Dear Families,

Next week we welcome six Officers from Catholic Education and a Principal who will form the Registration Panel. Every five years, non-government schools undergo a Registration process. This is usually an opportunity to affirm the work of everyone within the school and to provide recommendations as we move forward. As you can imagine, we all would like to present our school at it’s very best and ask that you support us in ensuring students are in full uniform or correct sport uniform. If your children have grown, remember that the second-hand uniform shop is available and open on Monday mornings and Wednesday afternoons every even week, alternatively, you can call the front office to organise a time to purchase items.

Tasmania
Last week, I flew to Tasmania to present our journey to Catholic Principals and Leaders. They were very interested to hear about our journey and the implementation of Daily Review in our school. They were also very interested to hear about the support and intervention programs we run throughout the school, but particularly in literacy. This year, we run 61 separate lessons of Reading Tutor, Macqlit, Minilit or Prelit across the school every week. All of our Assistants and Classroom Support Teachers have been trained in one or more of these programs and do a magnificent job in raising the reading levels of students across the school. Over the last two years, we have seen a significant jump in student’s literacy levels and this is beginning to be seen in our NAPLAN results. A number of principals expressed an interest in visiting the school to see how we managed this type of intervention and to take it back to their own school communities.

NAPLAN
We anticipate NAPLAN reports will arrive sometime this week, or early next week. This is a little later than previous years. Once these arrive at the school, they will be sent home to parents and carers via the students. We will send out an alert to families in Years 3 and 5 when this occurs so you can check your child’s bag.

Hats
A reminder that all students should have a hat at school. If students do not have a hat, they will be directed to ‘play in the shade’. This can be a challenge for many students who enjoy playing soccer or NRL on the school ovals. If your child requires a hat, they can be purchased for $15 from the from office.

Take care and God bless

Yours in Faith