In this issue

From the Head of Traralgon Secondary School,
Mr Stephen Klemke.

SEISA Music
I had the pleasure of attending the recent SEISA Music concert at Beaconhills College, Pakenham and what a concert!  To hear the power of a two hundred strong Orchestra and Choir is quite something.  Lachlan Wilson had the honour to be invited to represent our school as a soloist and delivered his usual accomplished performance.  The range and quality of performances was quite something.  Thank you to Mr Nathan Byrne for organising the day and congratulations to all students who participated.

Thank You to our Local Fire Fighters
At our last assembly we had the pleasure of the CFA attending.  In attendance was: Rowan Day – Moe Fire Brigade Volunteer, Commander Chris Bourne, Traralgon Fire Station staff – Qualified Fire Fighter Ben Griffiths and Leading Fire Fighter Scott Pollerd and Carolyn Bailey – Community Engagement Coordinator.  As a school we were able to thank them for their service to our community and pass on the $663.30 that we raised at the recent casual clothes day.  The money will be split between the Yinnar and Yinnar South Fire Brigades.  We also appreciated Rowan talking to our school about his reasons for volunteering and the personal gains he has made in doing so.

Members of the CFA with Mr Herbert.

ANZAC Day
Thank you to our school captains, Alessio Fenech and Isabella Watts for representing our school at the local ANZAC Day service, laying wreaths on behalf of our school.  Ashlee Jennings was the invited vocalist and we were most impressed as she sang beautifully.  She performed both the New Zealand and Australian National Anthems as well as two hymns.  It was also pleasing to see many members of our school participating as they represented a variety of community organisations.  To anyone who has not attended, it is well worth considering.  Traralgon puts on a most impressive and moving tribute to our service men and women.

Secondary and Junior School Captains at the local cenotaph.

NAPLAN
The National Assessment Program – Literacy and Numeracy (NAPLAN) 2019 for Years 3, 5, 7 and 9 students will be held on Tuesday 14 May, Wednesday 15 May and Thursday 16 May 2019.  NAPLAN tests assess student knowledge and skills in Writing, Reading, Language conventions (spelling, grammar and punctuation) and Numeracy.  The results of the tests provide information for students, parents, teachers and principals which can be used to improve student achievement.

All students are expected to participate in the NAPLAN tests.  During test week, catch-up tests will be available for individual students who are absent on test days.  These students may undertake catch-up tests on the days in the test week after the scheduled test, up to and including Friday 17 May 2019.

Support can be arranged for students with disabilities, if the student regularly uses similar support for classroom assessment tasks.  Large print, braille and black and white versions of the tests are available for students that require them.  Exemptions may be granted to students with significant intellectual disabilities and to students who have been learning English for less than one year.  If your child is eligible for support due to disability or an exemption, you should discuss this with his/her teacher prior to the tests.  Parental consent is required before any support due to disability or exemption is granted.

Students may be withdrawn from NAPLAN by their parent or carer.  This is a matter for consideration by parents and carers in consultation with the Principal.  If, after consultation, you decide to withdraw your child, you must sign a Student Withdrawal form.  These forms are available at the school.

Later in the year you will receive your child’s personal NAPLAN report.  The report will describe your child’s particular skills in Reading, Writing, Language Conventions (spelling, grammar and punctuation) and Numeracy.  The report will also show how your child performed in relation to national minimum standards.  These describe the minimum acceptable standards for students across Australia.

I am confident that the information you receive as a result of your child’s participation in the NAPLAN tests will be valuable in helping you to assess your child’s progress in literacy and numeracy.

For more information about the tests, please visit the VCAA website at www.vcaa.vic.edu.au or the NAP website at www.nap.edu.au

Stephen Klemke
Head of Traralgon Secondary School

WHAT’S ON IN THE SECONDARY SCHOOL

MAY
7 May SEISA Chess, Debating, Public Speaking Excursion
Market Day
8 May  Addams Family Production Rehearsal, 3:30 pm to 5:30 pm
9 May  SEISA Winter Sport, Junior, Round 1
Market Day
Addams Family Production Rehearsal, 3:30 pm to 5:30 pm
10 May  Complete Works – ‘Macbeth’, Year 10, Warragul Secondary School
14 to 16 May  NAPLAN
15 May  Addams Family Production Rehearsal, 3:30 pm to 5:30 pm
16  May  House Cross Country
Addams Family Production Rehearsal, 3:30 pm to 5:30 pm

ARE YOU INTERESTED IN BECOMING A ST PAUL’S COMPANY MEMBER OR BOARD DIRECTOR?

