Our Explicit Improvement Agenda

Student Voice and Agency

Planning for improved student learning

Celebrations of Learning

This week, our Junior Students and Japanese specialist lessons have shared their learning in the Administration foyer.  On display are our Junior students reflection of our school values - respect, responsibility, courage, compassion and problem solving.  When we act out our school values, we model our words and actions on the life and work of St. Mary of the Cross MacKillop.  Throughout her life, Mary MacKillop lived out the Gospel messages, to educate and provide opportunities for students to learn.  As part of our focus on Learning to Learn, it is great to see the Junior students making connections to our school values and sharing ways they demonstrate our values in their daily interactions with each other.

Car Park Safety

We are very fortunate at Mary MacKillop to have two entries to our school - at Lowry Court Gate and Ernst Wanke Road front entrance, as well as substantial car parking facilities.  Car park safety and courtesies are essential for the smooth, safe flow of traffic at peak times in the morning and afternoon.  We ask all members of our school community who use our car park facilities to display our school values to ensure our students are safe at all times. 

Our students are entitled to expect that:

• They have a safe environment to get to and from school
• Injury risk is minimised on the road environment
• Parking of vehicles are in accordance with Victorian road traffic rules
• Parents and carers will act in a safe manner and display traffic courtesies to others using the car park facility.

Our parents are entitled to expect that:

• Their child/ren will arrive/depart school in a safe environment
• The drop off and pick up of their child/ren is done in a friendly, courteous manner
• Other road users will adhere to the car park rules and signage.

Please ensure that your car remains in a parking bay until the bell rings at 3.15pm.  By doing this, it allows for a smoother flow of traffic. We thank you for working in partnership with us to ensure the safety of our students and the safe flow of traffic at peak times.

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 families via PAM at the beginning of March.

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

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