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St Brigid's Primary School Ballan
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98 Inglis Street
Ballan VIC 3342
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E: administration@sbballan.catholic.edu.au
P: 03 5368 1015
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St Brigid's Primary School Ballan

98 Inglis Street
Ballan VIC 3342

Phone: 03 5368 1015
Email: administration@sbballan.catholic.edu.au

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Newsletter May 10th , 2022

  • Principal's Message
  • NAPLAN Online 2022
  • Student Free Day and Big Childcare
  • Cross Country
  • Hot Lunches resume
  • Foundation 2023 Onsite Tours & Enrolments
  • Pre-school Storytime at St Brigid's
  • Term Two Dates 2022
  • Birthdays
  • Gordon & Bungaree Parish News
  • Change of Details

Principal's Message

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Dear Members of our St Brigid’s Community,

Wishing our mothers and special women in our lives a very happy Mother’s Day!

It was terrific to welcome members of our school community to St Brigid’s last week.

Our week started with our Welcome Picnic last Tuesday and our special Mother’s Day Liturgy for our mums and special people in our lives on Wednesday.

A big thank you to all involved. It was a wonderful week!

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Take care and God Bless,

Jayne Bosworth

'Inspire us to act justly and to reverence all God has made.'

Excerpt from St Brigid's Prayer

NAPLAN Online 2022

In May every year, students in Years 3, 5, 7 and 9 take part in the National Assessment Program – Literacy and Numeracy (NAPLAN). NAPLAN was first introduced in 2008 and has become a routine part of the school calendar in Australia.

NAPLAN, which is a part of the National Assessment Program (NAP), is how governments, education authorities and schools can determine whether young Australians are reaching important educational goals. States and territories determine when their schools commence NAPLAN Online.

This year our school will commence the transition from a paper based to online assessment-NAPLAN Online. Moving to NAPLAN online brings many new opportunities for students and teachers that are limited or not possible with paper-based tests. The year three Writing test is the only test that will continue as a pen and paper assessment this year. It is through the Online National Assessment Platform that we will administer the tests. Children will complete the tests via a secure locked down browser on a suitable device.

Some of the main benefits of students taking part in NAPLAN Online include:

  • Better assessment – and more precise results. NAPLAN Online uses a tailored test or adaptive design, where the test automatically adapts to individual student performance and asks questions that match the student achievement level, allowing the student to demonstrate their knowledge. This provides teachers and schools with more targeted and detailed information on students’ performance on the tests. Tailored testing also provides an opportunity to broaden the scope of the assessments.
  • Faster turnaround of results. Delivery of assessments online significantly reduces the time it takes to provide feedback to schools, students and parents, so teachers can respond more quickly to learning needs.

As technology develops, ACARA aims to further refine the delivery of the tests to best use the available technology to provide increasingly sophisticated assessments and valuable feedback to teachers, parents and education authorities.

Student Free Day and Big Childcare

A reminder that Monday 16th May is a Student Free Day. On this day, staff will engage in Professional Learning with a focus on developing a performance and development culture as outlined in our schools Annual Action Plan. On this day, Big Childcare are planning on facilitating a day of fun filled activities at St Brigid's! Please call 0434176872 or email stbrigids@bigchildcare.com if you are interested in registering your child.

Cross Country

Congratulations to all who represented St Brigid's at the Cross Country event last Friday at Bostock Reservoir. Good luck to Ned Conroy, Anni Clarke, Ashton McFall, Charlie Black, Foster Trinder and Joel Card who have been selected to compete in the Sovereign and Eureka Division Cross Country being held on Friday 20th May, 2022.

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Hot Lunches resume

We have a new supplier of bakery goods for our Hot Lunches – Ballan Bakery!

Thank you for your patience as the menu items evolve. We intend to add a couple of new options in the coming weeks and will update the menu accordingly and send out via Pam. A hard copy will also be sent home. Thank again to Hayley Plageman and Mickal Trinder for all their work getting the hot lunches back up and running, especially with Stewart Bakery needing to be rebuilt.

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Foundation 2023 Onsite Tours & Enrolments

We have received an overwhelming response to booking school tours! Another tour date has been added - Tuesday 17th May, 1.30pm.
Just a reminder to all families with sibling enrolments for 2023, enrolment forms need to be returned the the office by the end of May for next year's class preparation.
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Pre-school Storytime at St Brigid's

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Term Two Dates 2022

Term Two – Key Dates

All of the timetabled events (to date) for the school year can be found on our school calendar which can be accessed through PAM and via this newsletter.

Term 2:

Tuesday 10th - Friday 13th May

NAPLAN (Years 3 & 5)

Monday 16th May

Professional Learning Day for Staff Teaching & Learning (Student Free Day)

Monday 30th May - Wednesday 1st June

Year 5/6 School Camp - Angahook

Monday 13th June

Queen's Birthday Public Holiday

Friday 24th June 

Last day of Term 2

Birthdays

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May 3 - Remi Jeandet
May 5 - Angus Tranter
May 19 - Iris Yearwood
May 20 - Ailie Ogrowsky-Sharp
May 20 - Violette Ogrowsky-Sharp
May 28 - Clara Monterosso
May 28 - Braxton Dart

Gordon & Bungaree Parish News

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Mass Times:

1st Sunday 2nd Sunday 3rd Sunday 4th Sunday 5th Sunday
Saturday 6.30pm Dunnstown Springbank Dunnstown Clarkes Hill Springbank
Sunday 8.45am Gordon Bungaree Gordon Gordon Bungaree
Sunday 10.30am Ballan Ballan Ballan Ballan Ballan

Korobeit Sat 6.30pm ~ Creswick 8.45am ~ Daylesford 10.30am

The read the lastest Gordon Parish News please click on the link below:

Gordon Parish Newsletter https://www.ballarat.catholic.org.au/wp-content/uploads/2022/05/Combined-Newsletter-8-May-2022.pdf

Change of Details

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It is imperative that our records are kept up to date for contact, census and funding purposes. If you have a change of address, phone number, email address, occupation or similar, please notify the school office as soon as possible. This form provides a quick and easy way to let us know.

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