Dear parents and carers,

God of all ages, You send out your Spirit to touch the hearts of all people.
Look kindly on our candidates for Confirmation as they seek to hear your voice.
We pray that you send your Spirit to enlighten, guide, strengthen, console, and open their hearts as they continue to seek a closer relationship with you. Help them to truly know the deep and abiding love you have for each of them and fill them with the joy of your presence. As our community prepares these children for Confirmation, make us an instrument of your love, teach us to reverence what is holy in others and to be patient with what we do not understand. Deepen our faith and help us to pass it on by our example. We pray that you continue to guide and sustain us, and teach us the Way of Love. We praise you through Christ our Lord. Amen

Next Tuesday and Wednesday evenings, many of our students in Year 6 will celebrate the Sacrament of Confirmation. We pray that they are filled with the Holy Spirit and that their relationship with Jesus is strengthened. Many blessings to them and their families during this special time.

200 Year Anniversary Mass

As mentioned previously, this event is happening on Sunday 28 August, commencing at 10.00am. We will have some students involved in the Mass, as well as others performing a dance as part of some entertainment. This celebration will include the following:

• Mass commencing at 10.00am under the school COLA. We will have some students involved in various parts of the Mass.
• food provided by various parish cultural groups. Our P & F will be running a BBQ at which they will need as many helpers as possible. Please contact our office if you are able to help.
• entertainment by various groups in the parish, including a group of our students involved in a dance performance.

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School focus on Mathematics

During this year, our teachers have been engaged in ongoing professional development to support the students' deep understanding of number in Mathematics. As well as them being able to learn about and work with numbers, we have been focussing on the 'Working Mathematically' strand of the curriculum which helps the students to engage in genuine mathematical activities and develop the skills of communicating, problem solving, reasoning, understanding and fluency.

To support this work, each of the classes had the chance this week to engage with activities provided by World of Maths. There were some great mathematical conversations happening as the children were solving the problems. There is an article in today's Newsletter which explains this incursion in more detail.

Wishing you all a happy and safe week,