Dear families,

Recently I was invited to Kolbe Secondary College for their Feast Day Mass and the unveiling of their bronze statue of St Maximillian Kolbe.  Listening to the story of this modern saint was a blessing.  I felt honored and privileged to represent our school on this special occasion.  Today’s prayer is dedicated to St Maximillian Kolbe.

Lord Jesus Christ, who said, “Greater love than this no man has that a man lay down his life for his friends,” through the intercession of St. Maximilian Kolbe whose life illustrated such love, we beseech you to grant us our desire to live out our school values of LOVE, RESPECT, HUMILITY and COURAGE just at Maximilian did.

Through the Militia of the Immaculata movement, which Maximilian founded, he spread a fervent devotion to Our Lady throughout the world. He gave up his life for a total stranger and loved his persecutors, giving us an example of unselfish love for all men, a love that was inspired by true devotion to Mary.
Grant, O Lord Jesus, that we too may give ourselves entirely without reserve to the love and service of our Heavenly Queen in order to better love and serve our fellowman in imitation of your humble servant, Maximilian. Amen.

St. Maximilian Kolbe was born as Raymond Kolbe on January 8, 1894, in the Kingdom of Poland, part of the Russian Empire. He was a Polish Conventual Franciscan friar and a martyr in the German death Camp of Auschwitz during World War II.

St. Maximilian Kolbe was very active in promoting the Immaculate Virgin Mary and is known as the Apostle of Consecration to Mary. Much of his life was strongly influenced by a vision he had of the Virgin Mary when he was 12.

“That night I asked the Mother of God what was to become of me. Then she came to me holding two crowns, one white, the other red. She asked me if I was willing to accept either of these crowns. The white one meant that I should persevere in purity, and the red that I should become a martyr. I said that I would accept them both.”

One year after his vision, Kolbe and his elder brother, Francis joined the Conventual Franciscans. In 1910, Kolbe was given the religious name Maximilian, after being allowed to enter the novitiate, and in 1911, he professed his first vows.

At the age of 21, Kolbe earned a doctorate in philosophy from the Pontifical Gregorian University. He would also earn a doctorate in theology by the time he was 28.

St. Maximilian Kolbe organized the Militia Immaculata (Army of the Immaculate One) after witnessing demonstrations against Pope St. Pius X and Benedict XV. His goal was to work for the conversion of sinners and enemies of the Church, specifically, the Freemasons and he would so with the intercession of Mary.

In 1918, he was ordained a priest and continued his work of promoting Mary throughout Poland. Over the next several years, Kolbe took on publishing. He founded a monthly periodical titled, “Rycerz Niepokalanej” (Knight of the Immaculate). He also operated a religious publishing press and founded a new Conventual Franciscan monastery at Niepokalanow, which became a major religious publishing center.

Kolbe also founded monasteries in both Japan and India. To this day, the monastery in Japan remains prominent in the Roman Catholic Church in Japan.

In 1936, Kolbe’s poor health forced him to return home to Poland, and once the WWII invasion by Germany began, he became one of the only brothers to remain in the monastery. He opened up a temporary hospital to aid those in need. When his town was captured, Kolbe was sent to prison but released three months later.

Kolbe refused to sign a document that would recognize him as a German citizen with his German ancestry and continued to work in his monastery, providing shelter for refugees – including hiding 2,000 Jews from German persecution. After receiving permission to continue his religious publishing, Kolbe’s monastery acted as a publishing house again and issued many anti-Nazi German publications.

On February 17, 1941, the monastery was shut down; Kolbe was arrested by the German Gestapo and taken to the Pawiak prison. Three months later, he was transferred to Auschwitz.

Never abandoning his priesthood, Kolbe was the victim to severe violence and harassment. Toward the end of his second month in Auschwitz, men were chosen to face death by starvation to warn against escapes. Kolbe was not chosen but volunteered to take the place of a man with a family.

It is said during the last days of his life Kolbe led prayers to Our Lady with the prisoners and remained calm. He was the last of the group to remain alive, after two weeks of dehydration and starvation. The guards gave him a lethal injection of carbolic acid. The stories tell that he raised his left arm and calmly awaited death.

St. Maximilian Kolbe died on August 14 and his remains were cremated on August 15, the same day as the Assumption of Mary feast day.

In recent weeks we have had so many wonderful school events.  We celebrated our very first Mary Queen of Heaven Feast day with Father Dishan celebrating Mass for our community.  On this day we acknowledged the amazing and inspiring woman Mary is and how blessed we are to have her as our school’s namesake.  We hope all of our families loved the Mary Queen of Heaven tea light gift for your homes.  The St Anastasia relic, gifted to us by Father Dishan was installed into our school altar on our Feast Day.  A precious momento that adds to the sacredness of our school’s sacred space. 

Krystina in year 5 undertook a selfless and generous gesture in cutting off her hair and donating it to make wigs for children who are undergoing treatment for cancer. Not only was this selfless, courageous and generous, it was a decision that Krystina made over three years ago.  She has been growing her hair ever since.  We could not be more proud of Krystina and the efforts she has made for those less fortunate than herself.  We can all learn something from our amazing Social Justice Leader!

Colour Run

Our school colour run was a remarkable day filled with colour, fun and laughter.  The participation from all was exceptional, and the fundraising efforts from our families was quite remarkable.  Thank you for getting behind this fabulous day and ensuring it was a huge success for the children and for our community.

CONFIRMATION

We recently celebrated the Sacrament of Confirmation at Good Shepherd Parish.  Our only candidate was Grace in year 6.  She represented our school so beautifully, modelling our school values and the Gifts of the Spirit. We pray that the Holy Spirit will continue to inspire and guide Grace.

Congratulations to the following members of our community who will represent our School as part of our Parish School Advisory Board:

Jaclyn & Andrew Bouzikas

Vanessa & Peter Jurcic

Emma & Shaun Scott

Our three Parish Schools will come together to form a Parish Schools Advisory Board, a unique and effective structure for the betterment of all three schools in our parish.

Advisory in nature

The School Advisory Council provides a forum for discussion and discernment, where parent voice and community perspective are available to inform and support the decisions made by the principal and parish priest as the custodian of mission for the good of school and parish where students’ wellbeing and outcomes are paramount.

When used in this document, the term ‘parish priest’ will include priest moderator, parochial administrator, member of an association of canonical administrators or Archbishop’s nominee across primary or secondary contexts and designates their specific role in relation to schools and their title in reference to their ex-officio duties on a School Advisory Council, including their role as custodian of mission.

