Last Sunday’s Gospel...

The story of the Transfiguration gave the apostles, and us, a glimpse into the divine nature of Jesus.  They could see what He looked like. It also gave the human Jesus what He needed to be able to carry out what was to come – His rejection and crucifixion.

 Did you know...

The Stations of the Cross were made hundreds of years ago so all the people could follow what happened to Jesus. It was a pictorial telling of the story because most people couldn’t read.

 From the Principal...

We have planned our Pupil Free Days for this year. There are the fixed two at the end of the year as usual but these are the other two. The first is the last day of this term Thursday 1^st April. It will be our Staff Spirituality Day and all staff will be offsite that day including the office staff. I think it will be timely being Holy Thursday and will support staff wellbeing – they have had quite a lot to deal with this term with some teachers on leave as you know. Hopefully it will give you the chance to get ahead of the Easter traffic if you are planning to go away. The next will be the first day back – Monday 19^th April. That day will be about using leveled criteria, especially in the areas of reading and writing, so students get valuable feedback about where they are with their learning and where they need to go to next. On both of these days you will need to arrange care for your children.

 We have been notified of some issues with the Premier’s Reading Challenge registration at their end. All our students are registered but there is a delay in issuing usernames and passwords. As soon as we receive them, we will let you know.

 There seems to have been a problem with some grades not receiving their Curriculum Note for Term 1. I know the teachers did them because I read them all in the first couple of weeks of the year! The teachers are resending/reprinting as necessary. If you still don’t get one in the next few days, please let your classroom teacher know.

 We are participating in our 4 year Cyclic Review Process this term. It was supposed to be last year but was postponed. The purpose of the review is to reflect on the journey since the last review, think about where we are now based on data and then make plans for the future. A team from the Catholic Education Office that also includes key personnel from other schools – principals and assistant principals, oversees the process and makes recommendations from what we have said but also from their own analysis. I will keep you updated on the process as we go through it.

God Bless,

Michelle Rolfe

Principal