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Dear Parents, Guardians and Carers,
Tomorrow we farewell our grade 6 students. They will enjoy a special lunch in the hall and at 3:10 pm we will gather under the shelter for the traditional grade six throwing of the hat on the final bell. Tonight with their families they will gather at 6pm for a Graduation Mass at St Michael’s Church. It is a lovely way to end their time at St Michael’s for the staff, students and parents.
Tomorrow your child's school report will be available to be accessed via PAM at 3pm. There will be no printed reports this year. Your child will come home with a letter advising important information about 2023 and next year's booklist.
You will see that the report shows your child’s achievements assessed against state-wide standards expected at this time of the year. It divides the years of compulsory schooling into levels (Foundation to Year 6) and assesses your child’s level in relation to other children of similar age in Victoria.
Remember that a majority of the students in any group will achieve “At standard”. This is normal and correct. It indicates that the child, in the opinion of his or her teacher, is performing somewhere in the level expected for his or her age group as compared with the standard set for children of that age in Victoria. Please note that this report no longer provides six-month delineations for the position of the progression ‘dot’. Generally, a student may be six months ahead or six months behind and still receive “At standard”.
As this year ends, we must also sadly farewell some families who have had a long association with our school, as their youngest child completes grade six or they move to new places. I thank you for the many and varied ways in which you have been supporters and participants in the life of St Michael’s school.
May the blessing of God go before you.
May grace and peace abound.
May the Holy spirit live within you.
May love wrap you around.
May the blessing remain with you always.
May you walk on holy ground.
Amen
This week’s ‘Along the Track’ had a poignant message for us all about the busyness of Christmas and how it is a chance to reflect on our year and give thanks to our loved ones.
Please click the link below to view Bishop Greg's Christmas message:
Have a healthy, happy and Holy Christmas. Enjoy the holidays and we look forward to welcoming you back next year.
Kind regards,
On the weekend we celebrated the third Sunday of Advent. The third Sunday of Advent was traditionally known as Gaudete Sunday and the rose candle is lit. The word, gaudete, (pronounced gow-day-tay) is from Latin and means Rejoice! The name was given to this Sunday because the entrance antiphon for the day is: ‘Rejoice in the Lord always; again I say, rejoice! We are surrounded by signs that Christmas is coming. It would be impossible for anyone not to be aware of it. So too were the Jewish people as they looked for signs that their Messiah was coming. When they saw the amazing things happening that were foretold, they would know that the time of their salvation was near.
May the spirit of the Christ Child fill your homes this year. We wish you all a very Merry Christmas and a joyful New Year.
The Traralgon Country Network buses will continue to run to a revised schedule as follows:
Starting on Wednesday the 14th of December – Buses will carry out their usual morning service. If there are students using the morning service to get to school, that service will also run that afternoon. If there are no students in the morning, the service will not run that afternoon.
The following days, if there are no students using the bus in the morning, the service will not run that afternoon.
If there are no students using the service two mornings in a row, the service will cease.
Reminder: 2023 School Bus Program Offers need to be submitted. Travel offers for applications submitted for 2023 have now been made and any new applications for 2023 will be processed daily.
- Please log into your SBMS account and confirm the travelers detials are correct, such as school attending, year level enrolled, and bus stop/route details
- If the details are correct, please accept the travel offer
- If the details are incorrect or you no longer need to travel, please email: schoolbus@education.vic.gov.au
- Offers expire 30 days after the offer is made
- If you do not have an existing application in the system, you can continue making travel applications for 2023.
Each week students from each class are awarded Student of the Week certificates. These children are nominated for the example they have been within the school based on the School Wide Expectation focus for that week. The weekly focus will be from Wednesday until Tuesday the following week. Awards will be presented to students at assembly on Friday.
In Week 3 the School Wide Expectation focus was Respect:
I treat my peers, teachers and learning environment with respect.
I show appreciation for the efforts of others.
I speak kindly to others.
I show justice and fairness to all.
I listen carefully to others
The award winners for Week 3 are:
| Imogen Hunter | Blair Cooper | Chloe Brady |
| Xavier Pavich | Levi Stanistreet | James Poursanidis |
| Christopher Di Sisto | Harry McMahon | Hayle Mc Innes |
| Eva Brady | Ashar Saini | Odin Heystraten |
| Hattie MacPherson | Branson Flewin | Darcy Hourigan |
| Callum Jensen | Sophie Uren | Sienna Athanasiadis |
| Jordan Blake | Blake Moloney | Makayla Atkins |
| Isaac Kennedy | Lucas Groves | Max Murphy |
| Annabel Wight | Sienna Symes | Kiarna Field |
| Bentley Leitch | Ruby Crow | |
| Isla DiDio | Johnny Foster |
SSV Team Vic Nominations
School Sport Victoria will once again be offering the opportunity for gifted and talented students from school communities to register to trial for school sport Team Vic teams in 2023.
Registrations have opened for selected sports (Australian Football, Netball, Tennis).
These trials are for emerging athletes who have reached a certain standard or level, for example: played in a representative team. They are a process for selecting a Team Vic State Team going to School Sport Australia National Championships.
Each school is allowed a maximum of three (3) students per team mentioned above to attend these trials so it’s important that as a school, we acknowledge the capacity and ability of these nominated students to be able to participate well in these trials. It needs to be emphasised that these trials form part of School Sport Victoria’s Gifted and Talented program and are not ‘come and try’ opportunities.
Each child is trialing for a state team and as such we must attest to each child’s athleticism, skill level and school behaviour.
If you would like your child to be endorsed by the school for Australian Football, Netball and Tennis only can you please complete the form below by Friday 16 December
