Term 3 has proven to be very busy with multiple whole school events planned and many opportunities for students to deepen their learning in a range of subject areas. Some recent activities which have supported student engagement include; Red Cross First Aid with our Year 3/4's, dangers of smoking run by Aboriginal Centre for Year 5/6's, an author visit for our upper primary students and Mystery Readers across the school as part of our Book Week celebrations. 

Berry Street Professional Learning

This week some of our staff were involved in professional learning around supporting students with a trauma background or who need regulation around their emotions.

The Berry Street Model supports the following across our school;

• Understanding the benefits of trauma-informed teaching on child development and ability to learn
• Creating a supportive and trauma-informed positive education classroom
• Bolstering student-teacher relationships
• Applying positive relational classroom behaviour management strategies
• Instilling strengths-based practices across the school

Fire Drill

Last Thursday we supported our school community to undertake a fire drill. This process was well received by all involved and allowed us to test our systems in the case of an evacuation in the future.

DRILL Dance

On Friday last week a selection of Year 5/6 students presented their final dance as part of the DRILL Dance Company. Thank you to Montrose Bay High School for hosting the event.  It was amazing to be part of the audience and witness the teamwork and smiling faces. We were able to support some of our Year 5/6 teachers to attend the event which meant a lot to the students who were able to perform.

Book Week

In 2022 we have made this event very prominent across our classrooms and community. I was lucky enough to be chosen as a Mystery Reader and had the delight of reading to Kinder Johnston and 5/6 Perry. I was able to read to them my favourite children’s book and share the wonder of reading!

Events in Term 3

There are many exciting events planned this term so please keep up to date with our socials which include; Facebook, Class DoJo, School Newsletter and paper notices sent home. Some of these events will be Book Week (author visits, book parade, mystery readers and more) Swim and Water Safety for Year 3-6 students, Cricket Tas visit, Brave Hearts, Disco and more!