School Services
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
Playgroup Investigation Time!
This week, join us at Playgroup for Investigation Time in the Grade ½ open area.
We will also participate in our usual music, movement and craft!
When: 9-11am Thursday 20th March
Where: Grade ½ Open Area (Enter via the glass doors opposite the church) - Look for Big Ted
Hot drinks and morning tea are provided for grown ups.
Please bring a healthy snack and water for each child.
New families always welcome
CHILDREN CHATTER MATTERS
Pragmatics and Social skills - (From Vic Curriculum Personal & Social Capabilities)
Pragmatics and Social skills
Focus: Working effectively in a teams and problem solve
Teamwork is a necessary skill that provides children with the opportunity to form relationships, develop empathy and problem solve with others. Particularly in the younger years, this is done through role playing and imaginary play.
Playing games with your child that have clear roles and objectives (e.g. ‘Shops’ has a salesclerk and a buyer with the objective of ‘buying’ goods from the clerk) will help them develop negotiation skills (who will play each role and where to play) and problem solve (when the shop runs out of strawberries, or the buyer has no money). Making ‘problems’ occur during play will push your child to develop problem solving skills and use language to communicate this.
If your child is having difficulty, you may present them with different solutions to choose from or model the language they might use to help them negotiate the play. You do not need ‘toys’ for this activity; usually a few token items are enough, and the rest is imagination (e.g. a chair/bench/pillow to be the store table is enough to create the scene of a shop, the food/money can be imaginary).
Other great pretend games: vets, doctors, schools, restaurants, petrol station, zookeeper, mum and dad, sport coach and team, mermaids and pirates, wizards and witches.