As we commence the final week of Term 1, there appears to be no slowing in the number of events that we have to look forward to. I draw your attention to a number of these that are taking place across the College in the days ahead.

This coming Tuesday morning, we are excited to be hosting our first ever Student Vs Police Basketball game. Officers from the Campbelltown Local Area Command will be onsite to take on a Year 12 representative team in the Champagnat Centre with a gold coin donation going towards our Project Compassion fundraising efforts.

On Wednesday we return to face-to-face Parent/Teacher/Student interviews for our Year 12 cohort as they now officially reach the halfway point of their HSC year. Parents who are yet to make a booking online are certainly encouraged to make an appointment via Compass so that you can discuss your child’s progress and set a course of action for the months ahead in the lead up to the Trial and HSC examinations.

On Thursday morning, we will pause as a College community to celebrate our Easter Liturgy in the Champagnat Centre. The highlight of this celebration will be a reflection featuring the Stations of the Cross and I particularly thank Mr Duval and the students who have been preparing for this in recent weeks. I remind parents and students that this day will run according to a “Friday A” timetabled day.

As you would also be aware, next Friday will see our first College-wide community day for 2022 with the annual Cross Country Carnival taking place on College grounds and surrounding properties. Particularly for our new students who are yet to experience such an event, we remain hopeful for nice weather and a dry track so that this event matches the experience of previous years. Should we need to reconsider this event due to weather concerns, we will provide as much notice as possible.

I also bring your attention to a change in the public health order that was made earlier this week. Please note that from now on, a person who has had COVID-19 and later becomes a household close contact, is not required to isolate if it is within 12 weeks of them leaving their own isolation period as a positive case.

Finally, as has been stated previously, I request that families inform the College immediately should any student test positive to COVID-19 and again stress that should this occur, the student must isolate for a minimum of 7 days, along with any sibling from the same household (unless the household contact has completed 7 days of isolation in the previous 21 days). Finally, I would also ask that students who are displaying any type of flu-like symptoms stay at home until such symptoms have ceased.

Kind regards,

David Cloran

Assistant Principal