It is important that School Advisory Council members understand that their primary role is to provide assistance and advice on school matters to support the principal in their leadership role. School Advisory Councils do not have a legal identity and do not become involved in the day-to-day management of the school. The School Advisory Council must act within the parameters of this Terms of Reference.

The MACS board, as the governing body of MACS schools, is responsible for the common good of Catholic education in MACS schools in the Archdiocese, and thus is ultimately responsible for making any decision about the establishment of a council and its arrangements.

The following are some examples of the many ways the School Advisory Council may support the school and the principal:

• articulating and enacting the school’s vision and mission
• promoting the school’s Catholic ethos and culture
• promoting faith formation and development
• supporting school policies as required
• giving advice to the principal on issues such as school improvement plans and enrolment trends
• giving advice to the principal about the school master plan
• providing capital resource planning and maintenance support to the principal.

In my last newsletter I wrote about the importance of understanding  Neurodiversity.  The  idea that there’s natural variation in how people’s brains work and how people experience, understand and interact with the world. This means there are natural differences in the way people learn and communicate.  It has been wonderful to hear many parents chat to me about this and indicate their own learning about neurodiversity.

Upon enrolment at MQH, all families signed an Enrolment Agreement, a Parent Code of Conduct and a Student Code of Conduct.  All of these documents are designed to ensure our communication is clear, our systems and processes are clear and most importantly, our children and families feel safe and included.  It is the responsibility of all of us to abide by these policies so that our school can be the best we can offer.  Please read over these policies (see website) to ensure all families are aware of what you have agreed to.  I draw your attention particularly to our Student Behaviour Management Policy.  Our approach to behaviour management is positive and restorative.  We have 6 simple school rules that all of our learners are very well aware of.  They know our continuum of response which begins with reminders and escalates to behaviour reflection sheets for ongoing or significant incidents.  Please chat with your children about our approach so that you and your family are familiar with our approach.  Importantly we need our families to trust us, know that we are always acting in the best interests of your children and that we share your role as educators of your children to ensure we assist them in all areas of learning, including behaviour.

One of the things we focus on when dealing with student behaviour is emotional regulation.  Mindful practice and explicit teaching on how to manage ourselves forms part of our daily routine and informs our wellbeing lessons. Below (in the wellbeing) is some material you might like to chat with your child/ren about.

Wellbeing

Emotional Self-Regulation

Taking a few seconds to think things through before acting can make a huge difference in how a situation plays out. This is a skill most people can learn—it’s called self regulation.

People of any age can benefit from learning how to self-regulate their emotions. For kids, it’s a great way to learn how to control their impulses, make good social connections, and develop self-esteem. For adults, self-regulation makes stressful conditions at work, home, or in the community much more manageable.

Tantrums and outbursts are to be expected in toddlers and young children, but as they get older, kids usually get better and better at controlling their emotions. It is important for adults to model emotional regulation to children.

Some strategies we use at MQH for assisting with emotional regulation include:

• Recognising your own signs: This involves an awareness of how your own body communicates feelings (such as butterflies in the stomach).
• Scaffolding: Managing tasks that seem overwhelming by breaking them down into smaller more manageable steps.
• Mindfulness: This strategy helps to manage emotions through practical exercises such as deep breathing. 
• Reframing the situation: This strategy involves thinking about a situation in a more positive way, rather than one that is likely to increase negative emotions. 
• Zones of Regulation: This is a visual reference tool for students who have difficulty expressing emotions in words.

Loretta O’Dwyer

Learning Diversity Leader

Numeracy

Common mistake students make in counting 

Have you ever noticed that when a child counts there are critical flash points that indicate if they have a deep understanding of the patterns within our number system? 

In Prep you might see a child struggling with 44,45,46,47,48,49….(pause for 4 seconds)… 40 ‘ten’.

A common challenge for Year 1 and 2 students is: 107,108,109 (pause for 4 seconds)…200.

I wanted to share some of the strategies I use to help students to overcome this issue.

Firstly, I want to share with you a little about why this problem arises. Moving forwards or backwards over any place value part is challenging. We call this ‘bridging’. It is a skill students struggle with from very early in their counting journey, all the way through to Years 5 and 6 when they are required to count in decimal parts. Bridging requires a really deep understanding of the unit we are counting by and the counting pattern that underpins this count (this is closely related to an understanding of place value). Jumping from 109 to 200 is a common thinking mistake amongst novice counters. It is mostly because they haven’t generalised the idea that the 1-99 counting pattern repeats within each hundred.

I want to help them to see this pattern. So, once we get to 100, I then count alongside them… I say “1 hundred and” over and over as they count from 1-99 to help them see that it is the same pattern that they already know, except they have to say “one hundred and” in front.

In Australia, we include the ‘and’, so my instruction goes like this…

Me: One hundred and

Them: 1

Me: One hundred and

Them: 2

Me: One hundred and

Them: 3

Me repeating the same count (one hundred and) over and over, quickly helps them to see that the only thing that is different in the count from 100-199 is we need to say “one hundred and” in front of the numbers 1-99…

Then, if they get to 109…and get stuck you can say…

“What comes after 9? 10… ok. So put your ‘1 hundred and’ in front of ’10’ and keep the count going…”

We then move to do the same with numbers 200-300, then 300-400 etc.

Me: Two hundred and

Them: 1

Me: Two hundred and

Them: 2

Me: Two hundred and

Them: 3

Me: Two hundred and

Them: 4 etc

This all happens in one lesson because I want them to see the ‘big picture’ of counting. It is short, sharp, explicit instruction and it is one of my favourite lessons to teach as so many ‘light bulbs’ go on amongst children! 

I walk into the lesson and say ‘by the end of today you will be able to count to 1000’. Many students look at me in disbelief, remembering how long it took them to learn how to learn to 99… but I say… maths is all about patterns, we are going to see the patterns today! When we help our students to be aware of the patterns, it is so powerful! Have a listen to how your child counts. Do they know how to bridge from one decade to another 149/150; 189/190?

What about when counting backwards? Can they see the pattern and understand that before decade numbers is 9 .. like 10, 9, 8,  etc…. 20, 19, 18; 50, 49, 48; 169, 159, 158. 

