Dear Parents and Caregivers
It is hard to believe that it is almost 2 weeks since celebrating St Mary MacKillop’s Feast Day and the Sesquicentenary of our Bridge Street campus. It was wonderful to see so many Parents, Caregivers and Friends come along and help us enjoy the day. As well, we were blessed to have some of the Sisters of St Joseph join us and help us celebrate such a significant event. They particularly enjoyed the historical presentation by the students of life and learning in our school across the decades and visiting the classes at Bridge Street.
I would like to thank the staff in their support for the preparation of the day and Mr Franco Canil and Mrs Megan Pollard in their role putting together the Liturgy and performance. As well, I would like to thank the wonderful parent volunteers from our P&F who helped to coordinate the Morning Tea for our guests, parents, and staff at Bridge Street.
P&F Fundraising
Our small and dedicated P&F Committee have worked hard to raise money to support out school. I would like to thank them for their efforts in helping to raise so far this year $5529.81. If anyone would like to join this small band of parents in the work they do, please email me and I will forward on your details.
Book Week
Next week many schools across Australia will celebrate Book Week. I know that many of our students are eagerly putting together their Book Week costumes for our parade this Monday at 11am. Our Student Leaders have also helped prepare the students this week by spending some time reading the Short-Listed Books to the Students from Preschool to Year 3. This has been a wonderful way of sharing the love of reading across the school.
Screen Time Dilemma
I came across a great Facebook post by Mark LeMessurier, an Adelaide based teacher, counsellor, author and public speaker and South Australian Senior of the Year. He works in private practice as a mentor to children and adolescents, and as a coach to parents. His post refers to screen time and the impact it is having on families which is a global issue for many families. I encourage you to click on the link and have a read of what he has to share.
https://www.facebook.com/1262555484/posts/pfbid0H9ocNszXgSBQKxAwcnUNwNNwDxegVSn2XP2ze98nrj5ejPE1vZACwzW4EZE78UEml/?d=n
Enrolments, 2023
Next week you will receive a letter asking you to fill in details about the 2023 school year. Such information is very helpful for future planning. We kindly ask for the respective details to be returned by Friday 9 September 2022.
COVID-19 update
As per SA Health guidelines, a reminder that close contacts (those who have someone in their household who is COVID-19 positive) and who are over 12 years of age (and who do not have a mask exemption), should be wearing face masks. Also, please ensure that you keep your child home if they are not feeling well, and to get tested for COVID-19 if they are experiencing any symptoms.
Yours sincerely
Grace Vassallo-Wakefield