Dear Parents,

As a school we work hard to communicate regularly on the happenings and upcoming events at our school. It is a parent’s responsibility to ensure you keep up to date and read the information provided. All the information you require is generally only a click away through our SZAPP App and Parent Access Module (PAM).

We have recently received some reports of notification issues relating to our SZAPP platform. 

Please see the below methods for troubleshooting these issues:

• Check to see if the SZapp platform requires an update on your device.
• Check if your notifications are active on both SZapp and your mobile device.
• If still unsuccessful, please delete and re-install SZapp.

For any further issues please contact Schoolzine on 1300 795 503 for further assistance

COVID/Influenza Reminders:

Parents are reminded that students should not be sent to school if they are unwell. Like all schools we are facing staff shortages and we all need to work together to keep our community safe. As a school we will;

• Do everything we can to maintain continuity of face-to-face learning including the increased use of casual staff. 

• Continue to make localised staffing decisions to ensure appropriate supervision can be maintained. 

• Not be able to guarantee particular staff for any cohort and student grades may be split or not have their regular teacher for a class.

Staffing Changes:

I wish to advise that Ms Rachael Braun will be taking leave from Tuesday 20th June and will return on Monday 7th August in order to have and recover from knee surgery.

In her absence, Mrs Meg Cribbes (Lambell) will be teaching the Homegroup B classroom; I would like to thank Meg for stepping into this role and ensuring that there will be minimum disruption for the children. 

Order forms and money are due back at school by FRIDAY 16th June.

Pies will be available and must be collected from Administration on Friday 14th July  between 2.30pm and 3.30pm.

Payments to be made using cash, direct deposit or eftpos in Administration.

Thank you to the Parents and Friends Committee for organising this fantastic fundraiser for our school. 

What happened to the snake that ate a whole pie?
– It became a pie-thon! 

Sign of the Cross

Trinity, this Sunday's feast, defines us as Christians (John 3:16-18).Whatever else we are, we are Trinitarians. By far the most common Christian gesture is the "Sign of the Cross," accompanied normally by the simple prayer "In the name of the Father, the Son and the Holy Spirit".  Catholics, Orthodox, Anglicans, Lutherans, Methodists, Presbyterians, Uniting Church and other Christians proclaim the prayer at Baptism; services of worship open and close with the prayer and many use it at reception of Communion. Catholics, and many other Christians, dip fingers in holy water and bless themselves with the sign of the cross when entering a church and many homes still have a holy water font where families invoke the Trinity as they enter or leave. Foreheads are marked with an ash cross on Ash Wednesday and with a cross of chrism oil at Confirmation. Footballers, athletes, soldiers and others bless themselves and recite the prayer before challenging events and some Christians use the sign of the cross in everyday activities such as cooking or cutting. 

Each and every time we invoke this simple prayer, we reaffirm our faith in the Holy Trinity and in the saving cross of Christ. We entrust ourselves to our loving creator Father, to the Son who taught us and died for our salvation and to the Holy Spirit who guides and protects us. In summary it is the essence of our Christianity. 

Deacon Mark Kelly