Our Mission is ‘to work in an environment of mutual respect for all cultures and backgrounds and celebrating the Gospel principles in order to achieve quality education for all.’

‘You are the Light of the world, let Jesus shine through you to others.’

Matthew 5:14-16

Mission through Courage, Kindness and Reconciliation

During 2025 our educational focus will be to improve Literacy and Numeracy skills — staff, students and families working together so all our students achieve at least 12 months growth. Other goals for the year are:

Build a community that continues to learn

-Improve student achievement in English & Mathematics, through HITP coaching and explicit, evidence-based teaching.

 - Enhance student achievement in English & Mathematics by strengthening staff data literacy, focusing on analysing and applying data to inform and improve teaching and learning practices 

Build a community that is connected -Improve student attendance and strengthen family engagement to support learning and wellbeing.

Welcome back from Long Service Leave Ms Wheeler! We are very excited to have you back with us! Ms Wheeler will be teaching Kinder/Year 1 while Mrs Worland is away for the next few weeks.

Congratulations Kinder and Year 1 on their wonderful assembly last Friday! We are super proud of their confidence and enjoyed seeing the learning that you shared with our school community! Well done Year 1 for supporting our Kinder students and helping them feel so secure at school!

As a school community we celebrated together last Friday as our Kindergarten, Year 1 and Year 2 students, with Fr Hilary who led us in our school mass for the first Friday of Lent. Lent is a liturgical season of preparation, where we journey together in hope, as we get ready for Easter—the Church’s greatest celebration.

Pope Francis’ message for Lent asks us “to examine whether in our lives, in our families, in the places where we work and spend our time, we are capable of walking together with others, listening to them, … Whether we show ourselves welcoming, …Whether we make others feel a part of the community…” Whether we journey together in hope.

This week we celebrated St Patrick's Day with fundraising for Project Compassion. Thank you to all who participated and supported this fundraiser. Harmony Day will be celebrated this week. We recognise our diversity and bringing together Australians from all different backgrounds. It’s about inclusiveness, respect and a sense of belonging for everyone.

NAPLAN finishes this week with students in Year 3 and Year 5 having participated in Writing, Reading, Language Conventions and Numeracy assessments. We are extremely proud of all our students and how they participated with confidence in these national assessments.

We also had our first School Community Council (SCC) meeting this week, including our AGM. Thank you to our 2024 SCC committee for your wonderful support of our school and congratulations to our 2025 committee:-

Chairperson – Kristy Brooks 2024/2025

Secretary – Nikki Clarke 2024/2025

Treasurer –Mel Loftus 2025

Committee members – Sharna Hayward, Amanda Faff, Brooke Brown, Emily Blacker

O God of Unity

We thank you for the variety of cultures in this world.

Enrich our lives by ever widening circles of friendship and show us your presence in those who are different from us.

Help us to love and care for each other just as you care and love each one of us.

You call us to live in peace and harmony within our beautiful multicultural country, and may we show true justice as we are called to recognize and respect the importance of Aboriginal and Torres Strait Island Cultures and societies.

As we walk together, strong in faith on this Harmony Week, let us turn to God with our hopes and prayers.

Creator Spirit, you are God who brings peace. We ask you to bless all the sick, homeless and imprisoned; the weary, the lonely and the lost. We pray for compassion, kindness, healing and protection for all those who are suffering. We especially ask you to bless war-torn countries; that peace be restored and that you guide the hearts and minds of those with power to be instruments of your peace.

Creator Spirit, you are our God who accepts. Help us to  create a world where everyone feels they belong. Open our arms, hearts and minds to all our fellow Australians and appreciate the many cultures, languages and backgrounds of our people. Help us to always show compassion and kindness, and grant us the courage to always stand up for what is right and just.

 We ask this through Christ our Lord.