Welcome to Term 2! It has been great to welcome everyone back after a nice two-week holiday.  The children have settled back into the school routine well.

During the holidays St Joseph’s students represented our school at the Adelong Anzac Day march very reverently.  We had a large number of students and they fulfilled the role of flag bearer, read prayers and laid a wreath on behalf of the school.  Thank you to all staff, students and their families who came to the march.

Last week we hosted with St Mary’s a very successful Western Region Cross Country.  It was very much a team effort with Batlow and a HUGE thank you to our wonderful Community Council and parents who worked tirelessly all day and baked and cooked to ensure that the day was a good one.  We have had many positive comments about how smoothly the day ran, and again thank you to Ryan and his wonderful Batlow parents for all of their hard work.

At the end of Term 1 staff participated in a Twilight staff meeting which involved heading down to the Adelong Falls to the Nature Wellness Trail.  We were very appreciative of the ladies from the Bushfire Recovery Team from Murrumbidgee Health – Jennifer, Vivian and Jacinta who led us for the afternoon and talked about the many benefits that connecting with nature has on our well being.

Staff continued their Professional Development last week on the Pupil Free Day with all teachers completing the next HITP online Catalyst unit.  Staff continue to receive Professional learning and coaching in High Impact Teaching Practices and the Catalyst initiative.

We are getting closer to the new build commencing.  Once the Construction certificate is issued, it will be all systems go!  Over the next couple of weeks temporary fencing will be erected and there will be some changes on where the students will access the buses and what areas will be out of bounds.  We will keep parents updated of any changes.

We are looking forward to our Mother’s Day liturgy next Tuesday.

Blessings for a super week,

Kirsty Beavan

Principal