Mother Teresa School Harrison eNewsletter

Principal's Message Term 1 Week 7 2025

Dear Parents and Carers,

It was a week of many exciting and engaging activities around the school.

Despite a chilly start to the week our Swimming Carnival went ahead with the Jackman House coming out winners. Congratulations to Kate O'Keefe for the organisation of the carnival.
Many of our Year 3 children made their First Reconciliation during the week. Thank you to Anne Leet, our REC, and the Year 3 teachers for their preparation of the children for this Parish-based program.
Our Year 3 and 5 students completed the 2025 NAPLAN Assessments. Thank you to Catherine Blackwell for coordinating this program.
The Year 6 cohort headed to Stanley Tops for their three-day leadership camp and reported it was lots of fun. Everyone returned very tired!
Today we celebrated the culmination of our Harmony Week activities. We are a school blessed with many cultures. Thank you to the parents and grandparents who visited classrooms and shared aspects of their culture and heritiage with the children and staff. Thank you to Sophie Dash for her involvement and support in making the week a great success

Year 6 Adventurers

Harmony Day

School Photos Timetable for Week 8

School photos will be taking place on Tuesday and Friday of Week 8 (March 25 and 28). An email was sent to all families last week from MSP, through Compass, regarding orders and payment.

I understand there is some confusion regarding the sibling photos. If you only have one child at primary school and would like to include a sibling from the ELC, then you need to collect a slip from the ELC to request a photo. Only families with two or more children in the primary school have the online line option to order the sibling photo. For any issues please email the company at canberra.office@msp.com.au

Please refer to the timetable for your child's class group.

Car Park

Once again I have received complaints about the parent behaviour in our school car park. Please be patient with other families; park safely, reverse out of a park with care and respect the use of our disabled car parking areas.

Uniform

Parents are reminded that jewellery is not permitted at school. The only exceptions are stud earrings or small sleepers, and a watch. Please no dangle or coloured earrings or neck chains. Precious items should not be worn to school.

Class Contacts

Our class contacts have hit the ground running with many making contact with their class groups. There is a great buzz around the school with gatherings and playdates being planned before daylight savings comes to an end. Thanks to the following parents who have volunteered to be a class contact, I hope Janice and I have captured the information correctly. Any problems please let me know. Should you be unable to continue in the role, at some point during the year, please reach out and let me know. It is a shared role where we support one another.

A reminder of the WhatsApp protocols should you wish to join.

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School Fees and Building Fund

A reminder that the building fund is now a compulsory fee. It is a family fee added only to the eldest child, in some cases this is a sibling in an Archdiocesan Catholic School.

Please note the following clause in the fee policy should you request extended leave and want to return to Mother Teresa School after time away. This is something a family needs to discuss when planning time away from school.

Have a lovely weekend

Carmel Maguire

Principal