In the month of August the Church celebrate two special women in the life of Catholics. August 8th is the feast day of Saint Mary MacKillop who is Australia’s very first saint. She is known for her work in setting up Catholic Primary schools for the poor and needy and starting the Sister’s of St Joseph. Her humility, prayer life and hard work is an inspiration to all staff in catholic schools. Her motto was “never see a need without doing something about it”: a challenge to all Christians.

Today August 15th is the Feast of the Assumption which celebrates Mary, the mother of Jesus. As Catholics we believe that because Mary was a holy and worthy person she is now in heaven. People often pray to her to intercede with God to deepen their prayers. Mary Jesus’ mother is model of faith and unfailing belief in the power to perform miracles and inspire us. Both Mary’s examples over a great role model for us all.

STAFFING

Later in the term there will be a couple of staffing changes. Mrs Cathy McCarthy and Mr Roger Myers are going on long service leave, with Mrs Jennifer Hewitt taking 5/6 Blue from the beginning of Week 8 Term 3 until the beginning of Week 5 in Term 4. Miss Grace Cummins will be returning to our school to replace Mrs McCarthy from Week 6 until the end of Term 3. We hope they enjoy their break and welcome Grace & Jennifer.

Over the year we have and will host various University students doing the practical component of their teacher training. My thanks to staff who agreed to supervise these students. It involves many hours of extra work, however in the era of teacher shortages I thank staff for their work to grow our profession. I hope these university students learn a lot and enjoying working with our students.

BOOK WEEK PARADE

Thanks for your support of the parade last Friday. A fun time was had by all and I look forward to you supporting our School Musical on 13^th September with as much enthusiasm.