From the Principal Desk
Meet & Greet
Thank you to everyone who attended our Meet and Greet sessions over the past few weeks. I know the teachers appreciated you making the time to come and see them. At Francis of Assisi, we value the home-school partnership and believe it is important that we work together to ensure all students have the opportunity to grow in faith and learning and achieve their best. While two formal opportunities are provided each year to meet with teachers, parents are always welcome to contact their child’s teacher at any time to arrange a meeting. Thank you again for your support.
Weekly Communication Overview
Parents and carers would have noticed on all communication platforms that we have been sending a weekly overview to let the community know about the coming events for the week. We hope this enables all families to keep updated with what is happening in and around our school.
Teacher Professional Development and Leave
Like professionals in other fields, all teachers are required to keep up to date with current thinking on best practices and new developments in areas such as curriculum and technology. From time to time, teachers are required to attend professional development opportunities to learn about changes to the curriculum, new teaching and learning methods, and other ways of integrating technology. These sessions sometimes occur during the day, after school, or during school holidays.
At times, staff may need to take long service leave, maternity leave, family leave, sick leave, bereavement leave, etc. As a result, there will be times when your child’s teacher is absent from the classroom. The teacher’s program and lesson day plans are taught on these days. Teachers will collaborate and communicate with the casual teacher so that teaching and learning continue and routines are maintained. At all times, student needs and school timetables are considered. We thank you for your support.
Like professionals in other fields, all teachers are required to keep up to date with current thinking on best practices and new developments in areas such as curriculum and technology. From time to time, teachers are required to attend professional development opportunities to learn about changes to the curriculum, new teaching and learning methods, and other ways of integrating technology. These sessions sometimes occur during the day, after school, or during school holidays.
At times, staff may need to take long service leave, maternity leave, family leave, sick leave, bereavement leave, etc. As a result, there will be times when your child’s teacher is absent from the classroom. The teacher’s program and lesson day plans are taught on these days. Teachers will collaborate and communicate with the casual teacher so that teaching and learning continue and routines are maintained. At all times, student needs and school timetables are considered. We thank you for your support.