Player Registration Fee: $50 (includes uniform, training sessions, presentation night, event costs & donation to TS4A)

Women (mums) of SEPS it’s time to dust off your Netball shoes as we need you!

After a successful first outing in 2022, this year’s Netball Tournament is gearing up to be bigger & better.

A new name - Clash of the Courts
The addition of 3 new schools brings it to 5 schools in total - Sacred Heart, Sandy East, Black Rock PS, Sandy PS and St James Gardenvale
Lots more fun, family-friendly engagement opportunities
All while raising much-needed funds for TeamSports4All (https://teamsports4all.com.au)

When: Sunday 19 November @ 2pm

Where: Sandringham & District Netball Assoc. (219 Thomas Street, Hampton)

We also need a support crew to help on the day - coaches, team managers, scorers, umpires, general support staff

Player and Support crew Register HERE: https://www.trybooking.com/CLDFE

Keep up to date via Instagram @clashofthecourts

If you love mangoes, here’s your chance to indulge in fresh juicy Bowen mangoes (Kensington Pride) and support our fundraising drive.Due to an unusually warm QLD winter, mangoes are expected to be in short supply, but we have mango-ificent news.

SEPS - Mango Fund Raiser

SEPS is selling mangoes for delivery straight from the farm to us in December. They are packed in a single layer tray, with approximately 4.5kg of Mangoes per tray. Cost per Tray is: $27.00

Delivery will be Early-Mid December 2023 - Collection details tba.

Orders close 2 pm Tuesday 24th October

Please order via the Trybooking link www.trybooking.com/CLEII

Bay Road - Crossing Lady Julie Retires after 6 Years

Community Notices

Gangs and Packs

I've had several conversations with Teachers and School Leaders lately about pack or gang mentality amongst students who congregate for the perceived purpose of poor, aggressive or bullying behaviour.

They most commonly ask me what they can do to shift the gang's behaviour. They're disappointed when I tell them they can't.

You see, groups don't change. People do.

If you have a gang or pack problem in your school, I suggest you metaphorically view them as being on the other side of the river … and picture yourself as having but a single, small boat.

Trying to move all of them across the river at once will undoubtedly lead to all of you drowning.

But if your boat has room for only one passenger … who do you take? Would it be the low-risk strategy of choosing the student who doesn't really fit or belong in the gang anyway? Or are you brave enough to aim for the ringleader and the thrill of a high-risk, high-reward endeavour?

I don't mind which gang member you target as long as it's only one of them.

The dynamic of a group changes when its membership reduces by even one person. That's your ambition. When one person is on your side of the river, you can go back for another.

And for bonus points, this approach is equally effective with colleagues. We're just less likely to use the word "gang" for a gaggle of miserable educators gathered at their usual staff room table to negatively assess every initiative, change, program, expectation and leader they don't like.

We call those gangs "cliques" – same thing but.

Keep fighting that good fight,

PS. Join the Expert Facilitators from Real Schools in an immersive workshop, RP2.0 - The Restorative Future of Teaching. Book tickets today for Raby, South Coogee, Upper Mt Gravatt, Mount Gambier, Kalgoorlie and Bunbury. Workshops kick-off on 12 October.

Chess Club - Term 4

Chess Club Enrolment Form