Confirmation Congratulations

Congratulations to our students for receiving the Sacrament of Confirmation last night during a beautiful and prayerful liturgy. Thank you so much to Archbishop Christopher Prowse, Father Mick, Erika Tokich and the Parish Team for the organisation of a such a special event. You could feel the Spirit alive in our community and sense the gift of the Holy Spirit as our students were confirmed.

Robocup Champions

Last Saturday, 10 students from St Michael’s competed in the ACT Robocup Championships in the Line Rescue division. The students were challenged with the task of building and programming robots to track lines, overcome obstacles and save a pretend victim. Our students worked collaboratively and demonstrated great resilience and initiative as they competed against several other schools. By working together in the Robocup challenge, our students develop their skills in team building, persistence, Mathematics and problem solving. Congratulations to our teams who achieved outstanding results, picking up 1st, 2nd and 3rd place!  Thank you to Jessica Hallahan for her time and leadership of our students we are so proud of Ms Hallahan and our wonderful students! 

Catalyst & High Impact Teaching Practice

Today, Brooke Wardana from Shaping Minds continued her work coaching our teachers in the implementation of evidenced based practices. Our teachers spent the day observing Brooke teaching direct explicit instruction lessons with a focus on High Impact Teaching Practice (HITP). Brooke observed our teachers and gave them feedback to support their growth. I sincerely thank our teachers for their dedication to personal improvement in classroom teaching. We know that better teaching leads to improved learning outcomes for students who are at the heart of all we do at St Michael’s. Brooke was most impressed with the quality of the instruction she saw and the engagement and learning progress of our students. If you would like to read more about Catalyst and HITP please access information at the following site.

https://catalyst.cg.catholic.edu.au/initiatives/high-impact-teaching-practice/

Sharing Our Learning

Come along for a relaxed visit after school next Wednesday 25th September 3:15pm- 5:15pm to look at all the wonderful learning that’s been happening at St Michael’s. Be part of your child’s learning and give your child 2 stars and a wish for their future progress. This is a great opportunity for families to share student learning and enjoy some positive time together at school. This year we will have students demonstrating the filming studio in our Library Hub with afternoon tea. We were able to fund resources for this hub by securing a grant from the ACT Education Directorate’s Non-Government School Parent Engagement Grants Program. Thank you to our ICT leaders who will be part of this sharing.

Other school happenings

Other exciting events this term include St Michael’s Feast Day- Friday 27 September.

The privilege of wearing non-uniform this day is to donate a raffle item for our St Michael’s Christmas, Friday 6 December. Please see event reminders appearing on Facebook and via Compass for further details.  

Sporting excellence

Congratulations also to our 3 students who achieved amazing results at the ACT Athletics Carnival yesterday. Mahli, Olivia and Nicole were a credit to themselves and to St Michael’s -great effort girls!   

Thanks to our staff and parents who support our students attending these events. We are grateful for your support.

Many blessings,

Bridgette McCann

Principal (Acting)

Key Dates

The final school day for Term 4 2024 is Monday 16 December.

Tuesday 17 December will be a Pupil-Free Day for school staff.

Save the Date

St Michael's Christmas Celebrations on Friday 6 December - more information to follow soon.