Learning, Growing, Achieving Together Newsletter: Issue 16 Issue Date: 17th September 2021 Page 1 News LEARNING GROWING and ACHIEVEING TOGETHER! the last day of Term 3 2021 is here! thank you everyone! THANK YOU To our fabulous staff who have worked tirelessly over the term to support and reinforce the importance of stepping up and taking responsibility for our achievements and for our growth. THANK YOU To our wonderful community – you have individually and collectively done your best every single day during LOCKDOWN 6 and Remote Learning. Some days have been better than others and it’s OK to say that. New routines have had to be made and followed. As adults we have never been asked to call on our resilience, tenacity, and calm this way. WELL DONE! You’ve done a super job! To our students – it’s very tricky being the best version of ourselves when times are challenging and there’s lots of things we really want to do, and we can’t. You’ve been your best selves as much as you could be. Great job! Congratulations team – we’ve used our positive mindsets, our getting along skills and we’ve demonstrated our STARR values in action. Now it’s time to be grateful for everyone who has helped us along the way. It’s also time to stop and say ’well done me!’ Please remember to go back and check the Feel Good News and COMPASS notifications – there are some fabulous ideas to think about, some challenges to take on, some skills to develop and some resources to use! We look forward to hearing about your term holiday in the next edition of the FGN – don’t forget to share your photos ☺
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LEARNING GROWING and ACHIEVEING TOGETHER! the last day of Term 3 2021 is here!
thank you everyone! THANK YOU
To our fabulous staff who have worked tirelessly over the term to support and reinforce the importance of stepping up and taking responsibility for our achievements and for our growth.
THANK YOU To our wonderful community – you have individually and collectively done your best every single day
during LOCKDOWN 6 and Remote Learning. Some days have been better than others and it’s OK to say that.
New routines have had to be made and followed. As adults we have never been asked to call on our resilience, tenacity, and calm this way.
WELL DONE! You’ve done a super job!
To our students – it’s very tricky being the best version of ourselves when times are challenging and
there’s lots of things we really want to do, and we can’t. You’ve been your best selves as much as you could be.
Great job! Congratulations team – we’ve used our positive mindsets, our getting along skills
and we’ve demonstrated our STARR values in action. Now it’s time to be grateful for everyone who has helped us along the way. It’s also time to stop and
say ’well done me!’
Please remember to go back and check the Feel Good News and COMPASS notifications – there are some fabulous ideas to think about, some challenges to take on, some skills to develop and some
resources to use! We look forward to hearing about your term holiday in the next edition of the FGN – don’t forget to
share your photos ☺
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Spring and term breaks mean children are able to re discover toys and games, build cubbies, enjoy some down time. There does come a time though when everything needs to be packed up and put
away so……… MAYBE
• store toys/games/etc so they are easy to get out and put away
• wait for natural breaks in play before getting children to tidy up
• let your child know when it is nearly time to tidy up
• tell your child what you want them to do at tidy up time
• help your child get started if necessary
• make tidying up fun
• praise your child for tidying up
• if your child refuses to tidy up, gently guide them
• use quiet time-out for problem behavior
• return your child to tidy up their mess
• use a logical consequence to a no tidy up attitude
Thank you all for your feedback in the recent FPS surveys – the recurring theme is that of our absolute focus on student learning, remaining positive, forgiving ourselves when we can’t quite
reach our goals and on being determined to always learn grow and achieve together HAVE A SAFE TERM HOLIDAY EVERYONE
STAY SAFE BE WELL
Moi
Prep 2022 Transition We can't wait to welcome all our 2022 Prep kids to our Ready, Set Go Pre-Prep Transition
Program in Term 4! For those families already enrolled, keep a look out for an important email coming your way
soon. For those yet to enrol, please get in contact with us ASAP and we'd be happy to help! If any FPS families know of someone yet to enrol, please
encourage them to call us.
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News News from the Junior School Council
Recycled Bird Feeders Hi everyone! In the next few weeks you will be using recyclable
things to make a bird feeder for the birds to have a little bit of a feed.
We can’t wait to see it in Week 2 of Term 4.
Check out the latest
edition of the Feel
Good News on
Compass
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News Junior News
Reading: In Prep, we have continued to learn about our new reading strategies. We have been focusing on Skippy Frog and Chunky Monkey. Skippy Frog helps us to skip the word, hop back and read again. Chunky Monkey reminds us to chunk words into parts you know.
In Grade 1 and 2, we are focusing on Rereading Rabbit and Word Part Walrus. Rereading Rabbit reminds us to practise reading good fit books again and again. Word Part Walrus reminds us to use word parts to determine the meaning of the words.
Writing: The Preps have continued to focus on the sounds - ea sound, as in the words play tea or leaf as well as the y sound, as in fry and dry.
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News The Preps have also continued to learn about procedural writing. Procedural writing tells how to do something. We have been writing about short and simple procedures like, ‘How to make pancakes’ or ‘How to wash your hands.’
