School Leader

I would like to introduce our captains for 2022! Mr Bennett and I were very impressed with the maturity and enthusiasm shown at our first School Leaders Meeting last week where school improvement ideas were discussed.

The captains first job for 2022 was to host our first school assembly via Teams which they did very professionallty!

	Claire Strong: Hi, my name’s Claire and I am your new School Captain for 2022. I am in year 6 and Miss Roberts is my teacher. I am so excited to be your school captain! I will try my best to be a good role model and a great leader! I love swimming in the lake and the pool. I have a younger brother called Mitchell and a cat called Stella. I think that I was voted because I like to help and I am a good leader!
	Will Cresp: Hi, my name is will and I am your new vice school captain for 2022. I will try to be a good role model and help in any way that I can. I like to play my computer in my free time as well as playing tennis. My favourite food are chocolate and lollies. I have a dog called Molly. When there is a visitor in the school, I will walk around with them and show them how amazing our school is.
	Elysia Cresp: Hi, I’m Elysia Cresp and I am a school captain for this year. My goal is to be a good leader and a role model for the school community. My favourite sports are Basketball and Netball and I like to practice them when I have free time. I like to play with my 2 dogs at home called Milo and Ariel. I have an older sister called Ashlyn and she went to high school this year. My favourite foods are butter chicken and pasta. I’m excited to be your school captain and to serve the school.
	Harsimran Singh: Hi, my name is Harsimran Singh I am your 2022 Outreach Captain. I love to do gymnastics and going for walks every morning. One of the things I want to do this year are help with a lot of fundraisers. I will try my best this year to be the best role model for you. My favourite subjects are art and math. Once again, my name is Harsimran Singh and I am your Outreach Captain.
	Tom Colligan: Hello, I’m Tom I'm one of your new Community Outreach captains and as a Community Outreach captain, I hope that I can be a good role model, good community outreach captain and help people in need in the school. I enjoy Gaming, computer programming and drumming, but that’s beside the point. What I want to do as an outreach is help the community by doing fundraiser to help people. dealing with all the bad things in the world.
	Kenzie Sweet: Hi, I’m Kenzie Sweet and I am your school vice-captain for this year. I’m in year six and my teacher is Miss Roberts. My goal for this year is to be a great role model and to serve the school and the community. In my free time I do lots of sports including swimming, basketball, tennis and netball. I love anything to do with art, but my favourite type of art is painting. I own a dog called Sassy and I have a little sister Ally who is in year four. My favourite foods are Indian butter chicken and chocolate. I am really looking forward to being your vice-captain this year.

Sports Coordinator

Hi all, 

We have had fantastic student participation in the ‘Before School Fitness Circuit’ over the past couple of weeks. As part of the program, I introduced a fortnightly lap challenge to coincide with the leisure walking/jogging station. Each lap is 250m in distance and students are encouraged to record the total number of laps they complete over the two-week period. 286 laps were completed last fortnight equating to a total distance of 71.5 km! In addition, many Year 4-6 students frequented the minor games station where they participated in tag chasey, floor hockey and indoor cricket. Finally, Skipping Club bronze memberships are now available to all students. Each student will receive their own badge and logbook to record their attendance and further progress their membership. Well done to all involved! 
 
In SAPSASA news, the Riverland Swimming Carnival will now take place on Friday, 18th March, with the Riverland Hockey Carnival following the week after on Friday, 25th March. 

Have a great weekend! 

Kind regards, 

Tom Charlton
OLOR Sports Coordinator 

Towards 2027: Expanding Horizons and Deepening Practices – Strategy for Catholic Education South Australia is a bold expansion strategy by the SA Commission for Catholic Schools that will guide the work of Catholic Education South Australia from 2022 to 2027. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Iw1LDEIOJxk

The strategy will see a significant expansion of Catholic schools over the next five years, with student numbers set to climb over 50,000 for the first time. The strategy includes a target to grow enrolments by 2% per annum, with student numbers projected to climb from 48,000 to in excess of 54,000 by the start of the 2027 school year.

From humble beginnings in 1844 in a small chapel on Pirie Street, Catholic Education now has schools, colleges and centres spread across the length and breadth of South Australia with 103 schools and colleges located on 118 campuses with nearly 9,000 staff.

Alongside the commitment to expansion, comes a commitment to quality teaching and learning. Dr Neil McGoran, Director of Catholic Education South Australia, said “Our community will continue to see excellent Catholic schools making a positive contribution to the lives of children and young people. Our school and early learning centre communities will continue to be recognised as inclusive and accessible to all children and families in ways that reflect our Catholic identity and culture.

By 2027, we expect that 200 Catholic school teachers, 5% of our total teacher workforce, will have achieved AITSL certification as Highly Accomplished or Lead Teachers, the highest proportion in Australia.

We are also committed to strengthening NAPLAN results and SACE achievements across all Catholic schools, and ensuring that our students continue to thrive in an environment that brings out their very best.”

Our Lady of the River School community looks forward to engaging in this strategy and ensuring that we continue to provide a relevant and engaging learning program that allow sour children to be safe, happy and successful.

Chinese New Year