Building / Maintenance

During the holidays, I am thrilled to announce the following maintenance:

Painting K - 2 classrooms 

Fixing of exterior and the floor in the Primary building 

Air conditioning service in the entire school 

Laying of synthetic grass on the Little bank 

General maintenance - outside of our school building.

Year 6 Mass with Bishop Brian

Today, Bishop Brian celebrated Mass with our Year 6 students along with seven other Diocesan Primary Schools who came together at St Therese Catholic Parish Primary School. The annual Year 6 Mass with the Bishop is an opportunity to celebrate the Eucharist and remind students how they can foster their relationships with Jesus through compassionate actions and loving words as they grow. It was a very prayerful celebration of the Eucharist and our Year 6 students were very responsible, respectful and were mature when interacting with other Year 6 students from the eight Diocesan Primary Schools. Following the Mass,  students were able to enjoy the opportunity to mingle, sing and dance together with students from the seven Primary schools present. They were also able to broaden their network of friends across the diocese during this time. I was incredibly proud of our Year 6 students who exhibited excellent leadership throughout the day. Thank you to Mrs Kirra Calvert, Mr Frank Timpano, Mrs Laura Miller and our St Therese Staff  who supported our Year 6 students on this day.

Student attendance

As a school, we strive to meet our Diocese benchmark of 95% student attendance rates. We understand that there are a variety of factors that can have an impact on student attendance that are out of your control. Where possible, we encourage you to ensure that your children attend school unless there are circumstances that prevent them from doing so ( e.g. illness, family situations etc). A day here or there may not seem like a lot, but over time can have a significant impact on your child’s learning.

If you have planned leave that will span longer than 5 days, can I ask that you complete the Application for Extended Leave documentation that can be obtained from the school office. Please ensure that this documentation is provided at least 14 days before planned leave, with the exception of unpredictable circumstances. If you have any questions about planned leave please don’t hesitate to contact the school to organise a meeting.

“Every child deserves a champion, an adult who will never give up on them, who understands the power of connection, and insists that they become the best that they can possibly be” Rita Pierson 

NAIDOC Week 2023

From the 2nd to the 9th of July Australia celebrated NAIDOC Week. The theme for 2023 is "For Our Elders". This statement from their website recognises elders past, present and future.

Across every generation, our Elders have played, and continue to play, an important role and hold a prominent place in our communities and families. They are cultural knowledge holders, trailblazers, nurturers, advocates, teachers, survivors, leaders, hard workers and our loved ones.
Our loved ones who pick us up in our low moments and celebrate us in our high ones. Who cook us a feed to comfort us and pull us into line, when we need them too. They guide our generations and pave the way for us to take the paths we can take today. Guidance, not only through generations of advocacy and activism, but in everyday life and how to place ourselves in the world. 

We draw strength from their knowledge and experience, in everything from land management, cultural knowledge to justice and human rights. Across multiple sectors like health, education, the arts, politics and everything in between, they have set the many courses we follow.
The struggles of our Elders help to move us forward today. The equality we continue to fight for is found in their fight. Their tenacity and strength has carried the survival of our people. It is their influence and through their learnings that we must ensure that when it comes to future decision making for our people, there is nothing about us - without us. We pay our respects to the Elders we’ve lost and to those who continue fighting for us across all our Nations and we pay homage to them.

During NAIDOC, we remember the Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander peoples of our country and celebrate their rich cultures and inspiring contributions to Australia.

St Therese Catholic

School Core Values

Inclusion     Excellence     Respect    

Collaboration     Community

The Zones Of Regulation 

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SEL

Healthy Lifesyle Unit