Dear parents and carers,

Welcome to Term 3. I trust that everyone has enjoyed a restful and safe holiday period. During this term, we will have many new and exciting events and activities taking place.

Our students have had a settled start to the term and are congratulated on the smooth start to term.

Welcome to Mrs Eastlake who will be working with us during Mrs Best’s leave period.

Professional learning for staff – on Monday, staff travelled to Temora to work with schools from across the Western Region. Ms Sarah Meier and Mr Lachlan Ellis led the day; they are members of our CE support services team. The input was focusing on regulations in relation to policy and guidelines relating to the NCCD, privacy, record keeping and social media. This input was both thought provoking and challenging in asking all staff to reflect on existing practices. There was considerable input about the challenges that are currently being faced by the education, and how we might address these challenges.

Annual Satisfaction Survey - An annual satisfaction survey of parents, students and staff will be conducted on behalf of all Catholic schools in the Diocese this term. The surveys are designed to gather feedback from parents, staff and students about our school and will be used to inform school improvement. Responses are confidential and individuals cannot be identified. 

The surveys will be launched via email on Monday July 29 and close on August 9, using the email addresses supplied to the school. If you do not receive an email with a link to the survey, you can access and complete the survey at the following link.

https://www.research.net/r/stjosephsgrenfellparent2019

Please note the link will not be active until Monday July 29.

Open Day – we will be holding an open day on Friday August 16. This is an opportunity for family and friends to visit us at school and spend some time in class with us. Feel free to bring a friend – the flyer for the day is included in this newsletter.

During the first few days of this term, we have been refocusing on - Aspire, Believe, Connect.

These words form the basis of a short phrase/slogan that is an easily remembered way of identifying what we are working towards.

Aspire – to be our best

Believe – that Jesus is with us

Connect – with each other, the world and God

The children have been discussing these words and phrases in their classrooms to ensure that we have embedded a consistent understanding across our school.

During this term, the Western Region principal’s meeting will be held here in Grenfell. This will be a terrific opportunity for us to share our daily work with colleagues from across our region.

Sincerely,