Newsletter November 29th, 2021

Sarah Foyster

Sarah has been appointed to the position of Classroom Teacher at St Brigid’s Primary School beginning in 2022. 

As an aspiring graduate teacher, Sarah prides herself as a committed professional who continues to strive to take collective responsibility in ensuring all students progress in their learning. Sarah is committed to fostering positive, respectful, and inclusive learning where all students feel safe to engage in their learning journey.

The panel were very impressed with Sarah’s enthusiasm, energy and child centred approach. Sarah’s ability to articulate the importance of building meaningful connections with all was outstanding.

Julie Molloy

Julie has been appointed as a Classroom Teacher at St Brigid’s Primary School in a part-time capacity beginning in 2022. Julie’s role will consist of providing small group targeted teaching working alongside classroom teachers.

Julie’s current place of employment is Our Lady Help of Christians Primary School where she has undertaken a variety of roles including teaching Music, Performing Arts and One/Two Classroom. Julie values high impact teaching and learning practices, such as personalising learning to cater for all students. Julie has had extensive experience in gathering and using data to inform her teaching practice in Mathematics and Literacy to directly inform the direction for new learning and student growth.

The panel were very impressed with Julie’s ability to reflect upon the importance of creating an inclusive and safe environment for children to flourish and her ability to build and maintain strong connections with children, colleagues, parents and families. Julie has had extensive experience working as a member of a professional learning team and values professional and respectful conversations with others to enhance teaching and learning.

We look forward to welcoming both Sarah and Julie to St Brigid’s tomorrow for Step up Day.

We are sure you will join us in congratulating Sarah and Julie and making them feel welcome to our wonderful school!

Class Structure 2022

The class structure and teaching teams for next year is as follows:

We are very much looking forward to celebrating our upcoming Year 6 Graduation – 2021. Graduation will take place on Thursday 9th December, 2021 and will consist of a Liturgy at 2:00pm at the St Brigid's church followed by a dinner at Donegan’s Farm, arriving at 5:30pm and commencing at 6:00pm sharp. Please note that adults will be required to check in with a QR code when entering the St Brigid’s Church and Donegan’s Farm. Adults will also be required to provide evidence of full vaccination status or a valid medical exemption.

Teachers have been working towards preparing student reports for Semester 2. Again this year, as a result of the significant period of remote learning, there are changes to the requirements of schools in the way these reports are provided. The Catholic Education Commission of Victoria Ltd (CECV) has worked with the other sectors in Victoria to develop a consistent approach to the reporting of student achievement and progress. The reporting requirements reflect the approved reporting exemptions provided by the Victorian Registration and Qualifications Authority. This Semester, teachers will be providing an overview of what has been covered in key learning areas. They will also provide an indication of the progress made by each student in these areas, accompanied by a general comment reflecting each individual student's learning journey through Semester 2. Reports will be available via PAM on Tuesday 14th December.

Hot Lunches will continue this Friday 3rd December. Again, we thank Mickal Trinder and Hayley Plageman for volunteering their time to do this. 

Please see the attached menu for options and pricing. A copy will also be made available on PAM.

Lunch orders are due in by no later than Wednesday afternoon and are to be placed in the blue lunch tin in the main school foyer.

Please write your child’s name, class and lunch items on a brown paper bag, and enclose money. Any change will be taped to the paper bags. Please remember, two bags are required if having a dessert item as well.

We have some existing orders from earlier in Term 3. If you have an existing order, we will communicate this with you via your child’s Seesaw account. This order can roll over to next weeks hot lunch order. 

Just a reminder that children need to bring drink bottles and hats to school each day!

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