Term 1, Week 7 Friday 14th March 2025

Thank you to all the volunteers who helped at our school disco last week.  We had a great time and these events cannot happen without your help!

We are also looking for volunteers to help at our Sports Day on Friday 28^th March.  The event will be held at Santos Stadium (Mile End).  Your child will bring home details of the day this week.

Thank you to Tristan Griffin for the donation of the fruit for our rest stations during Sports Day.  Can you help cut up fruit?  If so, please come to school about 2pm on Thursday 27^th March – many hands make light work :-)

This week, our Year 3 and 5 students have commenced their NAPLAN testing.  They participate in national testing in the areas of Writing, Reading, Conventions of Language and Numeracy.  All the tests are online (except for Year 3 Writing). As a school we look at the results from these tests, along with many other forms of assessment such as PAT, DIBELs, IntiaLit, SpellEx and classroom assessment.  NAPLAN results give us opportunities to see trends in our student learning and plan for teaching in the future.  The results should be available to parents by the start of term 3.

A reminder that we have our Annual General Meeting of the School Board next Wednesday evening (19^th March) at 6.30pm, in our school library.  The annual performance report will be available on our website after this meeting.  Thank you to the parents who have dedicated their time to being on our current board and for those who are nominated to join. 

I look forward to seeing you at our important learning conversations next week.  These are an important part of the partnership between school and home to support your child’s learning and wellbeing.

Thank you for your continued support

Kelly Campbell

Dear Families

We are looking forward to seeing you next week at the Parent Teacher Learning Conversations. It’s a great opportunity to hear about your child and their learning and ask any questions you may have. Please ensure you arrive on time to your interview otherwise it can have a domino effect on all other appointments. Please contact your child’s teacher if you have not yet booked a time.

Calm & Confident Kids – Wednesday 26 March – BOOK NOW
We are very pleased to be able to offer all parents and caregivers a free seminar ‘Calm and Confident Kids’. This seminar is designed to help parents/caregivers know how to support children aged 5-12 with a tendency towards worry or anxiety, or who are dealing with difficult life situations. The seminar will be facilitated by Kirrilie Smout who is a clinical Psychologist and is also the director of Developing Minds Psychology.

Please email Angela in the Front Office info@smms.catholic.edu.au to secure your place in our Parent Seminar and to book your child/ren in for our creche. The creche will be available for children who are 5 years and older. The seminar will take place at St Margaret Mary’s from 6:00-7:15pm.

Best wishes for the week ahead.

Belinda