Dear Parents and Carers

Currently our Leadership Team starts each meeting with a passage from a wonderful little book called ‘Discovering Prayer’.  Today we read a section headed up - Anxiety.  “Do not worry about anything, but in everything by prayer and supplication with thanksgiving let your requests be known to God’ - Philippians 4:6.  The reading goes onto say – Prayer is an opportunity to unburden yourself of worries.  Prayer is a space in your day where you can hold up the worry to God, and trustingly ask God to help you deal with it.  It is often prayer that can help in times of trouble and stress, given what the country has gone through, prayer is a good thing to remember.

Environmental Officer

I would like to announce that John Doyle is the school’s Parent Environment Officer.  This means that John will help coordinate working bees and ensure that our school is looking spick and span. 

In fact on Monday just gone, John and a former parent, Justin O’Louhglin were ably assisted by one of John’s sons Thomas, as they extended fencing for our chicken coop and screening for our environment centre.  A great improvement to our school already.

John has a great idea. He has asked the school to keep a ‘To do list/Ideas Book’ in the front office.  This is so we can record anything that the school or community identifies as a priority, either to repair or to instigate.  So, if you see something that needs doing or something that would be a great addition to our school, stop by the front office and make sure you put it in the book.

Morning Assemblies and Awards Assemblies

As mentioned in a previous newsletter we are now conducting morning assemblies.  In doing so, we are making sure the classes are spaced and the assemblies are concluded within a five-minute period.  To keep to five minute assemblies we have decided to hand out Friday’s awards to the children inside the school.  If media permissions permit, we are then posting this photo on Facebook.  My apologies to those parents who were here last week and would have been disappointed when they could not see the awards presented. 

Semester One Reports

As mentioned before, our reports have been modified for this semester.  The reports display a grade for almost all KLA’s and will be ready at the end of Wk. 10 of this term.  A new section on the report called ‘Engagement with Learning’ will be included in this report.  This section has been placed in the reports to give additional information in lieu of comments, due to the Remote Learning experienced by our students.  Clearly, teachers have been trying to complete key assessment to help formulate their student’s reports, making sure that parents have valuable information for the Parent/Teacher interviews in Term 3.

Prayers for the Verri and De Rosa family

Can we please keep our Front Office secretary Sue Verri in our prayers as her mother just passed away last weekend.  Sue has taken bereavement leave this week as she comes to terms with her loss and plans for her mother’s funeral.

On another sad note, Mrs De Rosa, our Assistant Principal’s father, is very ill.  Nina is taking some carers leave throughout the next couple of weeks to be with him.  I am sure that she would be very grateful to know that our community is praying for her father. 

God bless and stay safe

Peter Rodda

Principal