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We acknowledge the traditional owners of the land on which we gather today -
The Wurundjeri people of the Kulin Nation and pay our respects to their Elders past, present and emerging.
Information in this Week's Newsletter
Information in this Week's Newsletter
Prayer
Prayer
Don't forget to seek God's Love in your daily lives.
Lord, thank you for your boundless love for us. We are so grateful for your presence in our lives, your grace, and your unending mercy. We acknowledge that we are not always worthy of your love, but we trust in your unwavering affection. Help us to understand your love more deeply, and to love others as you have loved us. Grant us the strength and wisdom to reflect your love in our words and actions. May we be vessels of your love, reaching out to those in need and sharing the joy of your presence with the world.
In Jesus' name, we pray.
Meet The Teacher
Meet The Teacher
Important Dates - Events for Term 2
Important Dates - Events for Term 2
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TERM 2
JUNE
Friday 20th - St Thomas More Feast Day Mass at 10.00am
JULY
Tuesday 01st - End of term Mass at 10.00am - all are welcome to attend
Wednesday 2nd - Semester One reports available via Nforma Parent Portal
Thursday 03rd - Year 4 Reconciliation at 10.00am
Friday 04th - Last day term 2 - 12.00pm finish. Canteen Closed. Casual Clothes Day. Gold Coin Donation - Charity: Cure Brain Cancer Charity
TERM 3 (a 9 week term)
Monday 21st July - First day back in term 3
Friday 25th July - Grandparent morning from 9.15-10.00
Monday 28th - Friday 01st August - Dental Van visiting this week
Thursday 14th August - Athletics Day
Monday 18th - Friday 22nd August - Book Week
Monday 01st September - Father's Day Breakfast
Thursday 04th September - Father's Day Stall
Tuesday 16th September - End of term Mass at 10.00am
Wednesday 17th September - Night 1 (L-Z) of concert
Thursday 18th September - Night 2 (A-K) of concert
Friday 19th September - Last day of term 3
**'Public Events' are listed on our website under 'News and Events', the link being; https://www.stmhadfield.catholic.edu.au/news-events
On the bottom right hand side there is a blue box with a + symbol. If you have a google account, you can link the 'Public Events' calendar to your own personal Google calendar and keep up to date with the most current events and times.
Please don't hesitate to contact the office if you have any questions.
News from Our Principal
News from Our Principal
Dear Families,
I hope everyone is staying warm as we come to the end of Week 8.
Year 6 Camp
Last week, our Year 6 students had an amazing time at Phillip Island Camp. It was wonderful to see them engaging with one another in a different context, stepping out of their comfort zones and making lasting memories. A heartfelt thank you to the staff who attended and supported the students, your time and commitment helped make the camp such a successful and enriching experience.
Staff Professional Learning
On Tuesday, our staff participated in a full day of First Aid training to ensure we remain compliant and well-prepared. It was reassuring to witness the depth of knowledge and skill our team brings to keeping your children safe at school.
Semester 1 Reports
As we approach the end of the semester, a reminder that your child’s Semester 1 Academic Report for 2025 will be released. This report provides a formal summary of your child’s learning progress and achievement and complements the ongoing updates shared through Seesaw across Terms 1 and 2. Please see the information below for details on how to access your child’s report.
St Thomas More Feast Day
We also invite you to join us on Friday, 20 June, to celebrate St Thomas More Feast Day. We will mark this special occasion with a school Mass at 10:00am, and all families are warmly welcome to attend.
Teachers as Co-Learners (TCL) initiative - Italian Language learning
We have recently received correspondence from MACS following research into the effectiveness of the TCL initiaitve. Please see the Languages section of the newsletter for more information.
Nominate an Outstanding Teacher or Leader!
Do you know a teacher or leader here at STM who goes above and beyond for our students? Nominations are now open for the 2025 National Education Summit Teacher Awards, which recognise excellence in two areas: Innovation in Teaching and Outstanding Leadership.
If you’ve seen someone here at STM making a real impact, this is a great opportunity to acknowledge their dedication and the difference they make in our community.
Winners will be celebrated at special events in Brisbane and Melbourne in 2026.
Nominations close on 30 June, so let’s help shine a light on the incredible work of our staff here at STM!
You can submit a nomination here:
👉 https://www.nationaleducationsummit.com.au/teacher-awards
Student Achievement
An exciting opportunity has been extended to Landon from 5TS, who has qualified for the USA Kids Golf World Championships in North Carolina this July. Landon has worked exceptionally hard to earn his place in this prestigious event, which brings together talented young golfers from around the world.
