From the Principal

Dear St Michael’s School families,

Prayer

Loving God,

As we journey through this second week of Lent, 

open our hearts to your gentle guidance. 

Help us to listen more carefully, speak more kindly, and act with compassion in all we do.

Teach us to notice those who need a smile, a helping hand, or a word of encouragement. 

May our choices this week reflect the love Jesus showed to others.

Strengthen our school community so that we grow in kindness, fairness, and forgiveness.

Walk with us each day, and help us become people of hope and light.

We ask this through Christ our Lord.

Amen.

NAPLAN TESTING

NAPLAN tests for Years Three and Five students commence next Wednesday. Different tests occur on different days and range from 40 - 50 minutes in duration. We ask that you please ensure ALL children are on time to school in the coming weeks as later arrivals can also disturb students being tested. Students require their laptop, fully charged and working headphones (not bluetooth). Our technician will be onsite this Friday to check devices and headphones are in working order. 

Please see the schedule for NAPLAN below:

Wednesday 11th March:    Writing Year 3 and 5 - 9.30AM

Thursday 12th March:        Reading Year 3 - 9.30AM

                                                  Reading Year 5 - 11.50AM

Friday 13th March :            Conventions of Language  Year 3 and 5 - 9.30AM

Monday 16th March:         Numeracy Year 3 - 9.30AM

                                                  Numeracy Year 5 - 11.50AM

PREP AND NEW FAMILIES WELCOME DRINKS

We welcome Prep families and new families to St Michael's School this year to join with us in our annual Welcome Drinks. Traditionally this event is to acknowledge and celebrate new families and families with a new Prep child in our community. Please see the details here and note the RSVP is next Friday. I look forward to seeing you there.

SCHOOL PHOTOS WEDNESDAY MARCH 11TH

School photos will take place on Wednesday 11th March. Students are expected to wear full summer school uniform, including black shoes. Students are not required to wear their school jumper in the photo.

CAKE KITS

Thank you to our 80th Anniversary Committee and our Student Wellbeing & Social Justice Leaders who sat together this week to put together 180 cake kits! It was a fabulous production line and all was completed effectively and efficiently!

A special thank you to those on our organising committee who have done an incredible job at putting together the events of 22nd March. We're incredibly grateful to John Whitehouse, Amanda Tran, Therese Molnar and Natalie Cheeseman for their time, dedication and skill!

SCHOOL ENHANCEMENT SESSION - Saturday 14th March 9.00-11.00am

Thank you to parents who have signed up to our upcoming Enhancement Session. We will need many hands for this so if you are able, even for an hour, please sign up through nForma. 

Looking forward to seeing you there.

ASSEMBLY SWAP, TERM 2

We wish to make parents aware of a swap in Assemblies for Term 2.

Friday  1st May - Three/Four R presentation (was originally Five/Six R)

Friday 15th May - Five/Six R presentation (was originally Three/Four R)

Please note this change in your family calendar now.

PARENT / TEACHER SNAPSHOT CONVERSATIONS

We hope that last evening's Snapshot Conversations with your child's class teacher gave you insight into some of the early Literacy and Numeracy data collected by the class teacher. I remind parents that this data presented is simply a "snapshot" and will help identify areas on which the teacher will build to continue your child's learning journey. Please continue to make contact with your child's class teacher with any inquiries you have about their learning throughout the year.

DIVISION SWIMMING - WELL DONE EDWARD & JORDAN

Congratulations to Edward Betros and Jordan Petrowski who competed at the Division Swimming Carnival yesterday. They represented St Michael's School and did so valiantly! Jordan took part in Backstroke and Edward placed fourth in freestyle and fourth in breaststroke, scraping in closely to nearly achieve equal second place. What a nail biter!! 

ADVANCED PSYCHOLOGY BLOG

St Michael's School has partnered with Advanced Psychology with a psychologist working onsite weekly. This link takes you to a blog with podcasts / webinars that deal with a variety of topics which might be of interest to parents and teachers. 

https://www.advancedpsychology.net/blogs

We acknowledge the Wurundjeri people of the Kulin Nation as the Traditional Custodians of the land on which we learn, play, pray, work and gather. 

We pay our respects to Elders past and present, and we honour the ongoing cultural, spiritual and educational contributions of Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander peoples.