Welcome to the 2023 school year!  It is great to be back.  On Monday some students welcomed the younger students at the front gate with dancing and singing.  Thank you Chloe, Sophie, Rosie (our lollypop crossing lady), Maya and Kaylem.  You brightened our first day.

This year we welcome 12 new Foundation (Prep) students and 5 new students in other grades. We hope you all feel especially welcome in our school and enjoy learning with us.

Welcome to Axel Treyvaud, Bethannie Gramlick, Bowie Madex, Harry Zarah, Isaac Bain, Noah Templeton, Ollie Scanlon, Poppy Hicks-Lowjen, Rhett Willoughby, Samuel Carpinteri, Sophie Dilger, Wilfred Jenkins, Matilda & Lucas Hume and Nicole, Bryce & Jack Varley. 

Beginning of the School Year Prayer

At the beginning of this school year,

we thank you God for so many things: 

our school, our classrooms,

our friends and our teachers. 

Help us to be thankful for each day and to use it well. 

We thank you for the gift of this new day,

for the learning and the fun we will have. 

Help us to appreciate everything that is done for us  Amen.

Student Leaders

At our school we are proud of our Student Leadership Program which aims to grow successful student leaders. Pictured here are our first group of Gr 6 leaders: Summer Parise,  Tia Jamieson and Thomas Kennedy.  Congratulations and we look forward to your leadership in our school.

In addition, this year we have introduced a Student Representative Council (SRC).  Students who were interested in the leadership roles were invited to prepare a speech on how they would fulfil the role and then present it to the senior students.  Then the senior student body voted and the SRC was formed.  Congratulations to Tia Jamieson who is our RE leader, Summer Parise who is our sport leader, Bryce Varley who is our Arts leader, Chloe Mynard who is our Child Safety leader, Ava Harvey who is our Learning leader and Kirah Shields who is our Environment & Sustainability leader. Here are their photos:

We have completed some maintenance work in the school holidays.  Danny Farrell has painted our classrooms and the toilets, and they look fantastic.  Sadly we had to cut down the branches off our big tree in the yard as it was no longer safe, we now have quite a big tree stump left.  We are thinking of creative things to do with the tree stump.  Does anyone know anyone who does chainsaw art? If you do could you send their contact details to the school office.  We are exploring options of what to do with the stump.  All ideas welcomed. 

Information to parents

Each term class teachers prepare a newsletter that gives information about the learning planned.  It explains the focus in key learning areas like English, Maths and RE (Religious Education).  It also highlights excursions and special events for the term. Be sure to read this information.  The termly class newsletters are released in the first week of each term.

School Fees Schedule

Catholic Schools do not receive as much government funding as Department schools so we need to charge fees to meet our operational costs.  We are a 'not for profit' organisation.  Please see below our fee structure for 2023.  If you are on a Health Care Card this makes a tremendous difference to your school fees, please make sure the office knows that you have a Health Care Card.

May God continue to bless and guide us in our learning

Trish Mulqueen