Dear Parents,

What a week! We have all 4 seasons of weather, our Year 3 students ventured to Penguin Island for their excursion with staff and some enthusiastic parents, our Yr 4 – 6 Swimming Team competed at the Interschool Competition down at Aqua Jetty in the rain (great effort guys), we had the first of our two Edudance Concerts which were high-energy and engaging, and our Year 2 class entertained us with their assembly this morning. A huge thanks to all the parents who came to our P&F Meeting after assembly, this was a great discussion with lots covered. A particular thanks to Jacquie Deshon, our Wellbeing Coordinator, for coming down to introduce the Friendology Program to parents and to discuss opportunities for parent workshops on Cyber Safety here at school.

I hope you all have a great weekend and we look forward to a short week of fun and learning to end the term.

Geordie

On Thursday Year 3 Red and 3 Blue went to Penguin Island and it was amazing. We saw so many penguin houses. Exploring the island was the best part because there were caves. The sand felt squishy between my toes. Just before lunch we attended the feeding session. The lady who hosted the session told us lots about penguins. Their predators are sharks and seals. At the end we built sandcastles and there were three teams that won. It was a wonderful excursion.

By Neave M

We had so much fun at Penguin Island. We enjoyed dipping our feet in the water and best of all was the sandcastle competition. All the castles were awesome. When it was judging time there were two groups that got a tie. My group and Kayde’s group won. We had an amazing day at Penguin Island.

By George K

As their reward, children in Pius House can wear a t-shirt of their choice, with their school shorts/skorts next Tuesday 4 April and will receive extra play time at lunch on that day too!

Stations of the Cross tonight at 6pm

Palm Sunday Mass 2 April - 7:30am and 9am (or Saturday 6pm)

Holy Thursday Mass 6 April - 7pm

Good Friday Stations of the Cross - Friday 7 April - 10am

Good Friday Mass- Friday 7 April - Veneration of the Cross 3pm

Easter Saturday Vigil 7pm

Easter Sunday 7:30am or 9am

Reconciliation (confession) is on offer before mass this Saturday. Arrive at 5:15pm.

Alternatively Our Lady of Lourdes in Rockingham offer Reconciliation on Saturday 11.30am -12.30pm; 4.30pm -5.30pm.

Choirs4Kids provides a singing program for local kids to develop their voice further and sing for fun. Songs are modern, upbeat with a focus on vocal skills in the process. We work on helping kids find their confidence through the power of singing.

Term Two offers an in person choir in Port Kennedy for ages 7 to 13 on Wednesdays 3.30pm at the Port Kennedy Community Centre.

Special offer for Term Two bookings - their unique online singing program is offered complimentary for new sign ups.

Friendship Day - Weds 5 April

Ricky Grace Basketball - Wednesday 5 April: 7.45 - 8.30am

EduDance Concert - Red Classes & 3B - Wednesday 5 April: 2.00pm

3B Reconciliation Student/Parent Workshop - Wednesday, 5 April⋅4:00 – 5:00pm

3R Reconciliation Student/Parent Workshop - Wednesday, 5 April⋅5:30 – 6:30pm

Crazy Sock Day - Thursday 6 April

Easter Raffle Draw & Icy Poles - Thursday 6 April

Last Day of Term 1 - Thursday 6 April

First day of Term 2 - Wednesday 26 April

Term 1: Wednesday 1 February - Thursday 6 April 2023

Term 2: Wednesday 26 April - Friday 30 June 2023

Term 3: Tuesday 18 July - Friday 22 September 2023

Term 4: Wednesday 11 October - Friday 8 December 2023

Tuesday 6 June 2023

Monday 24 April 2023

Monday 17 July 2023

Monday 14 August 2023

Please note that as this is a live calendar, dates and times may change occasionally.