Learning & Teaching
Learning together as one community
A reminder to please make sure you sign in at the office before assisting in the classroom or entering school premises. This makes sure our students are kept safe and we also have a record should there be an emergency at the school. We appreciate your cooperation.
Any Parent Classroom Helper must also have completed the Child Safety training (to be completed each year) and also have attended a Classroom Helper workshop.
Please note: this workshop only needs to be completed once during your time at Holy Spirit.
Semester One Reports
Please see the following letter that was emailed home last week for reporting updates.
Our Semester One reports are being emailed home in Week 11. Information about how to access your child's Semester One Report will be provided via Dojo once reports are available on the portal.
Parent - Teacher Interviews
Our Semester Two Parent - Teacher Conferences will be held on Monday 22nd July beginning at 1:30pm. Students will be dismissed at 1:00pm on this day. Extend will be available for families who require it.
ICAS Assessments
We are delighted to inform you that Holy Spirit will be participating in the world-renowned ICAS competitions this year for our Years 3 - 6 students.
What is ICAS?
ICAS is an online academic competition that is designed to assess students’ higher order thinking and problem-solving skills in English, Mathematics, Science, Writing, Spelling Bee and Digital Technologies.
Each assessment celebrates students’ accomplishments by providing opportunities for recognition and development. Every student will receive a printed certificate and an online results report. Top performers will be eligible for medals.
We encourage you to consider entering your child into ICAS this year. Learn more about ICAS here: https://www.icasassessments.com/products-icas
Holy Spirit has signed up for both the English and Mathematics ICAS Assessments in 2023. These tests will be completed at school, during school hours, and are not compulsory to complete. You may enter your child in one or both of the English and Mathematics ICAS Assessments. Students must be in Years 3 - 6 to have the opportunity to sit these assessments.
Testing Date period
English: Monday 12th - Friday 16th August
Mathematics: Monday 26th August - Friday 30th August
Actual dates of the assessments are TBC.
Our school has signed up for the ICAS Assessments Parent Payment System (PPS) for (English & Mathematics). Through this system parents can pay for ICAS directly online while tests will still be held at our school.
Please use the following details to register your child/children by no later than Monday 29th July. Each test will cost $19.95 (inc. GST) per child per test. Payment is required at the time of registration.
Please note that unfortunately late payments for assessments are not available. The school cannot extend this time or sign students up later as the enrolment process is completed through the ICAS Parent Payment System website.
To sign up
Our parent page link is: https://shop.icasassessments.com/pages/pps
Our school access code is: ARU821
Click on ‘Enter’
Follow the steps to register your child/children in one or both of the English & Mathematics assessments. Finalise enrolment, payment and save. The information of enrolment will then be sent to the school. Please ensure that your child’s information is accurate and current as this is what you will see on the final certificate and report documentation.
A permission slip will be sent home to all families that enrol their child/children into an English and/or Mathematics ICAS Assessment closer to the assessment date.
We are proud to offer the ICAS Assessments, and look forward to celebrating some fantastic results later in the year.
Please do not hesitate to contact myself via Dojo or email if you have any questions.
Key Dates for Learning & Teaching
- Weeks 10 & 11 - We welcome Year 10 Work Experience students
- Week 11 - Swimming week
- Weel 11 - Semester One Reports sent home
Assembly
Assembly will be held each Friday at 2:30pm in the school hall. All dates for Assembly this term are on the Holy Spirit School Calendar.
No Assembly will take place in Week 11 due to our whole school swimming program.
Library
Our students will visit the library each week and borrow. Students need to bring their library bag to school on their library day to borrow. The timetable for this term is below:
The library will be open each Monday, Tuesday and Wednesday morning from 8:35 - 8:50am.
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Have the best fortnight,
Kayla Flindt-Petersen
Learning & Teaching Leader