Mary Immaculate Primary Newsletter Update

Last week, students from Year 6 at Mary Immaculate participated in an educational tour of Canberra. While on this excursion they experienced a variety of educational programs focused on Australia’s history, culture, heritage and democracy. 

The Australian Government recognises the importance of all young Australians being able to visit their National Capital as part of their civics and citizenship education. To assist parents in meeting the cost of the excursion, the Australian Government will be contributing funding of $30 per eligible student under the Parliament and Civics Education Rebate program toward any travel expenses incurred. The contribution is paid directly to the school upon completion of the excursion.

We would like to thank the Australian Government for their support of this program. We know that the excursion was a rewarding experience for all of our students.

The Year 6 Teachers 2021

Welcome to the 2021Premier's Reading Challenge, the biggest children's book club in Australia! There has already been a great response to the challenge this year from previous participants and it is great to hear many children saying that they are on their way to earning their Bronze, SIlver or Gold certificate and a place on the Honour Roll. The Premier’s Reading Challenge runs from today (Monday, 1st  March) and finishes in August (Term 3).

 If your child has previously completed the challenge, your child’s Username and Password remains the same. 

Kindergarten students will receive their Username and Password in the coming weeks. 

New students in other grades will be allocated their PRC usernames and passwords over the coming weeks, ready to complete their online reading records. These will be handed to new students by class teachers. 

Special note: All children from K-2 will complete the challenge during class time. The teachers will enter the 30 books for all students, so K-2 parents do not need to enter anything online. 

You are to complete a number of books, depending on your grade:

Challenge	Number of books you must read	Minimum number of PRC books	Maximum number of Personal Choice books	PRC book lists you can read from
K-2	30	25	5	K-2, 3-4, 5-6, 7-9
3-4	20	15	5	3-4, 5-6, 7-9
5-6	20	15	5	5-6, 7-9

All Challenge rules can be accessed via the website:

https://online.det.nsw.edu.au/prc/rules.html

Year 3 - 6 Parents, you can assist your child to fill in their personal reading log at the Premier’s Reading Challenge Website. This is available from https://online.det.nsw.edu.au/prc/booklist/readingLog.html

Explore the web site and check regularly for updates and news.

Happy Reading!

Mrs Kylie Behrens

Premier’s Reading Challenge Coordinator

CATHOLIC EDUCATION DIOCESE OF PARRAMATTA (CEDP) IS COMMITTED TO KEEPING CHILDREN SAFE AT ALL OUR SCHOOLS, CATHOLIC OUT OF SCHOOLS HOURS CARE, CATHOLIC EARLY LEARNING CENTRES AND TRADE TRAINING CENTRES.

We adhere to the National Catholic Safeguarding Standards and support the National Principles for Child Safe Organisations.

A range of checks and undertakings are required for people who work for or provide services to CEDP. These checks reduce potential risk and forms part of our strategy to build child safe communities.

In the Diocese of Parramatta we see parents as partners in your child's educational experience. Parents are encouraged to become involved in our schools in a variety of ways such as canteen helpers, coaches of sporting teams, supporting classroom learning, providing general assistance around the school and much much more.

Contractors may include architects, builders and tradespeople project managed by CEDP or services provided to students using CEDP rooms and equipment including music teachers, speech pathologists, canteen providers and repairs and maintenance workers, amongst others.

We thank you for the important role you play in supporting the ongoing learning of our students and the opportunities you provide.

 

All Volunteers (including parents) and Contractors must complete the Building Child Safe Communities Undertaking Form and online training module prior to being engaged by a school or any other CEDP site.

You do not need a Working With Children Check (WWCC) if you're a parent or close relative of a child, volunteering at your child's school. 

 START YOUR TRAINING

BCSC Undertaking Form and Training Module for Volunteers and Contractors

The purpose of this module is to inform you of the standards of behaviour and other requirements that must be adhered to when delivering services to children and students.

The undertaking should take no more than 5 minutes to complete and the training module approximately 15 minutes.

Once the form and training modules are submitted an automated email will be sent to you within 24 hours to confirm the status of your submission.

The undertaking form will expire within 2 years or when you WWCC expires (if applicable) whichever is sooner. At this time you will need to complete the Undertaking form and training module again. You will receive an automatic reminder email when this occurs.

Get started and please refer to the short videos and factsheets/guides on how to complete and submit the undertaking form and training module.START NOW

 

https://www.parra.catholic.edu.au/About-Us/Building-Child-Safe-Communities

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