STAFFING ANNOUNCEMENT

On Wednesday 14 August 2019, Nichole Harris, Sharon Henry from the Catholic Education Office, and I interviewed the shortlisted applicants for our permanent Senior School Support Officer position.

I am pleased to announce that Mrs Nicole Regan was the successful applicant and has accepted the permanent fulltime position of SSSO at St Brigid’s Gwynneville.

Nicole has a Diploma of Teaching from the Australian Catholic University and has engaged in significant professional learning opportunities throughout her career in Catholic Education. She has worked in the Wollongong Diocese for twenty-eight years and is an active member of the Saints Peter and Paul Parish, Kiama. 

Following nineteen years of teaching, Nicole has been working in various roles in the Catholic Education Office, including Professional Officer; Executive Assistant to the Head of School Improvement Services; and Administration Officer: Curriculum and Pedagogy, to name a few.

Nicole comes to us with many skills and lots of experience. Her referees spoke of her dedication and commitment to Catholic Education.

With the support of the Catholic Education Office, Nicole will start her new appointment on Monday 26 August 2019.

We congratulate Nicole on this significant appointment and warmly welcome her into our St Brigid’s Catholic community.

P AND F PYJAMA DAY

STUDENT ACHIEVEMENT

This morning we were notified by NESA that Harper D, in Year 6, has won a bronze award in the 2019 NSW WriteOn competition. I would like to take this opportunity to extend my congratulations to Harper for this outstanding achievement. The names of the gold, silver and bronze award winners will be published on the WriteOn website towards the end of August. Harper will also have her work published in The best of WriteOn 2019 Anthology, which will be available early next year from the NESA online shop. Thank you to Mr Boss who worked with a number of students to prepare their entries. Well done one and all!

 

BOOK WEEK CELEBRATIONS

Each year across Australia, the Children's Book Council of Australia brings children and books together celebrating CBCA Book Week. During this time schools, libraries, booksellers, authors, illustrators and children celebrate Australian children's literature. This year's theme is 'Reading is My Secret Power'. Please see the flyer below which outlines our school events for next Wednesday 21 August 2019. We hope you can join us. 

YEAR 6 GATHERING MASS WITH THE BISHOP

This is what Harper and Celeste from Year 6 had to say about their experience:

On Monday of Week 3, Year 6 took the Shuttle Bus to Good Samaritan School at Fairy Meadow to participate in the Year 6 Gathering Mass with the Bishop. After we arrived, we enjoyed morning tea together with some of the Good Samaritan students. 

Students from all over the Diocese filled the church with prayer and song as we lead the Mass with different roles. Celeste read the Introduction and welcomed everyone to the Mass. Henry represented us as he carried the school candle up the aisle and Harper and Jahzara represented St Brigid’s as part of the combined choir along with Mrs Arthur-Worsop. The rest of Year 6 sat with Ms Uroda and Ms Sparks to participate in the Mass.

The main celebrant of the Mass was Bishop Brian. He was joined by Fr Victor, Fr Duane and Fr Mark. It was a great experience to be able to sit alongside other Year 6 students from around the Diocese as leaders of our schools. 

Afterwards, we gathered as a class and ate lunch together before going to watch the live concert in the playground performed by the Wollongong Catholic Youth Ministry. The band was great to listen to and we sang along with the songs. Our class were right up the front so we were very close to the action! 

As the day came to a close, we said our goodbyes to friends from other schools and caught the Wollongong shuttle bus back to school. 

It was a memorable day and a fun experience for our last year of Primary School.

BUILDING RESILIENCE AND WELLBEING OF YOUNG PEOPLE

I commend to all parents a FREE evening expo being hosted by Edmund Rice College. There is a line up of some fine guest speakers who have expertise in the area of supporting parents in building resilience and wellbeing for Young People who will present the evening. 

Below is a flyer with all the details you need to complete your registration for this free event. 

Thank you to the teachers and parents who worked together to enable our students to participate in this most popular Gala Day. From all reports the students had a fabulous day and enjoyed the friendship and opportunity of playing with boys and girls from other Catholic Schools. Check out the video action from our junior girl's team and see a more detailed report in the Sport section of the Brigid Bulletin.