(Thanks to Dr Ange Rogers for her Blog on common mistakes in counting)

Dani De Luca

Numeracy Leader

In the coming weeks I will be taking some enrichment leave to travel to the Holy Land with 22 other principals from the Northern Region.  We will be pilgrims following the ‘Footsteps of Jesus.’  I will be visiting The Dead Sea, Bethlehem, Jericho, Jerusalem, Hebron, Tiberius, Mount Carmel, Nazareth, Jordan and Petra.  The Holy Land is an honour and a privilege to visit, I pray that this trip will further strengthen my faith and help me to gain a deeper understanding about the history, political landscape and religious significance of these Holy places.

Dani and Loretta will lead the school in my absence.

Please keep me and the other pilgrims in your prayers as we journey together:

In this busy world that we inhabit, grant us space to rest a while.  By the still waters of your peace, to hear the whisper of your voice and felt the warmth of your breeze within our souls.  Grant us space to rest a while. Amen.

Renae

School Fees for 2024

MARY QUEEN OF HEAVEN 2024 SCHOOL FEE STRUCTURE 

SCHOOL FEES PER FAMILY –  $2,000 

See payable options below

1.  Payable IN FULL at the beginning of the year, DUE 16/2/2024

OR in three instalments as follows:

Term 1 DUE 16/2/2024 $667

Term 2 DUE 26/4/2024 $667

Term 3 DUE 12/7/2024 $666

MAINTENANCE LEVY PER FAMILY – $200.00  DUE 16/2/2024  

This levy contributes towards the improvement and maintenance of our buildings and grounds.

STUDENT LEVY PER CHILD – $480 DUE 16/2/2024  

The student levy covers all your children’s books and stationery requirements. It also covers the purchase of materials for different subject areas such as English, Maths, Inquiry, Library, Art, Computers and Physical Education etc.

EXCURSION/INCURSION LEVY PER CHILD – $80.00 DUE 16/2/2024  

This will cover the cost of incursions and excursions. This will not be refundable should your child be away on the day of the excursion. Transport costs for the Year Six interschool sports are not included in the excursion levy.  Children will be required to pay for these separately as the need arises.

SCHOOL CAMP PER CHILD (All Victorian based camps)

Year Five: TBA

Year Six: TBA

Dear Families,

We continue to keep all of the World Youth Day pilgrims in our prayers, particularly Pauline who is representing our school in Portugal.  Pauline has shared her journey with us at varying times, she is learning, reflecting and is so grateful to have the opportunity to be there.  Pauline reflection on day 1 in Portugal:

We went off exploring with our small group. Our first stop was a visit to a local museum dedicated to St Anthony, we then went into the city Centre followed by an Australian gathering at a park where Archbishop Comensoli addressed the crowd.  Finally we attended the opening mass among approximately 2 million other pilgrims from all over the globe- an incredible event to be part of.

In the coming weeks, will celebrate the Feast of The Queenship of Mary, our school’s feast day August 22.  On this day we will host a whole school Mass at 12 noon, all families are invited to attend.  Special art works will be created on this feast day for the children to bring home to share with the family in honour of Mary Queen of Heaven.  This weeks prayer is dedicated to Mary, Queen of Heaven and Earth.

Hail, Holy Queen, Mother of Mercy, our life, our sweetness and our hope.  To you do we cry, poor banished children of Eve.  To you do we send up our sighs, mourning and weeping in this valley of tears. Turn then, most gracious advocate, your eyes of mercy toward us, and after this exile show unto us the blessed fruit of thy womb, Jesus. 

O clement, O loving, O sweet Virgin Mary – Pray for us.

Term 3 has got off to a very exciting start with so much to be proud of at MQH.  Our community came together for a fabulous 100 days of school, with our preps dressed at 100 year old’s and our 1-6 children dressing to reflect how they ‘Shine the Light’ at MQH.  The effort, creativity, colour and teamwork was so wonderful to see, reflective of the amazing community we have here at school.  

This special day culminated in burying our school time capsule which will be unveiled in 10 years time.  A moment in time captured by our staff and students about the first 6 months of MQH,  Each and everyone of you are represented in our time capsule.

This term we have so much to look forward to.  We celebrate Confirmation in the coming weeks, our school Colour Run, AFL Victoria and Netball Victoria supporting our PE program all term, ‘Stand Tall’ Basketball program visiting our year 3-6 students throughout the term to teach key basketball skills.  We have Krystina, one of our year 5 leaders selflessly involved in a Cancer Fundraiser, donating her hair to create wigs for children with cancer.  The assembly for Krystina will be Tuesday 15th August 2:30pm.  On this day we will donate all money from the Monday Zooper Dooper sales to contribute to this wonderful cause.  Thank you Krystina for actioning our school values of Love, Courage, Respect and Humility. 

At Mary Queen of Heaven we pride ourselves on our personalised approach to all learning.  This learning includes our positive behaviour support.  Some children require additional support in learning Maths, some in Reading and some with managing themselves and their behaviour.  Each approach to supporting a child meets their individual needs.  Sometimes this means that our levels of support look different.  Our positive behaviour support structure is very clear.  We have our school rules and a continuum of response.  Whilst this is always followed for all children, it is often, if not always done in a private setting to preserve the dignity of the child.  We ask that our families trust us in following this approach and work with us in supporting all learners.

Neurodiversity

Neurodiversity is the idea that there’s natural variation in how people’s brains work and how people experience, understand and interact with the world. This means there are natural differences in the way people learn and communicate. About 1 in 5-6 children have variations in their brain development. These variations include those seen in ADHD, Autism and dyslexia. These children can be described as neurodivergent.

At Mary Queen of Heaven, we embrace neurodiversity. Embracing neurodiversity is about accepting, including, celebrating and supporting neurodivergent children. Their differences are part of natural variation and don’t need to be treated or changed.

Why it’s important to embrace neurodiversity?

When families and communities embrace neurodiversity, it’s good for

neurodivergent children’s mental health, wellbeing, sense of self and identity. Embracing neurodiversity takes away the pressure for neurodivergent children to behave in neurotypical ways, hide behaviour like stimming, mask or hide who they are, or cope with sensory overstimulation. This kind of pressure can be physically and mentally exhausting. And it can make it hard for children to focus on schoolwork and take part in social activities. Embracing neurodiversity is also good for society. Just like the planet needs a diversity of plants and animals to survive, society needs neurodiversity to thrive. Neurodivergent people bring many strengths to society. These include strengths in creative, innovative and analytical thinking and expertise in areas of special interest.

