Dear Parents and Carers

As a catholic community, one of our characteristics from Horizons of Hope is To Make a Difference in the World. This week’s prayer calls all of us to recognise that through our actions, we are the face of love and realise there is no choice when we see poverty, oppression or injustice. We should find a way, however small, to make a difference. What a wonderful testament this is, in educating our students about the importance of taking some small action and making a difference.

Mission Fete 2020: This Friday sees us celebrating our annual Mission Fete in a COVID friendly way. This is arguably the most popular day of the year, yet one which is profound in educating our students to think about and care for others. It is also the culmination of our Inquiry Learning unit “We Need Each Other.”

We will certainly miss having you all onsite to enjoy the day but hope and pray, that  next year we will be back to normal for our 2021 Mission Fete Day.

Many thanks to you all for your donations and selling of the raffle tickets. We also greatly appreciate you sending along the suggested $10 donation, or whatever is in your means, before Friday. The class teacher is marking this off when your child brings it in. In line with a COVID friendly fete, no money will be exchanged for activities on the day. Our students will be able to participate throughout the fete time in their choice of activities.

Here is a photo of the prizes that can be won in the raffle which all our staff have kindly contributed to. 

Survey Thanks: A big thankyou to those who completed the School Improvement Survey in the last few weeks. Your voice is invaluable to us in strategically planning for our Annual Action Plan for next year.

Accessing onsite: Many thanks to you all for your respect in continuing to social distance, wear masks and stop at the gate during drop off and pick up. We acknowledge and understand it is challenging  not being able to pop by to see your teachers or child’s classroom and school work onsite.  We hope you are able to have learning conversations through the hub news and newsletter information. Also via the SeeSaw and Google Classroom platforms as this was so valuable for you during the Learning From Home period and remains invaluable. Please also be assured your child’s teachers are there for you via email, phone call and setting up Google Meets as you require. Ongoing communication is extremely important to your child’s progress. 

Cherished Pets: Many thanks to all families. $480 was raised for the Cherished Pets organisation. Our students also enjoyed wearing their footy colours on this day. 

COVID TEST:

We have had a few enquiries regarding whether you can send your children to school if someone is having a COVID test in the family. Naturally, we strongly encourage you to be COVID tested if you have symptoms. This is  inline with the government regulations. If you are being tested because you have symptoms and your child does not, it is not a requirement you keep them at home. It is your decision. 

If you are being tested however because you have been identified as a close contact and/or DHHS has informed you, then we ask that you do keep your child(ren) at home until your results come through. Also you know your individual story, that is, where you have travelled to and your line of work. If you think you may have come in contact with the virus, then it is best to err on the side of caution. I hope this makes sense and feel free to clarify if required. 

2021 Class Structure and Staffing:

Please see below our class structures for 2021. We complete a thorough consultative process via our Consultative Committee when making class structure decisions and I thank all staff for their input. I have added the Hub spaces these classes will be in. Please note there will be  a movement of some classes when the new building is complete. This is forecasted at this stage to be completed by May 12, 2021. 

PREP (4 Classes in Green Hub) Michelle Richards, Georgia Cowling, Nicole Maier, Clare Toomey. LST Kylene Gray

One (3 classes in Red Hub 1) Alison Healy, Maddy Fenton, New Teacher. LST Marnie Hallam

Two (4 classes in Yellow Hub) Jacinta Ryan, Blair Vredenbregt, Garry O'Callaghan, Bonnie Evers. LST Natalie Skahill

Three (3 classes in what is currently Red Hub 2) Michael Coldwell, Melissa Garvey, Lib MacPherson/ Maree Croft. LST Sara De Jong

Four (3 classes in Blue Hub and then move to Purple Hub) Carly O'Neil, Ashlee Guiffrida, Matt Eales LST Bree Russell

Five (4 classes in Purple Hub and then one class will move to Orange Hub) Lizzie Conquit, Corey Gallagher, Lisa Grigg, Sharon Chirgwin LST Marianne Caddy/ Rachael Thomas (Fri)

Six (3 classes in Purple Hub and then move to Orange Hub) Brendan Casey, Trish French/ Andrew Gibson (Fri) , Rebecca Nancarrow

Specialists Classes:

Technologies: Andrew Rayson/ Rachael Thomas, Music and Drama: Helen Stephenson/ Sue Constable; Physical Education: Bree Zivic/ Andrew Gibson; Environmental Science/ Sustainability: Sue Constable.

Please Note: LSO's for each hub to be confirmed.

Building works: Check out the latest video from Nate in Year 2.

Warm wishes for the fortnight ahead

 Kerryn