Our Explicit Improvement Agenda

Student Voice and Agency

Planning for improved student learning

Celebrations of Learning

Our students have settled in well to the 2022 school year, with all classes engaging in specialist lessons over the past two weeks.  In their Art lessons, all students drew their self portrait to create a beautiful rainbow representing our school community.  Photos of their art work portraits are on display below.  Thank you to our students, Tamara Cunningham and Emma Adcock (our Art Teachers) for their creativity and talents in the Visual Arts.

Congratulations to Sensei Claire Marshall - our Japanese teacher on her acknowledgement and recognition of her Japanese teaching and engaging student learning by the Chetan Japanese Department of Education.  Of particular recognition made by the Japanese Department of Education is the partnership Sensei has established with our sister school in Japan.  We are very lucky to have such talented, enthusiastic and student centred teachers at Mary MacKillop.  

Student Learning Conversations (Parent Teacher Interviews)

Our Student Learning Conversations, which were scheduled to be held in Week 5 will now be held in March with the hope that restrictions are eased and we can meet face to face.  The new dates for the Student Learning Conversations are:

Wednesday 16 March, 2022 from 3.40 to 6.20 pm

Thursday 17 March, 2022 from 3.40 to 6.20 pm

Information on how to book your Student Learning Conversation will be sent home to parents/guardians via PAM in the coming weeks.

Newsletter - SZapp - PAM

Further to the push notification sent out today via SZapp, we remind families that the Newsletter is distributed weekly on a Thursday afternoon.   We strongly encourage you to subscribe to the Mary MacKillop SchoolZine app to receive the newsletter, school information, updates on school events, alerts and emergency information.

SchoolZine – SZapp https://www.marymacnarre.catholic.edu.au/szapp

P.A.M. The new Parent Access Module known as 'PAM' is up and running! Excursion and Event permissions such as Shrove Tuesday/Pancake Day, will be coming home via PAM in the next few weeks.  Unfortunately students without PAM permission for these events will be unable to participate  Please see the instruction sheet below for a copy of the instructions if you are having any difficulty setting up your child's account:

Vaccination Clinic

A Vaccination Clinic for 5 - 11 year olds will be set up this Saturday 12 February from 3.00 pm to 5.00 pm in the Allen Hall.  Parent consent and attendance is required if you would like your child to be vaccinated.  St. Mark’s Medical Clinic will administer the vaccines.  Mary MacKillop School Staff will not be in attendance.  Bookings are preferred and walk-ins are also accepted.  To make a booking, please clink on the link below

Booking for Vaccination Clinic - 5 to 11 year olds - Saturday 12 February

https://www.hotdoc.com.au/medical-centres/cranbourne-north-VIC-3977/st-

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COVID-19 Restrictions - change of dates

An updated list of dates for Term 1 is attached to this newsletter.  Events in Term 1 were reviewed in light of current restrictions and re-scheduled, where possible.  The new Student Learning Conversation dates are listed above and School Photos have been moved to Friday 1 April.  We apologise for any inconvenience, but hope the rescheduling of dates will ensure our students get to fully experience the events we had planned.

SAC (School Advisory Committee) Meeting

Our first SAC Meeting for the 2022 school year will be held on Tuesday 29 March, 2022 at 7.00 pm.  Our SAC Membership includes:

• Danielle Davis (Secretary and Parent Representative)
• Julie Gubbels (Parent Representative)
• Marina Valladares (Parent Representative)
• Stephanie Miller (Parent Representative)
• Lize Privitera (Deputy Principal and Religious Education Leader)
• Helen Fourna (Staff Representative)
• Liz Jones (Principal and Chairperson)

At our SAC meetings our agenda covers the following areas:

• Welcome and Prayer
• Attendance and Apologies
• Child Safety
• OH&S
• Friends of Mary MacKillop (Fundraising Committee) Report
• Principal Report
• Religion and Wellbeing Report / Whole School Approach to Positive Behaviour (WSAPBS)
• Staff Report
• Financial Report
• General / Questions
• Date of next meeting.