Mother Teresa School Harrison
PDF Details

Newsletter QR Code

40 Wimmera St
Harrison ACT 2914
Subscribe: https://mtsharrison.schoolzineplus.com/subscribe

Email: office.motherteresa@cg.catholic.edu.au
Phone: 02 6241 5604

Principal's Message Term 2 Week 1 - 2023

Dear Parents

As a Catholic learning community,

all at Mother Teresa School are called

to care, to dream, to innovate, to inspire!

Welcome Back!

Congratulations to our Awesome Foursome!

teachers.jpg

Congratulations to our four wonderful early career teachers who officially graduated during the holidays. Carly Salmon, Sophia Caputo, Annabel McInnes, and Erin O'Leary. Yesterday they attended a celebration for all new teachers commencing their teaching career with Catholic Education. MTS is very fortunate to have four young enthusiastic young teachers working in our community. 

Staffing News

Following much deliberation our wonderful Sue McCluskey is leaving Mother Teresa School to take up a position at Defence. Sue has been at MTS for the past nine years and I know will be missed by all, especially me. Sue's last day will be Friday 12 May. Arrangements are currently being put in place to cover the many roles Sue fills within our community. 

ANZAC Day Ceremony

Anzac_day_2023.JPG

Today our school community gathered to commemorate ANZAC Day in our school hall.

This solemn occasion was an opportunity to reflect on the life and service of many Australian Service men and women – who have served and fought to protect our Freedom.

Many have paid the ultimate sacrifice – and like Jesus, have not been forgotten and remain with us each day.

As we listened to the acknowledgement of Country, to prayers, poems and the Ode- as well as the Australian National Anthem, we were reminded of how lucky we are to live in this beautiful place - Australia.

This freedom has come at a cost – Lest We Forget.

Thank you to parents and service personnel who attended this day and then joined us for refreshments. Also a big thank you to Carly Flemington for organising a fantastic ceremony.  

athletics_Carnival_2022.jpg
Annual Athletic Carnival - Year 2 - 6 
Our Athletics carnival is scheduled for Monday 1 May for Years 2 to 6 who will be bused to the local Amaroo oval. Please accept the event notification on Compass so your child/ren can attend. A compass alert will be sent on Monday morning should the carnival not be able to go ahead due to rain.  
Arrangements for K & 1 - Fun day events moved to Friday
Following discussions with the staff and considering the level of rain over the weekend the fun sport events for Kinder and Year 1 will be held on Friday. We are concerned our oval may be waterlogged. School as normal for Kinder and Year 1 on Monday.

5Cs.JPG

Urgent - Community Council - Position Vacant Treasurer - We are still looking!

The Mother Teresa School Community Council is urgently looking for a parent volunteer to manage the day to day financial activities of the Community Council accounts. This includes receipting money from fundraising activities including the uniform shop, parent community events and then arranging payments as required. A monthly Income and Expenditure report must be prepared for Council meetings and end of year documentation prepared for Catholic Education in December. 

Book keeping or accounting skills are required. A detailed handover will be arranged as our current Treasurer no longer has a child in the school.

If interested or for more information please email carmel.maguire@cg.catholic.edu.au as soon as possible.

Uniform Shop Opening 2023
Our uniform shop volunteers have advised that they will be open Monday, Wednesday and Friday mornings from 8.30am - 9:00am. Access to the uniform shop is from the side sliding door (car park side) of the Hall.  The current stock is very low.
Dance Classes & Chess Classes Term 2 are Full
We advise that both our dance and chess lessons for term two are now full and we are unable to offer any more places.  
Carmel Maguire

Principal

Carmel Photo 2021.jpg
Open_Days_2023.png