PRINCIPAL'S MESSAGE
Dear Parents
Welcome back to Term 2 . I hope you have had an enjoyable Easter. Now that we are allowed to have parents onsite ( we recommend social distancing still be observed you are most welcome to attend our Assemblies on a Thursday morning.
Special wishes to all mums, grandmothers and carers for Mother’s Day next Sunday May 9th. We also remember at this time those wonderful mothers who were in our lives and have entered eternal life.
There are many ways to answer the question, “What is Motherhood?” and one of those ways might be that Motherhood means sharing in the creative power of God. Conceiving, carrying and giving birth to a human being, is as close as any person can get to the act of creation. This is the beginning of Motherhood but it is far from the end. Motherhood is also about nurturing, sacrificing, loving and, ultimately, letting go
Jesus’ mother, Mary, experienced all the above and had the added drama of losing her son for three days. Eventually, she and Joseph found Jesus in the Temple having a discussion with a group of Rabbis. When Mary rebuked Jesus for “treating us this way”, Jesus informed her that the Temple was the first place she should have looked: “Did you not know that I must be about the things of my Father?”
Poor Mary! Besides being embarrassed for Joseph, she probably found it hard to accept that Jesus was growing up with a mind of his own and his own sense of how his Father was leading him. Mary was caught up in the tension of fulfilling the daily responsibilities of her role of mother and parenting the Son of God. All mothers are caught up in the world of tension as they try to be all things to their children.
Mother’s Day Stall
Our P&F will be running a Mother’s Day stall next Friday May 7th.
More information to be sent out via Compass.
Kindergarten Enrolments 2022
Thank you to all that have submitted a Kindergarten enrolment for 2022. Interviews will start in May – however enrolments are still open and are available from the school office or through the school website link.
Winter Uniform
Students will begin wearing the winter uniform from Monday 10th May . Parents may use discretion in the two weeks prior should the weather be too cold or too hot.
This could particularly apply for sport days.
Please remember to wear the correct winter uniform.
Uniform Policy below for your information.
NAPLAN 2021
How can you support you child with NAPLAN?
Teachers will provide opportunities for the students to practice NAPLAN style questions in the online format at school. If you would like to work with your child at home then you can access NAPLAN style questions using the public demonstration site by clicking on this link.
NAPLAN Public Demonstration Site
BABY NEWS
Congratulations to Mr and Mrs Munro who welcomed their baby boy Harlen. We had a lovely visit from Mrs Munro this week. Both mum and baby are looking very well.
