Belonging in a connected community is very important to us at Holy Family. We work hard to live out our vision to be a welcoming Catholic school community that endeavours to bear Christ to all. We aim to do this through the many opportunities for faith formation, high quality teaching and learning and robust PB4L (positive behaviours for learning) structures that are built on positive relationships and underpinned by Catholic Social Teaching. Our wonderful community celebrations involving our parents and carers, as well as our school’s Parents and Friends all help connect us as a community. 

In addition to this, we know that many of our students participate in a number of extra curricular activities outside of school and we would like to celebrate some of these great achievements! These could include achievements in their Parish, music, sport, dance, drama, community service and community awards, to name a few. If your child has recently achieved something in an outside school area, please let us know! Details can be sent to info_holyfamily@dow.catholic.edu.au with the email subject ‘Belonging in a Connected Community’. We can then showcase their achievement in this section of our newsletter. 

Western Region Athletics

Estelle A

Estelle achieved  amazing results at the recent Diocese of Wollongong Primary Athletics Selection Trials in Wollongong. Estelle represented Holy Family with pride and got personal bests in all her events. She progressed to the next round for the 200m and Long Jump events representing the DoW at the MacKillop Athletics Trials in Olympic Park which is to be held on Wednesday 25th September.

Divine B

Divine also competed at the Diocese of Wollongong Primary Athletics Selection Trials in Wollongong. Divine did so well and came first in Shot Put and achieved a Diocesan Record of 9.31 metres!! Divine will also represent the diocese at the MacKillop Athletics Trials at Olympic Park.

Sophia came 4^th in the 2024 NSW State Solo Irish Dance Championships

 On August 23, Sophia Howat (Y1 - Blue) participated in the NSW Irish Dance Championships. She was ranked in the top 5 out of 35 excellent competitors, coming 4^th overall in the NSW State.

This was her first time competing at such a high level. Well, done Sophia, we are very proud of you!