Catholic Schools Week 2022
We had a fantastic Catholic Schools Week and despite being restricted by the inclement weather and the pandemic we managed to celebrate it in style! Kindergarten and Year 5, and Year 1 and Year 6 did some fun buddy activities, and all classes showed off their learning in many different ways. Combined with a Project Compassion Virtual Launch, Ash Wednesday Mass and Clean Up Australia Day, we had an exciting and jam packed Catholic Schools Week! Check out the school Facebook page for photos.

Project Compassion – ‘Chicken Feedathon’
With the beginning of Lent comes the beginning of sacrifice, and us giving up things we don’t really need for 40 days. It also coincides with the beginning of our Project Compassion fundraising efforts. This year we will be raising money for remote learning centres in the Solomon Islands, and our money raised will be going towards buying chicken food for people living and working there. Each class will be competing against each other to raise the most amount of money by placing donations into their class Mission box. If you can please encourage your child to donate any spare pocket money or loose change from home that would be greatly appreciated.

We will be tracking the donations from each class via a graph visible in the breakout space. One chicken on the graph represent $5, and at the end of Lent the leading class will be rewarded with a prize (to be determined asap!). See the photo below.

Many thanks for your support and generosity!

Ash Wednesday Celebrations
This year we celebrated Ash Wednesday Mass for Years 1 through to 6, and Kindergarten had aLiturgy of the Word with Fr Mark. Both were great celebrations and the children listenedattentively and participated with great interest. We are very grateful to Fr Mark who had a veryfull day, saying Mass at 9am for the parishioners, then a Mass for the students at 10:30am and a Liturgy for the Kindergarten at 12pm, followed by evening Mass at Windang. Thanks Fr Mark!

The Living Classroom Report – Day 1

Earth Care – People Care – Fair Share

On Friday of Week 4 Year 4 and I managed to sneak in a wonderful day of Permaculture in ‘The Living Classroom’.  Despite it being hot and very humid, the children worked tirelessly to make our garden look amazing.
The day began with a site induction where we covered all aspects of safety in the garden. We also had a tour to identify the four-season vegetable beds, the Southeast Asian food forest, the South American food forest and the citrus guild. From there we got to work, and weeding was the main job of the day after the seemingly endless summer rain. In the midst of this the children managed to harvest some beautiful pumpkins and sweet potatoes. A great day was had by all and we are looking forward to our next day in The Living Classroom.

all the best,

Mr Sam Mattas
Religious Education Coordinator