Wellbeing & Engagement

Positive Behaviour for Learning (PBL)

Dot Day

Part of PBL involves the recognition of students doing the right thing and to acknowledge and reward students. GSPS use dots that they can earn when doing the right thing around all areas of the school. Students can spend their dots throughout the term at the ‘Dot Café’. There are a variety

of tangible rewards and experiences available for purchase. At the end of each term, we have a celebration afternoon called ‘Dot Day’. Students get to spend the dots they have earnt and saved throughout the term on an activity. Students will be asked to provide feedback and suggestions regarding the activities. It is an excellent afternoon that all students and staff get to participate in. ‘Dot Day’ is on Wednesday the 27th of March. Please see the Dot Day Poster for term 1.

Lessons

Our PBL lessons are data-driven and based on the needs of our students.

Week 9 - Zones of Regulation

Week 10 - School Holiday Safety

Zones of Regulation

Everyone continually works on regulation, whether we are aware of it or not. We all experience circumstances that can test our limits. If we recognise when we are becoming less regulated, we can do something about it to manage our feelings and get ourselves to a healthy place. This comes more naturally for some, but for others, it is a skill that needs more attention and practice. This is the goal of The Zones of Regulation, and we teach students various strategies to use when they feel.

How Can You Help?

Make comments aloud so your child understands it’s natural that we all experience different Zones.
Help your child become aware of his or her Zone and feelings by pointing out your observations, such as “I can see you are frustrated; you are in the yellow zone.”
Encourage your child to share his or her Zone with you and help them to become comfortable using the language to communicate his or her feelings and needs
Model how you feel - what Zone you would be in and what you will do to self-regulate.
Practice using the tools in our Zone Toolbox.

Respect Program

Students have been engaged in the Respect Program and have been learning the skills required to be respectful in relationships with peers, teachers, staff, siblings, parents/ carers and the general community.

To have healthy, respectful relationships, we need to know what respectful behaviour looks like.

Here are some examples of how to show respect to others:

be a good listener
understand someone’s point of view
express your needs and wants in a direct, calm and respectful way
respond in a timely manner if someone requests something
acknowledge what others do well
let people know you appreciate them
if someone shares something intimate and personal with you, keep it private
emphasise someone’s strengths, not their weaknesses
ensure your humour is sensitive to others’ feelings and avoid embarrassing them
speak directly with others, don’t talk behind their back
allow someone space if they need it.

Respectful relationships help students feel safe, encouraged, valued, understood and accepted. As parents and carers, it is our responsibility to model respectful relationships.

Welcome to the new Chaplain

We would like to welcome Chappy Sonia Frost to our school team. Chappy will work at our school on Mondays and Tuesdays, supporting students in class and running various activities during our breaks.

Morning Tea & Lunch Break Activities

Throughout morning tea, lunch and breaks, we have many activities students can engage in. We encourage families to discuss with their children the activities they participate in.

Multimedia Room (Yr 3 - 6)

ABCya
Typing club
Kids Chess
Primary Games
Cool Maths Games
Sora Reading
Makers Empire
Minecraft - creative mode only
Nintendo Switch
- Just dance
- Rocket League
- Wii sports (ten pin bowling, tennis, Badminton, golf, soccer, volleyball)
- Mario Kart
- Rocket League
- Kart Racers
Nintendo Wii
- Wii sports (ten-pin bowling, tennis, badminton, golf, soccer, volleyball)
Board Games
- Celebrity Heads
- Bananagrams
- Uno
- Monopoly
PlayStation 2
- Truck racing
- Motorbike racing

Library

Drawing, tracing and colouring in
Lego
Duplo
Zoobs
Marble Run
Train sets
Farm Sets
Matchbox toys and road map
Puzzles
Uno
Banana Grams
Snap
Chess
Checkers
Snakes and Ladders
Magnetics
During Friday lunch breaks, students dance to music videos

Physical Education

Swimming Carnival

Congratulations to all of the students who participated at the Year 3 to 6 Swimming Carnival on Friday, student participation was fantastic in all events and a big shout out and thank you to all of the parent helpers.

Results from the day were:

Age Champions

8 years - Maxwell Cranney & Genevieve Masters

9 years - Rocky Bell & Grace Carter

10 years - Avery Jenkins & Lucy Taylor

11 years - Flynn Rice & Matilda Giltrow

12 years - Tanner Jenkins & Annabel Carter