Newsletters
20 Nov 2009
Newsletter Nov 20
Dear Parents and Friends, It has been an extraordinarily hot week but students have seemed mostly unaffected by the heat, involving themselves happily in the week’s events.
13 Nov 2009
Newsletter Nov 13
Dear Parents and Friends This week staff, students and their families enjoyed a wonderful showcase of our talented music students at the Music Extravaganza held at the Alexander Theatre- Monash University.
30 Oct 2009
Newsletter October 30th
Dear Parents and Friends Whilst last week we farewelled our Year 12 students, this week saw us welcome our incoming Year 7 students
23 Oct 2009
Newsletter October 23
Dear Parents and Friends The Year 12 students completed their secondary schooling this week
16 Oct 2009
Newsletter October 16th
Dear Parents and Friends The school theme of ‘Appreciating Differences and Individual Worth’ was on full display during this past week.
09 Oct 2009
Newsletter 9 Oct
Dear Parents and Friends Our builders ADZ did an enormous amount of work whilst the students were on holidays.
18 Sep 2009
Newsletter 18 September
Dear Parents and Friends As this term comes to a close I would like to take the opportunity to congratulate students who have worked consistently to engage in learning and develop their knowledge.
11 Sep 2009
Newsletter September 11
Dear Parents and Friends This week has seen the return of our Year 10 students who spent last week in their selected workplaces getting a “real life” experience of the world of work.
04 Sep 2009
Newsletter Sep 4
Dear Parents and Friends It is hard to keep up with the pace of life sometimes. We are at the end of another week and have only two weeks until the end of Term
28 Aug 2009
Newsletter 28 Aug
Dear Parents and Friends With Year 10 students involved in the Work Experience programme, the school should be a quieter place this week, but that hasn’t been the case.
21 Aug 2009
Newsletter 21 August
Dear Parents and Friends The past week has been very active at Killester. The school community celebrated Brigidine Day last Friday...
14 Aug 2009
Newsletter Aug 14
Dear Parents and Friends As part of Killester’s BER Building grant, portable classrooms are expected to arrive next week.
07 Aug 2009
Newsletter 7 August
Dear Parents and Friends All parents are invited to complete the parent survey on our Pastoral Care practices at Killester.
31 Jul 2009
Newsletter 31 July
Dear Parents and Friends This week marks the beginning of an important period of time for Year 10 & 11 students as they are asked to consider 2010 subject selection.
24 Jul 2009
Newsletter 24 July
Dear Parents and Friends As the Student Development Co-ordinator, I am leading a review of our Pastoral Care practices at Killester....
17 Jul 2009
Newsletter 17 July
Dear Parents and Friends Students returned to school this week after 2 weeks of holidays hopefully refreshed and energized for another busy term.
25 Jun 2009
Newsletter 25 June
Dear Parents and Friends The arrival of winter has caused most of us to seek warmth and hot food. These are things not everyone in our community have access to and we remembered this at our Poor Person’s Mass held on Tuesday.
19 Jun 2009
Newsletter 19 June
Dear Parents and Friends, The winter solstice is almost upon us again and the cold days and dark mornings certainly remind us of this....
05 Jun 2009
Newsletter 5 June
FROM THE PRINCIPAL Dear Parents and Friends We are currently in the exam period at school with Year 11 completing a week of exams as Year 10 students commence their exams.
29 May 2009
Newsletter 29 May
Dear Parents and Friends, it’s been yet another busy week in the life of the Killester Community. Killester hosted the, SCSA Division 2 Athletics at Olympic Park on Wednesday. The organization of this event by our PE Co-ordinator Emma Spreckley...
22 May 2009
Newsletter 22 May
Dear Parents and Friends This week you may have read in the newspapers about the push by the Federal Government for national testing of students. In a later newsletter I would like to evaluate this approach in some detail.
15 May 2009
Newsletter May 15
‘Kindliness’ is part of our school motto and something we aim to live out in our school community. It is a quality attributed to St Brigid and often evident in the stories of her life where she supports the vulnerable in her community.
08 May 2009
Newsletter May 8
This week our Principal Leanne Di Stefano, two of our School Leaders - Cassie Wright and Hazel Whitfield and myself travelled to Kinglake to present a $5000 cheque to the Kinglake Kindergarten.
30 Apr 2009
Newsletter April 30
Dear Parents and Friends The church calendar marks next week as “Family Week”. A week where we are encouraged to reflect on our families, as well as the many different ‘styles’ and shapes’ of families that exist in our diverse society.
24 Apr 2009
Newsletter April 24
It was good to welcome the girls back to school on Tuesday. We have a full term planned for students as we move into the second part of semester one. The combination of classroom learning, excursions and extra-curricular activities will provide many oppor
03 Apr 2009
Newsletter April 3
The coming week is the most important week in the Christian calendar. Known as Holy Week, it begins with the arrival of Jesus in Jerusalem on Palm Sunday, moves to the Last Supper on Holy Thursday, the crucifixion on Good Friday, and then the resurrection
27 Mar 2009
Newsletter 27th March
For each of us to be an effective member of a community requires both self awareness as well as an understanding of the world around us. The experience of community for students is often limited to our school, friends or family.
20 Mar 2009
Newsletter 20th March
This week, as the Year 11 students explore issues of civics, art, science and technology in Canberra, as the Year 12s reflect ...
13 Mar 2009
College Newsletter 13 March
In the coming week our Year 10-12 students will be engaged in various activities: the Yr 10 Work Education week, Yr 11 Canberra Trip and Yr 12 Retreat.
06 Mar 2009
Newsletter 6 March
Dear Parents and Friends There was great excitement amongst Year 7 students this week as they travelled to Cowes for a three day camp. Despite the cold and wind they enjoyed the many activities prepared for them, culminating in a talent show on ...
27 Feb 2009
College Newsletter 27th Feb
On Thursday 45 Year 10 students trained to be Peer Support Leaders for 2009. As part of the programme they will each have a group of Year 7 students allocated to them...
20 Feb 2009
College Newsletter 20th Feb
An assortment of fairies, witches and other characters mingled amongst the enthusiastic crowd at last Friday’s Swimming Carnival. Senior girls took the opportunity to ‘dress up’ and bring some magic to the day. And it was certainly a special day...
13 Feb 2009
College Newsletter 13th Feb
Welcome to the 2009 school year at Killester. Despite a very hot beginning school is now humming along as students have settled back into the rhythm of classes...
