St Bernard’s Primary School - Batemans Bay
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David St
Batehaven NSW 2536
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Assistant Principal News

Dear Parents and Carers

In our final newsletter of the 2021 school year I would like to thank everyone for the support they have shown us throughout the year. The students have been an absolute credit to you as they have managed everything that the year brought their way. Remote learning is almost a distant memory, but who can forget the incredible resilience that the students demonstrated as their usual school routines and social outlets changed during Term 3. The efforts of parents to make the best of this situation for their children was so apparent and the excellent learning that continued to occur was testament to this.

As we move into the final days of the school year, we wait with anticipation for what 2022 might bring. Our planning for next year has been well underway for many weeks and we all feel very positive and hopeful for the learning we have planned. 

Thank you Mrs Wain

I would like to take this opportunity to thank Jo on behalf of the school leadership team and the entire staff for the exemplary way she has lead our school throughout the year. Jo's commitment to make St Bernard's a place of excellent learning and her constant care for each individual to ensure that they feel valued and can achieve their best, makes her such an admired leader. We wish Jo a well-deserved holiday with her family. 

Spelling Mastery

An important component of our Explicit Direct Instructional approach to teaching literacy is the Spelling Mastery program. Our students have experienced significant growth following the recent placement tests we administered last week and we have now arranged students into new groups ready to commence early in Term 1. This low-variant, rigouous approach to teaching spelling that occurs across the school from Year 1 to Year 6 to meet each student at their level of development is instrumental to the success we are seeing with student achievement across the school. We thank Dr Lorraine Hammond and Catholic Education who continue to support us to develop our Explicit Direct Teaching pedagogy. 

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Christmas Nativity
The Kindergarten students, their teachers and a special guest have been very busy rehearsing for the Christmas Nativity play which they will perform next Tuesday morning at 10.00am in the church. This very special event will be attended by the parents of the Kindergarten students. The rest of the school will not miss out- as a live stream recording of the play will be able to be viewed by each class back at school as well as accessed by parents, who have also been emailed a link to the live stream.
Celebration Lunch and movie
On Monday we would like to celebrate the end of the school year by providing our students with a hot dog and an ice block for lunch. We want to thank the students for their hard work during remote learning and their outstanding commitment to their class meetings. On the students return to face-to-face teaching, they have shown great resilience and growth in their reading and spelling. We feel the student’s behaviour has been very positive and we would like to reward the students. The students will end the day by watching a Christmas movie. 
Students share their 'Christmas Wish' - Catholic Voice
I wish you a very happy and joyful Christmas and look forward to reconnecting with you after the holidays.
Karen Hadley 
Assistant Principal