Dear Parents and Carers,

I hope you all had a restful and enjoyable break. As we begin this new term, I am filled with anticipation for the exciting learning experiences that lie ahead. Our wonderful teachers and staff have been hard at work planning engaging lessons and activities for our students.

"Welcome back, students, to Term 2! We are thrilled to embark on an exciting journey of learning together. This term promises new adventures, discoveries, and opportunities for growth. Wishing you all a fantastic term ahead!"

Changes to Staffing

I want to share some important updates regarding our staff members. Firstly, we bid farewell to Mrs Bianca David, who has been an integral part of our school community. Due to family reasons, Mrs David will be stepping away from her role. We are deeply grateful for her contributions and wish her all the best in her future endeavours.

Additionally, we extend our sincere gratitude to Mrs Lisa Chung, our dedicated Learning Support Assistant, who has also decided to move on to new opportunities. Mrs Chung's commitment to supporting our students over the past eight years has been invaluable, and we thank her for her hard work and dedication.

As we say goodbye to these valued members of our team, we are pleased to announce that Mr Chris Knapman will be joining us as the Year 2W teacher, starting from Term 2. Mr. Knapman brings with him a wealth of experience and enthusiasm and is well-known to the students. We are excited about the positive impact he will have on our students.

Please join me in wishing Mrs David and Mrs. Chung the very best for the future, and in welcoming Mr. Knapman to our Holy Family community.

Towards 2025 vision:

GOAL 2: WE WILL ACCOMPANY STUDENTS, FAMILIES AND STAFF TO KNOW CHRIST AND TO GROW IN FAITH

By 2025 our students, families and staff will be encouraged and supported as they discover the meaning of Christ in their lives. Family, school and parish relationships will thrive helping to form our young people in Christ’s vision of life, as it has been interpreted by the Catholic community of faith over many centuries.

During the two-week break Mrs Stella, Mrs Edwards and I participated in the first module of a 2-year CSBB Leadership Formation Program. The module, Living Our Values - is based on our Catholic Schools values of faith, joy, witness, compassion and courage. This module is a journey through Bishop Anthony's Pastoral Letter to the Diocese to the CSBB values, their place in our leadership at Holy Family in the Diocese of Broken Bay and their connection to the scripture that inspires them.

"Under the leadership of the Bishop we are committed to maintain focus on our purpose; to collaborating in the mission; to applying evidence-based practice in all our endeavours and to delivering the vision as we strive to be at least as good as the very best."

The module is an opportunity to delve deeper into the values that underpin all that we do. We were able to read and reflect on each value, pondering where it can be infused into our practice both personally and professionally. I look forward to sharing more about our reflections in the coming weeks.

SPARK - Supporting Potential Among Remarkable Kids - Day of AI

SPARK is a project set to cater for high ability and or gifted students within a domain that they have a proven record of achievement in. We aim to bring together high ability and like-minded students in an area that they show enormous potential. There are three separate domains we are looking to cater for through the project - the intellectual, the creative and the social and emotional domains.

Our five pilot North Shore schools - Corpus Christi St Ives, Prouille Wahroonga, OLPS West Pymble, St Bernard's Berowra and Holy Family Lindfield have come together to plan various days in which these students are brought together at our various locations to take part in a fun, explorative and engaging way.

Each of the schools have agreed to send just 5 students each and so it has been necessary to develop a strict selection criterion for inclusion in each of the days. If your child's teacher and Mrs McNally, as our Gifted Education teacher have selected your child you will be hearing from us very soon.

The first two days had a focus on Creative Arts and Mathematics and the feedback from students, parents and staff have been extremely positive. The third day at OLPS West Pymble will be a day for the Stage 3 students to learn all about the wonderful things AI can do. The students will share their experiences with you in upcoming newsletters.

