Last Wednesday’s Grandparent’s Day was a tremendous success whereby Grandparents, Great Grandparents and those that are like grandparents enjoyed time at Nazareth. Well over 500 guests gathered with the students and staff for Mass with Fr Joe. They then enjoyed morning tea which was followed by classroom visits. The school acknowledges the important role that grandparents have with their family and the unique special love existent between grandparent and grandchild. Thank you to many people who took time to be at Nazareth last Wednesday, many of whom travelled considerable distance. 

A reminder to all families (as previously communicated), tomorrow Friday June 3 is a Pupil Free Day. The staff will be engaged in professional learning which will be centred on our two school priorities for 2022. The first of which is a focus on the teaching of 7 key comprehension strategies from Kindergarten to Year 6 and the second priority being the ongoing implementation of a new numeracy program called Extending Mathematical Understanding (EMU). EMU is primarily aimed at supporting children who require additional support with Mathematics. Mrs Bree Jedrzejczak is the school’s newly appointed EMU teacher and is already well underway with the teaching of EMU with Year 1 students. The EMU program also supports the teaching of Mathematics across the school. Staff will also be engaged with ongoing learning modules supporting the rollout of new syllabus documents for 2023.

I hope that students enjoy tonight’s Disco and I look forward to seeing many in the Hall this evening. Refer to this newsletter for times and other details.

Thank you to the many parents who assisted with the serving of morning tea at last week’s Grandparent’s Day.

Enjoy the week ahead.

Peter Dempsey
Principal