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12th June

St Scholastica ’s School

NEWSLETTER

Contact us

4– 8 Starling Street Bennettswood Phone: 9808 7279

Email: [email protected]

[email protected]

School Website: www.ssbennettswood.catholic.edu.au

@StSchols

Dear Families,

We congratulate all of our Year 3 to 6 students on the manner in which they have returned back to school life this week. It was terrific to see the smiles on so many faces on Tuesday morning as children caught up with their classmates and teachers. I thank the staff for their support of our children as they made the transition back to school.

I would like to sincerely thank all parents and carers for your efforts during online learning. You all did an amazing job and should be so proud of your efforts and commitment to your children and our school.

Let’s celebrate May Birthdays!

Many Happy Returns

4th Amelia Jambor

7th Chiara D’Acri

9th Gracie Correa

12th Samuel Varelas

14th Leroy Chomlak

17th Tamara Guajardo

20th Stephen Kurniawan

26th Jesse Vu

28th Sharon Zhu

Drop off and Pickup A huge thank you to all for your ongoing understanding and patience with our new routine during pick up and drop off. It seems to be going really well. Please can all parents drop off and pick up at the soccer gate. We will

continue to monitor pick up and drop off and appreciate any feedback given to us.

Children remaining at home throughout Term 2

We have been advised by a small number of families that their children will not be attending school throughout the remainder of the

term. As advised by the Victorian Government and Catholic Education Melbourne (CEM) the school staff will not provide ‘remote

schooling’ for those children remaining at home. Staff will direct their teaching to the classroom curriculum. Please refer below to the

expectations as delivered through CEM: ‘All students in the year levels returning to onsite learning are

expected to attend school. Schools are not expected to provide a home-based learning program for students in these year levels, or in

specialist schools, where parents elect to keep these students at home, except where this is based on medical advice.’

Coronavirus Advice

Please read attached advice for Schools and Families on Medical Vulnerability during the

Coronavirus (COVID-19) Pandemic located on page 9.

Family and student reflections for student reports semester 1

This is a reminder to please log in through your child's

google account to find and complete the family and

student reflections for online learning. Once this is

complete, please turn it in ASAP.

Foundation Enrolment Forms for 2021 are now due

Confirmation letters have been sent. We request that all parents with Foundation/Prep enrolments for the 2021 school year submit

enrolment forms asap. If you are aware of friends or family members wishing to enrol at St Scholastica’s, please advise them that enrolment

forms need to be submitted to secure a placement for 2021.

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Kind regards,

Jennifer Rohan

Principal

Parent Teacher Interviews via Google Meets This term, parent teacher interviews will be held on Google Meets on the following days:

Monday 22nd June, 2020 2:30 pm - 6:30 pm

Tuesday 23rd June, 2020 3:30 - 6:00 pm

Please note School finish times will remain the same:

3:15pm for Prep - 2 students and siblings

3:30pm for 3 - 6 students

Also please note we are going to be using parents emails to organise interviews, so please ensure your details are up to date with the office.

A note has been sent out today via Caremonkey regarding the process. You will need to book a time as usual through the school interview website. Your child’s classroom teacher will then send you an invite to a Google Meet.

If you have any problems regarding interview times, please contact your classroom teacher directly.

If you have any further questions please don’t hesitate to contact the office.

Follow us on Social Media

We have been adding to our Social media platforms over this time

and we will continue to do so in the future too. So, Don’t forget,

St.Scholastica's has a Facebook page! Search for “St. Scholastica’s

Primary School, then like and share our page to keep up to date with

what is happening around the school. We also need people

to review our school via the Facebook page, so please do this too!

The page will be mainly used to promote the school and celebrate

achievements of our students. Follow our Twitter page “StSchols1”

and also on Instagram! Search for “st.scholsprimaryschool” !!!

Junior School Ipads, Chromebooks and Charging cords returned

We request that any items as borrowed by school families throughout the period of remote learning are

returned to the school. These resources are now being used within our daily classroom activities.

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Student Wellbeing News

Student Wellbeing News

Social and Emotional Learning We have continued to focus on “Elasticity” and “Bouncing Back”. This is because parent feedback suggested many children were anxious about returning after such a long time. The children from Years Prep- Six have been using picture story books to explore how characters react when things go awry. I have linked some of books we have used for discussion here:

“Oh the places you’ll go” Dr Seuss “The Kangaroo who couldn’t hop” by Robert Cox “Danny’s Egg” by Colin Thiele

The main teaching point for the children in the sessions this week is that feelings aren’t permanent, they can change. Our key learnings have been:

It is ok to feel sad/lonely/frightened/anxious

Feelings are not permanent and can change- bounce back.

We can do things to make us feel better.

There are people that can support us when we are not feeling our happiest.

Managing Your Child’s Anxiety - Michael Grose

“If your child feels anxious, reassure them that these feelings are a normal response to new people, events or potentially challenging situations. Help your child understand that there is a great deal they can do to manage their anxious feelings, so they can get on with the activities they enjoy.” To read Michael’s full article click here.

*Michael Grose, founder of Parenting Ideas, is one of Australia's leading parenting educators.

Circle Time Circle Time has continued this week, with classroom teachers in Prep-Two classes running their own sessions and Christine visiting the Year 3&4 classes. The time is used to build relationships in the classroom and to reinforce the learning from the SEL

lessons about Bouncing Back! The children in Years 3&4 learnt a new game called “No Smiling Please”. If you have time you may like to have a game at home!!

We’re Going on a Bear Hunt Australia The teachers have continued to support our “Bear Hunt Window” during isola-tion and we have uploaded photos of our new additions to the “We’re Going on a Bear Hunt Australia” Facebook page. This has been a fun way to connect with neighbours and local families and to promote our school as a fun place to be. It has also been great for the teachers to have something fun to do when they missed having the children on-site so much. The description on the Facebook page says “So many Australian children know and love the book “We’re Going On a Bear Hunt”... Let’s turn it into a game! Put a teddy in a window for local kids to spot on their neighbourhood walks. Teddies in windows likely to bring some much needed smiles in what is a very difficult time for many ♥️ Please add your friends! “

Christine Reed Student Wellbeing & Learning Diversity Leader

https://youtu.be/fmOCyP4VyP4https://youtu.be/7Jan4WKgvV4https://www.parentingideas.com.au/blog/managing-your-childs-anxiety/https://youtu.be/kL36gMrHJaIhttps://youtu.be/kL36gMrHJaI

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School Uniform Update

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PLEASE SUPPORT OUR LOCAL FLORIST

Every fortnight, Constance Florist at Burwood One kindly donate a vase of fresh flowers to

brighten up our office area.

Please support them if you have any floristry needs.

FRIENDSHIP- ADVENTURE-

CHALLENGE- FUN

Are you wanting activities for girls

aged 6 and above?

Visit Bennettswood Girl Guides at

21 Station St, Burwood.

This is your chance to try some-

thing new and cool in 2020. Girl Guides provides

a girl led, non-formal education program which is

dynamic, flexible and gives training in life skills,

decision-making and leadership. It’s a great

chance to make some new friends too!

Girls 6-11 on Monday 6.30pm – 8.00. Older girls

on Tuesday evenings 6.30 – 8.30 pm.

Come and try for three weeks with no charge. All

our leaders are trained and security checked. We

welcome adults (female) who are interested in

working with girls through our guiding program to

join in the fun. Contact Elizabeth Adnams on (H)

9807 6472 or (M)0407 542 680 or email:

[email protected]