Term 3 Week 1 2023

You would have received an email and hard copy letter regarding the Carly Ryan parent workshop that is being held here at St Monica’s on Wednesday 2 August, commencing at 6.30pm, I strongly recommend this informative and impactful workshop to all families. Sonya shares her very powerful and emotional story of her daughter Carly and the dangers of social media. As a mum of young adults, I learnt so much about online social behaviours, how easy it is to be tricked into believing the profile that is posted by another person. It is easy to think my children are young and I don’t need to know this, or it won’t happen to my kids but being educated and empowered with this information is a great starting point for conversations with your children when the time and questions arise. There is no cost involved in attending and there is a creche being offered for school aged children.

Carly Ryan Parent Workshop flyer

I mentioned at the end of last term that the front of school redevelopment would commence during the holidays but as you can see it did not. We have a new date for the commencement of works and this is now Monday 14 August. The stages have been swapped around and the work will commence in the playground space. Once we have finalised the action plan for entry to the school and adapted play spaces, I will inform all families. It is anticipated that the works will take up most of Term 3 so we will need to be patient people during the process.

You will be receiving a letter from me concerning an annual survey called Living Learning Leading Survey. We invite all families to contribute to this survey as it provides us with important data about how we are performing as a school and where we should target our energy, time and resources for improvement. The survey will only take between 3-5 minutes and when you have completed it, please take a screen shot of the final submission page and email it to info@stmonica.catholic.edu.au to be in a draw for a $50 voucher for Palace Nova cinemas. This is a thank you for your assistance.

Please put Wednesday 23 August, 2.30-5.00pm in your calendar. That afternoon we will be holding our St Monica’s Learning Expo and all families and friends are invited into the school to view the amazing learning of our students. We will have chess experts showcasing their knowledge, students who will demonstrate their coding skills with Bee Bots and Spheros, musical performances and so much more. Invitations will be sent home next week.

Included with this newsletter is a link to the Catholic School Parents of SA Charter. This important document recognises the significant partnership between schools and families and identifies some expectations of both groups in this relationship. As a school community we are blessed to be working with each family, who are always the first and most important educators of their child/ren.

Catholic School Parents of SA Charter

God’s blessings in the coming week,

Emily Sayer