Dear Holy Family Parents and Carers,

I was overjoyed to see so many parents at our recent Parents and Friends (P&F) meeting. Our school thrives on collaboration and the shared commitment to providing the best educational experience for our students. Your attendance at the P&F meeting demonstrates your dedication to fostering a strong partnership between home and school, creating a positive and enriching environment for our children.

I wish to acknowledge and thank the P&F committee and class parents for their hard work and dedication in organising the various events for 2024. As we move forward, I encourage each of you to continue actively participating in the various school activities and events. Your engagement strengthens the sense of community within our school, creating an environment where every student feels supported and valued.

If you have any further thoughts or suggestions, please feel free to reach out. Your feedback is invaluable as we strive to make Holy Family an even better place for our students.

I would like to thank everyone for the warm birthday wishes, your thoughtfulness is it is very much appreciated.

Key Points from the Principal's Report:

New staff

This year we have welcomed Mrs Alyce Keating – KG teacher, Mrs Bianca Davis - Year 2 and Mrs Caroline McNally – Gifted Ed. teacher. Thank you for making them feel welcomed into the Holy Family community.

Enrolments

Currently we have 10 classes with 243 students, this is an increase of 20 students since February 2023 census. Open Day presentation and school tours occur this Thursday and Friday. Thank you to our wonderful Senior students for their outstanding leadership throughout the school tours.

Attendance

I wish to thank parents and carers for their efforts to get their children to school on time. Attendance has improved dramatically this year and punctuality has made a huge difference to students' learning.

Years 5 & 6 Leadership

The Year 5 and Year 6 students have enjoyed a successful camp at Narrabeen Sport and Recreation. From all accounts they thoroughly enjoyed their time developing teamwork and collaboration skills.

Playground Update

The contracts for the new playground upgrade have been signed. We now wait for the commencement date. Thank you for your patience with this project, I will keep you updated as soon as I am notified.

OOSH

Last year, OOSH commenced with 15 students attending in the afternoons. We acknowledge that the numbers have grown significantly, and this may have caused some angst amongst parents as they have struggled to secure a vacancy for their child. Due to the growing demand for places a new contract is ready for sign off with a capacity of 75 students per session. This should occur within the coming days. I will send out a Compass message as soon as we have confirmation.

During Term 2 and 3 OOSH will be offering morning positions for half price at $12.00. Please see Ryan for more information.

Parent Partnership

Thank you to the many parents who were able to attend the recent Parent Information evening followed by 1:1 Meet the Teacher meetings. We are “Building a partnership for success”.

God Bless you and your families

Pauline Dinale

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?
Tuesday 12th March	Broken Bay Swimming Carnival
Wednesday 13th March	NAPLAN commences
Friday 15th March	Lenten Mass

Week 7 and beyond
Sunday 24th March	Palm Sunday
Tuesday 26th March	Wellbeing Picnic & Music presentation
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

Coles Development Update

Last week the site has made a significant progress, see below items that were achieved.

Completion of Formwork to Level 2 Pour 4
Commencement of the Formwork to Level 3 Pour 1
Commencement of the Scaffold Base Out around the perimeter of the Residential Tower.
Pouring of the Level 2 Pour 3 Verticals.

Over the coming week we anticipate the below.

Pouring the Level 2 Pour 3 Slab on Saturday 09/03/2024.
Completion of the Level 3 Pour 1 Deck.
Install of the Level 2 Pour 4 Reinforcement: Targeting a concrete pour on 12/03/2024.
Install of the Level 3 Pour 1 Reinforcement: Targeting a concrete pour on 12/03/2024.

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