Principal's Message
From the Principal
Dear Parents and Carers,
It was lovely to arrive at school this morning to see a buzz of physical activity unfolding before the school day had even commenced. There were at least 8 students involved in tennis lessons as well as 22 students running around the school oval, participating in the cross country training with Mrs Tobin, our Physical Education teacher.
It is also encouraging to see the number of students who either ride or walk to school each day. Keeping fit and active is an important way to keep young minds active and healthy. Coming up later this term we will have our Ride To School Day (Friday 19th March) and we hope we can encourage as many students as possible to ride, scoot or walk to school on this day.
Reconciliation Commitment Mass
Tomorrow, our students in Years 3 and 4 will participate in a Reconciliation Commitment Mass. This will take place at 12:00noon and will be celebrated by Fr Raju in the hall. Only students and staff may attend as per our COVID Safe policy.
Open day
Our first Open Day for the year will be held on Tuesday 16th March from 9:00am - 4:00pm. This is a wonderful opportunity to showcase our school to prospective parents looking for an an excellent education in a Catholic school setting. If you have relatives, neighbours or friends looking for a Prep enrolment for their child in 2022, we invite you to extend this invitation to them.
Enrolments for Prep 2022 are now being received at the office.
School Education Board
Last night we held our first school board meeting for the year.
Items covered at this meeting included;
School Governance
COVID Safe Plans
2021 Sacramental Program
COHR Child Safety Practices
School Promotions
The following parents and staff make up the school board for 2021;
Peter Birmingham (Chairperson)
Carolyn Grenfell (Secretary)
Natalie Moran
Oliver Grenfell
Anna Belmuda (Parent's Assoc. Rep)
Joel Ramalinga
Irna Kostic
Mel Nigro
Tamsyn D'Souza
David Florio
Jo Cowan
Brendan Welsford
School Tours for COHR Parents
At last night's school board meeting we discussed ways in which we could showcase our new building to our existing families, keeping within the COVID Safe guidelines.
Following this discussion we came up with the plan to offer school tours to our existing parents. These tours would be led by myself and offered on the following days and times;
Wednesday 10th March @ 2:45pm
Thursday 11th March @ 9:10am
Thursday 18th March at 9:10am
If you are interested in having a look at our new rooms and facilities please register your name at the front office. We would love to show you around!
Chadstone Loves Local Program
Please refer to the Chadstone Loves Local page in this week's newsletter to find out how you can put our school in the running for $20,000 worth of prizes.
Swimming Achievements
Congratulations to all our students who tried out for the district swimming trials. We congratulate Miette Windsor, Curtis Middleton and Cristiano Belmuda who made it through to the Division Swimming Carnival taking out 3rd and 4th places. Congratulations to you all!
Condolences
Our deepest sympathy to the Kostic family on the passing of Madeline and Xavier's Grandfather (Irna's dad) on Monday morning. I please ask that you keep them in your thoughts and prayers
School Banking
A reminder that school banking for students will be counted and banked each Monday.
Labour Day Holiday
A reminder that next Monday 8th March is the Labour Day Public Holiday.
As we journey through the remainder of Lent let us keep Christ at the centre of all our words and actions and let us focus our lives more clearly on walking in the way of Christ and living a Christian life.
Take care and enjoy your long weekend!