This is a remarkable achievement and a true reflection of Landon’s dedication, skill, and passion for the sport. Competing at this level will not only mark a major milestone in his golfing journey but also offer valuable lessons in confidence, resilience, and discipline. Landon is part of a group at Northern Golf Club, and his coach has now created a joint GoFundMe for the entire group. If you wish to support Landon and the group please see the lInk below:
https://gofund.me/1628eef4
If you see Landon around the school, be sure to wish him all the very best!
Warm regards,
David Hurn
Principal
Letter of Informed Consent - MACSSIS SURVEY
Melbourne Archdiocese Catholic Schools – School Improvement Surveys (MACSSIS): Monday 1 September – Friday 19 September 2025
Throughout each year, we pause to listen to our students, families and staff to gauge how our learning community is travelling. This feedback is invaluable to our progress as effective school communities and is backed by evidence-based research and best practices.
A significant and formal way in which we engage and gather data is through MACSSIS, the Melbourne Archdiocese Catholic Schools – School Improvement Surveys.
MACSSIS is a set of surveys that have been built specifically for Catholic schools in Melbourne by the Learning Services team at MACS, in partnership with researchers at Learning First and in wide consultation with principals in our schools.
In 2025, students, families and staff are invited to participate in MACSSIS via our secure and purpose-built online platform. The online platform is where our school leaders will access the summary reports that visualise the results of the student, family and staff surveys.
The MACSSIS survey platform is operated by an independent supplier, ORIMA Research Pty Ltd. The platform meets with the high security and privacy standards for handling student and school data. Participating schools are in the process of updating their privacy policy to ensure school communities are fully informed and protected.
Students at our school will be provided with supervised sessions, where teachers are on hand to help and answer any questions. Families and staff can complete the survey anytime over the three-week window via an emailed link and password. Feedback has indicated that previous surveys were completed across a range of mobile devices and different web browsers. Schools will be providing more information about MACSSIS throughout Term 2 and 3, via newsletters and social media.
Our community’s opinions are critical to understanding how our school is performing – MACSSIS is a key data source for guiding the ongoing work to improve our school.
All participation is invited, welcomed and 100 per cent voluntary. The surveys are not a test; they are an inclusive way to support the work we are already doing to improve our school. Everyone has the right to refuse to participate, or withdraw from the survey at any point before, during or after completion of the survey. Please notify the school if your child does not wish to participate.
If you would like more information, please contact the school.
Yours sincerely,
David Hurn
Learning and Teaching
Learning and Teaching
Your child's Semester 1 Academic Report for 2025 will be issued at the end of the semester. This formal summative report complements the ongoing formative learning updates shared via Seesaw throughout Terms 1 and 2.
The Report will include a checklist of their work habits as well as a written comment by their class teacher focussing on your child as a learner. Alongside the general comment, teachers will highlight areas of strengths (what worked well) and where to next for your child’s learning (even better if).
The report will include:
Religious Education
Victorian Curriculum Learning Progression
Revised Mathematics curriculum (Mathematics curriculum 2.0).
The Victorian Curriculum and Assessment Authority (VCAA) recently published its revised Mathematics curriculum (Mathematics curriculum 2.0).
All Victorian government schools will now use the Mathematics curriculum 2.0 for reporting. In your child's previous report, the teacher reported against the 3 strands of the achievement standard for Mathematics (Number and Algebra, Measurement and Geometry, and Statistics and Probability). Under the Mathematics curriculum 2.0, your child’s teacher will report against the achievement standard as a whole, providing a single, aggregated score.
As the achievement standards reported on have changed, the Mathematics dot will only show achievement and not progress for this Semester. For all reports after this, progress will be shown against the single achievement standard.
The VCAA made these changes to help teachers plan their teaching and learning programs in mathematics, giving them more flexibility to support students to link ideas within mathematics and also with other curriculum areas.
For further information, refer to the department’s policy on Reporting Student Achievement and Progress Foundation to 10.
We would also like to inform parents of a change in how specialist subjects such as Music, Drama, Physical Education, and Art will be reported. Moving forward, these subjects will now be reported on an annual basis, rather than semesterly. This adjustment is due to the curriculum for these subjects being assessed over a two-year learning band. Given that our specialist teachers typically see students once a week, an annual report will provide a more comprehensive and accurate reflection of student progress and achievement within this extended curriculum timeframe.
Victorian Curriculum Learning Progression
A summary graph will indicate your child's progression along the Victorian Curriculum learning continuum. Your child’s progression will be displayed against a five point scale.
