Wellbeing
SFS Twilight Market and Art show
We are eagerly anticipating our annual SFS Twilight Community market and Art Show which will be held on Thursday 3rd November from 5pm until 8pm. Start the countdown, 9 weeks to go!
We have a variety of market stalls including lollies, homewares, crafts, face painting and balloons, jewellery, lucky dip, essential oils, bath products, candles, clothing, accessories, soaps, cakes, fairy floss plus many more.
There will also be some student lead stalls, teacher lead stalls and some delicious food trucks including twisted potatoes, hot dogs, paella, Greek food, burgers, a coffee van and ice cream truck and the P and F will have a sausage stall AND SO MUCH MORE.
The choir will be performing throughout the day, there will be Italian mask making and a Tarantella dance class. And of course all of your children’s fabulous art work will be on display in the learning spaces!!!
Make sure the date is in your diary, get excited, tell your family and friends and let’s make the day a great success!!! What a great opportunity to get some Christmas shopping done too.
Fundraising Opportunity
We have an opportunity to raise a little bit of money for our community garden. Please read the following for more information.
What’s in it for me? You will have access to Australia’s largest online range of quality children’s gardening gloves, tools, equipment and seed growing kits. You will be able to shop online and have your order delivered to school for collection, so you won’t pay shipping costs!
What’s in for the school? 10% of all sales will go towards our Community Garden.
To be involved simply make an online purchase from Gardening 4 Kids – www.gardening4kids.com.au between now and Tuesday 1st of November and use the discount code SFDS10% at checkout.
This code will entitle you to zero shipping costs and the school will receive 10% of your order total. Your order will be available for collection at the twilight market on Thursday 3rd of November.
For any queries about Gardening 4 Kids products, please email info@gardening4kids.com.au
National Child Protection Week 4 – 10 September 2022
National Child Protection Week will continue to embrace the overarching message that ‘Every child, in every community, needs a fair go’.
In particular, this year we will be shining a light on children growing up safe and supported.
Children and young people thrive when they grow up safe, connected and supported in their family, community and culture.
They have the right to grow up in environments that support them according to their needs, now and into the future.
This year let’s talk about how we create a supportive environment for every child.
National Child Protection Week will be looking at what works to keep children safe and supported… what children are telling us… what families are telling us… what the evidence is telling us… and how to translate this knowledge into action. We can stop child abuse and neglect – and reduce its impact – by working together to make sure every child in every community has a fair go.
The children at SFS will have a focus in class during National Child Protection Week on the important message of “Every child needs a fair go”.
There are also some great brochures and free resources available for parents on the NAPCAN website. For more information visit https://www.napcan.org.au/napcan-brochures/
New Child Safe Standards
At SFS, Child safety is at the forefront of our mind and we have standards in pace to ensure that ensure we are a Child safe school.
There are new child safe standards that will came into effect on July 1st 2022. The aims of these 11 standards are to:
- promote the safety of all children
- prevent child abuse
- ensure effective processes are in place to respond to and report all allegations of child abuse.
Child Safe Standard 11 – Policies and procedures document how the organisation is safe for children and young people.
In complying with Child Safe Standard 11, an organisation must, at a minimum, ensure:
11.1 Policies and procedures address all Child Safe Standards.
11.2 Policies and procedures are documented and easy to understand.
11.3 Best practice models and stakeholder consultation informs the development of policies and procedures.
11.4 Leaders champion and model compliance with policies and procedures.
11.5 Staff and volunteers understand and implement policies and procedures.
Parent Teacher Interviews
I will be available on Thursday 15th November for Parent Teacher interviews. If I work with your child in a social skills group, or Seasons for Growth group or if you have any concerns about your child’s social and emotional learning and development, please make a time online to speak with me.
If you have any questions or concerns about the wellbeing of your child please do not hesitate to contact me rlenko@sfslynbrook.catholic.edu.au
Rachel Lenko
Student Wellbeing Leader
