From the Principal's Desk

Dear Parents and  Caregivers

First Communion - Our prayers and congratulations go out to our Year 4 students and families on such a special occasion and hope that by receiving Jesus they will grow in love, forgiveness and service for others, to be like Jesus.  Thank you to our teachers, Mrs Karen Swift and Mr Barry McGilloway, Fr Elver and the Parish Sacramental Team who have been guiding and supporting all the students through their preparations.  The Masses have been lovely and a wonderful reflection of the commitment of our faith and your support and prayers for our children and families at this special time is greatly appreciated.

As Catholics, we know that the Holy Eurcharist is the source and summit of our faith:  It is the Body, Blood, Soul and Divinity of our Lord and Saviour Jesus Christ.  Pope Francis has called it the ‘Sacrament of Love’: “….The Eucharist is at the heart of  ‘Christian Initiation,’ together with Baptism and Confirmation, and it constitutes the source of the Church’s life itself.  From this Sacrament of love, in fact, flows every authentic journey of faith, of communion, and of witness….”  Jesus comes to us in a unique way in the Eucharist.  When He come, we receive Him into our body and our soul.  This is very beautiful, personal and intimate.

Semester One Reports – Parents with students from Pre-Primary to Year Six will have access to their child’s Semester One Reports via the SEQTA portal this afternoon, Friday 24 June, from 3.30pm.  Pre-Primary and new families to the school this semester, you would have received an email from the school informing you of how to set up a new SEQTA account.  If you have not received this email, please check your junk mail and then call the office, if necessary.  Families with an existing account you are encouraged to log in and check you have access before Wednesday 29 June as the school will be closed due to the Staff Retreat and there will be no one available in the office.  If you have any problems accessing your child’s report, please do not hesitate to contact our office staff for assistance.

Staff  Retreat - On the last two days of Term 2 all our staff will be travelling down to the St John of God Retreat Centre in Shoalwater for our bi-annual Staff Spiritual Retreat. It is a time set apart to be in quiet rest and solitude with God.  For generations, people have gone on spiritual retreats to encounter God and experience spiritual renewal… It is a way of entering into the presence of God and allowing him to nourish our souls.  We are pleased to have Fr Elver joining us to celebrate Mass in the beautiful chapel at the retreat centre.  We will also be engaged in a day of Curriculum and Communications Professional Learning

Interschool Cross Country Carnival - As I write this our students are eagerly participating in the Interschool Cross Country Carnival.  Mr Dols and the staff who are in attendance, are as excited as our students as all our sporting events are highlighted by our students’ strong Liwara spirit of enthusiasm, endurance, collegiality, and most of all their energetic attempts of always doing their best but steered by a genuine sense of collegiality and ‘sports person ship’.

KINDY 2023/2024 AND PRE KINDY 2023 If you have a child who is due to start Kindy in 2023, I urge you to contact our enrolment officer, Karen Rosser, to discuss the enrolment process as the places are filling steadily. I am currently meeting with future and current parents for our Kindy 2023/2024 & Pre Kindy 2023 interviews.