Welcome to the end of Week 8!  There was no assembly today due to NAPLAN and excursions.  Next week will be our last assembly for the term, with Year 5 Jellyfish presenting.  

We currently remain in the season of Lent as we journey towards Easter.  Starting next week, each of our classes will participate in the Journey of Holy Week which will be set up in our Bush Tucker Trail.  During this time there will be symbols and actions set around the trail to give students a greater understanding of the journey of Holy Week, leading up to the death and resurrection of Jesus.  These events include, Palm Sunday, the Washing of the Feet, the Last Supper, Jesus’ betrayal, Jesus carrying the cross and ultimately the death of Jesus.  It is certainly a more solemn time in the Church calendar.  When we return after Easter, we enter a time of joy as we celebrate the resurrection of Jesus. 

Fun Run

Friday 31st March will see all of our students participating in our annual school Fun Run.  All of our students are catered for throughout the event; from our most competitive runners, who are encouraged to go through the course as fast as they can, to those competitors or would rather take it a bit easy, with fun and enjoyable obstacles set up for them along the course.  We would like to welcome those parents who are able to attend to come and watch the races.  There will be areas allocated for our spectators to allow for the smooth running of the event.  Please note, we have had to make some changes, with the 11 Year old and 12 Year old races now set to take place on Thursday 30th March at 2:00pm.  Again, parents are welcome to attend and watch these races.  This change has been made to allow for students to be able to represent our school at the Northern Region Rugby League and Netball Cups, which will be taking place on those days.

Project Compassion 

Each week, Project Compassion has a video to show how they are supporting people and communities around the world.  Please see the link below to see one of the many projects around the world and to see where your donations might be spent.  This week's story takes us to Vietnam and is about a man named Thu. 

If you’re interested, you may want to learn more at the following link:

https://www.caritas.org.au/project-compassion/thu-story/ 

A reminder that each classroom has a donation box, where any funds, even small contributions, can be placed to do something for someone else.

Pax,

Nick