Term 4 Week 11 St Thomas' Newsletter
Acknowledgement of Country
We acknowledge the Girai Wurrung people of the land on which we live and learn. We recognise their continuing connection to land, water and community. We pay respects to elders, past, present and emerging.
Prayer
From the Principal
The end of the 2024 school year is near. May I take this opportunity to say some thank you's.
Thank you to our wonderful staff. I thank them for the year, for being fully committed in making our school a wonderful place to teach and learn and being so supportive of my leadership. Thank you to our families. We will continue to work to make sure we maintain the high standards of parent engagement and make sure our parent/school relationship remains strong.
To our P&F group and to our School Advisory Council - thank you for volunteering your time and being the conduit between our families and the school. Your work continues to be very much appreciated. A special thank you to the executives on those committees.
Finally to our students - you're the reason we do what we do. We want you to learn, be safe and be happy. We hope you have a great Christmas and summer break and come back ready and refreshed in 2025.
Enjoy the Christmas break everyone!
Matt Uzkuraitis
News
FIRST DAY OF TERM 1 2025: Our first day of classes term 1 2025 is Wednesday 29th January. The office will be open on Tuesday 28th January.
TUESDAY 17TH DECEMBER: Tomorrow is our last day of school. Students can wear casual clothes with a Christmasy theme. Our trainee Wil will have some music playing at lunchtime for the kids.
SCHOOL LEADERS 2025:
School Captains: Matilda Conheady and Zac Clarke
Sport Captains: Blue House - Aiden Richard and Annabelle Blackford, Gold House - Daisy Dillon and Archer Gleeson, Red House - Darcy Meade and Ind Blair
Social Justice Leader - Isabel Moloney ART Leader - Alfie Rickard Environment Leader - Mary Heffernan
Reports and Learning Portfolios
You will be able to access your child’s report via PAM tomorrow 17th December (in the afternoon). The students will take home their Learning Portfolio on this day as well. We will not be printing off reports however if you require a printed copy please email your request of this to: admin@stterang.catholic.edu.au
Classroom Awards
Student Awards | Name | Term 4, Week 8 2024 |
PREP M | Ellie Monk Jack Bourke | For being super learners! |
Gr 1K | Sophia Magouliotis Amman Fraz | For being a kind, cooperative & hard working member of our class. For impressive efforts reading 5 digit numbers. |
Gr 2P | Archie Wurlod Annabel Gilmour Georgie Gubbins | For being caring and kind towards all classmates. For always being a kind and considerate classmate. For always completing your work to a high standard. |
Gr 3/4JM | Daisy Sargeant Kira O’Keeffe Nellie Kenna | For working hard to gain automatic recall of her times tables. For working hard to gain automatic recall of her times tables. For working hard to gain automatic recall of her times tables. |
Gr 5/6C | Ned Abbott Mia Riches Tilli Hutchins | For being a kind and thoughtful buddy. For always striving to do her best. For speaking confidently in front of her peers. |
Gr 5/6B | Nate Irving Sonny Davis Skyla Coburn | For writing detailed and well sequenced camp recounts. For writing detailed and well sequenced camp recounts. For being a encouraging and positive class member, always looking out for others. |
ART | Richard Li Jade Byron Frankie Rickard | For the great detail and patterns you included on your Gnome. For consistently taking your time and putting effort into creating beautiful pieces of art. Thanks for being an AMAZING Art Captain this year Frankie!! |
PE | Paddy Tuckett Paddy Meade Summer Davis | For being a great team member in soccer! For a fantastic effort in golf! For supporting her class and working productively in her team! |
AUSLAN | Paddy Sargeant | For a wonderful effort learning his animal signs. |
MultiLit | Zac Clarke, Lexie Williams and Pippa Irving | For successfully completing MultiLit Reading Tutor Program. |
Term 1 2025 Important Dates
TERM 1 2025
Tuesday 28th January - Staff return and Office open
Wednesday 29th January - First Day of classes (students return)
Friday 14th February - Grade 3-6 Swimming Carnival at Mortlake Swimming Pool
Tuesday 4th March - Big Breakfast
Wednesday 5th March - Ash Wednesday
Friday 7th March - St Thomas' P-6 Athletics Carnival at Terang Rec Reserve
Monday 10th March - PUBLIC HOLIDAY
Tuesday 25th March - School Photos
Friday 4th April - Last Day of Term 1
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Friendship & Belonging
It is not always easy for children and teenagers to always know how to manage friendships. Learning how to make new friends and keep them involves a number of skills every young person needs to understand and develop. For some these skills will come very naturally, allowing them to easily move between different friendship groups, sharing their experiences and opening up to new people. For others, this can be much harder to navigate. Belonging to a group that is like-minded with similar interests is highly beneficial to a child’s wellbeing. Friendships are full of ups and downs and it is better for kids to learn how to manage and build their own friendships, even though as an adult carer you may be tempted to interfere.
“The ability to obtain, maintain and retain friendships is, according to all the childhood psychologists in the whole wide world, the greatest predictor of wellbeing. Having a rich repertoire of friends is a true indicator of whether your child is travelling ok.”
Dr Michael Carr-Gregg
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