Assistant Principal News

Sub School News

 

Can you believe we have made it to the end of term? Where has the time gone? 

 

Term One has been a wonderful celebration of students learning and growth. Our Foundation students have settled in nicely and are making friends with our older students at the school. They are learning the school routines and behavioural expectations for the classrooms and specialists lessons. When I go in to see our Foundation students, they all look an inch taller! NAPLAN is now all wrapped up and complete for 2023.

 

 A big thank you to all families for helping to support your children during this time. Results will be sent out to families later in the year. We have an exciting week planned for the last week of term. There are Easter raffles with a plethora of chocolates to make anyone feel sick, a Foundation Easter parade and an Easter hunt for the whole school. May all families have a wonderful Easter break and see you all in Term Two.

 

                                                                     Jacqui Sampson

                                                                    Assistant Principal

                                                                       3-6 Sub School

 

                                                                      Sharleen Nason

                                                                    Assistant Principal

                                                         F-2 Sub School and Specialists

 

It has been another eventful fortnight at Banyan Fields PS, last week our Foundation students enjoyed the Foundation Family Picnic, we also held our Leadership assembly to announce our Student Representative Council (SRC) and our House Captains. This week our Year 6 School Leaders attended the International Women's Day School Forum at Carrum Downs Secondary College. 

 

International Women's Day School Forum

 

Congratulations to the following students on their leadership positions;

 

SRC Leaders

Year 6 - Bella, Coco, Enzo and Drake

 

SRC Members

Year 3 - Daniel and Harper

Year 4 - Jett and Emily

Year 5 - Victoria, Morgan, Raya and Evie

 

House Captains

Davies - Arlie and Alexandra

Healy - Amisha and Evangeline

Landy - Riley and Oliver

Gilchrist - Adriana and Charlie

 

Little Learners Love Literacy Update

Next week we have our very first assembly which will be celebrating reading. Students in Foundation to Year 2 will be awarded our very special Reading Awards for the number of nights read so far this year. 

 

This week in our Foundation and Year 1 classes students have been having so much fun learning about phonics through the Little Learners Love Literacy Program.

 

Introducing the 'Secret Agent Society'

Secret Agent Society is a Small Group Program used to support children’s social-emotional development. It is an evidence-based approach to teach children:

  1. Emotion Recognition 
  2. Emotion Regulation 
  3. Diverse Social Skills
  4. Problem Solving

This program is currently being trialled with one small group in Year 4 with the hope of expanding into other year levels in the future.