Learning & Teaching
Learning and Teaching encompasses the following areas: Student Outcomes, Curriculum, Assessment, Reporting, Principles and Pedagogy.
Learning and Teaching - Vira Pirrotta
As the school year moves along, we are excited to be able to welcome parents into our learning spaces.
Parents' involvement in their children's education is crucial for their academic success and well-being. Overall, parental involvement in school is essential for creating a positive and supportive learning environment for children. It can lead to better academic performance, improved attendance, increased motivation and stronger relationships.
As a parent helper, you support your child's education, build relationships with teachers and other parents, and make a positive impact on the school community. It's a great way to meet new people, feel accomplished, and be a part of something bigger. The personal benefits are rewarding.
Parent helpers are a vital part of our school community. They assist with various tasks, such as classroom assistance, school events like sports days and fundraisers, and support for students, teachers, and staff. This support helps to create a positive and engaging environment for our students and enhances their learning experience.
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We understand that your time is valuable, and we appreciate any amount of help you can give. Whether you can commit to an hour a week or a few hours a month, every bit of help counts. Your contribution, no matter how small, is greatly appreciated and encourages us all.
Parents who have completed the parent induction program can begin working in the learning spaces as of Monday, April 29th. Your child’s teacher will contact you with their timetable.
Please ensure you have a current Working with Children Check and have completed a Code of Conduct form at our school office. These are important safety measures that we have in place to ensure the well-being of all our students. We appreciate your understanding and cooperation in this matter.
If you would like to volunteer your help this year, please come along to our first parent induction session on Wednesday, May 1st, 2024, at 9 a.m. If you cannot attend, there will be more sessions available later in the term. Please be aware that if you have not attended a session before, you are unable to start volunteering until you have completed it.
If you have any further questions or concerns, please do not hesitate to contact me at vpirrotta@sfmoreland.catholic.edu.au.
LITERACY NEWS - Bernadette Parnis
Hi Everyone,
Term 2 has commenced and so do the usual routines. Students will continue to bring home a reader as directed by their teacher to match their reading skills. Texts that are slightly easier to read are sent home to ensure our students achieve success as they rehearse skills and strategies taught at school.
What skills are being taught?
For our students to read effectively this involves understanding the meaning of what is written and interpreting it. To be able to do this, they must be able to: decode what they read, make connections between what they read and what they already know, and think about what they have read. This includes being able to solve unfamiliar words by breaking words into meaningful chunks, predicting what might happen in the text, and activating prior knowledge on the topic, making connections to self, other texts and events beyond their circle to understand what is read. All this requires the ability to read fluently, monitor and make self corrections.
A brief snapshot of what will be covered in Literacy this term.
Our Foundation students continue to work on learning dominant sounds of letters so that they can build their writing skills. They will read a variety of books to build their reading skills and strategies.
Year 1 and 2 students will read and identify the structure and language features of narrative texts as well as write their own narrative texts.
Year 3 and 4 students will be reading a range of narrative texts such as books with an ANZAC theme and ‘My Place’, which depicts the history of one particular piece of land in Sydney from 1788 to 1988. They will write biographies and historical narratives.
Year 5 and 6 students will read and analyse informative texts and build their note taking skills prior to writing their own informative texts. They also continue to read ‘Boy Overboard’ by Morris Gleitzman.
Who is Morris Gleitzman?
Morris Gleitzman is a bestselling Australian children’s author and was the Australian Children's Laureate for 2018 and 2019. His books explore serious and sometimes confronting subjects in humourous and unexpected ways. His titles include Two Weeks With The Queen, Grace, Doubting Thomas, Bumface, Give Peas A Chance, Extra Time, Loyal Creatures, Tweet and the series Once, Then, After, Soon, Maybe, Now and Always. Morris lives in Sydney and Brisbane, and his books are published in more than twenty countries. Source https://www.morrisgleitzman.com/
Bernadette Parnis
Literacy Leader
Scholastic Book Club
- Issue 3 Book club orders are due back this Wednesday April 24.
- Everyone who orders earns a $5 promotional credit to spend on Issue 4!
- If parents still have an existing $5 credit, they can spend it on this issue as well before it expires.
FAMILY ENGAGEMENT - Leanne Wenckowski
Storytime is back at St Fidelis for 2024
Beginning TODAY Monday 22nd April 2:30-3:20pm
Each Monday afternoon during the school term, you are invited to Storytime. Come and listen to a story, enjoy completing a craft activity and have a play with some friends. Toddlers and pre-schoolers welcome.
