ST FIDELIS NEWSLETTER

Leadership & Management

Management encompasses the following areas: Organisation, Structures, Resource Management, Staff Wellbeing, and Professional Learning.

Week 2 Term 1

Dear Parents and Carers,

 

St Fidelis learning community is committed to the wellbeing and safety of all children. Our interactions with all in our community is founded on respect for each person. Within a Catholic Community this respect of each individual is rooted in the belief that each person is made in the image and likeness of God.

 

There are many ways that our school promotes safety and respect for all.  Some of these include the formulation of our Agreed Ways of working and living at St Fidelis, our promotion of student voice, learning and teaching programs that promote living safely with others, The Resilience Project just to name a few. 

 

A nationally consistent approach to child safe standards has seen the formulation of 11 Child Safe Standards that apply to our school and other child related organisations. The 11 standards are listed below.

  • Child Safe Standard 1- Organizations establish a culturally safe environment in which the diverse and unique identities and experiences of Aboriginal children and young people are respected and valued.
  • Child Safe Standard 2 - Child safety and wellbeing is embedded in organizational leadership, governance and culture.
  • Child Safe Standard 3 - Children and young people are empowered about their rights, participate in decisions affecting them and are taken seriously.
  • Child Safe Standard 4 - Families and communities are informed and involved in promoting child safety and wellbeing.
  • Child Safe Standard 5 - Equity is upheld and diverse needs are respected in policy and practice.
  • Child Safe Standard 6 - People working with children and young people are suitable and supported to reflect child safety and wellbeing values in practice.
  • Child Safe Standard 7 - Processes form complaints and concerns are child focused.
  • Child Safe Standard 8 - Staff and volunteers are equipped with the knowledge, skills and awareness to keep children and young people safe through ongoing education and training.  
  • Child Safe Standard 9 - Physical and online environments promote safety and wellbeing while minimising the opportunity for children and young people to be harmed. 
  • Child Safe Standard 10 - Implementation of the Child Safe Standards is regularly reviewed and improved.
  • Child Safe Standard 11 - Policies  and procedures document how the organisation is safe for children and young people.

In the coming weeks we will consider each of the Child Safe Standards and identify some of the ways in which our learning community promotes and adheres to these.

Welcome

Welcome, we have had a great start to our first day of school. It was wonderful to see all the students back at school with happy faces, eager to reconnect with their friends smiling, learning and having fun. 

 

The Foundation students have officially had Day One.  We welcome all the new families and thank you for trusting us with your child.

 

A special welcome to a new Year 6 student (Susie) who has joined St Fidelis this year. We hope Susie and her family enjoy being part of the St Fidelis' community.

Parent/Carer & Teacher Meet & Greet -Wed Feb 6

The purpose of the parent-teacher Meet and Greet at the beginning of the year, is to give teachers a chance to get to know students beyond academics. It’s an opportunity for parents to share insights about their child’s interests, strengths, personality, and any important background that can help create a supportive and engaging learning environment. School will finish at 3:30pm as usual. 

Year level Procedures & Expectations for 2025

Last Friday, you would have received a message via the AUDIRI app which had important information about your child's class and their routines. The links provided information about your child's year level expectation and procedures and any other relevant information for that year level for this year.

 

This link does not have Curriculum Information.

 

Curriculum Overviews are made available in Week 3 or 4 of each term. 

 

Weekly Curriculum information about WHAT'S HAPPENING IN YOUR CHILD'S LEARNING SPACE is communicated each week by your child's teacher in the newsletter. 

The links have been added here today also in the event you missed the communication last week. 

 

Foundation 

https://drive.google.com/file/d/18-C-RG2WF1J2MfD9Hpf2rGTfr71N07u4/view?usp=drive_link 

Years 1 and 2 

https://drive.google.com/file/d/19pLNMOEIuvma4Ygf50Hzo48sJTntp14a/view?usp=drive_link  

Years 3 and 4

https://drive.google.com/file/d/1nOI-IC3XA4nfof0ZBaSU6t6B_5XTEoB_/view?usp=drive_link  

Years 5 and 6

https://drive.google.com/file/d/1SW97Ils8tAL1Gsn2a-lRkNYPHFOz6KCK/view?usp=drive_link  

Whole School Prayer & Assembly 

At St Fidelis, we have two whole school assemblies weekly - Monday and Friday mornings. The main purpose of the school assembly is to develop a feeling of unity among all the students, teachers and parents. It is a gathering of all members of our school for different purposes.  

 

In the warmer months, the Monday morning assembly will take place outdoors. This is a short assembly led by our School Leaders which includes praying our School Prayer, the singing of the National Anthem and communicating any reminders for the week. 

 

Our Friday Whole School Prayer is a longer assembly, where each class will be allocated a week to prepare a short liturgy for the school community, students of the week are presented, learnings from the Resilience Project are shared with the community and announcements.  All parents are encouraged to join us on Friday Morning.

 

On Friday February 14th at 8:50am, will be our first whole school assembly. It will be led by the staff Leadership Team and the School Leaders will be presented with their badges. All parents and carers are encouraged to attend this assembly.   

Keep Up To Date with School News! 

To ensure you are kept up to date with school happenings, our NEWSLETTER is distributed each Monday via email & AUDIRI App and on the SCHOOL'S WEBSITE.  You are strongly encouraged to read it each week so that you are continually informed about school events. Today’s newsletter contains lots of important information including upcoming school events and important aspects of school organisation and some important dates.

AUDIRI LINK

Zooper Dooper Friday

Thank you to the Parents and Friends Committee who organise for the selling of Zooper Doopers each Friday during Term 1 and Term 4 for our students. The school leaders will sell them at lunchtime for $1.00.

Zooper Doopers will be available beginning this Friday 7th February. 

 

Have a lovely week,

Manuela