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As Toowoomba's oldest Catholic school, St Saviour's Primary School is committed to making a difference in an ever-changing world. The school has a long tradition of providing quality education and care for Toowoomba's boys and girls and currently has a population of approx. 440 students from Prep to Year Seven.
St Saviour's Primary is committed to educating its students for the future. Its innovative curriculum is designed to assist students to become lifelong learners with a firm grasp of basic numeracy and literacy skills. The school strives to develop in students the skills, attitudes and values that will enable them to reach their full potential as successful and responsible citizens.
The school has one of the best technology programmes in Toowoomba, with computers with internet and e-mail access in every classroom. The staff are dedicated to keeping up with current educational developments.
The school pursues a "happy school" atmosphere - where each child's day is enriched with joy, friendship and personal growth. The focus is to balance physical, spiritual, social and emotional growth with academic achievement and self-discipline.
Latest News & Events
This week we welcome our new Bishop to the Toowoomba Diocese.
Monsignor Robert McGuckin. Please find in this week's newsletter a statement from our
Apostolic Administrator, Brian Finnigan concerning the recent appointment
of our new Bishop.
DANIEL MORCOMBE FOUNDATION VISIT:
Today we welcomed to our school Denise and Bruce Morcombe. Denise and Bruce
shared their real life message about the importance of Protective Behaviours. This
talk was a real reminder that we as parents need to talk to our children about being
safe and how they can help themselves in these situations. Thank you to Denise and
Bruce for sharing your story with us about Daniel. We wish you a blessed journey forward.
This is a good opportunity to remind parents and students about the dangers that are online. Mr and
Mrs Morcombe explained to the community the importance of being Cybersmart when on the internet.
I would like to direct our families to the Cybersmart website: http://www.cybersmart.gov.au/Parents.aspx. This website is supported by the Australian Government. The website assists children, parents and schools to
use the internet in a safe, fun and positive way. A link to this website is always available on the Useful Links page.
PHOTOSTORY
Congratulations to the students of Year 5 who have been creating some wonderful Photostory creations on the
laptops. The students had an Australian Poem to write and their task was to then collate their poems and images
using Photostory software. I look forward to sharing these on our new LIFE website in coming weeks.
Mothers Day in Prep at St Saviours!
UNIFORM SURVEY
Please don't forget to complete your Uniform Survey. It has been emailed to you or there are hard
copies at the office. https://www.surveymonkey.com/s/FRJGH7R
SCHOOL BOARD MEETING
The next School Board meeting will be on Monday, 28th May from 6pm.
The School Board is currently working on the School Development Plan for our 5th Year Cyclical Review. As
explained in a previous newsletter, our school will be part of its 5th Year Cyclical Review. The Non State Schools
Accreditation Board requires us to validate our school to ensure we are operating effectively and for the purpose
of education. All families will receive a survey to complete so you can provide feedback to the school about how
we are progressing with a quality education for your children. More details will be sent to you within the next
week. Thank you to the School Board for their time and commitment.
LIBRARY MATTERS
The Yr 6/7 Book Club enjoyed their book discussion over morning tea last Friday. Students enthusiastically shared
what they liked or didn't like about the novels Parvana and Dragon Keeper. The students are keen to swap these
titles and hold another discussion before the end of term. We are grateful to the Toowoomba Regional Library
for the loan of multiple copies under their iread programme.
EARN & LEARN Today we sent home the Woolworths Earn and Learn Sticker charts. Stickers can be collected from any Woolworths store when $10 is spent. Please collect the stickers and send the charts in to the school when complete. If any family would like extra sticker cards to give to grandparents or extended family please let us know and we will send them home. Thank you to Woolworths at the Range and Wilsonton Shopping Centre who have designated a box within their stores to collect stickers from the general community.
Last year St Saviour's benefited from this program by receiving some wonderful resources that have been well received by the school.
