“They all ate and were filled.”

Luke 9:17

The Most Holy Body and Blood of Christ, Corpus Christi.

Dear Families,

This Sunday is the Feast of Corpus Christi. This feast day celebrates the real presence of Christ in the Eucharist. A fitting feast Day for the children who are making their First Holy Communion. We pray for them as they make this most holy sacrament and wish them well as they continue their journey as young people in the Catholic Church.

Reports

At the end of next week you will be able to access your children's reports through compass. NESA stated in April 2022:

“Schools may select the outcomes and content that will form the basis of the educational program for Kindergarten to Year 10 students. The educational program does not need to address all outcomes or all content of the syllabuses.”

The reason for this statement is due to the high number of absences as a result of COVID and therefore the inability for teachers to be able to adequately ensure all content and assessments can be completed in a reasonable time.

When reporting teachers are required to make consistent on-balance judgements using evidence from a range of formal and informal assessment experiences in the determination of grades using the Common Grade Scale. If you would like further information about reporting you can read the CEDoW policy from this link here.

The common grade scale provides a level of achievement from A - E based on the students performance in the stage at which they are working. Generally Kindergarten are working at Early Stage 1,  Year 1 and 2 are working at Stage 1, Year 3 and 4 are working at Stage 2 and Year 5 and 6 are working at Stage 3. If your child is not working at the same stage as their peers we have already had a conversation with you about this and you will have signed a form that indicates the stage your child is working at in some or all of the key learning areas. This means when you see your child’s report they will have been graded according to the stage they are working at. If you would like to read more about the common grade scale you can access information via this link.

Part of the report comments on your child’s effort and their commitment to their learning. All areas have a description in the report to assist you with what the different levels are. The parents teacher interviews will be held in week 10. This is a great opportunity to go through the report with your child’s teacher and discuss your child’s next steps as learners.

Kindergarten children do not receive a graded report this semester. You will receive an update report and are encouraged to book a parent teacher interview to discuss how your child has settled into Kindergarten.

Social and Emotional Learning Focus

Starting on Friday we will be sending you home via Compass a brief overview of the SEL focus for the week. This is the focus that the children have been learning about during the week. We are sending it home to you so we can support you in having a conversation about this focus with the children. As you can see in the graph the best outcomes are when home and school work in partnership. Social and emotional learning skills are life skills that require practice and opportunity for growth. As a staff we have been focusing on our own SEL skills so we can better teach the children what the different competencies mean. There are five competencies that make up the framework and all need to work together. If you would like further information about SEL skills you can go to the CASEL website.

Sporting Results

Congratulations to Eleanar Ragan who participated as part of the McKillop Basketball team recently. The team won all of their games convincingly.  

Congratulations to Matthew Holmes and Emiko Curcuruto. Both students competed at the McKillop Cross Country Carnival recently. Matthew came 24th and was part of the Wollongong diocesian team that was awarded first place in that age group. Emiko came 3rd and will now attend the next level.

Working Bee Thank You

Thank you to the families that came to help spread the soft fall mulch on the Adventure playground and the infants playground.

Upgrade to the Hall Projector

This week we are upgrading the hall projector which is old and not working efficiently. The diocese is supporting us with this upgrade.

Emergency Evacuation Practice

Tennis

During these last few weeks of term the children are participating in Tennis lessons. These are being funded through the Sporting School Grants. We have applied for further funding for Term 3 with the hope of being able to hold basketball lessons for Years 3 - 6.

Recording of Absences on Compass

Last week a letter was sent out via compass explaining a change to how absences will be recorded on compass. The notable change is that parents/carers must provide a reason for the absence within seven days. After seven days it will automatically change to unjustified in compass and parents /carers will not be able to change it through the app. You will need to contact the school inorder to be able to change the reason from unjustified.

God Bless,

PARENT TEACHER CONFERENCES

The report period can be an anxious time for your child and also as a parent. A lot of information is embedded within these reports and it is often important to unpack your child’s learning and academic development with their teacher. 

Teachers will be making themselves available for these meetings during Week 10 of this term (Monday 27th June - Friday 1st July). Bookings will be made via Compass and these slots, along with a notification, will be made available later this week.

