St Francis of Assisi Catholic Parish Primary School Warrawong eNewsletter

Assistant Principal

Today, 30 March, our school joined students around Australia crunching vegetables. Thank you for your support and please join us in 2024 and lettuce try again!

PB4L News

Thank you for your support in helping your child understand what being safe, respectful, and responsible looks like at school. We’ve had a wonderful start to the 2023 school year. As the school holidays approach, remember our three school rules BE SAFE, BE RESPECTFUL and BE RESPONSIBLE can be used at home too. In this way, students will come back to school in Term 2 ready to continue with their learning in a positive manner.

Our whole school focus for the last two weeks of this term will be on our Recess and Lunchtime time eating and lining up routines. The expectations listed below will be shared and practised in each class. Teachers will be reinforcing these expectations by acknowledging children who are demonstrating safe, responsible, and respectful behaviours.

BE RESPECTFUL

BE SAFE

BE RESPONSIBLE

Eating Time

(Recess & Lunch)

Use kind words and actions.
Eat and drink with your mouth closed.
Ask permission to go to the canteen, using ‘please’.
If a comment is needed, comment positively on peer food choices.
Ask permission to use the toilets during eating time.
Place rubbish in the bin immediately so it does not end up on the ground somewhere

Wash hands before eating.
Move safely to eating area (mats or seats).
Remain seated during eating time until directed by the duty teacher.
Keep hands and feet to yourself.

Place all rubbish in the correct bins.
Put lunch boxes and drink bottles on the seats in class areas.
Remain seated when the bell goes, until the teacher on duty collects you.
Students pack away their things in a timely manner when asked.
When asked to move to a line-up area for playtime, do so in a timely manner.

Lining Up

(After Recess & Lunch)

Sit in two class lines quietly, facing the school hall, and wait for the classroom teacher.
When it is time to move into class, move off in one silent line.

Walk to lines, sit in your designated area and wait for the classroom teacher.
Sit in a safe space from the person in front of you.
Hold your personal items

When the first bell sounds, this is the cue for all games to stop, students to collect their lunch box, water bottles, or any other items, and sit in their class lines.
Sit in two class lines and wait for the teacher.

Congratulations!
As part of our PB4L rewards systems, students are awarded Happy Cards, for following our rules of Be Respectful, Be Responsible, and Be Safe while playing in our play areas. When a student has received 10 Happy Cards, they receive a Playground Award and a small treat. After they have received 20 Happy Cards, they receive a Citizenship Award and a Bronze Medallion. Congratulations to the following students, who received their awards at the Week 9 Assembly.

Playground Award - Week 9

Zakariah. J, Mia. C, Daniel. F, Batoul. S, Zander. P, Joseph. T, Ali. A, Harrison. N, Oliver. T, Jalal. Y, Mohamad. S and Ayva. N.

Collaborative Professionalism Meetings
Our staff analyse the work of students each day. This could be reading and writing samples, mathematics tasks, test scores, or the work completed in class. This data is used to formulate lessons and when required interventions or differentiated learning tasks are implemented. Twice a term, teacher observation and data is taken to a meeting where it is shared with other staff, K-2 and 3-6. These meetings are half-a-day collaborative planning sessions, where teachers are released from their classes as they collaboratively work with their colleagues to reflect on the data that has been collected and plan for future learning. Teachers were involved in these Collaborative Professionalism Meetings during Week 10.

Mr Green
Assistant Principal