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Dear Parents and Carers,
What a whirlwind of a week we have had. It has been wonderful to have all our students back this week and see them reconnecting with friends, making new friends and basically getting into the routines of school. We have been especially proud of our Preppies this week who are coming along in leaps and bound with settling into their new environment. For so many young ones, school can be a massive adjustment with a new environment and new people all with new expectations and ways of doing things that are different to home or Kindy. This can be all combinations of exciting, frustrating and overwhelming and can take some time for children to navigate.
Safety is our shared responsibility and priority and to ensure we continue to maintain a safe environment for families entering and exiting the school, I want to remind everyone about slowing and stopping for children near or on pedestrian crossings, especially the one near the Kindergarten on Bishop Putney Avenue. Children are easily distracted and therefore it is up to all of us to be vigilant. Please also use the pedestrian crossings yourself when walking around the carpark as we are all role models for our children who are still learning the road rules.
Covid-19 updates
Please note that we continue to have staff and students testing positive to Covid-19 who are then isolating for the required time. Please continue to monitor symptoms within your own family and keep children home if they have symptoms. We all want to get through this wave of the pandemic as safely as possible. Children from Year 3 -6 are encouraged to wear masks and all adults on site at school should be wearing masks too.
Communication
Please check out our school Facebook page for general school information and to see photos of our students engaging in all different areas of school life. If you are not already a member of our Parent Facebook page, I’d encourage you to check that out too as we have an amazingly supportive parent community who will generally help out with any questions, however if it is information you need from your class teacher or from our office, emails are the preferred mode of communication.
Looking forward to a wonderful year ahead with you all. Have a fabulous weekend.
Cheers
Penny
Welcome to the end of Week 3…or Week 1! Whichever way we look at it, it most certainly has been a very big week full of change and (hopefully) promise for 2022! It’s been great to have ALL of our students back and even better to see them all start to get into their routine for the year. Of course, with all of that, I’m sure there'll be some very tired kids around come Friday night. I know my own (a Preppie and Year 2 student), are certainly starting to feel it!
Sacramental Program 2022
Congratulations to our 10 students who are taking part in our Parish Sacramental Program for 2022. They will be attending a special enrollment mass over the weekend and will start their lessons on the Sacrament of Reconciliation this week.
Our Parish
While I am on the Parish, you may be unaware that we are a part of the Ministerial Region of the Good Shepherd. Our Parish Priests are Fr Clement and Fr Joseph, and this year they are joined by Seminarian, Will Brennan. You are always most welcome to attend mass, and these are held each week at the following time:
Ryan Community Centre: Sunday 9:30 am and 5:00pm
Upper Ross Community Centre: Saturday 6:00pm and 7:00am
We also look forward to welcoming our priests into school when they can to further our spirituality and lead prayers throughout the year.
Pax,
Nick
Welcome back to the school year. It has been a big week and a roller coaster of change. New classrooms, new teachers, new classmates and new routines. All these changes can have a tiring effect on us all! Often when our tiredness goes up, our resilience goes down. As adults we can be mindful of this, but our little ones may struggle to communicate this.
This is where our Zones of Regulation can really help. Why not ask your student(s) about how their lessons are going so far this week. Can they tell you the 4 Zones and what some of the feelings are in them or the behaviours that might be expected in those zones? Here is a bit of a refresher that you might like to use at home to facilitate these discussions.
