Dear Parents and Guardians,

As we come to the end of another busy and blessed term, we want to take a moment to reflect, celebrate, and share, especially as we enter the most sacred time in the Christian calendar: Holy Week.

Each day of Holy Week invites us to walk with Christ, remembering His sacrifice and celebrating the hope of resurrection. Many of these events have been recreated by our students and shared with our school community during this week.

• Palm Sunday – We remember Jesus’ triumphant entry into Jerusalem.
• Holy Thursday – A time to reflect on the Last Supper and Jesus’ call to love and serve one another.
• Good Friday – A solemn day marking Jesus’ crucifixion and His ultimate act of love.
• Easter Sunday – A joyful celebration of Jesus' resurrection and the promise of new life.

We encourage all families to take time during the break to pause, pray, and participate in your local church services.

Thank you to all families for your participation in our Easter Raffle, either through contributing prizes or buying tickets. Huge thanks to Tam Pels for organising all our prizes - 20 of them!

Congratulations to the thirty-eight students who were chosen to represent Holy Rosary at the  Catholic Schools' Swimming Carnival on the 28th March. A fabulous effort by the attendees, who all did a great job in their races and tried their best.

We were proud of our students who participated in the recent Grade 5/6 and Grade 3/4 Southern Primary Basketball Championships over the last two weekends. Each of our five teams played four games over the weekend and showed skill, sportsmanship and teamwork. Big thanks to our coaches - Shane, Riley, Sarah, Sienna and Jason for your time, effort and guidance. Thanks to our coordinators, Sarah & Lauren. We appreciated the support from our umpires, bench/scorers and the great cheer squad in the form of our families!

Thank you to all our school community members for your many varied contributions to this term. We hope you have some time to rest, relax and recharge during the coming weeks. We look forward to welcoming all our students back on Monday, 28th April.

Kind regards

Susan McGann

Here are some of the things we have been doing during Lent and leading up to Easter at Holy Rosary.

I wish everyone a Happy Easter and a safe holiday break. I look forward to seeing everyone in Term 2.

We thank you Lord, for this term. For our challenges, our successes, and the mistakes from which we have learnt. Be with us as we spend our time with family and friends.

Give us strength and courage to do what is right: to be witnesses of our faith. Help us to be a practical Christian these holidays, to appreciate what others do for us, to give time and effort to help others. To be peacemakers in our family.

Keep us safe in our activities; give us good rest and good fun. Bring us back refreshed and ready for a new term. We thank you for our classmates, teachers, parents and a community that cares for us.

Amen

Mel Scharvi

ILRE

Grade 6 have had a very busy start to the year. A popular subject we have been working on is electricity and have been creating simple circuits.

Thank you to our students and families for your amazing support of our Purple Day fundraiser last week! This was a wonderful opportunity to focus on our shared responsibility to be compassionate and generous people. We raised over $750 for Project Compassion!

Yesterday our Ludo to Grade 2 students showcased their creativity and Easter spirit during our annual Easter Hat Parade. We were very impressed with the colourful and imaginative designs.

The 2025 soccer season is officially underway, and what a fantastic start it was! Our HRCS soccer community hit the ground running with over 90 enthusiastic children across 11 teams taking part in the first round held in New Norfolk.

Despite the chilly weather, the atmosphere was full of warmth and excitement. Our players, parents, and supporters showed wonderful spirit and respect—not just for each other, but for all teams on the day. It was a great reminder of what sport is all about: teamwork, joy, and community.

A huge thank you goes out to all our amazing coaches for their dedication, and to every child who stepped onto the field—especially those playing or coaching their very first game. We’re so proud of you all, and we can’t wait to see what the rest of the season brings!

Go Holy Rosary!

- Simon Turk

Our 5/6 girls had a tough couple of games to begin but came back strong and won their last game. The team was always smiling with team spirit always high.
3/4 girls were strong all weekend with 4 big wins.
Special thanks to the three girls from Friends school who joined our team to be able to get on the court.
Huge thanks to Riley (coach 5/6 and Sienna (coach of 3/4)
Congrats to all the girls in both both weekends for encouraging each other, it was wonderful to witness.

-Thank you Lauren Young for the update!