MEMBERSHIP OF COMPANY

Are you aware parents are able to become members of the St Paul’s School Company?

At present there are over sixty members of the School’s Company.  Applying for membership involves completing an application form and submitting a fee of $20.00.  Continued membership involves renewing your membership once a year and paying an ongoing annual fee of $20.00.

Company membership entitles the member to attend the School’s Annual General Meeting in May each year and also to cast a vote in the event of an election of Directors to the School Board.

Persons interested in applying for new membership of the Company can obtain an Application for Company Membership form from the St Paul’s website or by contacting Carol Reid via email creid@stpaulsags.vic.edu.au

Applications should be received by 23 April 2019 for consideration at the April Board Meeting in preparation of this year’s Annual General Meeting.  Later applications can also be considered but must be received by 21 May 2019 to be able to attend the Annual General Meeting.

ANNUAL GENERAL MEETING – 29 MAY 2019

The Annual General Meeting of St Paul’s Anglican Grammar School is to be held on Wednesday 29 May 2019 at the Warragul Campus commencing at 5:30 pm for members of the Company.

DONATE A DICTIONARY

In the first week of mid-semester holidays, ten Warragul and Traralgon Secondary students together with teachers Andrea Heard and Kirsten Enders, will be visiting East Timor.

One of the highlights is visiting the village school in Ponilala, built with money raised by St Paul’s Anglican Grammar School.  We are hoping on the upcoming visit to present each student in the school with an English/Tetum dictionary.  Each dictionary costs $5 and we have approximately one hundred and fifty to buy.

We are hoping that students or families from the school could donate $5 to buy a dictionary for a Timorese student.  A nameplate will be placed inside each dictionary noting that the dictionary was a gift and naming the family/student who donated it.  If you would like to provide a family/student photo, this could also be attached to the dictionary.

If you would like to donate, please either email Andrea Heard at aaheard@stpaulsags.vic.edu.au or Kirsten Enders at kenders@stpaulsags.vic.edu.au or complete the attached form with your money and drop it to either Traralgon Secondary Student Services or Warragul Secondary Student Services.

Thank you for your support.

East Timor Dictionary donation

Family/student name: ______________________________

Amount of dictionaries donated: ____________

Amount enclosed: $ ____________

FINANCE NEWS

Private Car Conveyance Allowance
Families driving students more than 4.8 kilometres to attend St Paul’s Anglican Grammar School may be eligible to receive a conveyance allowance. For further information on the eligibility criteria and application process, please refer to http://www.education.vic.gov.au/school/principals/finance/Pages/conveyance.aspx

Eligible families applying for the car conveyance allowance will have funds credited to their fee account during the year.  If the fee account has been paid in full, or is on a direct debit arrangement, any allocation will show as a credit on the following year’s invoice.  These forms need to be handed to the school by 10 May 2019 for claiming in Term 2.

The Camps, Sports and Excursions Fund (CSEF)
The Camps, Sports and Excursions Fund (CSEF) provides payments directly to the school for the benefit of the eligible student to attend camps, sports and excursions.  Families holding a valid means-tested concession card or temporary foster parents are eligible to apply.  $125 per year will be paid for eligible primary school students and $225 per year paid for eligible secondary school students.  Payments will go directly to the school and be tied to the student.  For more information and to download the application form please go to www.education.vic.gov.au/csef  Parents are encouraged to lodge the application form immediately, so that payments can be made from March 2019.  However, schools can accept parent applications up until 7 June 2019 for processing in Term 2.  The CSEF program for 2019 closes on 28 June 2019.

For parents who received CSEF at the school in 2018 (and the student/s are still enrolled in 2019), the schools will ‘copy’ the application across from 2018 to 2019 on the CSEF system.  The CSEF system will automatically validate the parent’s eligibility with Centrelink.

Annual Fee Account
Families have been receiving monthly statements via email to keep them informed of fee balances.  If you have any queries in relation to your annual fee account, please contact Mr Peter Lees on 5623 5833.  As detailed on the second page of the account, payment options are:

Direct Debit
All families are encouraged to participate in the School’s direct debit payment arrangement.
Fortnightly instalments (twenty-two payments) commencing 8 February 2019
Monthly instalments (ten payments) commencing 15 February 2019

It is not too late to commence payment by Direct Debit, please contact Mr Peter Lees, accountsreceivable@stpaulsags.vic.edu.au

Instalments (due dates)
Instalment 1 – 8 February 2019
Instalment 2 – 5 April 2019
Instalment 3 – 7 June 2019
Instalment 4 – 16 August 2019

If you have not already paid your second instalment this payment is now overdue and should be paid immediately.

