Director of Schools Visit

It is with great excitement that on Thursday we  welcomed the Director of Schools, Mr Peter Hill to St Michael’s. Mr Hill came to experience the amazing culture, community and learning that takes place at our school. He attended Mass with our student Captains and Vice Captains, visited classrooms to see the amazing work of our students, met with teachers and attended our Mother's day Liturgy where he was lucky enough to meet our parent community. 

Winter Uniform

The official change over date for winter uniform is Monday 10 May, Week 4. If the weather is cooler beforehand students may begin to wear their full winter uniform earlier.

Reporting Timeline - Years 1 -6

Towards the end of Term 2, Year 1-6 students will receive their Semester 1 reports. The Semester 1 report, will demonstrate student’s academic achievement in relation to what they have learnt in Term 1 and Term 2. Reports will be released via Compass on Friday 18 June, Week 9. This will be followed by Parent/Teacher Interviews in Week 10. There will be one late night of interviews on Wednesday 23 June. Interview bookings will be released closer to the date. 

Assemblies

This term we will hold our assemblies on a Friday at 2.30pm in Weeks 4, 6, 8 and 10. Parents are welcome to attend assemblies to be held in the hall.

Learning Labs

The University of Wollongong invites students to LITTLE and EARLY LEARNING LABS, an academic and creative arts enrichment holiday program. We are targeting students from Year 1 to 6 who are passionate, self-motivated and curious learners.

Dates: Little Learning Labs (Years 1 and 2): 28th – 30th June 2021

Early Learning Labs (Years 3 to 6): 6th - 8th July 2021

Venue: University of Wollongong (Wollongong campus only)

Applications close: Wednesday, 26th May 2021

LITTLE AND EARLY LEARNING LABS program brochure

APPLICATION PROCESS

• Parents/Guardians visit our website and read the full list of workshops available by scrolling to the “Workshop Descriptions” section.
• Parents/Guardians fill out the online application form.  This is an academic and creative arts enrichment program designed for students who are motivated and passionate learners and performing excellently in their area of interest. First-
• time applicants are required to demonstrate their suitability for the program. One piece of supporting documentation is required (see 'Supporting Documentation' section on website). 
• Learning Labs is registered as COVID-Safe and follows the guidelines set out by the NSW Government here.

 For further information about workshops and the application process please visit our website, or contact the Learning Labs team via email at learning-labs@uow.edu.au or phone on (02) 4221 5557.

ENVIRONMENTAL NEWS

GREEN TEAM

This term we have started a Green Team at St Michael’s. We have two representatives from each class on the team for Term 2. The class representatives will be changed each term.

The Green Team involves gardening, weeding and planting veggies etc with Mrs Kelly each Friday at lunch time. So far these students have enthusiastically helped with weeding and preparing the soil in the 4 garden beds.

Parent Helpers are welcome. Please contact the school office if you have a strong interest in gardening and would like to join us on a Friday at 1.15pm.

We have purchased 4 subpods and 4 aerators for our 4 garden beds. These subpods were installed into our garden beds yesterday. We look forward to composting more efficiently as a whole school. 

Our composting procedures will start in Week 4 or Week 5. Students will empty their fruit and veggie scraps into the green classroom bin and then Year 6 leaders will collect the organic waste from each classroom. Firstly, they will empty the organic waste into a white bucket and then this will be transferred to the subpods. 

Mrs Katie Kelly WEN - Wollongong Environment Network Contact

Mini Vinnies - Term 2

The Term 2 Mini Vinnies team consists of a passionate group of Year 6 students who have already shown their eagerness through the development of some key plans for the term.

Their first fundraiser is to assist those in need that have been affected by the floods in Lismore. These floods have had a devastating effect on the farmers and residents. The Term 2 Mini Vinnies have decided to create an obstacle course that every class will partake in. This will take place on Tuesday the 18^th May in the afternoon.

In order for this to be successful, students will provide a gold coin donation to participate and will wear their sports uniform. All proceeds are going to the Flood Appeal launched by the Bishop of Lismore, the Most Rev Gregory Homeming to provide financial and practical support to the Lismore community at this critical time.

If you would like to donate or learn more about the Flood Appeal launched by the Lismore Diocese, please head to https://youtu.be/yFQxDc7TIys which has all the details.

Their second fundraiser will take place later on in the term and will be a Winter Appeal to help those in need this winter by providing them with warm and protective clothing. More information to come.

We thank you in advance for all the support you provide to the school, the Mini Vinnies team and the wider community.

Miss Negus and the Term 2 Mini Vinnies team.

PB4L

This week saw the introduction of our new sports trolleys with equipment to be used during break times. The students were ecstatic to say the least for equipment to be back on the playground. Students have been reintroduced to playground equipment expectations and have proven to be excellent leaders of taking care of themselves, this place and each other. For us older folk… it was lovely to see elastics being played in the playground again as were the artists who loved the chalk to draw on the cement with. Lots of regular equipment was put to good use too.

The enrolment package is available from our school or online at www.dow.catholic.edu.au

Lowes Wollongong

Lowes have advised that their Wollongong store will be holding a 20% sale on Thursday, 6 May and Friday, 7 May. This includes all St Michael's school uniform items. Flyer in Community Notices