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Save the Date – VET Awards 2025

The 2025 VET Award nominations are now open.

The awards will be held on Thursday 28 August 2025 at the Xavier Centre (Harbour Street, Wollongong).

See the flyer here.

Nomination forms for VET Student of the Year, VET Trainer of the Year, and SBAT Student of the Year are available here.

For further information, please contact Jennifer Callaghan at the CEDoW RTO: callaghanJ01@dow.catholic.edu.au.

The Tell Them From Me (TTFM) Survey – Now Halfway

For: Principals and School Coordinators

The TTFM® survey window for CEDoW has now reached the halfway point.

Your school community can participate in the survey until Friday 30 May 2025 at 4.30 pm (AEST).

1. Monitoring your survey progress in TTFM

If you would like to view the number of participants who have completed the survey for your school, please access the Monitor Progress dashboard within the TTFM platform.

2. Survey Window Resources in the TTFM Platform

To support your school, survey resources can be accessed from our Knowledge Base within the TTFM platform, including Survey Taker Response Rate and Closing Surveys.

3. Webinar Training

The Learning Bar invites you to join our Module 2 Webinar to assist with accessing, analysing and interpreting your TTFM® Reports. The session provides an overview of the reports that will be available once the surveys are closed, including Trend Reports and provides ideas on how to evaluate and communicate your findings to assist with your school’s strategic planning.

Please select below for your preferred session.

Module 2 Session 1: Thursday 29 May 2025 – 8:30 am
Module 2 Session 2: Tuesday 10 June 2025 – 3:30 pm

Support – The Learning Bar
Toll-free: 1800 823 621
Email: support@thelearningbar.com.

National Sorry Day and Reconciliation Week 2025

Attention: Principals and RECs

This year National Sorry Day falls on Monday 26 May and is a day when we pause to remember the Stolen Generations of Australia’s Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander peoples.

It leads us into the Week of Prayer for Reconciliation and National Reconciliation Week which is held each year between 27 May and 3 June.

The theme for National Reconciliation Week 2025 is, Bridging Now to Next.

See here for a liturgy resource that you might find useful to help your school community acknowledge National Reconciliation Week.

Other helpful resources relating to National Sorry Day and Reconciliation Week can be found at the following websites:

Reconciliation Australia

The Healing Foundation

Raising Hope – Laudato Si' Week 2025

Attention: Principals and RECs/Leaders of Mission

Join the global Catholic community in celebrating Laudato Si’ Week, marking the 10th anniversary of Laudato Si’ which Pope Francis signed on the day of Pentecost, 24 May, 2015.

This special week commemorates Pope Francis' landmark encyclical on climate change and care for our common home—rooted in centuries of Church teaching on creation. With this year’s theme "Raising Hope", we come together in faith and action, continuing the legacy of Pope Francis and renewing our commitment to ecological justice and a sustainable future for all.

Please note the global celebration is 24–31 May, but in Australia, many choose to acknowledge Laudato Si’ Week from 16–24 May, so as not to clash with Reconciliation Week.

The following resources may be helpful for you in marking Laudato Si’ Week with your school communities:

Laudato Si’ Movement Laudato Si’ Week 2025
Catholic Earthcare Caritas Australia Laudato Si' Week 2025 Resources
Liturgy for Celebrating Laudato Si’ Week 2025 Word doc and PDF doc.
Laudato Si’ Week Bookmark and Daily Reflection Posts
Pope Francis’ Ecological Legacy.

“Let us sing as we go.
May our struggles and our concern for this planet never take away the joy of our hope.”
Laudato Si’ n244

Corpus Christi Formation Day at Our Lady Help of Christians

Attention: Secondary Principals and RECs (or equivalent)

We, Joel and Elise Duval, are writing on behalf of Fr Sarkis and the parish of Our Lady Help of Christians Rosemeadow to invite you as well as ask for your support in advertising this year's Corpus Christi Event to your school and wider community. We are hoping to build this feast day across the diocese, bringing everyone together to celebrate our God in all His Glory!

For more information on the day, please see the registration page here.

We have provided some advertising material for you to use below (all resources can be accessed from a shared Google Folder, which you can access here).

The resources include:

Corpus Christi 2025 Email: An email to be forwarded to all students in Year 9 and above, to staff and parents in your school.

Corpus Christi Poster: A poster which can be printed in A3 or A4, if you would be happy to put up on your school office thoroughfare doors.

Corpus Christi Newsletter Image: If you would be happy to include the image in your school newsletters with the following blurb:

The Parish of Our Lady Help of Christians invites you to join us for the Corpus Christi Event! If you're seeking a deeper understanding of the Eucharist, the origins of the Mass or want to deepen your faith then this day is for you! You will never celebrate Mass again the same way! Join us Sunday 22 June (10 am to 3:30 pm) at Our Lady Help of Christian's St. Joachim Hall (adjacent to the Our Lady Help of Christians Primary School) (80A Demetrius Rd, Rosemeadow). Please note: We welcome all adults over 18. Any person under the age of 18 must attend with a parent or legal guardian. Due to content and nature of material the minimum age of attendees is 14 years. For more information on the day and to register, please use the QR code provided.

Social Media Image: Please see the social media image and blurb below to be used for a social media post on your school's social media pages.