Sundry Accounts
Term 1 sundry invoices for any co-curricular activities such as Performing Arts and VET Courses have been issued via email.   If you have not already paid your sundry account this is now overdue and should be paid immediately.

From the Head of Warragul Junior School,
Mr Rowan van Raay.

It sure has been a busy few weeks in the Junior School, especially with Week 1 being so short due to Easter Monday and ANZAC Day.

Have you visited MyStPauls lately to see what we have been up to?  There is a lot of general information for families on our Warragul Junior School parent information page and more specific information and updates on Year Level pages (ELC to Year 6).  This is a great way to keep up to date with what your child/ren are doing at school.   Visit MyStPauls at https://my.stpaulsags.vic.edu.au and login using your family login details.  If you have misplaced these, please contact IT Support via itsupport@stpaulsags.vic.edu.au and they will issue you with new login details.  These pages are updated each fortnight.

Congratulations to the following students who have been elected as SRC Reps for Term 2:  Year 3 – Lily Wilson, Charlotte Horgan, Oscar Vale and Shae Staben, Year 4 – Poppy Cumming, Isabel Rowe, Lachlan Rosato and Emma Barter, Year 5 – Brooke Robinson, Flynn Smith, Stevie Madden and Benjamin Jilbert, Year 6 – Zoe Caris, Megen Cooper, Mathieson Moonen, Damian Leslie, Hugh McKinley and Ava Foltin.

We also congratulate Kade Cannon, Tarrant Cannon, Luke Callewaert, Daniel Callewaert, Shae Nippers and Thomas Halloran-Lavelle who represented St Paul’s and competed at the State Swimming Championships at Melbourne Sports and Aquatic Centre recently.  This is a wonderful achievement and they should all be proud of their efforts.

Our Year 5 students ventured to Lady Northcote Camp at Bacchus Marsh this week.  Students enjoyed camp adventure activities throughout their stay.  The campers also watched ‘Blood on the Southern Cross’ after their day at Sovereign Hill yesterday.  Thanks to Miss McGrath, Mr Beamish, Mrs Leighton and Mr Barkla for organising and attending the camp.  Our Year 6s head off on their camp next week and we wish them a week full of adventure and fun.

Our FOSTA parent group will also be holding a Mother’s Day Stall on Friday 10 May.  There will be gifts available from $1.00 to $10.00 and cards for 50c and students should bring a bag to take their gifts home in.  Students should bring their money early next week as there will be no ‘IOUs’.  I would like to thank Mrs Leighton and the parent helpers who have organised the stall.

School Photos: Family and Junior School Photos will be taken on Friday 17 May.  We plan to take the family photos first, beginning at 8:30 am in the Junior School Gymnasium to accommodate students coming from the ELC and Secondary School (sibling forms have been sent home or are available from the Junior School Office).  Could I ask that parents let their children know if they are having a family photo so they know to go down to the gym first thing.  Students in Years 3 to 6 will be required to be in full winter uniform (including blazer).  Years 5 and 6 students will change into their sports uniform after their photo, ready for sport after recess.

Could I please remind all parents to not double park in Maple Way (particularly the end of the court near the entry to the school) so our neighbours have easy access to their driveway.  All parents and children should be using the zebra crossings when crossing the road and ask that you are mindful that the 10km/h speed limit applies at all times when travelling through our school grounds.

Our Before School Care program has commenced and I ask parents interested in either Before or After School Care to visit the Camp Australia website www.campaustralia.com.au or contact their Customer Service team on 1300 105 343 to register your child/ren.   Further information can be found later in this newsletter.

A reminder that all Years 3 to 6 students should be wearing the winter uniform, including blazer from the beginning of next week.  Boys may wear either long pants or shorts with their winter uniform, whilst girls now also have the opportunity to wear long pants.  The spray jacket may be worn to and from school when students are wearing their sports uniform, however, it should not be worn with the winter uniform.  A reminder that sports socks should be white (without logos).

Please note that Friday 31 May is a student free day for the Warragul Junior School only.  ELC and Secondary School classes will run as normal.

Rowan van Raay
Head of Warragul Junior School

WHAT’S ON IN THE JUNIOR SCHOOL

MAY
3 May  Year 5 Camp return
6 May  Parent Prayer Group, Prideaux Centre, 9:00 am
6 to 10 May  Year 6 Camp, Coolamatong
8 May Division Athletics (selected students only)
10 May  Mother’s Day Stall
14 to 16 May  Years 3 and 5 NAPLAN
15 May  Years 5 and 6 Soirée
17 May  Family and Junior School Photos
22 May  Whole School Anniversary Service
23 May  Prep 2020 Information Morning, 9:30 am
27 May  ELC Discovery Morning, 9:30 am to 11:00 am
31 May  Student Free Day

ARE YOU INTERESTED IN BECOMING A ST PAUL’S COMPANY MEMBER OR BOARD DIRECTOR?