How you may see us embrace neurodiversity at Mary Queen of Heaven

MQH may adjust things so that neurodivergent children can participate fully in learning and socialising at school. For example, you might notice changes like:

Support for all children to include neurodivergent children in interactions and play – supported problem solving may look different to how you may problem solve with a neurotypical child.

Changes to the environment for children with sensory sensitivities or high levels of anxiety – for example, perhaps the school will use quiet spaces, adjust lighting, or allow children to use sensory items like squishy balls in class.

Teachers will employ a range of teaching methods to suit diverse learning styles or needs.

How to embrace neurodiversity in the community

Explain to children that all people are different and have different strengths and challenges in life. Be aware of the language you use. It’s OK to ask if you’re not sure. For example, ‘Do you prefer ‘autistic child’ or ‘child with autism’?’ 

Challenge unhelpful attitudes. For example, you could speak up if you hear someone criticising a parent whose child is having a meltdown in the park. 

Avoid assumptions. For example, there could be many reasons why a child is eating only packaged snacks at a picnic or wearing headphones at the supermarket.

Look for ways to make your community more inclusive. For example, you could be part of a petition encouraging the local supermarket to opt into one ‘quiet hour’ a week, when lights are dimmed and no music is played.

Talk respectfully about neurodiversity and neurodivergence. You probably know people who are neurodivergent, even if they haven’t told you.

For more information on specific neurodiversity:

https://www.autismspectrum.org.au/

https://www.adhdaustralia.org.au/

https://www.speldvic.org.au/

Learning and Teaching

You may have heard in the media, talk about Open vs Closed Classrooms and wondered about where Mary Queen of Heaven sits in this debate.  

At Mary Queen of Heaven, we are very much about offering children flexible learning spaces.  This is why we included bifold doors in the designs of our learning spaces.  This enables us to open doors when collaboration is required across grades, and close them during explicit teaching, when collaboration across grades is not required.  

Much like all the decisions we make with regards to learning and teaching, we refer to evidence to guide us.  Research shows that children learn best in environments that are conducive to the learning they are engaged in at the time.  Much like adults might work in varied workspaces depending upon the task they are engaged in, we set children up for success by providing working environments that provide them with the conditions that will enable them to be successful in their learning.

When the children in Prep are engaged in Discovery, they work across both classrooms.  The spaces that are set up are purposeful and designed to connect to and build on children’s learning.  Children have the opportunity to build wellbeing skills as well dispositions (such as persistence and perseverance).  They also have the opportunity to build relationships across the cohort, which is an important life skill! 

With Projects in 3-6, it is much the same.  Children have the opportunity to work collaboratively with children across grades 3 to 6 to build the skills of an Inquirer, learning from their peers and building relationships as they do so. 

Be sure to chat with your children about their day, what learning they are engaged in and how they feel about the learning spaces.

Prep – 2 Discovery (open spaces)

Explicit teach (closed spaces)

3-6 Projects (open, shared spaces)

The Learning Pit

Recently we introduced the concept of the learning pit with children.  It describes the various emotions we experience when we tackle a new, unfamiliar and challenging task.  It is a tool that builds emotional literacy, enabling children to label how they feel when they enact change as well as build an understanding of why we feel such emotions.  We also equip children with strategies for ‘getting out of’ the learning pit, such as asking for help, using a different strategy or persisting. 

The Learning Pit used in Grades 3-6 as a reflection tool during their reading session (when exploring Book Clubs)

You might like to use the analogy of the learning pit when talking to your child about their learning or any task they engage in that brings about feelings of frustration due its level of uncertainty or challenge.

CONFIRMATION

The sacrament of Confirmation for our year 6 student Grace will be celebrated at Good Shepherd Parish on Saturday 19th August at 12 noon.  All families are invited to attend and share in this celebration.  We wish Grace all of God’s blessings as she is receives the Gifts of the Holy Spirit.  We already see so many of these Gifts in Grace in the way that she cares for and interacts with the younger students at Mary Queen of Heaven, exemplifying why she was chosen as one of our school captains.

Berry Street Education Model 

Many of our staff are trained in the Berry St. Education Model.  This model supports our Wellbeing Approach and our approach to  Student Behaviour Support. 

Part of the Berry St model is learning about the Body and strategies to support children to regulate their emotions, this can include a Mindful Moment.  We share with children how to create a mindful moment, providing them with an opportunity to bring their mind into the present moment. Thus can help to improve wellbeing and to support our children to be ready to learn.  

Some Berry Street examples of a mindful moment are:

• Mindful breath – deep breath, long exhale
• Mindful hands – 3 claps, 3 clicks, 3 shakes 
• Mindful basketball shot – students pretend to shoot a goal
• Mindful air graffiti -draw a picture in the air
• Mindful balancing – hold a balance and breathe

Chat with your children at home about ways they can practise managing their own mindfulness.

Thank you for ‘Getting your Colour on!

Mary Queen of Heaven Catholic Primary School is hosting a Colour Explosion School Fun Run fundraiser!

The Colour Explosion School Fun Run will be on Friday 18 August 2023 from 12pm to 2pm.

Not only are we hosting an awesome explosion event, students can win up to 15 awesome automated incentive prizes by fundraising via online sponsorship donations.

Students have received a sponsorship book with instructions on setting up their cybersafe, online fundraising profile at www.australianfundraising.com.au. This is an entirely online fundraiser; all cash donations must be converted to online donations to redeem your prizes.

Extra Incentives to Fundraise!

«  Online Golden Coins – complete fun online tasks to redeem an extra $75 towards your prize credit.

«  Monty the Monstar’s Bonus Prizes – achieve milestones to unlock Monty’s bonus prizes.

«  $10,000 JB HI FI Spending Spree for one organisation’s highest fundraising student – it could be you!

«  Our school will win an extra $5,000 if we have the highest average fundraised amount per student in 2023.

«  A Play Station 5 Gaming Bundle – see your child’s sponsorship booklet for more!

For more information, please contact Felicity Valetini at fvaletini@mqhgreenvale.catholic.edu.au or Steven Avis at savis@mqhgreenvale.catholic.edu.au.

Currently we are SO close to our goal of $5000!

School Uniform

Thank you to those families who took note of the reminder in our last newsletter to ensure all uniform is purchased at Noone Uniform.  We have seen an improvement in the uniform our children are wearing. 

