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Dear parents and carers
It has been a wonderful first term at Good Shepherd. I am humbled to be able to visit classrooms each week and see the extraordinary work our teachers do each day. I am getting to know your sensational children, who fill me with joy. I have appreciated the high levels of support from parents and carers as we are in partnership with you. Your support of our work has been invaluable - thank you.
We have had several building projects occurring this term, including the establishment of an ANZAC garden and teaching space, and a yarning circle. You will see our new ANZAC memorial garden is now in use at the front of the school and the yarning circle will be commissioned by local Indigenous elders’ next term. Dougal and his team at Cool Climate Landscapes have been able to realise our vision for both these spaces.
Our Hall refurbishment project continues to progress and is scheduled for completion on the 17th May.
We have been fortunate to have our Director of Catholic Education, Mr Ross Fox and the Education Lead, Mr Patrick Ellis, visit us in recent weeks to see teaching and learning in action. They were impressed to see that staff have been working on a coaching model to continually improve their teaching practice. Please see our latest brochure about Catalyst https://catalyst.cg.catholic.edu.au/resources-centre/?type=35
Term 2
Term 2 commences for students on Tuesday 30th April 2024.
A reminder that winter uniform is to be worn in Terms 2 and 3. Details will be on social media regarding opening times for our second-hand uniform shop.
Enrolment period commences at the beginning of Term 2. You will need to enrol your child for Kindergarten even if they already have a sibling here at the school. Places are already filling quickly for Kindergarten 2025. Open Days are scheduled for AM and PM tours on the 1st May and the 13th May. Thank you to the Year 6 students who will be conducting school tours. Please come and see our amazing school!
I wish you all a safe and happy holiday break.
Best wishes
Trazel
EASTER, not Christmas, is the most important feast of the Christian calendar. It is so significant that we will still celebrate the Easter Season for weeks to come. Christmas celebrates the mystery of God’s word and God becoming human through the birth and life of Jesus. Easter celebrates the mystery of the resurrection of Jesus from death into a new kind of human existence. Easter is the central mystery of our Christian faith.
In his 2024 Easter Message, Archbishop Prowse drew our attention to the fact that during the Easter Season, Catholics and Christians everywhere proclaim the victory won for humanity in the single act of Jesus rising from the dead.
Just as Archbishop Prowse has reminded us to do at this time, let us focus on the fact that Easter is God’s ultimate victory over threats to living out our humanity to its full. It is the victory for humanity that is permanent and universal. Archbishop Prowse also asks us, in this Year of the Holy Spirit, to breathe in the joy and hope of the Risen Lord’s transformation of our humanity and let us praise Jesus and share this with others. Archbishop Prowse wants us to announce this hope to the world, letting our first efforts be directed at those who struggle most. He also wants for our joy be practical to those most in need and for us be Easter peacemakers in both our families, schools and indeed our fragile world.
This past Sunday was the Second Sunday of Easter, and it is the Sunday that we celebrate Divine Mercy Sunday, where we acknowledge, appreciate, and celebrate God’s divine mercy.
Just as Jesus continuously, and without judgement or condition, shows us love and mercy, may we too show mercy to others. May the difference we want to see in our world start with us. Let us pray together as a school community:
Loving God, when we are frightened and filled with doubts … open us to the gospel of peace. When we think we understand everything, and our minds are closed to new teachings … open us to the gospel of peace. When we do not understand, and our fears turn into anger or mistrust … open us to the gospel of peace. When we want to hide behind laws, regulations, and traditions that can hurt and exclude … open us to the gospel of peace, as the risen Christ came to be with the disciples and show them new possibilities, open us to the gospel of peace. Amen.
Kindergarten | KD - Mia A | KH - Aishani K G | KT - Ashton R | KTC - Ariana E |
Year 1 | 1D - Palkirat G | 1L - Zane D | 1M - Valentina Z | 1R - Ella U |
Year 2 | 2B - Kabir H | 2C - Luka C-P | 2E - Ava A R | 2FO - Anayat K |
Year 3 | 3Ca - Ellora T-B | 3Ch - Adau T | 3T - Zander S | 3W - Panyin A-T |
Year 4 | 4BP - Taylor G |
4I - Tyson K |
4R - Emily L | 4T - Aarush G |
Year 5 | 5DJ - Braxton T | 5G - Benjamin B | 5Sc - Harry S | 5Sm - Lexie N |
Year 6 | 6G - Leanne M | 6K - Zia C | 6M - Philopateer G | 6W - Antony M-C |