Our Explicit Improvement Agenda

Student Voice and Agency

Planning for improved student learning - key focus in Mathematics

Celebrations of Community

Andrew Chinn Concert - Thursday 29 August 2.00 - 3.00 pm

Please join us next week at 2.00pm pm on Thursday 29 August for singing and music with Andrew Chinn.  More information in the Deputy Principal section of today's newsletter.

Father’s Day Celebrations

Father’s Day Stall -  Wednesday 28 August 

Father’s Day Breakfast – Friday 30 August

Our school community will celebrate our Father’s Day Breakfast on Friday 30 August.  Information regarding the breakfast was included in the Week 4 newsletter (8 August). 

The timetable for the morning of the breakfast on Friday 30 August is as follows:

• Gold Coin donation supporting Trinity Families (Trinity Families is a charitable fund which operates to serve other charities supporting families in the Greater Gippsland area).
• Father’s Day Breakfast - serving bacon and egg rolls from 8.00 am - 8.40 am (please note starting time)
• Time in classrooms with your child - prayer, Father’s Day activity from 8.40 am - 9.05 am
• Father’s Day Special Assembly - in the Allen Hall from (including Father’s Day School Community Raffle) 9.05 am - 10.00 am approximately 

Families are invited to send a photo of students with their dad/grandfather/father figure/carer. These photos will be part of a powerpoint presentation to be shown during the Father’s Day Assembly. All photos must be emailed to lprivitera@marymacnarre.catholic.edu.au by Wednesday 28th August.

Celebrations of Learning

Book Week Dress Up

Each year, across Australia, the Children’s Book Council of Australia brings children and books together celebrating Children’s Book Week. Throughout the year, the CBCA works in partnership with authors, illustrators, publishers, booksellers and other organisations in the children’s book world to bring words, images and stories into the hearts and minds of children and adults.

Tomorrow, Friday 23 August, we will have our Book Week Dress Up Day. All students and families are invited to dress up in their favourite book character.

We are having a special assembly commencing at 9:00 am in Allen Hall, and families are welcome to attend.

Planning for 2025 School Year

2025 Student Class Placements

Teachers will begin planning for our 2025 classes in the coming weeks.  We respect and value parent input and ask that you email me – ejones@marymacnarre.catholic.edu.au, or put in writing and leave at the Administration Office, if you have information about your child that could impact on their placement for 2025.  Please ensure your request is received by Friday 30 August, 2024.  

Parents please be mindful of the following:

• Staff use their professional judgement and a range of information when placing students into classes.  This information includes student learning progress, learning strengths, learning needs, NCCD Data, gender balance within classes and across the level to provide an optimal learning environment for ALL students. 
• Parent requests are forwarded onto staff when placing students into their 2025 classes. Please note, the 2024 class teacher places students from their 2024 grade into the 2025 class groupings.
• Please be aware that your letters of request are not a guarantee of your child’s placement. 
• Please note that requests made in previous years are not necessarily considered in the process.  Historical information provided by parents regarding their child’s placement will need to be re-submitted if the concerns expressed in previous years are still relevant for consideration in 2025.

Requests received after the cut off date of Friday 30 August are very difficult to take into consideration.  We ask parents to be mindful of our teachers’ preparation and time that goes into student/class placements which is not an easy task taking into account all the areas mentioned above.

We have also sent out an eform via PAM for all Foundation to Year 5 students regarding their intention to return in 2025.  If you haven't already done so, please ensure that you complete the eform by tommorrow.

Student feedback

An integral part of our cycle of teaching and learning is student feedback.  Every week, staff record and acknowledge feedback to students and this is shared with them in class and  via the school newsletter, at Assembly and in MMPS News on Wednesday mornings. Read on for this week’s feedback to students....

Fantastic work Year 3 students on our excursion to Melbourne Museum and IMAX. We are so proud of the school values that you showed throughout the day and how excited you were for all the exhibits we got to visit. You asked thoughtful questions and listened respectfully to both your leaders and the presenters. A big thank to all for such a fun day!

Thank you to all the Year 1 students who demonstrated respect when participating in the LifeEd sessions with Harold this week! 

Amazing effort by the Year 2 students on our excursion to Como House last Friday. You represented our school with pride and participated in all the activities with enthusiasm and respect. We loved watching you all take on the persona of rich people, dance in the ballroom and bow or courtesy to your partner. We are very proud of the way you all embraced life in the 1850’s, well done.

Well done to the Foundation and Year 1 students on the way you sat reverently in their level Mass. You were respectful and participated in responses and songs. Great work. 

Thank you Foundies! We really appreciate the way you line up when the bell goes. It's great to see you sitting in a line waiting patiently for your teachers. 

As part of Book Week, Year 5 students had the opportunity to read their favorite books to their Year 1 buddies. It was wonderful to hear the students sharing why they love a particular book or author, and the teachers praised how amazing they were during this experience.

Thank you to all students who participated in the Lucky Dip Fundraiser. You helped raise A LOT of money for kids with cancer. Your generosity will help many sick kids get better. A MASSIVE THANK YOU !

Well done to the Year 5 boys playing soccer on the big oval at lunch time. You stopped your game as soon as the music started and could be heard cheering on your peers throughout your game.