Holy Week 

For Holy Week this year each class will be responsible for leading a reflection (5-10 minutes) based on the significant events of Holy Week. These reflections will take place at our new outdoor prayer space. We look forward to the students across the school learning from each other. 

200 Years of Catholic Education 

Catholic Education is celebrating 200 years in Australia, marking the bicentenary of the first Catholic school established in Parramatta in October 1820.

Over 200 years, Catholic schools have grown to become the largest provider of schooling in Australia (outside government) with one in five school age students attending a Catholic school.

This represents some 768,000 students in 1,751 schools across the country and employing 98,000 teachers and staff. Nearly 40 per cent of Catholic schools are located outside of metropolitan cities in regional, rural and remote communities.

Below is the prayer for this important bicentenary. 

Confirmation

The Sacrament of Confirmation will be conferred by Bishop Brian on Tuesday and Wednesday, 22 and 23 June 2021 to Year 6 (or older) students. Because of COVID-19 current arrangements might be changed. 

Enrolment Forms for the Sacrament of Confirmation close on 11 May 2021. To download an Enrolment Form, click here

Download and complete the Form, then return it to the Parish Office:  thirroul@dow.org.au Parish Office:  325 Lawrence Hargrave Drive, Thirroul. Tuesdays and Wednesdays 9am to 3:30pm  and Fridays 10am to 3pm

Parents/Guardians need to attend the Parent Meeting: 

7:30pm, Tuesday, 1 June 2021 (parents only attend) 

Parents/Guardians and students need to attend: 

Class 1: Tuesdays June 8, 3:45pm to 5pm (parent and student attend) 

Class 2:  Tuesday June 15, 3:45pm to 5pm (parent and student attend) 

(same day as netball gala day - students attending will need to come back to school from 3:45pm to 5pm) 

Parents/Guardians and students need to attend: 

Confirmation Practice: Monday, 21 June, 7:00pm (parent and student attend) 

Sacrament of Confirmation:

7:00pm on Tuesday, 22 June 2021 

7:00pm on Wednesday, 23 June 2021

Parent Information Sheet will be available soon

Confirmation Classes Information will be available soon

Confirmation Handout #1 will be available soon

Confirmation Handout #2 will be available soon

Ripples: Parent Spiritual Formation 

RIPPLES is back! 

The Ripples Podcast can be accessed via Podbean or Apple Podcasts. 

In this week’s episode, Kylie Harris shares the story of Midnight Feast: Theatre that Unites (Part 1). Kylie is a singer, actress, writer, director, and producer. Over the past ten years, Kylie has been working in the Performing Arts making theatre with people with significant disabilities. She is currently the Founder and Artistic Director of Midnight Feast which has become the first theatre company in residence at NIDA. The company has performed at the Opera House over the last ten years to a sold-out crowd.

Kylie has an extraordinary gift of seeing the capacity and gift in everyone she meets and she responds to all those she meets with a sense of dignity, respect, compassion, and incredible joy. It is through these gifts that she has created a path in theatre that is unique and life-giving to so many.

"We celebrate abilities not limitations. Our theatre explores humanity in all its diversity and challenges assumptions."

Harmony Day

Harmony Day is a day to celebrate our cultural diversity – a day of respect for everyone who calls Australia home.

In the spirit of Harmony Day, Year 6 did some cooking for homework this week. 

Miss Emma Groves - Religious Education Co-Ordinator