Dear Parents and Carers

This week is Reconciliation Week, where as a country we endeavor to bring healing, where needed, to our relationships with Indigenous Australians. Much has been written, and will continue to be written, about this issue. It seems to me that hope, and love, can take root in the most unlikely of places and in the most unlikely of occasions, and the grounds of such hope and love lie in the recognition of our common humanity.

Book Fair

A special feature of the school this week is our Book Fair. My thanks to our wonderful librarian Amanda Basedow, and her family, for the hard work they have put into making the library a portal into another world, for this is keeping with the theme of the Book Fair: ‘Books are magic’. The Book Fair remains open tomorrow morning and afternoon.

Rostrum Public Speaking Competition

Last week the school finals were held amongst our Year 6 students. Congratulations to Yianna Mentatakis for winning the School Final, and Claire Horsfield for being our Runner-Up. Yianna will now represent Sts Peter and Paul at the regional finals, held at Charles Weston School, Weston, on Thursday, July 4^th. We wish Yianna the very best for the night.

Athletics Carnival

This Thursday sees the school host the annual Athletics Carnival, at the Woden Athletics Track. It promises the be a wonderful day. All parents are welcome to attend and support their child or children. My thanks to Luke Gubler and the Sports Committee, and the many parent volunteers, for all of their excellent work and organization.

Presentation Mass – Confirmation Candidates

This weekend, at our Parish Masses at Curtin, our Confirmation candidates will attend and be presented to the parish community. The Presentation Masses are important affirmations of the larger community to which our school belongs, a community which is nourishing of our need to see in each other what we know in our hearts to be true: our shared and common humanity, underwritten by our faith.

Have a wonderful week with your families.

Best wishes

Cameron Johns

Principal