Dear Parents and Carers,

Hope that you are well and enjoying your week.

We travel together into the season of Advent. This season signifies the coming of Jesus, and Advent being a season of preparation for His arrival. While we regard Advent as a joyous and festive season, it is also a time of preparation, prayer, giving and service to others in our care.

"Advent is the time we are given to welcome the Lord who comes to encounter us, and to look forward and prepare ourselves for Christ's return" - Pope Francis.

Preparations for our Christmas Concert are in full swing, with rehearsals across K-6 coming along well. Ms Finlay-Joseph and the SCCC Team have done an amazing job in organising the 'Prepare Ye' celebration. We look forward to seeing and singing along with you in Monday 12th December at 6pm.

This year's SPLICED theme was “Taking Up Space: The Length and the Breadth, the Height and the Depth”. This is a conceptual unit designed for differentiated learning for gifted students from all domains. We had a number of our students participate. The following students have been recognised for their workand will receive a SPLICED certificate and CEDoW. Congratulations to Sabina Santillan, Dylan Fang, Talon Mayo, Claude Vincent and Mrs Tirchett for her dedication, support and organisation throughout the SPLICED this year.

We have successfully achieved and signed off on this year's School Improvement Plans with Catholic Education, Diocese of Wollongong (CEDoW).  Below are our newly formed Annual Improvement Plans that we will be focusing on throughout 2023:

LTW 2023+ Focus Area:  Student Learning and Wellbeing

SMART Goal: By the end of 2023, K-6 staff  will engage in contemporary writing pedagogy through professional learning that supports student growth and achievement. Implementation of Improving Writing Pedagogy initiative.

Link to NSIT: Domain 1: An Explicit Improvement Agenda, Domain 2: Analysis and Discussion of Data , Domain 8: Effective Pedagogical 

LTW 2023+ Focus Area: Belonging in a connected Community

SMART Goal: By the end of 2023 students are  engaged, safe and have the confidence in their ability  to navigate challenges  through the development and implementation  of the  Child Safe School program.

Link to NSIT: Domain 2: Analysis and Discussion of Data , Domain 9: School-community Partnerships

LTW 2023+ Focus Area: System Support for the Core Work of Teaching 

SMART Goal: By the end of 2023 staff have a shared understanding of the K-2 NSW Curriculum in Literacy and Numeracy through implementation of the syllabus in their teaching practice.

Link to NSIT: Domain 2: Analysis and Discussion of Data, Domain 5: An Expert, Domain  6: Systematic Curriculum Delivery

Student academic reports for Semester Two have been distributed via Compass. The Semester Two K-6 Reports, assesses all Key Learning Areas taught using the A to E reporting scale. Our students should be proud of their efforts as they countinue to learn growth and development.