Staff Development Day - Monday, 29 July

Next Monday is a Staff Development (Pupil Free) Day. The focus for staff will be Spiritual/Environmental with an emphasis on the 2015 encyclical from Pope Francis titled Laudato Si’.

The other planned Professional Development Day are:

• Friday, 27 September - ‘The Berry Street Education Model’ (Day 2)
• Monday, 14 October - ‘Vision for Learning’
• Thursday, 19 December - ‘Educating with a Mission Lens’
• Friday, 20 December - ‘First Aid’ training

Staff Changes

At the end of last term, a number of staffing changes were required for a range of reasons. I thank Dimitra and the leadership team for acting so quickly to get these positions advertised so that we were able to interview during the holidays. Parents from individual grades have already been informed if their child’s class has been affected however below is a full list of all the staff changes:

• Mrs Ceren Crane will replace Mark Bunder on 6 Blue for the remainder of the year. Mark will still be available for casual work from time to time.
• Mrs Theresa Freeman will replace Kirra Calvert on 4 Blue for the remainder of the year. Kirra has decided to take some time to focus more on family.
• Miss Kristen Turvey will replace Stephanie Shalala on Kinder Blue for the remainder of the year. As announced earlier, Steph has been appointed to a permanent teaching position at St Brigid’s, Gwynneville.
• Mrs Jessica Glasson will replace Ashleigh McLachlan as a job share position on 2 Gold for the remainder of the year. Jessica will share the class with Maree Timpano.
• Mrs Stacey Martinoski will replace Carol Hiscox teaching Social Emotional Learning and Health while Carol is on Long Service Leave this term.

NAPLAN Student Reports

Students in Years 3, 5, 7, and 9 participated in the National Assessment Program – Literacy and Numeracy (NAPLAN) during Term 1. A NAPLAN individual student report will be sent home today. 

NAPLAN results are reported against proficiency standards. There is a standard for each assessment area at each year level. Proficiency standards provide clear information on student achievement. Student achievement is shown against 4 levels of proficiency:

• Exceeding: the student’s result exceeds expectations at the time of testing. 
• Strong: the student’s result meets challenging but reasonable expectations at the time of testing. 
• Developing: the student’s result indicates that they are working towards expectations at the time of testing.
• Needs additional support: the student’s result indicates that they are not achieving the learning outcomes that are expected at the time of testing. They are likely to need additional support to progress satisfactorily.

Class Assemblies

Class assemblies are an opportunity for students to showcase some of the great things that are happening in their classroom for their parents and the other classes across the school. Some grades have opted to work together and will therefore present 2 assemblies over the course of the year. In other cases, classes will present alone which will be one assembly each. Assemblies will be in the hall commencing at 2.10pm. Parents are welcome to attend any of these assemblies.

Term3, class assemblies will be:

• Week 2 (Friday, 2 August) - Year 2 Blue
• Week 3 (Friday, 9 August) - Year 5 Blue
• Week 4 (Friday, 16 August) - Year 6 Gold
• Week 6 (Friday, 30 August) - Year 3 Blue
• Week 7 (Friday, 6 September) - Year 2 Gold
• Week 8 (Friday, 13 September) - Kindergarten

Congratulations Archer P (1G)

Archer recently competed in the NSW Country Championships for Level 2 MAG (Mens Artistic Gymnastics). He was awarded a Gold banding with a score of 55.199 out of 60 across all apparatus. 

Floor - 9.000

Pommel - 8.550

Rings - 9.633

Vault - 9.750

Parallel Bars - 9.066

High Bar - 9.200

This qualifies him for the State Championship later this year. We are very proud of this awesome achievement by Archer!

Personalised Planning Meeting Term 3 2024

Personalised Planning Meetings are being scheduled for Term 3 (beginning 6th August) to discuss your child's individual Personalised Plan. This plan is aimed at supporting your child’s specific needs whether they be medical, emotional, social or learning support. Meetings are scheduled for 30 minutes. To facilitate these meetings the interviews will be held face to face or phone conversation. An Invitation only Letter and link has been sent to those parents who have a PP Meeting.

Looking forward to our meeting.

Amy Runko  DLTS Teacher 

Mrs Dimitra Vezinias  Assistant Principal

NCCD

Nationally Consistent Collection of Data on Students with Disability (NCCD). Every year, all schools in Australia participate in the Nationally Consistent Collection of Data on School Students with Disability (NCCD). The NCCD process requires schools to provide de-identified information, already available in the school, about supports provided to students with disability. These relate to legislative requirements under the Disability Discrimination Act 1992 and the Disability Standards for Education 2005, in line with the NCCD guidelines.

Throughout the year teachers have access to a variety of quality professional development opportunities. Casual teachers are employed to cover classes with the teacher ensuring the teaching program and routines are followed.