Absence

Please be reminded, if your child is going to be absent for any reason, please let the school know through the Audiri App as soon as possible as marking the roll is a mandatory obligation for all schools   This is also crucial for us to accurately mark the roll and ensure that we are accurately fulfilling the school’s obligation of recording student attendance.  If the absence is for an extended period of time, please indicate the dates and be specific with the reason, preferably before the extended absence.  It is also recommended that you advise your child’s classroom teacher when your child will be absent for an extended period of time.

Late arrivals

We have noticed a real improvement in the amount of children coming in late to school – THANK YOU!  A late arrival is disruptive to the child coming in late and can be quite anxiety inducing.  It is equally disrupting for the classroom.  We understand that every now and then things happen, however please make a concerted effort to be at school on time.  Children are expected to be in their classrooms by 8:45 am ready to commence the day.  Please note that children coming in late to school need to be escorted by a parent/guardian so that the late arrival can be recorded at the office by the person bringing the child to school.

School Fees Reminder

A friendly reminder to please pay any outstanding amounts as soon as possible. 

 School Apps

Have you downloaded our school apps?

We invite all families who have not yet signed up to our Audiri app or joined on Seesaw to sign up and join us!  Stay connected with our school and your child’s learning!

Prayer for Pilgrims at World Youth Day

Heavenly Father, 

You called Mary Queen of Heaven and opened her heart to say ‘YES’ to the mission you asked of her. Filled with the Holy Spirit, she rose and set out in haste to visit her cousin Elizabeth to share the Good News.

Help Pauline, our pilgrim, and all pilgrims as they go on pilgrimage to World Youth Day in Lisbon.

Be their companion and strength them on their journey,

Open their hearts to the prompting of your Spirit,

And lead them to a deep and abiding encounter with your Son.

Like Mary, may Pauline and all pilgrims return from World Youth Day, filled with your Spirit and ready proclaim the Good News.

Dear Families,

Welcome back to term 3, the year is simply flying by!  Over the school holidays we opened up two large playing fields for the children, giving them more space for active ball games.  Basketball rings and backboards were erected in the basketball court area, this came from feedback from the children themselves.  We have ordered and expect to have installed some lovely seating options for the yard by the end of term 3.

CONFIRMATION

This term promises to be an exciting term with lots to look forward to.  The sacrament of Confirmation for our year 6 students will be celebrated at Good Shepherd parish on Saturday 19th August at 12 noon.  All families are invited to attend and share in this celebration.

100 DAYS OF MQH!!

We will be celebrating 100 days of Mary Queen of Heaven on Friday 21st July.  This will be a fun day for all, dressing up as 100 year olds (Preps) and 100 days of shining brightly (year 1-6.)  We will mark the day with lots of engaging activities reflecting on 100 days together.  Our day will culminate in gathering for prayer and burying a time capsule that marks the first 6 months of our existence as a school.  We plan to open the time capsule at the 10 year anniversary of MQH in 2033!  Please start thinking about your child’s costume for the day, they get so excited about special days like this.

Staffing

Earlier this year Rachel Giuffrida (Year 4-6 educator) married her husband Thomas.  In the coming weeks, Rachel and Thomas will be taking leave to celebrate their Honeymoon in Europe.  We congratulate Rachel and Thomas and wish them well for their trip away.  Felicity Valetini will replace Rachel in her absence, Felicity knows the students well and has a great relationship with them.

In recent weeks we were notified that our Prep Educator Pauline Boyle was successful in her application to attend World Youth Day in Lisbon Portugal with 500 pilgrims from the Melbourne Archdiocese. We congratulate Pauline on this one in a lifetime opportunity and thank her for helping put Mary Queen of Heaven on the World map through her attendance.  Pauline will be away for three weeks from week three, traveling through Rome and Portugal with WYD.  This enriching experience will no doubt strengthen Pauline’s faith life, opening up so many opportunities for reflection and faith formation.  We wish Pauline God’s Blessings as she journeys through this pilgrimage.  Gabbi Stickland will replace Pauline in her absence.  Gabi has worked with the juniors at MQH and knows our community.

Online Safety

In recent weeks the news has reflected the growing issues among our youth and Cyberbullying and online issues.  At school we remind the children constantly about being safe online and making safe choices.  We strongly recommend that you as a family discuss your child’s online use and refer to the following link for further information and support. 

All Social Media apps have a child age limit of 13 years of age.  We should not see or hear about any children at Mary Queen of Heaven having Facebook, Instagram, TikTok etc as none of our students are old enough for an account.  If your child/ren does have one of these accounts, we strongly recommend you close the account and explain the dangers of these platforms to your children.  

https://www.esafety.gov.au/kids

Please also refer to the PDF attached on screen time for Primary school aged children.

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School Uniform

We have worked very closely with Noone School Wear to design and manufacture a beautiful and durable school uniform.  It has been designed to meet the needs of our learners with a great deal of choice and comfort. 

Please be reminded that we ask that ONLY uniform purchased from the uniform shop be worn to school and sport uniform is ONLY to be worn on Fridays.

From this week, educators will be reminding children about their uniform.  You may be contacted by your child’s educators if your child is out of uniform.  We thank you for your cooperation with this.

Big Childcare

BIG Childcare is an excellent service that is offered to our families for before and after school care.  They are a third party provider and we cannot assist in enrolling children to this service.  Please call BIG Childcare directly for any inquiries on 1300 273 162.

Absence

If your child is going to be absent for any reason, please let the school know through the Audiri App as soon as possible as marking the roll is a mandatory obligation for all schools   This is also crucial for us to accurately mark the roll and ensure that we are accurately fulfilling the school’s obligation of recording student attendance.  If the absence is for an extended period of time, please indicate the dates and be specific with the reason, preferably before the extended absence.  It is also recommended that you advise your child’s classroom teacher when your child will be absent for an extended period of time.

Late arrivals

We have noticed that more and more children are coming into school late.  A late arrival is disruptive  to the child coming in late and can be quite anxiety inducing.  It is equally disrupting for the classroom.  We understand that every now and then things happen, however please make a concerted effort to be at school on time.  Children are expected to be in their classrooms by 8:45 am ready to commence the day.  Please note that children coming in late to school need to be escorted by a parent/guardian so that the late arrival can be recorded at the office by the person bringing the child to school.

Collecting Children from School

On occasions, children need to be collected early from school for appointments etc.  Please let the office know if you are collecting your child early, especially if they are being collected by another adult.  We cannot allow children to go with another adult if we don’t have permission from the family.

