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Parent Information Night and Welcome BBQ
It was an impressive turnout of families at our Parent Information Night and Welcome BBQ, so much so that we promise to set up more chairs in the hall in 2025. Our new format of having supervision for the children during the whole school and class presentations was a great success. It was also a lovely opportunity to meet new friends and touch base with other families during our BBQ after the formalities. Thank you to Fr Anthony, our school leadership team, Michael Kelly, Ariana Strmota, Campbell Sloane, and our teaching and support staff for their preparation and contribution to a successful evening.
Parent Research Opportunity
As announced last night, please see the information regarding the research taking place on Friday 1 March. Interested parents are asked to contact Angela Kelley by the end of next week.
Classroom Refurbishments Update
The next stage of our classroom refurbishments will be commenced over the weekend with a team coming in to remove the Autex (pinboard) from Kindergarten and paint the walls, trims and ceilings. We hope for the work to be completed in two days, however, should there be any reason for the painting to continue into next week our Kindergarten class will be able to set up in our Classroom Support space. The plan is for pairs of rooms to be completed over weekends moving forward.
Reconciliation Action Plan Committee
As we continue our journey towards Reconciliation, we will be forming a Reconciliation Action Plan Committee to develop a Reconciliation Action Plan for our school community. A significant part of the Reconciliation Action Plan will be to develop a Reconciliation Garden to be landscaped on the grounds adjacent to our Community Garden Beds. If you are interested in joining our Reconciliation Action Plan Committee please contact myself or Karen Tozer.
2024 Semester Reports - Correspondence from Catholic Education
Catholic Education Canberra-Goulburn (CECG) has communicated to schools regarding reporting to parents/guardians. CE has advised schools that general comments will not be required on Semester 1, 2024 reports, but to prioritise Parent/Teacher Conferences for every family in Term 2. These meetings provide an opportunity to discuss your child’s progress, their strengths, challenges and future areas of focus. A Semester Report will still be sent home as in previous Semesters providing A-E grading and attendance information.
CE has advised schools that Semester 2, 2024 reports will have a general comment for all children. This general comment will provide a summative comment for the year, areas of achievement and areas to focus on for the following year. A-E grading and attendance information will remain as normal.
We would encourage all parents/guardians to engage regularly with their child/ren’s learning, connecting with their class teacher/s regularly to discuss learning progress.’
St Thomas More Forum - Greg Sheridan
Luke Donnelly
Principal
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Congratulations to the following students who will be presented with a certificate which reflects an affirmation from their teacher. These affirmations will highlight their applications to their learning as well as affirm how they have been a person of Wisdom, Courage, and Peace. Affirmations will be handed out at 8.50am on Friday morning. Parents are welcome to attend. |
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| Week 6 | Centred in Learning | Centred in Faith |
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| Year Three/Four Green | ||
| Year Three/Four White | ||
| Year Five/Six Green | ||
| Year Five/Six White | ||
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All absences, both partial, whole days or extended leave are submitted through COMPASS. We are required by law to have an explanation of a child's absence from school for any length of time. As of Friday this week, you will receive an automated email message after 10am if your child has been marked absent on our class rolls. You will be asked to log into COMPASS and notify us your child is absent and for what reason. If you receive an email and you have notified the school, please ignore the email. We hope there won't be any glitches as we set up this system, however we apologise if this happens. Thank you for your support with this.
Nicole Mikkonen
Assistant Principal/Teacher Librarian
This week we began our Lenten Journey towards the Passion of Christ at Easter. Staff and students enjoyed a pancake treat on Shrove Tuesday in preparation for Ash Wednesday today.
Students reverently attend the Church for a liturgy reminding us that Lent is a time to reconcile with God and show our love and devotion to him through our interactions with others. Throughout Lent we are called to demonstrate self-control through fasting and a commitment to prayer, we can take this time to reflect on ways we as a community think more about our own ideas, the ideas of others and the messages given to us by Jesus through the Gospels. Students, staff and parishioners received ashes on our foreheads as we turn away from sin and proclaim our faith in God.
Skye McPadden
Religious Education Coordinator
This week in STEM Club we designed foil boats that had to float. We then added rocks to test their buoyancy.
Pancake Month
TeamKids Cooking Clubs will be full of pancake flipping FUN during Feb – all thanks to our sponsor & friends at The Pancake Parlour. ?
We’ll make HEAPS of sweet stacks using The Pancake Parlour’s perfect pancake mix.
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TEAMKIDS TERM 1 EVENTS
TeamKids has a fun-filled Term 1 in-store!
Join us for an EPIC adventure full of awesome and exciting events.
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