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Term 4 Week 7 2022

  • Principal's Message
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  • Student of the Month & Learner Achievement Awards ~ 11 November 2022
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Principal's Message

Dear families and friends,

‘We do whatever it takes to lead the way in Love, Learning, Faith, School Spirit, Sport & Community’


2023 Staffing

Teachers

Grade

Educator

Educator

Educator

Educator

K

Sally Serone

Chris Simpson

Rachael Gooley 

Emily Kerrison

1

Karrie Furchtman

Cohen Parrish

Chaya Wilson

2

Karen Faber

Jack Fiedler

Rien Smith 

Emma Yarnold

3

Rebecca O’Connor

Connor Hannigan

Hannah Brooks

4

Byanca Formaggin

Abby Watson & Louise Angel 

Karen McDonald

5

Nicole Hammond

Tim Llewellyn

Hannah de Silva

6

Jenna Geraghty

Brendan Mitchell

Kristie Irvine & Samantha Lyon

Staff

  • School Counsellor - Jacqui Rojo 
  • Speech Therapist - Karla Carey (2 days per week)
  • Learning Support Teachers- Paula McIntyre (Years 3-6) & Marianne Bullpitt (Years K-2)
  • Student Support Educators - Michelle Kent, Kristy Smith, Danny Parsons, Janet O’Brien, Sue Reynolds, Gail Burley, Samantha Olive, Patrice Ramsay, Rebecca Transton,  Alison Llewellyn, Michelle O’Brien, Vicki Gardner, Piper Byrnes, Helen Sjostedt
  • Specialist Teachers - Paul Dwyer, Sally Simpson, Lena Llewellyn
  • Office - Fran Gilmour, Louise Gallagher, Rachel Gillespie
  • Cleaners & Maintenance - Mick Condon & Lucy Shephard
  • IT - Mitchell Scutt
  • Library - Betty Schuhmacher
  • Assistant Principal  Mission - Sam Irvine
  • Assistant Principal Teaching & Learning - Felicity Wilde
  • Love & Community - Kristie Irvine
  • Faith -Karen McDonald
  • Learning - Curriculum - Karen Faber
  • Learning  - Intervention - Paula McIntyre
  • Learning - Yr K-2 Literacy & Numeracy Instructional Leader - Laura Hughes
  • Learning  -Yr 3-6  Literacy & Numeracy Instructional Leader - Michelle Bratti
  • Learning - Yr 5-6 Literacy & Numeracy Instructional Leader  - Stacey Forrester
  • Principal - John O’Brien

    Our Student Support Educator hours have increased again in 2023 for our kids. Each class will have at least one teacher and one Student Support Educator available for English and Mathematics (basically 2 teachers in each class for the most important learning each day).

    Our Staff hours have been raised each year over the last 8 years. This will ensure we continue to support all our students in all facets in order to achieve ‘Fullness of Life’. Teachers make the biggest difference at school to your children.

    Our next job is to place kids into classes. Like I outlined previously, this is quite a big job. Going up day will be Monday 12 December where your child will spend a couple of hours with their next year's teacher.  Some students need extra transition support and time. This will start happening now.  Please be aware that there are always last minute changes each year so there may be a couple of changes before the 2023 school year. 

    Start to 2023
    We will conduct our Maths assessments on Monday 30 and Tuesday 31 January.  First day of school for Years 1-6 will be on Wednesday 1st February.  Kinder will commence on Friday 3rd February after completing their Best Start Assessments.

    Take care,
    John O’Brien
    Principal

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    Assistant Principal's News - Mission

    'Accendere' (Y4) & 'Exuro' (Y5) Student Retreat Day
    Thursday 17 November and Friday 18 November we had all of our students in Years 4 & 5 participate in their student retreat days.

    Year 4 participated in the 'Accendere' retreat which had a focus on participating in games and activities to build friendship skills and enhance their own personal relationship with Jesus.

    The Year 5 students' 'Exuro' retreat day is a discipleship formation program that helps to strengthen the Catholic lives of the students involved through a number of reflective and teamwork activities. 

    Thank you to the Years 4 & 5 teachers for putting these days together for our students!

    School Uniform Expectations
    We understand that this time of year students start to outgrow their current school shoes and may be using back ups to get through the rest of the year. It is a fine line for us to balance this situation empathetically, while also not allowing the students to 'pull the wool over our eyes' and tell us some tall stories on why they are wearing their expensive, non-uniform shoes! We may make some phone calls home in the next few weeks just to check-in regarding these.  As a school we want our students to wear their full school uniform with pride and be proud of being a member of SMP.  A reminder on uniform expectations as you start to plan for your children for next year:

    Uniform Requirements

    Girls

    Regular Summer Uniform
    Choice of all-in-one uniform OR blouse with skirt OR blouse with shorts; completely black polishable leather shoes and navy socks; school hat.

