CHRISTMAS CONCERT 2019

Thank you to all the families who were able to join us for the Christmas concert on Friday night it was a lovely way to end the year and come together. Thank you to the P&F who organised the lovely Rachel Hennesy to share her gift of music with us.

STUDENT LEADERSHIP 2020

Congratulations to the following students who will be our Captains and House Captains in 2020.

Captains: Emmanual O’Brien and Zoe Wilson

Vice Captains: Rory Milross-Rose and Zoe McNamara

Fitzroy: Jessica Smith, Will Egan-Brown

MacKillop: Zali Ninness, AJ Duffin

Penola: Kyah Temple, Cooper Garrard

Tenison: Sienna Hamod, Joel Eglitis

FIRST DAY BACK IN 2020

Year 1 – Year 6 students return on Wednesday 29 January in 2020. On Wednesday all Year 1 –Year 6 students will come dressed in the summer school uniform.

2020 KINDERGARTEN STUDENTS

Kindergarten students in 2020 will be participating in the Best Start program and will attend school for their individual session (as per the timetable) on one of the following days between Wednesday 29 January - Wednesday 5 February. This means that Kindergarten will have their first day at school on Thursday 6  February in the summer school uniform.

TEA & TISSUES MORNING TEA

All parents, particularly new families and parents of Kindergarten students, are invited to attend a morning tea on Thursday 6 February 2020 @ 9 am in the hall.

YEAR 6 GUARD OF HONOUR - WEDNESDAY 18 DECEMBER

At approximately 3:15pm on the last day of school, students, staff and parents are invited to join in forming a guard of honour to wish Year 6 all the best as they complete primary school and move onto high school.

STAFFING UPDATE

I am pleased to be able to share the staffing for classes in 2020.

Kindergarten - Mrs Katie Kelly

Year 1 - Mrs Ronelle Peardon (Middle Leader 1)

Year 2 - Mrs McLeod

Year 3 - Mr Jason Novak

Year 4 - Miss Eliza Treble (Middle Leader 2)

Year 5B - Miss Emma Groves (Religious Education Co-ordinator)

Year 5W - Miss Emma Riolo

Year 6 - Miss Claire Cole

Teacher Release (Creative Arts) - Mrs Paula Jackson

Third Teacher - Mrs Shari Mayo

Assistant Principal - Mr James Bryce

Principal - Mrs Belinda Hughes

Families in Year 5 (2020) will receive a letter soon indicating their class and teacher for 2020.

READING THE STUDENT ACADEMIC REPORT

On Friday 13 December, parents of children in Kindergarten to Year Six will receive the end of year Student Academic Report via Compass. When reading the report, it is important to celebrate your child’s Learning Gains - the areas where your child has shown improvement. This section uses syllabus text to capture the new learning the student has demonstrated in the reporting period. It’s important to note that because of the specific nature of syllabus text, it is not uncommon that the same comment will appear on student’s reports from the same stage of learning.

The Areas for Growth section identifies areas where your child may still be working towards. The comments in this section also uses syllabus text to capture the new learning the student will encounter as the ‘next step’ on their learning path. The longer, final comment is written by the teacher and may cover a range of academic and non-academic areas, how students follow the 7 habits or their attitude to learning/work habits. If you need any clarification after reading your child’s report, please do not hesitate to contact your child’s class teacher.

YEAR 6 GRADUATION LITURGY AND SUPPER THANK YOU

Thank you to Year Six for preparing and participating in the year Six Graduation Liturgy and presentation so beautifully. Thank-you to all the Year 5 parent helpers who provided a beautiful supper it was very much appreciated.

BUILDING WORKS OVER THE CHRISTMAS BREAK

The blocks have been delivered and are ready to be put into place for the construction of the Sacred Space. I look forward to seeing this come to fruition. The basketball court will also be replaced and the area leveled out and updated to provide a suitable playing surface for our students. This year has seen some significant developments with the upgrading of our playground spaces. Thank you to the P&F who have also contributed considerably to enabling this to happen, funds are already pledged to continue on the progress next year. Early next year we will begin the planning for the repair and upgrade of the main playground. This week we were notified of the successful application of a grant from the Federal Government through Sharon Bird of $10 000 to support our work in the playground. This was very exciting news.

YEAR 6 2019 CAPTAINS

Each year I ask the captains what would they like to be remembered for as their time as Captains. This year our Captains wanted to paint and resurrect the chess board outside the hall. They began yesterday and hope to have it finished before the end of the week. Great job team, I know it will get used.

PRESENTATION BOLLARDS

BAND

Mule Music has informed the school that the Band Program will go ahead in 2020. Band rehearsels will be on a Tuesday morning before school, tutorials will follow during the day. Yule Music will be in contact with all the required information. If you are interested in going to band please contact Yule Music directly to register.

PETER TURNER'S THANKSGIVING MASS

Today Miss Groves and Mrs Hughes attended Mr Peter Turner's Thanksgiving Mass. It was a beautiful celebration of what he has given to the Diocese. He will truly be missed. The Year 5 & 6 Captains attended also representing St Michael's wonderfully.

UNSW Global ICAS Assessments for 2019