Filter Content
Dear St Thomas More’s Families,
Welcome to Week 7- Wellbeing week. I hope you are enjoying your family time and homework free week.
Parent Teacher Meetings
In Week 9 (Monday June 24 and Tuesday June 25) we will be hosting Parent Teacher Meetings. We invite you to make a booking to meet your child’s teacher and discuss their growth, progress and successes this Semester. Bookings can be made from tomorrow and will close next Thursday June 20 at 5pm.
Semester Reports will be published on Friday June 28.
School Community Open Meeting will be held Tuesday June 25 at 6pm in the school library. All welcome.
Kenny Koala
Last Thursday Kinder and Year 1 had a visit from Kenny Koala and his new handler, Emily. Kenny had 3 important messages for staying safe in the community 1. Stay close 2. Hold hands 3. Listen.
Kenny also reminded us that we are the boss of our own bodies and that we need to respect other people’s body boundaries. He spoke about people in our community who can help us if we are feeling unsafe. These people usually wear a uniform or wear a badge that has their name on it and where they work.
Kenny asked if the children knew their parent’s phone numbers and names. He gave us another tip of advice – have a parent write their phone number inside their shoe or on the label of their clothes. If they forget the number, someone can still help them and contact a family member.
In Term 3, the whole school participates in a Protective Behaviours program as part of the Health curriculum. These safety messages are good to share at any time of the year and Kenny helped us remind Kinder and Year One of how to keep themselves safe and grow in courage if they aren’t feeling safe.
Nicole Mikkonen
Principal
|
Congratulations to the following students who will be presented with a certificate which reflects an affirmation from their teacher. These affirmations will highlight their applications to their learning as well as affirm how they have been a person of Wisdom, Courage, and Peace. Affirmations will be handed out at 8.50am on Friday morning. Parents are welcome to attend. |
||
| Week 6 | Centred in Learning | Centred in Faith |
| Kindergarten | Sienna McManus | Edward Jackson-Hope |
| Year One | Henry Witt | Naomi Kiely |
| Year Two | Olivia Wall | Emma Hansen |
| Year Three/Four Green | Amelia Witt | Harry Benson |
| Year Three/Four White | Bonnie Singh | Joseph Holmes |
| Year Five/Six Green | Chazaiah Tamape | Arianna Manna |
| Year Five/Six White | Zachary Koppe | Elodie Morrison |
| Principal's Affirmation | Madeleine White | Kieran Hawkett |
| Principal's Affirmation | Amelia Witt | Nathaniel Welldon |
Child Safe Advocate
Did you know that Catholic Education and our school has a Child Safe Policy which outlines our approach to child safety. This can be accessed on the Catholic Education Safeguarding Page. We encourage you to visit this page and review our policy. As part of our approach to child safety Mrs Skye McPadden is also our schools Child Safe Advocate who works closely with our school regarding our approach and response to child safety matters. This approach involves proactive strategies to safeguard our students as well as responding to areas of concerns. The area of child safety includes many parts of a schools operation such as day to day activities, school events and school camps. We encourage you to contact us should you like to discuss this further.
Constable Kenny Koala visited Kindergarten and Year one last week. He talked to the students about being safe in the community. Everyone enjoyed his visit especially going to see his car and siren..
