Welcome back to term 3.
I hope the holidays were a chance for the children to have a rest from school and prepare for the busy second half of the school year. We welcome back Michelle and Marie from leave taken during the second half of Term 2.
During the break we have had a chance to take a breath and make some adjustments, some necessary and others in response to our constant reflection on school improvement.
The following changes will occur to staffing beginning week 2:
Michelle Brohaska will begin working a nine day fortnight
Marie Westgarth will be working 0.7 (Tues - Thurs, Monday fortnightly)
Beth Henry will be full time F-6 Literacy Leader and F-2 Curriculum Leader
Daniel Cook will be two days Numeracy Leader (Monday & Tuesday)
Carolyn Martin will be teaching 4C Monday & Tuesday
Aimee Boyd will be teaching 2HB Full time
In other staffing news, Candida Fitzgerald is on Long Service Leave for the first week of Term, Rosie Crozier will be teaching 5F for the week.
Natalie Milanese will commence her Parental Leave from Monday August 5, Stella Nguyen has been employed as her replacement for the remainder of the year.
For the remainder of 2019, St Andrew’s will have Rebekah Allwood working at the school.
Rebekah is a Masters of Clinical Psychology student and will be working with selected students and groups.
She will be working on Thursday and Fridays.
Term 3 dates for your calendar:
Monday 29 & Tuesday 30 July Year 3 Camp
Thursday 8 August Feast of Mary MacKillop
Sunday 11 August St Andrew’s School Community Mass
Thursday 15 August Feast of the Assumption
Monday 19 August—Friday 23 August BOOK WEEK
Scholastic’s 2019 theme : Dino-mite Book Fair Stomp, Chomp and Read !!
Wednesday 21 August Alpha Shows ‘Cinderella’ 9.00am—11.00am
Thursday 29 August Father’s Day Stalls
Friday 30 August Father’s Day Breakfast and Footy Day
Tuesday 3 September Cybersafety Parent Education session - Keep this night free !!
Thursday 12 September Sacrament of Reconciliation, to be celebrated as a second rite
Thursday 19 September P&F SUBWAY Lunch
Monday 22 July @ 7.00 Parent Association meeting ALL WELCOME !
Monday 9 September @ 7.00 Parent Association meeting ALL WELCOME !
The focus is fundraising and social as well as designing the future direction and focus of the Parent Association.
In Term 2 the Parents Association held a successful Trivia Night that also had great community support and sponsorship. We thank the businesses that supported our Parents Association and the school.
I list them here and ask that you consider supporting them.
· Charters Paper
· Truckstop Deluxe
· Italian Social Club
· Chatterbox Café
· Bunnings Werribee
· Master Dry Cleaning
· Altona Beach Photography
· Mariaz Hair Room
· Luv a Duck
· Park Hotel
· Cut and Grow
· Barry Plant Real Estate
St Andrew’s School Building Program - Stage 1
The building program continues towards the completion of stage 1A (Administration and Staff areas).
It is anticipated this will be ready early to mid August. We will also be constructing a new maintenance shed on the oval behind the BBQ shed as well as a new home for Gus, behind the MacKillop room near the current Foundation classrooms. By late August work will commence on the construction of the new F-2 Learning centre. All works are expected to be completed prior to the end of this year.
Please remember that Assemblies are moving to fortnightly on even numbered weeks (Week 2, 4, 6, 8 & 10). Next week’s Assembly will be led by Year 1.
