Dear Parents and Carers

Welcome to Term 4 - It is hard to believe that we have arrived at the final term of the 2020 school year! We were all really pleased to see all our students return to school last week ready to settle back into their learning. They were excited to share their holiday stories with me. As per my correspondence at the beginning of the term, we have been fortunate to have some restrictions lifted. Thank you to our families for keeping the health and well being of our school community at the front of our minds. 

This term we have been fortunate to have previously timetabled events from earlier in the year moved to Term 4. This starts with Book Week celebrations tomorrow.

Please keep an eye out for Compass notifications. These events have been placed on the parent calendar on Compass.

As mentioned in our last newsletter, on the 3rd of October Pope Francis released his latest encyclical Fratelli Tutti. (All brothers and sisters) In this encyclical, Pope Francis, inspired by the writings of St Francis of Assisi, speaks of caring for each other and our families. Responding to our current pandemic experience, Pope Francis says that the need for local, national and international solidarity has now become even more important. The pandemic has created in many people a sense of the interdependence of communities and the fragility of human beings left to themselves. 
Pope Francis offers a grand yet simple vision of human interconnectedness. “We’re all connected to each other in ways we scarcely imagine. Our task now is to work out what this means in practice as we look beyond the pandemic.’’
While we are still not connected by our physical presence with each other as we are used to, the St Francis of Assisi school community has demonstrated great resilience, adaptability and flexibility throughout 2020 and has found new and creative ways of supporting each other. I know we all look forward to living out Pope Francis vision for “connecting with each other.” The staff and I look forward to another term with the students as we continue to be inspired by the Franciscan spirit, to empower all learners to reach their full potential.