St Francis de Sales Catholic Primary School Lynbrook Newsletter

Wellbeing

Positive Behaviours for Learning

At SFS, our PBL (Positive behaviours for learning) school wide expectations are:

 

 

 

Respect, 

Responsibility and 

Kindness

 

 

 

The whole school has a PBL lesson on a Monday at 1pm. This week we have focused on RESPONSIBILITY: Be SAFE outdoors. We have noticed an increased number of incidents with children using minor physical contact with others outside. The teachers spoke to the children about making sure we respect other people’s personal space. 

 

Here are two of our lucky raffle PBL winners from last week who have been demonstrating our schoolwide expected behaviours.

 

 

 

NAIDOC WEEK

 

NAIDOC Week is important as it’s an opportunity for learning, connection and community celebration. NAIDOC stands for National Aborigines and Islanders Day Observance Committee. It starts the week beginning Sunday 7th July. 

 

We will celebrate NAIDOC week the first week back of term 3, leading into our Specialist day which will be on Thursday 25th July.

 

The theme this year is “Keep the Fire Burning! Blak, Loud and Proud”. The choir have begun learning to sing the song Black Fella White Fella, which has an empowering message of treating everyone with respect, no matter what the colour of their skin. This song was chosen to fit this year’s 

theme. 

 

The choir will be performing the song “Black fella, white fella” on Thursday 25th July at a special assembly at 2.30 pm in the Multipurpose hall. 

 

Parents and families are most welcome to join us in our celebration. The children will be sharing what they have learnt throughout the day. 

 

Parents are also welcome to attend a special concert we are having on Specialist day at 9 am in the Multipurpose hall. We have booked the concert “Didge and Dance Performance” with Digeridoo Australia. 

 

 

Child Safe standards

The Child Safe Standards aim to protect children and young people, by requiring organisations to put policies, procedures and processes in place to prevent and respond to abuse. They aim to make keeping children and young people safe. There are 11 standards.

 

 

Standard 11

Organisations have written documents about how they keep children safe from abuse and harm.

 

Your organisation must: 

 

 

 

• have written policies and procedures that: – cover all Child Safe Standards – are easy to find and understand 

 

• work with stakeholders to develop your policies and procedures. These are people with an interest in your organisation. This can be: – staff and volunteers – children and family members – other organisations that you work with – community groups or members

 

• look at good policies and procedures from other organisations

 

 • make sure that your leaders support the policies and procedures

 

 • make sure that staff and volunteers understand and follow the policies and procedures.

 

 

Free event for families in the City of Greater Dandenong

Come along to the Active and Healthy Families event

Bring the whole family and try a new sport or recreation activity, learn a new skill or discover a new healthy habit.

 

Come and try different activities including:

  • AFL Football with Parkmore Junior Football Club, AFL Vic South East and St Kilda Football Club
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  • Basketball with Dandenong Saints Basketball Club
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  • Soccer with Reclink Australia
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  • Pickleball with South East Leisure
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  • Karate with United Karate Systems
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  • Healthy Eating with Monash Health
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  • Gardening with Noble Park Community Centre Gardening Club
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  • Step Aerobics with Xtreme Hip Hop Step.

Location: Springers Leisure Centre at 400 Cheltenham Road, Keysborough

Date: Sunday 23 June

Time: 11am to 2pm

Cost: Free

RSVP: Registration is required to attend this event                                    

Free lunch provided by Parkmore Junior Football Club.

For any questions, feel free to reach out to the Sport and Recreation team at recreation@cgd.vic.gov.au

 

 

Mental Health in Primary Schools (MHiPS)

As part of my role as the MHaWL (Mental Health and Wellbeing Leader) at SFS, I will be sharing resources with parents to help them with their child and wellbeing. The Raising children website is a fantastic site full of many helpful resources. 

 

With school holidays fast approaching, this video link has some great ideas for low cost play activities for the upcoming school holidays.

https://raisingchildren.net.au/school-age/videos/low-cost-play-ideas

 

 

And if your children complain that they are bored these holidays, then you can let them know it is good for them! Studies have shown that boredom in children can help them to develop their problem solving skills, creativity and imagination. Watch the following video to find out more.

 

https://raisingchildren.net.au/school-age/videos/boredom-play-development

 

 

Twilight Market 

 

Our annual Twilight Market and biannual Art show will be on this year on Thursday 7th November 2024 from 5 to 8pm. 

 

The cost of a stall this year is 30 dollars. This is an event we always look forward to each year. If anyone has a small business they would like to promote or students and families would like to have their own stall, please speak with me or email me rlenko@sfslynbrook.catholic.edu.au with details of your stall. 

 

Please let your family and friends know as well. Let’s make this year’s market the best one yet. The market forms need to be completed and returned to school by the end of next week.

 

If you have any concerns about the wellbeing or mental health of your child, please do not hesitate to contact me.

 

Rachel Lenko 

rlenko@sfslynbrook.catholic.edu.au

Mental Health and Wellbeing Leader