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Dear Parents
I would like to wish all of our Mums, Grandmothers and special people in our students’ lives a Happy Mother’s Day. We hope it is a special family time.
We are heading towards the middle of Term. The Curriculum Leaders are working hard to start the building of our reports and teachers have started the process of uploading portfolio tasks. These portfolio tasks are a snapshot of the work your child is completing. They DO NOT form the basis of the report scoring of each curriculum area. These scores come from a range of data collected over the semester.
The preliminary NAPLAN scores have been released to schools but individual reports will be sent to the school soon. Once these have been received we will distribute them and notify parents that they are coming home. Please file these as some secondary schools request these on enrolment.
The process for accessing this information has changed and is more complex due to confidentiality. It is much easier for all parties if the original reports are retained and submitted on enrolment application.
We have a closure day on the 28 June. On this day our staff will be looking at school data and analysing this to ensure we are heading in the desired direction. All staff will also undergo Deaf Awareness training which is a requirement of the introduction of Auslan this year.
Catholic Education week starts on Friday next week with the theme being “ I am making all things new” Rev 21:5.
More communication to come regarding details about Catholic Education Week. (Please see the message below).
This is followed by National Sorry day and Reconciliation Week in week 7.
Year 5 level mass will be celebrated in The Chapel on Thursday at 9.30am. Parents of year 5 are invited to join the students for this mass. We also extend an invitation to all members of our school community.
Mother’s’ Day
Our Mother's day stall will run tommorrow. We are looking forward to a great day of picking gifts to spoil our beautiful mums/special people in our lives.
Mother/special afternoon
We are having a Mother's/special afternoon on Friday, notices have been communicatied through Simon through the week about this. We need to limit this to 2 people due to space. We look forward to seeing you Friday afternoon.
Building:
There are background works going on at DOSCEL regarding the building at the front of the school. At this stage I have nothing more to report but once we have information I will share it with the community.
Staffing
We have engaged yet another teacher for 2M8 and as soon as all contracts are signed and all boxes are ticked and this teacher is confirmed we will notify parents of these students.
We have employed Mrs Melissa O’ Brien as the teacher of 4S3 . We welcome Melissa to the St Catherine’s community. She will be working closely alongside the Grade 4 team and the Curriculum Leaders to ensure this transition is seamless.
We are still recruiting for 6LA5 and will communicate any developments with parents of these students as soon as we have any information.
Recruitment is difficult for teaching staff at this time and we are exploring all avenues for recruitment to ensure we get suitable applicants.
Student access and child safety
We request all students accessing the administration Office and who may be coming in late do so via the SFX driveway. Students are to walk down the St Francis Xavier side of driveway on the footpath and cross at the Chapel crossing behind the bollards.
We remind parents the driveways are limited to 5 kilometres an hour for the safety of our students. Staff are on hand to assist until just after the bell. All students who are late should be walked into the office by an adult and be signed in for legal reasons. The orange arrows are areas where they need to wait for a staff member as there can be car traffic.
We also ask that parents and students use the designated crossings when crossing Ridgemont Drive and Meadowlands Way.
Parent Access
We understand that, during COVID, access to the school was restricted. We are trying to provide more opportunities for families to have access to the school. Times have changed about this and we as a school have to adapt. The fact that our driveway goes through the middle of the school grounds also creates many risks in the afternoon to all of the members of our community.
Please be assured that you can walk students into school in the morning and come onsite in the afternoon around the rebound wall.
We are endeavouring to provide special opportunities for parents to come onsite. We have our Mother’s Day and special people afternoon this on Friday week. Please see further details below.
If you ever have any concerns or want to chat with staff or leadership, please contact the office to make time to meet that suits everyone.
Student Attendance
Our classes start at 8.50am, students are expected to be at school and ready to start instruction at 8.50am.
Any students coming after the bell are impacted as they can miss vital instruction and the beginning of Specialist subjects. Students on scheduled out-of-classroom intervention programs may also miss their session, as many of these start as soon as the bell goes in the morning.
Any student arriving late must be signed in by a parent or carer via the office. This is a legal requirement and we have noticed many more students arriving after 8.50 am. As a part of our continual review of our processes and procedures, we will be following up with parents and carers. Classroom doors open at 8.30 am.
Regular late arrivals will trigger our attendance/absence processes which means parents and carers will be contacted by classroom teachers at first but may be escalated to other governing bodies.
School closure day
A reminder that there will be a school closure day on Friday 28 June, for the data day mentioned above.
Out of School Hours Care Program
Contact Camp Australia if you’re interested in your child participating in the Holiday program offered.
2025 Enrolments
We are currently taking 2025 Enrolments. If you are an existing family please get your forms in asap to guarantee you a spot. If you know of anyone considering St Catherine’s for their child please ask them to contact the Office for a tour.
Contact Details
If you have recently changed your address or phone numbers, please advise us as soon as possible via email info@stcberwick.catholic.edu.au
School fees
School Fee Statements - Fee statements will be emailed on Monday 29 April. If you do not receive your statement, please contact the Office.
Families who have not yet commenced a Direct Debit for 2024 and wish to do so, will need to complete a Direct Debit form as soon as possible. The form can be accessed via the website or the link below. Alternatively, a hard copy can be collected from the office. Once completed, please email to accounts@stcberwick.catholic.edu.au
Payment can also be made by BPay, EFTPOS, or cash. If paying fees annually or by the Term the due date for payment is Friday 31 May 2024, unless alternative payment arrangements (eg Direct Debit) have been made.
For any queries or concerns regarding fees, please contact Margaret Lonergan on 9702 1466 or email accounts@stcberwick.catholic.edu.au
CSEF
Families who hold an eligible Health Care Concession Card, may be eligible for CSEF (Camp, Sports and Excursion Funding). If eligible, this would also entitle families to make an application for a fee remission, which effectively would see a significant reduction of fees to be paid for the year. For more information, please do not hesitate to contact Margaret Lonergan in the Office.
Please follow the link to get more information and download the application form.
Warm Regards
Anna Viney
District Cross Country
On Monday 6 May, around 50 year 3-6 students represented St Catherine’s at the Narre Warren District Cross Country carnival at Sweeney Reserve in Berwick. After the foggy start, the students enjoyed the sunny conditions and ran extremely well with many top 10 placings! Congratulations to everyone on a fantastic effort!
Thanks to all the teachers and ESO’s who provided great assistance on the day and thanks to all the parents who came out and supported their children.
The students who finished in the top 10 progressed to the Casey South Division Cross Country carnival on Wednesday 29 May at Toomuc Reserve Pakenham.
Below are all the top 10 finishes for the day.
12/13 year old boys |
12/13 year old girls |
Alex P 1st |
Charli G 2nd |
Hudson B 3rd |
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11 year old boys |
11 year old girls |
William K 2nd |
Emilia J 4th |
Aurora P 9th |
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9/10 year old boys |
9/10 year old girls |
Manesu C 9th |
Jasmine B 9th |
Mr Kenez