Principal's Message
Dear families and carers,
We welcome all students back to school this week. During week 1 our classes will create shared expectations for positive behaviours for learning in the classroom. Keep an eye out for these on display if you are coming back for Open Morning on Friday. It was great to see many students enjoying the new interactvie play area during recess today.
Starting the Day Right
This year, all students will line up at the beginning of the day and after each break near their classrooms. Every minute of learning counts and therefore we want our students to get into classrooms and on with learning as soon as possible. The morning bell is a 5-minute warning bell. Students should be moving towards their lining up area when they hear the bell. Please remind your child to hang up their bags to avoid trip hazards on the way into buildings.
Our Values
Ngunnawal Primary provides a caring and inclusive learning environment where students, parents and staff feel safe and have a strong sense of belonging. Students are encouraged to become responsible, self-disciplined and respectful of others. Our school values of SHARE and Positive Behaviours for Learning (PBL) are reinforced and used as a shared language to remind children about the values we all have as part of the Ngunnawal Primary School Community.
Our SHARE values are:
S Show care for others
H Honesty
A Always do your best
R Respect and Responsibility
E Everyone knows, what you give comes back to you.
We provide positive recognition to students who display respectful behaviours and provide encouragement and support to students who are improving their behaviour. Bullying, racism and sexual harassment are not tolerated. We urge students and parents to report to staff any incidents of these behaviours so they can be dealt with immediately and effectively.
What do we do when things go right?
Our teachers are always on the look out for students demonstrating positive behaviours for learning. Students will receive a Yunggi Bengal token if a teacher catches them doing the right thing. We are looking forward to many students working through our acknowledgement system. I wonder if anyone will reach the rainbow tier in 2020?
What happens when things go wrong on the playground?
Teachers supervising breaks have a duty of care to monitor the safety of students and to support our students in their social interactions and play. Where possible, staff will help students negotiate and repair issues on the playground.
Reflection Room: Reflection is an important practice which allows our students to learn from their actions and grow. The reflection room is a space for students to attend who have demonstrated unsafe behaviour on the playground. This space provides students with the opportunity to reflect on their actions and behaviours independently and then discuss them with a teacher and identify how their behaviour can be changed to ensure they are being safe and respectful. Families will be notified if the issue is significant or repeated low level behaviour.
We hope to have our SeeSaw communication system up and running in the next few week so we can regularly share our student's milestones and special moments in learning. Keep an eye out for the set up instructions coming soon.
We look forward to a productive year of working with our students and their families. If you have any quesitons or concerns please contact myself or the leadership team.
Rebecca Turner