From Our Principal - Mrs Janelle Heffernan
Aboriginal Acknowledgement
We acknowledge the traditional custodians of the land throughout Australia and their continuing connection to land, sea and community. We commit ourselves to actively working alongside Aboriginal people for reconciliation and justice.
Dear F amilies,
We are moving towards the half way point of the term and students and staff have been extremely busy in many areas. We finally have all of our students in their regular classrooms and our library is now back up and running. Learning is humming along in all grades with students involved in many different learning opportunities. As we continue to expand our skills and devices in technologies, staff are facilitating authentic learning opportunities that foster engagement and creativity.
In Stage Three, under the guidance of Mrs Loadsman, the students are engaging in a $20 Boss program. This is an immersive learning program for building the enterprise skills of young people that has been developed in consultation with students and educators and is the largest entrepreneurship program in Australia. The program gives students $20 of funding to create, launch and operate their own venture over the course of a semester.
Our infants students are engaging in activities using the new ipads and teachers are continuing to be up-skilled in the use of these devices.
It is an exciting time to be a student in our school today!
The Feast of the Assumption
On Monday 15th August, the Church celebrates the Feast Day of the Assumption of Our Lady when according to our faith, the Holy Mother, “having completed her course of her earthly life was assumed body and soul into heavenly glory".
The Assumption signals the end of Mary's earthly life and marks her return to heaven to be reunited with Jesus. While the bodies of both Jesus and Mary are now in heaven, there is a difference between the Assumption and the Resurrection. Where Jesus arose from the tomb and ascended into heaven by his own power, Mary's body was taken up to heaven by the power of her Son.
NAIDOC Week
Last week we celebrated NAIDOC Week at school. The students were involved in lots of activities throughout the week. We thank Mr Condie for organising our visitors. Mr Condie was very busy visiting classrooms and talking with students, sharing art and craft activities and leading our NAIDOC assembly.
The students loved wearing casual clothes in the indigenous colours.
We thank Mr Condie for his continued passion, hard work and commitment to ensuring our indigenous students are acknowledged and valued and for sharing his knowledge and wisdom with all students - great job!
Tell Them From Me Parent Survey
Last week the parent link for the Tell Them From Me School Survey was sent out via Class Dojo and Compass. The surveys are an important part of our whole school evaluation and planning process. The survey is anonymous and will take approximately 20 minutes to complete. If you are having any issues accessing the survey or would like further information please contact the office.
St Carthage's Kindergarten 100 Days of School Celebration
On Wednesday evening 24th August we invite our Kindergarten families to come along to our 100 Days of School Celebration. This is an opportunity for our kindergarten families to come along and share a meal and participate in some fun activities and get to meet other families.
We look forward to sharing this evening with our kindergarten families.
Book Week Parade - Advance Notice 
This year's Book week theme is “Dreaming with eyes open...”. We will again be having our Book Week dress up and parade at school. This will occur on Friday 26th August at 9.30am. Parents are very welcome to come along and view the parade.
Fathers’ Day Sausage Sizzle Reminder
A flyer went home this week about our Father's Day sausage sizzle. This will be held on Thursday afternoon, 1st September. This will be a great opportunity to catch up with other families and to celebrate our dads.
We will also have our Fathers’ Day Stall on this day. Please bring along $3.00 to buy a gift for dad or grandad.
2023 Enrolments
If you are aware of anyone who may be considering enrolling at St Carthage's please encourage them to make contact with the school or go to our school website and complete the online enrolment form. Enrolments for Years 1-6 for 2023 are also open.