    Regular Winter Uniform
    Navy blue track pants or navy blue slacks with checked blouse OR navy blue tights worn under all-in-one uniform, shorts or skirt; navy blue jumper with school crest; black polishable leather shoes and navy socks or navy tights; school hat.

    Sports Uniform
    Navy knit shorts; lightly coloured sports joggers acceptable (except full fluro colours), plain navy or white socks that match the colour of the shoe; school hat. Canvas or skate style shoes are not acceptable. Shoe laces must match the colour of the sports jogger i.e. no fluro coloured laces.

    One pair of completely black shoes could be used for both the regular and sports uniform.

    Boys

    Regular Summer Uniform
    Polo shirt with navy long-leg shorts with internal side pockets; completely black polishable leather shoes and navy socks; school hat.

    Regular Winter Uniform
    Navy blue track pants with polo shirt; navy blue jumper with school crest; black, polishable leather shoes and navy socks; school hat.

    Sports Uniform
    Navy long-leg shorts; polo shirt; white, lightly coloured sports joggers acceptable (except full fluro colours), plain navy or white socks that match the colour of the shoe; school hat. Canvas or skate style shoes are not acceptable. Shoe laces on white shoes must be white and laces on black shoes must be black.

    One pair of completely black shoes could be used for both the regular and sports uniform.


    Our House Volunteer Cooking
    On Tuesday 22 November, a number of our staff volunteered their time to cook a meal for the Our House Charity in Lismore.  Our House is a purpose built facility that helps to accommodate patients undergoing treatment at the Lismore Base Hospital.  Our staff have an active role on witnessing to their faith and this is just one small area that we can do this by supporting those less fortunate than ourselves.

    Parent Help Needed!
    We have a couple of portable basketball hoops that we have purchased for our students as we have noticed that this is hugely popular at the moment. Are there any 'handy' parents or family members out there who could volunteer some time to help put these together for us? If so, please contact me on sam.irvine@lism.catholic.edu.au

    Nativity Scene
    Thank you to Mrs Schuhmacher who has once again outdone herself with her creativity and vision in creating a 3D Nativity scene telling the story of the Birth of Jesus.  It is amazing that she does not plan anything down on paper, all of her ideas and creativity come from inside her head!

    Sam Irvine
    Assistant Principal - Mission

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    Assistant Principal's News Teaching & Learning

    Teaching Writing at SMP
    To become successful writers, students need to understand the differences between spoken and written text, and when composing a text it is important they understand the purpose, and who their audience is. 

    The teaching of writing, at SMP, is a collaborative process that takes a lot of careful, targeted planning and a systematic approach in the classroom. 

    The first step in the teaching of writing begins well before the students step foot in the classroom. Our teachers meet regularly and analyse the students' writing and use current writing samples to identify where the children need to go next. Teachers then look at the syllabus expectations and develop a unit of work that addresses student learning at their point of need. 

    Writing begins at the sound level, then the word level, moving to sentence level, paragraph level, and finally, whole text writing. Teachers work together to develop a clear success criteria that is shared, and co-constructed, with the students. This success criteria is used throughout the teaching unit for students to refer to, to plot their own success, set goals, and is eventually used as a grading device.

    Teachers will always model a new skill for the students and give them the opportunity to work with peers in the areas of sentence structure, text structure, grammar, vocabulary, spelling, and punctuation.  All students will be given regular opportunities to write independently. 

    Writing will continue to be a focus for SMP in 2023, with the introduction of a new English syllabus for K-2 next year, and a new 3-6 syllabus arriving in 2024. We look forward to sharing some of our students' work in the coming weeks.

    This week I am sharing some work that Year 5 has been doing around developing a strong setting in a narrative.  Congratulations to Zoe Connolly and Archie Ind on their engaging texts. 

    Setting Description- Little Red Riding Hood

    Suddenly, the leaves crackled underneath Little Red’s well-polished shoe. The forest felt like nowhere she’d ever been before and it sounded as if there was cackling in the distance. 

    It was almost like the withered old cottage stood still like it was almost calling her. The blood-red flowers glistened as she walked past, feeling as though they were talking to her. 

    Suddenly Little Red's soggy cape got caught on a sharp, crooked tree. The rocks were so slimy that she tripped on them, almost like a warning. The hatred filled her with anger for nature. 

