Dear Families
Welcome back, hopefully everyone had a great holiday and the opportunity to spend time together relaxing and enjoying the break. It has been a fantastic start to Term 3 with the students coming back with a spring in their step. It will be a busy term with Cross Country, Performing Arts, Life Ed Van, First Holy Communion, Book Week, Athletics, Open Night, Confirmation and many more events that make up life here at St Emilie's.
Drive Through
Please ensure that you are following the correct procedures for drive-through in the morning and the afternoon. It is important for the safety of all that families use the crosswalk and do not cut through the car park.
P & F Peg Fundraiser
Thank you so much to all the families that have returned their order forms for the peg fundraiser. The P & F have extended the return date until Tuesday 26th July. If you haven't already, please support this fundraiser by purchasing a bag of pegs. The order form is below.
Staffing
It is with sadness that I announce that Mrs Daniela Walker resigned her position at the end of last term to commence a full-time Pre-Primary position at Hammond Park Catholic Primary School. Daniela returned to St Emilie's this year after 6 years of maternity leave to work one day a week in our Kindy space. Daniela began at St Emilie's in 2008 and was an extremely valuable member of staff. We wish her all the very best.
Uniforms/Hair Styles
A reminder to ensure that all children are in the correct uniform. This also includes making sure that have the correct all-black school shoes and that hairstyles are appropriate.
Notre Dame Students
We welcome Miss Chelsey Lamb and Mr Steven Athanassiou who are this term completing their final University placement at St Emilie's as part of their teaching degree. Chesley will in Year 5B with Mr Dan Naden and Steven is in PE/Health with Mr Paul Davis. We wish them all the best and please make them feel welcome.
House Cross Country
House Cross Country was held this morning for our Year 3 to 6 children. The weather was mostly kind and the efforts of all students was fantastic. A big thank you to Paul Davis for organising and the staff involved who help run the carnival.
Respecting Agreed Start and Finish Times
If your child attends either Dance Troupe, Homework Club or Chess Club, parents are reminded to please ensure that you arrive on time to collect your child. Likewise, after school pick-up, duty ends at 3.20pm. If you regularly arrive late to collect your child, you will need to arrange for OSH Club to collect them after school. This is also the case at the beginning of the school day. Supervision starts at 8.20am, so no child should be dropped off before that time. Thank you for your cooperation.
Bishops Religious Literacy Assessment (BRLA)
The BRLA for Year 3 and 5 students will be held in Weeks 2 and 3 this term. The purpose of the BRLA is to measure student learning of the content in the RE curriculum. The BRLA provides a ‘point in time’ snapshot of student performance in RE.
Students’ knowledge and understanding of the content of the RE curriculum are assessed using a combination of multiple choice, and short and extended response items. Students’ faith is not assessed. The use of the BRLA complements the school-based assessment programs in RE. Any questions please contact the classroom teacher.
First Holy Communion
First Holy Communion is the weekend of the 20th & 21st of August 2022. Information for booking a Mass was sent home last term. If you haven't booked a Mass for your child, please use the below link.
http://www.schoolinterviews.com.au/code/fu65b
Year 3 Assembly
The Year 3 students will be performing their assembly next Friday 29th July in the Hall. They are using this occasion to celebrate the wonderful grandparents we have in our lives
Communicare Parenting Programs for Term 3
Please see the flyer below detailing the Parenting Workshops available this term. These free, local workshops are an excellent resource and opportunity for all parents. Booking information is included.
Parenting Article
This week under the Parent Reading heading, we have included an Insights article titled, 'How to help your child to be a good friend'. Some good tips and reminders for how we can set our children up for success in this important area of their development.
Regards
Stuart Munro
Principal
