• If you have a child to enrol in 2022, please go to the school website and complete the online enrolment form. Alternatively, contact the office if you would like to receive an enrolment pack.

P&F FUNDRAISING EVENTS

• Don't forget to book your table for the Trivia Night! If you are new to the school or don't have a group for a table contact the office and we can add you to a table. Tables can also be purchased via the Qkr! app. 
• The annual Pie Drive is also open for orders! Order forms have been sent home, and you can also order via the Qkr! app.

LENT
This week we are in the second week of the season of Lent. For those less familiar with our Catholic traditions this is a period of 40 days before Easter when we are called to think about relationship with God and take up an act of penance to help us think about this. This usually involves giving up something. My challenge to students is that as well as “giving up” something, we could try and “take up” something. Perhaps some radical form of kindness or deliberately going above and beyond in service to each other. In the Gospel the apostles asked Jesus “Where do you live?”. Jesus replied, “Come and see!” Lent is about seeing where Jesus lives in our lives. Is He at the centre or pushed aside for other priorities? I think each time you do something for others you put Jesus in the centre of your life. As we begin our Lenten journey let us take time to “come and see”, and allow Jesus to come close to us and our families.

COMMUNITY INVOLVEMENT

2021 already has a different feel to it. While we still know COVID is a danger we are gaining more freedoms. It especially nice to have parents back at some school events. We had a lovely evening for our "Welcome BBQ" and it was wonderful to have parents at the 3/4Y assembly. We are looking forward to a great crowd for our disco and working bee this Friday 26th February. We still need to follow COVID safe rules so this means limiting how many adults are in the hall during the disco.

I urge you to support two of our major P&F fundraisers that are happening this term- the Pie Drive and our Trivia Night. You can find the details on our app or in newsletters. The funds raised from both events will be used to upgrade our school sound system and projector. This will help especially with the School Musical coming up in Term 3.

I would like to say a special thank you to parents for their ongoing support of our school. We have increased enrolments coming to the school and when interviewing these people many mentioned the positive words they had been spoken to them by current parents. "Word of Mouth" is an important advertisement.

CANTEEN

Thank you for your understanding about closing the canteen earlier this week. Mrs Bennett does a wonderful job in running this important service and the School Community Council (which oversees the running of the canteen) appreciates her efforts and the other volunteers.

UNIFORM SHOP

Another area that has been extremely busy because of extra enrolments is our Uniform Shop. Thanks to our two parent volunteers Mrs Ford and Mrs Dillon.  We would also be lost without Mrs Kain looking after orders and finances. We are always looking for new helpers. Please contact the office if you might be able to help. 

The School Community Council met for the first time in 2021 last Thursday. We have had some interest in people joining the council which is greatly appreciated.

Items discussed at the council were: Canteen & Uniform Shop finances, maintenance issues such as the canteen roof & guttering repairs and the upcoming Working Bee, enrolment growth, the School Registration visit, the Parish Sacramental programme and other future plans for the school (including finishing the refurbishment of the Chapel and Music Room and forward planning to upgrade the Kindergarten classrooms, Administration areas and the area outside Kindergarten). This will mean applying for a Government Building Grant to do this work. Increasing enrolments are an important point to help secure funding.

Last week, we celebrated Shrove Tuesday in our school hall and welcomed the Season of Lent with Ash Wednesday Mass at the Cathedral. A huge thank you to our Mini-Vinnies who lived out two of our Mercy Values by providing Service to their school community with Excellence.

As an adult, Lent offers us a time to reflect on our lives and work to strengthen our relationship with God.

Have you ever been driving with a GPS and gone the wrong way? The GPS then tells you that you need to re-route and says to do a U-Turn as soon as possible. Lent is like this for us. It is a beautiful season that allows us to look at the path we are on and review if we are moving closer to God or heading in the wrong direction. We begin the re-routing on Ash Wednesday. These forty days are given to us as a gift. They are God's way of helping us to make U-turns. His voice, unlike my GPS, is gentle and full of compassion.

