Dear Parents and Carers,

Hope that you are well and have enjoyed our week.

Grandparents Day is always an outstanding community event and celebration for SCC and this year was no different. It was amazing to see so many parents, grandparents and great grandparents in attendance last Friday. Thank you to the students, staff, parents, grandparents and great grandparents for their many contributions and commitment in making the day such a success - we look forward to our next Grandparents Day on Friday 29 November 2024. 

All Souls and All Saints Days is acknowledged respectively on 1st and 2nd of November. It was wonderful to celebrate All Saints Day Mass with our Year 5 and 6 students and staff. All Saints Day is dedicated to the saints of the Church. Thank you to Fr Patrick and our parish community for making our students and staff feel so welcome.

This afternoon, we held our final P&F meeting for 2023. Thank you to the P&F executive of Sarah Foster, Kelly Saveski and Rosie King for their tireless work, dedication, organisation and commitment to our school community. To our parents who have supported the P&F, we greatly appreciate your time, investment and assistance  throughout the year.  The P&F AGM is scheduled for Tuesday 13 February 2024 at 7pm.

We are currently in the process of finalising staffing for 2024. It is with mixed feelings and emotions that we announce that Mrs Fulwood, Mrs Runko and Mr Lattimore will be leaving us at the end of the year - congratulations to Mrs Fulwood on her decision to retire after 13 years at SCC, Mrs Runko will be moving to St Therese West Wollongong after successfully gaining a permanent full-time teaching position and change in career for Mr Lattimore as he will commence training as a Fire Fighter in January. Sue, Amy and Tom will certainly be missed at SCC and will always be part of our family. We wish them and their families every success and happiness moving into the future. Thank you.

• What do you want our school to continue doing? Sense of community, broad range of curriculum across Key Learning Areas and extracurricular opportunities
• What would you like our school to do less of? Reviewing and updating current homework policy
• What would you like our school to start doing? Enrichment programs and opportunities to support the diverse learning needs of students.

In Week 6, parents, carers and grandparents will have the opportunity to view our students workbooks in RE, English and Mathematics. Please take this opportunity to ask questions about your child/ren's learning, what they are most proud of and affirm their work.

Enjoy your weekend and we look forward to moving into Week 5 together.

Take care

Brad Colquhoun - Principal