Dear Parents,

Our school, along with the 44 other Catholic schools in the Diocese of Sale, will celebrate Catholic Education Week from 27 May to 3 June.

 The theme for this year’s celebrations is ‘Go out into the world and spread the Good News to all creation’, from the Gospel of Mark 16:15. As Catholic schools, we are called to do more than just promote faith: we are invited to translate our faith into actions to make present the Kingdom of God.

Catholic Education Week is an opportunity for all Catholic schools to celebrate our distinctive mission and share features that are special about our schools. Members of our staff will be attending the Leadership Mass and Dinner held in Traralgon on Friday, 27 May. Our school will also hold a number of activities including an excursion to the West Gippsland Arts Centre, a junior school Mass and multi age science activities.

At St Angela of the Cross we are extremely lucky to have teachers who are not only high quality but who are dedicated hardworking professionals who have your child’s best interest at heart. Despite all of our efforts, at times things will go wrong for students at school. It is only natural that all children will go through some learning difficulties, relationship issue or other grievances from time to time. This is where our avenues of communication and trust and support of each other as adults and professionals is important.

Concerns need to be directed to the school at all times, if we voice our concerns as carpark gossip or through social media forms with other parents, especially in the presence or knowledge of our children we often get a different version of the reality that has or is taking place. It can also place unfair negative talk on teachers, parents and students. Our children do not benefit from gossip or innuendo, the best piece of advice is talk to the person-not about them!

Please see the flowchart below on how to address concerns at our school.