The 21st September is the feast day of the evangelist, Matthew. Little is known about St. Matthew, except that he was the son of Alpheuss, and he was likely born in Galilee. He worked as a tax collector, which was a hated profession during the time of Christ.  According to the Gospel, Matthew was working at a collection booth in Capernaum when Christ came to him and asked, "Follow me." With this simple call, Matthew became a disciple of Christ.

From Matthew, we know of the many doings of Christ and the message Christ spread of salvation for all people who come to God through Him.  Many years following the death of Christ, around 41 and 50 AD, Matthew wrote his gospel account. He wrote the book in Aramaic in the hope that his account would convince his fellow people that Jesus was the Messiah and that His kingdom had been fulfilled in a spiritual way. It was an important message at a time when almost everyone was expecting the return of a militant messiah brandishing a sword.
 

O Glorious St. Matthew
through the grace of God 
Our Father you gave us the Holy Gospel,
which brings us joy and life.
Inspired by your example,
I ask for your assistance
in all my needs. 
Help me to follow Christ
and remain faithful to His service.

Amen.

NEWS

COLLEGE SENIOR CAMPUS UPDATE

Late on Wednesday last week, we received verbal confirmation from CET Executive Director, Mr Gerard Gaskin, that the movement of our Grade 9 and 10 students to the Senior Campus will not take place at the start of 2021.  The move will be postponed until the first stage of the development is complete, and the site has been made ready for learning.  This will include the provision of suitable internal flexible learning spaces, specialist facilities such as science laboratories and external play and recreation spaces. 
 
We greatly appreciate the wisdom of Catholic Education Tasmania in supporting the unanimous recommendations of the staff who attended a planning day at the Senior Campus site for the recent Planning for Implementation workshop. Whilst this will mean that conditions at the Huntingfield site may continue to be a little cramped for the first part of 2021, we are confident that the educational outcomes for the students will be best served by this decision.  
 
We can be justifiably excited as we move to the next stage of the planning process. We will eventually move into an excellent facility that can be guided in its design by us, and supported by CET, to be fit for senior secondary education.

MID YEAR PROGRESS STATEMENTS

At the College Board meeting on Monday, the issue of the Mid Year Progress Statements was raised with me.  Specifically, not all subjects were reported on and that the statements were "formulaic".  I explained that this type of "report" was a one off due to the pressures on staff during COVID-19, it was directed by CET in its content and format and that the end of year reports will revert back to the usual format.  The Board members were pleased to note this and asked me to follow up by communicating this information to all our community via the newsletter.

If you have any other questions on the Mid Year Progress Statements, please get in contact with me.

2021 SCHOOL YEAR

We would like to advise families that there has been an amendment for the start of the 2021 school year.

Monday 1st February - Start date for Prefects, Grade 5 and Grade 7 students and SLN students at both Campuses.

Tuesday 2nd February - All students return.

Mr Joe Sandric

Acting Principal