Dear Families,

We are now in August, which means hats go back on. We will have a few weeks of grace so that students can find their hats or parents can purchase new hats if needed. Please write your child’s name on the hat so that we can return it to the correct owner if found. New hats can be purchased at the front office for $15.

Many of you may have seen Mrs McPadden’s posts on the school’s Facebook page about her travels to Spain and Portugal for World Youth Day. Mrs McPadden joins a number of other pilgrims from the Archdiocese to attend this wonderful event. Soon, Mrs McPadden will travel to Dubai to take part in a Spiritual Retreat for pilgrims before they return home. She continues to pray for us and we for her while she is away.

Today is St Mary Mackillop’s feast day. Mary MacKillop is Australia’s first and currently only saint. She worked tirelessly to educate many children and founded the Sisters of St Joseph to support this endeavour. Our own Sr Colleen is a Josephite and has continued much of this work in her own ministry. We wish Sr Colleen and all those who are part of the Sisters of St Joseph well on this day and remember their amazing founder.

We will commission the Student Representative Council (SRC) for our second semester this Friday. I thank the outgoing SRC, with the support of Mrs Mason, for all of their efforts for the first half of this year. Last semester, the SRC ran a number of fun activities and also lobbied the School Community Council to purchase two table and chair sets which are now sitting under the trees near the ELC.

Take care and God bless