Dear Holy Family Parents and Carers,

Open Day for Prospective Parents - Kindergarten 2025 and current parents K-Year 6

I would like to extend a warm invitation to all prospective parents for our upcoming Open Day on Thursday 7th March (6.30 -7.30pm) for prospective parents and Friday 8th March (9.00-10.30am) for prospective parents and current parents K to Year 6.

This event is a fantastic opportunity for families considering Holy Family for their child's education to experience firsthand the vibrant and enriching environment that sets our school apart.

Here are some highlights you can look forward to during our Open Day:

Guided Tours: Senior students will take parents on a tour, showcasing our classrooms, specialist facilities, and more.

Classrooms: Parents will have the chance to visit classes, witnessing the engaging and dynamic teaching and learning methods.

Meet the Staff: Our experienced and passionate teachers and support staff will be available to discuss the curriculum, extracurricular activities, and answer any questions parents may have about our approach to education.

Showcase of Achievements: Explore the achievements and successes of our students during a presentation.

Q&A Session: A dedicated session during the presentation will be held to address any queries that parents may have regarding enrolment procedures, school policies, and more.

Please spread the word about this exciting opportunity to friends, family, and colleagues who may be interested in joining Holy Family. Prospective parents to book in using the QR code for both Thursday evening and Friday morning.

Current parents are invited to visit on Friday morning - no need to book.

Curriculum Reform - What is it about?

Since the last significant reform of the NSW curriculum in 1989, the curriculum has continued to grow; leading to many syllabuses with too much content and extra-curricular issues and topics and compliance requirements crowding out teaching and learning time.

Meaningful connections within and across learning areas are made explicit, to provide an opportunity to strengthen and deepen student learning.

The new curriculum focuses on the continuum of learning from K-10 where students develop this core content progressively throughout their time at school with new learning building on earlier learning and laying the foundations for future learning.

Currently our teachers at Holy Family are in the process of learning all about the Curriculum Reform. Mrs Edwards along with several other Assistant Principals in Catholic Schools Broken Bay are getting ready to build teacher capacity through professional learning sessions at the next Staff Development Day.

Coles Development Update

Every Monday, Jason Raad, Conquest project manager shares a current Scope of Works for Coles construction. The additional concrete deliveries on Tuesday and Thursday are scheduled for completion at the end of April. We are working on strategies to support parents at morning drop-off to make it more efficient.

Last week the team have commenced on the following items:

Completed level Two pour Two slab on Saturday 24/02/2024.
Completed pouring up turns on level Two pour One on Friday 23/02/2024.
Commencing installing lift on Thursday 22/02/2024

The Upcoming week will consist of the below tasks:

Commencing installing lift.
Commencing Forming up Level Two Pour Four.
Pouring Level Two Pour Three vertical on Saturday 2/3/2024.
Pouring walls on Level Two on Tuesday 27/2/2024.
Installing scaffold for the Northwestern corner Thursday 29/2/2024

God Bless you and your families

Pauline Dinale

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2024 Important Dates

Term 1
Friday 2nd February	Kindergarten commences
Friday 12th April	Term 1 Ends
Monday 15th April – Sunday 28th April	School Holidays
Term 2
Tuesday 30th April	Term 2 Starts
Thursday 4th July	Term 2 Ends
Monday 8th July – Sunday 21st July	School Holidays
Term 3
Tuesday 23rd July	Term 3 Starts
Thursday 26th September	Term 3 Ends
Monday 30th September – Sunday 13th October	School Holidays
Term 4
Monday 14th October	Term 4 Starts
Wednesday 18th December	ADVENT Mass and Last Day for Students

TERM ONE
What's on next week?
Monday 4th March	Clean Up Australia Day
Thursday 7th March	Lenten Labyrinth Walk Open Day Evening for prospective parents
Friday 8th March	Open Day for prospective parents

Week 6 and beyond
Tuesday 12th March	Broken Bay Swimming Carnival
Wednesday 13th March	NAPLAN commences
Friday 15th March	Lenten Mass
Sunday 24th March	Palm Sunday
Tuesday 26th March	Open Day for current K-6 parents
Thursday 28th March	Holy Thursday
Friday 29th March	Good Friday (Public Holiday)
Monday 1st April	Easter Monday (Public Holiday)
Tuesday 2nd April	Staff Development Day (Pupil Free)
Friday 5th April	Stage 3 Soccer Gala Day
Monday 8th April	Cross Country at Bannockburn Oval The Annunciation
Friday 12th April	10am Easter Mass Term One concludes

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