Primary Sub School News

Welcome back to Term 2, I hope you managed to have a restful break, spend quality time with family and friends.  The selection panel is underway to recruit for a sub school leader, but we know the PSS teams have established strong practices throughout term 1.  Please continue to use your buddy classrooms as the first port of call for support, or a friendly neighbour across the hall or a friendly face in the staffroom!  

Mary Boutros will be conducting daily check week 1 & 2.   Thank you Mary. 

Dilnasheen Meerza has joined PSS and will be working in room 4.  Please make Dilnasheen feel welcome. 

A HUGE thank you to Jade Molinari for stepping in the SSL position for the final 2 weeks of the term.  I know your relationships and knowledge of the sub school made the end of term run smoothly for everyone.  

PLC & Professional Learning

Combinded  PLC and PL will take place on Monday afternoons from 3:30pm. Education Support Staff and teachers are encouraged to attend. Curriculum Teams will continue to take place on Tuesday afternoons.  Teachers: Please remember to bring the Essensial Assessment Data with you to the next Mnday's PLC 

Remember your Buddy Classroom allocation 

Room 1- Room 2

Room 4- Room 5- Room 3

Room 6 - Room 7 

Room 8 - Room 9

Can help you when you need:

- another staff member for a short time

- you have a staff member from your team away and need help with breaks

- can ask questions, especially for new staff.

I have been keeping track of how teams are going with these tasks. Well done to those teams working together to complete these tasks promptly.

Playground Supervision Protocols 

• Staff are on time for yard duty.
• Staff complete Yard Duty when the 1:1 student they are supervising is absent.
• When a staff member who has 1:1 supervision with a student is absent, this Y/D is given to another staff member. It may be a staff member from the same or a different classroom. It is the responsibility of the PSSL to problem solve and communicate this during the morning check in.  If the PSSL is absent, the leader completing the check in will complete this.
• When a staff member is absent from a classroom team, the team can talk about how to manage their breaks at 8:45-9am. When the PSSL arrives for check in, the team can communicate this to PSSL who can approve or offer another suggestion for breaks.
• Students requiring 1:1 supervision must have a physical hand over. Staff leave the playground once  a hand over with another staff member at the beginning and end of the playground time has taken place. These students cannot be left without 1:1 supervision outside for any amount of time. Staff collecting a student at the end of a playground session need to be on time.
• Staff who are not 1:1 supervising move around the playground supervising students, and check in all areas, especially behind the shed, the gate area near the front entrance of the school and behind bushes.
• Staff need to be actively standing and walking to supervise and engage students. 
• Yard duty is not a time to look at phones unless it is to read JSA texts as they come in.
• Yard Duty is not a time to stand and chat with others. 
• For a classroom team to request 1:1 support for a student, a team must give PSSL at least 2 weeks of ABC data. The discussion about what type of support could be put in place can take place during a classroom team meeting

Seesaw

The minimum requirement to upload pictures to parents/carers is one photo per student per week. Please make sure you are uploading photos to parents. Families love to receive and share these photos together.

Assembly

Please see the roster for Assembly in Term 2. Please also refer to the email sent to staff including the Student of the Week award and the PowerPoint.

Term 2:

Week 2: Room 9

Week 4: Room 5

Week 6: Room 7

Week 8: Room 1

Week 10 Room 2