During 2023 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 - Implement system Literacy and Numeracy initiatives which will increase student assessment data.

Enhance and maintain the wellbeing of all - Continued increase of attendance rates and implementation of school-wide Well Being Policy.

Build a community that is connected - Increased promotion of the school Vision and Mission statements throughout the community and to continue to increase family attendance at school events.

What a 'Welcome Back' I have received! So many smiling faces greeted me on Monday morning! It is really nice to be back at school!

Thank you so very much to Mrs Morris, Mrs Golding and Miss Corcoran for stepping up during my absence, and to all the rest of the staff for supporting the school leaders. 

Last week, I spent time with all of my family, including my 2 granddaughters, making me so very grateful for the opportunity to be a mother and a grandmother. I hope all mums, nans and grannies had a wonderful Mother's Day last Sunday!

We have a busy few weeks coming up with many events including Reconciliation Week (27th May till 3rd June), Christian Unity Mass (Sunday 28th May) and our Small School Carnival.

The dates for NRW remain the same each year; 27 May to 3 June. These dates commemorate two significant milestones in the reconciliation journey— the successful 1967 referendum, and the High Court Mabo decision respectively.

This year’s National Reconciliation Week theme, Be a Voice for Generations, urges all Australians to use their power, their words and their actions to create a better, more just Australia for all of us.

We are extremely blessed to live in such a beautiful country and during my Long Service Leave I visited many extraordinary places! Simon and I managed to get up Karratha in the West, seeing quite a few National Parks including Monkey Mia, Kalbarri and Karajini, we snorkled on Ningaloo Reef and saw so many spectacular things and places! We travelled 19 000km and enjoyed every moment! 

We invite all families to participate in the Christian Unity Mass on Sunday 28^th May at 5:00pm at Our Lady of Lourdes Church.  The Unity Mass is an opportunity for people of all parishes to join together to celebrate our shared faith.  Several students representing the churches in our community will present a reflection on Pentecost.

Congratulations to our Attendee Award Winners

Week 9 Term 1

Alfie Kirby and Matilda Morris

Week 10 Term 1

Haydn Alexander and Amelia Harvey

Week 1 Term 2

Beau Golding and Daisy Norris

Week 2 Term 2

Alex Templeton and Shasha Hayward

Term 2  

Friday, 19th May - Mass -  Year 3/4/5

Tuesday, 23rd May - CWA Public Speaking - Condobolin

Wednesday, 24th May - National Simultaneous Story Time

Friday, 26th May - National Sorry Day, Day of Healing

                         - Mass -  Year K/1/2

Sunday, 28th May - Pentecost, Christian Unity Mass @ 5pm Catholic Church

Week 6, 29th May ~ 3rd June - RECONCILIATION WEEK ~ Be a Voice for Generations

Wednesday, 31st May - School Community Council Meeting at 6pm

Friday, 2nd June - Biggest Morning Tea,

                         - Small School Athletics Carnival

It’s our turn this year to organise and host the small schools carnival.  We need your help with this great event!  Our students will compete against students from EWPS, RSPS and NPS on Friday 2^nd June.  Please see next weeks flier for jobs, the more helpers, the better the day for the athletes!

Please remember our school is a No Phone Zone. If your child needs to bring a phone to school it is to be kept in the office securely until the end of the day, not in bags or classrooms. Thank you!

Congratulations Amelia Smith! Amelia competed in the Southern Inland Under 12 Girls All Schools Representative AFL Carnival in in Batemans Bay earlier this week. Amelia's team came away with 2 wins and had the opportunity to be coached by Ex-SFX student Brett Sanson! They learnt some fantastic new skills. Thank you to Amelia's family, for supporting her in this great opportunity.

Amelia's Yibbay peers also got to view a live stream of one of her games. They were proud of her efforts!