5-8 Community News

Dear Parents and Caregivers,

It has been pleasing to welcome students back to the College after the break. There has already been plenty of discussions about students' holidays and it sounds like many used the time to get away!

This term will be the longest term of the Year. Ten weeks and very few interruptions, thankfully!  As teachers, we will be pushing the theme of 'high expectations' again as we want to continue to build a culture of learning that promotes critical and higher-order thinking as well as developing student autonomy. 

We have continued to teach The Resilience Project and the students have continued to respond exceptionally well to this learning. Students have further explored their own character strengths and were encouraged to see how many of these they might like to develop in order to set their term goals.  Our students were also encouraged to look at their Term 2 report as an opportunity to see where they can improve. Do check in with your children about their goals for the term. The template for their goal for Term 3 2022 can be found in the attachment below.

With lunchtime activities commencing, we strongly encourage you to have conversations with your children about attending, particularly if they are finding themselves bored and uninterested in the schoolyard.  We offer a lunchtime activity each day, catered to a variety of interests. The poster attached, which can also be found in our learning spaces shows the activities on offer. There are a number of activities that provide exceptional opportunities, further developing positive relationships/friendships but also creating a very safe space for our children.

A few healthy reminders:

• Encourage students to seek help from adults, where needed. If there is a challenge in the classroom where your child is not sure of a learning task or they have a concern outside of the learning space, please get into contact with your child's TA, or even better, encourage the children to seek us out.
• Please continue to ensure your child is in the correct uniform. If they do not have the correct uniform, a note must be provided. If a note isn't provided, they will be on the detention list.  Hoodies, are not permitted at all. Your child will be asked to take them off completely. 
• With mornings starting to get fresh, a reminder that only jumpers and jackets which are part of the St Augustine's College school uniform are to be worn. 
• Hats are not currently compulsory.
• TA - Please remind students about the importance of getting to TA on time. As you will be aware, TA commences at 8:50am and concludes at 9:10am.  There is still an opportunity to book in a TA interview with your TA.
• Healthy diet - Plenty of fruit throughout the day and sandwiches packed with all kinds of salad, will ensure that our children are remaining healthy. What we notice at recess and lunchtime is that our students are very active. It's brilliant! Children need healthy food to ensure that they are restoring their depleted energy levels. 

Corey Carver and Anthony Poppa

5-8 Community Leaders