14 August 2019
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Changes to Bus Service
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Father's Day
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School Data System Change
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Fire Education Sessions
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Aiming High Awards
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Hockey Report
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Emergency Practice
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Book Week and Fair
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New School Beanies
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Animals on School Grounds
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Grade 5/6 Netball Team
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MJR Day with Miss Pitt
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CH Little Athletics
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CH Science Gig
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Circular Head Hockey Disco
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Smithton Maths Fun
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Pastoral Care and Wellbeing
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Father's Day Prayer Service
Wells Wagons have made a small morning timetable change to the Lileah/Irishtown bus, as they are concerned that some students were arriving late to school.
The change is only a 3 minute earlier pickup, but will help to flow with transfer buses, once it arrives at Smithton High.
This change will commence on Monday 19th August.
If you have any questions, please give the Wells Wagons office a call on 6452 2900.
The SPC Fundraising Committee will be holding a Father's Day Breakfast on Thursday, 29th August from 7:30am outside the early years classes. There will be Egg and Bacon Rolls and Savoury Toast for breakfast with tea and coffee. There is no cost and we thank the Fundraising group for donating their time for this.
A Father's Day prayer service will be held in the Josephite Centre at 9:15am
The Father's Day Stall for Canberra Fundraising will also be held on Thursday, 29th August. Students from Grade Four and Five will have craft items and cooking, with items costing between 50c & $5.00 to purchase.
Commencing on August 26th, students from Kinder-Grade 6 will undertake Fire Education sessions. These sessions are aimed at assisting our students in developing their understanding and awareness of fire safety. Each session will run for 30 minutes with Firefighter Craig Machen in the Josephite Centre.
Session Information:
Kinder - 1 ‘Meet & Greet’ session
Prep - 2 sessions
Grade 1 and 2 - 5 sessions
Grade 3 and 4 - 4 sessions
Grade 5 and 6 - 3 sessions
Congratulations to the following students who received Aiming High awards last week.
Kinder - Kaley Saward & Dawson Armstrong
Prep - Jhett McAlister & Quinn Bishop
Grade 1 - Harper Bishop & Natalia Rutter
Grade 2 - Jedda Maguire & Aihden McAliser
Grade 3 - Grayson Ollington & Addison Shortland
Grade 4 - Maddison Lobegeiger & Jordan Grey
Grade 5/6 - Joel Shehan & Cody Woolnough
Grade 6 - Katie Everett & Rylan Quarrell
Art - Charlie Ollington & Alex Liang
SPC Blue worked extremely hard all season at both trainings and games and were lucky enough to earn themselves a position in the grand final. Every member on the team played a magnificent game, all putting in 100% the duration of the game! The game started off fast paced and blues forward line used short passes to try get around CHCS. CHCS had a lot of the play but Charlotte, Sam, Owen, Elvis and Cody along with Geoffrey in the Goals fought hard in defence and used flat stick tackles to try keep them out of the circle! Each goal CHCS scored was disappointing but SPC did not let it get them down and they came out harder each time! Jack and Zarlia made great position on the post and Sophie on the spot ready for some great passes made by our inners Logan and Kyron and our Centre forward Alexis. All players made great position and this assisted us greatly in getting the ball down to our circle ready to tap into the goals! This tactic paid off and Elvis was able to sneak a goal in during the second half. SPC blue fought hard all game and they should all be very proud of their efforts! Making it into the grand final is a huge achievement! Well done!
Jessie Ollington
SPC Blue Coach
2/8 - SPC Yellow - Best on ground went to Heidi Braid for reading the play well and making good position and Isaac Bishop for playing a great game in defence with solid attacking.
Finals
9/8 - SPC yellow went up against Edith Creek fighting it out for 3rd position overall.
An amazing effort by all players in the yellow team to finish 3rd on the ladder. Every single player showed determination and team effort to come away with a 3-0 win.
Grand Final - SPC Blue went up against the strong CHCS side to come away with 2nd place. It was a great team game and all players put in a great effort. Congratulations to Hunter Dwyer who was awarded joint Runner-Up Best and Fairest across the association for the boys and Sophie Britton who was Best and Fairest for the girls. Well done to you both.
Thank you to Donna Porteus and Jessie Ollington who did an outstanding job of coaching our teams this season and placing 2nd and 3rd overall. All players finished the season with a hockey party to celebrate. Certificates and awards will be recognised at an assembly later this term.
Jo Cartledge
Hockey Coordinator
Within the next six weeks, either at recess or lunch, we will hold an unannounced emergency practice with staff and students, to test our response to a potential scenario that staff identify a threat warranting the school go into lockdown (opposite to evacuation). Like for fire evacuation drills, we recognised the worth to test this process. We have plans in place to make this practice as least disruptive as able.
If you have queries please call our Safety Officer, Simon Natoli on 0400 105 476.
Book Week is fast approaching and will be happening from the 17th-23rd of August. This year’s theme is ‘Reading is my Secret Power’. Our annual Book Week Parade, will be happening at 9am on Thursday the 22nd of August in the Hall. We will also have our Book Fair set up in the library during Book Week with more details to follow closer to the date.
Our beanies have arrived! We have an initial stock of 24 available at the front office for $18 each. They have an insulated lining with the school logo embroided on the front. These are also available for purchase through the QKR app. Don't stress if you don't get yours in the first order, we will be ordering more as they are needed.
Did you know an extract of Tasmanian legislation, Dog Control Act 2000, states:
(1) A person must not take a dog into –
(a) any grounds of a school, preschool, kinder, creche or other place for the
reception of children without the permission of a person in charge of the place.
(2) This section does not apply to –
(a) a guide dog that is accompanying a wholly or partially blind person or is in
training for that purpose; There are other exceptions besides just ‘2a’ above.
