Principal's Message
Dear St Monica's families and friends,
Yesterday I sent out on Compass the Term 4 Whole School Overview. A hard copy of this will come home with the eldest child in each family this afternoon. Hopefully, this one page list of events is a quick reference for you about what is happening each week at the school. Please know, new events may be added and exisiting events changed, so please keep an eye on the Compass alerts for the latest news and information.
A very warm welcome to all the new families who have joined St Monica’s this term. We wish the Cassidy, Greenwood, Harvey and Saunders families a very long and happy association with our amazing community.
We also welcome into the St Monica’s community baby Saskia, a little sister for Sebastian in Kinder White.
Students Leaving St Monica’s: If your child won’t be returning to St Monica’s next year, except for Year 6 students, please email the Front Office ASAP. We are contacted daily about enrolments and we wish to have our figures correct. In the coming weeks we will begin the process of developing class structures for 2026.
Staffing news: It is with a heavy heart, yet great excitement for their next chapter, I share that Maggie Lloyd and Ryan Matchett have been appointed to Assistant Principal roles at two of our Archdiocesan schools at the start of 2026.
Maggie‘s appointment is to St Bede’s Primary School in Red Hill and Ryan’s appointment is to St Bede’s Primary School in Braidwood. The two St Bede’s schools in our Archdiocese! I know you will join me in congratulating them both and wishing them well as they prepare for new adventures at their new schools.
Mrs Maria Nangle, Classroom Support Assistant and Mrs Bernadette Mannion, Student Welfare Officer will be finishing up at St Monica’s at the end of this year. We wish both Maria and Bernadette all the best for the next phase in their lives.
We have begun the recruitment process, for the roles of Assistant Principal, Primary Coordinator and Student Welfare Officer.
School Counsellor Referral process - The Marymead CatholicCare student and family counselling service is moving to a new referral process. Families can make a referral directly by clicking on this link - Student and Family counselling or by scanning or clicking on the following QR code:
