Yesterday we were treated to a Kindergarten Celebration of Learning Assembly. What a joy!

We watched them participate in their daily review of sounds and sight words, they sang a song about Days of the Week, some shared their artwork about the communities they belong to inspired by traditional aboriginal designs, they also sang a song by local aboriginal man Johnny Huckle. One of my favourite moments was the bucket drumming!

I turned to watch the rest of the school during this assembly and there were so many smiles and even older students joining in.

Thank you to Miss Sarah Collins and Mrs Melinda Watson for preparing the students for their assembly and spreading the joy of Kindergarten with the rest of the school. Thank you to our wonderful Kindergarten students.

Brag Tag Celebration

Today we had a Brag Tag Celebration for all those who have received twenty Brag Tag stickers in the last five weeks.

We enjoyed games, fun and a movie for the morning session.

We'll have another celebration in Week 10.

Reporting - Semester 1 2021

Your child's Semester 1 Report will be distributed in Week 9 of this term. The Catholic Education Office has amended the proforma which will be used to write your child’s Semester 1 2021 report.

Below are the features of this Report which will be forwarded home with your child at the time. Students on a Personal Plan will also receive an additional report against their goals.

For Kindergarten students:

• Achievement in each subject will be reported using a four-point scale (Well Above Expectations, Above Expectations, Meeting Expectations and Working Towards Expectations).

For Year 1 to Year 6 students:

• Academic grades for each subject using a five-point scale from A-E will be reported using the Australian Curriculum Achievement Standards.

For all students:

• Strand Achievement will be reported in English, Mathematics, Humanities and Social Sciences, Health and Physical Education, and The Arts using a five-point scale (Excellent, High, Sound, Basic, Elementary).
• Engagement with Learning statements, which are taken directly from the Australian Curriculum, will provide specific information about your child’s Critical and Creative Thinking, and Personal and Social Responsibility, using a three-point scale (Beginning, Developing, Consistently).
• Individual student comments will not be used in the Semester 1 Reports.

Dialogue is an important feature of reporting. The Semester Report in this format encourages parent engagement and conversation about student learning. As a consequence we will hold Parent Teacher interviews in the last week of term. It is our intention at this meeting to engage in a genuine conversation about your child’s strengths, challenges, effort and areas for growth.

The new approach to Academic Reporting is a developing process. Further work will be undertaken by Catholic Education in the coming months to determine how progress and achievement is best reported based on what we know to be important information about a student’s learning and progress.

Next Pupil Free Day

Catholic Education has nominated that Monday 12 July (first day of Term Three) to be a Pupil Free day to allow staff to continue their professional development in the Catalyst Program. Students do not attend school on that day and OSHClub will provide care for registered participants who book.

Enrolments for 2022

We are now in the enrolment period for 2022.

If you have a child currently in pre-school and will be enrolling them for Kindergarten then please be sure to do this before 28 May. Please go to our school website to lead you through how to do this or contact Leanne at the Front Office with any questions.

If you have a child in Year 6 and look to enrol them in St Francis Xavier College for Year 7 then you will need to do this by 28 May. Please go to their website for all of the information you need.