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Dear Parents, Guardians and Carers,
Thank you for the ongoing partnership with the school this term. As we start the two week holidays please enjoy time together as a family and enjoy the break from the busyness of after school activities. We look forward to welcoming you back on Monday July 15 at 9am for Term Three. A reminder that Term Two finishes on Friday 28th June at 1pm. There will be no school buses running on this day.
STUDENT SEMESTER ONE REPORTS
This Semester student reports will be released onto PAM on Wednesday. These reports have been prepared by your child’s classroom teacher and moderated against their peers to show their achievements assessed against the state-wide standards expected at this time of the year. It divides the years of compulsory schooling into levels (Foundation to Year 6) and assesses your child’s level in relation to other children of similar age in Victoria. Not all curriculum areas will be assessed in this report as some areas of the Victorian curriculum are only assessed on a bi-annual basis.
The Semester One reports contain feedback regarding your child’s progress so far this year with a focus on the learning behaviours they are demonstrating in their classroom. This report reflects your child’s classroom teacher’s professional judgement, informed by data from testing and by classroom observations. The Specialist teachers have included a description of the learning expectations this semester for their subject area.
Your child’s report is intended to promote discussion about how we can work together to benefit your child. They are a snapshot of each student’s learning at this time, based on evidence from a range of assessments. A goal for Maths and English have then been set as a focus for your child during Semester Two. Please contact your child’s teacher if you wish to discuss any of the information shared in the report.
The discussions and sharing by your child at the Student Led conference will also support the report and enable your child to have a voice in how they feel they are progressing. What they have shared with you will be examples of their learning and achievements they are proud about. It is an opportunity to celebrate their achievements with them and their classroom teacher. In particular, the learning behaviours that your child shares at this conference will reflect the learning behaviours they feel are very important.
In reading the report, please remember that learning is not just about literacy and numeracy – relationships and learning behaviours are very important indicators to future learning.
Celebrate your child’s effort and most importantly, don’t compare your child with others – especially siblings.
IMPORTANT DATES
- 28th June - Last Day Term Two (1pm finish)
- 15th July - Start of Term Three 9am
- 18th July - State Cross Country - Wishing Tessa and Poppy all the best!
- 26th July - Whole School Mass
- 26th July - District Basketball
Kind regards
Jodie
Hello, my name is Kylie, I've been a part of the Parents & Friends since my children started at St Michael's. As that is coming to and end this year, I want to encourage other parents/care givers/guardians to join. I have enjoyed my time as part of the committee and have met some great people. Being part of this group is great as you can help out your school with fundraising. These fundraisers help the school to purchase equipment for our children as well as other things which they can participate in.
I personally enjoyed doing the Mother's Day and Father's Day stalls and seeing the kid's faces when choosing their presents for their special people. Participating in the end of year disco has brought me so much joy as I got to see the kids having fun as they spent time together with their friends at such an amazing event. We also run drives such as the hot cross buns and lamingtons, things for the whole family not just the kids.
So, if you are looking at helping or wish to be more active in your children's schooling please consider joing the P & F. It is a wonderful way to meet other parents as well as participate in the fundraisers that help our school. You should definitely consider joining, everyone is welcome!
Please contact Jodie Ware if you are interested in being part of the Parents & Friends committee at principal@stmtraralgon.catholic.edu.au
Your fresh Lamingtons will be delivered to the school from the Heyfield Bakery today for collection at the hall between 3:00pm and 3:45pm.
Just a reminder that 2025 Foundation enrolments are due in by Friday 28th June 2024. Acceptance letters will be sent out early next term so that families and the school can start to prepare for the transition program in Term Four.
Mark 4: 35 - 41
Sunday’s gospel passage is one of the great miracles of Jesus – the calming of the storm. The community of the gospel of Mark were consumed with doubt and surrounded by evidence of the world as they knew it falling apart. They were living the metaphor captured in the story: a boat adrift on the sea in the midst of an almighty storm. The cry of the disciples was the cry of the Christian community: ‘Master, do you not care?’ They felt that God did not care about the turmoil that surrounded them. The gospel writer reassures them that God does care about their struggle but at the same time chastens them for their lack of faith!
The experience of the disciples as their boat was tossed about the sea by the powerful storm may sound like a familiar situation. At times in life we may feel that we have lost control of our situation and we are being blown from one ‘disaster’ to the next. At such times, we may find ourselves asking the question that the disciples asked of Jesus, ‘Master, do you not care?’ Jesus’ reply to the disciples suggests that had they been calm and trusted in the slow work of God then they would have made it through the storm unharmed.
St. Michael’s Primary School has a long tradition of supporting our local St. Vincent de Paul Society. Each year we support two collections for St Vinnies: mid year, for the collection of cans for the winter and December, for the Christmas Appeal.
In week 2 of Term 3, on Friday 26th July at 11:30am, we will celebrate our support of this valuable part of our community with a whole school mass. We extend the invitation to you all to come along and celebrate the Eucharist with us.
After the holidays we will start collecting non-perishable food items to donate to the St Vinnies winter appeal. These items might include cans of soup, baked beans, vegetables, tuna …… cans that might be used to create a meal.
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 in their classrooms.
In Week 11 the School Wide Expectation focus is Resilience:
I view mistakes as a learning opportunity.
I persist through challenges and difficulties in my learning.
| Chanell Mashava | Ariana DiCiero | Tyler Benbow |
| Indiana Ellis | Peyton Palmer | Henry Stanistreet |
| Eylyn Roji | Ashar Saini | Harrison Milliner |
| Christian Paolini | Kaiden Garth | Aria Pearson |
| Jewel Jayasooryan | Eden Zammit | Kenzy Duddington |
| Charlie McMahon | Chelsea Pace | |
| Ryan Rochstad-Lim | Edwin Kornet |
Victorian Premiers’ Reading Challenge
The Victorian Premiers’ Reading Challenge is now open and St. Michael’s Primary School is excited to be participating. The PRC application offers a range of exciting features including:
- access to a library catalogue (including book images and blurbs)
- a modern user-friendly interface
- rewarding students with badges as challenge milestones are achieved
- the option for students to mark books as a favourite, give them a star rating or complete a book review
The Challenge is open to all Victorian children from birth to Year 10 in recognition of the importance of reading for literacy development. It is not a competition; but a personal challenge for children to read a set number of books by 6 September 2024.
Children from Prep to Year 2 are encouraged to read or ‘experience’ 30 books with their parents and teachers. Children from Year 3 to Year 10 are challenged to read 15 books.
All children who meet the Challenge will receive a certificate of achievement signed by the Victorian Premier and former Premiers.
To read the Premier’s letter to parents, view the booklist and for more information about the Victorian Premiers’ Reading Challenge, visit:
https://www.vic.gov.au/premiers-reading-challenge
To register to be part of the challenge, please click on the link below:
Victorian Premier's Reading Challenge 2024
We offer hot lunches weekly on a Monday with Munch Lunch. They are a local company that offer a variety of lunch items.
Ordering is simple, download the Spriggy Schools app via your App Store or Google Play store, select St Michael's School, add your children and their class to the app and place your order! Lunches will then be delivered to school. Orders need to be placed by 9:00am on the day. You can pre order lunches 2 weeks in advance.
Contact: Munch Lunch 0459 220 445 or hello.munch.lunch@gmail.com
