Engagement & Wellbeing

Resilience, Rights & Respectful Relationships

In 5/6 McClellan, we have been identifying the strengths required to deal with everyday challenges. We have applied this learning by exploring several scenarios that we may face in our own lives. In groups, we discussed each scenario, formed our own opinion and shared these with our class for further discussion and reflection. 

One of the every day scenarios discussed was: ‘Jack’s Maths homework was particularly challenging this week.’ We looked at some of the strengths Jack may use to try to finish his homework and do his best. We also thought about the advice we would provide to Jack. Some of the responses from the students included that Jack would need to show determination, resilience, belief in himself and to be able to ask for help if he needed it. 

In our reflection, we discussed the rationale for choosing certain strengths and how we could use this lesson of identifying strengths, as a strategy of doing our best during everyday scenarios we face as individuals.

SWPBS

In Grade 1/2 PH this fortnight, we have had a strong focus on displaying our 3 values (Respect, Responsibility and Resilience) during floor time, small group time and transitions. Students have worked together as a team on these expectations, and as a result completed a class ‘Gugu puzzle’ by collectively earning stickers. We celebrated our reward on Tuesday with a science experiment - making ‘oobleck’. It was a whole lot of fun… and goopy mess! 

We launched our new lunchtime 'LEGO CLUB' last week!  It was a fantastic success, with lots and lots of students coming to join! We currently have a limit of 30 students per session so that we have enough Lego to go around. We saw some wonderful ideas and great works in progress!

We have a small amount of Lego at the moment and are looking for donations to build up our collection. We would love to invite more students in and see some clever creations! If you have any pre-loved Lego kits that you no longer use, we would love to use them in our Lego Club. Please send your donations along with your child or drop them in at our front office. 

We can also announce the results from our whole school vote for a learning space upgrade. Our votes were counted by Gen and George, the results are as follows:

3rd place - Mindful space

2nd place - Sports shed upgrade

1st place - Soft furnishings for classrooms

The winning votes to be announced during tomorrow’s assembly.

Grades will now be given the opportunity to compile a wishlist for furniture they would enjoy as part of their learning spaces.

Thank you in advance!

SRC Team

Indigenous Leaders' News

Wear it Yellow Day! Friday 31st May 

Recognise our shared history and celebrate First Nations Culture.

Why yellow? Yellow is one of the vibrant colours of the land. It is the colour of the sacred orchre that First Nations People have used for generations, representing deep connection to Country, earth, the sun and the land.

What is orchre? Ochre is used to paint Australian Indigenous art. Ochres are natural pigments and minerals found in the soil. These natural pigments (colours) were originally used to create Dreamtime stories and maps. They were used in body painting, rock painting, on artefacts and sometimes even on sand.

On May 31st, students are invited to wear yellow casual clothes to school for a gold coin donation. When you donate to “Wear it Yellow” you are supporting a bright future for First Nations children while learning about our shared histories. All funds raised will go directly towards supporting Children’s Ground and delivering self-determination, education, health and employment opportunities for First Nations people. 

Victorian Premiers’ Reading Challenge

The Victorian Premiers’ Reading Challenge is now open and Spring Gully Primary School is excited to be participating. 

The Challenge is open to all Victorian children from birth to Year 10 in recognition of the importance of reading for literacy development. It is not a competition; but a personal challenge for children to read a set number of books by 6 September 2024.

Children from Prep to Grade 2 are encouraged to read or ‘experience’ 30 books with their parents and teachers. Children from Grade 3 to Grade 6 are challenged to read 15 books.

All children who meet the Challenge will receive a certificate of achievement.

To read the Premier’s letter to parents, view the book list and for more information about the Victorian Premiers’ Reading Challenge, visit: https://www.vic.gov.au/school-student-and-parents-taking-part-premiers-reading-challenge

Later this week, your child’s teacher will give them a Challenge username and passcode. 

If you lose or forget your Challenge passcode, ask your Challenge coordinator (Miss Floyd) or class teacher to generate a new one for you.

1. Go to the Challenge application.
2. Select the School/Student button.
3. Select the VPRC login option.
4. Enter your username and password.
5. Select Login.

I look forward to seeing 100’s of books being read over the next few months! Please feel free to contact me if you have any questi

Madie 

Madison.floyd@education.vic.gov.au