Our Explicit Improvement Agenda

Student Voice and Agency

Planning for improved student learning

Excellence Awards

Our Explicit Improvement Agenda - Student Voice and Agency & Planning for Improved Student Learning, ensures our teachers have a laser light focus, amongst other things, on our student’s data, growth and achievements.  Mrs Helen Fourna undertakes the role of Curriculum & Data Learning Leader in conjunction with teaching in the Year 4 level.  Our student data is constantly being reviewed throughout the year to inform teachers’ planning and especially at this time of year to ascertain student growth and achievements. 

We are very proud of our students and their efforts and have decided to acknowledge this through our Academic Achievement and Most Improved - Excellence Awards at this week’s assembly.  Students who performed in the top of their cohort in Mathematics and English (Reading) will receive an Academic Excellence Award and students who made the most growth in the past year will receive a Most Improved Award.  We look forward to the Awards being part of our yearly calendar of events in Term 4 to celebrate and highlight our student’s growth, talents and achievements in the learning areas of English and Mathematics.

2023 End of Year Planning

Student Chromebooks Years 4 to 6 

Please return all student chromebooks and chargers are to be returned by Monday 11 December for stocktake over the Summer holiday period.  For student safety, students do not have access to their student email accounts during holiday breaks. 

Library books 

Please return all student library books by Friday 1 December.

Specialist Classes

Specialist classes will conclude on Friday 1 December.  There are no specialist lessons in the last two weeks of Term 4.

2024 Class teachers / specialist lessons (published next week)

2024 dates & student free days (included in this week’s newsletter)

REMINDER THAT THE CANTEEN IS CLOSED TOMORROW 24 NOVEMBER

- THERE ARE NO LUNCH ORDERS

Subway Lunch - Friday 24th November

For those children who returned their order envelope,  lunch will be delivered at around 12.15pm

2024 Explicit Improvement Agenda

Our Explicit Improvement Agenda for 2024 will continue to focus on building Student Voice and Agency & Planning for Improved Student Learning - key focus in Mathematics.  The Victorian Curriculum Assessment Authority - VCAA has released updates the Mathematics Curriculum and therefore our improvement agenda includes a specific focus in this area.  Full implementation of the new Mathematics Curriculum V2 is expected by 2025.

Wednesday 13 December - Year 6 Graduation

• 5.00 pm - Year 6 student only dinner
• 5.45 pm - Year 6 Graduation Mass and Presentation

Thursday 14 December - Mass & Christmas Concert

(changes to recess and lunch break times)

• 9.00am - Whole School End of Year Mass (including leadership handover)
• 10.00am to 10.30am - Recess
• 10.30 to 12.30pm - Rehearsal
• 12.30 - 1.00pm - Lunch
• 1.00pm - Christmas Concert with special guests from Bupa Aged Care (parents to sign in via the welcome gate - parents please join in the fun and wear  something Christmassy)

Friday 15 December

(recess and Lunch breaks as usual)

• 1.45pm - Advent Liturgy, Foundation and Year 6 powerpoint
• 2.50pm - Year 6 Community Farewell on the Small Oval
• 3.05pm - 2024 Student leaders blessing to Year 6s and Countdown to the end of the school year

Parish Schools Cup - Inaugural Event 

Congratulations to Logan A in 6MV for being awarded the Best Sportsperson trophy and to our Senior students on their participation in last week’s inaugural Parish Schools Cup.  It was a great morning where our three Parish schools - Mary MacKillop, Don Bosco and Trinity met in the spirit of sport and Parish connections.  A big THANK YOU to Mr Tim for initiating this very special event as well as the Physical Education Teachers from Don Bosco and Trinity.  Thank you also to the 65 parents who came from the three schools to join in the fun! 

2024 Foundation Students - Orientation Session 2

Our 2024 Foundation Students had their 2nd Orientation Session on-site at school on Wednesday.  It is a great time of year to welcome our newest students to our school.  We especially thank the Year 5 students who assisted the Foundation teachers and ESO support staff.

2024 Student Leader Positions - Year 5 students

Year 5 students who nominated for school leadership positions will present their speeches next week.  We are very much looking forward to hearing our Year 5 students speeches, highlighting the important role our senior students play in our school. 

COVID-19 Increased Cases

In line with recent media reporting, there is an increase in COVID-19 cases within our community.  Please follow the recommendations below if your child tests positive to COVID-19, either through a Rapid Antigen Test (RAT) or PCR test.

It is strongly recommended that students who test positive: 

• Stay at home and isolate for five (5) days
• Should not attend school after five (5) days if still symptomatic.

Students who are symptomatic but have not tested positive should not attend school until their symptoms resolve.  We ask parents to advise the school of the COVID-19 positive test result. For more information, please see the follow the Checklist for COVID cases in the link here

https://www.coronavirus.vic.gov.au/checklist-cases

2023 School Dates and events to the end of the 2023 school year

The 2023 school year is fast winding to a close with so many activities and events on for our students.  It is going to be a jam packed last few weeks of term.  Please ensure you take the time to look through the dates, times etc so you are able to join in the events going on.