PB4L

Over the past two weeks, we have been focusing on dismissal procedures. The children line up together at the end of the day and a teacher now dismisses them using the microphone. As part of this dismissal, we are asking students to focus on positive aspects of their day to talk with you about at home and the packing of their bag prior to lining up.

CAR LINES

Respect Myself: - Walk in an orderly manner with your teacher to the dismissal area. Stand in your colour house line, in 2 lines with your siblings. Walk to the car line area promptly. Tidy your school uniform and wear your hat. Kinder to stand at the front of the line.

Respect Others: - Listen to and follow the teacher’s directions. Car lines is a games free zone. Keep in your own personal space with one arm's length. Ask the carline duty teacher for permission to go to the toilet. Leave your bag and go quickly.

Respect Learning: - Know your colour house and know where to line up. Know how you are going home each day.

Respect the Environment: - Keep all your possessions in your zipped up school bag. Put your school bag on your back and leave it there until you get to the car.

BUS LINES / WALKERS / RIDERS

Respect Myself: - Walk in an orderly manner with your teacher to the dismissal area. Stand in your bus line. Walk to the bus line area promptly. Tidy your school uniform and wear your hat. Have your bus pass ready.

Respect Others: - Listen to and follow the teacher’s directions. Bus lines are a games free zone. Keep in your own personal space with one arm's length. Ask the busline duty teacher for permission to go to the toilet. Leave your bag and go quickly. Find your sibling/s stand and walk with them. Walk with the teacher to the bus staying with your siblings or buddy.

Respect Learning: -Know your bus line and know where to line up. Collect your bike or scooter from the bike rack and walk it to the front entrance.

Respect the Environment: - Keep all your possessions in your school bag. Put your school bag on your back and leave it there until you get to the bus.

Thank you,

Simon Farrugia

Assistant Principal

First Holy Communion

The Sacrament of First Holy Communion will be held on Sunday 19th June at St Paul’s Church. This will take place at 12:00 midday. Students will be allowed to invite up to seven guests. Please arrive at 11:45, particularly students who are reading or doing the offertory procession. There will be refreshments and a short presentation in the school hall, following the Mass.

St Paul’s Feast Day Liturgy

We will be holding a liturgy for St Paul’s Feast Day on Wednesday 29th. This will take place at 9:30 in the school hall. All are warmly invited to attend.

Thank you

Catherine du Bois

Religious Education Coordinator

MEDICATION

Only medication that is prescribed by a doctor is permitted to be dispensed at School upon completion of a “Consent to Dispense Medication” form which is available from the office.  The form and the medication are to be given to the office staff in the original packaging with the student’s name and dosage.  We are not permitted to administer Panadol unless prescribed by a doctor and the necessary form completed.  Thank you for your cooperation with this.

STAFF PD = PUPIL FREE DAYS

All staff will be undertaking Professional Development on the dates listed below which means that they are Pupil Free Days (the school will not be operating on these days):

Friday 19 August

Monday 10 October

Tuesday 11 October

Tuesday 20 December

CHANGE OF CONTACT DETAILS

If you change your address, phone number or email, please inform the school office so that we can update our records.

LABELLING CLOTHING AND LOST PROPERTY

Students belongings should be clearly labelled with their name on it.  Could you please check your child's items especially jackets and jumpers.  Students are encouraged to look in lost property for their items and this will be cleared at the end of the term and unnamed items will be disposed of (any labelled items at this point have been returned).

SCHOOL BAGS

Last Day of Term Fun - Friday 1st July - Pyjama and Pizza Day

Summary of planned events for Term 2 (with more to come!)

If you can Volunteer to assist with any planned events please fill in this google form:

 google link

Congratulations to the following students who were awarded the Principal's Award in Week 6

Congratulations to the following students who were awarded a Merit Award in Week 6

Congratulations to the following students who were awarded a Mission Star Award in Week 6

Congratulations to the following students who were awarded the Principal's Award in Week 7

Congratulations to the following students who were awarded a Merit Award in Week 7

Congratulations to the following students who were awarded a Mission Star Award in Week 7

Please see below the calendar overview for Term 2 2022: