St Columbkille's Catholic Parish Primary School Corrimal eNewsletter

Principal's Message

Dear Parents and Carers,

Hope that you are well and enjoying your week.

As we move into this religious time of Lent, it is an opportunity to reflect on and to be grateful for the many wonderful and opportunities that we have in our lives. On Tuesday, we hosted the annual CEDoW Caritas: Project Compassion Launch in the MD Hall.

'Lent is the favourable season for renewing our encounter with Christ, living in his word, in the sacraments and in our neighbour' - Pope Francis

In attendance was Bishop Brian Mascord, Tim Gilmour CEDoW Deputy Director, Emily Hickman Associate Director of Project Compassion Australia, CEDoW representatives, Principal’s, Assistant Principal, Religious Education Coordinators, teachers and students from across our Diocese. It was a wonderful privilege to be hosting the Caritas 2023 Project Compassion - For All Future Generations Launch at SCC.

The key message that aligned beautifully with the fundamental principal of both Lent and Project Compassion was wee have a responsibility to acknowledge, pray, support and serve those in greatest of need. That through a collective sense of compassion, hope, care and generosity, we can truly make a difference for this generation and those to come.

I was exceptionally proud of the organisation and support of the SCC Team, in making the Caritas: Project Compass launch such a success. Our visitors were highly complimentary of our school, staff and students.

Thank you to our staff - Mrs Herring, Mrs Disibio, Mrs Perre, Ms Patton, Ms Finlay-Joseph, Ms Howard, Mrs Pascoe and Mrs Sumner and to our students Livinia McLuskey, Claude Vincent, Alyssa Bishop, Dominic Raschilla, Vogue Catlin, Sabina/Isobel Santillan and the SCC Choir for their parts in the Liturgy and Launch.

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Last Friday our Student Leadership Presentation was celebrated with Year 6 and their families. It is a great opportunity to come have lunch together, then celebrate our students receiving their leadership badges. Please find below a list of our 2023 Student Leadership Teams.

School Captains – Livinia McLuskey and Claude Vincent

Vice Captains – Alissa Bishop and Dominik Raschilla

Sports Captains

Downey: Sonny O’Brien and Hugo Immens Joseph: Ruby Franco and Luca Calmasini

McCabe: Ryder Bighetti and Eadie Nelson MacKillop: Clover Duggan and Taj Bloom

Student Representative Council – Anastasia Auld, Ashton Cooper, Christina Vu, Juliet Ritz, Kaitlin Cram, Nathan Noonan, Lorella Tadros, Noah Bell, Vogue Catlin and Zali Munoz-Letham

Leaders of Community - Ethan Akhurst, Indira Lozenkovski, Indiana Whitton, Rodrigo Minogue, Cruz Tropea, Joseph Molina, Joshua Potter, Matthew Munn, Brody Karhof

Leaders of Faith - Oliver O’Rourke-Bocking, John Tadros, Sam Dorney, Riley Dorin, Zara Zikic, Daisy Smith, Millie Dalton, Bronte Ireland, Georgia Doherty

Leaders of Learning - Rhys Nightingale, Massimo Casarotto, Ilueka Gale, Sunny Barry, Mae Cameron, Natalie Harris, Noah Cotterell, Thomas Docherty

Leaders of Celebration - Maddie Nightingale, Nikhita Hira, Alex Mamouris, Ben Niew, Laura Mannion, Leah Petch, Alexander Welch, Olivia Ryan, Willow Russell, Randy O’Brien

Enviro Ninjas - Alex Mamouris, Joshua Potter, Joseph Molina, Ashton Cooper, Nathan Noonan, Juliet Ritz, Ruby Franco, Natalie Harris, Nikhita Hira, Livinia McLuskey, Alissa Bishop, Daisy Smith, Rhys Nightingale, Millie Dalton, Thomas Docherty, Rodrigo Minogue, Vogue Catlin, Massimo Casarotto,Bronte Ireland, Sam Dorney, Mae Cameron, Alexander Welch, Riley Dorin, Sunny Barry, Laura Mannion, Cruz Tropea, Luca Calmasini, Christina Vu, Oliver O’Rourke-Bocking

Positive Behaviours for Learning (PB4L) - Randy O’Brien, Clover Duggan, Matthew Munn, Kaitlin Cram, Dominik Raschilla, Willow Russell, Zali Munoz-Letham, Indira Lozenkovski, Indian Whitton, Leah Petch, Anastasia Auld, Lorella Tadros, Claude Vincent, Ethan Akhurst, Zara Zikic, Olivia Ryan, Taj Bloom, Eadie Nelson, Hugo Immens, Ben Niew

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Thank you for your ongoing support and following Carlines expectations. It is both important and necessary to maintain these expectations, and in particular, adhering to not lining up in Rosalia Ln prior to 3pm. We are continually seeking feedback from staff, parents and our neighbours to refine and further improve our current practice.

On Sunday 5 March at 9:30am, our Parish will be celebrating K-6 Family Mass and morning tea. The Parish warmly invites both our new Kinder and current families to attend this celebration.

Wishing you are sensational weekend and looking forward to seeing you at our Open Classrooms throughout the week. For further information, please refer to the article Open Classrooms attached.

Take care

Brad Colquhoun - Principal