2025 Term 1 Week 6
- From the Principal - Lisa Cavanagh
- APMI - Kerri-Ann Manthey
- Curriculum - Kerri-Ann Manthey
- Sports Coordinator - Kerri-Ann Manthey
- Prep - Tennille Kauter
- Year 1 - Jodie Inskip
- Year 2 - Kirralee Bronkhurst
- Year 3 - Sarah McAllister/ Annie Roberts
- Year 3/4 - Stacy Mills
- Year 4 - Katie Green
- Year 5 - Anna Vassen
- Year 6 - Sandra Rosentreter
- HPE - Jenna Taylor
- Bridge Street and West Street Intersection upgrade
From the Principal - Lisa Cavanagh
Newsletter Report
Week 6 Term 1 2025
Dear Holy Name Families,
Today marks the beginning of Lent – the 40 days of preparation for Easter. On Ash Wednesday, we gather to pray, and our heads are marked with a cross from specially blessed ashes, a symbol of repentance. During Lent, many people also choose to fast and abstain from eating meat on Friday’s. Growing up, I was encouraged to ‘give-up’ something for Lent and our playground discussions were all about our choice. I have included a link below to a Lenten Family Calendar from the Jesuits. This has some suggestions for families to ‘do something extra’ rather than ‘giving something up’ during Lent. Suggestions include; saying a prayer as a family for others, inviting someone lonely for a meal or taking over a chore for another family member.
SRIP
The Holy Name School SRIP (School Renewal and Improvement Process) is scheduled for Week 9. The review team would like to hear from the school community and I encourage anyone who is interested to have their say. Your feedback is important and will help us to continue to achieve the two pillars of TCS: that all students will come to personally know Jesus and that all students will achieve academic success.
Feedback can be provided to the review panel in person or by telephone. All feedback remains confidential.
Please contact the school office if you are interested in speaking to a reviewer. You may also register your interest by emailing holyname@twb.catholic.edu.au .
PEN AGM
If you are interested in either the President or Vice President roles, please send an email with your contact details and the experiences and skills you believe you could bring to the role to the Holy Name email address by Friday 7th March. The PEN AGM is scheduled for Tuesday 11 March at 5pm. All welcome to attend.
God bless
Lisa Cavanagh
APMI - Kerri-Ann Manthey
Project Compassion 2025
This Lent, we are called to Unite Against Poverty through Caritas Australia’s Project Compassion. Your generous support this Lenten Season will enable Caritas Australia to provide life-changing support to communities facing poverty, food insecurity, lack of education, and water shortages, while building resilience against future challenges. Together, through faith and action, we can bring hope and opportunity to those most in need.
You can support Project Compassion 2025 through the donation boxes in each classroom or by scanning the QR code above.
Or online at: caritas.org.au/project-compassion
Or by calling: 1800 024 413
Thank you for standing with us, as we Unite Against Poverty this Lent.
Blessings
Kerri-Ann Manthey
Prayer
God of our journey
we are all pilgrims of hope
brought together by your love
and your wish that we may all be one.
We pray that in this Year of Jubilee
when we are called to greater justice
and care for our common home
that we may Unite Against Poverty.
May we work in unity for the freedom of the oppressed
and the renewal of creation.
May our compassionate minds and generous hearts
help bring about a world where all can live in peace.
May our Lenten pilgrimage of fasting, almsgiving and prayer
bring us closer to your loving heart.
We ask this in the name of Jesus.
Amen
Term One Date Claimers:
Friday 07 March Year Six Leadership Retreat (School)
Friday 07 March Year Four Parish Mass 9.00am (Holy Name Church)
Sunday 09 March Project Compassion Launch Mass 9.00am (St Patrick’s Cathedral)
Friday 14 March Year Three/Four Parish Mass 9.00am (Holy Name Church)
Friday 21 March Year Three Parish Mass 9.00am (Holy Name Church)
Monday 31 March Mindfulness Monday
Friday 04 April Holy Week Prayer Celebration 8.45am (MEAC)
Sunday 13 April Palm Sunday
Thursday 17 April Holy Thursday
Friday 18 April Good Friday
Sunday 20 April Easter Sunday
Monday 21 April Easter Monday
Curriculum - Kerri-Ann Manthey
Curriculum Corner
NAPLAN 2025
NAPLAN is a nationwide assessment administer to students in Years 3, 5, 7, and 9 across Australia. It assesses students’ proficiency in literacy and numeracy through a series of tests covering reading, writing, language conventions, and numeracy skills. The results provide a snapshot of students’ performance relative to national benchmarks and assist schools in monitoring progress over time. This year the NAPLAN test window will be held over two weeks, from 12-24 March.
As educators, our primary goal is to empower our students to perform to the best of their abilities. Leading up to the NAPLAN assessments, our teachers work diligently to ensure that students are familiar with the format of the tests and have the necessary skills to tackle each component confidently.
We empahise the importance of staying calm, focused, and well-rested on the day of the assessments, reminding students that NAPLAN is just one measure of their academic progress and not a reflection of their worth as individuals.
While NAPLAN is an important tool for assessing student learning, we believe that it is just one aspect of a well-rounded education. Our curriculum is designed to cultivate critical thinking, creativity, communication and collaboration skills, which are essential for success in the 21st century.
Term One Learning Meetings
This term Learning Meetings will be held in classrooms on Tuesday 18 March (Week Eight) from 3:00-6:00pm and are booked online via the Sentral Parent Portal. Registrations for Learning Meetings will be open from 8:30am on Monday 10 March, 2025 to 3:00pm on Friday 14 March, 2025. To ensure Learning Meetings run to schedule please do not book back-to-back Learning Meetings for your children.
To book an interview please follow the prompts:
Desktop Users
- Log on to the Sentral Parent Portal https://sis.twb.catholic.edu.au/auth/portal using your access key.
- In your News Feed you will see a notification for Learning Meetings, click on the Select Timeslots
- Select Interview Time.
- Select the Request Interview With Teacher
- Click on the Save Bookings
Phone Users
- Log on to the Sentral Parent Portal https://sis.twb.catholic.edu.au/auth/portal using your access key.
- In your News Feed you will see a notification for Learning Meetings, click on the Select Timeslots
- Select the Interview Time.
- Select the Request Interview With Teacher
- Click on the Save Bookings
Kerri-Ann Manthey
Sports Coordinator - Kerri-Ann Manthey
Sport Coordinator News
Congratulations to Sassy who recently competed at the Darling Downs Swimming Carnival as part of the Toowoomba Central Zone Swimming Team…………………..
Throughout the year Toowoomba Primary School Sport and Darling Downs School Sport run trials in a variety of sports to choose representative teams. Please see attached document outlining nomination details including dates and eligibility criteria. Please note that ALL NOMINATIONS FOR THESE TRIALS NEED TO GO THROUGH THE SCHOOL. Contact me at kerri-ann.manthey@twb.catholic.edu.au, if you would like to nominate.
Kerri-Ann Manthey
Prep - Tennille Kauter
Year 1 - Jodie Inskip
Year 2 - Kirralee Bronkhurst
Year 3 - Sarah McAllister/ Annie Roberts
Year 3/4 - Stacy Mills
Year 4 - Katie Green
Year 5 - Anna Vassen
Year 6 - Sandra Rosentreter
HPE - Jenna Taylor
