This parent information evening presentation provided information about St Mary's Catholic Primary School for 2016. It introduced new staff and specialist teachers. It outlined the school's annual plan focusing on curriculum differentiation, Catholic identity, and improving writing skills. It also discussed the BYOD program, communication protocols, and opportunities for parent engagement like the P&F, School Advisory Committee, and parent forums.

1. St Mary’s Catholic Primary School
Parent Information Evening 2016
Welcome to

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GENERAL INFORMATION Prayer
Introduction New Staff and Specialist Teachers
School Focus (Annual Plan)
Student Learning - Newman and Change 2
Projects
BYOD
Communication to the school
Process for complaints resolution
Contact for enquiries
Anti Bullying Policy
News and Information
Email
Parent engagement
P&F Meetings – Educational Focus Presentations
School Advisory Council
Parent Forums – Topics of Interest
Classroom Support
St Mary’s Catholic Primary School 2016

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Let us pray
All: Lord, we thank you for the call to be messengers of your mercy.
In this Holy Year of Mercy, expand our hearts with your joy as we
grow in knowledge and understanding; fill us with your confidence
and courage; that we might use what we learn this day to live and
work as messengers of your mercy in all things. We make this
prayer through Christ our Lord. Amen

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MEETOUR
NEW TEACHERS
&SPECIALISTROLESFOR2016

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NEW TEACHERS
St Mary’s Catholic Primary School 2016
Kindergarten - KC
Mrs Liz Chatelier
Year 2C
Mrs Kate Crisp
Year 6
Mr Andrew King
Year 1L
Mrs Sarah Lewis

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NEW TEACHERS
St Mary’s Catholic Primary School 2016
Year 1A
Ms Lynsey
Anderson Sports Specialist Teacher
Mrs Sarah Griffiths
Drama/Music
Specialist Teacher
Mr Nathan Luff

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NEW SPECIALIST TEACHERS
St Mary’s Catholic Primary School 2016
Mr Timothy Butt Mr Markus Powling
eLearning
and ICT Coordinator
STEM Science and
Technology,
Engineering and Mathematics

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LEADING OUR GIFTED EDUCATION PROGRAMS K-6
St Mary’s Catholic Primary School 2016
Ms Jo Frith Mrs Meghan Bassett
Gifted and Talented
Coordinator/Specialist Gifted and
Talented Infants
Gifted and Talented
Specialist Teacher Primary
Mrs Cathy King
Literacy Specialist
Teacher

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LEADER OF INNOVATION & DEVELOPMENT
St Mary’s Catholic Primary School 2016
Mr Sean White
Leader of Innovation
& Development

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ANNUAL IMPROVEMENT PLAN
St Mary’s Catholic Primary School 2016
Curriculum differentiation ensuring every
student is engaged and learning
Catholic Identity and Mission
Improved learning outcomes in text
structures, language conventions and writing
devices.
Learning and
Teaching
The safety and support of our school
environment is strengthened through the ‘Kids
Matters’
(Australian Curriculum resource)
Learning and Teaching
Change 2 Process
Re-imagining of our Voice Learning
Principles.
Exploring new Flexible pedagogies and
design of Learning Spaces for the new
building.
Learning and
Teaching
Student and Staff
Wellbeing
Personalised Learning and curriculum differentiation
for gifted students through the Newman Project.

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SPECIALIST PROGRAMS
St Mary’s Catholic Primary School 2016
Newman Project
Personalised learning
Change 2
Flexible pedagogies in our
contemporary learning spaces
2016

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UPDATE
BYOD

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Technology A
eSmart
Cybersafety
B
eLearning C
Technology
Cybersafety
eLearning
eLearning
FOCUS
2016
St Mary’s Catholic Primary School 201

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BYOD - CHOOSE YOUR DEVICE - CHOOSE YOUR TIMING
St Mary’s Catholic Primary School 2016
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BALANCED APPROACH
USE OLDER DEVICES FROM
HOME
REUSE – MIN 3 HOURS
BATTERY LIFE
OPT IN OR OPT OUT
SCHOOL COMMITTMENT TO WORK
TOWARDS SHARED
12 IPADS AND 12 CHROMEBOOKS
IN EACH LEARNING SPACE
BYOD
CERTIFIED ESMART SCHOOL
BY 2018
TEACHER AND STUDENT SUPPORT IN
ELEARNING

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BYOD DEVICES SUPPORTED
St Mary’s Catholic Primary School 2016
Any size and any
version from Ipad 2
onwards.
iPad
Any brand
Chromebook
Macbook or MacAir
Apple Laptops
Any brand of any
laptop running
Windows 7 or higher.
Windows Laptop
Surface Pro or
any other brand.
Windows Tablets
Running Updated
software Android 5.1
Android Tablets

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TIMELINE 2016
St Mary’s Catholic Primary School 2016
BYOD
OPEN NOW
YEARS 4,5 6
BYOD INFO SESSION –
AMPHITHEATRE LEARNING SPACE
EACH WEDNESDAY (TERM 1)
8am – 9am
BYOD
OPEN FOR
YEAR 3
WEEK 5
BYOD
OPEN FOR
YEAR 2
WEEK 6
BYOD
OPEN FOR
YEAR 1
WEEK 7
ONGOING
JOIN
ANYTIME
KINDERGARTEN
TO BE ADVISED
• VISIT THE BYOD WEBSITE VIA THE NEWS BLOG
• SUBMIT A QUESTION VIA THE FORM

18. COMMUNICATION

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NEWS & COMMUNICATION PROTOCOLS
St Mary’s Catholic Primary School 2016
School News
For Latest News
Principal’s Blog
Building Updates
Class News
Links to submit enquiries
about building works
or BYOD
Website Apps Apple &
Android
Links to all news
sites,
Blogs and
Information
Including after
school care.
Email
General School
enquiries, contact
our Info email via
the website.
Teachers answer
during business
hours
7:30am – 6pm
For policies and
procedures
Grievance &
Anti Bullying
Policies

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PARENT ENGAGEMENT
St Mary’s Catholic Primary School 2016
P & FWAYS YOU CAN BE
INVOLVED…
SCHOOL
ADVISORY
COMMITTEE
CLASSROOM
PARENT
FORUMS

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CLASSROOMSESSIONS
SESSION 1: 6:30 – 7:00
SESSION 2: 7:00 – 7:30
*KINDERGARTEN PLEASE STAY IN THE HALL