Administration
Year 3 and 4 Excursion
Year 3 and 4 had a great time at their excursion last Friday visiting the NSW State Library and NSW Art Gallery. It was a long day and the weather was relatively kind.
Child Safety Handbook
The ‘Child Safety Handbook’ was officially launched in 2011 at Government House. A much needed and vital guide to assist children, parents and teachers, the Handbook covers the entire extent of potential hazards that young children face. The Handbook offers advice and facts on everyday activities, cyber safety, bullying, crossing roads etc. to the more unusual incidents such as such as floods and fires.
Attached is an excerpt from the handbook on Children's Mental Health and Wellbeing. Please take the time to read the article.
‘Parenting Ideas - Managing your Child's Anxiety
Please see attached flyer.
‘Sticks & Stones’ by Brainstorm Productions
Next Tuesday, 18th June Brainstorm Productions will be presenting their student wellbeing performance ‘Sticks & Stones’.
‘Sticks & Stones’ is a live educational theatre experience that tells the story of Toby, a boy who is angry, frustrated and always in trouble. Through an exciting and engaging narrative, including juggling and physical theatre, Toby learns to breathe, put his hands in his pockets, count to ten, resolve conflict peacefully and treat others with respect.
‘Sticks & Stones’ is part of our student wellbeing curriculum. It offers a great opportunity for students to learn practical skills for dealing with emotions, controlling impulses and building respectful relationships. Students are encouraged to direct difficult emotions into positive pursuits and speak to trusted adults if they are feeling unsafe at school, at home or online. The performance has been developed by teachers and psychologists, and has been seen and enjoyed by over 1.75 million Australian students.
Kindergarten Parent/Teacher Interviews
An important part of our school's reporting process is a parent/teacher interview. These interviews for Kindergarten will be held during week 9 of this term.
Bookings are made through the Compass Parent Portal. Bookings will open today and close 2pm Thursday 20th June.
Kind regards
Mrs Bernadette Bourke-Nash
SCHOOL REPORTS (Years 1-6)
Reports will be available via the Compass Parent Portal on Friday 28th June. We no longer print and send home bulk reports as per previous years. For those unable to download or print a copy of the school report, please notify the school in writing and a copy will be printed for you.
A reminder that a student profile exists on Compass only for the period of their enrolment at St Michael’s. When they leave St Michael's, their profile will not be accessible. As students' academic reports are provided to families via Compass, it is important that each report be saved to an external location by parents before the student leaves St Michael’s so that it remains accessible in the future (eg for high school application).
Woolworths Earn and Learn
From now until June 25th 2019, you can collect stickers at Woolworths that go towards Earn & Learn points. For every $10 you spend at Woolworths you will receive a sticker. The more points we earn, the more we can redeem from a choice of over 10,000 educational resources including mathematics and English resources, art & crafts materials and much, much more!
We are grateful for your support.
