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Dear Parents, Guardians and Carers,
As a Diocese there is a commitment to investing in high quality leadership and providing opportunities to enable those who aspire to Principalship to experience this significant leadership role in schools.
As an outcome of this commitment to support aspirant principals within the Diocese, I wish to announce that following a rigorous identification and selection process, Ms Lia Di Corleto will assume the Acting Principal at St Mary’s Primary School, Maffra at the start of term 2 for an initial four week period. Lia will undertake this role while current Principal, Mr Jason Slattery undertakes six weeks long service leave over two different stages this year.
We congratulate Lia for taking on this important role at St Mary’s and for her commitment to leadership within the Diocese of Sale and look forward to welcoming her back to St Michael’s as Deputy Principal at the end of the appointment.
The process for determining who will take over the role of Deputy Principal in Lia’s absence is underway and will be notified to the school community before the end of this term.
Easter Raffle
Thank you to all for your support of the Easter raffle with donations and buying of tickets. The baskets will be made up on Tuesday with the raffle being drawn on Wednesday morning.
Sacrament of Reconciliation
Congratulations to all the children, families and the parish Sacramental team for all the work and enthusiasm in preparing the children to receive this wonderful Sacrament. Their celebrations will occur over Tuesday, Wednesday and Thursday this week. Please keep them all in your prayers.
To love is to put the other first:
To consider their needs before my own,
Their rights before mine,
Their happiness before mine.
It is the call to forget my needs and to spend time serving others.
Amen.
Kind regards,
Jodie
Each week students from each class are awarded Student of the Week certificates. These children are nominated for the example they have been within the school based on the School Wide Expectation focus for that week. The weekly focus will be from Wednesday until Tuesday the following week. Awards will be presented to students at assembly on Friday.
In Week 9 the School Wide Expectation focus was Learning:
I set high expectations of what I can achieve.
I work hard and always try my best.
I reflect on my own learning and how I can improve.
I can receive and act on feedback.
The award winners for Week 9 are:
| Saxon Clark-O'Connor | Peyton Rode | Chelsea Zelenewicz |
| Maggie Heller | Kyle Kimani | Campbell Milliner |
| Harley Benbow | Aethon Mankombil | James Poursanidis |
| Jacobus Soesanto | Nash Winkler | Macey Manzo |
| Leo Heller | Xander Szkwarek | Jakeb Domagala |
| Blair Cooper | Summer Moore | Layla Lockwood |
| Alexis Lia | Aoife Doherty | Zanthe Flewin |
| Indiana Devitt | Alice Nye | Rocco Moretti |
| Isaiah Baxter | Quinn Chapman | Dustin Wood |
| Hannah Rochstad-Lim | Kelsey Reed | Adele Calabro |
| Aaryan Thusmanraj | Sammi Illing | Ekhai Imhagwe |
| Mila Campbell | Tommy Denyer | Milly Steng |
| Scarlett De Ligt | Lacey Thornton | |
| Ava Berkelmans | Nicolette Chihota |
This week's gospel is another of the parables that Jesus told, the Parable of the Prodigal Son. The story of the prodigal son is simultaneously challenging and encouraging. It is a story that speaks to every person in every era and is another good “checkpoint” for us as we prepare for Easter. We all know how good we feel when we say “sorry” and make up after a quarrel. Jesus told a story to show that when we forgive and are forgiven we are filled with great joy and a feeling of peace. In this story Jesus shows us that God’s love never lets go of us, God waits for us, forgives us and, just as the father in the parable did, runs to meet us when we decide to return to him. Take time to talk with your children about forgiveness and how giving and receiving it can change our lives.
