School News
Transition to Summer Uniform
The formal transition to summer uniform is the 1st day of term 4, Monday 10 October. If the weather is quite warm in Weeks 9 and 10 of Term 3, the students can begin to wear their summer uniform in those 2 weeks. Please see below an outline of our updated school uniform policy.
Would you like to share your expertise with our students?
Do you have a special gift, talent or experience in a field that you would like to share? We are looking to build a ‘database’ of parent / grandparent names and talents at the school where teachers may be able to access your expertise in the classroom when it is appropriate. For example you may be a writer or editor and you may wish to share your skills in how to be a good writer, you may be musical and you may be able to help out at liturgies and masses with the music. If you would like to share your talents please complete the google form and we look forward to hearing from you.
https://docs.google.com/forms/d/14jsRoUG5KBwKskCaO9a0RnqHd2RCYCXaHJyMf4IEfSI/edit
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‘Focus of the Week!’
Congratulations to Year 2 for winning the focus of the week two weeks in a row for displaying expected behaviours during morning passive play. They were lucky enough to have ‘Bear’ (still waiting for a name!) stay with them for the two weeks. Bear will be staying with the winning class for the duration of the week. Today, the Leaders of Living Fully in Community surveyed the school to get some ideas for Bear’s name. There were some very interesting suggestions. We can’t wait to see the end result!
The behavioural focus for week 9 and 10 is the expected behaviours during eating time on the playground, both recess and lunch.
We have unpacked the behaviours with the students as:
- Walk with teacher to designated eating location
- Remain seated for eating time and wait to be dismissed by the teacher (on the second bell at lunch)
- Put all rubbish in the bins
- Put lunch boxes into lunch basket or beside the basket, out of the play area
- Sitting outside handball courts
These expected behaviours are to ensure that we are true to our school rules of taking care of each other, taking care of yourself and taking care of this place.
Each fortnight we will roll out a new focus area and will be shared at the Monday morning assembly. We appreciate the conversations that you have with your children at home in helping to support endeavours, such as these. We are aiming to project a consistent message of respectful behaviours.
Vinnies Van Appeal
Last week, all classes had the opportunity to visit the Vinnies Van and learn about what they do and why they do it. Everyone was very appreciative of the volunteers' time and effort. Students learnt about what homelessness means and the items and food that the van donates to the homeless. The questions that each class asked were extremely compassionate.
This term, the Mini Vinnies will be hosting an appeal for students to donate items to the Vinnies Van so that they can provide necessary items like deodorant, washing detergent, toilet paper, toothpaste and toothbrushes, food and warm items to those less fortunate and enable them to stay warm, dry, clean and full. Each classroom is provided with a basket for students to collect their items.
The Vinnies Van Appeal is running through Week 8 and Week 9 and will be collected on Monday Week 10 by John Dening, our St Vincent De Paul representative.
We thank you for all the support you continue to provide to the school, the Mini Vinnies team and the community for this Vinnies Van Appeal!
Miss Negus and the Mini Vinnies team
The Unity Garden Rock Painting
On World Environment Day we announced that we would be creating ‘The Unity Garden’ on our playground to celebrate Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander culture and to create a space where students could go for quiet prayer and reflection. During next week we would like to give the students the opportunity to contribute to the creation of this garden by painting rocks that would be displayed in the garden.
The rock painting will take place during lunch time in week 10 and will be facilitated by our Mini Vinnies team. If students would like to paint a rock they will be asked to make a gold coin donation that will be donated to ‘The Indigenous Literacy Foundation’. This foundation delivers books to Indgeous children living in remote communities and offers programs and support to these communities to create and publish their stories in languages of their choice,
Some acrylic paint pens will be available for the students to use but if any families have these types of pens at home that they would like to donate for the activity we would be very appreciative. If students would like to use their own acrylic paint pens for the activity they are more than welcome too. All rocks will be supplied.
The lunch time timetable will run as followed:
Monday Lunch - Kindergarten and Year 5
Tuesday Lunch - Years 1, 2 and 6
Wednesday Lunch - Years 3 and 4
We look forward to seeing ‘The Unity Garden’ come together over the next few weeks.
Mrs Shari Mayo & Miss Maddie Negus
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