Principals' Message
From the Principals - Alison & Lisa
This week our St Edward's Leadership Team has been working with Jane Bezzina on team effectiveness. Jane is a Sydney based consultant whose expertise is working with leaders in organisations to help them become effective in their leadership through co-constructing a shared vision and purpose for leading. We are confident that we have begun a very positive process with Jane and look forward to working together to drive improvement in culture and student learning.
The St Edward's Primary School Leadership Team in 2020 consists of:
Co Principals - Alison Hatton & Lisa McSweeney
Assistant Principal - Greg O'Toole
Religious Education Coordinators - Sally Clarke & Amy Willis
Leader of Pedagogy - Claire Ryan
Student Support/Coordinator - Amanda Sheridan
MaST Coordinator - Andrew Millman
Sport/Health Coordinator - Natasha Gippel
Student Representative Council
At our Monday morning assembly our Student Representative Council for Term 1 was announced. These students have been elected by their peers to represent their class at meetings facilitated by Mr O'Toole to give our students a "voice" in the direction of our school and to have more students given the opportunity to demonstrate leadership. Congratulations to:
3R Wilson Maloney
3P Henry Whale
3S Martha Ferris
4Q Isabella Brydon
4S Jasmine Ryan
4A Millie Furneaux-Gay
5K Halle Swan
5L Lara Cartan
5C Alyssa Sleiman
6C Emma Newlan
6G Caitlin Dunstan
6T Adrian Lu
Ash Wednesday
Yesterday our primary students and staff joined with Deacon Paul, Fr Ross O'Brien and parishioners for our Ash Wednesday Mass. Ash Wednesday signals the start of Lent. For forty days we are asked to reflect on ourselves and how we can be better and do better. The three elements for a change of heart include prayer, fasting and almsgiving. Our Infant students also had the opportunity to take part in a special liturgy and receive the ashes. Thank you to Fr O'Brien for celebrating this Mass with us and to Mrs Sally Clarke and Mrs Amy Willis for organising both of these special events.
2020 STUDENT RESIDENTIAL ADDRESS and OTHER INFORMATION COLLECTION
Please read this important information by the Australian Government Department of Education, Skills and Employment regarding the collection of Student Residential Addresses and Other Information.
PARENT ASSOCIATION MEETING
Our first Parent Association Meeting will be held in the Primary Campus Staffroom on Tuesday 3rd March at 6.30pm. Once again, we warmly welcome all parents and carers to come along and become involved in this important facet of school life, especially our new Kindy parents! We look forward to seeing you there.
SCHOOL ADVISORY COUNCIL MEETING
Please note our first School Advisory Council meeting for 2020 will be held on Monday 9th March at 5.00pm in the Primary Campus Staffroom. Diocesan Support Officer Catherine Ible will be present at this meeting to clarify the role of the Advisory Council in schools.
COMPASS PARENT PORTAL LAUNCH
Please mark Thursday 19th March in your diary as this is the night we will be inviting parents and carers to come along and become informed on how to access the Parent Portal of Compass. More details to come! We appreciate that some parents may already be using the Compass Parent Portal if you have a child at McCarthy Catholic College, however we would appreciate if you wait for the correct processes to be put in place before attempting to use it with our St Edward's site.
PUPIL FREE DAYS
Our Staff Development Days (Pupil Free Days) have been confirmed and are outlined in the 'Upcoming Dates' of our newsletter.
CORONAVIRUS UPDATE
As you would be well aware, the Coronavirus is still a very prominent topic in the media and we continue to receive updates from Catholic Schools NSW.
NSW Health has information available on its website.
Factsheet: https://www.health.nsw.gov.au/Infectious/alerts/Pages/coronavirus.aspx
FAQs: https://www.health.nsw.gov.au/Infectious/alerts/Pages/coronavirus-faqs.aspx
Have a wonderful week everyone!
Alison Hatton & Lisa McSweeney