Dear Parents and Guardians
Last week I sent home a letter of welcome to all in our community and stated that this is not our usual organised start to the year, it is exactly the opposite. No one has not been impacted by the events in the holidays and many of us are feeling vulnerable, myself included. However despite this I firmly believe that we will do as we always do and support each other, we will be patient when tempers fray and people may snap, we will remember that these things are not personal and we will do what we always do so well, provide a safe, supportive and enriching learning environment for our students and work in partnership together to do this.
Our school looks very different to 2019. The devastating impact of the fire on Monday 6th January has been felt by all in our community. I need to acknowledge and send my eternal gratitude to Lauren McCallum, Sue Reardon, Cameron Brown (CET Director of Southern School Services), Sean Gill (Acting Executive Director - Catholic Education Tasmania) and Adam Mulcahy (Manager - Facilities - Catholic Education Tasmania) who formed the crisis team for those initial days following the fire. Adam Mulchay our CET Facilities Manager and Sue Reardon- our Business Manager have worked countless hours managing the site and the requirements for building and ordering and we would not have been where we are without their coordination.
As the Principal of our school I have been overwhelmed by the support of our parents and wider community. Please know how deeply we have appreciated the positive, encouraging and affirming messages on our facebook page, personal messages and the way in which each parent as they arrived on Thursday thanked us all for the work we have done in the past four weeks and recognised what an achievement it was to be ready for our students.
On behalf of the school community I would like to extend a special welcome to our Kindergarten children and to students who are commencing at Holy Rosary Catholic School for the very first time. We also welcome to our Holy Rosary Catholic School community Mrs Emma Reid (Prep - Monday - Wednesday), Miss Zoe Walter (Grade 6W - Monday - Friday), Mrs Raegan Rajpal (Support Staff), Mrs Danielle Previdi (Support Staff) and Miss Naomi Wakefield (Administration Trainee).
Over the coming days information in relation to our 2020 school year will be sent home via Compass Parent Portal. Please continue to monitor and read any information in order to ensure you are aware of all school events and happenings. This year our Grade level handbooks will be combined with our annual Parent Handbook and will be sent home within the next week. In addition our school website at www.holyrosary.tas.edu.au will have copies of all relevant information for 2020.
Kind Regards
Bernadette Brooks