Notre Dame Catholic Primary School
Foundations of Long Life Learning
Principal Update 9 April 2020
Dear Parents and Staff
I hope you are all continuing to cope well under the difficult circumstances that confront us. Thank you for the wonderful support that you have continued to give us as we have worked to provide ongoing educational opportunities for our children. I have recently spoken with a number of Catholic school Principals and believe that the online delivery that our staff have presented over the past few weeks is exceptional and I am very proud of their efforts and the way in which many parents have stepped up into the pseudo-teacher role. I am sure that our children have been provided with opportunities that are second to none and, whilst the current situation is far from ideal, our children will be well placed to continue with their learning when we’re back at school after all of this is over.
As I have stated in my letter to you yesterday, we continue to be open for the children of essential services workers next Term. In my letter I mentioned the first four weeks as this is what had been recommended to me. I believe, however, as I’m sure many of you do, that it is highly unlikely that we return to regular class attendance at all next Term. If this is the case, we will remain open to support those in need. I will keep everyone informed in my weekly updates as next Term commences. In the update I will be including a “recipe of the week” taken from our school’s fabulous recipe book that was produced a number of years ago. We have some copies available at the school office if you would like to pick one up free of charge. (Of course, you may make a small donation to the P&F if you wish, but it isn’t necessary). Maybe it could be time for us to be thinking about producing a new recipe book later in the year now that we’ve all had time to re-visit our culinary skills.
Please visit the second link from the Archdiocese of Perth to access all of the Easter services online.
Since we all need to self-isolate, I’ve had to search through some of our gear that hasn’t been out for years. I think this will get a bit of a battering over the next few days!
FORD VS HOLDEN
Notre Dame Catholic Primary School
Email: admin@nds.wa.edu.au
Website: www.nds.wa.edu.au
Location: 360 Daly Street, Cloverdale WA, Australia
Phone: (08)62727100