Dear Parents and Caregivers,

Parent / Teacher Interviews

Parent / Teacher interviews for all classes from Prep to Year 10 will be held between 3pm and 6pm on Tuesday 1 April and Wednesday 2 April. Parents can make bookings by either emailing, phoning or texting Mrs Exzil or coming into the school office. Mrs Collins will advise Kindy parents of interview times.

Grade 9 Camp

This week our Grade 9 students have been in Port Moresby for the annual Grade 9 Camp. The students have had an excellent week building friendships and leadership skills, especially with our new Lihirian Scholarship students and other students new to the cohort. The camp has included visits to Parliament House Tour, National Museum and Art Gallery Visit, Port Moresby Nature Park and a visit to Tutu Beach Retreat (Dame Carol Kidu’s Residence). The students are commended for their excellent behaviour over the week, consistently demonstrating a VIP attitude.

End of Term

Term 1 will finish on Thursday 3 April at 12:00pm. For parents who live out of townsite, please ensure students are picked up by 12:15pm.

Term 2 commences Tuesday 22 April.

Regards,

Mr Kevin Collins

Principal

SCHOOL HOURS Prep - 6

Official school times are:

8.10 Bell rings

8.10 – 8.15 Home room (Assembly on Friday)

8.15 – 10.35 First session

10.35 – 11.05 Recess (15 minutes eating followed by 15 minutes play)

11.05 – 12.35 Second session

12.35 – 1.20 Lunch (15 minutes eating followed by 30 minutes play)

1:20 – 3.00 Third Session

3.00 End of school day

SCHOOL HOURS 7 - 10

Official school times are:

8.10 Bell rings

8.10 – 8.15 Home room (Assembly on Friday)

8.15 – 10.05 Two periods

10.05 – 10.35 Recess (10 minutes eating followed by 20 minutes play)

10.35 – 1.20 Three periods

1.20 – 2.00 Lunch (10 minutes eating followed by 30 minutes play)

2.00 – 2.55 Third Session

2.55 – 3.00 Home room

3.00 End of school day

2025

Term 1 Monday 27 January to Thursday 3 April

Term 2 Tuesday 22 April to Thursday 19 June

Term 3 Monday 14 July to Thursday 18 September

Term 4 Monday 6 October to Thursday 4 December

• Week 10: Parent / Teacher Interviews
• Week 10: Easter Hat Parade at Thursday's assembly, Tabloid Sports and ice-creams

It has been another great term of swimming! 

To advise, there will be no holiday swim lessons over the upcoming holiday break. After-school swimming will recommence week 2 of next term.

Kind regards,

Ms Judith Meauri  (Sports Coordinator)

Student folios

Student folios will be sent home on Monday. These folios showcase a range of assessment tasks that your child/children have completed this term. Please find time to look through your child's folio with your child and identify some areas that your child is proud of and some where they could improve. We ask parents to bring their child's folio with them to their interview or have their child return them to school. 

Holiday reading

Please encourage your child to maintain their reading over the holiday break. Primary students can access the online reading program 'Reading Eggs'. They can also do some Maths activities using the 'Mathletics' program. Please contact your child's teacher if you need your child's logon information.

Friday Assemblies

Parents and wantoks are invited to attend our Friday assemblies held in the basketball court every Friday, commencing at 8.10am. Each week a primary class or the Student Council will share a short presentation. This week it was the Student Council assembly and next week, it will be the Year 9 Camp and Easter hat parade assembly.

Kind regards,

Ms Langusch.

Work Ready Program

The Batch 1 WRP trainees of 2025 have successfully completed their training program and will graduate today and receive their Work Ready Program Certificates. They are equipped with the necessary skills, knowledge and attitudes on how to apply for a job and maintain employment. The trainees have started applying for job vacancies this week, with the assistance of STM staff.

The Batch 2 2025 shortlisted candidates will have their interviews at STM today and tomorrow. Eligible candidates’ names have been published on notice boards and were also announced via Trupla FM. Successful candidates will commence their training in late April after completing all the necessary onboarding requirements.

We have had a good number of former Work Ready trainees offered jobs with the company as well as contractors. Statistics will be published in our quarterly report.

On Thursday this week, we were privileged to host the Director, PNG Training & People Projects with a Senior Technical Trainer as well as three apprentices who were former WRP students. They explained the apprentice training process and its requirements. The presentations also included a pathway for the WRP trainees applying to be in the program. We take this opportunity to thank Mr. Jonathan Gangadin and his team for coming and talking to our WRP trainees and staff at STM.

FODE

Our FODE program is also running concurrently and students are continuing at their own pace with assistance of the STM Staff.

Kind regards,

Mr. David Wengip