The Feast of The Holy Trinity

The Father, The Son and The Holy Spirit

Changes to Mathematics Reporting

I am writing to let you know about the changes to student reporting for Mathematics in Victorian Catholic schools.

The Victorian Curriculum and Assessment Authority (VCAA) recently published its revised Mathematics curriculum (Mathematics curriculum 2.0).

All Victorian schools will start using the Mathematics curriculum 2.0 in 2024 or 2025. At St Joseph’s we are using the revised Mathematics curriculum for school reporting from Semester 1 2024.

On 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 first time you receive a report under the Mathematics 2.0 curriculum, it will only show achievement and not progress. 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.

The student reports will be available via the Parent Access Module (PAM) on the school website and the SZ App.  The reports will be available at 4pm, Friday 21st June followed by Parent and Teacher conversations on Monday 24th and Tuesday 25th June.  If you require more information about your child’s report, please contact your child’s teacher.

PSA – Parent Bowls Night

Thanks to everyone who supported the bowls night last week.

And a reminder that we have a meeting tonight, Tuesday 28th May at 7:30pm in the staffroom.

Star of the Sea Parish Mission

Sunday 2nd June - Sunday 9th

Our humble parish is most excited to welcome the Missionary of God’s Love Sisters this June to lead our parish mission for 2024.

Star of the Sea Mission Week

A parish mission is a special pastoral effort on the part of a group aimed at instructing and encouraging the parish community.

The sisters will be providing many opportunities to learn, grow and develop in your relationship with God throughout the week.

Saturday 1st June at 7:30am - Community Breakfast

A special cooked Q&A Breakfast with the MGL Sisters for all parishioners at Our Lady Help of Christians Church. Bring your burning questions with you as we hear all about the joys and struggles of religious life.

Sunday 2nd June at 10:30am - Sacraments of Initiation

The MGL Sisters will join us for mass in which fourteen children from our parish will celebrate the sacraments of initiation (baptism, confirmation and first eucharist). The Sisters will introduce the mission week at the conclusion of mass and join us for the hospitality and celebration following mass.

Wednesday 5th June at 7pm - Scripture with the Sisters

Wednesday evening at the St Joseph’s Gathering Space the Sisters will be helping unpack the Gospel of Mark for us in the lead up to our fourteen-week deep dive into the Gospel with Dr. Tim Gray’s Lectio: Mark, Faith not Fear Bible Study. The parish bible study will begin the following Wednesday at the same time in the parish office meeting room.

Friday 7th June at 5:30pm - One Body, Many Parts Parish Open Evening

Come and celebrate the cultural diversity of our parish on the Feast of the Sacred Heart with our parish open evening.

A particular welcome is extended to new parishioners who may have joined us in the last few years. This evening is a great opportunity for new and well-seasoned parishioners a like to get together and enjoy each other’s company and provide hospitality and welcome to all.

Parishioners are invited to dress in costume particular to their place of origin and are encouraged to bring a dish that best represents their heritage to share with others.

The practicalities of the evening are outlined below:

5:30pm - Mass in celebration of the Feast of the Sacred Heart

6:20pm - Get to know you activities followed by Dinner

7:00pm - Testimony and input following by song and dance into the late evening.

Saturday 8th June from 9am-3pm - Parish Retreat Day

Our parish mission will culminate on the weekend with the Into the Deep parish retreat day at Our Lady Help of Christians.

This day will involve mass, prayer, testimony, and fellowship as well as some lunch in between. Information on the Retreat day will be outlined on the bulletin and church notice boards in due course.

Sunday 9th June at the weekend masses - Worship and Song

In the conclusion of our parish mission the MGL sisters will be joining our weekend liturgies in prayer and song.

The sisters will provide some input on vocations and will be available after mass for conversation.

Lectio: Mark, Faith Not Fear Bible Study 

On Wednesday 5th June from 7pm at the St Joseph’s Gathering Space, the Missionary of God’s Love Sisters will be introducing the parish to our new 14-week bible study beginning on Wednesday 12th June from 7pm in the parish office meeting room. Each week participants will view a video from Dr. Tim Gray on a particular chapter of the Gospel, followed by a discussion of the study questions outlined in the study guide.

The cost of the study guide is $10 which can be paid at the parish office.