Semester 2 Reports 2021

Due to the disruption caused by COVID-19, adjustments to curriculum have been made throughout Terms 3 and 4. Focus for Semester 2 has been on student wellbeing and learning, and priority has been given to Religious Education, English and Mathematics. As a result of this extended period of Remote Learning and the lack of opportunities for teachers to provide reliable assessment tasks to determine student learning attainment and/or growth, student reporting in Semester 2, 2021 will look a little different to the one you received earlier this year. 

This Report provides information about your child’s participation in learning during this time of extended Remote Learning. I would like to extend my thanks to you, the parents and carers, for your ongoing support and commitment to your child’s learning through these unique times.

Assembly

Assemblies this term will continue to be on odd weeks making our next assembly Friday, 19 November. Due to COVID restrictions the assemblies will still be over zoom. Each class will zoom in and our school leaders will lead us through proceedings. Parents will be invited to join us for our zoom assemblies, a link will be sent out via compass on Friday morning. 

We look forward to coming together as a community in a virtual way to celebrate the wonderful learning in our school. 

Annual School Report Parent Survey

Each year the school is required to put together an Annual School Report. A part of the process is to report on student, staff and parent input on the school. If you could please take 5 minutes to complete the attached survey by the end of next week that would be greatly appreciated. It should take no longer than 5 minutes.

https://forms.gle/BAQa6j31yg9CXPRz7

Staffing News

Congratulations to Miss Emma Groves who has been seconded to Ss Peter and Paul Kiama as REC for 2022. We wish Miss Groves all the best for her time at Kiama and look forward to welcoming her back in 2023.

Congratulations

Congratulations to Miss Emma Groves who recently got engaged to her partner Anthony, we wish them all the best as they begin the planning. Congratulations is also in order for Mrs Amie Dutaillis who is expecting her second child in 2022 with husband Shaun. 

Learning Labs - University of Wollongong

Just a reminder that applications are now open! The University of Wollongong invites your 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): 10th – 12th January 2022

Early Learning Labs (Years 3 to 6): 17th – 21st January 2022

Venue: University of Wollongong (Wollongong campus only)

Applications close: Wednesday, 17th November 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.
• Students apply for workshops that are within their current year (ie. Year 4 students in 2021 will apply for the Early Learning Labs- Year 3 & 4). In exceptional circumstances, we are willing to review applicants who would like to try a more challenging workshop.
• 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.

Book Week Reminder

As previously shared we were hoping that we would be able to celebrate Book Week once we were back onsite in Term 4. All students are asked to come dressed as their favourite book character on Friday 19 November. We are pleased that the students will be able to celebrate and acknowledge this day together with their class mates. 

The theme for Book Week 2021 is ‘Old Worlds, New Worlds and Other Worlds’. St Michael's will be celebrating Book Week on Friday 19th November. 

To celebrate this wonderful occasion we are inviting all students from Kinder to Year 6 to come dressed as their favourite book character or around the theme of '’Old Worlds, New Worlds and Other Worlds”.  

Some ideas.. 

Old worlds.. gangsters, flappers, hippies, Ancient Egypt, rock and roll, dinosaurs, victorian, biblical, gladiators 

New worlds.. space, futuristic, Aliens, astronauts  

Other worlds.. Witches, dragons, mermaids, monsters, dragons, unicorns, fairies

*No props to be brought in during our book week celebration.

Toys brought to school

A reminder under current COVID-19 restrictions children are not permitted to bring toys or objects to school. If they are bringing in something for news it comes out of their bag for news and is returned straight after news. Thank you for your cooperation.

Canteen News

The canteen will be reopening for lunch online orders only, on a Friday, from 19th November.