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
TUCKSHOP MENU
Tuckshop menu will be a little different this week. Hotdogs and pastries will be available, and we will be selling Easter cupcakes as a special treat.
PLAYGROUP
St Liborius Playgroup is a welcoming environment for children who are under school age and their parents to gather together and socialise. Join us on Thursdays during term times for free play, music, movement and craft.
When: Thursdays 9:00-11:00 during school terms
Where: MacKillop Room, Liborius Centre, St Liborius Primary School
Cost: $3 per family - includes hot drinks and morning tea for grown ups
What to bring: a healthy snack and water for each child, maybe a change of clothes in case of messy/wet activities.
We hope to see you there!
CHILDREN CHATTER MATTERS
Pragmatics and Social skills - (From Vic Curriculum Personal & Social Capabilities)
Pragmatics and Social skills
Focus: Recognise, understand and evaluate the expression of emotions
The ability to look at a person’s face and body language and then interpret the emotions/feelings they are displaying, can be difficult for some children. To then understand the context that person is feeling that emotion within and what they can do (or not do) to help that person is a much harder skill.
People watching is great to help build this skill. Watch from the window or the car (while you wait at the lights) at what people are doing with their body/face and then try making a generalised conclusion about why they may feel that way
e.g. From the car, I can see a man walking fast, tapping the button to the crossing constantly, looking around, tapping a foot, fidgeting. I might then conclude that he is in a rush, maybe running late for something and this is making him feel anxious, frustrated, angry, puffed.
Another activity you could play at home is ‘Emotion Charades’. Write down feeling words on pieces of paper e.g. happy, angry, embarrassed, nervous, bored. Family members take turns picking a slip of paper and then acting out the word written on it. For example, ways that you could act out ‘happy’ include smiling and waving to people, ‘angry’ could be stomping your feet. Everyone else must guess the emotion. It is important to remember that different emotions may look different for other people.