Dear Parents,

While in some ways it feels as though our new school year has just begun, at the same time we realise that we are about to enter Week 8 and the school holidays will be upon us before we know it.

We are so proud of the way our students have settled into the new year and the way our staff have created inclusive and supportive class groups who continue to engage in high quality learning and relationship building. I take this opportunity to thank our Year 6 students for their dedication and leadership, especially in their roles as Buddies to our Foundation students. We also thank our Mini Oblates who give of themselves to support the staff and students every recess and lunchtime in our school playground. The feedback from our Mini Oblates has been most positive and they continue to tell me that they are really enjoying the opportunity to support our school. They, and we, are so proud of the difference they are making. The staff, students and parents have provided such positive feedback on all aspects of the work the Mini Oblates and our Year 6 leaders are doing throughout the school.

Several of our students are preparing for the Sacrament of Reconciliation. We thank you for the support you are giving your children and I thank our parents and Fr Daniel for helping to prepare our children for this special sacrament.

As we continue through this season of Lent, we share with the children the importance of thinking about what this special liturgical time means, and we focus on doing things to make a difference in the lives of others. The learning at school can be shared at home by finding ways to show your children how they can be living examples of our faith through finding ways to show kindness and generosity to others.

We are having our ‘Welcome BBQ’ on Tuesday March 28 from 5.00pm – 7.00pm. We encourage all families to come and join us to get to know each other and share what it means to be a part of our St Mary’s community. There will not be any cost to families as this BBQ is our gift to you to enable our families to come together to celebrate our school. We would love to see as many families as possible joining us for this lovely evening.

Kind regards

Lisa