YAY, YAY, YAY!!!!!!  Words cannot describe how thrilled I am to finally see our new build commencing. In just over a week so much progress has been made and it is fantastic to see how quickly things are progressing.  Cross Build from Boorowa has the contract for the build, and it has been really positive working with them and I look forward to this continuing throughout the whole process.  Students are really enjoying coming to school to watch what is happening and I know that recess and lunch is very exciting watching the bob cats, trucks and action that is taking place!

The support from the Community council both past (for many years) and present to throw everything behind this build in terms of fund raising, coming to meetings discussing the build and having a genuine desire to see this come into fruition has been fabulous.  It is reassuring that our parent community like me cannot wait to have brand new facilities where our staff and students have the best facilities and learning environment. I believe that this will be not only an asset to the St Joseph’s community but for the town of Adelong.  As well as receiving funding from the Australian Capital Grants Program through the Catholic Schools NSW Limited Block Grant Authority (BGA), Catholic Education are contributing a significant amount of funds to the project.  Without this invaluable contribution from Catholic Education the build would not have been possible.

A big thank you to parents for your cooperation in the changed pick up and drop off arrangements.  The new arrangements are working well and all children are familiar with the new routine. 

We look forward to our author’s visit on Thursday by Pip Harry.  Pip is a renowned author who writes novels for children and young adults including the 2020 CBCA Children’s Book of the Year for Younger Readers Little Wave.   I’ll tell you mine, Are you there Buddha? And August and Jones are some other titles that Pip has written.  A HUGE thank you to Jess Pearce for organising and coordinating the visit – Pip will also visit McAuley and St Patrick’s Gundagai, and 5/6 students from St Mary’s Batlow will join us at Adelong.  A very generous donation from Treasures New and Old is being used to help fund the author’s visit and we thank them for their wonderful support of our school so that the students can enjoy wonderful opportunities such as this one.

Our athletics carnival is set down for this Friday – weather permitting.  It would be wonderful if you get the chance to come down and support your child/ren on the day or lend a hand if you can.

Over the next coming weeks our Community Council will transition to a new model.  This will mean that all positions will be declared vacant and we will be calling for expressions of interest to be on the Community Council.  Please have a think about joining our Community council, it is a great way to be involved in your child’s education and to be part of a hard working committee that is focused on our students and how we can support them.  More information regarding the expressions of interest and nominations will follow in our next newsletter.

Blessings for a great week,

Kirsty Beavan

Principal