Assistant Head of Primary P-4 and Gifted Education Coordinator P-6

Pastoral update

Small positive choices build respectful communities

Our pastoral focus for Term 2 is Respect in Action – Small Positive Choices Build Respectful Communities. Building on Term 1’s focus on connections, students will be supported to turn respectful relationships into everyday actions. Throughout the term, students will explore how small acts – such as listening with kindness, including others, making calm and positive choices and caring for themselves and those around them – can create lasting, positive change. Respectful actions will be celebrated through a special display in Warami, our meeting place where everyone is welcome, highlighting that respect is something we live and practise every day.

Accepting the invitation to care for the world we share

In Weeks 1–2, students will focus on Caring for the World We Share, linked with Earth Day on 22 April. Students will explore how small actions – such as recycling, saving water and energy, and caring for shared spaces – help us be stewards of God’s creation. To support this focus, we are introducing a recycling initiative for used pens, markers and highlighters, with collection boxes located in the Library, Art Room and classrooms. Families are encouraged to celebrate Earth Day at home by reducing waste, planting something together, conserving energy, keeping items out of landfill and talking with your child about ways we can care for the world we share.

Gifted Education update

Kangourou sans Frontières

As part of our Thomas Aquinas Scholars Program, selected students in Years 3–6 participated in the Kangourou sans Frontières (KSF) Mathematics Competition last term. KSF is an internationally recognised competition that challenges students through advanced problem–solving and logical reasoning, with more than six million participants worldwide.

We commend all students involved for their commitment and excellence in mathematics and particularly acknowledge those who achieved High Distinction, placing in the top three percent, and Distinction, placing in the top 15% of Australian participants. These outstanding results reflect the students’ strong effort, perseverance and enthusiasm for learning.

High Distinction Award
Aria Leung – Year 6
Axel Leung – Year 4
Jonathan Lin – Year 3

Distinction Award
Niamh Quinn – Year 6
Lydia (Jinxian) Wang – Year 6
Claire Yang – Year 6

Credit Award
Zara Alvaro – Year 6
Soopia Chang – Year 6
Scarlett Ghossein – Year 6
Amara Jeyaganesh – Year 6
Amelia Lin – Year 6
Marie Metledge – Year 6
Gyuri Park – Year 6
Elise Schojer – Year 6
Kira Tang – Year 6
Zoe Law – Year 5
Michaela Nguyen – Year 5
Audrey Wong – Year 5
Amara Li – Year 4
Sabrina Commisso – Year 4
Sebastian Portelli – Year 4
Siobhan Chung – Year 4
Ethan Fahmy – Year 4
Sophia Zheng – Year 4
Isla Thompson – Year 4
Oscar Ko – Year 3
Peggy Peng – Year 3
Zoe Nguyen – Year 3
Joanna Wong – Year 3
Serena Dong – Year 3
Ryan Xue – Year 3

Participation Awards
Annabelle Chang – Year 6
Alexis Djordjevic – Year 6
Olivia Gan – Year 6
Hannah Geussens – Year 6
Riha Han – Year 6
Madalena Khoury – Year 6
Angela Li – Year 6
Jennifer Stanton – Year 6
Laura Touma – Year 6
Clara Chelala – Year 5
Irina Gao – Year 5
Ahana Gupta – Year 5
Georgia Hall – Year 5
Madeleine Kazzi – Year 5
Kaylee Liu – Year 5
Evie McIntosh – Year 5
Charly Merhi – Year 5
Samantha Ong – Year 5
Priscilla Peng – Year 5
Samantha Wu – Year 5
Sophia Tadros – Year 5
Anna Yang – Year 5
Makenzie Wong – Year 5
Vincent Abraham – Year 4
Oscar Kochman – Year 4
Frank Magri – Year 4
Clare McGregor – Year 4
Alana Mousu – Year 4
Sam Oli – Year 4
Alice Kim-Higgins – Year 3
Elina Lin – Year 3
Enzo Pensini – Year 3
Riona Sengupta – Year 3