With a busy and productive Term 1 behind us, followed by a much needed holiday break, we are all happily engaged in the start to Term 2. The children have settled beautifully into the new term and are making the most of being back together again.

During the school holidays we had the big tree at the back of the playground pulled down. The tree was estimated to be approximately 140 years old and was dead throughout the centre. This had been flagged as requiring to be pulled down and, following an extensive effort to gain permission, we were finally able to engage an arborist to have the work completed during the recent term holidays. This was an enormous task and required a great deal of preparation, planning and follow up work to ensure our playground was again ready and safe for Term 2. Drop and Leave did a wonderful job of removing the tree and, despite a valiant effort from some of our staff and parents, they returned to chop the pieces into smaller lots so that our parents could come and collect it. While the playground sustained some damage, we have thankfully been able to have that repaired, rather than the replacement we were anticipating. It was a successful operation and enables us to provide a very safe playground for our students and staff. While this was a costly exercise, it was imperative that this work was done to ensure our school is safe.

We have had a positive start to the year, with thanks to our Parents and Friends for the wonderful work they did in Term 1 to enable us to raise some much appreciated funds for the school. These funds will help us to provide further learning opportunities and equipment for our students. There are many wonderful fundraising activities being planned for Term 2, including our Mother’s Day raffle and stall and our Fun Run. We really appreciate the support you continue to give to our fund raising efforts. A big thank you to our families also for the donations you have given for our Mother’s Day stall and raffle. The prizes are beautiful and your generosity has added a lovely arrangement of items for our Mother’s Day stall.

We continue to pray for all of the students in our school. At the moment we are praying especially for those who are preparing to receive the Sacrament of First Communion this weekend. We hope it is a wonderful celebration for the children and their families.

Kind regards

Lisa Broeren