On Tuesday, 2 June, six St Christopher’s students proudly represented our school at the Monash Division Cross Country Championships after qualifying through the District Cross Country event by finishing in the top 12 of their respective age groups. Congratulations to the following students on their outstanding performances and determination throughout their 2 to 3 Kilometre race: Alexander Archibald Marlowe Tran Eve Zaras David Fan Mikkel Mafole Gabby Li All students demonstrated excellent sportsmanship, resilience and determination as they competed against some of the strongest runners from across the division. We are incredibly proud of their efforts and the way they represented St Christopher’s.    

Last Friday our students were lucky enough to experience an incredible incursion from Musica Viva Australia and the wonderful Music in a Suitcase band! Through music, movement and storytelling, the children travelled around the world exploring different cultures, languages, instruments and traditions from places including Turkey, Egypt, Greece, France and beyond. Students learnt about inclusivity through music while discovering Auslan, Aboriginal terminology, harmony, rhythm and melodies from across the globe. The interactive performance had everyone involved — singing, moving, harmonising and celebrating the power of music together. Our students have been preparing for this experience throughout the term during their music lessons using the Musica Viva program, making today’s performance even more meaningful and engaging. What an amazing opportunity to connect culture, creativity and learning through music! A big thank you to Fiona Markham for your assistance in preparing our students for this and in conjunction with Nisha Feik from Musica Viva for organising the incursion.

St Christopher's is the Number 1 School!   We are very excited to share that The Herald Sun crunched the data for more than 2000 Catholic and independent primary schools around the nation to celebrate the best of the best. St Christopher's ranked as the  NUMBER 1 Catholic primary school in the state and 3rd nationally! We were 18th when compared to independent schools.  St Christopher's ranked higher than all Catholic primary schools including those that have both primary and secondary.  These schools are often selective with enrolment, where local Catholic primary schools like ours are not. You'll also note our school fees offer great value for money given the results we are achieving. We have a school with dedicated and talented staff, who work closely with bright and supportive families in the best interest of all our wonderful students.  Our students are clever and generous with their time for each other as well as aspiring to be the best they can be.     This is an amazing achievement and I would like to congratulate our staff, parents and students for their spectacular achievement and especially give credit to Shane Daveron for his leadership in previous years to set the school on its course.

Last week we celebrated our wonderful mothers. Our students had the opportunity to purchase gifts for their mothers from our Mother's Day Stall which was organised by our Parents Association. They did an amazing job assisting the students in this process. I would like to thank the team for their support. Special mention to Tracey for making and donating all those cookies and knitting all those handbags to sell at the stall, which was so very generous of her!! On Friday, we celebrated our mothers with a special mass and it was wonderful to see some families joining us in the celebration. We hope all mums and mother figures were celebrated and enjoyed a special day on Sunday.