The last two weeks have been filled with great achievements from our students through our House Cup system. Students have been trying out for sport, pushing themselves academically and showing kindness to each other through their interactions. 

Last week we celebrated the beginning of Lent with Ash Wednesday and a service led by our Student leadership team. Lent is a time of reflection and is often associated with “giving up” something. I see this as an opportunity for us all to give up the excess in our lives and strip back to who we are as people of God and growing in closer relationship with God. 

Our fundraising for Project Compassion and Caritas begins in Week 4 where each House will take a week to fundraise for this important cause. Project Compassion assists particularly the whole community project providing much needed resources for better living conditions, education and working opportunities. As the Houses fundraise for this important cause, please give generously.

On Thursday next week we will celebrate our Opening Mass and Leaders induction ceremony. We welcome all the members of the community to join us for this important event. All students will need to wear their summer academic uniform. If students have sports on that day, they will need to pack their summer academic uniform to change into. 

We also invite all new families to the College to celebrate mass and have breakfast with us on March the 5th from 8am.

This week the pastoral team have worked on a few issues with supporting students. We really encouraged our students to speak to a trusted adult as soon as they felt they had seen or heard something that was not quite right. Our students are model young people who are navigating a world that we have not experienced as young people and although are excellent at dealing with many issues, still require assistance from adults. Please encourage your children to discuss any issues with you, or any member of the pastoral team. 

This week we finalise our Year Level Captain applicants and I am so pleased with the quality of the applications as well as the courage our students have taken to step out of their comfort zone to represent their peers. Speeches will be held in PC next week and I am so excited to work with this bright group of people in making our College a better place.