Dear Parents and Carers,

This year has certainly challenged our school community to think outside the box and to think of new ways to do things. Long held traditions of our Feast Day celebrations, school masses and community events have had to be cancelled or adapted to meet the COVID 19 health requirements and restrictions. Usually at this time we would be looking forward to welcoming our Grandparents and Grand Friends into our school to celebrate and recognise the important role they play in the lives of the students. Although we cannot welcome our special visitors into our school we would still like to celebrate and acknowledge their importance. Next Friday our Kindergarten students will lead us in a special Grandparents and Grand Friends mass which will be zoomed out to the classrooms. In order to still include our grandparents, we would love for you to send photos to Mrs Tomadini of your child/children with their grandparents. To ensure your photos are included please email them to fran.tomadini@cg.catholic.edu.au by Friday 14^th August.

As part of our Grandparents and Grand Friends celebration we would like every student to write a letter to their Grandparents or Grand Friends which the school would then post on their behalf. To help us achieve this goal we ask that parents send a postal address for their child’s grandparents to their child’s classroom teacher. The teacher’s email addresses are provided below;

• Kindergarten – fran.tomadini@cg.catholic.edu.au
• 1/2 Blue – natalie.zarb@cg.catholic.edu.au
• 1/2 Gold – breena.walshe@cg.catholic.edu.au
• 3/4 Blue – narelle.ocallaghan@cg.catholic.edu.au
• 3/4 Gold – samantha.slocomb@cg.catholic.edu.au
• 5/6 Blue – alana.quirk@cg.catholic.edu.au                          Amanda.basedow@cg.catholic.edu.au
• 5/6 Gold – emma.donaghue1@cg.catholic.edu.au

Our two parent committees, the School Board and Parents & Friends Association, are also trying to think a little differently about the way they communicate and reach out to the school community. Please continue to read the newsletter for regular updates from both these wonderful committees. The P&F will soon be sharing an exciting proposal for the garden at the front of the school and ways families can be involved. You may have already noticed that some work has begun on the garden. Watch this space for more exciting information!

God Bless.

Rachel Smith

Principal