Congratulations to our Year 3 children who made their First Reconciliation on Tuesday evening. The church was full of children, families and friends supporting this special occasion. Thank you to our RE Leader Mrs Mullan and the children's teachers, Mrs Lucas, Mr Daidone and Mrs O'Dwyer for helping to prepare the children so well. We were fortunate that Fr Leenus, Bishop Elliott and Fr Patrick were available for Reconciliation.
Our children demonstrated the core value of respect by participating reverently in the sacrament of reconciliation. Families attending with their children showed how they respect and value the importance of the sacrament for the children.
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| If any of our wonderful parents have a photo that includes everyone please send it to principal@spmurrumbeena.catholic.edu.au |
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| We introduced the core values at assembly on Monday |
During Term 2 and the first half of Term 3 we will review the way the core values are maximising impact for the learner by gathering evidence of the values in action through:
- Stories and feedback from conversations with parents
- Academic data through NAPLAN and assessment reports
- Insight SRC data
- Resilience Survey Data
- Stories from children at school
- Newsletters, website, social media, staff meetings and board meetings
- Personnel around the school such as teachers, office staff, LSO's
- OSH Team Kids will use the values too
- Awards recognising the core values in context
- Seesaw across the school
- Explicit reference of the values during dialogue and meetings with each other, children and parents.
- Linking the values to school wide displays
We aim to ensure we have authentic, real, caring, compassionate human beings in the classrooms, in our school and within our community. The core values are our "soul stuff". We will use the core values as a lens for our school review. As a result, we will be able to enhance our school performance for the benefit of our whole community. You can read more about our school review at this link.
Seesaw Update
As mentioned last week, our school will be using Seesaw (http://seesaw.me), a secure online journal where students can document and reflect on what they are learning in class. Seesaw was successfully trialled in Year 1 last year and as a result of very positive parent feedback we will be using Seesaw school wide.
Your child will be able to add the things we work on (including photos, videos, worksheets, drawings and voice recordings) to their Seesaw journal and we can share them privately with you and other family members to view and comment on throughout the school year.
Family members are only able to access their own child's journal, not the journals of other students in the class.
As a school we have family sharing disabled. This means when family sharing is disabled, families will not have the ability to download any posts onto their device or share any posts over social media.
In the coming weeks you will receive a letter explaining how to connect to your child’s journal.
You can read more about their strong privacy promises here: https://web.seesaw.me/privacy.
We hope that your child will enjoy using Seesaw to document and share their learning this year.
Year 5/6 Great Australian Expo
Well done to our senior children for sharing their Great Australian Expo projects with our community during the week. It's wonderful to celebrate the effort that our children put into their work. The core value of respect was demonstrated by visitors who genuinely valued interacting with the children during the expo.
Cultural Meeting
Following on from Harmony Week and this term's introduction of core values to develop a sense of student belonging we would like to invite interested parents to a cultural meeting.
Our cultural diversity at St Patrick's has grown in the past few years and we wish to ensure we are welcome and inclusive of all. We want to make sure our core value of respecting and valuing one another is authentic and real for everyone.
Mother's/Special Friends Day Stall and Afternoon Tea
Following on from Harmony Week and this term's introduction of core values to develop a sense of student belonging we would like to invite interested parents to a cultural meeting.
Our cultural diversity at St Patrick's has grown in the past few years and we wish to ensure we are welcome and inclusive of all. We want to make sure our core value of respecting and valuing one another is authentic and real for everyone.
The meeting will be an opportunity to listen to each other, share ideas and make plans going forward.
We are open to opportunities to celebrate and strengthen the richness of cultural diversity at St Patrick's from a family perspective.
We are open to opportunities to celebrate and strengthen the richness of cultural diversity at St Patrick's from a family perspective.
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| St Patrick's display in the Year 1 corridor |
The P& F parents have been preparing for the Mother's/ Special Friends day stall at school. There will also be an opportunity for mums to come together for a cuppa before pick up on Friday.
Monday 10th June Queen's Birthday Holiday
Friday 14th June 5/6 Interschool Sport
5/6 Level Mass
Mon 17th Jun 3D Assembly
Thu 20th Jun Parent/Teacher Interviews
Friday 28th Jun Last Day of Term 2
Term 2 Dates
Monday 6th May 4V Assembly
Wednesday 8th May Parish Education Board meeting 7pm
Friday 10th May Mother's Day Stall Prep/Year 6 Level Mass
Sunday 12th May Mother's Day/ Afternoon Tea
Monday 13th May NAPLAN week
Friday 17th May 5/6 Interschool Sport
Year 1 Level Mass
Tuesday 21st May Cultural Consultation 6:30pm
Tuesday 21st May Cultural Consultation 6:30pm
Friday 24th May 5/6 Interschool Sport
Year 2 Level Mass
Friday 31st May 5/6 Interschool Sport
Years 3/4 Level Mass
Mon 3rd Jun 5H Assembly
Friday 7th June School Closure DayMonday 10th June Queen's Birthday Holiday
Friday 14th June 5/6 Interschool Sport
5/6 Level Mass
Mon 17th Jun 3D Assembly
Thu 20th Jun Parent/Teacher Interviews
Friday 28th Jun Last Day of Term 2
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