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A very warm welcome to our families and students as we begin 2023.  We hope you enjoyed some precious family time over Christmas & January. The Juniors are settling in very well. They are quickly getting to know the staff and routines at school. 

Our Learning Support Officers (LSOs) for 2023 are Mrs Kiara Wynn, Mrs Sharon Stow and Mrs Kylie Milne. Please don’t hesitate to introduce yourselves.

During the first few weeks, the focus is getting to know each other in our new class. We will be talking about respect for ourselves, each other and the environments where we work and play.

This year we will be continuing our Play Based Learning “investigations”. If you have already been into our classroom you will have noticed all of the different stations set up for students to investigate. The different stations are: collage, drawing, construction (Lego), science & nature, reading corner, fine motor table, dramatic play (cafe) and tinkering. These stations are open ended opportunities to engage and sustain a wide variety of investigative learning and play experiences. 

We are looking forward to lots of learning, fun and meeting new friends this term.

Joanne

jpiaser@smbelgrave.catholic.edu.au