Dear Parents and Community Members,
Feast of St Mary of the Cross MacKillop
Last week, a very important week in the life of our school as we celebrated the Feast of St Mary of the Cross MacKillop.
We began with Action Hour on Monday the 7th of August raising money for the 'Mary Mackillop Today'. Mary MacKillop Today works with local communities in Australia and internationally through learning for life and enabling access to learning opportunities in the areas of education, health, financial inclusion and livelihoods to share practical life skills that enhance people's dignity across various stages of life.
Thank you to all the teachers and children for their efforts to raise money, $2,402.60 through sales and games. Thank you also to all families who were able to donate books and toys for this charity work.
On Tuesday the 8th of August we celebrated a whole school Mass with Father Charles led by music played by Andrew Chinn who was with us all day and has written many wonderful religious songs. The children really loved having Andrew Chinn at our school making this feast day quite memorable.
Pedal Prix
On Saturday 5th of August 10 our children (Ivory G, Olivia W, Jack F, Callum M, Edel L, Fleur K, Christina L, Daniel O, Henry R, Anthony C, were able to participate in the Pedal Prix race at Tailem Bend.
I want to firstly thank Mt Carmel College for providing us with this opportunity to join them with their Pedal Prix car. Thank you also to Rossana Rositano and Aidan Brigden for supervising pedal prix for the last 10 years.
Finally, thank you to their parents who woke up early to drive up to Tailem Bend.
Concert Sponsorship
At our last School Board, it was shared that our concert sponsorship was $8400. This was above our expectations, and I thank them for their generosity. It was a huge support towards covering some of the cost of the concert. I am now encouraging families to support and be generous in return with these families’ business whenever possible and thank them for their generosity.
The powerpoint has been uploaded on our school website and it will be there for the next 2 years.
Term 3 Learning Conversations
In Week 8 of this term (Monday 11th of September to Friday 15th of September) there is a second formal opportunity for parents, teachers and children to discuss your child’s learning progress.
We encourage all parents to dedicate this time to value your child’s education. If your child has a Personalised Plan for Learning (PPL) it is important that these meetings occur.
Staff News
At our last School Board, I shared some news that Carmela Sartoretto (Year 2) and Lyn Harrison (Finance Officer) who have both made the decision to retire at the end of this year.
I also shared the news that Franca Notarangelo has decide to resign and continue her career doing relief teaching and short contracts.
Carmela, Lyn and Franca have made huge contributions to our school over many years, and we will take the opportunity to appropriately acknowledge them for their service to our school community.
Kind Regards
Frank Congedi