As Australia experienced one of the driest winters on record, staff and students across the Diocese held fundraisers to raise money for our farmers doing it tough.
Former Prime Minister Malcolm Turnbull once declared coding to be as “fundamental as reading and writing’’ in modern Australia - so it is no surprise schools across the Diocese of Maitland-Newcastle have been increasing their focus on coding and robotics courses.
As part of the Catholic Schools Week celebrations, St Joseph’s Primary School, Gloucester commemorated 100 years since the arrival of the Sisters of St Joseph and the start of Catholic education in Gloucester.
As a school built ‘among the trees’ back in 1974, St James’ Primary School, Kotara South continues to encourage students to learn outdoors with the official opening of Stage One of the masterplan for new outdoor play spaces at the school.