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Welcome Back
Welcome to the 2022 School Year. It has been a very different start to the school year with some children undertaking online learning from home, whilst others have been learning at school. It is great to have all of our children return to school for face to face learning.
I would like to start my first newsletter article by saying thank you to all of the families at the school for the way in which you have managed the first two weeks of the school year. Our staff have felt very supported and we sincerely appreciate your flexibility and partnership as we have navigated through a tricky first few weeks.
I would also like to thank all of the children and parents for the very warm welcome I received during my first week in the St Pius community. The number of children who come up and say hello in the yard is wonderful. I have visited all classes now and told the students that my goal for the year is to know every child by name before the end of 2022. I now just have to work out the best way to achieve this – it has been a long time since I have had to learn so many new names.
Newsletters in 2022
In 2022 we will be reducing the number of School Newsletters that we publish to 3 newsletters per term. With all parents being connected via Seesaw and the Schoolzine app, I am aware that sometimes there can be an information overload from schools. This year we will publish our school newsletters in Week’s 2, 5 & 8 of each term. This first newsletter is being published in Week 3, due to later start to school this term.
Now that we have reduced the number of newsletters that we are producing, I would encourage all parents to read the Newsletter when it is published as it will contain important and informative updates about the events around our school.
Celebrating our 60th Year
This year marks the 60th Anniversary of the opening of St Pius X school. St Pius was officially opened on March the 4th 1962 with 200 students from Kindergarten to Year 4. The school was run by the Brigidine sisters.
We are looking forward to celebrating our 60th Year in 2022. We have a number of ideas on how we might celebrate this important year in the school’s history. We are now hoping and praying that COVID restrictions allow us to return to some sense of normality so they we can host a few community events to celebrate our 60th Birthday. Stay tuned for more details as the term progresses.
New Buildings:
After a few nervous moments, I am pleased to be able to inform the community that our Year 2, 3 and 6 classes have been able to move into their new classrooms. There is still some final work to be completed in our STEM terrace and the external landscaping around the new building is still being completed. If you have come onsite you may have noticed that there is new temporary fencing near the basketball court. This fencing has been put in place in readiness for the next stage of our building project which will commence towards the end of this term. I will share further details about this stage of the building project my newsletter article.
I am very much looking forward to being part of the St Pius X school community in 2022. If you see me in the yard, please do not hesitate to come up say hello to me.
God Bless
Hi Everyone, and welcome to the 2022 school year. My name is Jamie Deverson and I am the new Deputy Principal of this wonderful school. I am 43 years old and have 4 Children. My oldest is 19 and is in her second year of University, studying to become a teacher. My son has just started high school and I have another child in Year 5 and my youngest is 3 years old. I am a massive NBA fan and follow the Golden State Warriors. I am also a Port Power fan and enjoy mountain bike riding and going on holiday adventures with my family.
This is the fourth school I’ve worked at. I started my career as a teacher at Catherine McAuley before becoming an APRIM and moving to Our Lady Queen of Peace. After that I won a position at St Joseph’s Kingswood as a Deputy where I have been for a little over 5 years. I actually hadn’t really planned on moving schools but at the end of last year I found out that Ashley had won the position as Principal here and that they were going to advertise for a new Deputy. I had come to know Ashley over the past few years with connections in Catholic Education and attendance at Professional Development. I knew that Ashley would be a great leader and felt like we would complement each other well. I also investigated further and found out about the wonderful things the teachers were doing here and heard about the recent and ongoing building development. I thought this was a really exciting opportunity and one too great to pass up, so I decided to apply. And I am really glad I did. I am absolutely loving it here. The staff, parents and students have been so welcoming, and I am enjoying working with Ashley and James the APRIM. I am feeling very grateful to be a part of this beautiful community. I am really looking forward to getting to know the students further and helping our teachers provide a world class educational program. I am very interested in the research associated with education and supporting teachers to become the best educators they can be and helping students grow into productive citizens and independent lifelong learners, in a safe and encouraging environment.
My personal philosophy is based around always being positive and believing that there is always a solution to every problem. Ashley and I are here to support your family and ensure your child is safe, happy and learning. We want our students to be high functioning, literate and numerate individuals, that are full of joy and confident to take on all of life’s challenges. My door is always open, and I can’t wait to meet everyone and share in your child’s learning experience at St Pius. If you ever need anything, please don’t hesitate to contact me. I hope you have had a positive start to the term even though we are proceeding in life in very trying times. I also hope that we can return to some kind of normality very soon and we can start inviting you back into the school. Until then, take care, stay safe and we’ll catch up soon.
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Please click on the attached link https://www.sportsvouchers.sa.gov.au/
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