The Golden Sun Newsletter

PRINCIPAL'S REPORT

ANZAC DAY

Thank you to everyone who came along to our ANZAC Day assembly on Friday 26. It was great to see our students and families involved on this special occasion. It is important that our students are involved in events and activities like this and we thank you for being part of their learning.

Thank you to the families who came along to the Craigieburn ANZAC Ceremony at ANZAC Park on April 25. We thank our School Captains, D'Lyla and Shannon, for the outstanding way they represented our school. We also thank them for presenting at our school's ANZAC assembly.  

Next year we will again be involved at the Craigieburn ANZAC Ceremony and we'd love to have families come along and join us.

TRAFFIC MANAGEMENT UPDATE

Thank you for your support and understanding with the traffic management for our school.

Below is an update based on information received from our local council:

  • 40 zone now in place between 8 - 9:30am and 2:30pm - 4pm
  • morning & afternoon parking zones have been installed
  • provision for school crossing is now in place
  • the council's Local Laws Team will conduct a survey of crossing use prior to crossing supervisors starting. This will be completed in the coming weeks.
  • please following the parking signs and do not park on or near the crossing area
  • future school traffic is expected to use the Council’s sporting precinct car park to the south, construction is due to start later this year.

In the interests of pedestrian safety, please use the footpath to enter the school rather than walking through the car park. Please refrain from parking on the grass as this is illegal and may result in a council penalty notice. Can we also remind families not to park in or drive into the drive way or staff car parks.

 

We thank you for your understanding and for ensuring our students are safe. 

CRAIGIEBURN PARK RUN

We are excited to announce that as a school we will have staff attending the Highlands Park Run on the last Saturday of each month. Park Run is a worldwide event held each Saturday morning at 8am, participants walk/run for 5ks. Each week times are recorded and available on the website. Park Run was designed to get people to be more active and involved with their local community. We would love families to come along and join us. 

 

 As a school, we will be present at the dates below: *please note Park Run operates every week. 

May 25 June 29 July 27 August 31 September 28 October 26  November  30  

 

For registration click here:  https://www.parkrun.com.au/register/form/ 

More information:  https://www.parkrun.com.au/highlands/ 

SCHOOL COUNCIL

This term's focus for our School Council will be to finalise our canteen agreement and begin our process for building our first playground. School Council meets once a month to review financial documents, discuss and approve policies, curriculum days, events and activities, fundraising opportunities and ensure our buildings and grounds are continuing to be improved and maintained.

This year we have an interim school council, which do not require an election. Elections for our 2020 School Council will be held early next year. We will run a parent session later this year to inform parents who are interested in being on council. We thank our School Council members for volunteering their time to help establish our school.  

WORLD HEALTH ORGANISATION:

SCREEN TIME RECOMMENDATIONS

The World Health Organisation have just released a report on recommendations for screen time. Here is a link to the report and some recommendations from the report.

https://www.who.int/news-room/detail/24-04-2019-to-grow-up-healthy-children-need-to-sit-less-and-play-more 

 

Recommendations at a glance: 

Infants (less than 1 year) should:

  • Be physically active several times a day in a variety of ways, particularly through interactive floor-based play; more is better. For those not yet mobile, this includes at least 30 minutes in prone position (tummy time) spread throughout the day while awake.
  • Not be restrained for more than 1 hour at a time (e.g. prams/strollers, high chairs, or strapped on a caregiver’s back). Screen time is not recommended. When sedentary, engaging in reading and storytelling with a caregiver is encouraged.
  • Have 14–17h (0–3 months of age) or 12–16h (4–11 months of age) of good quality sleep, including naps.

Children 1-2 years of age should:

  • Spend at least 180 minutes in a variety of types of physical activities at any intensity, including moderate-to-vigorous-intensity physical activity, spread throughout the day; more is better.
  • Not be restrained for more than 1 hour at a time (e.g., prams/strollers, high chairs, or strapped on a caregiver’s back) or sit for extended periods of time. For 1-year-olds, sedentary screen time (such as watching TV or videos, playing computer games) is not recommended. For those aged 2 years, sedentary screen time should be no more than 1 hour; less is better. When sedentary, engaging in reading and storytelling with a caregiver is encouraged.
  • Have 11-14 hours of good quality sleep, including naps, with regular sleep and wake-up times.
  • Children 3-4 years of age should:
  • Spend at least 180 minutes in a variety of types of physical activities at any intensity, of which at least 60 minutes is moderate- to vigorous intensity physical activity, spread throughout the day; more is better.
  • Not be restrained for more than 1 hour at a time (e.g., prams/strollers) or sit for extended periods of time. Sedentary screen time should be no more than 1 hour; less is better. When sedentary, engaging in reading and storytelling with a caregiver is encouraged.
  • Have 10–13h of good quality sleep, which may include a nap, with regular sleep and wake-up times.

More information: https://apps.who.int/iris/handle/10665/311664