MEMBERSHIP OF COMPANY

Are you aware parents are able to become members of the St Paul’s School Company?

At present there are over sixty members of the School’s Company.  Applying for membership involves completing an application form and submitting a fee of $20.00.  Continued membership involves renewing your membership once a year and paying an ongoing annual fee of $20.00.

Company membership entitles the member to attend the School’s Annual General Meeting in May each year and also to cast a vote in the event of an election of Directors to the School Board.

Persons interested in applying for new membership of the Company can obtain an Application for Company Membership form from the St Paul’s website or by contacting Carol Reid via email creid@stpaulsags.vic.edu.au

Applications should be received by 23 April 2019 for consideration at the April Board Meeting in preparation of this year’s Annual General Meeting.  Later applications can also be considered but must be received by 21 May 2019 to be able to attend the Annual General Meeting.

ANNUAL GENERAL MEETING – 29 MAY 2019

The Annual General Meeting of St Paul’s Anglican Grammar School is to be held on Wednesday 29 May 2019 at the Warragul Campus commencing at 5:30 pm for members of the Company.

DONATE A DICTIONARY

In the first week of mid-semester holidays, ten Warragul and Traralgon Secondary students together with teachers Andrea Heard and Kirsten Enders, will be visiting East Timor.

One of the highlights is visiting the village school in Ponilala, built with money raised by St Paul’s Anglican Grammar School.  We are hoping on the upcoming visit to present each student in the school with an English/Tetum dictionary.  Each dictionary costs $5 and we have approximately one hundred and fifty to buy.

We are hoping that students or families from the school could donate $5 to buy a dictionary for a Timorese student.  A nameplate will be placed inside each dictionary noting that the dictionary was a gift and naming the family/student who donated it.  If you would like to provide a family/student photo, this could also be attached to the dictionary.

If you would like to donate, please either email Andrea Heard at aaheard@stpaulsags.vic.edu.au or Kirsten Enders at kenders@stpaulsags.vic.edu.au or complete the attached form with your money and drop it to either Traralgon Secondary Student Services or Warragul Secondary Student Services.

Thank you for your support.

East Timor Dictionary donation

Family/student name: ______________________________

Amount of dictionaries donated: ____________

Amount enclosed: $ ____________

FINANCE NEWS

Private Car Conveyance Allowance
Families driving students more than 4.8 kilometres to attend St Paul’s Anglican Grammar School may be eligible to receive a conveyance allowance. For further information on the eligibility criteria and application process, please refer to http://www.education.vic.gov.au/school/principals/finance/Pages/conveyance.aspx

Eligible families applying for the car conveyance allowance will have funds credited to their fee account during the year.  If the fee account has been paid in full, or is on a direct debit arrangement, any allocation will show as a credit on the following year’s invoice.  These forms need to be handed to the school by 10 May 2019 for claiming in Term 2.

The Camps, Sports and Excursions Fund (CSEF)
The Camps, Sports and Excursions Fund (CSEF) provides payments directly to the school for the benefit of the eligible student to attend camps, sports and excursions.  Families holding a valid means-tested concession card or temporary foster parents are eligible to apply.  $125 per year will be paid for eligible primary school students and $225 per year paid for eligible secondary school students.  Payments will go directly to the school and be tied to the student.  For more information and to download the application form please go to www.education.vic.gov.au/csef  Parents are encouraged to lodge the application form immediately, so that payments can be made from March 2019.  However, schools can accept parent applications up until 7 June 2019 for processing in Term 2.  The CSEF program for 2019 closes on 28 June 2019.

For parents who received CSEF at the school in 2018 (and the student/s are still enrolled in 2019), the schools will ‘copy’ the application across from 2018 to 2019 on the CSEF system.  The CSEF system will automatically validate the parent’s eligibility with Centrelink.

