Newsletter Term 1, Week 6 2022
13-20th March - Catholic Education Week
19th March Feast of St. Joseph - Family Mass - 5.30pm SMM
Dear Parents,
Last week I received a letter from one of the secondary schools that our students go onto announcing the news that Anthony Yacoub - SMM Class of 2016 - Emmanuel College - has been named the McCoy Vice Captain at Emmanuel College this year.
I was also delighted to read in the Mount St. Joseph’s newsletter that some of our former students achieved amazing results in their VCE last year, in particular, Vivian Wei - SMM Class of 2015 who was College Dux with an ATAR score of 97.85. She also received Subject Dux: History Revolutions (46) Food Science subject score of 44, St. Mary of the Cross Award and a Leadership Award. Our heartiest congratulations to Vivian and best wishes to her on her studies at the University of Melbourne this year.
Congratulations also to the following former students of St. Margaret Mary’s Primary School on their VCE success in 2021:
Maddison De Sousa - SMM Class of 2015 - MSJ - Visual Communication Design (42)
Isabel Romano - SMM Class of 2015 - MSJ - Legal Studies (40)
Allison Webster - SMM Class of 2015 - MSJ - Ampol All Rounder award
Ashlee Farrar - SMM Class of 2015 - MSJ - The Olympic Change -Maker award
Ashar Abdul Gaffar - SMM Class of 2015 - Entrance into Bachelor of Commerce at University of Melbourne
Last week we were able to begin again Monday morning assemblies, gathering as a whole school to sing the National Anthem and have our School Captains raise the Australian flag.
Also during this time we do the St. Margaret Mary’s‘ Value awards’ acknowledging those children who have demonstrated the school values in their day-to-day school life.
As of next week, beginning Tuesday 15th March, the double gates in Arras Street will open again to allow parents back on the school yard of a Morning. Weather permitting, we will be handing out the leadership badges to our school captains and SRC candidates following the flag raising ceremony at 8.45. We look forward to seeing our community onsite once again.
Regards,
Andrea Richards
Principal
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Lunch Orders: Monday’s & Friday’s
Please note that Lunch orders arrive at 1.00pm on lunch order days. If you order something for your child’s playlunch, it will not arrive untill lunch time. Please make sure you pack something in your child’s lunch box for recess as we have had a number of children come to the office asking for food as they have none.
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St Margaret Mary’s students are independent life-long learners inspired by Gospel values and empowered with a sense of purpose and responsibility. They confidently engage with others and are equipped with skills to adapt to an ever changing world.
Each week, students who embody our values, apply the school mindsets to learning, work hard to improve or persevere to deliver on learning objectives are awarded a class award. The students who earned an award in the past weeks are:
Term 1, Week 6
Term 1, Week 7
Congratulations to this weeks winners of the Values Awards, handed out each Monday morning. It is great to see so many examples of students demonstrating our values in day to day school life.
Around The Classrooms
In Prep this week we have been learning about numbers up to 100. We have been doing spelling and learning the sounds: a, s, t, p, i, n. Last week we made pancakes and we are giving up something for Lent. By Grace S in Prep.
Junior A: This week JA has been doing the igh and ie sounds. Last week we made pancakes. We got ashes on our heads. We have been writing recounts about our weekends. By Georgia and Ava.
Junior B: This week we have been learning the trigraph igh and digraph ie. Last week we had pancakes and did place value houses. We went to Church and we got the ashes for our class. By Alex F and Cecilia.
Middle A: This week in PE we learnt how to bowl and bat in cricket. In Faith Life we discussed what makes a good learner and learned about reconciliation. In Reading we have learned some new reading responses and in science we have learned about different groups of animals. By Cruz and Abdallah.
Middle B: This week and last week in MB we learned about place value and how to do a double entry journal. We learned a lot about reconciliation in our Faith Life, as well as learning the Prayer of Sorrow and a bit about Ash Wednesday. By Zoe and Xavier S.
Senior A: This week and last week in Senior A we have been doing a lot of writing and math. In maths we have been learning about place value and rounding numbers. In our writing we have been trying to describe more in our narratives, and include settings, characters and hooks. By Ryan and Karli.
Senior B: This week in maths we have been learning algebra and learning how the equals sign is not “here comes the answer.” It can mean both equations are equal too. We have scheduled conferences with the teacher to see where we are. We are focussing on using “WOW” words which are basically descriptive words we use to make our writing entertaining. By Maja B.
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We have recently launched the Shane Warne Sports Star Academies at each campus. We had more than 30 young people at the St Paul’s academy and just under 60 at the Notre Dame Academy. These academies are open to boys and girls and more information can be found at www.sportsstaracademy.com
Our first group of Year 7s from Notre Dame Campus have headed off for camp this week, with the second NDC group and the St Paul’s group heading off in coming weeks. Camp is a great way for the students to make new friends, get to know their teachers and try some new activities as they commence their secondary school journey.
Applications are now being accepted for Year 7, 2024. A Prospectus Pack containing an application form can be requested from the College website under the enrolment information tab, also on the right hand side of the homepage, via enrolments@ecmelb.catholic.edu.au, calling the College Registrar on 8325 5119 or visiting the friendly reception staff at either campus.
Please note that applications for Year 7, 2024 close on Friday 19 August 2022. If you have a child in Grade 5 and already have children at Emmanuel College you are still required to apply for the Year 5 student to be considered for a place at the College.
We can’t wait to see you at our events.
Don’t forget about the Annual Easter Bonnet parade that is happening on Friday the 8th of April. Students are invited to wear their fanciest (and sometimes delicious) Easter bonnets that they will showcase with their class.
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