We have reached the end of Term 2 and the successes and achievements are too many to mention. All students and staff are very deserving of two wonderful weeks of rest and rejuvenation. We hope that everyone has a safe holiday and returns to school on 23 July ready for another big term.

Yesterday we celebrated the NAIDOC Liturgy as a whole school. Together we acknowledged the contributions and importance of our First Nations people and especially those connected with our school. We were privileged to have Mr Murray Izzard beginning our celebration with his playing of the didgeridoo and to have Samanatha Pearce (nee Maxwell) acknowledge her cultural journey of recognition where she values the connections she has to her ancestry and family. Our Stage 3 students were outstanding in their leadership of the Liturgy and we hope that our community also recognised the value of our connection to our local First Nations people.

On Wednesday our Secondary U16s Girls Rugby League were the inaugural winners of the Rachael Pearson trophy for Schoolgirls Rugby League in Wagga Wagga. This is an enormous achievement and our girls displayed skills, determination and resilience to go through undefeated. Congratulations. Thank you to Ms Murray for her leadership of the girls team. The girls now move onto the next level of the competition.

Next term we will see the staging of the latest production Man of Steel. Many hours have gone into the preparation for the performance. Tickets for the night performances will be on sale at Kevin Deeps Clothing Store in Parker St. over the holiday period. We hope that you buy a ticket to support our talented students and enjoy a night of entertainment and lots of laughs.

Hopefully over the holidays we will get the go-ahead to begin the construction of the Primary Building deck and refurbishment. It promises to be an amazing space for our Primary students to learn and grow. There are exciting times ahead. Unfortunately, we will not be finished and able to move back into the building until later than expected. However, we are making the Convent space work as temporary classrooms and it has not impacted on the learning and progress of our students. Thank you to our Year 3-6 staff and students who have adapted to the Convent space and embraced the change with enthusiasm and grace. We can’t wait to be in our new classrooms.

Our Jump Rope for Heart afternoon was an amazing fundraiser and our generous students and community raised over $7000 for the Heart Foundation which helps to fund ground-breaking research to fight heart disease. It also helps to promote healthy activities through fun and simple exercise. Congratulations to our Primary students.

Our Infants students had a wonderful afternoon marking the end of term with an 80s themed fluoro disco. There was boundless energy and some frantic dance moves from both staff and students. Thank you to our Infants staff for providing such a fun afternoon.

Today our reports will be released on COMPASS for Semester One. Many hours of assessment data has been scrutinised to provide informative and clear reporting on students’ progress and development. Please read them carefully and bring any questions, queries or concerns to the Parent/Teacher conferences early next term.

Please travel safely over the holidays and we look forward to another action-packed Term 3.

Remember kind is the new cool!

God Bless

Ms Nicky Trinder

Principal