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WELCOME BACK
I wish all families a warm welcome to school for 2020. I hope that your Christmas and New Year were a time to spend with family and friends and that there was some time to relax in there as well. We especially welcome our new students, their families and our new staff, and wish everyone a great start to our school year.
Our first newsletter has some planning dates and messages, so I encourage you to have a look. Please let us know if there are any questions you have for settling your children into their new classes. Our staff are very excited to be working with you and have enjoyed meeting the children through the Best Start and MAI times.
We will start next week with Monday morning prayer as a school and then look forward to welcoming our new Kindergarten students on Wednesday next week.
Have a great weekend.
Tess Koning
Principal
RELIC VISIT
The Relics of St Therese of Lisieux and her parents will be visiting our Church on Wednesday 19th February. Selected students from each Catholic primary school will be attending at 1:00pm for Mass. An expression of interest will be emailed home to you shortly.
All welcome.
Nathan Porter
Assistant Principal Mission
Welcome back!
It was wonderful to see so many smiling faces this morning. The excitement was contagious. Thank you for supporting the MAI process over the last two days. I thought I would take a moment just to refresh you with what the purpose of the Mathematics Assessment Interview.
MAI - Maths Assessment Interview - What is it?
The Maths Assessment Interview (MAI) is an assessment which is undertaken by each individual student prior to the commencement of Term 1 and focuses on four main areas of Mathematics- Counting, Place Value, Addition/Subtraction and Multiplication/Division. It is designed to provide the teacher with valuable data which is then used to guide our teaching. This information is entered into a database which allows us to track the progress of each student and target learning experiences at their point of need.
Our aim is to provide engaging learning experiences which help students develop a conceptual understanding of numbers ie. understanding that each ‘number’ consists of a numeral/symbol (eg.7), a name (eg. seven) and a quantity (eg. ///////). Many children learn to count rote (just like learning the words to a song). The problem with this is that they may not develop an understanding of the number concepts. They will often not be able to give the number before or after, or understand the concepts of ‘more/less than’, and will experience difficulty grasping addition, subtraction, multiplication and division skills without this foundational knowledge.
We are looking forward to an amazing year ahead. Please do not hesitate to contact us at any time throughout the year.
Jeannine Ucdereli
Assistant Principal Learning and Teaching
The canteen is stocked and ready to go!
Don't forget you can order online by 8:30am- it's so easy!!
- Go to www.flexischools.com.au
- Click “Register Now” to create account
- Top-up your balance
- Start ordering immediately
Our Volunteers for Week 2 Term 1
Monday | No help required |
Tuesday | No help required |
Wednesday | Lorraine Bennett and Sally Marsh |
Thursday | Avril Ferraro |
Friday | You are welcome to join us |
Looking forward to meeting you all.
Kim Goldie
Canteen Coordinator
BAND
School band and music tuition resumes Tuesday 11th February at 8:00-8:50am
Phone Ann Hamilton on 0416 269 296 for all queries.
DRAMA
After school speech and drama returns next week at 3:15-5:00pm in the Hall.
Tuesday 4th February - Kinder-Year 3
Wednesday 5th February - Year 4-6, Limited places available.
Cost is $10 per lesson.
Phone Sandra Thompson on 0408 810 705 for all queries.
Week 2 - Term 1 2020 |
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Week 3 - Term 1 2020 |
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Thursday 13th February |
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Please note these dates can change from time to time due to unforeseen circumstances and we will endeavour to advise you of any changes at the earliest possible opportunity. Our school Google calendar can be accessed via this link for additional advanced dates -
For your convenience school term dates are located on our website. Click on the words “TERM DATES” on the home page.