Wellbeing

On Friday the 28th of November the Rainbow Club represented Thornbury Primary School at the Walk Against Family Violence.  

We started by going to the LOTE room in the morning and then walking up to the train station.  We caught the train and we got off at Flinders Street Station, then followed the crowd towards the city.

The day before the walk we finished making a giant banner saying, "Everyone has the right to be safe.” It had all of our hand prints on it, as well as the Rainbow , Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander flags. We took turns holding the banner as we joined the walk.

After a while we ended up in the Treasury Gardens. We sat down on the grass and fanned ourselves with fans that we got earlier because it was a very hot day. After an hour of eating lunch, listening to the music and having a chance to read/play, we started walking back to the train station and then back to school.

What people said about it:

Olive said “It was really fun doing the walk.”

Luisa said “I was happy to do the walk and I hope we can do it next year.”

Rosie said “The walk was really fun and chill but when we got there it was strange.”

Josie said “It was really fun and I hope we get to do more things like it.”

Pip said “It was amazing being part of a protest for stopping violence.”

SPECIAL THANKS TO: 

Anna for organizing it, Jo for coming along and Maria and Erwin (parents) that came along to help and supervise.

To find out more about how the Rainbow Club are supporting 16 Days of Activism see the #84 edition of Dhumbadjirri. We also encourage you to participate in some of the activities from our calendar. 

By Pip, Florina, Olive and Josie, all members of the Rainbow club.

Keeping Soccer and Gaga Ball Safe and Fun 

Soccer

At the beginning of term 4, the Year 3 - 6 soccer players created the Playtime Soccer Norms (see below) with the aim of keeping the game fair and fun at recess and lunch. 

Last week, Anna (Mental Health and Wellbeing Leader) reviewed the Playtime Soccer Norms with the students to see whether they were having the desired effect. 

From this conversation, it was decided that students can be a referee for a maximum of 2 times per week. There is a referee sheet in the Babajen to help soccer players keep track of this. This decision was made to keep the game fair both during the creation of random teams and when calls are made during the game.

Park duty staff members are also there to help at the beginning of the game. They also step in to help facilitate restorative conversations when there are disputes that can’t be resolved by the referee and soccer players.

GaGa Ball

From week 10 onwards, before school (8:45 – 9:00am) and after school (3:30-3:45pm) GaGa ball can only be played by students on their year level’s day, as they do at recess and lunch. Outside of these times gaga ball is only to be played by students enrolled in Teamkids, where games between mixed year levels can take place under the supervision of Teamkids staff.

We appreciate community support in encouraging your children to leave school by 3:45pm to make supervision easier for the TeamKids staff.