Year 5-6 Camp

What a privilege it was to spend three days away with our fantastic year 5-6 students and staff at camp Weekaway. The students were fantastic! Parents you can be very proud of how independent and capable your children are. Despite a bit of rain on our first day and it definitely being colder than Melbourne we all rugged up and had a great time. Children were very cooperative and willing to have a go at challenges. Everyone had a turn at kitchen duty, setting the table and cleaning up and no-one complained!! There was lots of time spent with friends, free time playing basketball, cards and board games.

Many thanks to the staff at camp Weekaway and to our St Catherine’s staff who cared for and ensured the children were safe and happy.

Grandparents Day

This Wednesday 24 July is Grandparents Day at St Catherine’s. All Grandparents/special friends are invited to attend our Whole School Liturgy in the church at 9:00am followed by a visit to classrooms and finishing up with morning tea. We hope you can join us. Parents the school will provide some morning tea for our visitors. If you would like to send along a plate for morning tea, that would be very much appreciated.

Year 6 Graduation

The year 6 Graduation will take place on Wednesday 11 December. We start the evening at 6:00pm with a Liturgy in our church, followed by a dinner with Graduates and immediate family. Extended family is most welcome to attend the Liturgy. Traditionally our parents of year 5 students have volunteered to organise the catering and set up/pack up for the night. We are now asking for parents of year 5 students to form a graduation committee and meet with year 5-6 teachers and myself on Thursday 8 August at 3:30pm in the learning hub to begin the preparations for this event.

School Closure Day

There will be no school for students on Monday 5 August. The staff will be working on Professional Learning and Planning on this day.

National Tree Day

This Friday 26 July many schools will celebrate National Tree Day. As part of our celebration on this day, Mark Dreyfus member for Isaacs will be visiting our school at 9:55am to plant some native shrubs with our students. Mark’s office has kindly donated the plants to our school. Families and friends are welcome to join us in the courtyard for the planting. Let’s hope the sun shines.

Andrew Fuller- Guerrilla Tactics for Parents

St Catherine’s is thrilled to be hosting a great event for Parents. Andrew Fuller well known clinical psychologist, author and consultant to parents and schools will be presenting at our school on Thursday 12 September at 7:00pm.  Many thanks to one of our parents Suzanne (Cooper’s mum in F-DW) for organising this event. Please see the flyers attached to this addition of our newsletter and make sure you book for this event.

2020 Foundation Students

Next week I will be meeting with new families of 2020 foundation students. Current families are invited to also make time to meet with me and their child if they are beginning school next year. This meeting is an opportunity for me to get to know your child and for you to pass on any important information that will ensure your child has a smooth transition to school. Please contact Cate in the office to make a time.

Curriculum Term Outlines

Curriculum Term outlines are available today for parents.  Please see below, or you can find these on the side menu folder on the Parent Engagement Platform.