Dear Parents,

With the end of Semester fast approaching our teaching staff have been busy writing student reports. This year we are using a new reporting program which will be unfamiliar to what you may have experienced in the past. With this in mind we would like to give you the following information to try and make it as easy to understand when you receive your child’s report via PAM next Friday.

The report sample above is for a student in Foundation. The red line indicates the curriculums expected level of achievement for Semester 1 and where your child’s sits in relation to this. This is indicated with a C (Current Judgment). Please note that in the Legend both the P (Previous Judgment) and N (Level of Knowledge Consolidated) will not be represented in this semesters report, however, will be in future.

The report is prepared by your child’s teacher and represents his or her professional opinion, informed by data from assessments.  This report, as well as the Parent Teacher Interviews early next term on Wednesday and Thursday 21^st & 22nd July are an important part of working together for the benefit of your child’s learning.

Booking information for interviews will be shared with you shortly and interviews will be scheduled with your child’s Semester 2 teacher.

·         Homegroup 1: Foundation (Ms Leah Missen)

·         Homegroup 2: Grade 1/2 (Mrs Rachael Williams and Mrs Holly Peterson)

·         Homegroup 3: Grade 3-5 (Ms Rachel Braun) 

To access your child’s report please view the picture below, you will also receive a notification via SZAPP when these are available.

On behalf of everyone at St Angela of the Cross I would like to thank you all for your support over Semester one and wish you a safe and happy holiday with your families.

A reminder that our final day of Term 2 will be next Wednesday 23rd June, this is due to school closure days on Thursday 24th and Friday 25th June.

Please note that this Friday will be the final day of Lunch orders for Term 2.

Term 3 will begin on Monday 12th July

Due to current restrictions with visitors on school grounds our next scheduled Parents and Friends meeting for tomorrow will now be held at Kings Cafe in Warragul at 9:00am, all welcome to attend.

Another heartfelt thankyou to Sheree and the team at Bunnings Warehouse, Warragul for their generous donation of synthetic turf. This turf will be used to create a pathway to our basketball courts. We love being a part of such a generous and supportive community.

Congratulations to our award recipients at Assembly

Student Awards

Isla B | Homegroup 1

Lincoln K | Homegroup 1

Chloe H| Homegroup 2

Isaac K | Homegroup 2

Sports Award

Oudham K | Homegroup 1

Wonder Recycling Stars

Willow G | Homegroup 1

Zali G | Homegroup 1

Lily I | Homegroup 2

Rose I | Homegroup 2

He's got this

Encountering the various storms in our lives, the predictable ones for which we can make wise preparation and the sudden vicious ones which go beyond our control, we can profitably reflect on the gospel for this week (Mark 4:35-51). Much has been read into the underlying meanings of the Stilling of the Storm: travel to gentile lands on the other side of the sea, and the cowardice, faithlessness and loss of hope of the apostles.

We might reflect too on the confidence Jesus reposes in his “A team” to deal with the storm and how they allowed their faith in his presence to drain away, leading to fear and panic. Unexpected and upending crises can come upon us in our lives and we can react as those fishermen disciples did – blind, unthinking panic – or as Jesus urges them (and us) to act, with faith

Covid 19 might be likened to the storm in this gospel. Like the disciples we are surprised, disoriented and filled with dread. We are “fragile and disoriented, but at the same time important and needed, all of us called to row together, each of us in need of comforting the other.” (Pope Francis, Christ in the Storm (Ave Maria Press, 2020))

Jesus is sleeping, trusting me to look after things. What confidence he has in me! Am I going to be worthy of his confidence or am I going to give way to faithless panic as the disciples did in that storm?

We are vulnerable. Old certainties, schedules, projects, habits, priorities and ways of living have been upended in the Covid storm. How should we respond to the challenge? Our storm has revealed what is really important: family, community, relationships with our neighbours. We are called to respond courageously, patiently, resiliently, generously, and with enduring faith that Jesus has things in hand.

Deacon Mark Kelly

The Nationally Consistent Collection of Data on School Students with Disability (NCCD) takes place every year. The NCCD is a collection that counts:

Keep your kids safer online and manage their screen time. Find out everything you need to know on this Free Live Webinar. This will help you learn and manage the online dangers a child may face today. 

Our school is taking part in the Wonder Recycling Rewards campaign this term.

Help us collect bread bags and tags so we can earn points to redeem on new RHSports equipment.

It’s simple! All you need to do is keep your empty bread bags tags.

We are collecting ALL bread bags and tags, not just the Wonder brand

The more we collect the more points our school earns.

The Responsible Pet Ownership (RPO) program will be held next Wednesday 23rd June.

A pet educator and their dogs will visit the students on site to promote interacting safely with dogs and how to be a responsible pet owner.

In Homegroup 1 and 2, students have been unpacking the attributes of St Angela of the Cross. This week our focus has been on the word Inclusive. We completed a mind map on our understanding of the word, acted out what that looks like in our community and then developed statements on how we will be inclusive at St Angela of the Cross.

At St Angela of the Cross we will be inclusive by…

Always being happy, cheerful and having a smile on our face

Being a big, caring, happy family

Always looking out for others

Welcoming others into our school community

Celebrating our differences

Treating others as we like to be treated

Bouncing back when things don’t get our way

Another eventful few weeks in Performing Arts!

Emerson turned a bottle into a badge, a drink and remote control

Archie turned a wooden spoon into a cricket bat, a hand and a telescope

Here is a picture of Chad, writing down his questions for his interview from home. 

日本語

Nihongo

Japanese

Together

一緒。

The word “TOGETHER” is so central to being human. Lockdown I think highlights the importance of our connections with each other. You might have noticed that a lot of our Japanese learning this term has been about togetherness.

私と一緒に遊ぶ

Watashi to issho ni asobu.

I with together play. (Play together with me)

私と一緒に食べる

Watashi to issho ni taberu.

I with together eat. (Eat together with me)

私と一緒に抱く

Watashi to issho ni hug.

I with together hug. (Hug together with me)

This lesson is about the different verbs you could add to the sentence to invite someone to do something together with you. Why are the words in different colours? It is a literacy tool to help students identify nouns, verbs and adjectives/ adverbs. I use black for everything else, including the Japanese particles like と and に.

What will you invite your family to do with you?

Email me to let me know and I will help you make a Japanese way to say it. Especially if it fits the “object - verb” pattern. staylor@stangelawarragul.catholic.edu.au