The Grade 1 and 2s, have also been continuing procedural writing and writing procedures like, ‘How to make a Jam sandwich’ or ‘How to make pancakes.’ This week we are focusing on Show don’t tell! When we create a procedure, we only want to keep the most interesting and important parts in our final copy. Mathematics: In Prep, we have been focusing on Money and concentrating on recognising, describing, ordering and counting Australian coins and notes according to their value. The Preps have also been focusing on reviewing and learning the Days of the Week. The Preps have been learning about patterns. Patterns are a group of objects, in a particular order, that repeats. In addition to this we have been focusing on length for example short and long, and comparing the length of different objects.
The Grade 1 and 2s have been reviewing division and sharing items into equal groups. We use division when we need to find out how we can share a group into equal or fair parts. We have also been focusing on months of the year and seasons. Grade 1/2 have also been focusing on learning about fractions. A fraction represents, or shows, part of a whole. We can find a fraction of a number, object or group. You can only find a fraction of something when it is broken into equal parts.
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In addition to learning fractions the Grade 1/2s have been reviewing how to tell the time and telling the time to the half hour and the quarter hour.
Inquiry: The focus for the Junior school for Inquiry has been ‘History All Around Us’. In Prep, we are focusing on the questions - ‘What is my history and how do I know?’ This week we focused on who is in our family and what is our family heritage. In Grade 1/2, we are focusing on the question - ‘What life was like then and now?’ This week we have focused on life then and now.
Reminders:
→ Assistance and support- If you need support for your child with their learning or help accessing anything, please contact your classroom teacher or the school office.
→ JSC Spring Challenge- The wonderful Junior School Council have a Spring challenge for your
family. Our challenge is to make a recycled bird feeder! See below for more details or ask your JSC class member.
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News Celebrations:
❖ Thank you for getting involved with our Footy day today on the last day of term! We hope you all enjoyed dressing up and having some fun!
❖ Congratulations to all Junior school students on your hard work and determination in Term
3! Your teachers are proud of all your hard work throughout the term!
❖ Thank you for supporting your child’s learning during this period of Remote Learning in Term 3!
Keep up the fantastic effort everyone! Miss Hayes, Mrs Minas, Miss Morrison and Miss Robinson
Extra Support We understand lock down can be really tough. You might like to consider accessing any of the following:
• Free Food Boxes from our Office. Please call and request one.
• Request a Wellbeing Phone Call/WebEx from one of our Wellbeing Team members. Chat and share.
• Partners In Wellbeing offers free support and advice to improve your wellbeing during Covid/Lock down and beyond. Get some help with stress, anxiety and improve your wellbeing. For some people, this might be just what you need. Check out the attached flyer and website. https://www.partnersinwellbeing.org.au/
• RL Routine Revival- request a phone call or WebEx meeting to discuss your family’s current Remote Learning routine and explore some tips and tricks in a friendly chat with a member of the School Leadership Team.
• Tech Support- if technology is not your friend and it has become a nightmare, call/email our Office team and we’ll happily help you.
• Parent/Guardian Learning Opportunities- Check out Compass for the latest webinars and information flyers on mental health and wellbeing, parenting strategies etc.
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News Senior News
Reading: In Reading, our Seniors have been working on comparing and contrasting within the texts that they are reading. They have been exploring the differences and similarities between topics, animals, themes, moments in time and making comparisons between themselves and the characters in their texts. Our Seniors have also been working on summarising the texts that they have read by focusing on sequencing the main events. The Grade 3/4 students practised their summaries using Tick Tack Notes, the Author’s Key Points and by writing Book Blurbs. The Grade 5/6 students used the Story Pyramid to ensure that they included all the important aspects of the story before taking on the challenge of writing a 25-Word Summary.
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News Writing: In Writing, our Grade 3/4s have been working on including additional information to their procedural texts by using Show, Don’t Tell strategy and describing the different senses that their audience would be using while following their steps. The 3/4 students then transferred their Show, Don’t Tell skills to create narrative texts and by participating in Rocket Writing where they only had 5 minutes to write a paragraph describing the given topics. They also had great fun creating their own similes and drawing illustrations to support their writing. The 5/6 students practised using the Show, Don’t Tell strategy by writing procedural texts that describe how their audience can demonstrate gratitude, kindness, and self-care. When developing their narrative texts, the Grade 5/6s explored the different points of view that an author can use, particularly focussing on the first and third person but with a challenge where use words such as ‘the’, ‘and’, ‘then’ or ‘so’ couldn’t be used.
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News Maths: In Maths, our 3/4 students have been working on strategies that they can use for addition, subtraction and multiplication including the Circle To 10, Split Strategy, Box Strategy and Doubling and Halving. The Grade 3/4s have also been looking at graphing to explore how effective different graphs are at communicating data and how they could be improved. They then applied the information that they had developed to their own graphs using data they collected through throwing paper balls into a bin from various distances. The Grade 5/6 students have been exploring how algebra uses letters to represent unknown values within equations. They have then been applying their knowledge of balanced equations to find the value of an unknown number. The 5/6s have also been looking at how to find the area of various shapes including triangles and parallelograms. They also explored the importance of different elements used when graphs are created, such as titles, labels, scales and equal spacing.
