Dear Parents and Friends of St Kevin’s,

Learning opportunities abound here at St Kevin’s for everyone. Yesterday Mrs Boudan and I engaged in some learning around leadership and how to lead learning in a school community. We found it very useful with the focus being on how to support teachers in the art and science of teaching that will improve student outcomes.

Students are also busy learning and during my time in classrooms this week, students have shared with me what they are learning in writing and mathematics. Year 3 have been learning to write a text that will persuade the reader to their point of view. They made real-world links to this task through observing various advertisements persuading them to purchase certain goods or services. They were able to persuade me to buy them hot chips for lunch, which they enjoyed on Tuesday! Well done Year 3.

Year 5/6 have been learning about graphs and data. The real-world links to this were identified in the medical profession where nurses take your temperature and track it, if you are in hospital.

Both classes could also inform me how they were going in their learning, where they had to improve in their learning and where to go when they needed help with their learning task. These are questions that are also great dinner table conversations, they give you as parents a great insight into what your children are engaged in at school. It also directs children to be more accountable for their learning – yes I did some great work at school today and I learnt something important too!

As Principal I am focusing on writing and mathematics as these are our school-based improvement goals. I look forward to hearing from you as parents and carer’s what your children share with you about their learning journey at school.

Mary-Anne Jennings

Principal

Uniforms Update

Firstly, thank you for your patience.  It has been very frustrating for everyone waiting for winter items to arrive.

The bulk of our winter uniform order has arrived at our supplier.  We should take delivery by Friday but more like Monday.  As soon as it lands at school stocks will be updated on the Qkr app. Orders that have already been paid for and have been waiting for stock to arrive will be sent home on Monday.  We understand the difficulties that some parents are experiencing waiting for these out of stock items.  Therefore the scheduled date for the wearing of winter uniforms has been postponed till June 1st.

GIRLS WINTER

• Long sleeve Peter-Pan blouse with logo on collar
• Navy tunic
• Jumper with logo
• Navy sports jacket
• Navy tights or white socks
• Black leather/or synthetic school shoes

Optional – Winter Alice headband, thin or thick, small or large school scrunchies, navy blue ribbon - no other coloured ribbons or headbands are acceptable. Navy scarf or navy gloves.

BOYS WINTER

• Long sleeve formal shirt, blue with logo on front pocket
• Navy jumper with school logo
• Navy sports jacket
• Grey socks
• Black leather or black synthetic school shoes

Optional – Navy scarf or navy gloves

SPORTS UNIFORM

• UNISEX short or long sleeve polo shirt with logo
• Navy track pants
• Navy jacket
• White socks
• All white (with white laces) sports shoes

As soon as the Qkr app is updated with stock quantities a compass alert will be sent.  Thank you again for your patience.

Catholic Schools Week

This Sunday May 22 we will join our fellow Parishioners at the 9:30 Sunday Mass to celebrate everything that is amazing about Catholic Education. Our Captains will address the congregation after Mass and our Kindergarten students will be given a blessing by Father Gordon. After Mass we will have morning tea to enjoy with our Parishioners. Looking forward to seeing you all there.

Reports

Semester 2 reports will be available on COMPASS June 27. They are best accessed on a computer.

Parent /Teacher/Student Interviews

Wednesday June 29. Bookings via COMPASS will be live June 20.

External Review

St Kevin’s will undergo an external review in June led by CSO staff not associated directly with St Kevin’s. This is part of the review cycle that all schools undergo. Discussions will be had around the teaching and learning at St Kevin’s, Catholic Culture and Identity, parent and community satisfaction and involvement in the school, and areas of improvement. We look forward to hosting this review working with our colleagues identifying the strengths and successes of St Kevin’s and planning a pathway for ongoing success and goal setting.