Term 2 Week 9 2025

Giinagay Families, 

Thank you to all the amazing families who joined us for our Barrmarrany Girrwaa family group evening. It was wonderful to see so many parents and students join in these important meetings in our school community. We will run another evening in Semester 2, so please keep your eye out for that. 

Parent-Teacher Meetings

Parent-teacher meetings are a valuable opportunity to strengthen the partnership between home and school. These meetings provide a chance for parents and carers to connect with their child’s teacher, gain insights into their academic progress, social development, and overall well-being, and discuss how best to support their learning journey. Open communication helps us work together to celebrate successes, address any concerns, and set meaningful goals for the future. We strongly encourage all families to take part in these interviews to ensure every child receives the support they need to thrive.

These meetings will occur on Tuesday the 22nd of July. A Compass news feed will be sent to families with instructions on how to book a time shortly.

Attendance

We expect your child to be at school every day.  Today our school attendance percentage is 66% and our target for every school day is 90%.

Every school day builds upon the previous one, making it essential for students to attend regularly.

Regular attendance is crucial as it fosters resilience and enables students to form vital social connections.  Please be mindful that if your child is late to school or leaves early, this will be marked as a partial absence and this partial absence accumulates towards their overall percentage. 

NAIDOC Week 2025 

Next week, our school proudly celebrates NAIDOC Week 2025 under the theme "The NAIDOC Week 2025 theme is "The Next Generation: Strength, Vision & Legacy."." It is a time for us to honour the rich history, culture, and achievements of Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander peoples. Next week, our AEW's have planned opportunities for all students to engage in meaningful activities, discussions, and learning experiences that deepen their understanding and appreciation of First Nations cultures.

NAIDOC Week is not only a celebration but also a reminder of our shared responsibility to listen, learn, and walk together in reconciliation. I thank our staff, students, and families for embracing this important week with such respect and enthusiasm.

Wishing all of our families a safe and happy holiday.

Nadine

Kinder have learnt the sounds m, p, s, t, a, i, . Kindergartens are starting to read and write cvc words. 

Our Stage 3 students continue to read books to our younger Kindergarten students. It’s been heartwarming to see the connections formed between big and little readers!

Reading aloud builds confidence, improves listening skills, and makes stories come alive! Our older students are not only practicing their reading skills but also acting as wonderful role models for the younger ones.

Last week creating a 'Life timeline' for our 1/2 students was highlight. It is a wonderful way to visually document a student's growth and milestones throughout their life. 

Students were also treated to a fun was of learning fractions. The fractions were shown by Miss Elizabeth by cutting a chocolate cake into sections.

Class 3/4 has been learning all about poetry! On Thursday we needed to get some inspiration for our poems about St Mary’s, so we went around the school with our clipboards and pencils in hand to explore all 5 senses within our school. In the office, we could hear Miss Leia typing on the computer,  and the sound of the telephone ringing. We could hear children learning and people talking. We could see the playground, the trees, and the garden beds. We could smell toast in the canteen from our breakfast. We could taste the water from the bubblers and the cold winter air. We can’t wait to finish and share our poems about St Mary’s! 

Miss Natalie 

For Aunty George's birthday our 3/4 class made beautiful hand made cards and gave them to Aunty in the office. What a lovely surprise!

Stage 3 Students have been learning about measuring lengths and distances as well as  converting units of measurements from millimetres to centimetres and metres and kilometres. 

Our students and teachers have been working hard to put together an artwork for the NAIDOC art exhibition at Phoenix Gallery Bowraville. Please see the flyer below for details. If you can't make it to see this artwork there will be pictures included in our next newsletter.

Our Eco Art club has produced a great artwork to enter into the EcoArt competition in Coffs Harbour. Please see the flyer below for details on how to vote for our students.