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News Reminders: If you haven’t already seen the Learning Task uploaded onto Compass by the Junior School Council, make sure to check out the fantastic bird feeders that you can make using recycled materials. Don’t forget to upload photos of your own Recycled Bird Feeders and bring them to school when we return!
Celebrations: We have reached the end of Term 3! We are so proud of the effort that our students have put into their work during our Remote Learning and are incredibly grateful for all the support that our students have received from their families. We hope that you all have a safe and happy holiday, and we will see you all again in Term 4! Miss Holt, Mrs Lockyer, Mrs Scott, and Miss Julian.
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Student of the week awards- Congratulations to all our achievers
10th September 17th September
Prep H Grayson For showing great improvement in his confidence and ability in reading. Well done Grayson!
Prep H Zac For working hard to improve his reading skills. Keep it up Zac!
Prep M Imelda For concentrating on forming her letters using a head, body and tail and making sure her work is completed to the best of her ability. Well done Imelda - keep up the great work.
Prep M Luke Taking on feedback about his work in a responsible manner and making good choices when mistakes happen so that he can remain calm and try to fix the problem.
1/2M
Sophie For consistently doing her best work on all her learning. Excellent effort Sophie!
1/2M Harry For having a positive attitude towards his learning and using a growth mindset in his 1:1 sessions. Lovely work Harry!
1/2R Indianna For demonstrating perseverance and hard work to improve her learning tasks. Keep up the wonderful work Indie!
1/2R
Amelia For demonstrating our STARR value of achievement, displaying hard work in all of her learning tasks. Keep up the wonderful work Amelia!
3/4J
Sophia For working so hard on her procedural texts, following the text structure, and including lots of detail. Keep it up Sophia!
3/4J Paige For always displaying the STARR Value of Achievement and taking pride in her work. Keep it up Paige!
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Chelsea For working very hard to develop her writing skills by taking on feedback and adding greater details. Keep up the great work Chelsea!
3/4S Mahli For showing great achievement over the past two weeks in all learning tasks. Well done Mahli, we’re very proud of your efforts.
5/6H
Alex For making a huge effort to organise herself and upload all her work. Keep growing Alex!
5/6H Sebastian For focusing on his learning and trying hard to ensure his audience understands his writing. Keep working hard!
5/6L Charlee For her fantastic efforts to complete her schoolwork during remote learning. Keep up the efforts Charlee.
5/6L Lian For responding to feedback and working hard to meet all task requirements. This is meeting our STARR value of achievement! Keep up your super efforts.
Arts
Rhys For creating an awesome Kimono Spoon Doll and adding extra detail. Brilliant effort Rhys!
Arts Jade For showing great persistence and perseverance during art WebEx sessions. Well done, Jade!
P.E.
Nathan For his continual effort in completing all the remote learning PE tasks. Keep up the good work Nathan!
P.E. Fletcher For his continual effort in completing all the remote learning PE tasks. Keep up the good work Fletcher!
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News Parent/Guardian Survey Results Thank you to all the families who completed our recent Parent/Guardian survey. It was really great to get your insights and feedback into how Remote Learning is going. Below is a range of graphs representing answers to the questions. The scoring range is 1= Poor, to 4=Excellent. Thanks too for the encouraging words, it means a lot.
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Some of the positive comments to staff included:
• We enjoy the positive & uplifting words & assistance from the staff & teachers
• I just want to say, I think you are all doing an amazing job!
• You’re all doing a fabulous job in trying circumstances
• All staff are doing a wonderful job thank you
• The support the school and staff have given us is amazing and appreciated. Thank
you.
• I love all the teachers enthusiasm and happiness everyday!! When we’re feeling a bit
low they make us feel better and I’m sure it’s not easy for them to be so happy
everyday
• + heaps more.
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News Student Survey- Live Now it’s the students’ turn to provide us some feedback on Remote Learning in Term 3. Please support your child in completing this over the holidays. Click Here or access the link via Compass.
Calendar Dates School Information
October 4th-Term 4 Starts Please check COMPASS notifications for details regarding the return to Term 4 learning closer to this date
Principal: Moi Beaurain Leading Teacher: Stuart Beever School Council President: Bev Shaw Parents and Friends (PFA) President: Alycia Mitchell Phone: 9758 3007 Email: [email protected] Absence notification: via Compass Parent portal or by phone. (This must occur prior to 9.30am on the day of a child’s absence) Office Hours: for communication, payments and enquiries. Monday: 8.30am-4.00pm Tuesday: 8.30am-3.00pm Wednesday: 8.30am-3.00pm Thursday: 8.30am-3.00pm Friday: 8.30am-4.00pm
