Dear Parents and Carers

Our Year Five children have just returned following three days at Camp Birrigai. I am guessing that many of you may have may have visited this site as primary-aged children. Did you participate in the Gold Unit?

The Camp site was destroyed by the horrific bushfires which swept through Weston Creek and Tuggeranong in 2003, so from my point of view it certainly looked like a very different complex. One of the many benefits of children attending camp is that it enables them to experience school life from an entirely different aspect. For many children it’s their first lengthy time away from home albeit just a few kilometres out of suburban Canberra.

Thank you to our staff who supervised the children over the three days. You can appreciate it is demanding job which normally involves 18 hour days and significant responsibility.

Enrolment Period

We are now approaching the final few days of the Official Enrolment Period and as such I would like to remind our current families that it is important to submit your application before COB tomorrow, Friday 28th May. I would be grateful if you could pass this message onto anyone who is considering enrolling their child into our 2022 cohort at St Matthew’s.

The enrolment application link is included for your convenience: https://cg.catholic.edu.au/parents/enrolment/

District Cross Country

Yesterday around fifty children from our school attended the District Cross Country at Stromlo Park. Our Year Five children briefly left camp to represent their school at this event. Congratulations to these children on this achievement. All our parents who regard themselves as runners, would appreciate the perseverance and endurance that is required to run long distances. My father, standing on the sidelines with a nice warm coat always called it character forming!!!!!

Thank you to Mr Luke Folkard who facilitated St Matthew’s attendance and supervised the children on the day.

Tell Them From Me Parent Survey

During the next two weeks you will receive an invitation to participate in a System-initiated survey. Catholic Education has chosen a new provider and once again the survey will be available to staff, parents and children. Thank you for taking the time to complete the survey, your thoughts are important to our school, especially during times where parent access has been limited by the Pandemic.

May God bless you and your families

Graham Pollard

Principal