School Hours

8.30am - Gates Open

8.40am - First Bell

8.50am - Second Bell

8.50am - 10.50am - Learning Block One

11.00am - Lunch Break

11.40am - Learning Block Two

1.40am - Recess Break

2.10pm - Learning Block Three

3.15pm - Dismissal

3.30pm - Gates Closed and staff stop supervision duty

SCHOOL MASTER TIMETABLE

A copy of the School Timetable is included below so that you know what is happening each day. This may assist you when booking medical appointments that you child may have to arrive late, depart early or be absent for an entire day.

2024 Curriculum Topics

Below is the Curriculum Cycle for this year. This will provide you with a broad overview of what the students will be learning across the year.

2024: Cycle A (Even Year)

Term 1: Integrated Belonging

Term 2: Geography: People & Places

Term 3: History: Past & Present

Term 4: Biological Sciences

Prep

Understanding belonging

Term 1 - Understanding Belonging

Places & Important places

Term 2 - Geography (People & Places)

Then & Now

Term 3 - History (Past & Present)

Living Things

Term 4 - Biological Sciences

1/2

Belonging to a family

Term 1 - Belonging to a Family

Weather & Seasons

Term 2 - Geography (People & Places)

Changing Technology

Term 3 - History (Past & Present)

External features of living things

Term 4 - Biological Science

3/4

Belonging with others

Term 1 - Belonging with Others

Climate of Places

Term 2 - Geography (People & Places)

First Contacts

Term 3 - History (Past & Present)

Classification of living things

Term 4 - Biological Science

5/6

Belonging to New Places

Term 1 - Belonging to New Places

Natural Disasters

Term 2 - Geography (People & Places)

Game Changers

Term 3 - History (Past & Present)

Adapting to survive

Term 4 - Biological Science

SPORT UNIFORM

Students are to wear their Sport Uniform twice a week. On Tuesday or Wednesday when they have their Physical Education Class and on Friday. They also wear their House Colour T-shirt on Fridays. The House Colour T-Shirt must be a plain colour with no other prints or designs such as animals, dinosaurs, cars or cartoon characters. Basketball singlets, soccer or footy tops are not acceptable.

SCHOOL ABSENCES

If you know that your child will be absent or has an appointment, please email your child's class teacher, as well as the office email: office@sayarraville.catholic.edu.au

SCHOOL UNIFORM SHOP

The Uniform shop is open Fridays 8:30 am - 9:00 am. All items are $5.00.

LUNCH ORDERS - Wednesday & Friday

Wednesday: Classroom Cuisine

Friday: Beaver's Tail

Traffic Conditions

There are parking restriction changes in Pentland Parade, near the school with the opening of the new Birmingham park and new infrastructure in place.

The kerb outstand and the speed hump have reduced the width of the road to allow for a parked car and through traffic. To address safety along this section and provide safe crossing for bikes across the speed hump to connect the bike lane on Pentland parade and onto the new bike path within the Birmingham park, council will install ‘No Stopping’ signs as shown in red below.

Please read the attached two articles from the Maribyrnong Council about Parking Responsibilities and the Active Paths Program.

Biggest Morning Tea 2024

The BIGGEST MORNING TEA is an annual school event that we have been participating in now for well over 10 years. We all know or have someone close to us who has been/is suffering with Cancer. Our school has always been a generous supporter of the BMT and I am sure this year will be no exception.

This year our Biggest Morning Tea will be held on Thursday 9th May.

All families are warmly invited to attend and enjoy a cuppa and a biscuit for a gold coin donation. The students will be given a cup of milk and 2 Teddy Bear Biscuits. Each student is encouraged to bring along their own cup please.

Please meet us in the school hall at 10:30 am and help us raise as much money as possible for this very worthy cause.

To add an element of fun to this special day, the students are kindly asked to dress up as something starting with the Letter Tea (T). We would love to see lots of imagination, colour and creativity.

We ask that each student brings a gold coin donation on the day.

If you would like to make an online donation, please do so using the following link

https://www.biggestmorningtea.com.au/fundraisers/Yarraville

Our goal this year is to raise $400..... lets do it!!!

Regards,

Michele Witchell and Barb Ady

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