News from the Assistant Principal
SEMESTER ONE INTERVIEWS
Don't forget that the Compass Portal is now open to book Parent Teacher Child Interviews. The portal will close on Friday 28 June 2019 at 5.00pm. All appointments must be made through the portal before the closing time.
Interviews will take place in the Hall during Week 10 (Monday 1st - Thursday 4th July). Please log in to Compass to make an appointment.
YEAR 1 A-E REPORTING MEETING
In order to understand the way the grade scale works I will be offering an information session to discuss the elements of the report.
Date: Tuesday 25th June 2019
Time: 2:30 -3:00pm
Please note this meeting is OPTIONAL for Year 1 parents that wish to more fully understand the process of reporting using the A-E grade scale.
LANGUAGE BACKGROUND SURVEY
A language background survey was sent home last week for all families to complete. This survey has been developed by the Catholic Education Office to help support the development of sustainable, school based processes to meet the needs of individual students.
This survey will help us to collect data on key languages spoken at home and the English language proficiency of each student according to the ACARA EAL/D Learning Progression Phases. Please ensure all surveys are returned to school by Friday 28 June 2019.
ATHLETICS CARNIVAL
Our school Athletics Carnival will be held on Friday 5 July 2019 at Beaton Park. In order to complete all events in time available we require all children to be dropped at Beaton Park by 9:00am. At the conclusion of the carnival all students will walk back to school with their teachers.
All 800m and 200m events will be run at 8.00am this year and it is the responsibility of parents to have students participating in these events at the carnival ready to go at 8.00am.
Please complete all permission notes and primary competitor nomination forms (800m and 200m events) and return to the school office no later than Monday 1 July 2019.
MACKILLOP CROSS COUNTRY
Congratulations to Celeste C who participated in the MacKillop Cross Country Carnival last Friday at Eastern Creek. Celeste placed 2nd in the 12 year girls event. She will now participate in the State Championships at Eastern Creek. We are extremely proud of your achievement. Well done Celeste!
SPECIAL LUNCH DAY
The Canteen Committee have organised a special BURRITO lunch day for Friday 28th June 2019. The cost of the meal deal is $9.00. This includes a burrito of choice and a popper.
All burritos will include rice, cheese and choice of filling (chicken, beef, mince, pork, barramundi or veggies). If students are interested in ordering a Burrito meal deal please place all orders on Qkr before Wednesday 26th June 2019 at 8.00am.
OFFICIAL ST BRIGID’S FACEBOOK PAGE
St Brigid’s have launched a school based Facebook page that will regularly post announcements about school events, share good news stories and promote upcoming events. The page can be accessed using the following link:
It is important that all parents are familiar with the Diocesan Social Media Policy and comment and contribute as per the guidelines.
WOOLWORTHS EARN AND LEARN
Thank you to all the families who have been sending in their Earn and Learn stickers. We are certainly collecting lots of stickers to earn new resources. The promotion runs until the 25 June 2019 so please continue to send in your stickers.