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March 3 Newsletter

04 Mar 2021

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St Francis of Assisi Netball 2021

04 Mar 2021

Welcome to the 2021 season of netball.

This year netball will be open to both girls and boys in years 1 – 6. 

The year 1 players will play in the year 2 competition (as there is no year 1 competition) following the modified rules of NETSETGO. All the games are played locally at the Calwell netball courts and training is held at the school courts after school on days that suit the team coach.

Registration Fees for 2021 are $150 for NETSETGO (Years 1 - 3) and $160 for juniors (Year 4 - 6). Each player will need to fill out and return to the front office a SFA personal details form:

SFA_Player_Information_Form_2021.pdf

Payment and registration can only be made via my netball website no later than Monday 29 March 2021.  Register and pay for your child online by one of links below: 

Year 1 – 4:

https://netball.resultsvault.com/common/pages/reg/welcome.aspx?id=93258&type=6&prodid=432111&save=0&entityid=42440

Year 5 & 6:

https://netball.resultsvault.com/common/pages/reg/welcome.aspx?misc=Sb%2bUbgbctFgpiXibEQLZOxfQG8TVjo9q7Wt%2fV8pbUq8%3d&fl=1&id=24232&entityid=42440

Each team will require a coach and team manager before the start of round 1 (1/5/2021). Please consider volunteering for these roles as it can be a very rewarding experience.

TNA have rostered the Junior Rep players to umpire year 4, 5 and 6 games. Year 1, 2 and 3 teams will need to supply their own umpire at a small cost per player, I can help organise umpires if needed.

Each team will be rostered on throughout the season to run the BBQ, canteen or convenors office. These are all very easy jobs and can be shared amongst the team.

If you have any questions about the registration process, please contact me on 0432 778 267 or email on sfanetball@yahoo.com.au 

Thanks

Krista Mackintosh

Wushka

04 Mar 2021

Dear Families,

We understand there are some uncertainties with how to use Wushka. Your child would have received their homework reading logs with their Wushka login attached. Please use these credentials to log in to the Wushka website.

We ask that each student reads two Wushka books a week. You will read the same two books multiple times over the course of the week. You will find the books in the decodable library. Please begin with Phase 1: Set 1 and progress through as each book is read. You can either read to your child or get your child to read to you. It is important to ensure children are receiving a combination of both, so they are continuously exposed to being read to as well as reading to someone else. Please note the Phase 1 books are a starting point for students to decode which letter makes which sound. Make sure you log each book you read in your homework reading log. If you are confident your child is reading at a higher level, feel free to move up to the next few phases and again please log these books in the reading log. 

We strongly encourage you to keep reading to your children each night with any picture books you may have at home. Reading to your children and asking them questions about what happened in the book, not only develops their comprehension skills but increases their interest and engagement in reading. These books can be logged on the Chief Minister’s Reading Challenge page which was placed loosely inside your child’s homework booklets.

If you have any other questions or concerns, please do not hesitate to email your teacher.

Thank you!

Kindergarten Team

Kinder Homework

03 Mar 2021

Dear Families,

Yesterday, students came home with their homework reading logs. We apologise these didn’t come home on Friday, we had two of our Kinder teachers away on sick leave.

To allow time to catch up, please return these back to school on Thursday 11^th March. From then on, homework booklets will be sent home on a Friday and returned the following Thursday.

Please see the front page of instructions to outline the homework process. Please also find the online reading Wushka login attached. You will also find a loose page for the Chief Ministers Reading Challenge. We strongly encourage you to keep record of all the books you and your child are reading together. You can record books read at home and from Wushka.

News journals have also been sent home and will start next week. The news topics have been glued on the first page of your child’s book along with their allocated news day.

Thanks,

Kindergarten Team

Thank you!!

Kinder team ?

NAPLAN Information - Year 3 and Year 5

01 Mar 2021

Dear Families,

Please find attached information about NAPLAN for Year 3 and Year 5 students.

Letter_to_parents_from_principal_re_NAPLAN.pdf

Regards,
Kate Markcrow
Principal

February 25 Newsletter

25 Feb 2021

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Parent Helper Session - Monday 1 March

25 Feb 2021

This Monday 1 March, we will be holding a Parent Helper Information Session at 6.00pm in the library.

The session will cover our duty of care and code of conduct when working with children at our school.

We will be sharing tips for working with small groups and providing ‘prompts’ that promote engagement in group sessions.

The session will be 6.00pm-7.00pm in the library, children are welcome to come (we will have a colouring activity in the STEM room).

Please RSVP to office.stfranciscalwell@cg.catholic.edu.au if you will be attending.

Year 6 Term 1 Overview

24 Feb 2021

Dear Families,

Attached is the Year 6 Overview for Term 1.

Year_6_Term_1_Overview.pdf

Regards,
Kate Markcrow
Principal

Kinder Term 1 Overview and PIN Presentation

24 Feb 2021

Dear Families,

Attached is the Kindergarten Term 1 Overview and PIN Presentation.

Kinder_Term_Overview_Final.pdf

Kinder_PIN_Night_Presentation_Slides.pdf

Regards,
Kate Markcrow
Principal

Year 1 PIN Presentation

24 Feb 2021

Dear Families,

Attached is the presentation from last week's Parent Information Night.

Parent_Information_Night_Year_One_2021.pdf

Many thanks

Year 1 Teachers