This will be the final newsletter for 2022.

Any further updates will be sent as a Compass message.

As the year concludes I'd like to share a little from my thoughts in the 2022 Yearbook:

The past two years has been very challenging for staff, students and families. The word “unprecedented” has been used correctly I believe to explain the times we live in. Our days have been filled with uncertainty, however watching us all adapt to a new way of learning has been exciting. I feel that parents, students and teachers have given their very best dealing with the concept of remote learning. Parents have been fantastic in juggling all the roles thrust upon them. Staff have felt your support and a new appreciation for the work teachers do. Students have worked well and had to deal with the disappointment of the cancelling of school events that are often the highlights of Primary school. We pray for better days ahead - filled with excursions, camps, swimming lessons, sport, Book Week Parades and so on. We pray that once again we can sing with pride our school song, attend mass and sing hymns that inspire us and praise God.”

Our student leaders have done a terrific job and my thanks to all the students striving to be welcoming, studying hard and to follow our motto - To Learn, To Lead, To Love.

My thanks to some of the less seen workers at our school - Di in the canteen, our cleaner Vicki and Steve our Groundsperson. 

Thanks to Father Joshy and Father Alex for their support of our spiritual needs.

Thanks to Tracey for her smooth running of our Front Office and Caitlan who has supported her. My thanks to the School Executive Brad Brown and Greg Angus for many hours of extra work. Special shout out to Louise Seaman for her concern for students and families in her classroom support teacher role.

All the staff here do an extraordinary job and strive to be kind, caring and understanding in what are very demanding roles. I hope they enjoy their well-earned break.

To all the students, staff and families leaving the school I thank them for their contribution to our community and I wish them well for the future.

Thanks to all for your hard work and I wish everyone a lovely break.

May Christ bless you and may you have a Happy and Holy Christmas.

2022 School Leaders

I sincerely thank those students who put themselves forward to be selected as School Captain & Vice Captain in 2022. It is not easy to be scrutinised and speak in public about your character. All who did so were very brave.

Our School Captains are: Lexie Maple-Brown and Oscar Martin
Our Vice Captains are: Ruby Cunningham and Lucas Webster 

Students have also nominated and spoken for the role of Sports House Captains which will be chosen by their sports house peers. Speeches and voting took place on Wednesday 1 December. The 2022 Sports House Captains will announced at the Monday afternoon assembly on 6 December.

School Community Council

The School Community Council met last week. At the meeting we looked at the council’s finances that remain steady even though there was a loss of some income with canteen being closed during lockdown and purchasing a new fridge.

The council were very grateful for Michelle Randall’s work in running the soccer club again this year.

The council also offers sincere thanks to uniform shop volunteers Deanne Dillon and Lynette Ford for their work this year, especially offering appointments outside hours to help out fit all our new enrolments. This is Lynette's last year as a volunteer as Samuel moves to high school next year. Thanks for your many years of service.

The council also thanks Mrs Kain, supported by Mrs Martin, for her wonderful work in helping the uniform shop operate especially during these restricted access times.

The council endorsed the 2022 School Budget and School fees. Council noted that with growing enrolments there will be some extra money next year that has been allocated to buying more computers and iPads, and other maintenance needs.

The council also spent time talking about the issues involved in the car line drop-off and pick up area and resolved to work on some solutions to the problems there.

The council wishes to thank staff for the time they put in to ringing parents individually about their child’s progress in 2022 and for all their work during a difficult school year.