A Message from the Deputies
Week 7 Newsletter
A message from the Deputies
Cross Country Carnival
Congratulations to all students who participated in our cross country carnival last week. The event was a success and the competitors really pushed themselves. We would like to express our thanks to Trent and Sandra for their super efforts in organising this event.
Excellence in Instrumental Music Education
Congratulations to the students listed below who have been selected by audition for the ACT Instrumental Music Program’s Extension Ensembles in 2021. This is the equivalent of ACT representation in Music.
Matilda Macaulay
Pippy (Phillipa) Chessell
Sophie Faulks
Brianna Ford
Charlotte Laidlaw
Groups include:
ACT Primary Concert Band – Year 6 IMP students
ACT Primary Concert Choir – Year 4, 5 & 6 students
These ensembles are directed and administered by the Instrumental Music Program and rehearse each school week at the Instrumental Music Program's Centre in Kaleen. The ensembles will perform at school, community and directorate events throughout the year. Some groups also participate in interstate.
Zones of Regulation
Zones of Regulation is one of our 4 universal programs that we are rolling out over the next two years to achieve key actions in priority 1 of our School Improvement Plan - All students learn at a high level within a safe and supportive learning culture. The school equips students with the capabilities and dispositions to live and learn in the future world.
All students from preschool to year 6 are undertaking weekly lessons in Zones of Regulation. The Zones of Regulation framework is designed to foster self-regulation and emotional control. It supports positive mental health by being able to identify feelings and levels of alertness, and how and when to use effective regulation tools, solve problems and understand how our behaviour influences others thoughts and feelings. Ultimately it moves students towards independent regulation.
The 4 zones - ‘blue’, ‘green’, ‘yellow’ and ‘red’, give our students a common language to talk about and manage their feelings and states. Through the program they will explore tools and strategies for mindfulness, sensory integration, movement, thinking strategies, wellness and healthy connection with others. Be sure to ask your child about what emotions each zone represents!
Student Leadership
In 2021, we are making some exciting changes to the SRC. SRC has changed its name for 2021 to Student Leadership. These changes will empower the students in a wide variety of project areas so they can have a positive voice in the direction of the school and more importantly student learning.
The School Captains will be given a project team to lead and assigned leadership roles. The following is an overview of the 2021 Student Leadership Project Teams and their focus areas:
Leaders of Physical Activity This Project Team will be led by one of the school captains and will focus on: · Lunch equipment borrowing · Playground monitors · Sports carnivals · Clubs · Other areas as identified by the team
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 Leaders of Environment This Project Team will be led by one of the school captains and will focus on: · Sustainability · Leading initiatives- nude food, bins · Gardening · Keeping the school grounds clean · Other areas as identified by the team
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 Leaders of Culture and Integrity This Project Team will be led by one of the school captains and will focus on: · Celebrations (activities, promotion, presentations in assemblies) · Embracing culture across the school · Working with teachers and community · Other areas as identified by the team
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 Leaders of Communications This Project Team will be led by one of the school captains and will focus on: · Newsletter (with a focus on learning) · Facebook posts · Assemblies · Reporting on events · Other areas as identified by the team
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 Leaders of IT The leadership will be led by one of the school captains and will focus on: · Running IT at assembly · Photos for Facebook/newsletter · Videos · Ozobots club · Other areas as identified by the team
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The students and staff are eager to embrace this new approach in 2021 and look forward to sharing their projects over the coming year.
National Day of Action Against Bullying – Friday the 19th of March
The theme this year is Take Action Together. This theme aims to elevate student voice, empowering young Australians to join the conversation, being proud to say 'Bullying. No Way!".
On Friday, students will engage in activities which promote taking action against bullying.
The Gungahlin police will be visiting the students in years 4, 5 and 6 with a short presentation. They will also be walking around the playground during lunch time chatting with students about this issue.
Let's work together to help deliver a powerful message that bullying and violence are never okay.
Arilia, Deputy Preschool - year 2
Arianna, Deputy Years 3 - 6