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Day At The Burgh
Students art work will be on display at A Day At The Burgh!
Day At The Burgh
Students art work will be on display at Day At The Burgh!
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SunSmart reminder for Term 4
The average daily UV Index during October is 5 in South Australia, so as we jump into Term 4 it’s very important that we are reminding and encouraging staff, families, students and children to use a combination of sun protection measures during all outdoor activities whenever the UV is 3 and above.
Middle Primary
In the Year 3/4 Class, students have been learning about angles. Students went on an investigation around our school to see what angles they could find. During their exploration in the yard, students noticed the construction workers building the timber frame for the new toilet block which was made up of many right angles! As a result, students are now walking around the school pointing of the different angles they see.
Zooper Doopers
Zooper Dooper Fridays have returned!
Mini Vinnies will be selling Zooper Doopers at lunch time each Friday for 50c each. Limit of two iceblocks per student, all funds raised will be donated to St Vincent De Paul. If you would like to donate a packet of Zooper Doopers towards our fundraiser, please feel free to drop to the front office.
From the Mini Vinnies.
Principal's Report
Dear Families,
It’s been a wonderfully busy term that is coming to an end. As suggested a few weeks ago in the newsletter, the children have enjoyed some ‘ordinary’ time where we have had great continuity with our teaching and learning programs over the past couple of weeks.
Our Junior Primary students are making some huge jumps through our Initialit program over the past few weeks which is incredibly pleasing. Each fortnight their learning is measured through some simple testing to ensure they are making the required progress. I love chatting to Miss Watkins and Miss Warwick at these times and watching the joy they take in seeing the students absorb their teaching through the program. Equally the work of our ESOs in delivering the intervention programs that support this growth is vitally important.
Equally our Middle and Upper Primary students are now up to Lesson 85 of their 120-lesson sequence in Spelling Mastery. The improvement in their general spelling has been noticeable, and we are looking forward to measuring their growth at the end of the program. Again, chatting to our teachers and discussing the data gathered each week in this space is a rewarding process as we ensure that we are delivering the right content to each child in the right way.
Schools are about so many things. Being a strong community. Offering different experiences for our children in Sport and the Arts. Providing opportunities for students to develop their faith. As I have written before, these are the types of things that might make our School Facebook or are featured in our school newsletter. They are the colourful, bright and bubbly parts of schools.
To be perfectly honest though the hardest work that we do is in the areas of Reading, Writing, Spelling and Mathematics. They are crucially important as we know to everyday life in all industries, and it has been incredible to see our student results in this space improved steadily over the past couple of years. We now sit above National Average in 9 of the 10 categories in Year 3 and Year 5 in our NAPLAN results which is credit to the quality of programs and educators at our school. For a little Catholic school in the country, we are batting above our average.
SAPSASA Athletics
It was great to see 3 of our students compete in the State-wide SAPSASA Athletics event. Congratulations to Sam Phasey who took out the High Jump event and to Angus Slade and Lukas Rowe who represented their school and district with distinction.
Later this year our Year 3-6 students will have the opportunity to compete at the SA Athletics Stadium (formerly SANTOS Stadium) against other Catholic Schools in our division.
Whole School Musical
In 2023, we will be producing a Whole School Musical at the Light Church Performing Space. This allows our students the experience of working in a full-scale musical on a professional stage with lighting and sound. The musical we have chosen is Peter Pan the Musical which has a large cast of 60 speaking roles. As this is the last whole school musical for all Year 5,6,7 students they will be prioritised for main roles.
End of Year Events
We are currently finalising our End of Year Events program.
Can I please ask that you keep Tuesday the 13th of December free for our Presentation/Carols night. This night allows us to celebrate the year that has been, acknowledge our graduating Year 7 students and hear our students and community sing a wide range of Christmas Carols as we celebrate the season of Advent.
There will be further information about our Graduation Mass and Dinner sent out to families in Week 1 of next term.
What’s going on with the Build?
The builders are currently laying footings for our new toilet block which is situated on the northern edge of the playground. During the holidays our current toilet block will be demolished, and the site prepared for our new R-2 classroom space. Our students have transitioned well to our temporary toilets, and we are hoping that by the end of Week 6 we should have access to our new toilet block.
Festival Choir
Our Festival Choir are travelling to Adelaide today to complete their performance in conjunction with many other Catholic Schools from across South Australia. The CSMF is a showcase of talent from students within upper primary and secondary Catholic schools involving approximately 2000 students who spend 7 months preparing for their moment on stage. Performances are held each September, with each evening featuring a massed choir, instrumental ensembles, vocal groups, and solo artists.
Next year the festival choir will be a voluntary experience for any Year 5-7 students who are interested.
Good luck to Mrs G.O and the choir tonight on their performance. Stay tuned to social media for some updates as the night progresses.
Fees
School fees will remain the same for 2023. This is reflective of our commitment over the past few years to lower the costs of education at SCMS. Fee Remissions can be applied for, for families who may be impacted by Cost-of-Living challenges. Please contact Margaret Grainger if you require any support. We offer a range of flexible options for payments, along with generous remission and support for families who find themselves in unforeseen financial difficulty. We do not want finances to become a reason your child cannot complete their education at SCMS
Wishing you a safe holiday break as we prepare for what is always our busiest term of the year Term 4.
If you are travelling away during the term break stay safe.
Kind Regards,
Scott March
