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Fun, love and understanding: the fruits of intergenerational connection
Fostering relationships between children and grandparents or other elderly people is crucially important for our society, says Pope Francis – a teaching that the youngsters attending the Ambrose School Age Care service at Our Lady of the Way (OLOW) in Emu Plains couldn’t agree with more.
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Energy reduction program a winner for schools
In coming months, Catholic Education Diocese of Parramatta will complete a comprehensive three-year school Energy Efficiency program that is tipped to reduce carbon emissions by 2,442 tonnes each year. Read more...
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Chatterbox Live empowers Primary school students to speak up
Year 5 and 6 students recently questioned Catholic Education Diocese of Parramatta Executive Director Greg Whitby about some of the big issues in education. Homework, bullying and school shoes were hot topics when Holy Family Primary, Emerton hosted the second ever Chatterbox Live. Read more...
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Primary school students put faith into action at LIFTED Live Jr
There was singing, dancing, screaming and sharing aplenty as 762 primary school students from Western Sydney and the Blue Mountains put their faith into action at the second LIFTED Live Jnr event. Read more...
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School leaders embrace diversity and inclusion for 2019!
As students across Western Sydney and the Blue Mountains continued their preparations for the beginning of the 2019 school year this week, more than 500 Principals and Leaders of Learning gathered at Rosehill Racecourse for Catholic Education Diocese of Parramatta’s (CEDP) annual System Leaders’ Day. Read more...
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Our Lady of the Way’s new building is a blessing
Our Lady of the Way, Primary Emu Plains can welcome visitors to their school community with pride, now their new administration building has been blessed and officially opened by Bishop of Parramatta, Bishop Vincent Long Van Nguyen and Catholic Education Diocese of Parramatta Executive Director Greg Whitby. Read more...
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Kindness is The Way
For students and staff of Our Lady of the Way (OLW) Primary, Emu Plains, kindness is a natural part of school life. It makes sense that celebrating World Kindness Day is a significant event on the school calendar! Read more...
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Kindness is The Way
For students and staff of Our Lady of the Way (OLW) Primary, Emu Plains, kindness is a natural part of school life. It makes sense that celebrating World Kindness Day is a significant event on the school calendar! Read more...
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Education Mass creates a ‘first’ for the Diocese of Parramatta
It was a first for Catholic Education Diocese of Parramatta recently when the largest cross section of Western Sydney schools attended the annual Diocesan Education Mass at the Cathedral Church of St Patrick’s in Parramatta. Read more…
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Positive behaviour creates great learning!
Catholic Education Diocese of Parramatta (CEDP) school leaders and teachers were given a special opportunity to expand their knowledge of Positive Behaviour Support For Learning (PBS4L) when Dr Tim Lewis, Professor of Special Education at the University of Missouri, shared his research with them recently. Read more…
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