School Disco

A very big thank you to our parents and friends,especially Julia Runci who coordinated this event for our students. This event was well supported by families and one the students absolutely love. 

Parent/Teacher/Student Meetings

Parent/Teacher/Student Meetings will take place at the end of this term on Tuesday 21 June and Wednesday 22 June. Please click on the link below to book a time. Students are required to attend these meetings. The meetings will be face to face in your child’s classroom. If at the time of the meeting you or your child are isolating due to COVID or are unwell, please contact your teacher and they will organise a virtual meeting for your allotted time.

Bookings open at 5pm today, Monday, 16/5/22

Click Here to book term 2 Parent/Teacher/Student Meetings

Congratulations!

On Friday, 13 of our students participated in the HOLT Cross Country event. Well done to all our students for their efforts in representing our school. Congratulations to Zara in year 6 who came first in Cross Country for her division. Thanks to Mrs Pattinsion, staff and parents who supported the students on the day.

Grandparents Day

Wednesday 26 October is Grandparents Day. Grandparents will be invited to school to attend mass and classroom activities. Please mark the day in your calendar. More information to follow.

Confirmation- Year 6 students

Family Sacramental Workshop - 7pm Wednesday, 4th May 

Thank you to all the families that attended the Confirmation Family Faith Night on  Wednesday, 4th May. The families worked together to learn about the gifts and fruits of the Holy Spirit. They also learnt about the Confirmation Ceremony and expectations for candidates and sponsors.

Confirmation Reflection Day - Wednesday 25th May

All Confirmation Candidates & Year 6 students (even those not making their confirmation) will participate in a Reflection Day at school. On the day the students will meet Bishop Tony Ireland.

All Year 6 students will wear casual clothes on the day. 

Celebration of the Sacrament - 7pm Thursday 2nd June

Celebration of Confirmation at St Catherine’s Church- Bishop Tony Ireland

Year 1/2 Family Faith Night ‘I have Called You by Name’

Thank you to all our Year 1/2 families for your enthusiastic participation last Wednesday. Please see report by Tess Carlisle.

Foundation Faith Night- 6pm Wednesday 18th May ‘My Prayer Space’

Mrs Hills, Mrs Dudley and I are looking forward to welcoming our Foundation families to the Learning Hub this Wednesday.

Students may wear their cosiest pyjamas and bring along a special item to share (Bible, special candle, cross, rosay, story prayer book, a memento from their birth).

Carmel Donlon

(Religious Education Leader)

The school disco was held last Friday night and it was a fantastic event for the kids. With a neon and blacklight theme, there were lots of awesome glowing outfits and fabulous face paints! We raised $1610 for the school through ticket sales in the lead up to the event, and through food and fake tattoo sales on the night which is a terrific effort. The committee would like to thank the following people for their help making the night such a success:

Lighting Lab in Box Hill for their generous donation of the disco lights and Mark Banks for his time installing them for us.

Laura Bailey and Paula Hamilton for their help and support of the P&F in getting the event ready.

Maree Hills and Mr Hills for their generous donation of the sound equipment 

Volunteers:

Rebecca Eastman

Suzanne Currie

Rhiannon Mahony

Kate Boxer

Natalie Taffe

Rehbar Mendonca

Nadia Burgess

Abbey Walters

Juliette Greskie

Katrina Uhr

Pia Jintanawan

Dimity Kennedy 

Damian Kennedy

Karen Gosling

Toby Sloan

Abi Korintzelis

Nadia Burgess

Megan Knowles

Evelyna Contreras

Pete Brook

Darren Brady

Shane Currie

Bernard Laville

The disco requires many hands to make the night a success and I'd like to thank the entire P&F committee for their help prior to and on the night. To all the volunteers, thank you again for your hard work in making this event such a fun night for the students.

We are still working on getting ready for the upcoming Bunnings BBQ on Saturday 18th June.

Thanks for those who have already volunteered, but we still have 12 spots to fill. Each shift is of two hours duration and you can sign up for more than one shift. Please check the roster below and see if you can help with one of the vacant spots.

To register your availability please click on the link below and provide your details and preferred shift times.

https://www.surveymonkey.com/r/NMMK7FL 

If you are not able to help out on the day, please consider donating some of the food and materials we will need on the day. These can be dropped off at the office. We still need the following:

30 cans of coke

20 cans of sprite

15 cans of lemon soft drink

24 pop top apple juice

Thanks for your support!