Annual Fee Account
Families have been receiving monthly statements via email to keep them informed of fee balances.  If you have any queries in relation to your annual fee account, please contact Mr Peter Lees on 5623 5833.  As detailed on the second page of the account, payment options are:

Direct Debit
All families are encouraged to participate in the School’s direct debit payment arrangement.
Fortnightly instalments (twenty-two payments) commencing 8 February 2019
Monthly instalments (ten payments) commencing 15 February 2019

It is not too late to commence payment by Direct Debit, please contact Mr Peter Lees, accountsreceivable@stpaulsags.vic.edu.au

Instalments (due dates)
Instalment 1 – 8 February 2019
Instalment 2 – 5 April 2019
Instalment 3 – 7 June 2019
Instalment 4 – 16 August 2019

If you have not already paid your second instalment this payment is now overdue and should be paid immediately.

Sundry Accounts
Term 1 sundry invoices for any co-curricular activities such as Performing Arts and VET Courses have been issued via email.   If you have not already paid your sundry account this is now overdue and should be paid immediately.

ST PAUL’S PARENT PRAYER GROUP

If you are interested in getting together with other parents of the School to pray, you are most welcome to join the following two prayer groups:
First Monday of the month, 9:00 am Prideaux Centre, Warragul Junior School.  Next gathering Monday 6 May.
Contact: Sheryn Cutler 0417 158 937
Fridays Fortnightly, 9:15 am, Jenny Charles’ home
Contact: Jenny Charles 0402 249 036

“Don’t worry about anything; instead pray about everything.  Tell God what you need and thank Him for all that He has done.” Philippians 4:6

From the Head of Warragul Secondary School,
Ms Laura Butterworth.

Welcome to Term 2 and after a strange week containing not one, but two public holidays, this week has finally restored school routines.  Last week, on the eve of ANZAC Day, we held our first ANZAC Service as a whole campus.  Each student from Prep at the Junior School through to Year 12 and all of the staff joined together for a moving service beside our Aleppo Pine, which is a descendant of the Lone Pine of Gallipoli.  Many in our community may not realise that an Aleppo Pine was donated to St Paul’s Warragul Campus by Legacy on behalf of the family of a local ANZAC Soldier many years ago.  It was planted and has grown to a level of maturity that now allows us to hold our ANZAC and Remembrance Day Services beside it.  The Lone Pine is significant in our history because when Australian troops arrived at the Gallipoli Peninsula in April 1915, there was a ridge on which a solitary pine stood.  Turkish troops had felled the area to fortify their trenches and the single pine stood out on the horizon.  Soldiers used it as a reference point and the area became known as Lone Pine.  Students stood side by side as our Prefects led the service last week to honour the ANZAC legacy.

2019 Presentation Ball
The annual Presentation Ball was held at Lardner Park on Saturday 27 April with the theme of an ‘Enchanted Evening Under the Stars’ and what a wonderful evening it was.  I would like to congratulate all of our students who participated for their commitment to the event and the way in which they conducted themselves on the night, they were outstanding.  I would also like to thank all of those involved for creating such a special evening for our students including event organiser, Ms Christie Bransgrove and the parent committee who decorated the venue beautifully on the night.  There were so many others who contributed in many ways and we extend our warmest thank you to those people as well.

Term 2 Examination Period     
The Term 2 examination period begins during Week 6 for our Year 11 students and during Week 7 for our Years 9 and 10 students.  Considering Monday marks the start of Week 3 it is important that students in these year levels are including revision of Term 1 content and current content in their weekly homework and study schedules.  The examination timetable will be released to students through the Head of Year during pastoral time when it is finalised.

The General Achievement Test (GAT)
On Thursday 23 May all students studying a Unit 3 and 4 subject in 2019 will sit the practice General Achievement Test (GAT) at school followed by the actual GAT at 10:00 am on 12 June.  For those families new to the GAT it is “a test of general knowledge and skills in:
•  written communication
•  mathematics, science and technology
•  humanities, the arts and social sciences.

These areas are very broad.

Each represents a body of general knowledge and skills that students are likely to have built up through their school years.

Because it is a general test, no special study is required for the GAT.  Students will already have done preparation for the GAT in past study of subjects like English, Mathematics, Science and History, where they have built up general knowledge and skills in writing, numeracy and reasoning.  These are the knowledge and skills that will be tested.

