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Dear Good Shepherd Community,
A big thank you!
What a sensational Father’s Day Breakfast! Our incredible Community Council worked absolute magic—650 bacon and egg rolls served in just one hour (surely a world record!). It was wonderful to see so many dads, grandads, and significant people gathered together to share such a special morning. A huge thank you to all who helped make it such a memorable celebration.
The Road to Flourishia awaits!
Our Dance Concert The Road to Flourishia launches next week! Seats are filling fast, so we hope you’ve reserved yours. Join us as our students take you on a whimsical journey through dance—an event not to be missed!
Year 5 Camp adventures
Today we farewelled our excited Year 5 students as they headed off to Sydney for their camp adventure. We wish them a fantastic few days filled with fun, learning, and new experiences.
Uniform updates
From Monday of Week 9, either summer uniform or winter uniform can be worn until the end of the term; it cannot be a hybrid of both. Please ensure the uniform is worn corrrectly.
An update on bag tags: Since before I came to Good Shepherd there has been a strong recommendation amongst the teaching community that bag tags are simple in design and are used to identify school bags, and that fancy, expensive tags are to remain at home.
We recommend 2 small tags or one larger one be attached to bags. I have seen many plush toys and labubu tags on schoolbags; tags which cost over $40! Our school uniform is designed to provide equity for all students and I know that when shiny, sparkly attractive items come to school on bags (or in bags), especially with younger students, they can cause distraction and jealousy and result in expensive items being lost, taken or damaged.
I appreciate some of the bigger kids have key tags on their bags which they are very proud to wear. Rather than have multiple tags on the bags all at once, it is recommended they rotate their tags each week to keep the distractions to a minimum and to uphold equity for all.
Thank you for the ongoing support you bring to our school community.
Warm regards
Trazel
St Carlo Acutis was canonised on 7 September 2025 and became the world’s first millennial saint.
As a teenager, Saint Carlo became terminally ill with leukaemia. His faith and love of God were strong. His complete belief in, and love for, the Eucharist and Jesus’ very real presence within was astounding and inspiring. He loved to pray the Rosary, and he attended Mass as often as possible. Such was his desire and determination to be closer to God that he inspired and motivated family members and other people to receive Communion daily.
St Carlo’s deep and unwavering faith underpinned all he prayed, said and did. He inspired many people to turn to God and become Catholic. His love and concern for the poor was strong. He would interact regularly and compassionately with people who were homeless, bringing home-cooking to them and spending time talking with them. He also stood up for the rights and wellbeing of others.
Being a millennial, St Carlo was also an adept computer coder. He used his technological savviness to educate people about Eucharistic miracles in the hope that others would see, as evidenced by science, that Jesus really is present in the Eucharist, and as a result, they would turn to God.
St Carlo did not become influenced or deterred by peer pressure. He firmly, faithfully and with conviction, shared and defended Jesus, God and the Catholic Church's teaching.
The Bread of Life doesn’t just satisfy — it transforms.
On Friday, many of our Year 4 students will be participating in their First Holy Communion Retreat Day in preparation for receiving their First Holy Communion this Sunday at Mass. They have been focusing on the Catholic belief that in every piece of bread that is blessed and broken in the Eucharist at Mass, Jesus is saying to them, “I am with you” in his real presence in the Eucharist.
Wow, what a time to be receiving Jesus for the first time through this blessed Sacrament, right when Carlo Acutis, whose life’s Mission was to bring knowledge of the gift of God’s presence in the Eucharist to others!
As Catholic believers, they have been learning about how God can feed people’s souls with love, grace, mercy and hope so that they, in turn, can cast their nets out deep with kindness and be the Heart of God in Amaroo through their words and actions.
We wish them well with blessings and prayers for this weekend’s important event in their faith journeys.
Let us pray together:
Gracious God, fill our hearts with gratitude for the gift of your son Jesus.
May we be brought closer to Jesus through the gift of Communion we receive when we pray together and celebrate Eucharist with the Mass in faith and hope that we will be led to fullness of love and life with God.
Through Christ our Lord. Amen.
Next Friday is Global Schools and Footy Fever Day. Students are invited to cast their nets out deep with kindness and help our Buddy Global School – St Pius Academy in Kiisi County, Kenya. They have reached out and asked for our help to finish their classrooms so they can do their lessons. They need to install glass windows and doors and cement the floors. They would love to paint their classrooms so they are fun and engaging.
So let’s have fun, raise money, and help our buddy school in need all at once!
All students are invited to come to school either wearing their favourite footy team’s colours or their favourite footy shirt or jersey.
The founder and Manager of Global Schools Partners, Simon Carroll will be visiting our school to share an update with us about our buddy school.
Calling for books
The Community Council is calling on all book lovers! As we prepare for the Good Shepherd Book Fair on Sunday 24 October, we are seeking donations of good-quality books, games and puzzles to help make the event a great success.
This is a great chance to declutter your shelves and share the joy of reading with others in the community.
We are looking for:
- fiction and non-fiction (all genres)
- children’s books, games and puzzles
- cookbooks, hobby books, biographies and more
Drop-off location and times: TBA.
Deadline for donations: Friday 24th October.
Dear Defence families,
To honour all servicemen and women, we invite Defence families, Good Shepherd families and staff past and present, to contribute towards the purchase of Remembrance Chairs. These handmade benches will be placed in the Commemorative Garden at the entrance to our school. During school hours they will provide a place for classes to learn and reflect.
Any donations are welcome, but those who donate $50 or more will have their family name cut into the metal of the chair.
Donations can be made by QKR App! (look for the 'school payments' menu).
National Peacekeepers' Day 14 September
Since 1947, Australian defence personnel, police and civilians have been involved in United Nations (UN) missions and other multinational peace operations. Most recently, thousands of Australians have been deployed in anti-terrorism campaigns in Afghanistan, the Middle East and South West Africa.
Thank you to all of our Good Shepherd serving members past and present who have served and continue to serve in peace keeping missions arond the world.
