Wow! What a start to 2024 we have experienced so far. From severe weather (cyclones and hot weather) to new families arriving, Ross River Road maintenance work, clean ups and everything else that is involved with new year's preparations. Thank you to the many families that continue to display resilience to their children. It would have been tough if you lost power but we have come out the other side and probably learnt a lot about ourselves as well. I certainly appreciate air conditioning!

Townsville Catholic Education Office has approved an additional professional development day in 2024.  The date will be Friday 26th April, 2024 and will be a pupil free day. This day follows on from the ANZAC day public holiday on Thursday 25th April. The reason for granting this additional professional development day is to provide the time and opportunity for all teachers to prepare for the implementation of V9.0 of the Australian Curriculum at the commencement of 2025. This planning day will focus on supporting teachers to have a deep understanding of the changes to content and assessment from the current Australian Curriculum to the newly revised curriculum.  There is much planning already occurring in all schools to ensure all teachers are well placed to provide rich learning experiences for their students.  This additional professional development day (pupil free day) will only occur in 2024.

This Friday, we have our Opening Liturgy and commissioning of our 2024 school leaders. I look forward to working with this group of young people as we look for ways to engage our students in the life of the school.

Happy Days,

Paul Martin