“What then shall we do?”

Luke 3:10

From the Gospel of the 3rd Sunday of Advent year C

Dear Families,

This Sunday's Gospel is about the mission of the Church. We are called to work with others to assist them in seeing the face of Christ and by doing so we are bringing joy and happiness to them and the community. Let this Christmas season be an opportunity to show people the face of Christ. It is the simple act of doing something for someone else without expectation. Our community has demonstrated this, especially this year. The overwhelming number of acts of kindness and support we have received from our community, this year especially, has shown that we are a living example of the mission of the church. Your acts of kindness towards us do not go unnoticed and we are truly grateful.

I would like to acknowledge and thank Dulcie Ryman. Dulcie has been the Acting Assistant Principal since I stepped into the principal role. Dulcie has worked in our school community over a number of years and we have been fortunate that Dulcie was able to step into this role at such a difficult time. Dulcie is a living example of someone who embraces the mission of the Church and works quietly behind the scenes ensuring others’ needs are being met. Dulcie will be taking long service leave next year and we wish her all the best during her leave. I am truly grateful for the work Dulcie has done this year and the support she has provided to me in support of my leadership role. She's a much loved member of the St Paul’s community and I wish her all the best in the next chapter of her life.

This will be the final newsletter for the year. I would like to thank you all for your love and support after what has been a truly challenging year. We look forward to the new year in anticipation that things will be better with less restrictions. We will not forget but we will move forward knowing we have gained a great amount of resilience along the way.

God bless and may the peace and joy of Christmas be with you over the holiday season.

Katie Browne

Principal

Semester Two Reports

The semester two report will be available on Compass from 3:30pm on Friday 10 December.

End of Year assembly and Mass.

On Friday we will celebrate the end of the year with our assembly, annual awards and the handover of our student leaders. At mass we will induct our new student leaders and farewell Year 6. Due to COVID restrictions parents and carers are unable to attend however we will live stream the events. Details of the live stream will be sent home on Thursday afternoon via compass. Please note that the mass will begin at 12 noon and not 11:30am as previously advertised.

Year 6 Farewell.

Parents and carers are able to attend this event but must be fully vaccinated. Only two guests per student are allowed. If you are not able to attend then please let us know and we will arrange for you to view the event. A reply slip was sent home last week seeking numbers for catering purposes. If you have not yet returned it then please do as soon as possible. Please note, if you turn up unable to show proof of your vaccination status you will be turned away.

Free Desks and Chairs

We will be taking delivery of a new set of desks and chairs for Year 1 in January.

If you would like a small school desk and chairs they will be available next week to be collected. After that they will be going in a skip bin. Please contact the office to indicate if you would like some. 

Online games

We are observing and hearing increasing reports of children playing online games that have violent actions and sexualised behaviours in them and the children are acting out these behaviours at school. Some of the games we are hearing about have the ability for avatars to undress. These games are often live and a ground for online predators to be able to access your child and talk to them through the avatar. Please review the games that your children are playing. Often these games seem innocent however there are often loopholes that expose children to inappropriate content. The eSafety commissioner is a great place for parents to access up to date information on these games. The attached flyer gives you further information about the game Roblox which is the latest game that appears to be causing issues.