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Please find below an overview of our Naplan results for this year. This year we have moved away from tables to show our data and moved to graphs that show the percentage of students in each year level at the proficiency standards of ‘Needs Additional Support, Developing, Strong and Exceeding’. These results are compared to the average scores attained by students in inner regional NSW.
This method of presenting information is consistent with reports issued by ACARA (Australian Curriculum assessment and Reporting Authority).
Three Way Conferences
Thank you to all parents, students and staff that participated in last Wednesday’s meetings. If you were unable to make the meetings, I strongly encourage you to contact your child’s teacher and make an appointment.
Father’s Day Breakfast
Next Friday we will be holding our Father’s Day Breakfast commencing at 8am. If the weather permits we will be holding near the gum trees at the front of the school.
Cooking will commence at approximately 7.45am so I am after a few keen helpers to assist Jamie and myself. Just turn up if you can assist.
Today we sent home some raffle tickets for five meat trays that will be drawn during the breakfast. Hopefully the weather is fine and we have a good turnout.
UPCOMING EVENTS
Tuesday September 10th (Week 8) - Whole School Mass at St Mary's Church - 9 am
Thursday, September 26th (Week 10) - Mission Day Fair
Archdiocesan Athletics
We wish our students heading to the AIS in Canberra next Tuesday the very best of luck as they represent the Western Region at the Archdiocesan Athletics Carnival - Henry Aiken, Annabel Bailey, Chloe Buck, Kynan Burgess, Rose Butt, Zoe Caldwell, Harlee Cartwright, Madison Clarke, Oliver Dawe, Jaden Denniss, Oscar McRae, Henry O’Brien, Sam Presser, James Sinclair, Daisy Sullivan & Ayla Terry. We hope you all have a fantastic day! A big thank you to Mrs Presser for working with our Senior Boys Relay team to finesse their baton exchanges.
Boorowa Touch & Netball Carnival
We have entered 7 touch teams and 4 netball teams this year. We are looking forward to a fantastic day coming up in Term 4. The draft team list can be found here. I have added team managers - if you are no longer available to help or would like to add your name to help us out with a team please let me know. We will have Hennessy students assisting as refs/umpires and are grateful to Mr Brendan Croese for assisting with this. The carnival rules, codes of conduct and the teams list have been uploaded to the Compass event. Please check the event regularly as I will continue to upload information as it becomes available.
Young League Stars Tag Gala Day
We are very excited to be sending 6 teams to this event held at Keith Cullen on Friday 5th September. All our teams are now full. Team lists and the draw will be sent out together once received from the organisers. The draft team list can be found here.
BOOK CHARACTER PARADE
We will be celebrating our love of books and reading at St Mary's Primary School on Friday 6th September. Students from Kinder to Year 6 are invited to come to school dressed as a storybook character. Costumes must be warm, suitable for outdoor play and include appropriate footwear. Parents and friends are invited to attend our Book Character Parade at 12:30pm on Friday, 6th September.
PREMIER'S READING CHALLENGE
Congratulations to all of those students who have completed the PRC this year! Just a reminder that student entries for the PRC close Friday, 23rd August 2024.
All classes will be entering artwork completed by the students to be displayed at the Young Annual Show.
We are required to provide the organisers with parental consent which has been set up in COMPASS as an event.
Consent must be given by Sunday 8th September, 2024.
GARDENING CLUB - LEMONADE
When life throws you lemons, make lemonade! That's exactly what the Gardening Club did with our crop of lemons from our lemon trees. We juiced all of our lemons and added sugar and water to the juice which created delicious lemonade. The lemonade was enjoyed by students across the school!
Term 3 means it's Drama time for our students at
St Mary's!
The students from Kinder to Year 4 have been busy working on characterisation, movement and relationships through games and activities, all whilst having a whole lot of fun. Students have found themselves in all kinds of situations such as robbing banks, making pancakes, as first time drivers or choosing their wedding gowns for their special day!
The students in Yr 5 and 6 had been given the task of developing characters through the use of voice. They were tasked with writing a script for a telephone conversation with a partner (or independently if so desired) based on one of the scenarios provided. The students then performed their telephone conversations either in front of their audience or behind a screen to alleviate any performance anxiety. The students have produced incredibly witty and engaging scripts which have had their audiences in tears from laughter. The students should be very proud of their efforts as they have worked so hard to create many memorable performances!
CANTEEN
Power to the people or the students in this case!
Last week we decided to give the students the power to vote for which food they wanted for their midterm meal deal. They were give three options, Spaghetti with Garlic Bread, Cheesymite scrolls or Dino Nuggets. The Dino Nuggets won out by a super slim margin of 1 vote. What a great lesson in democracy.
AN INVITATION TO "A BLUEY PERSEPECTIVE"
This is a free event with ‘Bluey’ creator Joe Brumm at Merici College Braddon ACT, on Wednesday 11 September.
The event aims to bring families together to listen to Joe talk about why he thinks Bluey has been such a success and the important role parents play in their child’s learning and development.
There is an option for live streaming for parents and carers who are unable to attend in person.
Links:
https://events.humanitix.com/a-bluey-perspective
