Curriculum News

Explicit Instruction at St Michael's

This visual gives a great understanding of the Explicit Instruction model, which is in place in all classes at St Michael's. 

Currently we are focusing on, "Checks for Understanding," within the model, where teachers choose a strategy to include in their lessons while feedback is provided from a colleague. 

Cake Raffle - fundraising 

In Terms 2 and 3, we are hosting a fundraising campaign to support the ongoing purchases of our class texts which are being used for our Unit Novel Studies in the Year 3-6 classes.

Families are asked to donate a cake (either purchased or home-baked) to be raffled every Friday (commencing Week 4 - Friday 16th May). The lucky winner of the raffle will get to take the cake home to enjoy with their family over the weekend. Tickets will be available for purchase on a Thursday and Friday for 50cents each. The first one will be donated by the school to raffle off. 

Please sign up here to put your name/class down to contribute. We still have some spots left - one for next week!

We have purchased x6 different titles across the past 12 months which is nearly 1000 texts! To continue purchasing texts for Semester 2, we need to fundraise some funds. This will enable our students to access high-quality and curriculum based literature now and in future years.