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Dear Parents and Carers
After one or two false starts, work commenced on Monday on the dismantling and rebuilding of our Senior Playground equipment.
Amid much excitement and a touch of sadness, the children watched the removal of the old equipment and softfall material. We are anticipating work to be completed towards the end of this term.
Perfect timing for a holiday play!
First Holy Communion
This weekend many of the children in our Year Four cohort will make their First Holy Communion at St Matthew’s Church. This will be the final stage in a thorough preparation which has included home and schoolwork, Commitment Masses, and a Retreat Day.
We ask for God’s blessing on these children as they take this next important step in their faith journey.
Polling Booth
Our school has been selected to act as a polling booth for the upcoming Referendum Poll. Voters will cast their vote in our school hall. I anticipate that our Community Council will be keen to host a BBQ or cake stall on this day as a fundraiser.
Could you please make contact with the school via our Front Office if you would like to assist or coordinate this event.
Lost Property
Our Lost Property cupboard is overflowing once again. If your child has lost an article of clothing, could you encourage them to check the cupboard.
All unnamed clothing, in good order, will be donated to our Used Clothing Pool at the end of the term.
Mrs Sarah Lowe
Our new Principal, Mrs Lowe will make her first visit to St Matthew’s next Monday. Mrs Lowe will visit each class and meet the staff at morning tea.
Mrs Lowe will visit once again in Term Four for a handover meeting.
May God bless you and your families this week.
Graham Pollard
Principal
Dear Parents and Carers,
Tell Them From Me: Your Questions Answered!
Our recent survey indicated to us that there are some issues which are proving to be confusing, or which require clarification for some of our families. This term, I’ll be addressing these in my fortnightly newsletter inclusion. This week, let’s clarify the manner in which we communicate with our community.
Like most Archdiocesan schools, we use the Compass app to send home information about excursions and school events, and to update families about important and emerging developments in the school. We also use Compass to let you know that the newsletter has been published. There’s some information about how to access Compass a bit further down the newsletter. If you’re having trouble, please contact the front office and Chris or Rachel will be able to help you out.
We’ve come to realise that a hard copy note – one that you can put on the fridge – is sometimes more helpful, and we’ll endeavour to send home more of these in future when we think it would be beneficial.
Our school community values face-to-face meetings and telephone conversations, and these forms of communication are preferred in many situations in order to discuss student achievements or other issues. However, we acknowledge that email is very convenient for parents who may find it difficult to speak to school staff during regular work hours. If you would like to meet with a teacher face-to-face, or over the telephone, please email them to arrange a good time.
Our recent survey indicated that we are doing much better at keeping our families informed, but we’re always open to great suggestions! Please get in touch with me if you have any other questions about how we communicate with the community, or if you have some ideas you’d like to share.
Petra Cole
Assistant Principal
petra.cole@cg.catholic.edu.au
Happy birthday wishes to Lachlan S, Jevik J, Joshua S, Reegael R, Liam O, Ethan S, Georgina R, and James T, who recently celebrated birthdays.
What a fabulous few weeks we’ve had celebrating Book Week. It started with visits from authors Amelia McInerney and Sami Bayly, continued with our Book Week dress up and activity day, and then concluded today with a visit from the one and only Morris Gleitzman. I’m not sure if the teachers or students were more excited to see him! Thank you to everyone who has supported our author visits through purchasing their books and those who helped make the amazing costumes the children wore.
