Swimming Lessons

Please remember that Swimming Lessons start on Monday 22nd November for

PP- Year 10 students. The lessons will be held every day from Monday 22nd November until Friday 3rd December, EXCEPT for Tuesdays when the pool is closed. Please ensure your children have their bathers, towel, suncream (and goggles if required) packed into a separate bag each day. Please be reminded that thongs can be worn to and from the pool only, they are not acceptable footwear for a whole day at school. If you have any queries, please contact the school.

Year 5/6 Speak Out Event

This afternoon, the year 5/6 class hosted a speak-out about the difficulties some kids around the world face on a daily basis. The audience were persuaded to use their three counters to donate to the aid agency which convinced them the best. It was very close between three groups, however, the results are in...........

Well done to Mia Collins and Zoe Vernon who presented about sanitation on behalf of World Vision; they received the most ‘donations’.

Thank you to the parents/community who came along for the event.

Jump Rope for Heart

Jump Rope for Heart is a fantastic physical activity and fundraising program that has been run by the Heart Foundation for over 36 years. It’s a great way for your child to keep fit and learn new skills, but it also helps raise funds for vital heart research and education programs. Since Jump Rope for Heart started in 1983, schools like ours have raised more than $104 million for the Heart Foundation’s lifesaving work.

You can register your child online, so they can receive the full benefits of the program and participate in online fundraising, simply follow the link below to get started. www.jumprope.org.au/parents .

You do not have to fundraise if you do not wish, however, all students in Year 1-10 will still be participating. Students will be skipping throughout the term in PE lessons/during lunch breaks and some morning fitness sessions. During this time, you can share their online fundraising page with family and friends to help raise money for this great cause.

Thank you for supporting the Jump Rope for Heart program!

Brilliant Brains

We had a busy day on Tuesday, with our theme of Community Helpers, fitting in visits from service providers around our usual activities. We began our workshop with our table activities which included painting fires, making giant toothbrushes and pretending to be a doctor or vet. Maths concepts were a focus this week where we counted teeth (really marshmallows), matched numbers with fires and firemen and made a fire engine from different shapes. For the rest of our session we learnt about some of the people who help us in our community. We visited the dental van and sat in the special chair. Tony Taylor and Kaye Bunney brought the ambulance to school so we could sit in the back and have a ride in the wheelchair. We also watched Mrs Clarke being strapped onto the stretcher like a real patient. The child health nurse, Michelle, also came and talked to our Mums about Kindy Readiness and then we listened to our hearts with her stethoscope. Thank you to these wonderful community helpers who took the time to show us what they do.

See you all soon for some more educational fun. Kerryn Seaby

Parent TV

Every one of our kids will experience anxiety from time to time (just as we do as adults) yet some kids are more affected by anxiety than others. Join trusted Child Psychiatrist and parenting expert Dr Kaylene Henderson to learn about the different ways that anxiety presents in kids, when ‘worry becomes a worry’ and when to seek help.

https://parenttv.com/institute/ptv-social/videos/different-types-of-anxiety-that-present-in-children-and-when-to-get-help

One of the mistakes parents often make is thinking of their growing children as though they were small adults. In this mindset, we can often, by downward extension, apply the same expectations to our children that we would to ourselves. Here, Dr. Vanessa talks about trusting in the developmental process and knowing that what childhood looks like will be very different from the form it will take in adulthood. https://parenttv.com/institute/ptv-social/videos/children-are-not-small-adults

Some of the attitude we get from our tweens can be A LOT. They're going through huge amounts of change and express it through their behaviour. Happy, angry, upset, you never know how they're going to react! Bit confusing for the whole family. Read this blog to learn about tweens and what they're going through and how you can help as they grow.

https://parenttv.com/blog/tweens-on-the-scene-some-of-our-most-popular-and-most-enlightening-videos-on-9-12-year-olds-and-their-development

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