Dear Families
As we approach the end of the Lenten season and celebrate the pinnacle of the Church’s year, Easter, this week our classes have led presentations to bring to life the significant events of Holy Week. I would like to thank the Ebel family for assisting us in our Holy Week presentations by constructing and providing signs to assist the class performances.
Saint Peter's Fair
On Saturday March 25th, our school had a stall at the Saint Peter's Fair at Linde Reserve. Our staff and students handed out over 50 enrolment packs to famillies on the day. I would like to thank Pina, Robert and Charlotte Bria for their work in organising the stall and Charlotte Hutchesson and Stephanie Semczuk for the wonderful cookies they baked to share.
Preschool
The educators in Preschool have been leading learning with the children in the areas of health and nutrition. Earlier this week, the Preschool held a special breakfast for the students and families to celebrate their learning on the topic of healthy eating.
Ready for Reception
At St Joseph’s Memorial School, we offer a Ready for Reception Program for Preschool aged children who are enrolled in Reception prior to starting school.
Ready for Reception nurtures the needs of the whole child. In this program, a qualified and highly experienced Early Years Educator, provides a range of fun learning and play experiences using the Early Years Learning Framework. To ensure a successful start to school, this play based curriculum will be supported by following school routines.
This new model allows St Joseph’s Memorial to provide families a high-quality transition program ensuring each child has a successful start to school, nurturing their growth and development.
Please click on the link below to see our new brochure on the Ready for Reception program:
https://www.sjms.catholic.edu.au/__files/f/22609/Ready_for_Reception_Brochure.pdf
New School lunches initiative commencing Term 2!
I am very excited to announce that we are introducing school lunches on Mondays and Fridays, beginning from Term 2 onwards. We have partnered up with local business Louie's Deli on Sydenham Road in Norwood to commence a lunch order program at St Joseph's Memorial. Our operational team consists of parents, members of the school board, school leaders and the administration team, who have worked collaboratively for this initiative to begin at the beginning of next term.
Menu items for parents to purchase lunches on Mondays and Fridays for their child(ren) will be placed on the QKR app, with payment and dietary requirements options available. The lunch orders will be delivered to both our Kensington and Norwood sites and passed onto the students. The planned menu items that will be placed on QKR application for families to order are:
We will be sending more information about this to all parents via Skoolbag next week.
Clarity Project in Practice
The school leaders and teachers have been continuining our work in the whole school Clarity Project. The Clarity practices aim to increase student achievement and growth in an ongoing and sustainable way. Below are some great examples of our Reception teachers using learning intentions, success criteria and bump it up walls to help their students have a clear understanding of what they are learning and how they can be successful.
As the term draws to a close, I wish you all a wonderful and safe Easter and term break.
God bless you all,
Mr Slater