Students can get a good idea of the questions by looking at previous GAT papers.  Students are encouraged to familiarise themselves with these questions and note that all the information needed to work out the right answer is provided.” 

http://www.vcaa.vic.edu.au/Pages/vce/exams/gat/aboutgat.aspx

Ms Laura Butterworth
Head of Warragul Secondary School

WHAT’S ON IN THE SECONDARY SCHOOL

MAY
3 to 5 May  Generations in Jazz Festival (Mt Gambier)
6 May  Top Design Excursion, 9:00 am to 3:30 pm
VET Sport and Recreation Golf Day, 9:30 am to 3:30 pm
Year 9 Supermarket Visit (Foodwise Class only), 11:10 am to 12:55 pm
St Paul’s Parent Prayer Group, Prideaux Centre, Warragul Junior School, 9:00 am
7 May  Federation University Experience Day
8 May  Year 10 Commerce on Show Incursion, 1:10 pm to 2:40 pm
Japan Study Tour Information Evening, 7:00 pm to 8:30 pm
9 May  SEISA Winter Sport, Junior, Round 1
Year 10 Road Smart Program, 9:45 am to 11:10 am
13 May Victorian Schools Association Competition – Swimming, Melbourne Sports and Aquatic Centre, 1:45 pm to 9:45 pm
Studio Concert, 7:00 pm to 9:30 pm
13 to 15 May  VET Sport and Recreation 1st Year Bushwalking Camp
14 to 16 May  NAPLAN (Year 7 and Year 9)
16 May  House Cross Country
16 to 17 May  Unit 1 and 3 Theatre Studies Assessment Performance, 7:00 pm to 9:00 pm
17 May  Family Photos (Warragul Junior School Gymnasium), 8:30 am to 11:30 am

ARE YOU INTERESTED IN BECOMING A ST PAUL’S COMPANY MEMBER OR BOARD DIRECTOR?

MEMBERSHIP OF COMPANY

Are you aware parents are able to become members of the St Paul’s School Company?

At present there are over sixty members of the School’s Company.  Applying for membership involves completing an application form and submitting a fee of $20.00.  Continued membership involves renewing your membership once a year and paying an ongoing annual fee of $20.00.

Company membership entitles the member to attend the School’s Annual General Meeting in May each year and also to cast a vote in the event of an election of Directors to the School Board.

Persons interested in applying for new membership of the Company can obtain an Application for Company Membership form from the St Paul’s website or by contacting Carol Reid via email creid@stpaulsags.vic.edu.au

Applications should be received by 23 April 2019 for consideration at the April Board Meeting in preparation of this year’s Annual General Meeting.  Later applications can also be considered but must be received by 21 May 2019 to be able to attend the Annual General Meeting.

ANNUAL GENERAL MEETING – 29 MAY 2019

The Annual General Meeting of St Paul’s Anglican Grammar School is to be held on Wednesday 29 May 2019 at the Warragul Campus commencing at 5:30 pm for members of the Company.

NAPLAN TESTS

The National Assessment Program – Literacy and Numeracy (NAPLAN) 2019 for Years 3, 5, 7 and 9 students will be held on Tuesday 14 May, Wednesday 15 May and Thursday 16 May 2019.  NAPLAN tests assess student knowledge and skills in Writing, Reading, Language conventions (spelling, grammar and punctuation) and Numeracy.  The results of the tests provide information for students, parents, teachers and principals which can be used to improve student achievement.

All students are expected to participate in the NAPLAN tests.  During test week, catch-up tests will be available for individual students who are absent on test days.  These students may undertake catch-up tests on the days in the test week after the scheduled test, up to and including Friday 17 May 2019.

Support can be arranged for students with disabilities, if the student regularly uses similar support for classroom assessment tasks.  Large print, braille and black and white versions of the tests are available for students that require them.  Exemptions may be granted to students with significant intellectual disabilities and to students who have been learning English for less than one year.  If your child is eligible for support due to disability or an exemption, you should discuss this with his/her teacher prior to the tests.  Parental consent is required before any support due to disability or exemption is granted.

Students may be withdrawn from NAPLAN by their parent or carer.  This is a matter for consideration by parents and carers in consultation with the Principal.  If, after consultation, you decide to withdraw your child, you must sign a Student Withdrawal form.  These forms are available at the school.

Later in the year you will receive your child’s personal NAPLAN report.  The report will describe your child’s particular skills in Reading, Writing, Language Conventions (spelling, grammar and punctuation) and Numeracy.  The report will also show how your child performed in relation to national minimum standards.  These describe the minimum acceptable standards for students across Australia.

I am confident that the information you receive as a result of your child’s participation in the NAPLAN tests will be valuable in helping you to assess your child’s progress in literacy and numeracy.

For more information about the tests, please visit the VCAA website at www.vcaa.vic.edu.au or the NAP website at www.nap.edu.au

Bruno Testa
Director of Studies

CITY EXPERIENCE DAY

We were very impressed with all the Year 9 Students who attended the second City Experience Day last Friday!  Luckily, Melbourne escaped the worst of the weather and we were treated to a sunny afternoon.  The students were well mannered, respectful towards members of the public and attentive during the two organised tours.  The students visited the Melbourne Museum to explore the ‘First People’ exhibition.  The second tour was to the State Library of Victoria – what a spectacular architectural marvel in the heart of Melbourne!  The students were treated to a visit of the balconies, the Redmond Barry reading room and explored the early settlement of Melbourne through paintings and relics.  We look forward to our next City Experience Day on 24 May!

