Learning & Teaching
Learning together as one community
Term One Inquiry Curriculum Focus
Our key idea for Term One is Community with a curriculum focus for Prep - Year 2 on Civics and Citizenship / Intercultural Capability, Years 3 & 4 on History and Years 5 & 6 on Civics and Citizenship.
We are looking forward to sharing our learning with you!
Our Parent Curriculum Overviews for Term One will be sent home next week via Dojo.
Beginning of Year Meet & Greets – Monday 17th February
We’re excited to host our beginning of year Meet & Greets! These 10-minute chats will be held via Google Meet.
- Date: Monday 17th February
- Time: Students will finish at 1:00pm. Meetings will begin at 1:30pm.
- Extend Care: Available for families who need this service after 1:00pm.
Booking information will be released early next week. Please keep an eye on our School Dojo for the booking link.
We are looking forward to connecting with you all!
Assessments
Our teaching staff may not be in the classroom in the coming weeks. They will be released to work one-on-one, with our students, assessing their reading capabilities, in the coming weeks. Our students will also complete their PAT Reading and Maths, online, assessment later in Term One.
Our classroom teachers will use this data to plan classroom learning programs that target our students specific point of need, within the areas of English and Mathematics.
Specialist Timetable
Our Specialist Timetable for Term One is below. Some weeks there may be changes due to School events. These changes are communicated via Dojo prior to the next week commencing.
Library
Our Library Timetable for Term One is below.
Our school library is also open on a Monday, Tuesday and Wednesday morning, before school from 8:35 - 8:50 am.
Assembly
Assembly is held every Friday at 2:30pm in our school hall (which is also our church). Some weeks we do not host assembly if we have another school event on, e.g. Mass, Sports Day, etc. All dates for assembly are on the school calendar.
Our next Assembly will be held via Google Meet on Friday 14th February due to School Photos and Year 5 & 6 sport.
Key Dates for Learning & Teaching in Term One
- Prep incursion - Tuesday 11th February
- School Photos - Friday 14th February
- Teacher - Parent Meet & Greets - Monday 17th February (Students will be dismissed at 1pm on this day) Meet & Greets will begin at 1:30 pm - 6:30 pm via Google Meet
- Year 5 incursion - Thursday 20th February
- Year 3 excursion - Friday 21st February
- Year 1 & 2 incursion - Tuesday 25th February
- Year 4 excursion - Thursday 27th Fenraury
- NAPLAN - 12th - 24th March for our Year 3 & 5 students
- STAR Day - Friday 21st March
- Harmony Day - Friday 21st March
- Year 6 Camp - 25th - 28th March
- Camp Rest Day for Year 6 students - Monday 31st March
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Have a wonderful fortnight,
Kayla Flindt-Petersen
Learning & Teaching Leader