Build a community that continues to learn

Through:-   Building a school wide approach to the teaching and learning and increasing teacher capacity.

 Enhance and maintain the wellbeing of all

Our target for the year:- Attendance rates will increase from 88% to 95% across the school, and we will maintain representation throughout the community

 Build a community that is connected

Our target for the year:- Increase family attendance at interviews and open day and introduce Yarn Time sessions

Dear Families,

Thank you so very much for your continued support of our school community and your understanding with the added changes to support the health and well-being of everyone that have needed to be put into place due to COVID. We have made it safely to the end of Semester 1 and are all looking forward to a well-deserved break. 

Returning to School in Term 3 will still require some of the COVID measures to continue for at least the first 3 weeks. The changes that will remain are:-

• There will be no School excursions, assemblies, external sporting activities
• Bubblers out of use - your child needs to bring a water bottle to school each day
• Sick Bay out of use - No child is to attend school if they are showing any cold or flu-like symptoms. They must remain at home and stay away from school until they are no longer showing symptoms or have attended a GP who has instructed that they are fit and safe to return. 
• Canteen on Fridays will continue with just Lunch orders sourced through Fisho’s Hot Bake and Takeaway
• Limited adult visitors - please come to the office first - Lunches that are brought up to school – children will meet family members at the gate. Recess time is 11am and lunch time is 1pm.

We wish everyone a wonderful break. Stay safe and keep well.

The Confirmation celebration for Year 5/6 will be on Saturday 15th August. The following is some important imformation for candidates and families:- 

- Each confirmation candidate needs a sponsor. 

- Confimation candidates need a Confirmation name - a saint's name

- Important Confirmation Dates for families:-

• Confirmation Commitment Mass – Saturday 8th August @ 6pm Confirmation Candidates and families need to attend this mass   
• Confirmation Retreat - Friday 31st July @ SFX
• Confirmaion Celebration - Saturday 15th August at 6.00pm in Our Lady of Lourdes parish - please aim to have numbers of people that may be at the celebration as soon as possible so we can organise appropriate distancing.

Please remember the following dates for students in Year 3/4

• First Reconciliation - 11th September @ 10.30am TBC
• First Eucharist - 7th November @ 6pm TBC

Semester 1 Reports  will be sent home to families next week via Compass. These will provide you with a very brief snapshot of how your child is going in Religion, Literacy and Numeracy and observations of Thinking, Communication, Responsibility and Collaboration. The reports will not include any comments this semester as we want families to have the opportunity to speak to teachers.

There will be Parent Teacher Interviews available for families on Monday 26th June and Tuesday 27th June. These will provide families the opportunity to meet with your child’s teachers to further discuss their progress and to plan moving forward with your child's learning in Semester 2. More information will be communicated to families via the Compass app early next week.

If any family misses this opportunity and would like another time please let us know. Families are the main educators of children and working together is important.

During writing, students were asked to write a paragraph about their favourite word. Why is this word your favourite? Do you like the way it sounds or looks? This word could relate to a hobby or activity the students enjoy. 

Last Thursday at 10am students in 3/4/5/6 dialed into Australia's Biggest Child Safety Lesson.  This lesson aimed to teach children aged 8 to 12 critical personal safety strategies, particularly in the online world.   Child safety and protection is everybody's business. 

Ask your child what they learnt!