Student Wellbeing

Student Leaders Represent at ANZAC Day Ceremony

Last Wednesday, our school captains and myself headed off to represent the school at the annual Buninyong RSL’s ANZAC Ceremony. Once again the kids did a fantastic job of representing the school at a community level, showing the respect and empathy needed on such an important day in Australia’s history.

Thank you also to the many families and students who attended and walked with us in the march. It made for a really great day and great ceremony.

A bug thank you also to the RSL for a generous donation of $700.  In part these funds will be used to complete some grounds works around our Gallipoli Tree.

Des Hudson presents March’s Bluelight Police Awards

Last week we mentioned the addition of a new award to our school, the prestigious Victoria Police Bluelight Award. The award is given to two nominated children each month for showing great attendance, attitude to school, care and empathy to others and being a positive role model to others. Last week’s award went to Bella M and George F! Well done George and Bella!

Playpod Update - Unleashing Creativeness and Teamwork

With the great weather hanging in there, it was terrific to see so many of the kids utilising the Playpod last week with such creativity and teamwork! The boys from this picture (Clayton, Mitch and Riley) were doing a fantastic job of creating a channel of tubes for some golf balls to run down the hill and end up dropping into a bucket. What a great application of teamwork and problem solving skills! The Playpod has been a fantastic addition to our school and helps utilise a space that was previously unoccupied in a vibrant and educational manner. We thank the Playpod kids for their efforts in ensuring that the area is ready for the kids at lunch and then assist those using it to pack up at the end. Great job team!

Be Positive Theme / Family Groups Update

Over the last couple of weeks, our school has been focusing on Emotional Intelligence as our Be Positive theme. It has been great to see so many classes teaching the kids how to recognise when others are feeling particular emotions and to be able to act appropriately to support others with their emotions. What a great skill to master! It was also fantastic seeing our Be Positive team share a short video from the movie ‘Inside Out’ which highlighted how a person can show emotional intelligence to improve the situation for another. Thanks team!

As we continue into the term, the next fortnight’s theme is… ‘Playing by the Rules’. Key learning to take place for the students in this theme includes:

• What is fair?
• The importance of having rules.
• Successful play strategies - starting off, running the activity and finishing off well.