Dear Parents,

At the end of this term parents will receive online access to their child’s Semester One Report. Under the Victorian Department of Education guidelines, schools are required to report on a number of curriculum areas twice a year, which is the reason why we provide a Semester One and Semester Two report. In preparation for this report, classroom and specialist teachers spend a considerable amount of time assessing the students on the content delivered. The teachers use a variety of assessment data and anecdotal evidence to identify a child’s progress in relation to the Victorian Curriculum. As a Catholic School we also implement and report on the Religious Education Curriculum.

There are times when a child may have been absent from school for an extended period of time, for personal or health reasons, in which case the teacher cannot report against some of the standards. For example, if a child was to miss a particular unit of study in Mathematics. If this is the case, this will be noted within the report.

As part of the reporting process, teachers also spend time moderating work samples across classes and levels to accurately assess student achievement. This is a rigorous process that occurs throughout the term. This provides a more consistent approach to reporting and enables staff to engage in professional learning conversations regarding student growth and achievement.

As part of the reporting process we also invite parents to attend a Parent Teacher Interview following receipt of the school report. At Holy Trinity we encourage students to also attend this meeting to support a learning conversation that involves affirmation for student progress and `next steps’ for learning. The Parent Teacher Interviews usually occur at the end of Term Two. However, due to the shorter length of this term (less than 9 weeks), these interviews will take place in the first week of Term Three as follows:

Tuesday 11th July - 4pm - 6pm

Thursday 13th July - 1.30pm - 7.30pm

(students finish school at 1pm on this day)

We will continue to offer both onsite and online meetings to meet the needs of all families. We will allow 15 minutes for these meetings. To facilitate the 1.30pm start for interviews on Thursday 13th July, school will conclude at 1pm on this day. The school will supervise students who require supervision until 3.30pm.

Holy Trinity Feast Day - Wednesday 31st May

As a school community we will celebrate our Feast Day with a whole school mass in the Community Hall at 2.30pm. Parents are most welcome to attend.

Emergency Drill

Today we conducted an emergency drill, requiring all students and staff to evacuate the school buildings and assemble outside. We informed the students of the type of drill prior to the event to reassure them that the event was a practice drill only. We aim to conduct a drill each term as a required compliance measure. In the very unlikely event of a required evacuation or lockdown, our staff and students are required to know exactly what to do for the safety and wellbeing of all.

We were extremely impressed with the manner in which the students followed the directions of staff and evacuated in a timely and orderly manner - even our Preps!

Sacrament of First Eucharist

Please keep our Year 4 students in your prayers as many of them will soon be receiving the Sacrament of First Eucharist, also referred to as First Holy Communion. These celebrations will take place across four weekends during the month of June during our Parish Mass times at St Jude the Apostle, Scoresby.

School Closure Day - Friday 9th June

Just a reminder that we have a school closure day on Friday 9th June. Teaching and non-teaching staff will be onsite participating in professional learning. Supervision of students on this day is limited to booking through our out of hours school care provider, TheirCare.

End of School Term - 1 pm finish

As communicated in detail last week, we have decided to finish each school term at 1pm, as we did last term. This provides an opportunity for time in lieu for our teaching staff in line with the new enterprise bargaining agreement.

Once again, we understand that a 1pm finish does impact some working families, so we are committed to providing supervision of students until 3.30pm on the last day of term where required.

We will conclude the term with an assembly at 12.30pm to announce the TORCH Bearer of the Term Awards at 12.30pm. Parents are most welcome to attend.

School Blog

Our students are responsible for a lot of the School Blog content, so please take some time to appreciate their posts. It is also a great way to find out about school events such as Camp, Production, Sports Events, the Arts …. And much more!

http://blog.htws.catholic.edu.au/

Warm Regards,

Adrian Scutt

Principal

Time to eXcel

Prep 'P' Day