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Dear Families and Friends of St Paul’s

Another term comes to a rapid close! I am not sure if it just because we all get a bit older, but our school terms just seem to by faster and faster every year. Maybe it is that we are so much busier and cannot fit it all into the ten weeks!

In many ways term 3 is the busiest. In addition to all the normal teaching and learning, co-curricular activities, staff professional development, meetings etc we begin the massive undertaking of preparing for the next year! This seems crazy, but has been bigger and more important than ever over the last couple of years as we have grown. We are currently interviewing numerous candidates for teaching and other ESO positions at the College. It has been a pleasure to read so many great applications and interviewing so many terrific teachers who want to join our community because of who we are and what we hold most dearly, the FRED values and EREA Touchstones.

In addition, to keep us on or toes, we are continuing to push on with planning regarding the new Primary Building that we hope to start before the end of the year. We have been to tender and will progress further over the next couple of weeks. More excitement for St Paul’s.

Over these last couple of weeks, the College has held or participated in:

An amazing College Music Night
Catholic Schools Music Festival
Report writing and Parent/Teacher Learning Conversations
Achilles Cup Athletics Carnival
Another college tour
School Advisory Council meeting
A 2023 girls transition evening
A sensationally successful Primary Market Day
And we finish of the term with our spectacular Colour / Slim Run Day and announcement of the winners of the prestigious Shannahan Cup – the trophy for the most outstanding “House” of the year.

Did we say we were busy having fun! These activities cannot happen without the exceptional commitment of our amazing staff who give so much of themselves, for the students. We are sure the families appreciate these efforts.

As term 3 concludes we again ask all students and families have a good round table conversation about school reports and all the efforts associated with the learning dimension of their lives. Hopefully, this conversation is a congratulatory one whereby recognition of the pursuit of personal excellence is the main topic!

I hope the upcoming break is an enjoyable time for everyone, that the weather improves and that you have some quality time with your loved ones.

My sincere thanks to everyone for what has been another wonderful term in this great community.

Take Care,

God Bless

Paul Belton