Dear Parents and Carers,

This coming weekend we have an opportunity to especially thank the fathers, grandfathers and special friends of our Mary Immaculate community who have supported our students with their learning and families with their love during remote learning.

This Father's Day we can take advantage of the opportunity to let the special men in our lives know the unique place they hold and the valuable influence they have on us.

We invite all our families to be part of a whole school Father’s Day prayer that has been organised to celebrate this special day on your child's Google Classroom. Although we cannot be together we are grateful to the students, parents and staff who have contributed to bringing a remote prayer to fruition. A special ‘thank you’ to Miss Price for coordinating the completion of the final version of the prayer that will be uploaded to all Google Classroom pages and the Seesaw portal on Friday morning.

We wish you all our wonderful father’s and father figures a very special day on Sunday. 

GOD OUR FATHER, WE GIVE YOU THANKS AND PRAISE FOR FATHER'S YOUNG AND OLD.

WE PRAY FOR YOUNG FATHERS, NEWLY EMBRACING THEIR VOCATION; MAY THEY FIND COURAGE AND PERSEVERANCE TO BALANCE WORK, FAMILY AND FAITH IN JOY AND SACRIFICE.

WE PRAY FOR OUR OWN FATHERS AROUND THE WORLD WHOSE CHILDREN ARE LOST OR SUFFERING; MAY THEY KNOW THAT THE GOD OF COMPASSION WALKS WITH THEM IN THEIR SORROW.

WE PRAY FOR MEN WHO ARE NOT FATHERS BUT STILL MENTOR AND GUIDE US WITH FATHERLY LOVE AND ADVICE.

WE REMEMBER FATHERS, GRANDFATHERS, AND GREAT GRANDFATHERS WHO ARE NO LONGER WITH US BUT WHO LIVE FOREVER IN OUR MEMORY AND NOURISH US WITH THEIR LOVE.

Please keep Sr Colleen in your prayers as her sister Bernadette suddenly passed away.

Enjoy the week ahead and most especially to all those in our community who hold the title ‘Father’ - Happy Father’s Day!

Let Christ continue to be our Way and Life.

Tina Murray

Principal

REQUIREMENTS FOR RETURNING TO SCHOOL AFTER

SELF-ISOLATING OR UNDERGOING TESTING

• Students and staff who have been directed to self-isolate and have undergone testing can return to school when their 14-day isolation period is complete AND they have received a negative test result AND they are not displaying symptoms of illness.
• Students and staff who have undergone testing but HAVE NOT been directed to self-isolate can return to school when they have received a negative test result AND are not displaying symptoms of illness.
• Schools must sight the student or staff member’s negative COVID-19 test result and make a file notation of the date and the staff member who sighted the negative test result.

A complete guide of all CEDoW COVID requirements can be accessed via the following link

https://www.dow.catholic.edu.au/about-us/general-news/covid-19-information-centre

TIMELINE FOR THE COVID-SAFE RETURN TO FACE-TO-FACE LEARNING

Present

All schools in NSW at Level 4 restrictions (remote learning).

25 October 2021

Kindergarten and Year 1 will return to face-to-face learning with Level 3 COVID restrictions on school sites.

1 November 2021

Years 2, 6 and 11 will return to face-to-face learning with Level 3 COVID restrictions on school sites.

8 November 2021

Years 3, 4, 5, 7, 8, 9 and 10 will return to face-to-face learning with Level 3 COVID restrictions on school sites.