Term 2, Week 9 Friday 30th June 2023
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Student Reports
Next week, students will receive their Semester 1 Reports. You will notice that these reports look different to ones that your child/ren have received in previous years. This year, all CESA (Catholic Education South Australia) schools are using the Student Learning Management System, SEQTA, for reporting. Although they look different, they contain very similar information to our previous reports.
The 2013 Australian Education Act and Regulations, requires all school in Australia and system authorities (CESA), to fully implement a curriculum by teaching, assessing and reporting on student achievement using the content and Achievement Standards in the relevant curriculum (The Australian Curriculum).
To demonstrate compliance with the 2013 Education Act and Education Regulations the appropriate Common (A-E) Grade Scale (or an equivalent 5-point scale) shown below must be used to report student achievement in Years 1-10 in all South Australian Catholic Schools.
GRADE |
FIVE-POINT ACHIEVEMENT SCALE |
A |
Your child is demonstrating excellent achievement of what is expected at this year level. |
B |
Your child is demonstrating good achievement of what is expected at this year level. |
C |
Your child is demonstrating satisfactory achievement of what is expected at this year level. |
D |
Your child is demonstrating partial achievement of what is expected at this year level. |
E |
Your child is demonstrating minimal achievement of what is expected at this year level. |
IE |
Insufficient Evidence |
There is no requirement for schools to assign A-E grades or word equivalents in reporting on student achievement in the Reception /Foundation year.
A three-point descriptive wording scale will be used to report student progress against the Achievement Standards of the Foundation Year in the Australian Curriculum.
YEAR LEVEL |
REPORTING SCALE: Description of Achievement Standard |
Reception |
Three-Point Scale
Working Beyond Achievement Standard Working AT Achievement Standard Working TOWARDS Achievement Standard
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For students with diverse needs, we also can assess and report on your child’s achievement using the following options:
- Year level achievement standards with adjustments to the curriculum (reasonable adjustments are not indicated on a child’s report but are documented in the PPL).
- Accelerated Year Level (AYL)
- Alternative Achievement Standard (AAS)
- Highly Personalised Curriculum (HPC)
If your child’s report includes any of the above options, these will have been discussed with you prior to receiving the report.
I thank all our teachers for the work they have put into preparing the assessment and reporting of all students. The change in reporting format has been led particularly by Michelle Leonardi and, more recently, Belinda Elliott. Matthew Harrison, Kellie Byrne and Nicky Watson have also assisted in their role as SEQTA experts. Thank you to these people for leading the professional learning and change.
Assessment continues throughout the year and our next major opportunity for reporting to parents will be during our Parent/Teacher learning conversations next term. We look forward to meeting with you. Please come and have a chat if you have any questions about our new reports.
Beanies
Please remember that only school beanies are to be worn at school. They are available from the uniform shop ($15). Uniform Shop hours are Tuesday 2.30-3.30 and Friday 8.30-10.00. Thank you.
Kind regards,
Kelly Campbell
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Dear Parents and Caregivers,
On Friday 30 June, our community prayer celebrated the Apostles Peter and Paul. Our prayer focused on Jesus’ calling of Peter and Paul. Although both had made mistakes, they opened their hearts to God’s forgiveness and the calling to share Jesus’ message with the world. The beginnings of the Christian community.
Liturgies and Masses
Over the past few weeks our Year 3/4 and Year 5/6 students have gathered to celebrate their respective Masses with Fr Charles and the parishioners in St Margaret Mary’s Church. Based on the Liturgical calendar during Ordinary Time the Year 3/4 classes prepared a Memorial Mass for Saints John Fisher and Thomas More and the Year 5/6 classes prepared a Solemnity Mass for Apostles Peter and Paul. Both celebrations were connected to the learning in the classroom and were lead by our students. Fr Charles was really impressed by the knowledge of the readings and their active participation which involved reading from the lectern, singing songs and responses and supporting Fr Charles as altar servers. We look forward to these opportunities to share our learnings and to play an active part in these parish celebrations. We appreciate and are thankful for the support from our families and teachers for helping to prepare the students for these celebrations.
