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Reconciliation and First Eucharist Information evening and Registration
Next Tuesday evening, 25 June at 5.30pm, all year 4 students who are receiving the Sacrament of Reconciliation and First Eucharist are to attend Mass with Father Tom. At the conclusion of Mass, Father Tom will share information about the Sacramental programs and families can confirm their registration with Joe McGrath our REC. Mass usually concludes around 6.00pm.
Any questions regarding the Sacramental program, please contact Joe McGrath at joseph.mcgrath@cg.catholic.edu.au
St Vinnies Winter Warmer Day
My sincere thanks to all students and families who have contributed to my CEO sleep out fundraiser. Last week, our PJ day and sausage sizzle helped to raise over $900 – a massive contribution!
I will be participating in this great cause on Thursday night this week. It's not too late to donate!
All funds will be raised to support the Vinnies CEO sleepout.
I'm helping to break the cycle of homelessness by joining the Vinnies CEO Sleepout for a one-night event held on one of the longest and coldest nights of the year.
https://www.ceosleepout.org.au/fundraisers/erinmarmont
St Anthony's Feast Day
Our school feast day was a beautiful celebration of St Anthony and our community. My thanks to our Year 6 leaders and teachers who led the school so well and provided meaningful activities for all our students. Thank you, Father Tom, for celebrating Mass with us as a whole school. The children's reverence throughout the entirety of the Mass was simply outstanding.
Community Council
Last week STA hosted our first open community council meeting followed by our executive meeting. Just over $25,000.00 was raised from our Fete this term. Current items on the agenda to utilise these funds for school improvements include:
- new bubbler stations
- upgrades to front of school cross and centre gravel garden
- new painted concrete areas for chess board and number boards
- additional seating areas
- minor landscaping works.
We also shared a discussion around our exciting hall refurbishment which will commence next term. The hall refurbishment includes a new canteen, front foyer, amphitheatre area, sports shed storage, chair storage, costume room, stage and state of the art sound system. We can't wait to showcase our new hall early 2025. For the interim, we will relocate our school canteen and redivert access routes to OOSCA. We are looking to begin these changes from week 5 next term, so there will be more information to follow in the lead up to this.
Student Reports and interviews
An enormous thanks to our teachers who have worked tirelessly over the past weeks and months preparing Semester 1 reports. This semester, student reports will include grades and an opportunity for an interview with families.
The option to book parent-teacher interviews will open tomorrow, Wednesday 19 June, and will stay open tomorrow and close on Thursday 27 June. Reports will be released via Compass on Wednesday 26 June.
A reminder that the A-E scale is very different to what it looked like years ago. Our Kindergarten students will receive an alternative scale to A-E as outlined below.
Please take some time to familiarise yourself with the guidelines for assessment and reporting.
Kindergarten Scale of Assessment
Engagement with Learning
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Consistently |
Displays thorough knowledge, understanding and application of the content, processes and skills in this area. |
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Usually |
Displays engagement with learning most of the time |
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Developing |
Is beginning to display knowledge, understanding and application of the content, processes and skills in this area |
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Needs Improvement |
Is yet to display knowledge, understanding and application of the content, processes and skills in this area
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Kindergarten Grade Scale
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Above Expectations |
The student has a thorough knowledge and understanding of the content and a high level of competence in the processes and skills. In addition, the student is able to apply this knowledge and these skills in most situations. |
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Meeting Expectations
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The student has a sound knowledge and understanding of the main areas of content and has achieved an adequate level of competence in the processes and skills. |
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Working Towards expectations
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The student has a basic knowledge and understanding of the content and has achieved a limited level of competence in the processes and skills. |
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Experiencing Difficulty |
The student has an elementary knowledge and understanding in few areas of the content and has achieved very limited competence in some of the processes and skills. |
Year 1- Year 6 Grade Scale
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Outstanding |
The student has extensive knowledge and understanding of the content and can readily apply this knowledge. In addition, the student has achieved a very high level of competence in the processes and skills and can apply these skills to new situations. |
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High |
The student has a thorough knowledge and understanding of the content and a high level of competence in the processes and skills. In addition, the student is able to apply this knowledge and these skills in most situations. |
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At Standard |
The student has a sound knowledge and understanding of the main areas of content and has achieved an adequate level of competence in the processes and skills. |
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Partial |
The student has a basic knowledge and understanding of the content and has achieved a limited level of competence in the processes and skills. |
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Limited |
The student has an elementary knowledge and understanding in few areas of the content and has achieved very limited competence in some of the processes and skills. |
Year 1 – Year 6 Achievement Scale
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A |
The student has extensive knowledge and understanding of the content and can readily apply this knowledge. In addition, the student has achieved a very high level of competence in the processes and skills and can apply these skills to new situations. |
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B |
The student has a thorough knowledge and understanding of the content and a high level of competence in the processes and skills. In addition, the student is able to apply this knowledge and these skills in most situations. |
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C |
The student has a sound knowledge and understanding of the main areas of content and has achieved an adequate level of competence in the processes and skills. |
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D |
The student has a basic knowledge and understanding of the content and has achieved a limited level of competence in the processes and skills. |
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E |
The student has an elementary knowledge and understanding in few areas of the content and has achieved very limited competence in some of the processes and skills. |
When a student receives a ‘C’ grade, it means they have demonstrated the quality of learning described in the Achievement Standard, based on the content studied in the reporting period. If a student receives a ‘C’ in both semester 1 and 2 reports, it indicates that the student has made progress, and learned new knowledge and skills based on the new and more challenging material studied.
A student’s report will list a grade for each subject studied.
The following A-E descriptors will appear on the report:
- A demonstrating outstanding achievement of the standard
- B demonstrating a high achievement of the standard
- C demonstrating achievement of the standard
- D demonstrating partial achievement of the standard
- E demonstrating limited achievement of the standard.
Staffing
Regretfully, I let you know that I am needing to take leave from Wednesday next week until early next term. I thank Garreth Wigg who will be in my position as Principal during my absence. My thanks to Bernadette Whitfield who will step into the Assistant Principal role and our wonderful leadership team and STA teachers and staff who will continue their magnificent work across the school. Our Acting Curriculum coordinator will be confirmed once interviews have been finalised later in week.
Reminder - Grand friends Day
All students to wear Sport Uniform.
Save the date- On Friday the last day of Term 2, 5 July- we welcome our Grand friends of our students to come to the school to celebrate how wonderful we think they are! The schedule of the day (weather permitting) will look like this:
10.00am- Grand friends join classes for story reading and activities
11.00am- BYP picnic- Grand friends bring along a picnic to share with their children at recess
11.45am- Dance performance in the hall/multipurpose court (weather pending)
1.00pm- Farewell to Grand friends- thank you for coming along
Save the dates:
- Tuesday 25 June. Year 3 Excursion Tidbinbilla Nature Reserve
- Thursday 27 June. Rescheduled Sullivan Shield
- Friday 28 June – KP prayer focus assembly @ 12pm
- Monday 1 July. Tuggeranong Primary Schools Open Interschool Chess Championship
- Friday 5 July. Grand friends Day
- Tuesday 6 August. Basketball ACT Sue Geh Cup Years 5 & 6 girls
- Thursday 15 August 15. Basketball ACT Jamie Pearlman Cup Years 5 & 6 boys
Have a great week,
Erin
