Middle SS News

As we enter the third week of term, we are now well and truly settled into the year, and the term, and the wheels are in motion to amp up what is already simmering in classrooms. Now that we know our students, we are becoming better at evaluating and diagnosing their needs, whether this be wellbeing or curriculum related. This has shone through in PLC’s where we have started to be more specific in identifying the students point of need.

MSS Assemblies

Thank you to Rooms 11 & 18 for working collaboratively to create our Week 2 assembly. This is now available on Seesaw for you to view. Next up we have Rooms 12 & 15.

Week 6: Room 10, 13 & 16

Week 8: Rooms 14 & 17

Swimming

Swimming is coming up very soon! Preparation is key and as we know this is the case for our students, classroom teams and parents. Thank you to those allocated as teachers in charge for conducting meetings in the lead up, and discussing the potential risks, and the planned responses or solutions to reduce the likelihood of these risks coming into play. 

Please continue to engage in conversations with myself and families to ascertain the level of support needed for students in your classrooms. 

Risk assessments should have been revised and reflect any changes that needed to have been made. 

Please ensure the risk assessments are provided to all staff attending- should there be any changes to staffing, unfamiliar staff particularly will need to be informed as to their role for the duration of swimming.

Excursions 

A gentle reminder that heading into this term we have excursions taking place- please ensure you remain on top of the excursion to do list ahead of time. Be sure permission has been given by parents, the activity locator lodged and transport as well as staffing considered. I urge you to touch base with both myself and the admin staff in the weeks leading up to the excursion to ensure you have a second set of eyes over documentation, and a sounding board to assist in planning and coordination of the excursion.

Tier 1 Feedback & Coaching

More information to come shortly regarding the sub school leader observation and feedback cycle which will see sub school leaders in classrooms, providing feedback on tier 1 supports, and more specifically, tidy, organised classroom learning environments. Think, does what I have detailed on my tier 1 checklist accurately reflect what is happening in my classroom? Do I need to declutter? Does everything ‘have its place?’.

PLC & Professional Learning

Both PLC and PL will continue to be woven as one, and will take place on Monday afternoons from 3:30pm. Both ES and teachers are encouraged to attend. Curriculum Teams will continue to take place on Tuesday afternoons. 

I hope you have a wonderful week, and that you feel prepared and ready to take on a swimmingly good week next week!