Our Explicit Improvement Agenda

Student Voice and Agency

Planning for improved student learning - key focus in Mathematics

Celebrations of Community

Father’s Day Celebrations

Thank you to everyone who attended our Father’s Day Breakfast, Prayer time and Assembly last Friday.  We had over 400 dads, grandpas, pops and students attending this very special event.  It is a time where our community gives thanks for the love, support and guidance provided by the male figures in our lives. 

A very special thank you to Mary MacKillop Staff for assisting with the planning, preparation, cooking and DJ Kipp.  A very big thank you to our mums - Johanna, Sylvia, Emma and Harry (partner of Ms Nelson) and Sam (husband of Mrs Knight) for their assistance and support with serving.  To all our dads, grandads, uncles in our school community, we hope you all had a very happy Father’s Day on Sunday with your family and loved ones.

Celebrations of Learning

Celebrating Child Safety Week - https://www.napcan.org.au/ncpw/

This week we have been celebrating 2024 Child Safety Week where we continue to embrace the message “Every child, in every community, needs a fair go.”  This message is complemented with the theme “Every conversation matters” which highlights the importance of conversations as powerful tools to keep our students and young people safe and well.  We are very proud of our Child Safety annual plan and foci each term which supports our students’ feeling safe and provides them:

• with an understanding of their body clues, body boundaries and identification of their network of people who support them
• with the knowledge, vocabulary and tools to take appropriate action (if necessary)
• to thrive in an increasingly complex world including online - cybersafety and navigating social media
• to grow up being connected to, and supported in, their family, school community and culture.  

A special mention and note of thanks to Lize Privitera - our Child Safety Champion for her work and commitment in ensuring our students understand how to take actions to keep themselves safe.  Students also participated in Australia’s Biggest Safety Lesson produced by the Daniel Morcombe Foundation.  Thank you to parents who joined in with the class viewing of these live streamed events.  Please see further information in the newsletter below.

Welcome Interviews - 2025 Foundation students

Over the next few days we are welcoming our 2025 Foundation students in their Welcome Interviews.  It is a highlight of our school year to be able to welcome our newest students to our school and to begin their process of transition to primary school.  It is also a privileged opportunity to meet with new and existing families and to share their hopes and dreams for their child and the many exciting learning experiences on offer in our school community. 

Thank you to Marita Glass, Sally Lane, Gabby Di Biase and Kim Lardner for their organisation and planning of the transition packs handed out to our families and students at the Welcome Interviews.

Term 3 Student Learning Portfolios

Term 3 Student Learning Portfolios will be sent home on Wednesday 18 September. The Term 3 Student Learning Portfolios includes the Parent Feedback sheet.  We respectfully ask parents to take the time to complete the Feedback sheet with their child after going through the portfolio samples of student learning. We are very proud of our students efforts to document their learning journey and hope families take up this opportunity to acknowledge their child’s efforts.  Term 3 Student Learning Portfolios are due back at the beginning of Term 4.

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.

Well done to the senior students during Australia’s Biggest Safety Lesson as part of the Daniel Morcombe's Foundation. You listened with respect and had genuine discussions around enthusiastic consent and boundaries.

Fantastic work to Year 3 and 4 students with your efforts and knowledge that you shared during the Australia’s Biggest Safety Lesson during National Child Safety Week. You were able to recognise your boundaries and those who can and cannot enter your personal bubble. 

Congratulations to our Year 6 students on the way you lead MMPS News each Wednesday morning.  Our year 6 leaders did an amazing job this week leading and sharing our news - thank you!

Dates to the end of Term and the School Year