Dear parents,

Congratulations to a large number of year six students who received the sacrament of Confirmation last Tuesday. The two liturgies were meaningful and reverent. I am sure making their Confirmation meant a lot to the students who have been preparing for a long time.

Again I thank all the staff and parish workers that assisted with the preparation of the night and to Fr Thonn and Fr Simon for celebrating the liturgies.

Reporting

At the end of this term parents will receive their child’s report which will be sent home on the Friday of week nine. The reports will follow the same format as last year in that there will be no written comments.

For a number of years Catholic Education has been developing a new report format that will be introduced when our new administration package ‘Compass’ is rolled out. We have introduced the attendance function linked to Compass and hope to have the reporting function working in time for semester two reports.

In light of the new reports, we will be reviewing how we report to parents from 2022. This may involve moving our parent-teacher interviews from the end of term one to the end of term two depending on the new reporting format.

Sending reports home in Week 9 allows parents to organise interviews in Week 10 should they wish to seek talk to their child’s teacher about their child’s report.

What semester one reports for 2021 will contain.

For Kindergarten students:

• Achievement in each subject will be reported using a four-point scale (Well Above Expectations, Above Expectations, Meeting Expectations and Working Towards Expectations).

For Year 1 to Year 6 students:

• Academic grades for each subject using a five-point scale from A-E will be reported using the Australian Curriculum Achievement Standards.

For all students:

• Strand Achievement will be reported in English, Mathematics, Humanities and Social Sciences, Health and Physical Education, and The Arts using a five-point scale (Excellent, High, Sound, Basic, Elementary).
• Engagement with Learning statements, which are taken directly from the Australian Curriculum, will provide specific information about your child’s Critical and Creative Thinking, and Personal and Social Responsibility, using a three-point scale (Beginning, Developing, Consistently).
• Individual student comments will not be used in the Semester 1 Reports.

Maths Problem

Congratulations to Brody Press who again was the first correct answer drawn out. To encourage a few more entries this week’s problem is a little easier.

Pancakes!

How many different ways can you arrange 17 pancakes into 3 stacks? Record your working to submit with your answer. I would say zero would not count as a stack.