During 2024 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 wonderful week we have had at school this week... Celebrating St Patrick's Day with a Green Fundraising Day, our first Books in Home and K/1/2 assembly and celebrating Harmony Day with families!

The shamrock is one of the most recognizable symbols used by St. Patrick. St. Patrick demonstrated the meaning of the Holy Trinity - the Father, the Son and the Holy Spirit - by showing the public that the shamrock is one leaf with three parts, just as Christians believe God is one entity with three persons.

Harmony Week is the celebration that recognises our diversity and brings together Australians from all different backgrounds. It’s about inclusiveness, respect and a sense of belonging for everyone.​ 

Students rotated around 5 different activities including making sushi, fried bread and the good old Vegemite sandwich and Fairy Bread! A big thank you to Dev's family for joining us to share with the students about one of their special celebrations.

All enjoyed sharing the food together at lunch time.

The highlight for me this week was seeing how confident our Kinder students were in sharing their learning and singing and dancing along with the Year 1/2 students. I was extremely proud of all the students and their amazing teachers!

Project Compassion

Margret is a teacher at a vocational school for deaf students in the Solomon Islands. With Caritas Australia’s support, the school installed water tanks, provided cyclone-proof building materials and helped to implement COVID-19 prevention measures. Margret’s school now has enough water for its students. Around 60% of people in rural areas in the Solomon Islands don’t have access to piped water, while about 80% don’t have access to latrines or toilets.  (UNICEF, 2019)

Oliva, a 22-year-old woman from Tanzania did not have the opportunity to go to school and was unable to read, write or count. Oliva enrolled in Caritas Australia’s literacy and numeracy classes and has now graduated. She also set up a home classroom to teach her neighbours, for free.  Approximately 260 million children don’t have the chance to go to school (un.org)

Thank you for your support of our Project Compassion fundraising. So far we have raised approximately $300. This is from our recycled containers, Pancake day, Green day and money in our Project Compassion boxes.

Kinder - Harold’s Friendship - Promoting health, safety and wellbeing.
Year 1/2 – Growing Good Friends - Promoting healthy lifestyle, wellbeing, healthy lifestyle choices and food influences. 
Year 3/4 – The Inside Story  – Explore healthy eating, body systems and physical health.
Year 5/6 – Decisions - Understanding drugs, learning strategies and skills to be safe, influences on decision making.