Pauline Dinale

Principal

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Enrolments for Kindergarten 2025

To enquire about sibling enrolments for Kindergarten 2025, please contact the school office or **Click here to ENROL siblings starting in 2025**

Email: hfl@dbb.org.au

Phone: (02) 7256 2141

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	TERM 2
Week 2
Sunday 5 May	10.15am Mass and 11am-2pm Parish Gathering
Tuesday 7 May	2.15pm Assembly – Guest speaker Paul Fletcher MP Federal Member for Bradfield
Wednesday 8 May	7.30am Mother's Day Breakfast 9am Mother’s Day Liturgy in the Church 10am Open Classrooms
Thursday 9 May	Cross Country North Shore Cluster Carnival Principal & REC Spiritus Retreat
Friday 10 May	Principal & REC Spiritus Retreat
Week 3
Wednesday 15 May	Confirmation parent meeting 7-9pm
Thurs. 16 May	SPARK – Gifted Education AI Day at West Pymble
Friday 17 May	Pentecost Mass in Church10am 17/5 to19/5 Venio
Week 4
Sunday 19 May	Confirmation session 1 - 5:30pm
Wednesday 22 May	SPARK – Gifted Education Maths Day at St Ives for Stage 2 & 3
Thursday 23 May	Clergy Systems Day
Friday 24 May	North Shore -Debating Our Lady Help of Christians Liturgy at 11.35am in MacKillop Hall
Sunday 26th May	Family Mass Holy Family Church 10:15am
Week 5
Sunday 26 May	Confirmation sessions 2 & 3
Friday 31 May	6-7:30pm School Soiree & Musical in MacKillop Hall
Week 6
Sunday 2 June	Confirmation session 4 Presentation of Creed 6pm
Wednesday 5 June	7pm P&F Forum (F2F & via Teams)
Thursday 6 June	9am School Tours
Friday 7 June	K-Year 6 School Athletics Carnival at Bannockburn Oval, Pymble
Week 7	Wellbeing Week
Monday 10 June	King’s Birthday Public Holiday
Wednesday 12 June	Stage 3 Netball Gala Day Confirmation Practice
Thursday 13 June	Wellbeing Student Vertical Groups
Friday 14 June	Stage 2 Netball Gala Day Stage 3 Debating Come & Try Big School for preschool children 9am Winter Sleepout 6pm to 9pm
Week 8
Wednesday 19 June	Confirmation Practice SPARK – Gifted Education – Writing & Drama Day – Stage 2 & 3 7pm Parish Council meeting
Friday 21 June	Wet weather Athletics Carnival Back-up Day Reports to parents Debating Stage 3 Confirmation -5pm Immaculate Heart of Mary, Killara -7pm Holy Family, Lindfield
Week 9
Mon. 24 - Friday 27 June	Parent & Teacher Interviews
Tuesday 25 June	School Photos
Friday 28 June	9am Open Classrooms for Grandparents 10am Grandparents’ Day Mass in Church 11am Morning tea for Grandparents in MacKillop Hall – Danny Casey CSBB Executive Director (Guest speaker)
Week 10
Thursday 4 July	9am School Tours for prospective parents Term 2 concludes for students.
Friday 5 July	Staff Development Day – all CSBB schools “Towards 2025”
Term 3 Tuesday 23 July	Students resume for Term 3

2024 Important Dates

Term 1
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

Coles Development Update

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

Poured the Level 4 Pour 3 Slab.
Completed a Scaffold top up around the Towers A&B for all elevations.
Commenced the Reinforcement Install for the Level 4 Pour 1 Deck.
Commenced the Formwork Install for Level 4 Pour 2 Deck
Commenced the Formwork Install for Level 4 Pour 4 Deck.
Poured the Level 4 Pour 3 Verticals

Over the coming week we anticipate the below:

Pouring of the Level 4 Pour 2 Verticals on Thursday 02/05/2024.
Pouring the Level 4 Pour 2 Slab on Saturday 04/05/2024.
Commence the Reinforcement Install for Level 4 Pour 4.

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