Term 2, Week 10 - 20th June, 2024
From the Principal
Dear parents and carers,
It's Week 10 and our last newsletter for semester 1.
There is so much to be proud of this semester. Below I have shared some of our many achievements in relation to our 2024 Annual Action Plan in a 'mid-year' check in.
Annual Action Plan Mid-Year Check In
- Engaged Students & Personalised Learning
- Our teaching team have implemented various expected and effective elements of the Toowoomba Catholic Schools' Diocesan Approach to Reading (DAR). Because of this, we have seen significant improvement in student engagement, and our student achievement results are reflective of a high- quality Literacy approach.
- As a school we have now embedded Version 9 English, and we're implementing Version 9 Maths & Technologies.
- We continued supporting our students and their needs through fortnightly Student Support Committee meetings. Thank you to Maree Twidale and our teachers for their ongoing work in this area to ensure learning is personalised for all our students.
- Being distinctively Catholic
- At the beginning of the year, we worked with St Patrick's Allora on the topics of Service Learning & Catholic Social Teachings. We endeavour to continue this partnership with St Patrick's Allora.
- We outreached to community, including a visit to Owen Brook Aged Care, followed by a reflection on the impact of our visit.
- We started exploring the 'Making Jesus Real' language.
- We continued working with Lee Ann Weekes from TCSO to ensure our religion curriculum is delivered in a contemporary, authentic and rigorous way.
- Both staff and students have engaged in a variety of prayer experiences, including whole school Mass, Liturgy, classroom and staff prayer.
- Valuing our people
- We ran various parent information sessions on our new approach to reading at St Maria Goretti.
- We worked alongside our Parent Engagement Network to run a successful disco for the students.
- We hosted a 'Meet the Teacher' afternoon.
- We have engaged in weekly Professional Learning Communities (PLC) to ensure teaching staff are supported to develop and maintain the effective and expected practices at St Maria Goretti.
I'm looking forward to semester 2 where we can continue working towards our 2024 priorities and goals and build on our current successes.
Small Schools' Athletics Carnival
Congratulations and thank you to everyone for a fantastic Athletics Carnival last Friday. I was extremely impressed with the level of sportsmanship, persistence and friendship on display by all students. Thank you again to all of our staff for the assistance throughout the day and to Yelarbon State School for hosting a successful day.
A special thanks goes to Mrs Olivia Osborne for her work in preparing the students through our PE program and in helping to organise the carnival with Yelarbon State School. We will let you know as soon as possible if your child is progressing to the Macintyre Zone trials, which will be held at the end of July in Inglewood.
MacKillop Way Awards
Congratulations to our Term 2 MacKillop Way award recipients - Ellie, Poppy and Pippa! Their written nominations are below. Well done and keep shining your lights!
"We must teach more by example than by word."
Mary MacKillop
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School reports cards will be issued tomorrow and will be available via the Sentral Parent Portal app. Printed copies are available on request.
See you in Term 3!
Yours in education,
Casey Robinson
Principal
Life in the Library
Over the last few weeks, all classes have been working on the skills to locate information for their learning tasks. We have used library books, atlases, globes, Britannica school online and selected websites. Along the way, Prep and Year 1 have been learning the difference between fiction (story) and non-fiction (facts) books.
Using Information Sources
We all enjoy sharing what we have read and what we have chosen to read!
Sharing our Love of Books
Thank you for supporting the weekly borrowing sessions this term. Please continue this great work by reading with your children and caring for the books at home.
Families can access online reading and information sources anytime here;
St Maria Goretti School - Inglewood (accessit.online)
Happy Winter Break Everyone!
Anne Anderson
Teacher Librarian
Students of the Week - Week 9
Students of the Week - Week 10
Sight Word Certificates
Singing Spirit Award
Sportsmanship Award
Happy birthday!
Parent Engagement Network (PEN)
Parent Engagement Network
Congratulations to our 2024 Parent Engagement Network Executive -
| Chairperson | Melissa Callaghan |
| Secretary | Gabe Groves |
| Fundraising Coordinator | Michelle Walker |
Our next PEN meeting will be on:
Wednesday the 24th of July in the
school library at 3:30pm
Please contact Casey, Melissa, Gabe or Mandy to add an item to the agenda.
All parents are very welcome to attend the PEN meeting as a rewarding way to get involved with the school community and keep up to date with school events, policies and projects.
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Strategic Plan 2023-2026
Notices
We are currently looking for relief teachers to fill vital roles at our wonderful school. Relief teaching offers you the flexibility to take on work to match your lifestyle and the opportunity to continue to make a difference in the lives of our students and staff.
Please apply here: https://bit.ly/3HlXcIX or contact our office directly.
