THE WAY (Term 2 Week 4 - 10 May 2021)
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St Joseph's Primary School, Alstonville Catholic Schools Week Music Rally
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Body Kind Schools
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NORPA Theatre for Schools and On Demand Workshops
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Maintenance of Proficient Teacher Accreditation - Elective PD
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2021 HSC Written Exam Timetable
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An Exciting Opportunity: Pathways to Leadership: Leading with Impact Program 2021
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'Cricket: More than a bat and ball sport'
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COVID Update - Staff Travelling to the Sydney Region
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Positions Vacant
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My Learning
Staff, students and families sang, danced and laughed together to celebrate the end of the school's Catholic Schools Week with a Music Rally at Alstonville Parish Hall.
'Nutbush City Limits' echoed around St Joseph's Primary, Alstonville, school hall as staff, students and families sang, danced and laughed together to celebrate the end of the school's Catholic Schools Week with a Music Rally.
The 2021 theme of Catholic Schools Week 'Faith in the Future', was evident in all aspects of the Music Rally, from the planning by Stage 3 students, prop creation, promotional poster designs and enthusiastic participation.
Year 6 student Felicity said that she was overwhelmed by the experience, with her favourite part being the dancing, singing and seeing the smiles on everyone's face.
This sentiment was echoed by Principal, Therese Seymour, who said the event was about bringing "fun and joy to the school community". This event was not only about the students but also the parents seeing the fun side of school experiences she added.
Assistant Principal Learning & Teaching, Kasey Miles, described the importance of community participation, 'it meant everything to see our families back at the school and part of our community again.'
'It was wonderful to be back at the school and to see what the children love to do, being able to participate, we can see their smiling faces, off social media participating with their friends,' said parent Melissa Barnes.
Assistant Principal Mission, James Farr, described the event as, 'no better way than to show the community and the Holy Spirit at work when everyone was dancing together.'
If you have a Good News Story you'd like to share across the Diocese, please send your story and photos to goodnews@lism.catholic.edu.au.
Registration for Body Kind Schools (formerly Love Your Body Week for Schools) is now free and resources are available to download.
Butterfly Foundation's annual awareness campaign in September for school settings encourages young people and their communities to focus on body image, and to:
- Be Kind to their own body; in the way they move, nourish and speak,
- Be Kind to other bodies; face to face and online, and
- Celebrate and respect diversity in bodies and appearance.
There are free virtual workshops for educators and young people as well as resources for upper primary and secondary students.
NORPA has several Theatre for Schools productions and On Demand Workshops that are available to both Primary and Secondary schools in 2021. As part of the continued partnership with NORPA, there is an opportunity for your school to express interest in attending a performance at NORPA or have NORPA visit you on an incursion. Costs for the tickets and/ in school sessions will be covered by the Catholic Schools Office.
For further information around the theatre opportunities explore the Creative Arts site on the Intranet. Expressions of Interest has been extended and will close on Thursday 13 May, 2021 at 5.00pm.Information is available on the NESA website and/or the Catholic Schools Office Intranet (teacher accreditation page). NESA has produced an eTAMS Visual Guide for how to log Elective PD.
The full 2021 HSC written exam, languages oral exam and practical and performance exam timetables are available on the NESA website.
Students can access their personalised HSC written exam timetable on Students Online
Applications closing 14 May 2021
In recognising the need to support the ongoing growth and development of aspiring leaders, The Diocese of Lismore will offer the Pathways to School Leadership: Leading with Impact Program for commencement in Semester 2, 2021. The Program is designed and facilitated by Dr Stephen Brown (Director: The Brown Collective).
The Pathways Program involves five distinct but interrelated phases. These include self-reflection; peer collaboration; coaching examination of a leadership challenge; action research; coaching/mentoring and access to expert knowledge.
The letter of invitation, program summary and the application process can be accessed through this link.
This program confirms the Diocese recognition of the centrality of excellence in leadership to the sustainability of a quality Catholic education.
We look forward to hearing from you!
Cricket NSW has received interim accreditation to deliver 'Cricket: More than a bat and ball sport'. The PD is designed to support teachers deliver Cricket NSW's suite of school programs.
This PD will support teachers to overcome the complexities of teaching cricket in classroom contexts, through identifying alignment to the NSW K–10 PDHPE Syllabus and using a variety of teaching and learning strategies to deliver quality physical education through cricket. Teachers will participate in a combination of theory and practical sessions to gain greater understanding of how cricket can be integrated into the classroom with the ability to differentiate for all skill and ability levels of students. All teaching staff are encouraged to attend, cricket experience is not necessary.
Completing 'Cricket – More than a bat and ball sport' before 31 July 2021 under NESA’s interim arrangements will contribute 3 hours of NSW Education Standards Authority (NESA) Accredited PD in the priority area of Delivery and Assessment of NSW curriculum addressing standard descriptors 1.5.2, 2.1.2 and 6.3.2 from the Australian Professional Standards for Teachers towards maintaining Proficient Accreditation in NSW.
Proficient teachers in NSW are invited to attend the following session. Please use the registration links below to register for the appropriate session. These sessions are free of charge. Please arrive prepared to participate in physical activity.
Date: Monday 24 May, 2021
Venue: Xavier Catholic College, Ballina
Time: 4 – 7pm
Registration: https://www.surveymonkey.com/r/NS9WSJY
Fee: $0.00 (A Light supper will be provided)
Information on employment opportunities within the Diocese of Lismore are available via Positions Vacant.
Catholic Schools Office
- Acting School Service Consultant – North Clarence Cluster
Staff are reminded to register for all professional learning courses through the My Learning site. The site has the facility to recommend courses to others. This will be potentially useful for Principals and Assistant Principals who wish to recommend staff to register for particular courses.
Staff are reminded that the closing date for courses is five working days prior to the course.
To register, please visit My Learning.
Student Support Workers are invited to an optional zoom Network meeting for Term 2, 2021. The meeting will be conducted by the Pastoral Care Team.
Participants have the option of choosing one of the three dates to suit your schedule:
- 25 May 9.15-10.15am
- 26 May 9.15-10.15am
- 27 May 9.15-10.15am
EMU Early Years Specialist Teacher Course Day 5 NORTH & SOUTH, 2021 21CSO-EASTC
This is Day 5 of a 6-day course and is for approved participants only ie. Primary teacher - nominated by your leadership team in 2020.
- Day 5 North - 10 June at Lismore
- Day 5 South - 22 July at Kempsey