In The Loop
- Term 1, Week 2
- February 6. 2023
Message from the Principal
Dear MSA Parents/ Caregivers,
Welcome back to our 2022 families and a very warm welcome to our new 2023 families.
What a fantastic start to 2023. Our new improved and expanded facilities have allowed us to welcome over 90 new students to our school. Our 2022 students have shown our new recruits the MSA way over the past 2 weeks and I couldn’t be more proud.
We have already heard many stories from parents and caregivers over the past 2 weeks of the success that your students are already achieving. For some it is improved academic confidence and/or achievement. For others it is the formation of a friend and/or friendship group. We love to hear these stories and I love to share them with our amazing staff who have worked tirelessly to prepare for the arrival of your students this year and who have agonised over how to create a great start for your child. If your child has had a successful transition to the school year, please send us an email (springfield@msa.qld.edu.au) to tell us specifically what you believe has made the difference for them. This allows us to ensure that we continue to do things that make a difference to students.
As discussed at our Information Session and repeatedly throughout the year, SUCCESS at MSA comes from ATTENDANCE + EFFORT + TEACHING. Our programs are mastery programs which are underpinned by repetition which leads to automaticity. With an attendance rate of less than 90%, your student will be unable to access the required exposures to content that lead to confidence and growth which come from daily access to our programs. In addition to being here at school every day, it is also important that your student arrives on time to school every day:
School hours: Year 4-6 students: 8.20am – 3.20pm
School hours: Year 7-9 students: 8.35am – 3.35pm
If your student arrives 10 mins late to school they will have missed our entire ‘Rocket Maths’ program. Without regular attendance and effort from your student, they will be unable to achieve mastery in our programs which is the whole point of enrolling at Mastery Schools Australia. It takes a village to educate a student, and I would like to applaud the students, families and your team of allied health professionals, for working together to ensure that your student has attended school each day. If your student is not attending school on time every day, please address this with your student, and your allied health teams, to consider what modifications can be made to increase your student’s attendance to be above 90%. It is a condition of enrolment that you advise the school when your student will be absent. Thank you to the families who have consistently advised us when your student will be absent and the reason for the absence. To advise us of your student absence, you can either email or phone:
Email: attendances.springfield@msa.qld.edu.au
Phone: 38704690
Please do not hesitate to reach out to your child’s teacher if we can help in any way.
Junior White: Rebecca Pullen – rebecca.p@msa.qld.edu.au
Junior Red: Alice Smith – alice.s@msa.qld.edu.au
: Taylor Hemana – taylor.h@msa.qld.edu.au
Junior Blue: Marie Moo- marie.m@msa.qld.edu.au
: Christina Harwood – christina.h@msa.qld.edu.au
Middle Red: Robbie Griffiths – robbie.g@msa.qld.edu.au
: Charlotte Kelton – charlotte.k@msa.qld.edu.au
Middle Blue: Zoe Anlezark – zoe.a@msa.qld.edu.au
Senior White: Susan Attewell – susan.a@msa.qld.edu.au
: Jessica Dorey – jessica.d@msa.qld.edu.au
: Alison Jordan – alison.j@msa.qld.edu.au
HPE: Dilara Kaya – dilara.k@msa.qld.edu.au
Please check our Term 1 Calendar carefully as it will show the important dates to remember for Term 1 which will ensure that you stay connected with the great teaching, learning and celebrations at our school. Please save the calendar somewhere or print it out for the fridge door.
Thank you for choosing MSA to educate your child.
Matt Cavanough
Principal
@MSA Coolangatta
Updates & Reminders
MSA hats are a crucial part of our uniform. If your child does not have a MSA hat, they can be purchased from administration for $15. If your child wishes to participate in outdoor activities they will need to be wearing their MSA hat, if they do not have their hat they will not be allowed outside. Alternatively, we can give them a hat and we will invoice you that afternoon.
What a fantastic turn out and impressive efforts from all participants in this years swimming carnival. To view unedited highlights from this event, please visit following link:
Partnerships & Post-School Pathways
Win one fo 60 $20/$50 e-gift vouchers!
