A warm welcome to the 2021 school year, especially to our new families and Kindergarten children. I feel blessed to be leading at St Michael’s and look forward to a busy and exciting year ahead.

A little bit about me;

• My parents were from Braidwood and I grew up in Canberra.
• My two children also grew up here in Canberra and are now 23 and 25.
• My first teaching job was in Kindergarten with 36 children in Cootamundra (NSW).
• Since then, I have worked in 8 schools in the Diocese. I have acted in the Principal role 3 times, worked with Pat Ellis at St Thomas the Apostle, Kambah and Damien Webb at Sacred Heart, Pearce.
• I am very passionate about family, life-long learning and nature.

The UN has declared 2021 as International Year of Peace and Trust, this fits beautifully with our school faith theme; “Be still and know that I am God”.

In 2021, our mission will be enlivened by the CE ‘Catalyst’ Initiative. Catalyst is a teaching and learning program that supports excellent teacher practice in curriculum, pedagogy and assessment in all Catholic Schools across the archdiocese.  The staff are excited about ‘Catalyst’ and will be focused on building strong partnerships to achieve the best learning outcomes for your children.

May this year bring to you and your families’ peace, trust, stillness and a renewed hope and commitment to St Michael’s Vision, that we may be people of harmony;

“Fostering hearts of compassion, kindness and forgiveness inspired by the life and teaching of Jesus”.

I look forward to catching up at the Meet and Greet and throughout the year and am so grateful to be a part of this wonderful community,  please come up and say hello when you see me out and about.

Reminders

• School commences at 8.50am and finishes at 3pm, supervision starts at 8.20am. The sliding doors will be locked just after 8.50am and any late students will need to come by the Front Office to be signed in.
• Term 1 school fee statements will be coming home at the end of this week, if you have been paying by Direct Debit, please ensure that you see Lisa to increase your payments to cover the fees for 2021.

Many Blessings and keep smiling,

Judy Egan