2023 SCHOOL FEES
Any outstanding 2023 School Fees are now overdue. All fees were due on 11/7/2023, unless you
have previously entered into a payment arrangement with the school, in which case please ignore
this message. Statements will be forwarded to families with outstanding fees this week or early next
week, some of which may have already received a copy. Please ensure you are up to date with your
payments and contact the school office as soon as possible if you are unable to meet this
commitment.
Your cooperation will be greatly appreciated.

Father’s Day

On Friday 1st September we will celebrate Fathers Day with a morning tea in the Sacred Space at 9am, followed by an opportunity for all of our dads to visit children in the classrooms.  Please add this date to your diaries, the children really love these special days. ALL dads and father figures are welcome.  

We will be hosting a Father’s Day raffle in the coming weeks, with a beautiful hamper as first prize.  Raffle tickets will be sent home shortly, please do your best to support this initiative by selling the raffle tickets issued to your families.   The raffle will be in place of a Fathers Day stall.

Please contact the office if you would like to contribute to our Father’s Day hampers.  Items such as: Boxed Chocolates, Red Wine, Movie Vouchers, Bunnings Vouchers, small quality gift items.

Learning and Teaching

Discovery

This week our children have experienced our new Inquiry model, which educators have been immersing themselves in through professional development and dialogue.  Our new model, Discovery, is an evidence-based and developmentally appropriate approach to inquiry.  We have been supported by Gemma Goodyear, the Director of Traces of Learning.  Some of the benefits of this new model include:

– supporting children to build autonomy (the capacity to make informed decisions), 

– providing real life contexts for them to practice skills learned in the classroom (for example, learning about money by running where they have to negotiate using money)   

– providing opportunities for children to build dispositions that will support them to be successful, responsible and empathetic community members, such as: collaboration, persistence, resilience, problem solving

– engaging children in hands on learning 

– providing a range of ‘languages’ for children to use to express themselves beyond just orally e.g. express their thinking / feelings through painting or collage

Educators worked tirelessly to set up spaces for children in P-2 to Discovery.  These spaces include:

• Home corner
• Artistry 
• Mark making / book making
• Small world
• Construction 

From the outside, it may appear as though children are ‘just playing’, however, research shows that children up until the age of 8 learn best through a pedagogy of play.  Educators strategically design these spaces to ensure they connect to learning, real life contexts, children’s interests and include links to the curriculum.  Throughout a Discovery session, educators rove and in an Influencing role where they act as researchers; observing, documenting children’s thinking and provoking deeper discovery through questions. 

A word from our School Leaders!

Mission and Faith 

Salvation Army Winter Appeal

Thank you to those who have donated towards our Salvation Army Winter Appeal.  We are still collecting non-perishable food items.  These will be presented to Colin from the Salvation Army in Craigieburn at an upcoming assembly to support people in our community in need.

Get your colour on

Mary Queen of Heaven Catholic Primary School is hosting a Colour Explosion School Fun Run fundraiser!

The Colour Explosion School Fun Run will be on Friday 18 August 2023 from 12pm to 2pm.

Not only are we hosting an awesome explosion event, students can win up to 15 awesome automated incentive prizes by fundraising via online sponsorship donations.

Students have received a sponsorship book with instructions on setting up their cybersafe, online fundraising profile at www.australianfundraising.com.au. This is an entirely online fundraiser; all cash donations must be converted to online donations to redeem your prizes.

Extra Incentives to Fundraise!

• Online Golden Coins – complete fun online tasks to redeem an extra $75 towards your prize credit.
• Monty the Monstar’s Bonus Prizes – achieve milestones to unlock Monty’s bonus prizes.
• $10,000 JB HI FI Spending Spree for one organisation’s highest fundraising student – it could be you!
• Our school will win an extra $5,000 if we have the highest average fundraised amount per student in 2023.
• A Play Station 5 Gaming Bundle – see your child’s sponsorship booklet for more!

For more information, please contact Felicity Valetini at fvaletini@mqhgreenvale.catholic.edu.au or Steven Avis at savis@mqhgreenvale.catholic.edu.au.

Happy fundraising!

Dear families,

With our school holidays just around the corner and the first semester of Mary Queen of Heaven coming to an end let’s reflect and  pray together calling on St Francis of Assisi for inspiration.

Lord, make me an instrument of your peace: 

where there is hatred, let me sow love; 

where there is injury, pardon; 

where there is doubt, faith;                                         

where there is despair, hope; 

where there is darkness, light; 

where there is sadness, joy. 

O divine Master, grant that I may not so much seek to be consoled as to console, to be understood as to understand, to be loved as to love. For it is in giving that we receive, it is in pardoning that we are pardoned, and it is in dying that we are born to eternal life. Amen.

May we always remember the values of our school in our interactions with one another.

Love

Respect

Courage

Humility

Reflecting on the past 6 months we have so much to be grateful for and so much to celebrate.  We have formed new relationships, new friendships and for some these will carry through for the rest of your lives.  Precious times to be sewing seeds of hope for our future.

Mary Queen of Heaven has celebrated so much as a school community this year.  From our welcome open day at the very beginning of the school year, to our Mothers Day celebrations, a whole school excursion, the sacraments o0f Reconciliations and Eucharist weekly Mass held here in our magnificent sacred space, to opening up additional play spaces and a whole lot more!  We are so grateful for the parents and community support we have received and especially grateful for the amazing students we have, assisting us to build a beautiful school culture.

Next term promises to be even bigger with more opportunities coming our students’ way.  We have plans for a whole school 100 days of MQH, a Colour Run, a Camp experience for our senior students, more excursions, the opening of our grassed ovals for play and the introduction of Mac & Bluebell to assist our wellbeing program.  It’s sure to be an exciting time.

An additional change that we are making based on our observations so far is the morning bell time.  We are finding that for many of our children the 30 minutes from 8:30am before the morning bell is too long and children are becoming dysregulated.  To help support a more calm start to the day, from term 3 the music will play from 8:45 and children can choose to go inside and read or be involved in a calm mindful activity or remain in the school yard (fully supervised).   This provides more choice for our learners and offers them what they need to begin the day.  The bell will then go at 8:55am as normal.  It is really important that families do their best to have children arrive before the school bell so their days begin in a calm manner and they are present for key learning.