Staff Formation
On Monday 24 July, the first day of Term 3, is a pupil free day. This will be a Staff Formation Day and in preparation, Ms Braidwood, Ms Verbi, Ms Rivera and I have been meeting each week to plan for this experience. The purpose of a formation day, is to provide space for reflective and formational experiences with a particular focus on our school values and how we intentionally live out our school values at St Margaret Mary’s School.
The entire staff is invited to attend and will be offsite for the day. Please contact or register your child(ren) with Camp Australia if your family requires this care and support. We look forward to sharing this experience with our community in the Term 3, Week 1 Newsletter.
Sacramental Program
When we return for Term 3, there will be a First Holy Communion Parent Information Night on Wednesday 2 August from 7:00pm in the Mary MacKillop Centre at Whitefriars School. Then on Friday 4 August all our SMMS candidates preparing for Confirmation and First Holy Communion will travel by bus to St Patricks School for a student workshop from 9:15 – 2:45pm.
If you have any questions please send an email matthew.harrison@smms.catholic.edu.au or contact the parish office on 8346 0944 if you have any further questions.
Have a good weekend everyone.
Matthew Harrison
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It’s hard to believe that we are halfway through 2023 and Term 2 is coming to an end. It’s been a fantastic term of learning experiences both inside and outside the classroom. It was a pleasure to read the student reports and hear about all of the ways students in our school have engaged in their learning across our 9 curriculum areas. The student reports clearly indicate areas of success and opportunities for growth. Congratulations to everyone on a successful first semester.
Our yard is almost complete, with the oval being covered with turf this week. The students have navigated this time without the full play space very well, and the playground and sandpit have been very popular amongst our students from Foundation through to Year 6. It’s been a time of learning, adjusting, turn taking, waiting in line, digging, swinging, strength building, climbing, sand sculpture and lots of fun!
From time to time some students need reminders about safe play and kind words. We encourage students to use kind and helpful words and not their hands/bodies to resolve challenges and instead seek the assistance of a teacher or staff member when they need help with resolving an issue. This is reinforced in the classroom by our staff, and your support with reinforcing this at home is always appreciated. I often remind students to THINK before they speak….is it True, Helpful, Inspiring, Necessary, Kind.
Wishing you all the best for Week 10, the final week of Term 2. Then, I hope the school holidays are a restful and rejuvenating time for our students, and parents/caregivers if you are having some time off work.
We will see you ready for the start of Term 3 on Tuesday 25 July – Pupil Free Day Monday 24 July.
Thank you for your on-going support.
Belinda
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On Wednesday 21st June, four students from St Margaret Mary's School attended the Arch D Podcasting Leader's Day at the Catholic Education Conference Centre with Mr Graham. Ky, Celeste, Vy and Gia were chosen to attend after displaying outstanding skills in this area during classroom activities. Ky, Celeste, Vy and Gia worked with students from other Catholic schools and wrote scripts based on a given scenario. They then recorded these scripts as podcasts later in the day.
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Teachers are always learning too!
On Thursday last week, I met with my Italian language hub/network group which was formed at least 10 years ago now. Our group members are Vicky Radetti from Whitefriars, Giulietta Saraceno from St Michael's College, Beverly and Ginetta Rossi from St Francis of Assisi School, Newton. On Thursday we were fortunate enough to be joined by Mrs Kirsty Castillo, Education Advisor Languages and Cross Curriculum Priorities, from the Catholic Education Office . Kirsty worked closely with us in developing a 3 year scope & sequence for Italian language teaching & learning. We worked with the new & updated ACARA Version 9 Italian language document. It was a fantastic day of learning and planning . We are excited to start implementing this scope and sequence document in 2024.
