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Volume 30 - 7 October, 2014 Dear Parents and Students Welcome back to Term Four – especially to the Year 12’s for whom it will be both significant and memorable as their final term ever! We warmly welcome back both Mrs Cuskelly and Mrs O’Neill from their leave. We welcome the following staff also who will be with us for all or part of the term: Mrs Gold (HPE); Mrs Heathcote (English & History); Ms Johansen (Geography & English); and Mrs Sampford (Maths). We extend to Ms Rebecca Bush who joins us this term as a permanent member of staff, teaching Health & PE, a particular welcome. Ms Bush is a Past Pupil of Loreto. Open our minds to know Your voice, Open our hands to do Your work and Open our hearts to hold Your spirit. Amen. This week is a particularly busy one for our Year 9’s, 10’s and 11’s. The Year 9 students have a whole day workshop on Wednesday focused on respectful relationships and resilience. The Year 10’s have their three day outdoor camp aimed at building confidence, team skills and endurance through facing physical challenges. The Year 11’s have three days devoted to leadership training and development, assisting them to prepare for the year ahead when they will be the leaders of the school. These opportunities are provided as an important part of our “whole person” educational philosophy. They are integral to the Loreto vision that seeks to provide an education that liberates, motivates and empowers students to use their individual gifts with confidence, creativity and generosity in loving and responsible service. I particularly thank the respective Year Coordinators: Mrs Gore, Ms Davidson and Mrs Meecham, for their organisation and coordination of these days. I also sincerely thank the many staff involved for the generous gifts of time and expertise they give to these experiences. Without their support these important and enriching activities, which the students enjoy and gain so much from, would not be possible. CRUCI After much patient waiting and eager anticipation the teachers and students will this week begin to use Cruci. During the next two weeks the classrooms will be used by every Religion class in the school to ensure that each girl is able to experience at least one lesson in Cruci, before its official opening on 19 October. I know that both the students and the teachers are greatly looking forward to the enjoyment of using this new and exciting space. After the Opening on 19 October, our Year 11’s will move from their Mulwith base into Cruci, when it will become their new “home”. The photo on the following page, which many of you have seen and “liked” on our Facebook, show just how spectacular Cruci looks at night – which will be ‘just perfect’ when, one day, it eventually becomes the front entrance to a Performing Arts Centre for Loreto.
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