Your duty… If you wish to bring any animals onsite, prior approval needs to be obtained from the Principal, or their nominated rep. The school may give approval, and discuss with you reasonable precautions.
Last Thursday, 8th August, we held our Term Three MJR Day. Making Jesus Real (MJR) aims for students to become aware of what we call ‘Living Jesus’ values and attitudes and to be encouraged to live them out on a daily basis.
Prep and Grade 1 students shared what they believed the ‘Spirit of Jesus’ (SOJ) is and how we can show that in our daily lives. We discovered that:
- We can feel the Spirit of Jesus in our hearts and
- We can see the Spirit of Jesus through other people
We listened to the story ‘Yes, I saw Jesus today” and found that our Prep and Grade 1 staff starred in the story! We finished by playing a game of rob the nest with the big question ‘Hey! I just saw the Spirit of Jesus in action! Did you?’ We were all encouraged to spot the SOJ in each other. Watch out SPC, our Prep and Grade 1 students are truly switched on to the SOJ in each other!
Our Grade 2 students expanded on the work of our Prep and Grade 1’s and they were successful in naming the SOJ in each other through their blind folded hoop game. The best was yet to come when they made a great discovery in a box! We explained that when they peered in the box, they were about to get a sneak peak of Jesus! Can you guess what was in the box? Yes, it was a mirror! Our Grade 2 students discussed how it is important not only to recognise the SOJ in other people, but also ourselves. Peppa and Harvey are on the case of ensuring our Grade 2 students take time out during the week to discuss the SOJ in others and themselves. I look forward to hearing about the SOJ journey from Peppa and Harvey!
Grade 3 and Grade 4 tackled a tough topic – “Friendship, oh it’s complicated”. We unpacked how we make the choice whether to be defusers or escalators in life. Defusers are takers and like to blow things out of proportion. They don’t understand that some days our friends just need some space. Escalators on the other hand, are winners and grinners. They take the good with the bad and they understand that some days our friends just need that little bit more support than normal. We unpacked the Golden Rule of treating others in the same way that we would like to be treated. Thank you to our Grade 3 and 4 students for the engaging and thought provoking discussions and sharing.
Our topic for our Grade 5 and Grade 6 students was “Being Humble to you Name”. We participated in an activity that required us to peel back our layers:
- Our outside layers – what others see
- The layers within – our family, our friends, hobbies/interests, our way of thinking
- The core – Who am I? What are my values? My beliefs? My morals?
We discussed the importance of being a humble servant leader. Our Upper Primary students are sensational leaders and do great things around our school community. Watch this space for an exciting project they will be launching soon!
Thank you to all students and staff for their engagement during our MJR Day. Live Jesus in our hearts, forever!
Circular Head Little Athletics are calling out for new athletes for the upcoming season. Traning will now be on a the new night of Thursday, starting at 5:30pm. The first session for this season will be Thursday 10th October.
If your child has an interest in athletics walking, running, jumping, throwing, please contact CH Athletics via Facebook or call / text Ali Dennison 0417 102 353 or Jess Tomlinson 0418 375 572. You can also register your interest at https://eventdesq.sportstg.
With their motto “be your best” your child is learning to strive to better their own ability, meeting new children and engaging in physical activity.
Well done to our Grade One class on your entries into the Big Science Gig Discovery Challenge K-2 division ‘Destination Moon’. Congratulations to the following winners;
1st Place - Sean Taran
Runner Up - Indianna Facey
Highly Commended - Lucas Saward
The students showed great resilience over a series of lessons constructing their moon rovers. They used a great deal of trial and error to determine the best way to get their moon rover to move, mostly using recycled materials. Thank you to our Grade Four buddies for supporting us during this project - attaching the axles and wheels was very challenging!
When Sibings Won't Stop Fighting
How parents can keep the peace and help kids learn to resolve conflicts
Siblings will at some stage get on each other’s nerves, they are competing for limited attention and resources so it is inevitable. Sibling squabbles can certainly be stressful however, having siblings can teach kids social skills they need in the real world. Taking turns, sharing, when to turn to an adult, and using words rather than physical force to solve a problem.
What can parents do when things escalate?
Get at the root of the conflict – break the cycle of playing the referee over and over again by stepping back and assessing what the root cause of the problem may be, try to look for a pattern. It may be that they are looking for your attention because if they kick and yell someone gets involved immediately.
Praise the positive – shift your focus to recognise cooperative behaviour as it’s happening, this is increasing positive attention, which may help to reduce their need for negative behaviours. It is encouraged to praise three to five times more, to one negative fight, in order to really change their behaviour.
Make a plan – coach the older sibling to respond in a productive way rather that retaliating. This can be done by encouraging them to move to a separate room, or to calmly let you know what the younger sibling is doing. Also, make it clear that there is a difference between seeking help to resolve an issue and running to a parent every time there is the slightest disagreement. With a plan kids know what to expect because there is a solution to remedy the conflict.
Tootle, don’t tattle – help the kids celebrate positive behaviour by encouraging them to come and tell you when the other sibling demonstrates sharing or kindness. This is tootling not tattling.
If you take something away, give it back – if you need to intervene over a tug of war with a toy and have to remove the source of conflict, give it back after a few minutes so they can practice using it appropriately. This may need your teaching on how to take turns or using a timer and then praise them when they do a good job.
Forget fair – life isn’t fair and it’s not realistic that every single thing in the home be equal at all times. The eldest may get to stay up later so the younger ones may feel this is a great injustice. Parents can explain the logic behind this “unfair” exception but you don’t have to give explanations for everything, “If that’s the rule, that’s the rule!” Parents can model how to deal with this unfairness by sharing stories of when they’ve had to deal with unfairness and how they dealt with it.
- 29 Aug 2019
- 9:15 AM to 9:30 AM