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Dear Parents, Guardians and Carers,
Thank you to everyone for their assistance on Friday with the Athletics Day. From the setting and packing up crew, the event helpers and the walkers your assistance was greatly appreciated. The last groups left the venue at 12pm so we were safely back at school before the heat of the day.
Athletics Day activities Part Two
This Friday we warmly invite you to attend a morning of sport activities at school. The children will be participating in the remaining Athletic Day activities including: the final judging of aerobics, tug of war, and the relay event. All grades will also showcase their novelty ball games events. The 1/2 students will then be participating in their mini tabloid rotations. The morning will kick off at 9am for aerobics.
The approximate timetable for the morning is:
NAPLAN FOR YEAR 3s AND YEAR 5s
This year NAPLAN is occurring from March 15th through to March 27th. It is an online assessment that occurs nationally each year for grades 3, 5, 7 and 9. Each child that sits these tests receives a copy of their results measuring where they sit against the State and National grade level cohort. The school uses the data from this testing to measure teacher impact and inform future planning.
NAPLAN is a national literacy and numeracy assessment that students in Years 3, 5, 7 and 9 sit each year. It is the only national assessment all Australian students have the opportunity to undertake. NAPLAN information for parents and carers brochure is available on the VCAA website. It is available in a range of languages.
https://www.vcaa.vic.edu.au/assessment/f-10assessment/naplan/Pages/parents/index.aspx
UPCOMING SCHOOL CLOSURE DAYS
On the following dates the school will be closed to students:
- Thursday 6th April
- Monday 24th April
Term One holidays will begin at 3:20pm Wednesday 5th April.
Term Two will resume on Wednesday 26th April at 9am.
Kind regards
Jodie
On the first Sunday of Lent the readings and the gospel are all about temptation. It begins in the first reading with the temptation of Adam and Eve in the Garden of Eden and it continues with the testing and temptation of Jesus as he echoes the plight of the people of Israel, who wandered in the desert for forty years. They relied on God to provide them with food and protection and ultimately lead them into the land that was promised to them. They had to trust that God would deliver these things in God’s own time and way.
Last week we entered into a new season in the Church calendar and, just as seasons of the year are marked by tell-tale signs (changes in foliage, weather ), so too are the seasons in the church marked by tell-tale signs. The season of Lent is marked by ashes, the colour purple and the cross. What do these things tell us about Lent? Lent is a time to look at our lives and try to get rid of things that keep us from God. Through prayer, fasting and good works we become closer and more focused on God. Talk with your child about the things that we can do to become closer to God…. it might be through prayer, through an act of good work or by giving something small to someone in more need.
Preparation for the 2023 Reconciliation Sacrament is about to begin with a Parent / Child Information Meeting on the 1st March at 6pm in the St Michael’s Church. The Sacrament of Reconciliation is available for children in Grade 3 who have been baptised Catholic. Registration forms were sent home with all of the Grade 3 children last Thursday. If you have not yet received your information or you have a child in another year level that has not received the sacrament yet please contact me via email srickwood@stmtraralgon.catholic.edu.au .
Regards
Sue Rickwood
Each week students from each class are awarded Student of the Week certificates. These children are nominated for the example they have been within the school based on the School Wide Expectation focus for that week. The weekly focus will be from Wednesday until Tuesday the following week. Awards will be presented to students at assembly on Friday.
In Week 5 the School Wide Expectation focus was Honesty:
I always tell the truth.
I am honest when reflecting on my personal performance.
I take responsibility for my actions.
The award winners for Week 5 are:
| Rie Rankcom | Vivienne Crozier | Marietta Kornet |
| Sebastien Crozier | Penny-Rose Ross | Xander Szkwarek |
| Jimmy Daniel | Mehluli Njanike | Lorcan Doherty |
| Mia Celima | Ariana DiCiero | Riley Brady |
| Elora Pearson | Brinlee McNeill | Phoebe Walker |
| Oscar Hill | Brock McInnes | Lahna Murphy |
| Mila Stserbak | Isabelle Paulet | Jesse Affleck |
| Oliver Ploegmakers | Mark Edgar | Olivia Uren |
| Will Jennings | Alex Do | April Wangman |
| Billy Cooper | Alexis Lia | Aoife Doherty |
| Harley Benbow | Miles Blackford | Ekhai Imhagwe |
| Hamish Briscoe | Corey Moore | Amahlie Smith |
