Student
Wellbeing

School Wide Positive Behaviour Support

Each fortnight, we have a school wide focus around our school values of Be Safe, Be Friendly and Be a Learner. We call this a Mini Blitz!

Our current focus is on how we move in and out of our classrooms as well as how we move safely around the school yard.

Mini Blitz:

Classroom:
When we move from one place to another,
We listen to instructions and respect each other.
Yard:
When we move around the school,
walking safely and calmly is the rule!

Slushy Day

Last week we celebrated reaching another pebble target on our tally board! Everyone got. to share a delicious fruit slushy! Big thanks to Bron who did a super job pouring 300 slushies!

Pebble Tally

Each week, we count up our pebbles across the whole school. Pebbles are earned by students who are following the school expectations! These pebbles are tallied up and added to our thermometer below. Here's our updated tally.

Weekly Winning Class

Our winning class for last week was 5/6F who claimed their first win! They win the holding rights to our trophy which is full of a few little treats to share!

Sun Safety

We are continuing to encourage and remind students to wear hats and use the sunscreen available at various stations on the yard. Hats are now compulsory. Students are required to wear navy wide brim hats. There are some available in the office for purchase for $12 (cash, card or CDF payment available)

GEM Award Winners

Congratulations to our GEM award winners who have each demonstrated Gratitude, Empathy and Mindfulness during the past fortnight.

Congratulations to Kaitlin, Emery, Jaxon, Kyal, Seb, Sia, Journey and Harry (absent).

Attendance

You can view your child's attendance on the SimonEverywhere App. Attendance percentage appears just below the students profile when you click on the home icon.

Each edition of the newsletter we share the attendance percentage from the previous two weeks. Below is a break down of attendance since our last newsletter. The aim is 95% attendance. While it's wonderful to be aiming for 95-100% we know that this is not always possible with illness, fatigue and family days all factors across the duration of a term.

Each newsletter will include a visual graph (below) as well as the breakdown of numbers.

Breakdown of Term 4 Week 4-5 Attendance:

Year Level	School Attendance Percentage
Foundation	83.94%
Year 1	84.28%
Year 2	89.84%
Year 3	88.75%
Year 4	89.43%
Year 5	96.26%
Year 6	90.43%
School Average	88.96%

Term 1 Attendance Summary

Term 2 Attendance Summary

Term 3 Attendance Summary

Uniform

A reminder that our uniform remains a focus. As we shared with the students, we are currently transitioning between our old and new uniform. Our current focus is more on the "accessories" rather than our clothing. This includes tying up shoulder length hair, make up, dangly earrings, jewellery, nail polish and oversized bows.

Please read our uniform page on the newsletter for further information:

Cyber/Online Safety Resources & Social Media Age Restrictions

As part of our partnership with Safe on Social (Ctrl+Shift), we have a library of resources, cheat sheets and supports regarding any aspect of Cyber Safety/Online Gaming/Social Media. If you are finding any of these a challenge with your child, please feel free to reach out and we can provide some specific information and support in this space.

For more information email: dboulton@smkangarooflat.catholic.edu.au

School TV Cyber/Online esources:

Fresh Fruit Friday

Thanks to The Mckern Foundation for donating fresh fruit to our school weekly.

This is a great initiative but please make sure children are still bringing a piece of fruit in their lunchbox for fruit break as fruit is not available all week.