Gina Armiento
Italian Teacher
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We are seeking 10 volunteers/families to assist with seedling planting for St Margaret Mary’s School “Adopt-a-Verge” Project funded by Green Adelaide.
When: Saturday 29th July, 1:00pm – 3:00pm
Where: Corner Tungara Ave and Liberton Ave, Croydon Park
Volunteers MUST REGISTER to participate (children must be school age or older please).
Register by email or phone by 7th July (please give full name of participant/s) to: Sharyn & Ody Gromitsaris (Lily’s parents), thegroms14@gmail.com , 0432 490 350.
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Dear parents, guardians and carers
Re: Nationally Consistent Collection of Data on School Students with Disability (NCCD)
Every year, all schools in Australia participate in the Nationally Consistent Collection of Data on School Students with Disability (NCCD). The NCCD process requires schools to identify information already available in the school about supports provided to students with disability. These relate to legislative requirements under the Disability Discrimination Act 1992 and the Disability Standards for Education 2005, in line with the NCCD guidelines (2019).
Information provided about students to the Australian Government for the NCCD includes:
- year of schooling
- category of disability: physical, cognitive, sensory or social/emotional
- level of adjustment provided: support provided within quality differentiated teaching practice, supplementary, substantial or extensive.
This information assists schools to:
- formally recognise the supports and adjustments provided to students with disability in schools
- consider how they can strengthen the support of students with disability in schools
- develop shared practices so that they can review their learning programs in order to improve educational outcomes for students with disability.
The NCCD provides state and federal governments with the information they need to plan more broadly for the support of students with disability.
The NCCD will have no direct impact on your child and your child will not be involved in any testing process. The school will provide data to the Australian Government in such a way that no individual student will be able to be identified – the privacy and confidentiality of all students is ensured. All information is protected by privacy laws that regulate the collection, storage and disclosure of personal information. To find out more about these matters, please refer to the Australian Government’s Privacy Policy (https://www.education.gov.au/privacy-policy).
Further information about the NCCD can be found on the NCCD Portal (https://www.nccd.edu.au).
If you have any questions about the NCCD, please contact the school.
Kind regards
Kelly Campbell
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Important Dates
Netball Carnival
Choir Hub @ Nazareth
2.20pm RML Assembly
Last Day of Term 2 - 3pm finish
Pupil Free Day - OSHC Available
First day of Term 3 for Students
School Times & Term Dates
Front Office: 8.30am - 3.45pm
Student Supervision: 8.30am - 3.20pm
Classes: 8.45am - 3.00pm
Term 1: Monday 30 January to Friday 14 April;
Term 2: Monday 1 May to Friday 7 July;
Term 3: Monday 24 July to Friday 29 September;
Term 4: Monday 16 October to Friday 15 December
Preschool Times
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Group 1: Monday & Tuesday 8.45am - 2.45pm;
Wednesday 8.45am - 11.45am
Occasional Care: Wednesday 9-12 (bookings required)
Group 2: Wednesday 12.15pm-3.15pm;
Thursday & Friday 8.45am - 2.45pm
Uniform Shop Times
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Tuesday: 2.30pm - 3.30pm;
Friday: 8.30am - 10.00am
Crossing Monitors
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Thank you to these students who have volunteered to be crossing monitors:
Week 9: Elena, Jessie, Rebecca
Week 10: Chloe, Wynter, Nam
Term 3, Week 1: Justina, Jayla, Jasmin
OSHC Hours
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Morning: 6.30am - 8.30am;
Afternoon: 3.00pm - 6.15pm
Phone Camp Australia: 1300 105 343
OSHC Newsletter
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Rocketeers Holiday Program @ OSHC
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July Birthdays
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Student Absences
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Phone: 8245 5855 (answering service - call anytime)
Email: absent@smms.catholic.edu.au
SMS: 0407 682 137
Croydon Park Catholic Parish
Parish Priest: Fr Charles Lukati
Ph: 8346 0944
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