School Assembly

At today’s school assembly we recognised a number of students for academic excellence in Semester 1, and others for service to and involvement in the life of the school community. Congratulations to each award recipient. They are people who give 100% in all they do and should be very proud of what they have achieved in Semester 1.

At the assembly, we recognised students with the best results in each class. In the coming week, students in the top 10% of the year level will receive a letter of commendation.

Student led Parent / Teacher / Student conferences

Thank you to families for joining us for the student led conferences.  Whilst this type of conference was introduced as a response to COVID, the dynamic of students leading the conference; celebrating their successes and sharing goals for Semester is important in developing student agency for their learning.

I know that for families, finding the time to attend these interviews is not always easy, however, your support and presence is very much appreciated.

A small number of families were unable to attend. Pastoral care teachers or Year Level Leaders will make contact in the next week or so.

On behalf of families, I’d like to thank staff for their time and preparation for these interviews.

School Advisory Council

On Monday the CRC St Albans School Advisory Council (SAC) met for the first time. Among other items, discussion included:

• Understanding the ‘Terms of Reference’ for School Advisory Councils.
• Child Safety and changes to the Child Safe Standards
• Online safety and student wellbeing.
• Information about a possible partnership between Resurrection parish and school, CRC St Albans and Buyaga Parish in Uganda.

Melinda Wejak agreed to act as Chair and Geisel Garcia-Aceiton will represent St Albans on the CRC Federation School Advisory Council. I thank both for their generosity in taking on the additional responsibility.

Farewell

Today, we farewell Mr Tung Phan who is moving to a new school much closer to home. For the past six years, Tung has taught Maths across the school and assisted with translating and interpreting for Vietnamese families. Apart from being a committed, caring and talented Maths teacher, he has contributed much to our community. We will always remember the annual Autumn Moon Festival; the students he trained for the bamboo and dragon dances; all that he taught us about Vietnamese culture; his magic tricks; badminton in the morning; the spring rolls and chicken wings on Feast Day; the tutoring groups he ran, and the sense of fun and generosity he brought to all he did.

Tung’s work day began very early and ended late as he travelled to St Albans from the outer Eastern suburbs of Melbourne; a 90 minute one-way trip. We can only imagine the hours that he sat in traffic on congested freeway carparks. Whilst we are very sad that he is leaving, we wish him all the very best as he continues his teaching at Nazareth College in Noble Park. From all of us, thank you Tung.

Professional Practice Day (Wednesday 10 August)

On this day students are not required at school as staff are involved in a range of professional learning and planning tasks.

Year 10 students taking a VCE or VET class will need to attend classes at CRC Sydenham as normal.

Newsletter

The newsletter is published fortnightly and available online on Day 10 (Friday Week 2).

Newsletter Days for Term 3 2022:           

Fridays:               19 August,     02 September,     16 September