From the P&F Association

Welcome to 2023

Welcome back to all families and students to what will be a wonderful 2023. A special welcome to all new families to Santa Sabina College, we are all excited to meet you in person at one of the many upcoming events in 2023.

Term 1 has already been buzzing with activity with the Principal’s Welcome Drinks kicking off the year to a great start. We hope you enjoyed the afternoon and made new connections throughout the school. We are looking forward to celebrating International Women’s Day 2023 with a Dinner on 8 March at Le Montage. Make sure you don’t miss out on what will be a great night and opportunity for all to Network and meet the school community. To secure your tickets please see the details below.

Outside of the P&F led events your Parent Representatives are busily planning year group catch ups so keep an eye out for invitations. If you haven’t done so make sure you connect with your Year Group via the Santa Sabina College WhatsApp by completing the online form to ‘Join Groups’ found on Veritas Online

Yours in friendship

Joseph Gittani
P&F President

Upcoming events

International Women’s Day 2023 ‘Embrace Equality‘

An opportunity to connect, discuss and ignite conversations of stepping forward to Embrace Equality.   Limited seats available. Book Now

Parent education

‘Building Community’ by Debra Brodowski

As we start 2023, there’s a sense of excited anticipation in the community. It seems that the acute years of the impacts of COVID-19, with associated lockdowns, remote learning, disrupted activity, are a thing of the past. 2023 seems to be emerging as a year where we are able to come together as a community, building bonds, forging friendships, both for our young people and ourselves.

There are many benefits to building community:

  • We feel an increased feeling of safety and security
  • We are friendly to others and build friendships, allowing us to feel supported in times of need
  • We are able to celebrate the joys the year may bring, and help out when we need to lend a helping hand.

Building community does not happen automatically. Whilst it feels like our children, particularly those that are younger, can forge friendships based on liking the same colour, TV show, or movie, maintaining friendships take effort and work. Of course, this effort is worthwhile and has enormous rewards to our mental health and wellbeing.

How do we support our young people in building community in 2023?

  • Getting involved in activities with others. Try a psort, a music group of some other co-curricular activity
  • Participate in College-based events.
  • Be inclusive, invite others, particularly if them may not know too many people.

These allow the opportunity to connect with old friendships, as well as create new ones. Being friendly creates a College of inclusiveness and connectedness, one where each and every person benefits from the kindness and gratitude from building community.

Being friendly, as well as building friendships is a powerful way of building a College community where everyone is able to benefit.