School Wide Positive Behaviour Support

This fortnight, our focus is on being calm and ready to learn. This includes being calm when we line up, being calm when we move in and out of buildings as well as creating a calm environment in our classrooms so we are always ready to learn.

Mini Blitz: Be a Learner

We can all help create a calm and safe school,
always being ready to learn is our rule.

Each week, we count up our pebbles across the whole school. Pebbles are earned by students who are following the school expectations! These pebbles are tallied up into house team and class totals. We announce these results at assembly. We will share the final totals from last term at our next assembly. The winning house team will share a special celebration in the coming weeks.

Chill Zone during break time

This term, we have opened up our library during both first and second break to create a "Chill Zone" for students. This is open to all students and provides a quiet and passive space to play with others. Students can choose between Lego, drawing/colouring, boardgames and reading. It has proved very popular so far!

Walk to School Day

After the success of our recent Ride2School Day, we are excited to announce that we will be participating in the Walk to School Day on Friday the 16th of May. We will meet at the Rotary Park Lake and walk together to school, where we will share a healthy breakfast on arrival. Keep an eye out for further detailed information which will be shared soon!

Attendance

Each edition of the newsletter we will share the attendance percentage from the previous two weeks. Below is a break down of the first week back. The aim is 95% attendance.

Well done to our Year 2s, 3s and 5s who have achieved this goal to start the term!

Year Level	School Attendance Percentage
Foundation	85.60%
Year 1	94.04%
Year 2	97.34%
Year 3	97.37%
Year 4	93.13%
Year 5	95.58%
Year 6	84.62%
School Average	92.43%

Fresh Fruit Friday

Thanks to The Mckern Foundation for donating fresh fruit to our school weekly.

This is a great initiative but please make sure children are still bringing a piece of fruit in their lunchbox for fruit break as fruit is not available all week.

In 2025, we continue our partnership with The Resilience Project. Students and teachers thoroughly enjoyed sharing in this program last year and we look forward to seeing how we can benefit in the space of Gratitude, Empathy and Mindfulness.

Season’s for Growth

A grief and loss program

Change and loss are issues that affect all of us at some stage in our lives. At St Monica’s we recognise that when changes occur in families through death, separation, divorce or related circumstances, children and young people may benefit from learning how to manage these changes effectively. We are therefore offering a very successful education program called Seasons for Growth. This program is facilitated in small groups and is based on research that highlights the importance of social support and the need to practise new skills to cope effectively with change and loss. The program focuses on issues such as self-esteem, managing feelings, problem-solving, decision-making, effective communication and support networks. Seasons for Growth runs for eight weeks and each weekly session is 40-50 minutes during school hours. The program concludes with a 'Celebration' session. Later in the year each group will have the opportunity to meet for a re-connector session to build on their earlier learning and to follow up how each child is going.

Seasons for Growth will commence in term 2 and will be facilitated by Carina Johns(5/6 Teacher) and Bronwyn Fieldew ( Family Liaison Officer) who has received special training in the use of this program.

For more information please contact Bronwyn at the school and/or express your interest in this program by filling out the email form below which will be sent to Bronwyn Fieldew. St Monica’s is pleased to be able to offer this important program and we are confident that it will be a valuable learning experience for those who request to be involved.

Please send an email below letting us know if your child would like your child/children to participate in this program. Please include the following information:

Student name, class and whether they have experienced separation or loss.

Helpful Parent resources:

rch.org.au
earlychildhoodaustralia.org.au
parentingideas.com.au
australia.gov.au
kidsafe.com.au
betterhealth.vic.gov.au
kidsmatter.edu.au
youtube.com - Centre on the Developing Child at Harvard University

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