Term 3, Week 7 - 25th August, 2022

From the Principal

Dear families,

Welcome to Week 7!

We welcome Mr Jim Midgley (Director Education Services), Mr Marty Savage (Senior Education Leader) and Mrs Pollyanna Goodman (Principal of Sacred Heart Primary School Cunnamulla) to our school next week for our School Renewal and Improvement Process (SRIP). During the week, the panel will be speaking with staff, parents and students and asking the following questions - "What is the school doing well?" and "What can the school do better?". 

Thank you to the parents who have agreed to take part in this valuable process. We really appreciate your feedback to help our school continue on its improvement journey into the future. 

Year 5/6 HaSS

Yesterday our Year 5 & 6 students were outside the Medical Centre selling goodies to raise money for the RSPCA.

In their HaSS lessons, they worked in teams to create a video advertisement, budgeted and purchased ingredients to bake their food and sold the items in a stall up the street. Students are currently counting the earnings from the event. Thank you to our parents and other community members for supporting this initiative!

Parent Info Session - 5th September

Mrs Robinson and Mr Zahner are running a Home Reading info session for the P-2 parents. In this session, we will take you through the new Decodable Readers home reading system and answer any questions you may have. We hope to see as many parents there as possible to help support you support your child's learning at home.

Congratulations, Mrs Robinson!

On Tuesday night, I attended the Australian Council for Educational Leaders QLD Branch Awards Evening where I accepted the Emerging Educational Leadership Award. It was truly a very humbling evening.

Proud of you, Connor!

We are very proud of Year 4 student Connor McPherson who travelled to Toowoomba yesterday as part of the Macintyre Zone team. Connor participated in High Jump. Although Connor didn't progress further, we know that he tried his very best and want to congratulate him on his first experience at regional sport. We can't wait to watch you continue to kick goals well into the future! 

Whole School Updates

COVID update - We currently have no staff members or students in COVID isolation. 

PUPIL FREE DAY - Next Friday (2nd of September) is a Pupil Free Day. Brady and I will be travelling to St Joseph's school in Tara to take part in assessment moderation. Zalae, Imogen, and Naomi will be participating in online professional development relevant to their role of School Officer. The school office will be open.

Have a wonderful weekend.

Yours in education,

Casey Robinson

Principal

“Be of good heart and let no false fear of God disturb the loving trust and confidence you should have in God's mercy and love.” (Mary MacKillop, 1876).

Life and Learning in the Library

Today we shared the winning books from the Children's Book Council of Australia. See the list here; https://cbca.org.au/winners-2022 and listen to Jetty Jumping, Iceberg, The Boy Who Tried to Shrink his Name and Stellarphant on Storybox Library here; https://storyboxlibrary.com.au/ with Login: mariagoretti, password ; stories

Our celebration of Book Week will conclude in Week 10 with the dress-up parade on Thursday 15 th Sept after assembly.

Our Annual Book Fair Opens on

Thursday 8th September

We hold this book fair to give families the chance to buy books for home and in turn earn commission to provide new books for our student collection. We look forward to your support.

The Fair will be open for browsing and purchases as follows;

Thursday 8th Sept. 8.00 am -3.30 pm

Friday 9th Sept. 8.00 am - 9.00 am

Monday 12th Sept. 8.00 am - 9.00 am

Tuesday 13th Sept. 8.00 am - 9.00 am

Anne Anderson

Teacher Librarian

SMG Colour Run - Sunday 18th September

Get your nominations in for our 2022 Colour Run. This year we have the option of purchasing a white SMG Colour Run shirt as part of your nomination.

Parent Partnership Forum

Notices

Our Lady of the Southern Cross Parish - Mass Times

Sunday 28th August - 9am Mass

Sunday 4th September - 9am Lay Lead Liturgy

Sunday 10th September - 9am Lay Lead Liturgy