APRE NEWS

Dear Parents and Carers,

First Eucharist Photos: Over the previous two Friday evenings we have gathered at St Pat's Cathedral with Fr Michael to celebrate First Eucharist with 38 of our students along with several students from other schools.

We offer our congratulations to these students as they take this very significant step in their faith journey and we are delighted to be sharing this with them. The next step is Confirmation and while we await news from the Bishop's Office as to when this might be, our young people have been given the resource book so that they can start preparing. Well done everyone and thank you to Fr Michael, Vicky Cocoza and Aylish Ryan who helped ensure the First Eucharist Mass was quite special.

Update from Melinda Harkins: Melinda is continuing to recover at home after significant surgery to repair her right wrist. She tells me she is being very good with her hand therapy, but it will be a long road to recovery. Once she sees her surgeon next week she will have more clarity around returning to work and what she can and cannot do but she is very much missing her class. TEAMs meetings have been introduced so that she can catch up with them and have a chat and a laugh. We have fingers crossed that she gets the "all clear" from the doctor and is back amongst us as soon as possible. Good luck Melinda...we all hope to see you soon.

MATINEE PERFORMANCE TODAY: How lucky were we to be invited to attend St Ursula's College performance today!! 300 SSPS students (Years 2-6) walked to the Empire Theatre, which was an adventure in itself and then ventured into the beautiful surrounds of the historical theatre. 

For many students this was their first experience of live theatre and it was wonderful to see their faces as they watched what was happening on the stage infront of them. We saw many familiar faces on stage, with several past SSPS students in key roles in the performance. And it was AMAZING!! Such tremendous talent and expertise was on show today. Anyone whose daughter is involved will be very proud. Well done St Ursula's girls!!

I encourage you to ask your child about their day, as I am sure they will have plenty to share.

Long Service Leave: As was mentioned in the last newsletter, I am taking LSL from next Wednesday, and, with hubby, Adrian will be taking time to visit some new places in QLD, as our plans for overseas and then interstate travel are "off the table" for now. I leave you in good hands, with Paula Wagner taking on the APRE role for the last week or so. I will catch up with you all again after the September holidays.

Hoping that you are staying warm and well,

Regards,

Judy