Parent & Student Matters
What's happening in the College?
- From the Learning Support and Enrichment Department
- Peer Support Training 2021
- Science Club for 2021 Recommences Thursday 11 February at 1.00 pm
- From the Senior Library
- Sydney Metro Bankstown Line Upgrade
From the Learning Support & Enrichment Department
Welcome Mrs Petah Jamieson
It is with great pleasure that we warmly welcome Petah as she joins the Learning Support and Enrichment Team. She is a secondary school teacher in Geography, Commerce, Legal Studies and Business Studies. Petah has completed a Masters in Inclusive and Special Education and her skill and insights in the field will provide a great strength to St Pius X’s whole school approach to differentiated teaching and learning.
Petah will teach Year 7 and Year 8 Geography as well as support all students in Years 7 and 8 who have diverse learning needs.
Contacts
Referrals to the Learning Support and Enrichment Department (LSE) may be made directly to Annabel Gunns by parents or teachers. The email address is agunns@stpiusx.nsw.edu.au . This may be done at any time throughout the year.
The LSE contacts are:
Year 5 and Year 6 Bridie Barrett* bbarrett@stpiusx.nsw.edu.au
Year 7 and Year 8 Petah Jamieson pjamieson@stpiusx.nsw.edu.au
Year 9 and Year 10 James Olson* jolson@stpiusx.nsw.edu.au
Year 11 and Year 12 Annabel Gunns agunns@stpiusx.nsw.edu.au
Years 5 -12 Meredith Leedham (Teacher’s Aide)
*part-time.
NESA Applications for Disability Provisions HSC 2021
Year 12 students will receive NESA Disability Provisions application forms by Friday 5 February. The final submission date is Thursday 1 April. Third party professional documentation is required to support both a medical application or a learning disability application.
Disability Provisions applications can be made when unforeseen circumstances arise; however, they are different from Illness and Misadventure applications which relate to a specific task on a specific day.
Congratulations Year 12 2020
It is uncommon for students with a disability to be publicly recognised for their HSC achievements. However, recognition of the broad range of the term ‘disability’ in the context of Education Standards, is a reminder that students of any ability can prepare for and attain outstanding results in the HSC despite the complications of navigating barriers to learning.
Attention Deficit Hyperactivity Disorder (ADHD)
Myths and Facts ADHD Australia 2020
After School Study Year 5-11
Commencing on Tuesday 2 February all Year 5 - 11 students are invited to After School Study from 3:30 pm – 4:30 pm in the classroom above Student Reception.
During Term 1 this opportunity is available on a Tuesday, Wednesday and Thursday and concludes on Thursday 25 March.
Students must sign in on arrival and have sufficient work or reading material for an hour. Students are not permitted mobile phones or food in the study space.
Individual guidance with tasks is provided by Mrs Gunns.
Mrs Annabel Gunns - Learning Support and Enrichment Coordinator
Peer Support Training 2021
The second Peer Support Leadership training session will take place as advised on Friday Week 1 from 1:30 pm – 4:30 pm.
This is a compulsory training session for any Year 11 student wishing to be a Peer Support Leader in 2021.
It is expected that students will have attended the first training session last year and completed the Student Contract.
Please contact Ms Dempsey / Ms Bamber via email if required. jdempsey@stpiusx.nsw.edu.au
Ms Janelle Dempsey & Ms Veronica Bamber
Senior Studies Coordinators Year 11 & 12
Science Club
Science Club will be starting again for 2021 on Thursday February 11. It is held each Thursday in Week 1 at 1.00 pm in S2. It is open to all students in Years 7 to 12. Come along and see what great fun Science can be!
Mrs Jo Schuster, Science Coordinator
From the Senior Library
Welcome!
The library is eager to help students settle into the new academic year. It is a bright and welcoming resource, rich space open from 7.15 am till 3.30 pm.
We offer a range of services, including:
- Quiet spaces for individual study and reading
- Meeting spaces for group work
- Green walls for filming
- A vibrant print and digital collection supporting recreational interests and curriculum studies
- Printing, photocopying and scanning
- Dedicated library staff who can help students with their research, reading or printing enquiries
The library’s teaching programs support curriculum and classroom studies to develop students’ skills in research and reading. Students are encouraged to read more with:
- Fortnightly library lessons dedicated to reading for Years 7 to 10
- Reading challenges; the Premier’s Reading Challenge for Years 7-9 and the Edmund Rice Reading Challenge for Year 10.
- A reading ecology that includes a wide range of literature.
- Eye catching displays, new book promotions and author visits.
A big welcome to all new students and their families. If you have any questions, don’t hesitate to contact me: kkeighery@stpiusx.nsw.edu.au.
Mrs Karen Keighery - Teacher Librarian
Sydney Metro Bankstown Line Upgrade
The Bankstown Line Metro upgrade includes the conversion of the railway line and the upgrade of stations between Sydenham and Bankstown to modern Sydney Metro standards.
Please see the attached document for further information.