September 11 Newsletter

Dear Families,

Last Friday at SBW we recognised and celebrated Father's Day. It was fantastic to have Dad's, Pop's, Grandpa's, Uncles, etc at our breakfast spending time with their loved ones. Later that morning I read a story to our Kinder class about Father's and the excitement they had in sharing their stories from the morning created a real buzz. As a school one of our values is that of connection. This is our connection to each other but also our connection to our local community. Events such as the Father's Day Breakfast are a great opportunity for us to connect with families and the wider community. A big thank you to Mrs Michelle Wells for her outstanding catering, Mrs Rachel Donnelly and Ms Erin McCormick for their organisation of the morning, Myles Britza for his assistance and to our staff and students for their presence and support during the morning. Importantly, thank you to the Dad's, Pop's, Grandpa's, Uncles, etc that attended and made it an enjoyable morning. 

On Monday we had Michael Roberts and Kaitlyn Minahan from COGLearn join us for the day as part of our continual coaching and professional learning opportunities that our teaching staff access. Michael has been coming to SBW for almost 3 years and has consistently commented on the ongoing improvement in teaching and learning practices that he has observed over this time. School improvement and effectiveness is vital for us to continue to evolve as a school to ensure that we are providing the best possible learning environment and opportunities for our students.  Feedback, both constructive and positive, as well as data continues to inform next steps as we strive to continually live out our mission, vision and purpose as well as striving for ongoing improvement and effectiveness.

Thank you for your ongoing support,

Nic

Last Thursday September 4, Matilda, Harriet and Tilly completed the Sacrament of Reconciliation at the Star of the Sea Church in Wynyard. These students have been working closely with Mrs Plapp and they will continue to participate in the Sacramental Program up until Friday October 24 where Archbishop Anthony will lead the Sacrament of Confirmation and Eucharist Mass. 

On Tuesday evening our teaching staff met for professional learning in the area of Religious Education to begin our RE Project. This PL was facilitated by Di Murray, a Subject Matter Expert, who works in the Catholic Identity and Evangelisation Team at Catholic Education Tasmania. This project involves planning, assessing and reporting on a unit from the Good News for Living curriculum. The focus for this project will be the Scripture unit, which is scheduled for delivery in Weeks 1-5 of Term 4. The RE Project is part of our teachers accreditation maintenance that requires teachers of Religious Education to undertake annually 5 hours of school based professional learning in Religious Education aligned to the Good News for Living (GNFL) curriculum framework.

This term in Grade Three we are enjoying reading our Class Novel, ‘Charlotte’s Web’ by E.B. White. 

After reading one of the chapters titled ‘The Miracle’, we decided to become News Reporters and write our own News Reports on the amazing events happening at the Zuckerman’s Farm.

Our task was to write an article imagining that we were the journalist who came to interview the Zuckerman's. We also had to create a catchy title and include a captivating picture.

Following inclement weather for the last two End of Year Concerts, the decision has been made in consultation with staff and the school board to hold the End of Year School Concert at Marist Regional College (MRC). The End of Year Concert will be held in the Harcombe Centre at MRC on Thursday 4/12. Thank you to MRC for their support in allowing us to host the concert on their site. More communication regarding the End of Year Concert will be communicated prior to the 4/12. 

Please see below an infographic outlining parental responsibilities for medication

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