Congratulations to the students who have returned to school this term, ‘ready to learn’. I appreciate the support of parents in preparing their children for school and having those positive conversations that set students up for success. Our PB4L behaviour data supports this with only a small number of ‘highs’ and ‘lows’ recorded in the last fortnight. On the morning of 20 August, we will hold a parent information and feedback session to unpack SCNV’s behaviour management processes and the procedures for following up using reflective practices of restorative justice. At the parent session, we will also be giving feedback from the TTFM survey results and giving time for parents to give more information to our school improvement process and goals. 

POSITIVE BEHAVIOURS 4 LEARNING (PB4L)

Positive reinforcement and the acknowledgement of appropriate behaviours and positive achievements are the first and most fundamental elements of the PB4L framework.

This could include:

• Verbal reinforcement and affirmation
• Class/School Award System 
• Achievements recorded and communicated to parents

In the instance the students demonstrate or display behaviours that do not align to the overarching school's rules of we are respectful, we are responsible, we are safe and we are learners the school classifies their behaviour into four categories:

Low Behaviours: Classroom - classroom teacher/general staff to address

Low Behaviours: Playground - Staff member to address behaviour with students

Mini High Behaviours - These behaviours occur after three low behaviours within a two week period. 

High Behaviours - This behaviour is determined by a member of the school leadership team. A Leadership Team member will address this behaviour with the support of other appropriate staff.

To determine the support and response, our teachers use a correction sequence with the intention to redirect and support student behaviour. To determine the response to behaviours, we utilise low and high behaviour definitions.

NAPLAN

Parents of children in Year Three and Year Five will have received their NAPLAN results, and we as a school team are impressed with the growth and the positive trajectory across most areas. With our annual improvement goal of ‘all students will be challenged to achieve expected growth in Mathematics, ’ it was important to see that the work and effort are evident in the growth across Year Three and Year Five over the last three years. Year Three outperformed in all areas, both diocesan and national means. Year Five outperformed the national mean in all areas. In reading, writing and numeracy, in excess of 70% of students achieved strong or exceeding. In writing, for Year 3, 92% students achieved strong or exceeding. Congratulations to our students and teachers.

Staffing Announcements

This term, we welcomed Mr Luke Daniels to the position of classroom teacher for Year 4 White, Mrs Diana Nagy to the position of indentured Casual, and we welcomed back Mrs Wynn to classroom support across Kindergarten and Year Two.  We also farewelled Mrs Begovich, who has started her parental leave. We look forward to her new baby announcement later this term.

Congratulations to Mrs and Mr Hastie

who welcomed baby ‘Lani Blair’ into their family,

a sister for Koda.

Principal Appraisal 

Within our Diocese of Wollongong, Principals engage in an appraisal process every four years. This will be my second appraisal in my time at St Clare’s Catholic Parish Primary School. My formalised appraisal will be held on Tuesday, 23 September. In the lead-up, staff and parents will have the opportunity to engage in a survey as a part of my appraisal process. I will distribute a survey in the coming weeks to seek further feedback. Some parents will have the opportunity to have a phone conversation with a panel member on the day of the appraisal. If you would like to be considered for this opportunity, please contact me to let me know.

Yours in partnership,