Please ensure you look at the position of the dot. If the dot is placed at the beginning (left edge) of the level, this indicates your child is beginning to work in this standard, but is 6 months below the standard for this time of the year.
Alternatively, if the dot is placed at the right edge of the level, this indicates your child is working within this standard, but is 6 months above the standard for this time of the year. A dot placed in the middle of the level indicates your child is working at the expected standard for this time of the year.
Please refer to the attached PDF for instructions on how to access your child's report. (Reports will be published on Wednesday 2nd July)
Important Note: As mentioned last year, the old nForma website has been decommissioned. To access your child's current and past reports, you will now need to download the nForma App from the iTunes or Google Play Store.
The nForma App is the sole platform for accessing school reports. School reports will be automatically published via the app and this will be the only way to access Reports.
Please follow the steps outlined in the PDF to get started.
Thank you for your cooperation.
Regards,
Sonia Mazzei - Learning & Teaching Leader
Wellbeing
Wellbeing
GEM Chats are questions and prompts designed to start a conversation or encourage your child to reflect on their Gratitude, Empathy and Mindfulness. They provide a great opportunity to build connections between you and your children.
Our goal is to make asking these GEM questions a daily habit. By doing so, we can actively support students in developing gratitude.
Mrs Privitera
Religious Education & Acting Student Wellbeing Leader
Numeracy
Numeracy
Grade 2s Get Hands on with Measurement
This week, our Grade 2 students took their measurement unit outdoors for an exciting 'Pokemon Hunt!' They searched the playground for Pokemon and then measured the length of each one using unifix cubes. After recording their measurements in a table, students compared their findings with classmates. This sparked great discussion when they noticed some of their measurements were different. This discovery led them to an important understanding: informal units like unifix cubes aren't always precise forms of measurement. It was a fantastic way to learn about the challenges of accurate measurement in a fun and engaging way!
Languages
Languages
Ciao a tutti!
We hope you all enjoyed the long weekend. We are wrapping up our last unit for the term in the next week before assessment begins. I studenti have been most impressive in how far they have come with their conversational skills. Bravissimo! We would also like to share with you some snippets from a recent article published to MACS schools regarding the Teachers as Co-Learners (TCL) initiative.
Revolutionising F–6 Languages with the Teachers as Co-Learners initiative
By Chloe Briand, Lead Teaching and Learning Languages, Education Excellence, at Melbourne Archdiocese Catholic Schools (MACS).
A whole-school approach
Promoting excellence and equity, TCL is a fully built F–6 Languages program offered in four languages (Auslan, French, Indonesian and Italian). It is evidence-based and implemented throughout the whole school, with students and teachers sharing the journey of being co-learners of an additional language.
While short daily classes provide the frequency required for effective learning and retention, the TCL pedagogical framework is grounded in the science of learning and incorporates contemporary applied linguistics and literacy acquisition principles to enhance effective language learning.
It is a highly scaffolded and structured program, supported by comprehensive digital and physical resources, where generalist classroom teachers teach and learn the language with their students, without the need for prior knowledge.
The groundbreaking Teachers as Co-Learners (TCL) program for primary Languages embodies this vision. As outlined in recent research from Deakin University, ‘TCL’s unique and multi-faceted approach holds significant potential for sustained impact in addressing intractable systemic challenges for Languages education provision in the Australian schooling context’ (Weinmann et al. in press).
Future directions
The upcoming research report from Deakin University into the effectiveness of the TCL program highlights these lived school experiences (Weinmann et al. in press). Research data revealed additional insights, including the program’s inclusivity, its positive impact on English literacy, and changes in teachers’ perceptions of their own potential professional growth.
In the conclusion, the report states that ‘TCL can potentially open the door to a world of learning that is both empathetic and compassionate in nature, emphasising a broader view of education which develops students’ responsive capacities, including resilience in a challenging world’ (Weinmann et al. in press).
This unique initiative distinguishes Catholic education by offering students and teachers opportunities to flourish. By making an impact on our local communities, TCL is a pioneer in Languages education which positions the Catholic sector at the forefront of educational innovation and excellence.
The TCL program is not only transforming Languages education in Victorian Catholic schools but is also garnering interest from international educational policy makers, including the British Association of Applied Linguistics.
We are so honoured to be part of this approach to learning languages here at STM.
Buon weekend!
From the TCL team
Maria Vainieri e Adriana Bonacci
Community Engagement- STM
Community Engagement- STM
Thomas' Tales Italian Edition Special Event: Week 8 (Friday 13th June) Signora Bonacci will be joining Miss Lou for Italian Story Time.
