St Brigid's Catholic Parish Primary School Gwynneville
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2 Vickery Street
Gwynneville NSW 2500
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Phone: 02 4229 1969

News from the Assistant Principal

SEMESTER 1 REPORTS AND INTERVIEWS

School reports for the first semester will be sent home on Friday 28 June 2019 and parent teacher child interviews will take place in Week 10 (Monday 1 July to Thursday 4 July).  Please note that Kindergarten will have interviews but there is no formal report sent home this semester.

Interviews will involve a 15 minute appointment with your child’s teacher to discuss their semester one progress. All interviews will be made available on Compass. More details will be sent home next week on how to book your child’s interview.

All Australian schools are required to use a common A-E grade to describe student achievement in all subjects, including formal Religious Education, for Years 1-10. This is part of the Federal Government’s plan to achieve greater national consistency in Education. Students’ Learning Reports (except those for Kindergarten) account for individual student learning achievement according to the A-E scale below.

GRADE

ACHIEVEMENT DESCRIPTION

A

Excellent Achievement

The student has an extensive knowledge and understanding of the content and can readily apply this knowledge. The student has achieved a very high level of competence and can apply these skills to new situations.

B

High Achievement

The student has a thorough knowledge and understanding of the content and a high level of competence in the processes and skills. The student is able to apply this knowledge and these skills in most situations.

C

Sound Achievement

The student has a sound knowledge and understanding of the content and an adequate competence in the processes and skills.

D

Basic Achievement

The student has a basic knowledge and understanding of the content and limited competence in the processes and skills.

E

Elementary Achievement

The student has an elementary knowledge and understanding in a few areas of the content and very limited competence in some of the processes and skills.

 

ICAS ASSESSMENTS

This year the children in Stage 3 (Year 5 and 6) are invited to take part in the 2019 International Competitions and Assessments for Schools (ICAS), conducted by the Educational Assessment Centre, University of NSW, in the following areas:

  • Science Competition will be held on Thursday 5 September (Week 7)
  • English Competition will be held on Tuesday 17 September (Week 9)
  • Mathematics Competition will be held on Thursday 19 September (Week 9)

All ICAS Assessments will be completed online during Term 3.

If your child is interested in participating please ensure they have returned the permission note, that was sent home via Compass, before Friday 14 June 2019.

 

MACKILLOP TRIALS

Congratulations to Henry J who participated in the MacKillop Hockey trials this week in Lismore. Henry had a great carnival and has been selected to be a part of the NSW Primary Hockey team.  The next competition is the Australian School Sports Competition in Bendigo in August. Well done Henry we are extremely proud of your achievement!

Good luck to Celeste C who will be attending the MacKillop Cross Country at Eastern Creek next Friday 14th June.

 

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:

www.facebook.com/stbrigid.gwynneville

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

The Woolworths Earn and Learn Program is beginning again this year. This program gives schools the opportunity to earn new resources. Woolworths has partnered with Modern Teaching Aids who have a large range of categories to choose from including; ICT, science, sports, mathematics, arts and crafts.

SBG T1W10 - woolworths earn and learn.jpgHow you can help?

  1. Between 1 May and 25 June 2019, collect as many stickers as you can.
  2. Stick them on the sticker sheets and give them to school. Or drop them into a collection box in the store in Figtree or Wollongong
  3. Don’t forget, you can always download and print extra sticker sheets at woolworths.com.au/earnandlearn
  4. Ask neighbours, friends and grandparents to collect stickers as well.