Wellbeing
National Day of Action Against Bullying August 18th
Once again OLSC is joining the National Day of Action Against Bullying. The theme for the National day of Action against Bullying is 'Growing Connections.' This theme supports research findings that strong school community connections and social skills are protective factors in the prevention of bullying and help enable positive, help-seeking behaviours in students.
As we learnt in the last newsletter bullying is repeated ongoing negative behaviour directed at an individual or a group with the intention to hurt or harm. Bullying is NEVER OK!
Types of Bullying:
Below are some of the more common forms:
- Verbal: Name calling or put downs, threats, teasing, ridiculing and yelling.
- Physical: Punching, tripping, kicking or stealing and/or destroying someone else’s property.
- Social: Leaving people out, gossiping, or talking about someone behind their back. This can also include lying, spreading rumours, mimicking, making fun of, or playing nasty jokes to embarrass and humiliate.
- Cyber: Hurting someone using technology, via email, chat groups, text messages, social media, websites and online games.
What Can I Do About Bullying?
Bullying can happen anywhere. It can happen at school, home, work, sport and online. If you feel like someone is being bullied you can be an Upstander by taking action.
- Intervene (if it is safe for you to do so)
- Speak up and say something, for example "That's not ok," or "Hey, that's unfair."
- Remove and support the target
- Don't join in
- Tell a trusted adult
More information will be posted over the next couple of newsletters, so stay tuned.
Positive Behaviours for Learning - PBL
Sam is our school mascot for PBL.
Sam encourages the students to be a STAR …
Show Respect
Take Responsibility
Always be
Resilient
Over the next few weeks we will be focusing on the following expectations. Please reinforce these at home.
Respect
We are aware of the personal space of others
Responsibility
We take ownership of our choices
Resilience
We include others
We seek solutions to solve problems
We have high expectations of ourselves and others
We accept the consequences of our actions
We learn from our mistakes
We let an adult know if we are feeling unsafe
MACSSIS 2023
Melbourne Archdiocese Catholic Schools – School Improvement Surveys (MACSSIS): Monday 28th August – Friday 15th September 2023
Once again we are inviting all families, Year 4 - 6 students & staff to complete this years MACSSIS survey. Our community’s opinions are critical to understanding how our school is performing – MACSSIS is a key data source for guiding the ongoing work to improve our school.
All participation is invited, welcomed and 100 per cent voluntary. The surveys are not a test; they are an inclusive way to support the work we are already doing to improve our school.
We strongly encourage all families to complete the survey & have a voice in how our school can continue to grow & improve.
An email with a letter, the survey link & further information will be sent home to each family during week 7.
If you would like more information or have any questions please contact Justin or Sandy.
Feel free to email me at: shenderson@olscwyn.catholic.edu.au or call the school office if you have any concerns or need help at any time.
Cheers
Sandy