Dear Holy Family Parents and Carers,

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

SPARK Academy

I would just like to take a moment to tell you of a very exciting project we are piloting with four other north shore schools this year. 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. The project is called SPARK – Supporting Potential Among Remarkable Kids.

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. For now, we are not looking to create opportunities for those who excel in the physical domain, believing that Broken Bay with its sporting representative structures lends itself well to supporting and bringing these students together.

Therefore, 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.

The first two days are approaching fast – the first being at Corpus Christi, St Ives on Thursday April 4th and the second day at Prouille, Wahroonga on Tuesday 9th April.

Corpus Christi will host a Creative Arts day for stage 2 and stage 3 students. They will come together for a day immersed in art, exploring the principles of art and creating two unique artworks. They will dive into an underwater world with watercolour and acrylic paints, experimenting with texture and colours. They will then be inspired by the iconic style of Amedeo Modigliani as they create portraits using oil pastels and watercolour paints – the students can let their creativity flow in this immersive artistic experience.

The second day at Prouille, Wahroonga – will be a day of Mathematics.

Join us for a day of mathematical discovery and adventure as we invite targeted Stage 2 and 3 students to participate in an engaging Maths Day filled with fun and thought-provoking activities! From captivating math games to stimulating logic puzzles and open-ended tasks, this event promises to ignite curiosity and foster critical thinking skills. It's a fantastic opportunity for students to explore the wonders of mathematics in a dynamic and supportive environment. We can't wait to see their creativity and problem-solving prowess shine!

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.

These days will be held at no extra cost to parents, all costs being absorbed by the schools involved. Parents will be required to drop off their children at the host school and then will be invited to a small assembly to showcase the achievements and successes of the day.

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?
Sunday 24th March	Palm Sunday
Monday 25th March	Harmony Day - wear a touch of orange or cultural clothing
Tuesday 26th March	Wellbeing Week - K-6 Picnic Day & Music Performance
Wednesday 27th March	Photo session for school website
Thursday 28th March	Holy Thursday - Reflections
Friday 29th March	Good Friday (Public Holiday)

Week 9 and beyond
Monday 1st April	Easter Monday (Public Holiday)
Tuesday 2nd April	Staff Development Day (Pupil Free)
Friday 5th April	P&F Social Event
Monday 8th April	Cross Country at Bannockburn Oval The Annunciation
Friday 12th April	CAPA group will perform ‘Aladdin Trouble’

Click here to view our school calendar

Coles Development Update

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

Poured Level 2 Pour 4
Completion of the Level 3 Pour 1, & 3 decks.
Commencement of the Level 3 Pour 2 deck.
Completion of Scaffold on the Northwestern corner of the Site.
Poured Level 3 Pour 1 Verticals

Over the coming week we anticipate the below.

Pouring the Level 3 Pour 1 Slab on Tuesday 19/03/2024.
Pouring the Level 3 Pour 3 Vertical on Thursday 21/03/2024.
Pouring the Level 3 Pour 3 Slab on Saturday 23/03/2024.
Finalise the Level 3 Pour 2 Deck
Commence Reinforcement to Level 3 Pour 2
Completion of the Level 3 Pour 4 Deck

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