Earlier this year we partnered with Traces of Learning (https://tracesoflearning.com/)  Traces is a model of Inquiry learning and teaching that focuses on Discovery for P-2 and Projects for 3-6.  We are so excited to be sharing this journey with you and your children throughout term 3 and 4 of this year.  The Traces model with rejuvenate our approach to Inquiry.  It will impact the look of our learning spaces and ensure that our Inquiry is student centered and carries strong student voice and choice.  Our date driven Literacy and Numeracy programs will not change, these are crucial to ensure that we are meeting the individual needs of all learners.

In term 3 we are looking forward to utilising our two large grassed areas for play and the introduction of some additional shade and seating around the school yard.  In addition to this we are welcoming basketball backboards and rings as well as Basketball line marking and some additional line marked games.  

We hope to act upon some of the AMAZING learning that has stemmed from our Prep and year 1/2 classrooms this term, seeking a community garden and composting options.  Below you will see that our junior learners worked collaboratively to write letters, create maps of our school, design possible community garden ideas and create posters to remind us all to be Stewards of God’s creation in caring for the MQH environment.  With such passion and drive, how can we possibly not act on these BRILLIANT ideas?

School Leaders update

School Captains

Parliament Prize 2023

Each year, the Parliament of Victoria asks students across the state, from Grade 5 to Year 12, to share what they would say to parliament if you were an MP. This is a chance to talk about the issues that are important to you and your community. 

Children were invited to record their own 90-second Member’s Statement video.

Our School Captains, Grace and Charlene, have taken part in this competition, as well as a few of our leaders.

We with them well as they continue to enact their leadership and use their voice for advocacy and change.

Mission and Faith Leaders

As the Mary Queen of Heaven Mission and Faith leaders we are committed to living out our value of love.  As such, we have organized a food drive.for the Salvation Army. 

At Mary Queen of Heaven we will be supporting the Salvation Army with a Winter Food appeal. We invite people to bring in non-perishable items such as the following: 

Pepper and salt

Rice

Long life milk

Pasta 

Sugar

Nuts

Canned food

This food will be donated to the Salvation Army in Craigieburn to support people within our community that are in need.  We will deliver our items to Colin from the Salvation Army at our assembly on Friday 4 August, which is next term. 

Colin will be talking to us about how our donation will support those in his community.

Starting next week, you can bring these items to school. We will collect these items from your classrooms at the end each day.

Many thanks for your support.

Mia and Livi, Grade 5

Sustainability Leader

Naledi, our Sustainability Leader, has already led an initiative to gather litter within our community during our Friday walking club.  As part of her next initiative, to support the 1-2 children to set up food scrap collection and start up a composting system, Naledi will be joining the 1-2 children in a visit to the School of the Good Shepherd to find out about how they have set this up in their school. 

Stay tuned for more information about this!

Sports and Recreation leaders

Our Sports and Recreation leaders, Jake and Amelia, have enacted their first leadership duty to ensure the provision of balls for children to play with at recess and lunch.  Their next initiative will be to design a poster in order to support children in using this equipment safely in modified versions of ball games.

Community and Social Justice leaders

(Written by the leaders themselves)

At the Greenvale West Community Centre, we got to meet Iwan Walters the Minister for Greenvale, and had the pleasure to put our aboriginal art work up on their art wall. They gave us a tour of the center and it was amazing. There was so much natural lighting! It was a great experience. 

We will be exploring ways we can use the spaces available at the Centre for future Mary Queen of Heaven events.

We thank the Greenvale west community Centre workers for letting us have the opportunity to do this.

-Bas and Krystyna

Learning and Teaching update

Inquiry 

Prep – 2 learners

Our Preps and 1-2 children have been busy scientists as they enact an experiment to see the changes that occur to a bean once we ‘plant’ it!

They have hypothesised (made predictions) and observed and recorded changes they have noticed based on their observations.

Our 1-2 children have also been conducting their own experiment this week, as they provided a chart to record the amount of food scraps that are thrown into our regular (red) bin.  They will collate this data to then make conclusions about how we might solve this problem and better use these food scraps (hint – compost!!)

Next Tuesday, they will visit the School of the Good Shepherd to find out more about how they have gathered and used food scraps to make compost for their community garden! 

3-6 Learners

Reconciliation week

To culminate Reconciliation week, the children of the Mary Queen of Heaven created a ‘Bunjil the Eagle’.  The Wurundjeri people, upon whose land we work and learn on, believe that Bunjil is the Ancestral Wedge-tailed Eagle, the creator. Waa is the Ancestral Crow, the protector. They believe that Bunjil created much of south-eastern Australia and the features and animals within it. He also created people, by breathing life into figures moulded from clay.

We are so proud of what we have achieved as a community in 6 short months. We look forward to building the MQH community in the second half of this year. 

A reminder, if you do not already do so, please follow us on Facebook and Instagram; we often share snapshots of children’s learning and the joy they experience at school!

Facebook: Mary Queen of Heaven Greenvale

Instagram: mqh_greenvale

Wishing you all a happy and safe school holiday break.

Renae & team

Dear Families,

This week we recognise National Reconciliation Week (NRW,) a time for all Australians to learn about our shared histories, cultures, and achievements, and to explore how each of us can contribute to achieving reconciliation in Australia. The theme for National Reconciliation Week 2023, Be a Voice for Generations, encourages all Australians to be a voice for reconciliation in tangible ways in our everyday lives – where we live, work and socialise.

For the work of generations past, and the benefit of generations future, let’s choose to create a more just, equitable and reconciled country for all.

National Sorry Day 2023

On Friday 26th May, we gathered as a school community to recognise National Sorry Day. On this day, we remember and acknowledge the mistreatment of Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander people who were forcibly removed from their families and communities, which we now know as ‘The Stolen Generations’. 

Sorry Day is important because the children were separated from their families, sometimes never seeing them again. Their families were special to them and they were forcibly removed from them. 

Savannah – Grade 3

Sorry Day is important because it was really sad that the Aboriginal children were taken away from their families. 

Jasper – Grade 3

National Reconciliation Week 2023

Mary Queen of Heaven has been recognising National Reconciliation week by participating in a number of learning experiences that have helped to understand more about Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander cultures, the oldest continuing culture in human history. 

Dreamtime Story Artwork

I listened to Tiddilick the Frog dreamtime story. When I created my artwork, I used sticks for the trees and blue glitter for the pond. Tiddilick the Frog drank all the water. The other animals did not have any left so the animals made him laugh which made him spat out the water. The water made the rivers and lakes.

