Welcome to Week 6. I am sure many of you were eagerly watching to see the results of the Cambodia Monster Raffle on drawn on Tuesday. Thank you to all those who bought tickets to help with this important cause. The Cambodia immersion has returned after many years affected by Covid and our plan is to run it bi-annually for interested Years 11 and 12 students in the future. A huge thank you to Mrs McInerney and Miss Hayes for their amazing organisation and support of this program. This is such a good example of the ‘Live Spiritually’ aspect of our Vision Statement as students selflessly work to support others in need. The opportunity to visit a third-world country is often a life-changing one and really challenges students’ perspectives and to seek purpose in their lives

At last week’s Community Council Meeting, there were two main topics; the first was that the Community Council would be seeking Expressions of Interest in leasing the canteen from Term 3, and the second topic was to provide feedback concerning Catholic Education’s decision (after consultation) to change all community councils and P&Fs to School Councils. Our Community Council had to look at two different models for this new council model and give feedback. All members strongly agreed that developing strong parent engagement was very important in the future.

By now you would have received a link via Compass to complete the Tell Them From Me (TTFM) Survey. These surveys are conducted in all Archdiocesan schools each year. They are valuable in collecting feedback both about what is going well and what could be improved in a school and are used to develop future directions. Please take the time to complete this survey, it closes on June 9.

I would like to take this opportunity to ask parents to carefully consider if they can support the College in improving the attendance of their child if this is currently an issue. Attendance is closely correlated with academic success and well-being. In NSW students are obliged to attend school until they turn 17. There are exemptions for those entering into apprenticeships or traineeships or full-time employment. Please contact your child’s House Leader if you would like to discuss attendance further. This table very clearly shows how attendance tracks across a school year.

Do not hesitate to contact me if you have any questions or concerns via email at kathy.holding@cg.catholic.edu.au

Walking Together in 2023.