Dear Parents,

Thank you to all the Dads and special people who attended our celebration last Friday. There were certainly a lot of mini me's in the school. Our students love having you spend time together in their classrooms and we appreciate the effort required to be able to get to school. Thank you to the staff for facilitating the activities in the classrooms. Thanks to Ms Franca & Mr Reed for arranging the morning tea and for being our resident baristas.

Special thanks also to Julia Muscat and the BPC volunteers Gab, Nancy, Catherine, Chantelle, Lauren and Andy for all they did to ensure the annual stall was again a success.

Here is a selection of photos.

Staff Changes

As mentioned in the letter sent home to families, Mr Iain Reed is leaving our school at the end of this term, his last day will be next Friday 19th September. Over the 12 years at St Bernard's Iain has worked in a variety of roles from Classroom Teacher to Numeracy Leader, Learning Leader and Deputy Principal.

He is moving to MACS to take up a role as an Education Officer in the Assessment, Curriculum and Pedagogy area.

We are very grateful for Iain's dedication to our school and wish him every success in the next stage of his career. If you have the opportunity please attend the assembly this Friday to farewell Iain or when you see him out the front of the school.

Information about staffing will be shared early in Term 4 when Ms Di Noto starts with us.

Learning Conversations

Thank you so much for your attendance at and support of our Learning Conversations last night. These sessions are a vital component of our home school partnership and allow our students to showcase their learning. We are so proud of the way that they can articulate what they have learnt and we know you all share this feeling. There is always such a positive buzz in each of the classrooms during this time.

Circus Performance

The excitement and nerves are building as we head into the last week of practice before our big top performance on next Thursday 18th September. All students need to have returned their permission form to attend the rehearsal during the day on Thursday. If you have not yet signed and returned this form please do so by tomorrow (attached below).

Tickets can be accessed through the link https://www.trybooking.com/DERPX

Only three tickets are available for each family and children under 5 can sit in an adult’s lap.

If any additional tickets become free for purchase, we will share this informaiton with families next week.

Important information about the actual performance night will be sent home next week.

MACSSIS Surveys

Thank you to those families who were randomly selected to participate in the MACSSIS Survey process and have already completed the survey. If you were one of those selected, please complete the survey by Friday 19th September to provide valuable information to us.

5/6 Camp

The 5/6 camp is to be held on Tuesday 14th - Thursday 16th October at Phillip Island.

More information was sent home with students, please return the permisson and medical forms and make payment as soon as possible. The forms are attached for your information.

Extra Curricular Clubs

It’s not too late to register for either Chess Club or Dance Club for Term 4. If you wish to register you child, please use the QR codes in the flyers attached below.

There will be a lunchtime concert by the dance class on Monday 15th September at 2.10pm in the hall if their parents would like to attend.

Assembly

This week the Year 1/2s will be hosting our assembly which will begin at 3:00pm in the hall.

Sports Colours Day - Last Day of Term

To mark the end of term students are welcome to wear their favourite sports team colours next Friday. Sports uniform can be worn on this day. There will be a gold coin donation to raise money for the Cancer Foundation.

End of Term 3

The term ends on Friday 19th September, students finish at 1.00pm on this day.

Term 4 commences on Monday 6th October.