Our Explicit Improvement Agenda

Student Voice and Agency

Planning for improved student learning

Celebrations of Learning

Congratulations - Year 6 Student Leaders

Our warmest congratulations to our Year 6 Student Leaders on their outstanding leadership.  They have carried out their leadership duties in an exemplary fashion this week for our Open Day Tours and in running the Mother’s Day Stall.  Families visiting our school were so impressed with the pride they demonstrated in our school, their ability to articulate their learning, growth and all we offer as a school to ensure our students have voice and agency in their learning.  

Student Learning Portfolios

The Term 1 Student Learning Portfolios were distributed to families last week for your child to share their learning journey so far.  We encourage all parents to complete the feedback sheet and to return your child’s Portfolio so they can continue recording their growth and achievements during Term 2.  We thank you for working in partnership with us to support your child.

Mother’s Day Breakfast

Thank you to all the families who joined us for the Mother’s Day Breakfast this morning.  There were activities to enjoy outside as well as prayer time in classrooms followed by a special Mother's Day Assembly at 9.00 am.  A special thank you to all the staff for volunteering their time to prepare and cook 800 rashes of bacon and 33 dozen eggs - a very early start to the day! We have attached some photos of the morning for you to enjoy.

Wishing our mums a very happy Mother’s Day on Sunday 

Open Day Tours

On Tuesday 3 May and Thursday 5 May, we held our Open Day Tours.  It was wonderful to see so many families interested in our school and coming to ‘see’ what learning is like at Mary MacKillop.  As mentioned earlier in the newsletter, our Year 6 Student Leaders are to be commended on the way they shared their learning journey and pride in our school.

If you know of any families interested in enrolling for 2023, please encourage them to submit an enrolment application as soon as possible as positions have filled very quickly this year.

Emergency Management Plan - Evacuation Drill

As part of our VRQA requirements and our commitment to student safety, we held a practice Evacuation Drill yesterday afternoon.  Students participated in the drill where we practiced an evacuation to the small oval.  Students are to be congratulated on a successful evacuation drill and the safe way they followed instructions to a designated ‘safe’ place.