Grade 4  Sacrament formation Student day - St Pius  - Tuesday 5th August 10:00 - 2:00 -  Students enrolled to make the sacrament of Eucharist will attend this day. 

Feast of the Assumption Whole school Mass - Friday 15th August 10:00 Specialist teachers please note this will effect you as you will not take your planned activity you will take your class to mass.  

A list of Buddy classes will be shared with you.  

We will endeavour for year 3-6  to walk to mass again however we will need to leave earlier so that we can start mass on time. 

Grade 3  you will be the year level that will be seated in the gathering space this time.  

Co created Prayer - School closure day - This will be held on Monday the 18th  August and will be held in E block.  We have Catherine Connors - The creator of co created prayer flying in from Brisbane to work with us for the day.  I hope it to be a very hands-on day that will leave you ready to take co created prayer to your classrooms.  Teachers who do not work Monday are invited to join the day and will be paid for the day.  LSO’s who work Monday will be invited to join the day. REL’s from other schools have also been invited to join us for this day.  

Teachers who do not work Monday but would like to come please fill your name on this list 

A rough agenda for the day is 

Morning Session

9am - Welcome and Acknowledgement of Country

9.15am - Introduction of the Co-created Prayer model

10.15am - Invitation to co-create prayer together and scaffolding

10.30am - Morning Tea

Middle Session

11am - Create and Prepare time

11.45am - Share time

12.15pm - Reflection

12.30pm - How can I use this model in my classroom, in my lessons, in my contribution to our school community?

12.45pm - 1.30pm Planning time

Afternoon Session

2pm - 2.30pm - Continued planning time

2.30pm - Sharing of planning progress, reflection and close

3pm - End of day

TAP hours - Congratulations, everyone!

A big well done to all of you who have already logged your required tally of hours — great job!

For those who haven’t quite finished logging yet, I know many of you have done the hours; you just need to get them entered. If you’re having any trouble or need help with the process, please don’t hesitate to reach out — I’m happy to assist.

If you're feeling unsure about whether you’ve reached the required number of hours, let me know so we can review it together. We’ll make sure everything is on track.

To support you further, DOBCEL’s Catholic Identity and Mission (CI&M) team, with the generous support of colleagues across the diocese, are offering some online hourly sessions (3.45–4.45pm) this term and next. These are a great opportunity to engage in professional learning that counts toward your TAP hours. Professional Learning Calendar

Keep up the great work — you're almost there!