    The bright fireflies were dancing in the wind. There was a menacing smell as she crept closer to the cottage, unsure of what she was about to experience. 

    Zoe Connolly-5HD

    Setting Description- Little Red Riding Hood

    Crackle, crackle, Little Red’s feet were crackling in the decomposing, soggy leaves.

    Suddenly the forest stood still and Little Red felt a shiver down her back. The buzz of the glowing mosquitoes filled the air, as though something was coming. The pathways were mossy and slippery as the animals howled from the bush. The blood-red flowers were bent to the ground as the wind was whistling through the dead, creepy trees. The thatched straw roof shone by the eerie green light. Little Red could feel large, stony pebbles digging into her feet as the bright green shrubs smacked against the mossy, green cobblestone house.

    Archie Ind-5HD

    Felicity Wilde
    AP Teaching & Learning

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    Birthdays

    Happy birthday to Happy birthday muffin topper and lit sparkler gifChloe Ewart Happy birthday muffin topper and lit sparkler gifJonah Vakararawa  Happy birthday muffin topper and lit sparkler gifMackenzie Parker Happy birthday muffin topper and lit sparkler gifOliver Benn Happy birthday muffin topper and lit sparkler gifClancy Rippon Happy birthday muffin topper and lit sparkler gifArcher Chelman  Happy birthday muffin topper and lit sparkler gifMaggie Llewellyn  Happy birthday muffin topper and lit sparkler gifShiloh Dennis  Happy birthday muffin topper and lit sparkler gifHolly Transton  Happy birthday muffin topper and lit sparkler gifLillian-Grace Armfield Happy birthday muffin topper and lit sparkler gifStella Henderson Happy birthday muffin topper and lit sparkler gifZac Willows Happy birthday muffin topper and lit sparkler gifXander Hill Happy birthday muffin topper and lit sparkler gifArlia Bultitude Happy birthday muffin topper and lit sparkler gifPaige Whitney Happy birthday muffin topper and lit sparkler gifChloe Yates Happy birthday muffin topper and lit sparkler gifPippa Randall Happy birthday muffin topper and lit sparkler gifJosie Hoare Happy birthday muffin topper and lit sparkler gifKai Larsson Happy birthday muffin topper and lit sparkler gifGrace McMillan Happy birthday muffin topper and lit sparkler gifOliver Urquhart Happy birthday muffin topper and lit sparkler gifVincent Handran Happy birthday muffin topper and lit sparkler gifJoseph Handran Happy birthday muffin topper and lit sparkler gifLilly-Anne Marks and Happy birthday muffin topper and lit sparkler gifIndy Stubbin who have recently celebrated their birthday.

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    Student of the Month & Learner Achievement Awards ~ 11 November 2022

    CLASS

    Student of the Month

    Learner Achievement

    KRG

    Marli Smith

    Elijah Aylward

    KEY

    Dakoda SlaterMason Cross

    KCS

    Luca Cadman

    Paige Holmes

    1MB

    Wallace Gray

    Ledger Gould

    1CP

    Savannah Whitney

    Harpah Baker

    1JS

    Chloe Marshall

    Audrey Cameron

    2KH

    Olive Chelman

    Bonnie Pearce

    2KF

    Harrison Myers

    Lucy Hancock

    2SS

    Sara Cole

    Charlotte Wells

    3RO

    Adrian Campbell

    Joel Dean

    3HB

    Ruby Benn

    Alice Bruggy

    3TL

    Aurora Silver

    Billy Stavenow

    4JF

    Bianca Hodges

    Eboni Gibson

    4BF

    Zoey ChurchillEdward Shields

    4KM

    Kylah SabinoHudson Scully

    5HD

    Oliver FormagginAbigail Hannah

    5SA

    Braith TranstonShiloh Dennis

    5KF

    Ella RipponLewis Bunney

    6LI

    Laura LockwoodJed Handford

    6JG

    Josie HoareToby Hancock

    6BM

    Joshua BorelloOlivia Bunker
    Congratulations GIFs | Tenor


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    Parent Information

    Lost Property
    After the Year 6 Brisbane excursion, a student has misplaced his blue sleeping bag stored in a blue pillow case.  If you know the whereabouts of the item could you pop it into the school office.

    For Sale
    We have brand new school polo shirts and sport shorts for sale.  They are left over from the uniform shop closure.  Call in at the school office if interested.  They are on sale for $10.00 per item.

    Polo Shirt sizes available:  Size 12 - 24

    Sport knit Shorts sizes available:  10 - 18


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