St. Mary’s Catholic Primary School Newsleer Term 2 Week 10 June 17 th 2020 ‘Called to be caring and confident – Our learning journey is guided by the gospel of Jesus’ REMINDERS AND NOTES * Reports sent home next week. No Parent Teacher interviews due to COVID 19. * OUR SCHOOL IS TAKING ENROLMENTS FOR 2021. PLEASE REGISTER YOUR INTEREST WITH THE OFFICE. ENROLMENT TOURS TO TAKE PLACE NEXT TERM. * Parents please ensure you have made payments of fees and levies for this term. Head Lice. We have had a case of head lice reported to the school. Please make sure your child's/children's hair is check daily and treated if necessary. UPCOMING DATES: June 24 School reports to be sent home with your child’s Work Port Folio 26 Last day of Term 2 - 2:30pm Finish July 13 Start of Term 3 20 Enrolment week for 2021 Prep. EARLY NOTICE: OUR SCHOOL WILL BE CLOSED AUGUST 6th AND 7th for Staff training related to Child Safe policies and procedures. Happy Birthday to the following students who are celebrang their birthdays this week: Aiden Jayda Will St Mary’s School is committed to the protection and promotion of Child Safety. St Mary’s School 10 Myrtle St Alexandra Vic 3714 Ph: 03 5772 1500 Email:[email protected] Dear families, This week our teachers are finalizing their assessment and reporng for the semester. Over the past two weeks, I have had the pleasure to analyse our children’s learning data and gather some informaon to assist with next term’s programming. This involves looking at samples of each child’s reading, spelling and numeracy. We look at key learning that has taken place and use the informaon to support your child in the future. I am so proud of where our children are at and the way they approach their learning. They have all improved and everyone should be proud of their efforts. Academic success is however only one aspect of life and we all need to remember our children have many other giſts to share. Parents, be proud. Your child is a star! Our School Achievement. A data collecon of our Eastern Catholic Schools has shown that our school has performed well in its development in Literacy. St Mary’s Alexandra is in the top 3 schools for student improvement in Reading. Congratulaons to the staff and children for their efforts and focus on developing reading and comprehension. GREAT WORK! School Reports. Our school reports will be sent home on June 24th. These reports will outline what skills your child has achieved and the outcomes we will be working on next semester. Due to the COVID 19 virus the Educaon Department have asked that schools not use the A to E reporng for this period of schooling. Our staff will be making contact with all families before the end of term to clarify the report and what level your child is working at. Contact may be by phone or wrien, depending on when you last spoke to your child’s teacher. WINTER UNIFORM. Please make sure all students are wearing their full winter uniform: Girls: Navy pants Newly added: Navy skort with Navy ghts Light blue skivvy / polo top / shirt Navy windcheater / polar fleece White socks Black shoes / boots Boys: Grey slacks Light blue skivvy / polo top / shirt Navy windcheater / polar fleece Grey or white socks Black shoes / boots Sport: Navy and white sports top Navy tracksuit White socks Runners Year 6 students wear their Rugby Jumper Adrian Cheer Principal Foundaon—Yr 1/2 Online Learning. The students in Foundaon and Year 1/2 have seled back into the roune of school life aſter remote learning over the last few weeks, and are sll parcipang in various online learning tasks. Students remain connected to their Seesaw plaorm where they can take part in online tasks such as, recording themselves compleng a task, manipulang objects on the screen or taking a photo of their learning. These are saved into their digital journal to then show their parents. Students are also having access to Reading Eggs and EPIC! reading apps to strengthen their literacy skills. We encourage our students to access Reading Eggs and EPIC! at home as part of their nightly reading. Such Tech Savvy lile dudes! TERM THEME: “ I CAN CHALLENGE MYSELF.”