Dear families,

This week is National Child Safety Week, which is a very important week for all schools around Australia. As a part of this, our students took part in Australia’s Biggest Child Safety Lesson, exploring concepts relating to correct names for body parts, boundaries and personal safety to help keep children safe. Participation in this event again highlights the culture of child safety in our school. I encourage families to continue to discuss child safety concepts together.

As a part of our Whole School Approach to Positive Behaviour, our staff use reflection sheets to help students reflect on their behaviour and help them to choose behaviours that will benefit their learning and keep everyone safe. The idea of this process is that staff help  students to recognise that they have made choices that impact on their own or others learning or safety. They then work with staff to make better choices and change their behaviour. We are continuing to refine this process to ensure it has a positive impact on our students, their learning and well-being.

This Sunday our school candidates will be celebrating their First Holy Communion. This is a very special time for these students and their lives as Catholics. In receiving Holy Communion these students are making a commitment to live their lives following the teachings of Jesus. We pray for these students as they prepare for this special occasion.

I hope that all families enjoy the weekend and all students are refreshed and ready for a great last week of learning in Term 3!

Kind regards,

Julian Blackford