Reading in Foundation

In FMH we have been learning to point and match word by word when we are reading. The students have enjoyed using googly eye rings and wands to keep their eyes focussed on the words as they read. We have been reading detectives, reading stories and poems to find the rhyming words. We have been learning to read, write, make and say the alphabet identifying the name and sounds each letter makes. As part of our multisensory approach in foundation we have also learnt the signs for each letter using cued articulation. 

Over the last two weeks we have been learning about the importance of visualising or making a movie in our minds about what is happening in the story. We listened to short stories and then drew a picture of what we thought had happened. The following pictures were drawn after reading the stories ‘Mike’s Bike’ and ‘Ned’s Bed’.

In Grade 1 we have been doing lots of great learning in reading. We have been revising the short and long vowel sounds and are now learning about the diagraphs, ‘sh’, ‘ch’, ‘th’, and ‘wh’. Every day we practise reading to ourselves and to a partner. This helps to develop our fluency and confidence. We have been searching for words that include diagraphs at the beginning and end and have been recording our findings in our books. To strengthen and consolidate our knowledge of phonics, we have also been using the ‘Words their Way’ program to do our picture and word sorts. 

Year 2 Reading

READING IN THE YEAR 3/4 COHORT

This week in Grade 3 students completed all four NAPLAN assessments. They showed great determination and focus during this week. Well done Grade 3s - we are very proud of you! 

In 3/4JB we have been working on building our fluency skills through partner reading. The students have been using a variety of different levelled texts from EPIC, an online program.

We have started working on the reading strategy of ‘summarising’. Being able to summarise is an important skill as we need to be able to identify the main idea of both fictional and nonfiction texts. We have been using the acronym SWBST when reading fictional texts as this acronym, when broken down, helps us find all the details we need to summarise perfectly. Texts we have been summarising either in write form or verbally include fairytales, non fictional text and our reading group books.  

In our Reading, we are learning  about persuasive devices. We were given persuasive texts and had to read it.  We had to find some persuasive devices and highlight them, then  write what we found on a piece of A3 paper. 

We had to write whether we thought it was persuasive or not. Sophie and I had an advertisement for Nike runners and it had a lot of personal pronouns and facts. We thought that our text could have more  modality and opinion.

I liked this activity as it was a poster and we got to present it to the class!! It was fun overall!!!!

By Eva 5/6 AT

  Zart Art

Environmental Letter

Reminder - How to Use the Bins 

Now, we’ve all had our fair share of putting something in the wrong bin by accident. But, this isn’t good! The Sustainability Leaders on Thursday last week had to empty the Recycling bins, but there were banana peels and yoghurt packets! So we need to do something! We talked to the Students of the School after Lunch and discussed the issues with bin sorting. We are here to give a friendly reminder on how to use the bins.

Firstly, the Red bins are for cling wraps, plastic bags and glazed wrappers.

No Paper, Liquids or Cans!

Next is the Recycling bin, or the Yellow One.

It is used for paper, cardboard and empty bottles.

Not Wrappers, Banana Peels and Yoghurt!

And Finally, The Soft plastic Bin. It is for EMPTY food wrappers, plastic bags, and anything plastic that you can scrunch!

No Food, Liquids or Paper.

Thank you For your Time.

This Article was by Sabine and Jack, ⅚ AT

World Bee Day is flying our way on May 20     

This international day is a great opportunity to help young people learn about the important role bees play in pollinating native plants, keeping the planet happy and healthy, and in helping to ensure food security for our rapidly growing population.

We have a sweet nest of resources for young people in Early Learning to Year 10, overflowing with love for little pollinators.

Now in its 23rd year, National Walk Safely to School Day is an annual event when all Primary School children will be encouraged to walk and commute safely to school. It is a Community Event seeking to promote Road Safety, Health, Public Transport and the Environment. The event will be held throughout Australia on Friday 20 May 2022.

The objectives of National Walk Safely to School Day are:

• To encourage parents and carers to walk to school with primary school age children and reinforce safe pedestrian behaviour
• To promote the health benefits of walking and help create regular walking habits at an early age
• To ensure that children up to 10 years old hold an adult's hand when crossing the road
• To help children develop the vital road-crossing skills they will need as they become mature pedestrians
• To reduce the car dependency habits that are being created at an early age and which will be difficult to change as children become adults
• To promote the use of Public Transport
• To reduce the level of air pollution created by motor vehicles
• To reduce the level of traffic congestion

If you can’t walk the entire way to school on this day that’s okay! To participate you could possibly park your car a few blocks away and walk from there. Teachers will hand out official Walk to School Temporary Tattoos on Thursday afternoon.

If you wish for your child to wear the tattoo, please apply it before coming to school. 

Happy walking!