St Francis Xavier Primary School - Lake Cargelligo eNewsletter

Term 2 Vol 10 2025

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Term 2 Vol 10 2025

St Francis Xavier School Mission
School Goals for 2025
Principal's Report
Religious Life of School
What's On
Winter Vinnies Appeal
Congratulations to our WR Archdiocese Public Speaking Students
Term 2 Rewards Days
Attendance Matters
Classroom Update
No-Bake Lemon Blueberry Cheesecake
Thermomix Winter Warmer Raffle

Our Mission is ‘to work in an environment of mutual respect for all cultures and backgrounds and celebrating the Gospel principles in order to achieve quality education for all.’ ‘You are the Light of the world, let Jesus shine through you to others.’ Matthew 5:14-16

Mission through Courage, Kindness and Reconciliation

School Goals for 2025

During 2025 our educational focus will be to improve Literacy and Numeracy skills — staff, students and families working together so all our students achieve at least 12 months growth. Other goals for the year are:

Build a community that continues to learn

-Improve student achievement in English & Mathematics, through HITP coaching and explicit, evidence-based teaching.

- Enhance student achievement in English & Mathematics by strengthening staff data literacy, focusing on analysing and applying data to inform and improve teaching and learning practices

Build a community that is connected -Improve student attendance and strengthen family engagement to support learning and wellbeing.

Principal's Report

We have had a great week! We welcomed our new Executive Director, Mr David de Carvalho. We celebrated the outstanding attendance of many of our students. We acknowledged learning achievements and progress and each class celebrated the end of another term. Mr de Carvalho was generous with his time with teachers and students, observing lessons and presentations and asking lots of questions. Our school pride was shining through with every student in uniform, well done students! Many thanks to our families who joined us for morning tea to share their positives and challenges of our school community, we appreciate your support. I received an email congratulating our students, families and staff on the work that has gone into improving attendance. Our school has seen some of the biggest growth across this system this term. We currently have 63% of our students with attendance above 90% - woohoo! Semester reports will be avilable this afternoon. Family meetings will be available next term, once both Mrs Elwin and I return from leave. I hope your students are proud of their efforts this term. Each student, their families and every staff member is an important part of our school family. Together, we achieve wonderful things! I'm hoping you all have a wonderful break and a smooth start to term 3. Mrs Elwin will be back to kick off the term. I am on leave until Week 3. Big thanks to Mrs Golding for being our responsible person!

Religious Life of School

What's On

Winter Vinnies Appeal

Last Friday we had the privilege of Jill visiting from St Vincent De Paul who accepted IGA vouchers. These were purchased thourgh our fundraising efforts that has been carried our this term for the St Vinnies Winter Appeal. Thank you to everyone who supported our fundraising – your generosity will help make a real difference to those in need this winter.

Congratulations to our WR Archdiocese Public Speaking Students

Congratulations to Brooklyn, Adeline, Matilda, Elwina, Aiden and Dave,

who have been selected to represent our school at the next level of the

WR Archdiocese Public Speaking Competition! A massive well done to all

of our students, this was by far the toughest adjudication yet, and every

Speaker should be incredibly proud of their efforts! A special thank you to Mel Loftus for generously giving her time to join the adjudication panel — your support is greatly appreciated!

Term 2 Rewards Days

Rewards days are held each term for students that are sitting at or above 85%. We had an incredible 16 Infants and 18 Primary students attend these days. Congratulations on your wonderful attendance.

Attendance Matters

Week 9 Attendance Awards

Congratulations to the below students!

Classroom Update

BARRANDHANG (Kinder/Yr 1) and Dinawan (Year 2/3)

K123 learned some basic sewing stitches with all our wonderful teachers' help. We are making some felt and polar fleece pillows to enter in the Lake Show. The quiet concentration by all was noticeable!

Bidyin (Year 4/5/6)

For Term 2, we dived into our first Passion Projects as part of our project-based homework. This term, students had the opportunity to explore topics they were truly passionate about—or even try something new! Over five weeks, they researched, created, and followed a structured plan to bring their ideas to life. They began by brainstorming ideas, choosing a final project, and setting goals. Then, they spent time researching and planning before getting hands-on with building and creating. By Week 9, they were excited to present their finished projects and reflect on their learning at the assembly. In Week 10, they wrapped up with a 5-minute presentation to share their journeys and what they had created.
The students should all be incredibly proud of themselves for their efforts and what they achieved in just five weeks. A massive thank you to all families who supported their child in these projects and attended the presentations! Additionally, a heartfelt thank you for the positive feedback regarding the change in how homework has been approached this year. Project-based homework offers many valuable learning opportunities and essential skills like problem-solving, responsibility, and time management—skills they will need for high school and real-world situations. It also provides students with a meaningful and memorable learning experience, shared with family or friends.
A huge congratulations to all students and families—Mrs. Fyfe is beyond proud!

No-Bake Lemon Blueberry Cheesecake

Thermomix Winter Warmer Raffle