Wellbeing Report 

Transition Tips for Home Routines

Using playfulness in transitions can be a great distraction when feelings are building. Playfulness turns off the alarm centre of the brain which allows children to feel safe and secure. 

Tips-

• Playing a favourite song.  Do you think we can get the bedroom cleaned up before the song is over?
• Can you get to the car in only 20 steps?
• It’s time to go and get ready for bed.  Would you like to fly like a bird or hop like a rabbit.
• It’s dinner time. The floor is lava!  How are you going to get to the dinner table?

Lunches

We have some children complaining that they are starving at break times. If children are hungry this really impacts on their concentration, moods and their learning. When the weather is cold our bodies burn more energy to stay warm so please talk to your kids and adjust their lunchboxes accordingly. My advice is to always send extra food and then parents can monitor hunger levels and have conversations about nutrition. 

Second hand uniform Sale  

Thank you to the many families who came along to our second hand uniform sale.  We managed to raise funds to go towards purchasing Lego for our Lego Club.  We appreciate donations of school uniform in good condition so please keep those bags coming. If you are looking to buy uniform, please speak to me or the office and we can organise the clothing. We are planning to run another sale after school during the last week of the term. Parents and carers can purchase items from $5.00 each or 3 for $10.00. 

Lost Property-Alcove Area near the Staff Room

Thank you parents for coming in to find lost jumpers. All lost property is located in the alcove space near the staffroom.   We have a large amount of unclaimed uniform and I’ve noticed many items have student’s initials written on them, which is challenging for staff when we are looking for lost jumpers on the behalf of parents.  Please check that your child’s clothing is clearly labelled so it can be returned promptly.   

Talk to your child to increase their personal organisation of their belongings and the steps needed to ensure successful completion of this. Remember, Jeanette our school chaplain, Lily and myself can help out with spare uniform. 

Personal Hygiene 

Hopefully we are coming to the end of the cold and flu season. It’s still important to keep reminding children about washing their hands. Kids are often too busy to value practising and it’s important to continue to remind them to always wash their hands before eating or preparing food, after going to the toilet or playing, and after touching animals or dirty objects. Regular baths or showers will help keep your child clean and healthy. Bathing at the end of the day can also be fun part of the bedtime routine. 

Community Pantry Hall Foyer Open Mon &Tues- 2:30pm 

We’ve had disruptions to our Food Bank delivery over the last few weeks and now the deliveries are coming weekly to the school. We had run low on fresh fruit and some other items but now we are stocked up.  It’s been great to know that parents are going to our pantry and please watch out for the notifications for extra opening times. 

All families will need to do is bring their own bags.  If you know someone going through a rough patch please reach out and let the Wellbeing Team know.  There is no charge and we are thrilled that we can extend this support to our Woori community. 

Breakfast Club Every Monday & Tuesday 8:15am-8:45am 

Breakfast Club is up and running every Monday and Tuesday. Please try to drop your child off by 8:30am to avoid disappointment, Breakfast Club must close at 8:45am in order for the classrooms to start. 

We have made some changes to help our students and parents remain COVID safe while breakfast is served. We are offering al fresco dining experience where we are serving breakfast in the undercover area next to the German room. The children will eat their breakfast and then they will put their dirty dishes into tubs for washing up.   We are offering toast, fruit cups, milk prima packs, hot baked beans and spaghetti. 

It has been great seeing children eating toast and drinking milk packs on their way to class. 

We have apples, oranges, pears and carrots in the canteen fridge and the classrooms are encouraged to fill up their bowls as needed. We can cater for food allergies including lactose and gluten free items. 

State School Relief

We can help families who are experiencing financial hardship to purchase school uniform.  Please see the Wellbeing Team for assistance. 

Head Lice 

This week, we continue to have low numbers of live head lice cases in the school. We continue to ask parents to work with us to keep our reports low and to continue to treat and monitor your children’s hair. Please notify the office or tell your child’s teacher when you treat your child so lice alert notes can issued on COMPASS. Reminder-any child found with live lice will be excluded from school until they are treated. 

Attendance & Absences

We encourage parents and carers to refer to COMPASS for information happening at school. Schools are required to work towards IMPROVING THE ATTENDANCE and PUNCTUALITY RATES of our students. We encourage all parents to call the office when your child is going to be away and to notify the school through COMPASS. This really helps us as we are able to communicate effectively with all relevant staff early in the school day.

Playgroup at Woori Yallock Community House

For parents interested in joining playgroup our local Woori Yallock Community House is running a program on Monday mornings from 10am-11:30am.  There is an eligibility criteria so parents need to register at-Yarra Ranges Supported Playgroups Ph: 1300 368 333

2022 Free Happy Families Membership

 Here is a quick tip video from Dr Justin Coulson around dealing with screen time.   If you found this tip useful and would like to see more of Justin's parenting tips and strategies, don't forget that our school is subscribed to Dr Justin Coulson's Happy Families School Membership. 

The membership offers monthly live webinars and with Justin, quick tip videos, weekly inspirational emails and the video library which is the full back catalogue of all of Justin's parenting webinars from Little People, Big Feelings and Building Resilience to webinars on raising teenage girls and teenage boys and A Parent's Guide to Raising an ADHD Child, and many many more.  All of these resources are based on positive psychology methodologies to support children and get them to thrive. 

If you are yet to sign up, please do so here. 

Craft Club at Lunchtimes-German Room

1:40pm Monday, Wednesday & Friday Junior School 

1:40pm Tuesday & Thursday Middle/Senior School 

Chess Club-Tuesday Lunch Time

On Mondays, Wednesdays and Fridays, students can find us where we will be teaching

pom pom making, plaiting friendship bracelets, weaving cat’s eyes, pipe cleaner craft, finger and French knitting. Our older students come along on Tuesdays and Thursdays and we are working on dream catchers, French knitting and macramé.

Chess Club is also happening every Tuesday at lunch time. 

We are still looking for donations of wool and other haberdashery items including ribbon, embellishments, buttons and charms or anything that can add a bit of bling to our projects.  All extra pairs of hands are welcome, if you are interested in helping please let me know. 

Currently, I am running small groups of LEGO Club and more students are eager to join. LEGO building supports social skills and strengthens friendships skills.  In order to offer a lunchtime club we are in need of more LEGO materials. If you know anyone who may be willing to donate LEGO please see me.