March

18th      Matt Cosgrove - (P-2) Author Visit 

20th      Harmony Day

              National Day Against Bullying  

23rd      Steven Herrick - Author Visit 

              NAPLAN online practice test

24th-25th   Kindy Steps Vision Screening

April

1st        Cup Cake Day - Stage 3 Fundraiser

7th        Easter Scripture Assembly

9th        Easter Hat Parade

             PBL Launch

29th    NAIDOC Week

May

5th         Sydney Writers Festival

7th         Mount Druitt Cross Country Carnival

8th         Mothers Day Stall (P&C)

11th - 22nd     NAPLAN

Last week we held our first whole school assembly for 2020. Lead by the Leadership team, we announced the Student Representative Council (SRC) for the year and presented an individual from each class the Positive Behaviour for Learning (PBL) award for their consistent contribution to developing a positive, safe and supportive learning environment for our school. Well done students!

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Our Stage 1 (Years 1 and 2) students are jump starting each day with physical activities. Physical activity is vital for a child’s development and lays the foundation for a healthy and active life. Our program focuses on three different types of activities to promote healthy growth and development: 

Endurance or aerobic activities such as running and jumping are important for the development of a healthy heart and lungs. 

We encourage children to bend, stretch and reach. Having flexibility allows children to hold good body posture for learning, and to participate in daily activities without pain or restriction from their muscles or joints. 

Working against a resistance helps children build stronger muscles. Stage 1 just love doing push ups!

Our Little Free Library has been launched! Students and parents are enjoying browsing and borrowing books before school each day.  The Library is in the courtyard each morning (depending on weather).Feel free to drop by and select a book with your child.  You may simply read with them before school or borrow for an after school read.  You may also swap or donate books that your children have outgrown - the books in the library have been in such demand that supplies are running low.  Thank you to Grace and the parent helpers who are looking after the library each morning.

Sheryl Cootes

Assistant Principal

This term our Y3-6 students have been learning about The Daily 5.  This is a structure where students learn to become independent across all areas of literacy.  Students have been taught how to choose ‘good fit books’ to read in class and how to have free choice to plan and write what they are interested in.  Our students are loving to read books from our newly purchased classroom libraries and to borrow additional books weekly from the library.  All students have their own book box and change their books weekly.  We are so excited about the learning culture of reading and writing taking place in our literacy block.

Julie Lewis

Scholastic Book Club Catalogue #2 orders - catalogues were sent home this week and orders will be due into the office or ordered online through Loop by end of Week 8 (Friday 20th March, 2020).

For decades, Scholastic has been proudly bringing adventure and the unrivaled enjoyment of reading to multiple generations of Australian families via Book Club. Each Issue contains specially curated, age-appropriate titles that have been carefully selected by a team of booklovers.

Browse issue #2 here