No 4. Term 1 Week 7, 16th March 2022

Principal's News

Thank you to all our families after adjusting circumstances to accomodate our two day school closure last week. I am pleased to say though that the two days were incredibly beneficial and necessary for allowing our teachers and support staff to continue their professional development and remain at the top of their game.

Over the two days, we were fortunate to be able to welcome back to St. Kevin's the internationally renowned Lane Clark who led us in our learning. Lane is recognised all over the world as a leading educational consultant and expert in teaching children how to learn, how to think and how to use new technologies to enhance their learning.

While with us, Lane taught us about the human brain and more specifically, the latest research into human cognitive architecture. We also looked into ways we can empower students at every grade level to become truly independent and self-directed in their learning by supporting them to develop their own criteria for success, self-assess and evaluate, set goals, and monitor progress.

This is truly exciting stuff and we can't wait to begin the process of assimilating our new learning into what we already do very well, to make our teaching and your children's learning even better.

God bless.

Jason Micallef,
Principal

Congratulations & Farewell Mrs Wilson

At the end of Term 1, St. Kevin's will say a heartfelt thanks and congratulations to Mrs Trina Wilson who begins a new life chapter in retirement. Mrs Wilson has taught in the Catholic sector for 40 years and has been a much loved teacher at St. Kevin's for 23 years. Mrs Wilson currently teaches Year 3-6 Physical Education and will be sorely missed by her students and colleagues, both present and past.

In term two, our senior Physical Education and Sport program will be taken on by Mrs Alana Donald. Mrs Donald is very excited about this new role as you would imagine. As Mrs Donald will need to give up her part time classroom role in Year 5/6DR, we are also pleased to  announce that Miss Rullo will become the classroom teacher of 5/6DR full time from the start of term 2.

Catholic Education

The Catholic Education Guide provides information about Catholic secondary schools across Melbourne. Please have a look at the information and contact the school directly for further information.

CLICK HERE: https://victoriaschoolguides.starcommunity.com.au/catholic-education/

School Photos this Friday!

A quick reminder to all families that school photos will be taking place this Friday, March 18.

Students are asked to attend school in full summer uniform please. Every students needs to have their envelope with them, even if you have paid online. 

Family photos will be taken from 8:00am for those families that are able to come in a little earlier. Otherwise, they will be taken at the conclusion of all class photos which will be later in the day. Order envelopes are available from the office. Please note orders for family photos MUST be placed before 7am this Friday.

Working Bee this Saturday

We will be holding our first Working Bee on Saturday 19th March from 9am-12pm.

We will be weeding, spreading mulch, moving bricks, sweeping and gardening to improve our school grounds.

Parents who attend and participate for the full 3 hours will receive a $50 credit towards the Building and Maintenance Levy. This can be earned once per year.

We will begin with a Health and Safety briefing at 9am so please arrive on time to sign in and be ready for this.

We ask all parents to bring gloves, hat, sunscreen and a drink bottle. If you have a wheelbarrow, shovels, rakes, gardening hand tools or buckets that could be used, please bring these along.

The Operoo form for attendance closes TODAY.

RIDE TO SCHOOL DAY

P-2 Junior Visual Art

This term, the focus in Junior Art is very much on experimentation and exploration of new and wonderful art materials and processes. Junior art also provides wonderful opportunities for students to develop their fine motor skills by cutting, tearing, pasting, drawing, shading and painting in various ways.

The students are busy creating various artworks which reflect their own creativity and experiences. Students have also worked on collaborative artwork displays this term, as a symbol of our connection to each other here at St Kevins. 

Recently the Preps enjoyed listening to The Very Hungry Caterpillar story by Eric Carle. The process of Metamorphosis was explored and we made connections to our own time of change during Lent. Students then busily created their own butterflies, by cutting their paper plate template, dripping blobs of paint on one side of its wings, pressing down and opening their butterflies up with wonder and awe to see it transform into a beautifully bright butterfly! There were many 'Oh Wow!' moments that day!

Here are some photos from this fun and engaging activity.

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