Dear Parents and Carers,

There is a long tradition of giving something up for Lent. In the Christian tradition, the forty day fast originated with Jesus' forty days and nights in the wilderness. Ever since, people have followed this in a variety of ways, giving up specific items (abstaining) or having meat-free days during Lent.

Giving something up is also a chance to make a positive difference.

Our school supports Project Compassion through Caritas Australia. In 1964, Caritas began in Australia. A Catholic Agency for International Aid and Development, Caritas is Latin for love + compassion – two qualities which are central to their work. This Lent join millions of Australians raising funds for the world’s most vulnerable people.

 In 2020:

• 1 in 7 people still go hungry every day.
• 2 billion people don’t have access to clean drinking water.
• There are 11 million women and girls in forced labour.

Each class has a Project Compassion box for coin donations.

Community Breakfast

Thank you to the many parent helpers who helped last Friday morning; your help and assistance was very much appreciated. It was a great community event.

Novel Coronavirus (COVID-19) – Updated Advice 1 March 2020

Effective 1 March 2020, the updated advice from the NSW Government for parents is:

• Any student who has been in, or transited through, mainland China (not just Hubei province) or has been in Iran is excluded from work, school or child care services for 14 days from the date they left mainland China or Iran (as the COVID-19 incubation period can be as long as two weeks).
• Any confirmed case of COVID-19 will be excluded until they are medically cleared to return.
• Close contacts of a confirmed case of COVID-19 will be excluded for 14 days since last contact with the confirmed case.
• Students who have returned to Australia from mainland China or Iran more than 14 days ago and have shown no symptoms are able to return to school.

The NSW Ministry of Health has processes to identify any close contacts of cases confirmed in Australia. Advice about not attending school would be provided to these close contacts by the NSW Ministry of Health.

Centred in Faith Gathering

Please join Year 3/4W for our Centred in Faith Gathering which will take place in Holy Faith Hall at 9:00am this Friday.

School Photos

School Photos will be on Tuesday 17th March. Ordering envelopes were sent home today, one for each student. 

Yours sincerely,

Julie Wiley
Principal.