each week is usually uploaded late Saturday night or early Sunday morning)

Kind regards,

Emma Begg