God in our courage, God in our caution:

On this beautiful day may we greet each other as companions on a shared journey.

We acknowledge what we and others have carried:

gratitude and sadness,

excitement and anxiety;

 private struggles and collective hopes.

As we take this next step forward,

may we do so in the knowledge that we do not walk alone.

Amen.

First Eucharist Celebrations

After a couple of postponements our First Eucharist celebrations are able to take place this Thursday and Friday evening and Saturday morning. We congratulate these candidates and keep them in our prayers this week.

Percy Pappin, Audrey Russell, Ethan Alexander, Nicholas English, Xavier Smith, Alexia O'Grady,  Poppy O'Brien, Curtis Chard, Archie Shiells,  Finn Davis, Charlie Lloyd, Levi Ciurleo, Evie Cooper, Atticus Delaney, Buddy MacDonald, Oliver Marris, Violet McKinley, Elli Ludeman, Blair Roberts, Henry Lloyd, Luca Dwyer, Charlie Zanos, Francesca Di Cesare, Anna Robson, Anna Robson, Baxter Maddern, Jenson Riordan, Sam Collins, Amelia Roache, Aila Kamath, Archie Heffernan, Lachie Cannon, Cooper Davies, Charlie Milroy, Matthew Bennie, Pippa Main, Harvey Bean, Hamish O'Kane, Daisy Martin, Sienna Johnson, Amelia Austin, Lachie Cannon, Lily Harris, Ebony Green, Halaynah Beaver, Aaron Lougheed, Leilani Baulch and Patrick Ralston.

Assembly

Last Friday saw the return of the full school assemblies. We were well led by Mr Gercovich and the students from F7. The focus was on their learning throughout the year. The presentation included a Geography quiz, facts about different countries and a sport report.

Year 6 House Cup

In lieu of many missed inter-school sporting competitions Mrs Lloyd and Mr McMillan have begun our Year 6 Optional House Cup!  Each Monday and some Fridays they are offering the Year 6 students the opportunity to play some competitive sport to earn their House Colour some points, working towards an overall winner to be announced at one of the final assemblies.

This initiative has been met with great enthusiasm by the Year 6 students and promises to be a lot of fun.

Tom Sexton Visit

Last Friday Mr Tom Sexton, Executive Director Catholic Education Ballarat visited our school. Tom’s visit had been postponed from earlier in the year and was primarily focussed on our review and its recommendations. Tom toured our school, met with staff and some students. Although impressed by our beautiful grounds and facilities Tom understood the need for us to continue to develop our buildings to cater for our growing student population and the needs of contemporary learning.

2022 Foundation Transition

We will be greeting the happy little faces of next year’s Foundation students over the next few weeks. These children will begin their transition process as a way of becoming more familiar with our teachers, the classrooms and our playground. We will have 92 Foundation students joining us next year.

Regards
Matthew O'Brien, Principal