Coralie Esbert
Head of Year 9

State Library of Victoria.

SPORT NEWS

SEISA Surf
Last Wednesday 24 April, six students ventured down to Forrest Caves for the annual SEISA Surf contest.  Brilliantly led by Mr Kevin Andrews and Mr Bernard Laverty, the two girls and four boys climbed over the sand dunes under the overcast rain clouds to represent the School with an air of great sportsmanship.  Enjoying a break from daily routine, they competed against Gippsland Grammar, Beaconhills Pakenham and Berwick, and local surfers from Newhaven College in the annual surf carnival.  The weather conditions on the day were not great but that did not dampen the team’s enthusiasm as they surfed a clean two to three foot swell breaking both left and right along the open spans of pristine beach.  In a heat format, St Paul’s surfers pulled on their rashies and were pinned against other surfers from neighbouring schools.  With only twenty minutes per heat, each surfer had the opportunity to catch unlimited waves with their two highest scores being tallied towards their total heat score.  Oliver Dillon and Kyle Hannath were both able to put together strong performances and both advanced through to the finals held later in the day.  Although surfing strongly, Jeremy Hamilton, James Gourley, Lucy Connelly and Sienna Foltin were unfortunately put out of the contest in the earlier heats due to the tough opposition that they were up against.  Both Oliver and Kyle surfed their final well with Ollie placing fourth and Kyle placing sixth for their age group.  With conditions building throughout the day, everyone enjoyed the opportunity and were able to learn a thing or two from the locals of Newhaven as they tore up the waves.  Competing well, St Paul’s finished fifth overall and were collectively as a team, able to put together some strong surfing performances.  Team members are thankful for the opportunity and would like to thank Mr Andrews for his insightful coaching and welcome advice on all things surfing.

Oliver Dillon
Year 10 Student

2019 SEISA Surf participants.

Sport Aerobics Success
Congratulations to the St Paul’s Sport Aerobics teams – Saintly Ladies and Saintly Angels who have qualified for the State Finals!
On Sunday 28 April both teams competed at the Regional Qualifiers at Beaconhills Pakenham.  The Saintly Ladies Senior team placed second overall and the Saintly Angels Junior team placed third.

The following students also competed in the singles competition and qualified for the State Finals.  Harriett Parkinson – first, Holly Norris – fourth and Charlotte Fraser – sixth.  The State Finals are in June at Geelong.  Good luck!

Saintly Angels team members – Chloe and Laura.

Saintly Ladies.

Singles entrants – Harriett Parkinson, Charlotte Fraser and Holly Norris.

Saintly Angels.

Ms Melissa Hoskings
Head of Sport – Warragul Campus

YEAR 12 JACKETS!

It was with great excitement on Wednesday 1 May when students received their Year 12 jackets.  There was a great enthusiasm in the common room and a sense of camaraderie among the group.  The jackets look very smart and will be an added bonus with the cooler weather upon us.  Enjoy this garment, remember that Year 12 jackets are not to be worn to either assembly or chapel.

Ben Zanella
Head of Year 12
Head of Health, Physical Education and Food Technology

DONATE A DICTIONARY

In the first week of mid-semester holidays, ten Warragul and Traralgon Secondary students together with teachers Andrea Heard and Kirsten Enders, will be visiting East Timor.

One of the highlights is visiting the village school in Ponilala, built with money raised by St Paul’s Anglican Grammar School.  We are hoping on the upcoming visit to present each student in the school with an English/Tetum dictionary.  Each dictionary costs $5 and we have approximately one hundred and fifty to buy.

We are hoping that students or families from the school could donate $5 to buy a dictionary for a Timorese student.  A nameplate will be placed inside each dictionary noting that the dictionary was a gift and naming the family/student who donated it.  If you would like to provide a family/student photo, this could also be attached to the dictionary.

If you would like to donate, please either email Andrea Heard at aaheard@stpaulsags.vic.edu.au or Kirsten Enders at kenders@stpaulsags.vic.edu.au or complete the attached form with your money and drop it to either Traralgon Secondary Student Services or Warragul Secondary Student Services.

Thank you for your support.

