Dear Parents,

Welcome to the new school year and our new look newsletter. A year where many quality opportunities will be provided for all children and high expectation for success will be paramount.

A very significant and important event is our “EarthFest”. We are blessed to begin the year with educating our students with a huge focus on sustainability and looking after ourselves and our world. Details are included in this newsletter. Please come along and get involved. Building positive relationships, working alongside each other and modelling this to our children is a great gift we can give them. It will be our initial Beginning of Year get together as a learning conmmunity and also has so many valuable life lessons for our children in wellbeing, spirituality and the importance of caring for our world.

David Attenborough says this is the one thing everyone should to do help the planet

We have a number of students and families joining Our Lady Star of the Sea learning community this year, either in Prep, or in other classes throughout the school.

Welcome to Preps: Tom Annand, Scarlett Aquilina, Vin Bonacci, Isla Briggs, Leroy Bright, Bonnie Brooks, Olivia Burchell, Nina Butters, Maple Campbell, Poppy Cirillo, Jessica Counihan, Winni Crapp, Allegra Currie, Poppy Darburn, Archie Dean, Sam Due, Murphy Dunne, Olivia Ellis, Stevie Emond, Ava Fairway, Lachy Fay, Isabella Flanders, Avah Fletcher, Dougie Flynn, Samuel Fragapane, Max Fraser, Ella Gauld, Sutton-Jaye Grant, Ella Hamm, Polly Hardwick, Billy Heenan, Xavier Hill, Lennie Hinch, Chelsea Hipik, Riley Horner, Lyla Jackson, Stella Jarman, Eden Keen, Maycee Kemp, Liam Kirs Diaz, Bailey Kissane, Jordan Leigh, Kealan Lester, Macy McCall, Ivy McCluskey, Stevie McCoy, Joe McKinnon, Jack McLeish, Max Micallef, Grace Miller, Harry Miller, Ivy Mitchell, Evie Monahan, Matilda Morgan, Astrid Mulcaire, Harrison Nicol, Oliver O'Brien, Ava Occhipinti, Mitch Paganini, Innes Pasque, Louis Patena, Koko Piec, Liliana Preston , Jack Radley, Samuel Rae, Bess Reynolds, Maggie Reynolds, Sammy Reynolds, Mia Rundle, Jack Said, Reuben Sheridan, Amélie Simons, James Snowden, Madeleine Stafford, Maya Steele, Ella Toscano, Lily Van Maasdyk, Patrick Vanderkley, Molly Warlond, Madelyn Warren, Harper Whitten, Oliver Williams, Will Wolfe, Maya Wurfel, Amelia Young.

Welcome also to the following students: Kirra Chalmers, Oscar Creak, Harrison Creak, Mischa Grant, Annabelle Hipik, Skye Partridge, Evie Smith, Ava Stonehouse, August Wood and Spencer Wood. 

Our newest staff members to be welcomed for 2019 are Paul Anderson- Deputy Principal, Georgia Cowling-Year Prep, Rebecca Notman - Year 1, Natalie Skahill-Year 5, Ashlee Giuffrida-Year 4, as well as Rejeana Turner, Jody Madden, Dannie Hoiles, Georgie Bowes, Robyn Walton, Tammie Butters, Novy Sunarto - Learning Support Officers.

Best wishes for a great start to the year.

Kerryn Sells, Principal