Reminder: There will be no Thomas' Tales on Friday 4th July (Last day of Term)
We are absolutely thrilled to invite you to our upcoming Grandparents/Special Persons Morning! This cherished morning is a wonderful opportunity for our students to celebrate the important people in their lives who have helped them learn and grow.
Join us in the Hall between 8:50 AM and 9:15 AM for a complimentary coffee, tea, and biscuit. This time is exclusively for our Grandparents and Special Persons before you head into your child's classroom. We can't wait to see you there!
Concert Announcement
Concert Announcement
We extend our heartfelt congratulations to every student who auditioned for the 2025 school concert. The enthusiasm, dedication, and remarkable talent made the audition process truly inspiring. The selection panel faced a challenging task, given the exceptional performances showcased by all.
We are thrilled to announce the cast for this year's production and recognise those who will play vital roles behind the scenes as part of our backstage crew. Your contributions are integral to bringing our concert to life.
Please see TABLE for the full list of cast members and Backstage Crew
Awards
Awards
Prep SA
Luana K - for showing excellent reading progress by segmenting and blending sounds to make words
Santino P - for showing excellent improvement in naming letters and their corresponding sounds
Prep BM
Leo S - for being a positive role model to his peers by demonstrating our school superhero values in both his learning and his interactions
with others. Keep it up!
Victoria G - for showing great resilience by bouncing back quickly and staying positive when things don’t go the way she expected. Well done!
1AM
Sienna V - for being a hard worker with a fantastic attitude who always gives her work 110%!
Kerrie P - for her incredible creative writing about our seed images!
1CH
Davina D - for trying her best in her learning and giving all learning tasks a go! I am so proud of you!
Jordan K - for sharing your amazing skip counting skills by different amounts! Awesome work!
2RT
Tahlia C - for consistently showing persistence in Maths and working hard to master new concepts. Keep up the fabulous work!
Sonny F - for showing patience and resilience in Maths when learning new strategies for addition and subtraction. Well done on mastering these new concepts!
2NP
Ruby N - for always showing perservence and facing challenging situations with resilience and a positve attitude. Well done, Ruby!
Adreana A - for always showing kindness and care to her teachers and peers and offering to lend a helping hand to others when they need it. Well done, Adreana!
2CE
Onassis H - for always contributing to our class discussions and demonstrating excellent comprehension. Well done!
Audrey C - for writing a creative and descriptive narrative on La Luna. You always take such care and pride in your writing. Well done!
3PB
Hryso G - for challenging yourself and striving for accuracy in your writing pieces. Well done for re-reading your work and making edits to improve it.
Oliver C - for being an active learner and having a growth mindset, particularly Literacy. Well done for challenging yourself and taking on teacher feedback to make your writing pieces more enaging.
3ST
Megan P - for always showing an amazing growth mindset and consistently aiming high in all class activities.
George K - for always trying his absolute best during Literacy and consistently showing super creative writing skills! Your imaginative ideas are truly impressive.
4NK
Rebecca P - for your outstanding engagement and participation during whole class learning! You consistently bring your ideas and thoughtful questions to discussions, while showing respect by listening to your classmates and teachers. Well done Rebecca!
Evan B - for showing the value of responsibility by displaying focus and dedication when taking on learning tasks independently. Keep it up Evan!
4MC
Adele R - for working with persistence and an improving growth mindset, in Maths, particularly with her times tables and when measuring perimeter and area.
Rafael F - for consistently displaying focus during learning time and for your thoughtful participation during classroom discussions. Well done on being a responsible learner.
5AG
Mila I - for showing compassion, kindness and responsibility when engaging with your Kindergarten buddy during our Kinder visits. I'm very proud of you!
5TS
William B - for your awesome result in your decimals assessment. Your efforts really paid off!
Chanel K - for your curiosity and egagement while researching Catholic symbols in Religion. Your research was incredibly thorough!
As the year 6's were on camp last week, Awards for year 6's will be presented at next week's assembly.
Art
Manny E - for his focus, dedication and creativity each week when creating his artworks.
Drama
Attie M - for showing excellent participation in Drama and taking on each character with confidence.
Charlotte J - for consistently demonstrating a positive attitude in Drama and approaching every activity with enthusiasm. Great work Charlotte!
Music
Finn H - for demonstrating resilience and participating enthusiastically during weekly Music lesson. Well done Finn!
Sport
Aria G - for demonstrating resilience by playing in multiple positions across different netball teams with a positive attitude.
STEAM
Maya S - for being a Chromebook role model and sharing knowledge with her peers
Italian
Ella G - teaching Mr Hurn how to speak Italian with such passion. Brava!
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