Dear Parent and Friends of St Kevin’s,

Term 1 is quickly coming to an end. We are incredibly grateful that as a learning community Covid has not impacted too much on our day-to-day business – teaching and learning. Occasionally classes have had to be split because of teacher absences and the unavailability of casual teachers, and some classes may have had several different teachers due to staff needing to isolate. However, the resilience of our students and teachers is to be commended, as everyone stepped up to the mark and did what they had to on any given day. This is why St Kevin’s is such a fantastic community – when the going gets tough, the tough get going.

So let’s look forward to learning more in Term 2 and continue to support and assist each other in everything we do.

Cheers and have a great holiday.

Mary-Anne Jennings

Principal

COVID Update

We are still required to be COVID safe in all school activities and events. As we have a number of cases in our school community and next week with the number of various Liturgies and Easter celebrations, we ask the following to keep us all safe:

1. Wearing a mask is highly recommended when you come to a Liturgy or the Easter Hat parade.
2. Use hand sanitiser that is provided as you enter the school.
3. Please be aware and socially distance where possible.

That way the 2 weeks holidays should be enjoyed by all.

Winter Uniforms

These are not required for the beginning of Term 2 as it is often still quite warm in April. Winter uniforms are not required till Week 5 Term 2 ( May 23).

Sports jackets

Some students are wearing their sports jackets every day. Sports jackets can only be worn on sports days. Regular navy jumpers are worn with regular uniforms.

Sports joggers

Joggers worn on sports days are to be white. Please ensure your child complies with this request.

SMART Watches

Some students are wearing SMART watches to school. These come under the same rules as mobile phones. They are not to be used at school for any other purpose than to tell the time. They are not to be used for communication, or anything else that mobile data can access. If students are found to be using their SMART watches inappropriately, they will be asked to take them off and put them in at the office till the end of the day.

Volunteers

I have received 2 notifications of clearance to volunteer from the Diocese following the completion of the Volunteer Registration and Police check via our School Website. If you would still like to volunteer at the canteen or with reading groups or with the uniform shop, please ensure you complete this form ASAP. We currently only have 4 people cleared and willing to do canteen, which isn’t enough to have an operational canteen.

NAPLAN Practice Tests

On Wednesday this week, Years 3 and 5 completed NAPLAN Practice Tests. These practice tests help to familarise students and staff with the online testing environment. Thank you to Mrs Stretton for the organisation of the practice tests and Mr Vaughan and Mrs Sinclair for assisting with the testing. The official NAPLAN testing starts on Tuesday 10 May. Consent forms for disability adjustments for NAPLAN have been sent home and we ask that you return these as a priority. There is no need to study for NAPLAN. Parents/carers often stress about their child “doing well” in NAPLAN, but remember, it is only one of many assessments that children complete across the school year.

Easter Hat Parade

Wednesday 1:30pm. Hats made at home and brought to school Wednesday morning. The Easter raffle will be held at 2pm following the hat parade. All Parents and grandparents welcome.

School X-Country

Due to wet weather our x-country has been postponed till Tuesday next week. Hopefully the wind and less rain will assist us with a drier course to run! We will start at 12 noon.