JUNIOR ATHLETICS

The Junior Athletics Sports will be held on Friday, 4th December starting at 9.30am and they should be completed about lunchtime. We are hopeful that parents will be able to attend but at this stage this is still uncertain. The sports will be held on the school oval and further information will be sent home in the weeks leading up to the event.

Regards, Lachie Hughes.

ICY POLES - FRIDAYS - TERM 1 AND 4

As part of our school Social Justice Mission, grade 6 leaders will be organising icy poles.

In term 1 proceeds go to Caritas Australia and in term 4 all proceeds to go to Catholic Missions with icy poles being donated by staff.

Icy poles are $1 each or until the end of this month (October) you can purchase by the term for $5. The term option will only be available until the end of October, then icy poles will be $1 per week.

THE TERM PAYMENT OPTION WILL CEASE AT THE END OF OCTOBER.

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GRADE 6 T SHIRTS

The online ordering shop is open to order your grade 6 polo top for 2021. Orders will close at the end of the business day on 25/11/2020. Please follow the link below and follow the steps to order.

https://fcw.com.au/online-shop/st-laurence-otoole-primary-school/.

Where it asks for a nickname, please only enter your child’s actual name unless it has been shortened ie William is known as Will. The ordering process is fairly straightforward, any problems, please contact Kylie Wright at kwright@stlleongatha.catholic.edu.au

Kind Regards,

Kylie Wright

Senior Support Officer

WORLD TEACHERS' DAY 30th OCTOBER

“Teachers: Leading in crisis, reimagining the future.”

An unprecedented event, the COVID-19 pandemic challenges already constrained education systems in various new ways resulting in a revision of how teachers teach and more generally work.

Teachers (with support from parents and carers) have ensured education continues across the country this year, despite major challenges. It’s reinforced the significant role teachers play in the lives of children and students, their families and communities. On Friday 30 October, celebrate being part of a remarkable profession and its bright future, or say thank you to teachers. Show our teachers how much we value them, support them, and we acknowledge the brilliant work they do every day to advance the learning lives of our children.

If your child would like to send a thank you message to their teacher/s, a thank you card is attached to download.

ACB AWARDS

SIMONEVERYWHERE

A reminder that all current families should have SimonEverywhere on your device.

To receive important notifications (different to emails) you must have the app SimonEverywhere (previously we used Flexibuzz) which is linked directly to PAM. This can be downloaded free from the app store. It has very easy prompts to follow. When you download the app please follow the prompts to identify our school and then use your PAM login and password to connect. As well as receiving notifications, SimonEverywhere will take you directly to PAM, so no need to sign into PAM every time you want to check the daily messages. It also links you directly to absences to submit an absence.

GO GIRLS CYBER EVENT

On Tuesday October, 13th a group of Grade 5/6 girls were privileged to be able to take part in Go Girl’s Cyber event. Run each year by Deakin University, COVID restrictions provided our girls with a unique opportunity to participate in this inspiring event.

The event began with cyber safety, but also a brilliant suggestion for setting yourself up to create a positive digital footprint to assist the girls in their future study and career pursuits. The girls were then sent to virtual google meets with their assigned speaker - we had 3 groups in total each hooked into a different guest speaker.

The girls were exposed to the expertise of a variety of women who are top in their fields. Guest speakers included women who work on the international space station, work for google, criminal investigation and other fields.

The girls had opportunities to ask questions of their speaker.

Although many were unsure what to expect and were not even sure they would like it, we are so proud of the girls for grabbing this opportunity with both hands.

“To be honest I was expecting something a little more boring and not as interactive “.

“I was thinking it would be boring “

“I wasn’t expecting for it to be as interactive as it was and to be honest I was sort of expecting it to be boring!! But it definitely wasn’t!!”

Afterwards the feedback from the girls was exceptionally positive, with many not realising how intertwined cyber skills are to almost all career choices.

"That lots of jobs are to do with IT not just jobs that are mainly IT.”

“That you don’t have to be great at math to get a job in tech !”

We are grateful to Deakin University for proving this wonderful event and hope that now it has worked remotely our girls might have this opportunity again.

Special thanks to Mrs Piasente for her assistance on the day and to Miss Arthur for her tech support for this event. - Sharron Stephens

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