Reminders
St Augustine's Day - 28th August
Tomorrow, Saturday 28th August, we celebrate the Feast of St Augustine.
To mark this special day, our community traditionally celebrates with cupcakes! Lots of them!
If you have a chance to make some cupcakes today or over the weekend, share your photos of your goodies by commenting on our original social media post.
Thank you to the members of our College who created the presentation found at the link below for our community. Like St Augustine, may we all be inspired to Tolle Lege - Take Up and Read.
https://drive.google.com/file/d/1JpUfqHmXZYBncbniJje99ezxFEPi1HNf/view?usp=sharing
Supporting Your Child's Wellbeing Workshops
A reminder that our workshops will be held via Zoom at 2.30pm and 7.00pm next Monday, 30th August. Links for the workshops can be found in the Operoo sent to families on 17th August.
2022 Student Leadership Application Date Extended to 1st September
Last week, students currently in Years 3, 7 and 11 received written information about the 2022 Student Leadership opportunities available to them.
We are looking forward to receiving many applications from aspiring leaders to lead our College, Community and Houses. We even have a role for those who want to lead in the area of faith and social justice. We call these leaders our Catholic Social Teaching (CST) Leaders.
Please have a conversation with your child and encourage them to consider applying!
Applications have now been extended until Wednesday 1st September.
Free Webinar
The University of Melbourne are offering the following webinar for families next Monday, 30th August.
Further information and booking details can be found at https://events.unimelb.edu.au/event/11736-tips-to-help-families-cope-during-lockdowns
Family Engagement Survey
A reminder to families to complete our Family Engagement Survey sent via Operoo this week.
Future Enrolment Information
We are currently collating enrolment information as part of our regular school review processes. If you have a child/children due to begin schooling at St Augustine's in future years could you please email nicoleelliott@sakyabram.vic.edu.au with your child's name, date of birth and year which they will start school at St Augustine's.
Supporting your children with maths at home - Resources from the Mathematical Association of Victoria (MAV)
Helping your kids to do maths at home can be a positive experience! Maths is taught to and learned differently by kids these days. It is about understanding the reasoning and using strategies to do maths. Focus on thinking and having a go, not about right or wrong!
To help you support your children with maths at home to increase their interest and engagement in maths, MAV has produced a number of tip sheets and resources for both primary and secondary students on their parent support pages. You can find them at https://www.mav.vic.edu.au/Resources/parents
Recycling Old School Uniform Items
We have already received donations of many uniforms that are no longer required by families. Keep them coming!
With the upcoming changeover to our new school uniform in Term 4, we encourage families to continue donating superseded uniform items to Rotary Donations-In-Kind, rather than sending them to landfill. A collection bin is available at our College Office for items that are clean and in good condition when we return to school. Donated items will then be distributed to communities in developing countries.