We are interested in how partnerships amongst schools, tertiary education providers, and workplaces can best engage young people, parents, teachers and schools in realising informed post-school pathways, including offering Vocational Education and Training, and the occupations these programs serve. The survey is part of a research project funded by the Department of Education Queensland under its Education Horizon scheme and has ethical clearance through Griffith University (GU ref no: 2022/227).
To thank you for providing a completed survey, you can enter a prize to win one of 60 e-gift vouchers (50x$20 & 10x$50). Only people who fully complete the survey will be eligible.
Your response to this survey will be anonymously and treated confidentially. Moreover, the data in a survey like this is presented in an aggregated way so that individual responses will not be identifiable. We thank you, in anticipation, for your contributions to this research.
To take this survey, please visit:
Survey link
Classroom Highlights
MSA hats are a crucial part of our uniform. If your child does not have a MSA hat, they can be purchased from administration for $15. If your child wishes to participate in outdoor activities they will need to be wearing their MSA hat, if they do not have their hat they will not be allowed outside. Alternatively, we can give them a hat and we will invoice you that afternoon.
What a fantastic turn out and impressive efforts from all participants in this years swimming carnival. To view unedited highlights from this event, please visit following link:
Partnerships & Post-School Pathways
Win one fo 60 $20/$50 e-gift vouchers!
We are interested in how partnerships amongst schools, tertiary education providers, and workplaces can best engage young people, parents, teachers and schools in realising informed post-school pathways, including offering Vocational Education and Training, and the occupations these programs serve. The survey is part of a research project funded by the Department of Education Queensland under its Education Horizon scheme and has ethical clearance through Griffith University (GU ref no: 2022/227).
To thank you for providing a completed survey, you can enter a prize to win one of 60 e-gift vouchers (50x$20 & 10x$50). Only people who fully complete the survey will be eligible.
Your response to this survey will be anonymously and treated confidentially. Moreover, the data in a survey like this is presented in an aggregated way so that individual responses will not be identifiable. We thank you, in anticipation, for your contributions to this research.
To take this survey, please visit:
Survey link
Partnerships & Post-School Pathways
Win one fo 60 $20/$50 e-gift vouchers!
We are interested in how partnerships amongst schools, tertiary education providers, and workplaces can best engage young people, parents, teachers and schools in realising informed post-school pathways, including offering Vocational Education and Training, and the occupations these programs serve. The survey is part of a research project funded by the Department of Education Queensland under its Education Horizon scheme and has ethical clearance through Griffith University (GU ref no: 2022/227).
To thank you for providing a completed survey, you can enter a prize to win one of 60 e-gift vouchers (50x$20 & 10x$50). Only people who fully complete the survey will be eligible.
Your response to this survey will be anonymously and treated confidentially. Moreover, the data in a survey like this is presented in an aggregated way so that individual responses will not be identifiable. We thank you, in anticipation, for your contributions to this research.
To take this survey, please visit:
Survey link
Upcoming Events
Swimming Districts
Thursday 16 February
Clean Up Australia Day
Friday, 3rd March
ILP Meetings
Monday, 13th February – Friday, 24th March
NAPLAN
Wednesday, 15th March – Monday, 27th March
Year 6 Excursion
Tuesday, 21st March
Year 10 Excursion
Thursday, 23rd March
Funky Socks & Crazy Hair Day
Friday, 31st March
Last Day of Term 1, 2023
Friday, 31st March
Sport - Session 3
Sport is on during session 3 of every Friday for Term 1.
Extra!
This year we welcome a new role to support our Senior students at Mastery Schools Australia Springfield campus.
Matt Kemenyvary will be working with the Senior students as the Transition Officer.
In this role Matt will assist Year 10 students in a range of ways throughout the year with Pathways Planning and Career Development.
Some of these supports will include assisting year 10 students to explore a range of occupations while developing a Career Portfolio, support student engagement and success with the Trade Taster Tafe course and work individually with students to develop a Pathway Plan for the future.
Matt is keen to work together with Senior students and their families to ensure positive future outcomes.