TERM 1 EVENT DETAILS & KEY DATES
Term 1 Events and Information
Sacrament of Reconciliation (Year 3)- Thursday 27th March
Our Year 3 children will continue preparation for the Sacrament of Reconciliation with a Reconciliation Reflection Day on Wednesday 19th March . Due to the number of children, the sacrament will be held over two liturgies at 5pm and 7pm on Thursday 27th March. Families will be asked to book into either of the liturgies following the faith night.
Public Speaking Program (Debating) - Commences Tuesday 25th February
Our Year 5 and 6 students will continue to experience instruction around public speaking and debating from toastmaster Sandra De Geest this year. This course commences on Tuesday 25th February and will run for 5 weeks. This is a tremendous opportunity for our senior students to continue to develop this skills in this area.
NAPLAN
NAPLAN testing for Years 3 and 5 will take place from Wednesday 12th March to Friday 14th March (Week 7). The children in Years 3 and 5 will be tested in Reading, Writing, Spelling, Grammar and Punctuation, and Numeracy. The school will work with the children over the coming weeks around test-taking strategies.
School Advisory Council meeting - Tuesday 18th March at 7.30pm
The first School Advisory Council (SAC) meeting will be held at school on Tuesday 18th March, commencing at 7.30pm. The SAC is an advisory body that supports the Principal and Parish Priest on matters relating to the education of the students at St Agnes'.
St Agnes’ Dads’ Night - Pot and Parma - Thursday 20th March
After a very successful inaugural effort, the St Agnes’ Dads Pot and Parma night is back. We are aiming to establish a St Agnes’ group to strengthen connection amongst St Agnes’ fathers and father figures.
Please register your attendance with Year 4 Dad Bart Carroll (bartscarroll7@gmail.com or 0421 877 991).
Parent Helper Course- Training session
This year, we again welcome the support of parents to assist in our Prep and Year 1 classrooms during the morning literacy block. You will enjoy participating in your children’s education – we are in partnership with you and your support is invaluable. All parents are welcome to help. We require that all helpers assisting in the classrooms are fully trained and have a current Working with Children Check, which must be uploaded to your child's Operoo profile prior to the commencement of the training sessions. We need helpers from 9.45am to 10.45am each day. There will be a compulsory training session (approximately 1 hour) for all new Prep parent helpers and any new helpers in Year 1. The training session will be run by Amanda Baker and Judith Barton in the Hall on Thursday 20th March at 9.00am. Please contact Judith Barton (jbarton@sahighett.catholic.edu.au) to confirm your interest.
Year 5/6 Parish Mass
The Year 5 and 6 children will participate in Parish Mass on Friday 21st March at 9am. All parents and families are welcome to join this mass.
Prep Resilience Seminar - Tuesday 25th March
On Tuesday 25th March, we will be hosting an information night on Resilience for our Prep families and any families new to our school. The night will be facilitated by Student Wellbeing expert Georgina Manning, with a focus on how parents can help children to be resilient young people. It is essential that at least one parent from each Prep family attends, but it would be even better if both parents could be present.
St Agnes’ Sports Carnival
We are expecting our annual Sports Carnival to held on Friday 28th March at Rowans Road Athletics track. Details regarding this will be confirmed soon.
Last day of Term 1 - Thursday 4th April
On the final day of Term 1, we will have our traditional Easter Bonnet Parade and then acknowledge the events of Holy Week, with an Easter paraliturgy. We will then move into a whole school activity day, focused on promoting positive relationships between our students. More information will be provided closer to the day. Students will finish at 1.30pm on this day.