Dear Parents and Carers,

Last Thursday evening I was privileged to attend the 2023 Faith in Learning Excellence Awards at St Christopher’s Cathedral in Manuka. After Mass, Archbishop Christopher Prowse presented awards to teachers across the Archdiocese. Congratulations to Danielle Madsen, Jess Hallahan and Laura Frogley who received Highly Accomplished and Lead Teacher Awards (HALT). I was so proud of our current and previous staff for their accomplishments.    

On Friday Erika Tokich and I attended the Key Leaders Day with Principals, Coordinators and Parish Priests from across the Archdiocese of Canberra/Goulburn. Archbishop Prowse introduced the Year of the Holy Spirit, reminding us that in Catholic Schools we are challenged to be places where our students encounter Jesus. The day also focused on a discussion around Religious Education considering the success of Catalyst initiatives. Please find a copy of the prayer cards for the year of the Holy Spirit in your child’s bag today. 

As of this Friday, I am fortunate to be able to access some long service leave at the end of this term and I sincerely thank Bridgette McCann who will be Acting Principal and Danielle Madsen who will be Acting Assistant Principal during my absence.

Other news

We look forward to catching up with many of our Dads this Friday from 8:20am. Enjoy a game with your child and a coffee before work followed by our liturgy at 9:15am in the Church.

Congratulations to Mahli Gafa who represented ACT at the National Cross-Country Championships on Saturday 26 August - see our Sports News.

Thank you also to Bridgette McCann and Jess Hallahan for preparing and presenting our first Coffee chat after our Book Week Parade last week. A small group of parents joined us to share ideas to support students reading at home.

Thank you to Erin Hardwicke and all our staff for assisting with the Book Fair and for joining in with all the Book Week fun last week. It's great to share lots of enjoyable experiences with your children and we all had a lot of fun! We are very appreciative of the amazing book character costumes and of the way our community supported Winter Woolies. 

Thank you to everyone for your continued support.

Many blessings,

Judy Egan

Principal