Dear Parents and Carers, 

This week is Child Protection Week. The theme for this year is “Every child in every community needs a fair go.”

Children are safest when they're listened to, respected and believed. In Child Protection week the teachers will address age appropriate content that is aimed at:

• Identify trusted adults within and outside of family. 
• Listening to warning signs of their body.
• Help children develop feelings vocab by talking. 
• Understand that no go tell message. 
• Understand their rights over their own bodies.

Normally in week nine our students tire and teachers adjust work accordingly. As teachers can't see or hear many of their students can I please ask that parents monitor this and ensure children have breaks from work if needed.

Many thanks to the 100 plus families that attended a lockdown trivia night last Thursday night on Zoom.  We had a lot of positive feedback. Thank you to the trivia team of Nick Brierley, Andre de Villiers, Natasha Roache and Ashley Blake. 

Parents of students in Year 3 and Year 5 should get their children's Naplan results shortly (depending on their delivery schedule). We will arrange for you to pick them up from school when they arrive. 

The results of the Tell Them from Me survey came in this term. There were many positives from the survey particularly commending the school for it's community, welcoming nature, pastoral care and the dedicated teachers who are so caring and responsive to the children’s needs.

One challenge for the school that the respondents named was to review the timing and frequency of communication regarding academic progress. Thank you for that feedback. We will review our reporting schedule for 2022 over the next term.

On Thursday mornings we are lucky enough to be able to have a Zoom mass with father Phil and our priests.  Last week Year four celebrated a beautiful mass with Father Phil over Zoom and this week Year five will have mass on Thursday morning at 9:15. Many thanks to our wonderful priests and staff for their help and support to ensure our students have access to the Eucharist.

Some of the learning the students and teachers will have to look forward to are:

Term 3

Weekly grade Zoom masses - Year 5 this week

Term 4

Week 1 - Pupil Free Day Tuesday 5/10/2021 - Staff Professional Development

Week 2 - Science Week (Virtual)

Week 5 - Book Week (get your costumes ready!)

Week 7 - Water safety Day

Week 10 - Christmas Carols - Virtual

Enjoy your week.

Regards,

Julie Caldwell