Courageous Girls

It is difficult to describe the many emotions our girls have experienced over the past two years. It is also difficult to list the many ways in which they may have changed; however, there is one thing I have noticed – Barbreck girls have courage.

Courage is defined as ‘the ability to do something that frightens oneself’. As a teacher and school leader, I see our girls exhibit courage every day.

I have seen girls with little knowledge of devices become experts, girls not understanding some of the work being covered but forging ahead with determination, and some girls experiencing challenges due to isolation but making sure they are onscreen every day for their lessons.

This week, I saw courage demonstrated when groups of girls from Prep through to Year 4 became “expert panellists” for our St Catherine’s Junior School Orientation Mornings, held to welcome our incoming 2022 students.

Fearless Girl, New York.

As panellists, the girls responded wonderfully to the questions asked from our future students. They demonstrated such courage given they did not know quite what to expect, nor many of the questions they would be asked.

I congratulate all of the girls involved – whilst they were a little nervous and apprehensive of what might happen – they showed great courage and forged ahead!

While the Fearless Girl statue in New York is designed to drive a conversation about elevating women in corporate roles, it has become a message for girls around the world to be fearless when facing challenges, as our girls in the lower years are demonstrating already, daring to be courageous!

Junior School Portal

We are pleased to provide our Barbreck parents with an upgraded Junior School portal via the ‘my school’ tile on mystcatherines. The site now provides one access point for all essential and important information occurring within Barbreck, including the School calendar, academic and Co-curricular details, uniforms and booklists and parent news.

Feedback on the upgrade is welcome and can be provided to me directly at kmcardle@stcatherines.net.au

Upcoming Events

*Please note that some of these events are dependent on easing of COVID restrictions.

Out of School Hours Care – Week 1 Activities

Upcoming activities for Term 4 Week 1 detailed here.

St Catherine’s School offers an Out of School Hours Care program to all ELC and Junior School families. The program is implemented by our provider ‘After the Bell’, and operates within the ELC building. Parents are reminded that if you need to use the Before School Care or After School Care service, registrations need to be made in advance with ‘After the Bell’. Please allow up to five business days for your registration to be processed before your child can begin attending the program. Registration is free. All families are encouraged to register so that you can use this service in the event that you are unable to pick up your child.

Before School Care – 7.00am to 8.45am

After School Care – 3.00pm to 6.00pm

Registrations can be completed via the ‘After the Bell’ website.

Please phone 9758 6744 for all enquiries.