Principal's Page
Jo Flynn
Dear Parents and Carers,
Harmony Week will take place from 18th March 2024 to 24th March 2024. 21st March is the International Day for the Elimination of Racial Discrimination. Harmony Week is always celebrated in the week that surrounds the 21st of March and is focused on Australian multiculturalism. The theme of Harmony Week is Everyone Belongs.
As per the COMPASS notification, we ask all the students to come to school tomorrow wearing something orange.
Let us Pray:
Dear Lord
Send us courage, we pray, O Lord,
that we may follow your ways closely.
May our decisions be thoughtful and our actions kind
that we might live in loving harmony with others.
We ask these prayers in Jesus’ name, Amen.
Congratulations
Congratulations to our sport stars - please see sport page for details
Parent and Community Engagement News
Thank you for the support shown for the first PACE initiative with the donations for the Easter raffle. Thank you to the Year 2 champions and their team for putting this together.
Further initiatives have been mapped out for the rest of the year. Please see the table below.
| Vision | Promote the collaboration and co-operation of the Catherine McAuley community to support the interests of the school. | |
| Objectives | Develop rewarding and great friendships between members who advocate and promote the interests of the School. | |
| To approach all issues with a positive attitude. | ||
| To respect the wishes and beliefs of all parents and support teachers by volunteering time to School causes. | ||
| To cooperate with the school administration and effectively use P&C resources to benefit the children of McAuley. |
| Activity | Year Group | Date | Description | Link to Purpose | Fundraiser? | Fundraising Type | Target Revenue (All amounts TBC) | Budget | |
| Easter | 2 | 27 March and then 3 Apr | Easter Raffle and Hat Parade | - Stalls- BBQ- Coffee van | Fundraise to acquire resources for school | Yes | Minor | $500 | Revenue to exceed spend |
| Mother's Day | K | Wed 8th May | Mothers Gift Stall in Hall 9-1, Lunch followed by Liturgy | - Stalls- BBQ- Coffee van | Fundraise to acquire resources for school | Yes | Minor | $500 | Revenue to exceed spend |
| Father's Day | 1 | Wed 4 Sep | Before school Breakfast Fathers Gift Stall in Hall, Meat Raffle Liturgy - Raffle drawn | Meat Raffle- BBQ- Coffee van | Fundraise to acquire resources for school | Yes | Minor | $500 | Revenue to exceed spend |
| Grandfriends Day | 5 | Wed 23 Oct | Morning Tea/ lunch followed by liturgy | High Tea/ Morning Tea- Coffee Van Cake Stall Liturgy | Fundraise to acquire resources for school | Yes | Minor | $500 | Revenue to exceed spend |
| Trivia Night | 6 | Jul/ Aug | Trivia | Raffles- Auctions- Donations of services/ products | - Fundraise to acquire resources for school- Communicate with parents- Build relationships | Yes | Major | $5,000 | TBC |
| Disco | 3 | TBC Nov | Disco | Disco- sausage sizzle | Fundraise to acquire resources for school- Communicate with parents- Build relationships | Yes | Major | $2,000 | TBC |
| Christmas Concert | 4 | TBC Dec | Concert and End of Year Celebration | - sausage sizzle- sweets/ lottiescraft store- venue/ location/ date TBC- Santa | Communicate with parents- Build relationships | No | Major | N/A | TBC |
Thank you to the parents who attended the Mathematics session last night. I am sure you found it very informative. I know I did. I would like to thank Mr Scott Hudson for preparing this session to demonstrate to parents how we approach the teaching and assessment of Mathematics at Catherine McAuley.
Managing Communication Expectations
The transition to Primary School is often very difficult to manage for parents particularly around communications. Pre-schools and schools are very different in the ways they are able to communicate with parents and the community. Preschool staffing ratios are much higher than schools and there are much fewer students, so they have staff who are able to send many updates during the day of preschoolers doing all the things that preschoolers do. Primary schools are not able to sustain this volume of communication. Our main means of communication with the community is through this newsletter, through compass notifications and reminders, through our Facebook page, and now through our parent committee. The newsletter has a student focus every second week, on odd weeks, giving parents a snapshot of the learning the classes are engaged in. Even week newsletters, such as this one, provide parents with information around important issues and events, as well as upcoming events. If you need further information from your child's teacher, you are able to ring the office and request a meeting with your child's teacher. On occasion the class teacher may contact you to arrange a 1-1 meeting to discuss an issue pertaining to your child's progress and/or other issues. At the end of semester one, you will receive a report on your child's progress and will be ask to book a time for a parent/student/teacher interview. These interviews are held across two afternoon/evenings in Kenna Hall.
Attendance
Please watch this short video about school attendance.
Have a safe and happy fortnight
God Bless,
Jo Flynn
