St Andrew's Primary Marayong Newsletter

As we come to the end of Term 3, it is very easy to reflect on the good work that has been achieved by the students and staff at St Andrew’s. 

Professional Learning is a big feature at St Andrew’s. Each Wednesday the staff gather to continue their learning journey in unpacking good and effective pedagogical teaching. 

The focus this term has been embedding vital learning disposition relating to cognition, interpersonal and intrapersonal skills to ensure all studetns have the tools to learn. As well as this foundational platform, the teachers are continuing to refine the strategies needed for Inquiry Learning. 

We have very clear priorities at St Andrew’s. Firstly the safety and well being of all our community and secondly to promote a culture of providing effective learning opportunities so every child can achieve success. 

This is very evident in our latest NAPLAN results.  The students excelled in all areas of Literacy- Reading, Grammar, Language Conventions and Writing.  The students performed solidly in Numeracy as well. This affirms that our learning direction has made an impact to student learning.  

The leadership team have been unpacking a variety of data sets to determine our future goals for 2020.  The data has been very pleasing and we will publish these goals in the coming term.  

I encourage all children to continue to read every day over the holiday period and continue to experience a variety of excursions to promote a wider vocabulary.  You may like to take your child to the zoo or the beach or the theatre and talk about what they saw, felt, smelled and touched. This is a great way to generate discussion.  

Important Information

Students return to school on  Tuesday the 15th of October  in full summer uniform. 

On Monday the 14th of October the staff will be involved in a day of Spiritual renewal.  

School Photos

Schools Photos will be held on Wednesday the 16th of October.  All children must be in full summer uniform regardless if it is a sports day for that grade. 

Infants Athletics Carnival 

This new date is on Friday the 18th of October on the Parish Oval. 

Issues with the school newsletter

In recent weeks, the school newsletter has had a revamp via the use of a new platform. 

There have been a few glitches with this new platform and we are working with CEDP to assist in rectifying it.  The main issue is the ‘alert to families’ when the newsletter has been issued. 

I ask that families please refer to our Facebook page or our website to check if the newsletter has been released.  This issue should be rectified soon.  

Ms McDonald on Leave

Ms McDonald will be on Leave the first two weeks of Term 4. We look forward to her return in Week 3.  

Student Lost Property

Over the break, can I please ask parents to lable their child’s belongings. We have a crate full of lost items that can not be returned to students as they are not labled. 

Parent Calendar

The parent calendar for Term 4 is attached to this newsletter.  Please mark important dates in your diary. As you are aware, sometimes changes to events may occur due to unforeseen circumstances.  Please refer to the website for up to date information. 

Leaving St Andrew’s ?

If you plan to leave St Andrew’s in 2020, please inform the office in writing at your earliest convenience.  The school requires at least a term’s notice so that you will not be billed for the upcoming term.  

Enrolments

We are at the business end of Enrolments for 2020.  We have limited spaces available in grades 1-6. If you or you know a family who would like to attend, please lodge an application ASAP.  

Have a wonderful break

I look forward to seeing you all return safely in Term 4

May the peace and love of God be with you 

Mrs Baird

We are so proud of Year 6, who worked so hard during Fair days, and the rest of the school who supported their efforts to raise such a huge amount of money: $4120.60. This will definitely provide an enormous amount of books for the Indigenous students.

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This week, Year 6 have been very busy once again completing their Science PBL showcase. Their Driving Question was: How can we as citizens of a country that has severe natural disasters, develop a resource that will assist the State Emergency Service (SES) so that they can help those in need during a time of crisis? 

They worked tirelessly for 9 weeks filling in contracts, proposals, writing informative text about the natural disaster and even sending emails and phoning University Professors. On Wednesday, the 25th of September, the SES from Prospect was invited to view these devices and select a device which they thought was ideal and would be of utmost necessity during a natural disaster. They were very impressed with the designs and innovative ideas which the students displayed.

Below are some pictures taken during the PBL showcase.

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We have arrived at the end of another busy term. Thank you to all our families for your support of our fundraisers this term, and we look forward to your continued support in Term 4. Thanks again to the parent helpers who have helped with our fundraisers. Your help is always greatly appreciated. The P & F wishes all families and staff a wonderful holiday break and a safe return in Term 4.

We look forward to more fundraising events in Term 4. These being:

·        Infants Sports Carnival

·        School Discos

·        Christmas Raffle and Pop Up Store. If you know anyone who would like to donate a prize towards our Raffle, please contact Maria on 0413180787

We require  parent helpers on Friday 18th October who are able to prepare the sausage sandwiches/drinks on the day.  If you can help or have any general inquiries, please contact Maria Webb on 0413 180 787.

As a result of the carnival being rescheduled, sausage sizzle orders will still be accepted and need to be returned by no later than first day back in Term 4, Tuesday 15th October 2019. If you didn't receive an order form, please obtain one from the school office or a copy of the form is also included in this newsletter. There will be no orders taken on the day.

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