From the Principal 

 

In Faith we show ... 

Respect, Empathy, Inclusion & Excellence

Lent and Reconciliation

As the Year 3 & 4 students prepare for the Sacrament of Reconciliation, may this remind us that Lent is the time for us all to reflect and reconcile wrong choices in our families, with our friends and with our colleagues.  Saying Sorry is not always easy but has a huge impact on one's beliefs and respect towards others.  The teachings of Jesus sets the example that forgiveness is a way of growing closer to God and to our inner selves. Through the Parable of the Prodigal's Son, we are reminded that mistakes are made but that forgiveness is a way of making a change to ourselves and in our relationships with self and those around us.

Glen Eira Council Living Safely Program

Our school is working collaboratively with the Victorian Police Crime Prevention Unit and the Glen Eira Council on the Crime Prevention Project. Victorian Police Unit and the Council team have been working on a crime prevention project for Glen Eira residents. The team which was  supported by a grant from the Victorian Government Community Crime Prevention fund have provided kits for every family. 

The team  has put a lot of work into the project with the main targets being to remind residents and their neighbours to lock up their cars and homes, to show thieves that this area is not an easy target for crime, and to spend a few minutes going over your own home’s security with our easy to follow checklist, and identify any changes that would make it more secure.  The stickers provided look fantastic and Local Laws have changed to allow these particular stickers to be fixed to residential bins.

Your family will receive a free kit that you will be able to enact upon on your discretion.

Safety in the wider community is always important.

Parent attendances to whole school events.

At this point in time in keeping with COVId-19 density limits and the size of the Padua Pavilion and Church parents are welcome to attend the events as follows: 

Assembly & Prayer celebrations - only the classroom parents

Mass - all welcome

Contact Tracing via the school's App or the Church's sign in register is required at all attendances.  Hopefully, we will be able to go back to welcoming all families in the near future.  

Staff News - Peaceful Kids Program

Mrs Emma Clausen will be taking Maternity Leave at the end of this term and we wish Emma and her husband, Jeremy, the very best as they waits for the safe arrival of their second child.

Mrs Linda Di Camillo will take over the running of the Peaceful Kids Program commencing at the start of Term 2.

Newsletter Translation

We are very happy to inform the newer families of the school that this newsletter can be translated to many languages.  The translation tab can be found at the very end of the cover page.  Click on the "language" tab and select your preferred language.

Happy reading.

Yours sincerely                                                

Margaret Carlei  

Principal

Glory and praise to you, Lord Jesus Christ! 

God loved the world so much, he gave us his only Son, 

that all who believe in him might have eternal life. 

Glory and praise to you, Lord Jesus Christ!