School News
Largs Bay
Schools Congress for Reconciliation
On Tuesday, the 15th of August a group of Largs Bay students had the opportunity to be included in a workshop for the Generation of Change: Students acting together for recognition. We got together with students from other schools to talk about problems, racism that we, as young people may face in our everyday lives.
The workshop was run by the ActNOW Theatre Company and supported by Reconciliation SA. We defined what racism is and came up with ideas on how to make schools aware of racism and how we can overcome it by participating in activities that got us thinking about togetherness. We also did role plays to show how racism affects us and different ways to stop it. We realized that even just the most subtle action can cause harm or can be helpful.
We watched clips of how racism affects people and how degrading it can be. We celebrated our differences by learning more about ourselves and each other.
We have decided to become a committee, dedicated to being proactive about how our school can learn more about the effects of racism and reduce or prevent any racism happening here by revisiting our Reconciliation Action Plan.
We would also like to put an information plaque in the Kuranye Metitya Dreaming Garden so that our school community can have the opportunity to understand and know about our Largs Bay School’s Story of Reconciliation.
Environment Group
Spring is here and there has been lots of environmental activity: some old ones, some new. We are continuing to recycle print cartridges, collect green waste from each class, paper recycling across the school, and continuing to stop our 10cent containers going to landfill. There are also some very responsible students who go around the school collecting the unwanted litter.
Recent additions to our school environment have been adding colour and creativity to our surroundings. The stobie poles surrounding the school are being painted by the students who entered the holiday challenge. A scarecrow is protecting the raised garden beds, but the question is who is protecting the scarecrow?
The environmental officers and helpers are building tipees (yes, that is the correct spelling), whilst our tyre garden has its first flowers. Also flowering are our fruit trees, which are benefiting from their recent pruning.
The potato crop was harvested a couple of weeks ago. Jess from The Hive, cooked up the potatoes as wedges, with Mr Tate having his best feed for the week.
Look around the yard for what goes into our new raised garden beds. Finally, stay tuned to your Skoolbag App for information about a Nude Food Day.
Outside School Hours Care
SLIME TIME!!!!
OSHC has been going slime crazy during after school care. Students had a wonderful afternoon creating their own slime.
Reminder
Term 3 is flying by and October school holidays will be on us before we know it!
Just a friendly reminder that the holiday program closing date is Friday 15th September.
Due to our program being in high demand and to avoid disappointment, please get your bookings in. Looking forward to seeing you at vacation care!
Wear for Team Colours Day
Last Friday, Largs Bay Student Voice held a "Wear Your Footy Colours Day" to supporting Childhood Cancer Research. The day was very well supported and raised over $500. A great effort by everyone!
