School Services

ST VINNIES EAGLEHAWK TOY DRIVE

BENTORNATI A SCUOLA

(Welcome back to school)

Fun fact:

The famous Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles got their names from the Renaissance painters of Italy, can you name them?

SUSTAINABILITY

Fun in the garden...weeding, patting chooks and tasting the produce (especially the yummy sugar snap peas).

CONGRATULATIONS

Phoenix under 12 gold nuggets team won back to back premierships in the basketball.

Summer team was: Harry Fitzpatrick, Lenny Maltby, Baxter moss, Mason barker, Tom Evan’s, Eli and ax (from other schools)

Baxter won MVP in the grand final.

Winter team was: Harry Fitzpatrick, Lenny Maltby, Baxter moss, Mason barker, Tom Evan’s, Nash Hobbs and Eli ( from another school)

Harry was MVP in the grand final.

Both season were coached by Ben Fitzpatrick and Jack English is taking over for the summer season.

ATTENDANCE

ATTENDANCE

By law children must attend school, so if your child needs to be absent you are required to send a note on return, or, if possible, notify the school prior to the absence. If your child is unable to come to school, please telephone the school or enter the absence form via PAM (Parent Access Module) or email the school at admin@sleaglehawk.catholic.edu.au by 8.55am on the day they are not attending. School attendance is one of the critical factors for success at school therefore any days absent can have an effect on their learning. When appropriate parents should make dental and doctors' appointments outside of school time.  If you child arrives at school after 9.00am they are to be signed in at the office and collect a late pass.

NO child may leave the school grounds during the day unless accompanied by an adult or having provided a written note. All children leaving school during the day need to be signed out by an authorised adult. You will need to sign the student out of the school via the Kiosk in the school office.

If your child is late to school, you will need to report into the office to sign your child in and obtain a late pass for your child to give to their teacher.

UNIFORM SHOP

HOURS OF OPERATION

Tuesday 8.45am - 10am

Wednesday 8.45-10am

As families are purchasing items and preparing for the new school year the following information is a reminder about school uniforms! We take great pride in our uniform and would like to remind our families of expectations. Our uniform shop has all requirements and is very well priced with good quality materials! We ask that students do not wear branded clothes (this includes sports shorts and socks.) The sport shorts from the uniform shop are recommended as they are longer in style (as per our SunSmart policy!) Shoes are so important as they work hard! We ask that shoes are fully black (no white soles) and that canvas shoes are not worn (either for formal or sport) Please if you need support with uniforms or have any questions, message us or make contact when we are back at school. We are here to help! Below is the uniform requirements and remember to label all clothing especially jumpers and hats! We will let you know Uniform Shop arrangements. Orders can also be made online.

TUCKSHOP VOLUNTEERS

We need your help. If you can spare some time each week on a Friday, please consider volunteering. We will be unable to run the tuckshop if we do not have your support. Please message us if you can!

If anyone has time available on Fridays to be a volunteer in the tuckshop, please contact Kim on 0419 349 363. 

Times: 

9 - 10.30am

10.30 - 12pm

12 - 2pm

PLAYGROUP

St Liborius Playgroup runs every Thursday during term time, with opportunities for free play, music, movement and craft each week. Join us in our welcoming and safe environment, a chance for both you and your child to socialise and form connections. We hope to see you there!

Thursdays 9-11am

MacKillop Room, Liborius Centre (look for Fred Bear)

$3 per family - includes hot drinks and morning tea for grown ups

Please bring a healthy snack, water and a hat for each child

CHILDREN CHATTER MATTERS

Conversational skills 

Listening, starting a conversation, taking turns, asking questions, answering questions, being relevant, repairing when not understood, ending a conversation, the way we talk (Volume, rate, clarity, intonation,

fluency)

• Having a conversation: 

  It is important to understand what a ‘good conversation’ looks like. A good

  conversation requires various skills such as listening, taking turns, asking and answering questions and being relevant. While everyone is sitting around the dinner table this is a perfect opportunity to practice these skills with your children. Each person takes turns talking about something they have done that day. Each other person at the table asks that person a question about their day.

   

  Encourage your children to ask questions that include who/when/where/why. It may be helpful to have these words written on a piece of paper to remind everyone of the types of questions they could ask. If children have more than one question to ask, encourage them to do this. Provide praise such as ‘that was a great question you asked’ and ‘I like how you waited for XXX to finish asking their question before you asked yours’ to your children to reinforce these skills.

   

• Barrier Games:

  Barrier games are a great tool to help build conversational skills such as turn taking, listening, asking questions, providing clear information and seeking clarification. Try this together at home using two sets of matching-coloured pencils or textas and 2 copies of a matching picture to be coloured in. Place a wall or a barrier between each player so you cannot see the pictures of the other players. Take turns to instruct each other to colour in different parts of the picture. Eg “I want you to colour the dog’s tail brown”. Take the opportunity to model and use clarification strategies. Eg “Can I just check … do you mean the little spotty dog or the big fluffy dog”. When the picture is finished take down the wall and see if your pictures match. Talk about any “mix ups” and what might have happened to result in any differences and have fun talking.

   

• Cooking and Talking:

  • Recipes can be a fun way to engage your child in conversation around what you are doing and build on listening skills. 

   

  • At home, read a simple recipe (e.g. baking a cake) and have your child/children follow your verbal instructions.

   

  • Let them do all the practical work. This will also require a lot of patience from yourself (the parent). This is a great way for your child to focus and build on their listening skills and maintain concentration.

   

  • Read through the steps of the recipe, one at a time, and have your child complete the steps. Do this for all the steps (that they are capable of doing) of the recipe. 

   

  • Try varying how much of each step you give them. You may need to only give them one task to do/ingredient to add at a time before giving them the next one. Or you may be able to give them multiple tasks to complete/ the entire step. 

   

  • Encourage your child/children to ask questions including why each step is completed (e.g. why the dry ingredients are mixed together first), what do we do next, asking for clarification, etc. If all is going well, try making a mistake on purpose (e.g. saying salt instead of sugar, repeating a step you’ve already completed etc.) to check that they are listening and to get them to either repeat what you have said or ask for clarification. 

     

  • Once finished you can talk about what went well and what could have been done better and discuss what you will do next time.