February 22 is Ash Wednesday. It is Lent's kick off. And we are reminded by the Church to prepare for Holy Week through prayer, sacrifice and almsgiving. The practical side of the three practices can be summarized in: give up something and offer it up. Pope Francis helps us to discover the link between giving something up and love:

"Let us not grow tired of doing good in active charity towards our neighbours.During this Lent, may we practise almsgiving by giving joyfully (cf.2 Cor9:7). God who “supplies seed to the sower and bread for food” (2 Cor9:10) enables each of us not only to have food to eat, but also to be generous in doing good to others. While it is true that we have our entire life to sow goodness, let us take special advantage of this Lenten season to care for those close to us and to reach out to our brothers and sisters who lie wounded along the path of life."

Welcome to Infants 2023. We warmly welcome all our families, new and seasoned, to Infants 2023. We are looking forward to an exciting, adventure-filled, and educational year.

Last week, our prep children experienced the first week of their schooling life. There were smiles and wonder all around. I was fortunate to have had lunch on Thursday with our prep children who treated me to tea and delicious sand cake in our play kitchen.

It was great to see our prep children settling in so well, jumping straight into school life with only smiles and lots of imaginative play.

Last week our Year 1 children arrived and went home with smiles, laughter, and a skip in their step. Our seasoned Year 1 students walked through the gates in the morning, excited to reconnect with old friends, and looking forward to making new ones. You could see only enthusiasm from our Year 1 students, taking on their new role as 2023 Infant leaders.

It is full steam ahead in the Junior School !

Do you have a daughter in Year 3 or 4? On Monday, February 13, you are invited to the highly acclaimed 'Sexuality for Love' Workshops. Created by Carla Fuentes, a Marriage and Family Counsellor, this program has been delivered in more than 50 schools in Mexico, the United States and Europe.

The Sexuality for Love program helps parents talk to their children about the different aspects of sexuality, taking into consideration the child’s age, maturity and personality. The workshop is directed at children in Year 3 & Year 4, and their parents. It is a two-part workshop, and its main aim is to help your child comprehend the origins of life.

Part 1 of the Workshop will take place on Monday 13th February 2023 for mothers and fathers of daughters in Yr 3 or 4. Click here to register!

To watch the promotional video, click the flyer below!

For more information regarding workshop times, dates and locations, click 'show more' below. 

The virtue we have been focusing on is Teamwork. What a great virtue to begin the year with!

Teamwork is when a group of people link up to complete a task or achieve a common goal.

Good teamwork means that the task will get done efficiently and usually requires humility, respect and flexibility.

Group activities are often aided by leadership, but only when the participants respect the leader.

A warm welcome to all of our Tangara Secondary families in 2023. A very special welcome goes to our Year 7's, new students, parents and staff members who have joined our school this year. It was wonderful to see the Secondary School buzzing again last Tuesday morning, as the girls returned from the holidays in high spirits with beaming smiles and embracing their friends, as they eagerly went from room to room to see where their new homerooms were located and which class they had been placed in!

Some highlights from the past fortnight for Secondary have been:

• HSC Celebration Assembly for the Class of 2022.
• OnStage Drama Excursion.
• ISDA Debating Workshop 1.
• Year 11 Elevate Study Skills Seminar.
• Tangara's 41st Birthday.

We are all looking forward to the Swimming Carnival next Tuesday 14 February at Hornsby Pool and hope you can join us!

The Secondary Staff and I thank you for your ongoing support and we look forward to an enjoyable and productive year at Tangara Secondary!

A big welcome back to all our Tangara families, and a special welcome to all our new students and their families!

We hope you have a wonderful year, and all our students take the opportunity to explore the wonderful resources we have here in the Tangara Library. Mrs Ellis and Mrs Beard are looking forward to supporting your children’s learning and literacy needs and fostering their love of reading throughout the year. The following is some useful information about how the Library operates.

Secondary Library

The Library opens at 8am each day, and is open for Years 7-10 from 1 pm at lunchtime and after school.

Closing times are:

4pm - Monday, Wednesday and Friday

4.30pm - Tuesday and Thursday

We are open all day for Yrs 11 and 12, except recess and during Mass/Reading (12.15-12.45).

Primary Library

All Primary and Infants students are required to have a Tangara or Redfield Library bag for borrowing, and a set of headphones for Library lessons. Primary and Infants students have the opportunity to borrow once a week during Library lessons, and Yrs 2-6 can also borrow once a week at lunchtime on a rostered basis as follows:

From 2023 you can provide consent online for your child’s routine school vaccinations.

The following vaccines are offered free to students at school:

•in Year 7 - diphtheria-tetanus-pertussis (dTpa) and human papillomavirus (HPV)*

•in Year 10 - meningococcal ACWY vaccine

Vaccination will only be provided at school if consent has been received.

To provide consent for vaccination online go to https://nswhealth.service-now.com/school, you will need:

•your ServiceNSW log-in details, or to create an account with ServiceNSWif you don’t already have one

•Medicare details for parents/carers and your child

Benefits of online consent for parents/carers:

•SMS notifications when vaccinations are given

•easy updating of your child’s details online

•faster upload of your child’s vaccination records to the Australian Immunisation Register (AIR)

If you or your child do not have a Medicare card, consent can still be provided by requesting a paper-based consent form directly from our school.

To help answer questions you may have regarding providing vaccination and online consent, please visit the NSW Health website atwww.health.nsw.gov.au/schoolvaccination

Have you noticed new Redfield merch going around the community recently? That's because Pared has officially launched its first Merch Store, starting with the Redfield collection! Show up to your next club game, camping trip, or family day rocking some merch! It's not a uniform, so style it like any other piece in your closet!

This is not a regular merch store. Our items are professionally designed in various colours to suit everyone! They are made with quality materials and are sold at cost price to make them as affordable as possible. Plus, any profits will be directed to the school's Chapel funds.

Browse our brother school's merch collection here.

Hornsby Shire Council will be holding their first virtual workshop for 2023 (via Microsoft TEAMS) for parent/carer supervising drivers (and their learners) who are teaching a learner driver through the NSW Graduated Licensing Scheme on the evening of Wednesday 1st March 2023.