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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.
On the weekend, our Catholic faith celebrated All Saints’ Day, 1st November, and All Souls Day, 2nd of November, These feasts celebrate all the saints in Heaven, both saints recognised by the Church as holy men and women and those who remain unknown, and we honors all of the faithful departed. In November we particularly remember all our loved ones that have passed.
We have been reflecting on the lives of some of the saints at school, including St Francis Xavier, St Mary of the Cross MacKillop and one of the newest saints, St Carlos Acutis.
St. John Paul II reflected on the saints saying,
“The saints took these words of Jesus seriously. They believed that they would find “happiness” by putting them into practice in their lives.”
Pope Francis encouraged us to draw inspiration from the saints as guides for living:
“The Saints and Blesseds are the most authoritative witnesses of Christian hope, because they lived it fully in their lives, amidst joys and sufferings, putting into practice the Beatitudes that Jesus preached...”
BARRANDHANG (Kinder/Yr 1)
Dinawan (Year 2/3)
Bidyin (Year 4/5/6)
Throughout the year, the students have learned new and challenging vocabulary drawn from the novels we read. They learn how to say, spell, define, and use each word in their writing. Then, the words are added to our Word Wall. The students were very proud of themselves when they discovered we had reached our 100th word on the wall just last week.
This week, they have begun writing persuasive letters to the “Director of the Arctic Council,” urging them to protect and preserve the polar bear population. Their arguments draw on their studies and research into climate change, pollution, and environmental health — and they are already off to a very convincing start!
