Dear Parents and Carers

This week is family week and we celebrate all our families.The week began with celebrating or remembering our beautiful mums or significant females on Sunday. This day reminds us of the blessings of care and protection given by our mothers, grandmothers and all who are like mothers to us. 

I hope you had a wonderful time together with all the mums and  special females in your lives.  

Family Week 9-15 May: We invite Our Lady Star Of The Sea Primary School community to join us from 9 - 15 May to celebrate Family Week 2022 and be part of our mission of strengthening families and communities. Families are the building blocks of our community and Family Week is a great opportunity for our school to come together to reflect on the vital role family plays in enriching and supporting our lives. Please refer to the activities in the Religious Education section below and particularly the canvas family activity at home, which we ask you to complete as a family and return to school to be added to a mural within our school.

Mother's Day Celebrations: It was wonderful to see our mums and special females come along on Tuesday night. Also at our special assembly Friday. We hope you enjoyed this time as much as your children and of course the presents and cards they made with love.

COVID Update: It is great to return this term with a few more restrictions lifted but still being conscious of supporting the health and safety of all. Therefore we do still have many measures in place like using air purifiers, sanitising, learning outdoors, wearing masks if required, RAT testing twice a week  and parents only volunteering to work with children have the third vaccination dose. This includes cclassroom, excursions, camps and canteen help. Thank you for your continued support and respect with these guidelines. A reminder we have masks available for those families requiring masks. Please email your class teacher. 

Reporting and 3 Way Conversations: Part of our Mid Year reporting is to accompany the written report with a Parent/ student/ teacher conversation. You will receive an Operoo to book in for a conversation with your child and their teacher in the final week of the school term. We ask you to respond to this Operoo when it comes.Students get an opportunity to share their achievements, goals, challenges and favourite pieces of work with you. There is also time at the end for a quick chat with the teacher. 

Celebration 40 Years (1982-2022): Our Lady Star of the Sea is celebrating 40 years and we have a special day planned for September 9. Stay tuned for more details as we commemorate this significant milestone.The canvases you are completing for Family Week will add to a mural to commemorate 40 years.

Andrew- John Dory Drive  Crossing man

Andrew has been on our John Dory Crossing for at least 15 years. He has had a wonderful connection with the school, cared for our children superbly and will be greatly missed.

We thank and acknowledge Andrew for his amazing work and wish him all the very best in his retirement.

Visual Arts leaders: Thank you to our Visual Arts Leaders who are proactively doing a great job of adding to our sea mural out the front.