Please enter via the Saunders Street gate. Parents/carers are required to stay for the Storytime session. For further details please contact me via my email
lwenckowski@sfmoreland.catholic.edu.au
RSVP: Please email me if you are attending so I can prepare resources etc.
Leanne Wenckowski
Family Engagement Leader
NUMERACY NEWS - Colleen Monaghan
As we prepare to celebrate ANZAC Day, I thought it might be good to share the recipe I love using for making ANZAC Cookies.
Cooking involves so much maths. From measuring the ingredients, to counting the number of cookies on each tray, adding each tray or multiplying the number in each row.
Not to mention how many each person in the family might eat? Sharing the cookies equally.
Ingredients
1 cup plain flour (all purpose flour)
1 cup rolled oats
1 cup desiccated coconut, unsweetened
3/4 cup white sugar, preferably caster/superfine
150g unsalted butter
4 tbsp golden syrup (Note 1)
1 tsp baking soda (bicarbonate soda)
Instructions
- Preheat oven to 180°C (160°C fan forced)
- Line 2 baking trays with baking paper.
- Mix flour, oats, coconut and sugar in a bowl.
- Place butter and golden syrup in a saucepan over medium high heat and stir until butter has melted.
- Add baking soda and stir to combine - it will fizz up, this is normal. Immediately remove from heat.
- Pour butter mixture into flour and mix until just combined.
- Roll level 1 tablespoon mixture into balls, flatten into patties. Place balls, 2.5cm apart, on prepared trays.
- Bake for 15 minutes, swapping trays halfway during cooking, or until deep golden. (Bake 12 min for chewy biscuits!)
- Stand on trays for 5 minutes. Transfer to a wire rack to cool - they harden as they cool!
Have fun cooking these and I hope you enjoy them as much as I do.
Maths Leader
SPORT NEWS - Michael Jennings
SSV COBURG DISTRICT
Winter Sport Fixture 2024
TERM 2
May 3 MORELAND V ST FIDELIS (AWAY)
Netball at Moreland PS, Moreland Rd, Coburg
Soccer at Campbell Reserve, 11-49 Moreland Rd, Coburg
Football at Allard Park, 174 Donald St, Brunswick
May 10 ST FIDELIS V NEWLANDS (HOME) Netball at St Fidelis PS Benny Courts
Football & soccer at Shore Reserve, Reynard Street, Pascoe Vale Sth. .
May 17 ST OLIVERS V ST FIDELIS (AWAY)
Netball at St Olivers PS. Landells Rd. Pascoe Vale
Football at Raeburn reserve, Landells Rd, Pascoe Vale
Soccer at Richards Reserve, 30-34 Charles St, Coburg
May 24 ST FIDELIS (BYE)
May 31 ST FIDELIS V ST PAULS (HOME)
Netball at St Fidelis PS Benny Courts
Football & soccer at Shore Reserve, Reynard Street, Pascoe Vale Sth.
June 7 ST FIDELIS V AIA (HOME)
Netball at St Fidelis PS Benny Courts
Football & soccer at Shore Reserve, Reynard Street, Pascoe Vale Sth.
June 14 ST BERNARDS V ST FIDELIS (AWAY)
Netball at St Bernard’s PS, 36 Patterson St, Coburg
Soccer & Football at McDonald reserve, Bell St, Coburg
CHARTERED BUSES ARE USED TO TRANSPORT PLAYERS TO AND FROM
AWAY VENUES UNLESS VENUE IS WALKING DISTANCE.
BUSES DEPART ST FIDELIS P.S. AT 11.00AM SHARP (AIA AT 9.00AM)
GAMES COMMENCE: 11.30AM
GAMES COMPLETED: 1.00PM
GAMES AGAINST AIA COMMENCE: 9.30AM
GAMES AGAINST AIA CONCLUDE: 11.00AM
SSV COBURG DISTRICT CROSS COUNTRY CHAMPIONSHIPS 2024
The Annual SSV Coburg District Cross Country Championships is to be held at Jackson
Reserve, Coburg (Coburg Athletics Track) on Wednesday 15 May 2024, commencing at
9.45a.m.and concluding by 12.15pm (Back-up day: Wednesday 22 May 2024).
STEM NEWS - Joe Frazzetto
During the school holidays, I met Brickman. Brickman is a judge on LEGO Masters Australia and is a certified LEGO Builder. His actual name is Ryan McNaught. I met Brickman by going to my dad's work, which is Kmart. The reason he came to Kmart is because Kmart sponsors LEGO Masters.
When I met Brickman, we talked about what sets I have and what I like to build. He even signed my LEGO book and I got to take a photo with him. I also got to see the LEGO Masters cup which was pretty cool. It was one of the best days ever!
Thomas Circero