Joshua – Grade 1 

Bunjil Feather Art

As part of our learning, we have been reading the story of Bunjil The Eagle. We created feathers for Bunjil using Aboriginal symbols and colours.

In the coming week our year 4 students will celebrate the Sacrament of Eucharist.  We ask that you all keep them in your prayers as they continue on their journey through the Initiation into the Catholic Church.  We ask God to bless our candidates and nourish them with his body and blood, bringing them ever closer to him.  For any families who would like to join in celebrating the sacrament, please join us at Good Shepherd Catholic Church Sunday 4th June 3pm

Thank you to all of our families who completed the recent swimming survey.  We strongly encourage families to engage in swimming lessons for their children.  Learning to swim is a skill that all Australians should be equipped with.  We will use the data collected to inform future initiatives at our school.

In recent weeks we have seen some of our families get into their cars at the end of the school day and take off without the children being properly retrained into their seats or wearing seat belts.  This is alarming and VERY dangerous.  Please ensure you take your time to check that your children are secured into their seats, fully seat belted before the car begins to move off.

Children require adult supervision and assistance in the traffic environment. It is important to:

• Talk together about signs and traffic lights. Identify and discuss places where it is safe to cross the road.

• Teach your child how to cross roads using the ‘stop, look, listen and think’ process – stop at the kerb, look and listen for traffic and then decide whether it is safe to cross. Take the trip to school together along the safest footpaths and use safe crossing places, such as pedestrian crossings and on straight sections of road.

• Supervise your child on the way to and from school.

• Always be a good role model for your child by wearing your own seatbelt, obeying road rules, driving courteously and crossing roads safely.

• Ask at your child’s school what road safety programs are being taught.

It has been noted that some construction workers are not driving safely around our school.  If you see trucks or tradespeople driving unsafely, PLEASE report them to the company they work for.  It is important we all take responsibility for the safety of our community.

Asthma & Allergies

If your child/children has asthma or any allergies, please notify the office and provide an updated action plan from your doctor as soon as possible. 

Health Care Card Holders

If you hold a current Health Care Card please provide the office with a copy.

Nationally Consistent Collection of Data (NCCD) On School  Students with Disability 

What is the Nationally Consistent Collection of Data? 

Schools must now complete the Nationally Consistent Collection of Data on School Students with  Disability (NCCD) every year. It counts the number of students who receive additional adjustments  or “help” at school because of a disability. The NCCD helps governments plan for the needs of  students with disability.  

Who is counted in the data collection? 

To count a student in the NCCD, schools must think through some key questions: 

1. Is the student getting help at school so that they can take part in education on the same  basis as other students? 
2. Is the help given because of a disability? The word ‘disability’ comes from the Disability Discrimination Act 1992 (DDA) and it can include many students. 
3. Has the school talked to you or your child about the help that they provide? 4. Has the school kept records about the help they provide, the student needs and the reasons  that the student needs this help? The school will need to keep copies of tests, student  work, assessments, records of meetings, medical reports or other paperwork and  information about how the student’s learning is moving along over time. 

Once the school decides that the student should be counted in the NCCD, they then choose a  disability group and one of four levels of help that has been given to the student. 

What does the word ‘disability’ mean in the NCCD? 

In the NCCD the word ‘disability’ comes from the Disability Discrimination Act 1992 (DDA). There  are four types of disability that the school can choose from: sensory, cognitive, social-emotional  and physical. 

Many students that need help at school can be counted in the NCCD. For example, students with  learning problems, e.g. specific learning disability or reading difficulty (sometimes called dyslexia),  health problems (e.g. epilepsy or diabetes), physical disability (e.g. cerebral palsy), vision/hearing  loss and social-emotional problems (e.g. selective mutism, Autism Spectrum Disorder, anxiety). 

Letters from doctors or specialists can be very helpful for schools as they plan how to support  students with their learning. Schools do not need to have these letters before they can count a

student in NCCD. Teachers can use all that they know about the student’s learning and the records  that they have collected over time to decide if a student can be counted in the NCCD. 

What sort of help does the school give students? 

Students need different types of help at school. Some students need a little help sometimes while  other students need a lot of help nearly all the time. The type of help given depends on the needs  of the student. The help can include changes to the school buildings or grounds (e.g. ramps or  things like special desks or chairs), extra teacher help in classes, special learning programs, changes  to the work they give the student or extra adult help.  

How will the NCCD be different this year? 

All schools have been counting students in the NCCD since 2015. The government will use the  NCCD data as part of the funding to schools.  

What will the school need to know about my child for the NCCD?  Schools work together with families to understand the needs of each child. It is helpful if families give their child’s teacher a copy of any letters or reports they have. The letters or reports will help  the school understand the child and the help that they might need. Letters from doctors,  psychologists, speech pathologists, doctor, and occupational therapists etc. can be very helpful for  schools. These reports along with information that the teacher has (i.e. school based tests, your  child’s work and learning plans) helps the school to understand and meet your child’s needs. 

What happens to the NCCD data? Who will have the NCCD information?  Each school principal must check the NCCD data in August of each year. The school will give the  information to the Catholic Education Office. The school will work with the Catholic Education  Office to make sure that the NCCD data is OK before they give the data to the government. The  government will not be given the names of any students or any letters or records. Please ask your  school for their privacy policy if you need to know more. 

Does the school need me to agree with them about counting my child in the NCCD? Amendments were made to the Australian Education Act 2013 and Australian Education Regulation  2013). Schools do not need you to agree to let them count a child in the NCCD. You cannot ask the  school not to count your child. 

Where can I find out more? 

Please contact your child’s school if you have further questions about the NCCD and/or refer to the  national NCCD Portal.

School Captains’ report

Throughout this term, all the 3-6 have been learning about Aboriginals and their connection to land. Before the excursion, we were assigned to lead groups and guide them through their activities at Woodlands Park. In separate groups, we taught the Prep – 2s what biodiversity is and how the Aboriginal people used the land for survival. Overall, the excursion was great and each activity was enjoyable and fun. Our favourite was the walk around the park to spot different animals and plants. 

Charlene and Grace, Grade 6

                                                    Last day of Term 2

Please note the last day of Term 2 will be Friday 23rd June. Students will finish at 1pm.

Students can wear casual clothes on the last day of school for a gold coin donation.