Dear Parents, Carers and Guardians, 

It’s Spring time! 

With only three weeks left until the end of term, there is so much happening at school. I look forward to seeing our students perform at the Eisteddfod this week and a reminder to those parents who wish to attend, that you must purchase tickets to the performances. 

Information about tickets is on the Latrobe City website here: https://www.lve.org.au/tickets.php/  which provides links to the venue's booking site. When you enter the website select “Choral and Vocal Tickets” , then select “Choral GPAC - Main Theatre” on the right hand side. 

I’d like to take the opportunity to thank our Parents and Friends group for their continued support and organisation of the Father’s Day stall on Friday. Wishing all dads and special people a lovely Sunday. 

Building works update: 

You may notice that two shipping containers will arrive in the school yard over the next couple of days. One of these containers will be used to store our PE equipment, and the other will be used for long term storage of library items and other classroom furniture for the duration of the building project. 

The following classes will be relocating to prepare for stage one: 

• 5/6EF will be relocating to the school hall 
• Art and STEM classes will be relocating to the portables 
• 3/4AB will be relocating to the old library space 

We will have removalists onsite this weekend to complete the bulk of the moving, however some teachers, including myself will be assisting with the co-ordination of the move during the school week. Please be patient with us as we navigate this exciting time. 

Whole school gatherings such as assemblies will be placed on hold temporarily. 

Class requests for 2026 

This is the time of year when we begin the process of planning our class lists for the 2026 school year. Whilst this is an onerous and time-consuming task, we are blessed to have such a knowledgeable staff who are aware of each student’s individual needs and work collaboratively to make professional judgements in relation to class planning and student placement.

When deciding our individual class structures, a number of factors are taken into account, which include:

• Student’s social, emotional, academic and physical development
• Student’s cognitive development
• Student relationships
• Family dynamics, eg sibling placement
• Teacher knowledge, skill and expertise
• Enrolment numbers at the various levels
• Practical resources, such as space

If your child has a particular social or emotional  need or there is important information that we should be aware of when considering class placement for the 2026 school year, we ask that parents put this information in writing and submit it via email to principal@stmtraralgon.catholic.edu.au

It is important that your child’s personal needs request be submitted each year as individual circumstances change. We will not be referring to requests made for years previous.  All requests are specifically about your child’s social and emotional needs.  It is not an opportunity to provide requests for particular class structures or teachers. Requests for teachers will not be taken. 

A huge amount of time and effort goes into creating class lists by classroom teachers and the wider leadership group. We ask that parents trust the decisions made by teachers and please recognise that we also have a view on what works well for your child socially, emotionally and academically. Once class lists have been finalised, and reports sent out, changes are not made to grades, as this sets a precedent that cannot be maintained by the school. 

All requests must be received by the close of business on Friday 19th September; no further requests will be taken after this date. 

In recognition of Father’s Day this weekend, I’ll leave you with a little “Dad joke”. Why was the math book so sad? …. Because it was full of problems. 

Kind regards 

Lia DiCorleto

Principal