Today marks the opening day of Diocese of Sale Catholic Education Week. This week celebrates all things that make our schools a unique learning experience. A Catholic education is fundamentally underpinned by Gospel values that teach us that every single person deserves to be loved, welcomed and cared for. This year’s theme is, Catholic Schools - Places of Encounter. ‘Let the Words You Speak Always Be Full of Grace,’ based on the Bible Scripture, Colossians 4:6. This message reflects our commitment to promoting kindness, respect, and compassion in our schools and communities. As a part of this coming week we will be holding two open days on Wednesday and Thursday from 9-11am to share with the community everything great about our school. 

Last Friday we had a whole school closure for a day of professional development for our school staff. The learning for the day was centred around enhancing teacher knowledge about quality teaching and learning and how to have the greatest impact on individual student growth. I want to thank the community for their understanding and flexibility on days such as these as they are integral to the continual improvement of our school.

Today we held a fundraising day for Do It for Dolly Day with a gold coin donation for casual dress (with a touch of blue) and bake sale at recess. Do it for Dolly day is a day dedicated to bringing the community together, spreading kindness and uniting in helping break the silence around bullying. It is great to see our whole community supporting such an important cause. Thank you to the 5/6 teachers and students for all of their wonderful work in organising and running the day.

I hope everyone has a great weekend.

Kind regards,

Julian

“Education is an act of love that illuminates the path for us to recover a sense of fraternity, so we will not ignore those who are most vulnerable.” 

Pope Francis