East Timor Dictionary donation

Family/student name: ______________________________

Amount of dictionaries donated: ____________

Amount enclosed: $ ____________

MATHS SUPPORT SESSIONS

A Maths support session will be offered in Room 3 (Year 9 Centre) each Tuesday at the end of the school day.  This session will operate from 3:30 pm to 5:00 pm and students are able to attend for all or part of each session as required.

Participants may use this session to get assistance with and complete homework tasks, seek an additional lesson on a particular Maths topic or simply work with other students who share a similar love of Mathematics with extension activities provided as required.  This session is primarily aimed at students from Years 10 to 12 although all Secondary School students are welcome to attend.  These sessions are additional to those already provided by teachers from the Maths Faculty which occur regularly at nominated lunchtimes.

No formal registration is required.  Students simply attend whenever they feel the need for some additional support or extension.

For further inquiries please contact Mr Rowley via email jrowley@stpaulsags.vic.edu.au

FINANCE NEWS

Private Car Conveyance Allowance
Families driving students more than 4.8 kilometres to attend St Paul’s Anglican Grammar School may be eligible to receive a conveyance allowance. For further information on the eligibility criteria and application process, please refer to http://www.education.vic.gov.au/school/principals/finance/Pages/conveyance.aspx

Eligible families applying for the car conveyance allowance will have funds credited to their fee account during the year.  If the fee account has been paid in full, or is on a direct debit arrangement, any allocation will show as a credit on the following year’s invoice.  These forms need to be handed to the school by 10 May 2019 for claiming in Term 2.

The Camps, Sports and Excursions Fund (CSEF)
The Camps, Sports and Excursions Fund (CSEF) provides payments directly to the school for the benefit of the eligible student to attend camps, sports and excursions.  Families holding a valid means-tested concession card or temporary foster parents are eligible to apply.  $125 per year will be paid for eligible primary school students and $225 per year paid for eligible secondary school students.  Payments will go directly to the school and be tied to the student.  For more information and to download the application form please go to www.education.vic.gov.au/csef  Parents are encouraged to lodge the application form immediately, so that payments can be made from March 2019.  However, schools can accept parent applications up until 7 June 2019 for processing in Term 2.  The CSEF program for 2019 closes on 28 June 2019.

For parents who received CSEF at the school in 2018 (and the student/s are still enrolled in 2019), the schools will ‘copy’ the application across from 2018 to 2019 on the CSEF system.  The CSEF system will automatically validate the parent’s eligibility with Centrelink.

Annual Fee Account
Families have been receiving monthly statements via email to keep them informed of fee balances.  If you have any queries in relation to your annual fee account, please contact Mr Peter Lees on 5623 5833.  As detailed on the second page of the account, payment options are:

Direct Debit
All families are encouraged to participate in the School’s direct debit payment arrangement.
Fortnightly instalments (twenty-two payments) commencing 8 February 2019
Monthly instalments (ten payments) commencing 15 February 2019

It is not too late to commence payment by Direct Debit, please contact Mr Peter Lees, accountsreceivable@stpaulsags.vic.edu.au

Instalments (due dates)
Instalment 1 – 8 February 2019
Instalment 2 – 5 April 2019
Instalment 3 – 7 June 2019
Instalment 4 – 16 August 2019

If you have not already paid your second instalment this payment is now overdue and should be paid immediately.

Sundry Accounts
Term 1 sundry invoices for any co-curricular activities such as Performing Arts and VET Courses have been issued via email.   If you have not already paid your sundry account this is now overdue and should be paid immediately.

ST PAUL’S PARENT PRAYER GROUP

If you are interested in getting together with other parents of the School to pray, you are most welcome to join the following two prayer groups:
First Monday of the month, 9:00 am Prideaux Centre, Warragul Junior School.  Next gathering Monday 6 May.
Contact: Sheryn Cutler 0417 158 937
Fridays Fortnightly, 9:15 am, Jenny Charles’ home
Contact: Jenny Charles 0402 249 036

“Don’t worry about anything; instead pray about everything.  Tell God what you need and thank Him for all that He has done.” Philippians 4:6

We are deeply saddened by the death of a member of our school community this week.  One of our Year 10 students has tragically passed away.  Our thoughts and prayers are with the student’s family and friends, and all those affected.  May we all – students, staff and families – unite in mutual support and care at this time.

We pray for all whose lives have been touched by tragedy.
May they be provided with eternal comfort and strength.

For those who mourn, immerse them in your love
and lead them through this darkness into warmth and light.

For those who comfort, be in both the words they use
and all that’s left unspoken; fill each heart with love.  Amen.

Cameron Herbert
Principal