Learning Support

& Enrichment

October Holiday Workshops at Lane Cove Youth Centre

Dougherty Centre Chatswood offers local community courses to enrich all age groups

Call for Exam Provisions Parent-Helpers for Years 7-10 end of year exams in Term 4

NEW! From Week 7:  Years 10 & 11 Maths Drop-in Centre

• Junior Maths Drop-in Centre
• 7-9 Maths Drop-in Centre
• 7-9 Enrichment Club ​
• After-School study Program
• A note about extra-curricular LSE opportunities 

October Holiday Workshops at Lane Cove Youth Centre

See the attached flyer for holiday activity ideas, many of which are FREE! There are device-free activities such as Zombie face painting, and indigenous culture camp experience (for up to age 16).

For further information and registration forms, please contact the Lane Cove Youth Team:

Youth Centre: 02 9428 2033 - 3pm-6pm (Tues- Thus) 3:00pm-8:00 pm (Friday) 12:00pm-5:00pm (Saturday)

Dougherty Centre Chatswood offers local community courses to enrich all age groups

In the lead up to the holidays, families may find something of interest from the HUGE range of community courses available locally in Chatswood, for their boys. See the 2018 brochure below, detailing courses such as the Maths Brain Builder course for students up to Year 10, offered as a weekly after-school course, or as a holiday intensive. Students are assessed on their maths skills, and provided with an individualised program  Other opportunities to get involved and improve your well-being, for students or families, include conversational languages groups, chess classes, public speaking, cooking, and martial arts for children, adolescents and adults.

Call for Exam Provision Parent Helpers for Years 7-10 end of year exams in Term 4

The Learning Support and Enrichment (LSE) Department is responsible for managing and administering Special (Disability) Provisions for students in Years 5-12 during all exam blocks, including the Year 11 exam block currently running. We also assist students who may have a temporary injury such as a broken arm or other hand or shoulder injury. The LSE Department is often in need of ‘extra hands’ to help us provide readers, scribes or support person(s) for a range of students with special needs who qualify for such exam provisions. If you have a morning or afternoon spare during school hours, we would greatly appreciate your help. It’s easy work and our volunteers to date consistently say that it is a pleasure working with our boys, as they are grateful and courteous for help received.

Are you interested in being a reader or scribe for a student with a reading, writing or learning need? If so we’d love to hear from you! The next major exam blocks are in Weeks 4 and 5 next term. Please note that for policy reasons, we would not ask you to administer provisions for your son or other student in your son’s year.

If interested, please visit the SPX Volunteers info page at http://www.spx.nsw.edu.au/community/dsp-default.cfm?loadref=2266 follow the links to register and contact Ms Raheb-Mol, LSE Coordinator, to confirm your interest and register an available  day or date. Thanking you in advance, JRahebMol@stpiusx.nsw.edu.au  (telephone (02) 9414 4382)

NEW! Maths Drop-In Centre – for Years 10 & 11, with Mr Garvey

Mr Garvey is available to support our Years 10 and 11 students in Mathematics. The sessions will run on Tuesday and Friday mornings, each week, from 7:45am to 8.30am in Room C1. With exams fast approaching, come along and get the Maths help you need! Contact Mr Garvey for details via TGarvey@stpiusx.nsw.edu.au

Junior Maths Drop-in Centre

The Junior Maths Drop-in Centre will run each Friday morning from 8:10 – 8:45am. Boys may choose to bring along their maths questions, problems or homework. Alternatively boys can simply attend and work on set tasks provided by the teacher.

All Junior School boys are welcome to attend, on a regular or occasional basis, as it operates from Week 2 of each term. Please meet Mrs Barrett outside the Junior School Learning Enrichment Room at 8:10am on Friday mornings. Parents are encouraged to motivate your sons to attend and make good use of this resource.

For any queries about Junior Maths Drop-in, please contact Mrs Barrett at BBarrett@stpiusx.nsw.edu.au.

7-9 Maths Drop-in Centre

7-9 Enrichment Club

For all interested Year 7, 8 and 9 –  Day 10 Friday Lunchtime in LC1

7-9 Enrichment Club is on each Day 10 Friday lunchtime in LC1. Its aims are to promote opportunities for interested students who want to extend their thinking skills, enjoy learning and research challenges, and making new mates in other classes and year groups, as they engage in trivia quizzes, games, drama, online activities and more.

This is an informal and open club that will provide opportunities for students to practise up on creative thinking, problem-solving strategies and coding skills. Boys are encouraged to develop critical thinking, general knowledge and leadership skills through bringing in ideas and running projects or activities, in an area of personal strength or skill, and many activities will be geared to skilling boys up for competition entry opportunities (optional), including the annual Da Vinci Decathlon Competition. These may include vocabulary games, maths problems, lateral thinking puzzles, catchphrases, as well as self-generated research questions or sharing of topics of interest.

There is no cost for joining or attending at Enrichment Club, except for any solo competition entry fees which selected students may choose to participate in, and students will be well advised about these and parent permission notes sent home before time, whenever these opportunities arise.

If interested, just bring along your lunch and your imagination each Day 10 Friday Lunchtime in LC1. Ms Raheb-Mol looks forward to seeing you there. For further information or queries, please see or contact Ms Raheb-Mol at JRahebMol@stpiusx.nsw.edu.au

After-School Study Program Yrs 5-10

A note about extra-curricular LSE opportunities 

Dear Parents and Carers,

Please note that teacher absences, or other school-based events including calendar items (see Page 1 of Woodchatta), may cause occasional clashes or cancellations in relation to the above LSE initiatives.

Ms J Raheb-Mol - Coordinator, Learning Support and Enrichment