Principal's Message
Congratulations to all First Eucharist Candidates - Masses Sat (6pm) & Sunday (11am)
Principal's Message
Congratulations to all First Eucharist Candidates - Masses Sat (6pm) & Sunday (11am)
Dear Families,
Kings Birthday Public Holiday - Monday 10th June
As we approach the first King’s Birthday public holiday we remind families that the school will be closed on Monday 10th June.
HAVE YOU ENROLLED YOUR CHILD FOR PREP 2025?
If you have a child ready for Prep 2025, we encourage you to please put in an enrolment form as soon as possible. This will help us with organisation purposes. To access an enrolment form:
We congratulate our First Eucharist candidates who participated in the Sacrament of Eucharist at the weekend masses. We thank all families for your support of your children. We also thank Father Joe, Nicole Black (REL Leader) and our Year 3 and 4 team for the superb manner in which the children were presented for the weekend masses.
We thank all families for their ongoing support of their children as they participate in the Sacramental Program.
At St Andrew's school, we promote a culture of sharing and giving through our outreach/social justice programs, including within our community. We also recognise the current cost of living pressures and how important it is for our children and their family members to have access to technology.
As such, we have a number of Dell Desktops that are fully functional but no longer required at St Andrew's School. Given that we have limited use for desktop computers at St Andrew’s School, due to the staff use of laptops and student access to chrome books and iPads, and the timeline of this batch of laptops being purchased over 7 years ago, they are now redundant.
If you would like to be considered to receive one of these desktops for free, please email ecooper@saclaytonsth.catholic.edu.au by Wednesday 12th June and you will be added to the list.
Whilst they are old in technology terms they are still fully functional.
Leadership will then draw names out of a hat once this list has been compiled.
Specifications: Dell Desktop 9I4BJ0C - Intel (R) Core (TM) i5-3470S - 8G RAM - 58cm screen
Prep C - Interviews will be held on Wednesday 19th June
Due to Holly being on leave, the Prep C Parent/Child interviews will be held on Wednesday 19th June between 3pm and 6.30pm.
To streamline the booking process, you can click on the direct link below.
https://www.schoolinterviews.com.au/code/uwtag
OR use this QR code
Please make your booking now for the Semester 1 Parent/Child/Teacher Interviews. Interviews will be 10 minutes and held in the School Hall on Monday 24th June between 2.30pm and 7.00pm.
To streamline the booking process you can click on the direct link below
https://www.schoolinterviews.com.au/code/m8pkt
OR scan the booking QR code
We encourage all children to be active participants in the 10 minute interviews. This provides an opportunity for children to share their learning journey and successes with their family and to also be active responsible participants in their own learning.
Semester 1 Student Reports will be distributed to families on Friday 21st June.
The Semester 1, 2024 reports will be distributed on Friday 21st June via the nForma Parent Portal. Student reports are one of the valuable links between school and home to allow you to gain an insight of how your child is progressing with their learning at St Andrew’s.
To access the Semester 1 Report:
If you have not received the email in your inbox, please check your junk/spam folders. If you experience any further difficulties accessing your child’s report, you are encouraged to contact Emma Cooper on ecooper@saclaytonsth.catholic.edu.au
We request that all families are aware of the parking restrictions on Ester Crescent, a street located directly across Springs Road from the school. Neighbours have made the school aware that parents are parking illegally and as a result restrict the view of children and families as they cross the road. Please observe parking signs as a matter of safety for our children.
REMINDER - On Wednesday 12th June at 6.00pm till 7.30pm
We look forward to welcoming our current Prep parents and children to this event. A new Operoo form has been sent to families. Child minding will be available on the evening.
Parents may be aware that we employ a Speech Pathologist, Evelyn Wee, at St Andrew’s School to support our students and to provide support and professional development strategies for school staff. Evelyn is employed each Monday and Wednesday and works with individual children, small groups, in classrooms with classes and with staff members. Evelyn also provides professional development sessions to staff teams after school and on school closure days. Evelyn has worked with the school for the past 18 months and is employed through SPS - Speech Pathology for Schools.
SPS has shared with us an article on reading strategies they may further inform you of positive reading habits at home.
Please refer below -
Positive Reading Strategies for Parents
The reading practice your child gains from reading the books they bring home from school every night is invaluable for their reading development. Some strategies that you can implement at home to support your child’s reading while they read to you include:
Discussion ideas when you are reading with your child:
Along with reading with your child, it is also good practice to read to your child. Researchers Mol and Bus (2011) found that shared book reading can “Facilitate children's language, reading, and spelling achievement throughout their development”. Bedtime stories, where a book or part of a book is read each night, encourage children to engage with books and build vocabulary and language skills.
We warmly invite all families to our end of term Learning Celebration to be held next Thursday 27th June. The children look forward to welcoming you to their classrooms and demonstrating to you the fabulous learning that they have undertaken throughout Term 2.
The children invite family & friends into their rooms between 2.45pm - 3.30pm on Thursday 22nd June.
Our Learning Celebrations will take place at the end of each term of the school year.
We ask that all students and parents are use the School Crossings that are clearly marked and manned as these are safe ways to cross the road. The Crossing Supervisor have also notified us that this is a concern and have asked that parents and students use the designated crossings when crossing Bunney or Springs Road.
Our classes start at 8.45am, students are expected to be at school and ready to start instruction at 8.45am.
Any students coming after the bell are impacted as they can miss vital instruction and the beginning of Specialist subjects.
Any student arriving late must be signed in by a parent or carer via the office. This is a legal requirement and we have noticed many more students arriving after 8.45 am. Classroom doors open at 8.30 am.
The 2024 School Calendar is available on the School Website. It can be found mid-way down on the front page under the heading ‘WHAT’S ON’. We will endeavour, where possible, to remain true to the dates on the 2024 calendar. We would recommend that parents make a regular visit to the school website to see updates on all school events.
Paul Wakeling
(Principal)