APRE NEWS
Dear Parents and Carers,
You and your family may be interested to know that:
GRANDPARENTS' DAY is back!
Week 3 next term is Catholic Education Week (CEW) and as we have done in the past (just not last year) we have a number of events planned for the week, however I thought it important to get the date out so that grandparents can be informed! On the Tuesday, July 27, we will start the day with a whole school Mass and then come back to school where the classrooms will be open until 12:30 for grandparents/ parents to spend some time and see first hand the great learning that is happening at SSPS.
The draft agenda is:
9:00am Mass at St Pat's Cathedral
10:00am Back to school with classrooms open for visitors
10:45am Morning Tea ( family groups can sit together for eating time)
11:15am Classrooms continue open
12:30pm Open sessions conclude
We look forward to welcoming many families to our school.
Congratulations to our very deserving School Officer (Library), Janelle Powers who has been nominated for the Spirit of Catholic Education Award. We wish Janelle all the best with winnners being announced early next term.
More information about Catholic Education Week will be shared in the next newsletter.
TWO ASSEMBLIES THIS WEEK:
Tuesday @ 2:40pm: NAIDOC Assembly with assistance from and collaboration with the St Saviour's College Indigenous Dancers, ten of our own students will be performing an animal dance. We will also hear about the significance of NAIDOC Week 2021, the theme of which is 'Heal Country', calling for us all to continue to seek greater protections for our lands, our waters, our sacred sites and our cultural heritage from exploitation, desecration and destruction.
Friday @ 8:45am: AWARDS Assembly at which will be presented
- Cornerstone Value Awards
- Adopt a Cop Awards
- Encouragement Awards
- Academic Awards will be presented to students during class time. This award is for any student who receives As, Bs and max of 1C across the 9 learning areas.
THIS WEEK:
Wednesday: 9.00 am Year 4 Class Mass
Wednesday: 2:30 pm Year Two Prayer Gathering
Parents are welcome to attend, but will need to check in if attending the Mass at the cathedral.
Please continue to keep our school community members in your prayers. Locally, we have staff and parents with ongoing physical and health issues. On a broader scale, we have heard of several of our families here at SSPS who have close relatives overseas (India, Philippines, Sudan etc) who have been ill, or even passed away from COVID with sometimes no members of the family able to be with them. We can all only try to imagine the stress, anguish and sadness that these circumstances would bring. So thank you for your ongoing prayers for our community.
And also, thank you to those who have donated the paper towels for ROSIES. We are blesssed to have such a supportive, generous community.
Enjoy the rest of the term,
Judy