This week we are celebrating “Book Week”, with our traditional Meerkat production on Wednesday. The purpose of Book Week is to celebrate the joy of reading, imagination and storytelling, with our Book Week celebrations culminating in a wonderful Book Parade this Friday!
We look forward to seeing our students bring their favourite books and characters to life as we celebrate the magic of reading together as a community. A special thanks to Mr Kelly and all the staff for making tis special week happen.
A reminder to all families about the importance of following the road and parking regulations around our school, particularly inside our school car park and along Harding Street during busy drop off and pick up times.
The Drop off and pick up inside our car park has been established to help keep traffic moving and, most importantly, to ensure the safety of our children and families. We ask that all parents and carers please adhere to the signs and use the parking bays correctly.
Please remember:
Follow all Drop off signs and instructions.
The car park area is for quick drop off and pickup only.
Always check carefully for children and pedestrians before moving your vehicle.
Please be patient and considerate of other families and road users.
Follow the directions of staff who may be assisting during busy times.
Keeping our children safe is a shared responsibility. While we understand that drop off and pick up can be busy, following the designated arrangements helps ensure everyone can arrive and leave school safely.
Thank you for your cooperation, patience and support in helping us keep our school community safe.
Father’s Day Celebration - To all our fathers, grandfathers and father figures, don’t forget to join us for our Father’s Day celebrations on Wednesday 2nd of September. Our special Father’s Day breakfast will commence at 7.45am. This is our way of saying thanks to all the men in our community who do so much for us. To avoid delays, please park your cars in the side streets around the college. A special thanks to Sr Veronique and or amazing P&F committee who helped sell gifts during our Father’s Day stall and organising our scrumptious breakfast.
National Week of Action Against Bullying | 17–21 August 2026
Last week, our school joins schools across Australia for Bullying No Way Week, with the 2026 theme “Small Acts, Big Impact.” It is an important opportunity to remind our children that the way we speak, act and respond to others matters. A small act of kindness, including someone, speaking up or getting help can make a significant difference.
We have zero tolerance for bullying and will continue to actively address behaviours that compromise the safety, dignity or wellbeing of another child.
What is bullying?
It is important that children and adults have a shared understanding of the word bullying. The national definition describes bullying as an ongoing and deliberate misuse of power involving repeated verbal, physical or social behaviour intended to cause harm. The imbalance of power may be physical, social or perceived.
In child-friendly language, we often describe this as “mean on purpose, repeated over time, where someone is using their power over someone else.”
What bullying is and what it isn't
Sometimes the word bullying can be used to describe any behaviour that has hurt or upset a child. While all unkind, unsafe or inappropriate behaviour needs to be addressed, not every incident meets the definition of bullying. Single incidents, disagreements or conflict between children of relatively equal power are not considered bullying.
Examples of bullying might include:
Repeatedly excluding the same child and encouraging others not to play with them.
Continually calling a child hurtful names despite knowing it is upsetting them.
Repeatedly pushing, intimidating or threatening a child who feels unable to make it stop.
Continually spreading rumours or encouraging others to turn against a particular child.
Posting or sharing hurtful content online that has the potential to be repeatedly viewed or shared.
Examples that are not necessarily bullying might include:
Two friends having an argument at lunchtime.
A child saying something unkind on one occasion.
Two children wanting the same ball and becoming upset with each other.
A child accidentally hurting another child during play.
A child choosing to play with someone else on a particular day.
These behaviours may still require an apology, consequence, restorative conversation or adult support. Not being bullying does not make an unkind or unsafe behaviour acceptable.
The language we use with children
We talk with students about the different roles that can occur when bullying or unkind behaviour happens: the person being targeted, the person engaging in bullying behaviour, a bystander who sees or knows what is happening, and an upstander who safely speaks up, includes others or seeks adult help.
While children may be familiar with words such as victim and bully, we are also careful not to permanently label children by their behaviour. Bullying No Way recommends focusing on the behaviour rather than defining a child as a “bully” or “victim”.
Most importantly, we want our children to become upstanders.
Our words have power
Words can encourage, include and build someone up but they can also hurt, exclude and stay with someone long after they have been spoken.
We teach children that when you hurt someone, you acknowledge it, apologise genuinely, make things right and don't repeat the behaviour. An apology has meaning when our future behaviour changes.
Bullying No Way Week is a wonderful opportunity for families to continue this conversation at home.
You might ask your child:
How did you show kindness this week? Who did you include? What would you do if you saw someone being treated unfairly? Have your words ever hurt someone, even if you didn't mean them to? What could you do differently next time?When school and home share the same message, it is powerful. Together, we can teach our children to recognise “mean on purpose” behaviour, call it out safely, seek help when needed and understand that kindness is not simply something we talk about — it is something we choose through our words and actions every day.
For further information and parent resources, visit Bullying No Way.
- Mr Abraham Diab
