School Services
CRAZY SOCK DAY
On Friday the 13th of June we will celebrate Crazy Sock Day! Students are invited to wear the wackiest, most colourful socks they can find or make from their sock drawer. Students will be raising money to support the St Vincent's Eaglehawk Winter Appeal. All money raised will go towards buying warm socks for people in need this winter. If you would prefer to donate a pair of socks rather than a gold coin, this would also be much appreciated. Looking forward to seeing all of the amazing socks!!
UNIFORM SHOP
HOURS OF OPERATION
Tuesday 8.45am - 10am
Wednesday 8.45-10am
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
Investigation Time at Playgroup!
Today we had the opportunity to explore the Grade 1/2 Investigation Area during our free play.
It was so much fun being up at the school and exploring the different spaces.
We sang and danced and made paper plate turtles to celebrate Turtle Day!
Thank you so much to the Grade 1s and 2s for letting us use their space, and to our Prep friend for giving Big Ted, now known as Fred Bear, a makeover!
We hope to see everyone again next week!
CHILDREN CHATTER MATTERS
Pragmatics and Social skills - (From Vic Curriculum Personal & Social Capabilities.)
- Developing resilience; Self-awareness: Identifying personal Strengths and skill sets, their likes and dislikes, needs and wants.
- Identifying Strengths & skills in others, acknowledging, giving praise.
- Emotions – identify these & how they impact on others
Extend their vocabulary through which to recognise and describe emotions and when, how and with whom it is appropriate to share emotions
- Conflict resolution
- Working effectively in a team
- Describe the characteristics of respectful relationships and suggest ways that respectful relationships can be achieved. Look at diversity in gender, sex, culture etc.
- Strategies for coping with difficult situations. They persist with tasks when faced with challenges and adapt their approach when first attempts are not successful.
- Students recognise and appreciate the uniqueness of all people. They are able to explain how individual, social and cultural differences may increase vulnerability to stereotypes.
- Describe ways of making and keeping friends, including how actions and words can help or hurt others, and the effects of modifying their behaviour
Pragmatics and Social skills
Focus: Identifying emotions and their impact on self and others.
Go to the following website and ask your child to select their favourite emotions poster.
Print this off or write down this list of emotion words to guide your discussion.
Proud, angry, sad, confused, shy, surprised, content, happy, excited, embarrassed, worried, scared, frustrated.
You can turn this into a memory or bingo game by making pairs of these words into cards.
Both of you make a face that shows this emotion. Discuss a time when you felt this way. Write down the types of words that make you feel this way. For example: “I can’t believe you can’t spell that word” – “Frustrated”. Discuss ways of dealing with this emotion. For example; Ignoring hurtful comments or using phrases such as “That’s ok I’m working on it!”
While watching television or reading books discuss some of the emotions and reactions displayed by various characters. Ask what made them feel like that and did they react/ respond in the best way possible. What would they do differently?