School News
Room 11 Assembly
In Room 11, we were looking at the Continents in Semester 1, which related to the HASS-Geography Curriculum. Students really enjoyed The Continents Song, so we decided to do this for our Assembly. This song provides information about each Continent, and we added a little skit within the assembly item to help us remember the names of the Continents. The topic of Continents can also be related to History, which we are looking at in Semester 2 in HASS. For instance, the Seven Continents were once all one Super Continent called the Pangaea. All students had a chance to say something and sing the song.
We hope you enjoyed our assembly item.
Miss Potvin and Room 11.
Interschool Cross Country
Interschool cross country was a momentous event for White Gum Valley Primary School. We had a lot of fun and everyone who participated were cheered across the line no matter what place they came. Each school was fantastic but White Gum claimed the trophy yet again. Although it was a gruesome, muddy turf, our cross-country runners pulled through and finished the race, winning many medals for our school. All the teachers were amazing and did a great job organising, training, and encouraging all the students, especially Ms Foster. Great job White Gum.
Honour Certificates
Room 1 Gus, Atticus and Dot
Room 2 Harry, Iris and Billie
Room 3 Sol, Maurice, Zavier and Vivienne
Room 5 Grace, Imogen and Axel
Room 6 Henley, Micah and Ivy
Room 7 Kai and Jake
Room 8 Charlotte, John and Tyler
Room 9 Otto, Sienna and Arlo
Room 10 Jude and John
Room 11 Mia and Aria
Room 12 Leon and Maggie
Room 14 Eadie and Kaleb
Art Jarrah and Thomas
eSafety Commissioner
At White Gum Valley Primary School, we teach students how to be responsible digital citizens and safe online at the earliest appropriate opportunity. Students are supervised closely when on-line and mechanisms to monitor students are in place. We know that parents also want to ensure that their children are safe and responsible when engaged with screen time at home.
Identifying and managing internet safety risks with children is about helping them become responsible digital citizens. Parents won’t always be able to supervise their children online, so it is essential to empower them to manage their own internet safety risks to give them the ability to respond positively and deal with online threats if and when they occur. Parents can do this by:
- Being a role model for safe internet use.
- Talking with your child about internet use and online content.
- Guiding the way your child builds their online reputation.
- Teaching your child to be careful with personal information.
- Teaching your child about online purchases.
The following links are good jumping-in points for parents to start chatting about online safety issues and strategies with their kids. They contain age-appropriate information about internet safety and practical ways to keep children safe online.
Our fist go to source of information is the e-Safety Commissioner website https://www.esafety.gov.au/
Parents and carers might also want to click on the following links;Internet safety: children 6-8 yearsInternet safety: children 9-11 yearsInternet safety: teenagers
For those feeling overwhelmed with information and analysis-paralysis, one practical way to start thinking and talking about how we can use technology responsibly in the home is to create a Family Media Plan. It’s best to make your plan with your child and ask them for suggestions. Your plan can cover things like screen-free areas in the house and what online behaviour is OK. If parents follow the Family Media Plan rules, they’ll be role-modelling good online behaviour, too.Other handy references to bookmark include;
eSafety parent resourcesOnline safety and familiesHow to stop cyberbullyingAnti-bullying
IDCARE: identity theft and cyber-crime support service
Many thanks to one of our parents, Daniel Gretton, for passing some of the links on.
Have fun in exploring how you can all be safer online.
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