Reports 

Reports will be made available to parents on Friday 27th June (Week 9).  Please see the information below regarding booking for Parent Teacher Interviews 

Parent Teacher Interviews 

You are invited to book your parent teacher interviews via the Compass App or a computer by following the instructions attached below.

Bookings are now open on the Compass App and will close on Friday 27th June. 
Thursday, 3rd July is our designated Parent/Teacher interview evening, however, you will see that other times during Week 10 are also available. Due to staff leave and study commitments, families in Kinder Blue, 2 Blue and 4 Blue will complete their interviews in Week 9, while families in 6 Gold will have interview times available for Weeks 9 and 10 of this term.   

Please come to these meetings to listen, acknowledge your child’s efforts and progress at school. We also ask that prior to the conference you have read and discussed the report with your child/children. 

This year, interviews will take the following format: 

Kindergarten, Year 1, Year 2 – Parent/Teacher Interview 

Year 3, Year 4, Year 5 – Parent/Teacher Interview. Student attendance is optional (parent choice).

Year 6 – Parent/Teacher/Student Conference: This approach includes the parent/s, teacher and student in the conference. During this time students will share 3 goals. These goals will align closely to the ‘areas for development’ within the student reports. Students will select one of these goals as their main area of focus for development in the coming weeks. Parents will then be asked to select a goal for their child. This could be one of the outlined teacher goals, or one that the parent has identified as a further area of growth for their child.  

As a school community we wish Harriet H (3G) all the best for her upcoming participation in the Diocesan Spelling Bee. This will take place on Thursday 27 June at Rosary Park, Branxton. Good luck, Harriet! 

Positive Behaviours for Learning (PB4L) 

Our final PBL focus this term is Do Your Best – Be A Team Member. This is an important focus area as children learn the importance of contributing to a group goal, rather than an individual goal. They will be discussing the qualities of being a good team player such as sharing tasks equally, being fair, including others, encouraging others, demonstrating focus and displaying a commitment to the task. By evaluating several different scenarios, students will identify how they can become even better team players. If you have an opportunity, please discuss these concepts with your children at home. 

Being halfway through the token 5-week block, we look forward to giving students a progress report on a token count at our School Assembly on Monday morning.   

Refugee Week runs from Sunday 15 - Saturday 21 June. This year the theme is, Finding Freedom. But you may ask yourself, what does it mean to be free? It is to live without the fear of war, to have your basic human rights upheld, to live in equality and without the fear of persecution are just some of the examples of what freedom can entail. Everyday millions of people across the world embark on dangerous journeys for the sole purpose of finding safety and freedom. From Australia to nations across the globe, settling into a new environment after experiencing the perils of a refugee’s journey can also provide the opportunity to live, to love and to dream. 

Refugee Week is a unique opportunity for us all to experience and celebrate the rich diversity of refugee communities through theatre, music, dance, film and other events which take place all over Australia and highlight the aims of the Week, as outlined in this link: https://www.refugeeweek.org.au/ 

Renata Rozenfeld
Assistant Principal