St Andrews PS Newsletter

Come along and celebrate being a part of our brilliant learning community with a night full of fun and games!

Each teacher has organised activities that families will able to enjoy together!! You can pop in for a bit or stay the whole night.

Feel free to bring along your friends, family and neighbours.

As always, the more the merrier! 

On Monday in Art the Grade 4/5/6’s started a mosaic project. It’s going to last the entire term and they are going to make nature type art that will form a landscape style image. Sonja (Sam's mum) will be helping everyone and the mosaic will go on the P/1 class’s wall, near the basketball court. Next term the 2/3/4’s will work on it and then the P/1’s will finish it off. Here are some designs.

On the 16th of May the 4/5/6s had a paper plane contest for Maths. They all made 2 paper planes that they got to design themselves. They threw them as hard as they could to see whose could go the furthest. The top 3 planes were thrown by Tom.F (who was 3rd) , Jett (who was 2nd) and Luke, who was 1st with 14 metres. They measured the planes too. They measured how tall it was how wide it was and long it was! They were all shapes different and sizes. They had so much fun making them.

Family Matters is a small Family Therapy program based at the  Berry Street Eaglemont Office, servicing the local government areas of Darebin, Whittlesea, Nillumbik and Banyule. 

Matters work with a range of family issues, most particularly the challenges which parenting an adolescent brings. Often parents and adolescents present feeling frustrated, disconnected, hurt and exhausted with a range of issues within the immediate and extended family compounding their relational experiences.

Parents often express hope of better connection, communication and resourcing leading to less conflict, criticism and mutual understanding. Our experience shows that mostly kids want this too, particularly when challenges have occurred to rupture the attachment experience.

Our systemic training allows us to move between multiple (and often competing) positions within a family in the service of strengthening the relationship. The team often refer to the client as the ‘family relationship’ and family therapy promotes the work with the ‘whole of family’ allowing for differing combinations of family members to be seen.

 The team are happy to be directly contacted to discuss potential referral on 9450 4700.

The KidsAssist program aims to support needy families with education expenses, and provide a pathway for schools to refer families and children who require financial assistance. 

All children should have the ability to fully participate in school life regardless of their parents’ financial situation, yet the rising cost of school education has resulted in some children being singled out or excluded from opportunities to learn and grow, and that’s where KidsAssist comes in.

Eligible families will be able to seek KidsAssist funding for school related expenses including Stationery, Text Books, Electronic Devices, Excursions and Camps, School Sports and other essential school items and activities. 

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We have brochures and application forms in the office. 

For further information please contact kidsassist@dvsupport.org.au or speak to Michelle.

To apply for KidsAssist please follow the link below:

https://www.surveymonkey.com/r/KIDSAssistEducationApplication