News from around the school

Laptops For Sale

We have a number of lap tops for Sale - $500, if you are interested in purchasing one please contact the school office.

Specifications listed below -

MacBook Air (13-inch, Early 2015)

Storage 128 GB

Processor 1.6 GHz Intel Core i5

Memory 4GB 1600 MHz DDR3

Graphics Intel HD Graphics 6000 1536 MB

NEW - Cross Country

Our Cross Country has come around again. It will be held this Friday the 5th of April. Students will need to wear a their sports shorts and runners with their house color thsirt. This will be held at the Back Ovals of the Mooroopna Recreation Reserve.

Notre Dame students will be assisting at the Finish Line, on the Course, Marshalling and with Results. This will help ensure the day runs smoothly.

We do endeavour to stick to the following timetable as closely as possible. Boys and Girls will run separately.

New - Easter Bonnett Parade

Dont forget our annual Easter Bonnett Parade this Friday at 9am in the Marian Centre.

All P/1/2 students will participate in an Easter Bonnet Parade on Friday 5th April at 9am in the Marian Centre. All parents, grandparents and friends are welcome to attend.

Students are encouraged to wear a hat or bonnet that is decorated in an Easter theme. This is not a competition and the bonnets can be as simple or as elaborate as you like.

If you are not sure what to do please talk to your child's teacher and they will be able to help you with some simple ideas for the day.

NEW - Anzac Day Parade

Students are invited to join us for the Anzac Day Parade on Thursday 25th April. Students will need to meet Ms Carroll and staff at the Mooroopna water tower by 8.30am, the march will commence at 8.45am, the congregation will march to the Mooroopna War Memorial for the Anzac Day ceremony.  Several students will present a wreath on behalf of St Marys. 

Please ensure students are in full school uniform, not sport.

New - Anzac Day Badges

We have the following badges and wrist bands for sale in the school office.  

Small Badge $1

White Anzac Badge $2

Blue wrist band $3

Notre Dame Open Day

Notre Dame College open day to be held on Friday 3rd May.  Our grade 6 students will attend a tour on this day and have an opportunity to see the facilities and education programs offered. 

If your student is not available to attend on this day, parents can contact the Notre Dame office on 5822 8400 to arrange an alternative tour date. 

Enrolments for Notre Dame will close on Monday 3rd June.

New - St Annes Kialla Open Day 

St Anne's College Kialla will be holding their open day on Friday May 24th. Session times 9.30am, 12.30pm, 4.30pm & 7.30pm.

Please contact the office for further information on 48122993 or view the website www.sackialla.catholic.edu.au

New - Chatter Matters

PHONOLOGICAL AWARENESS

BLENDING/SEGMENTING

Become a robot leader!

Say this rhyme in a robot voice, sound out simple words, and have your child respond: “I am a robot. Can you help me? Can you tell me what I see? I see a /c/ /a/ /p/.”

Encourage your child to repeat the rhyme in “robot talk” and then blend the final word to answer the robot’s question.

To make it a segmenting task, the adult says the word and the child breaks it into sounds like a robot.

PHONOLOGICAL AWARENESS

SOUND MANIPULATION

Sound thief:

The child makes different words by changing or deleting sounds in a word e.g. if you are changing all words to begin with /t/ sound then ‘chair’ would become ‘tair’ and ‘lot’ would become ‘tot.’ For something a bit harder: Try changing the final sound e.g. ‘pack’ would become ‘pat’ and ‘flag’ would become ‘flat’.

Ask your child to steal a sound at the start or end of a word and tell you what’s left.

For example use names; Say James but steal the j sound = ames. Say James but steal the z sound = Jame. Use words from their readers. b/room, broo/m etc.