During Lent, we read an invitation from Jesus to come and make a quiet space in our lives and to spend time with Him. We can hear his voice more clearly in this space as he calls us gently back to Him.

Canberra Goulburn Sport Trials

Registrations for the following NSW Primary Sports Canberra Goulburn Trials are now OPEN for students in Years 5 & 6:

Football (Soccer) - Close 5th March

Hockey - Close 15th March

Cricket - Close 15th March

Rugby League - Close 23rd March

Netball - Close 23rd March

Touch Football - Close 27th April

Kindergarten Netball Team

If your Kindergarten child is interested in joining a Goulburn netball team please contact Denver on 0458 979 573 for more information.

Congratulations to the swimmers that represented SPP at the NR carnival in Queanbeyan on Friday, and thank you to all the parents that were able to help with timekeeping!

Middle: Stephen, Lucas, Lachlan, Will, Lachlan, Patrick, Kobey, Odin, Tobias, Tyler

Front: Eliza, Ella, Ruby, Lexie

Congratulations also to Patrick (8-10 years) and Will Turner (12-13 years) who were awarded Age Champions of their respective age groups! The participating schools were St Joseph's Goulburn, Mt Carmel Yass, St Greg's Queanbeyan, St Mary's Crookwell & SPP.

Patrick and Will

A special mention to the following students who also performed well in their age group:

Tyler Toparis 2nd 8-10yrs Age Champion

Lachlan Sonnex 4th 11yrs Age Champion

Stephen Watson 6th 11yrs Age Champion 

Lucas Webster 8th 11yrs Age Champion 

Chloe Reynolds 8th 12yrs Age Champion

Lachlan Stein 8th 12yrs Age Champion 

Results:

• 11-13yrs Boys Relay (Lachlan Stein, Stephen Watson, Lachlan Sonnex & Will Turner) - 2nd
• Will Turner - 2nd 100m Open F/S, 3rd Senior 200m IM, 1st 50m Back & 1st 50m Fly
• Charlize Arnold - 3rd 10yrs 50m F/S
• Patrick Turner - 3rd 10yrs 50m F/S, 1st Junior 200m IM, 1st 50m Brst, 2nd 50m Back & 1st 50m Fly
• Tyler Toparis - 2nd 10yrs 50m F/S, 1st 50m Back & 2nd 50m Fly
• Lachlan Sonnex - 3rd 11yrs 50m F/S & 2nd 50m Back
• Lachlan Stein - 4th 12yrs 50m F/S
• Lucas Webster - 3rd 11yrs 50m Brst
• Chloe Reynolds - 4th 50m Back
• Stephen Watson - 2nd 11yrs 50m Fly

Congratulations to our Above & Beyond Award recipients this week!

Tobias Loberg, Austin Ratcliff, Daniel Gill, Hunter Metz, Patrick Turner, Jonas Loberg, Sam Ford, Jack Randall, Noah Beardmore, Ruby Cunningham, Willa Reynolds, Anabelle Blake, Charlie Keatley, Hamish McLean, Reuben Antony, Loc Tran, Alexis Swaan, Claire Howard, Millie Smithers, Jacky Zhu, Kyson Swan

Congratulations to Charlie Boniface, recipient of our Mercy Value award for excellence at our Monday assembly.

Remember, our School Banking Day is on Thursdays. Students participating in School Banking will get weekly hands-on saving practice, when they bring their deposit to school in their Dollarmites deposit wallet on School Banking day. 

If you would like to find out more or set up school banking for your child please contact the office.

All uniform orders on Qkr! will be filled at this time each week and sent home that day.

The canteen is looking for helpers. Please contact the office if you are interested.

Please note, if you order a frozen product in your child's lunch order they will need to take the bag to Mrs Bennett in the canteen to collect it.

Please see the Canteen menu below for Term 1 2021.