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Essential to the care of the school grounds, is the commitment from parents to join in with the organised working bees and mowing roster.
The following dates are the proposed working bee dates for 2022. You are encouraged to committ to one or more of these dates.
2022 Working Bees 10am - 12pm
Sunday 22 May 10am - 12pm ( Prep Red Hub and Year 3 Yellow Hub focus)
Sunday 7 August 10am-12pm (Year 2 Blue Hub Focus and Year 6 Orange Hub focus)
Sunday 23 October 10am - 12pm (Year 1 Green Hub, Purple Hub Year 4 and 5 focus)
Almighty God,
You reach into the darkness with hope, truth and light. Stretch out your strong hand in the Christchurch community, hold and rescue those who have suffered. Let your almighty love move mountains, cross seas and breathe life into the darkest places.
Light that redeems.
Light that restores.
Light that heals.
Light that protects.
Light that saves.
There is nothing higher, stronger or greater than your love.
We trust in you.
Amen
Dear Parents,
It was wonderful to see the efforts of the whole school community for walk and ride to school day on Friday. We all understand the importance of an active lifestyle for healthy minds and bodies and it is essential our children are aware of this also. Active travel also complements our sustainability practices.
This week we are requesting your thoughts in regards to potentially sending the newsletter out fortnightly instead of weekly.
In consultation with you , there are various reasons for why we are considering this option.
Firstly, whilst the newsletter is our first port of call for communication the amount of time and resources it actually takes to organise the weekly newsletter is significant. We believe preparing and sending it out fortnightly will be a more efficient use of time and resources. Secondly, we plan ahead within an educational setting and can be organised for upcoming news and events fortnightly rather than weekly. Teachers also have their whole day of planning together fortnightly. Thirdly, should something be missed on the newsletter we have the option of Group email or Care Monkey for extra, easy communication. Naturally we would endeavour to have everything in the fortnightly newsletter. We are also able to communicate via SeeSaw, Parent facebook and the school app if you need further reminders. The newsletter will always be there to access and check over the fortnight. Fourthly, Care Monkey allows us to send permission slips out any day of the week, not only on a Monday.
Naturally as the newsletter is ultimately for you as parents and your children, we will survey for your opinions and collaborate with a consensus before making a final decision going into Term 2.
Please click here for this one question survey in regards to whether you would like the newsletter to stay weekly or move to fortnightly.
Being faithful to our vision statement and,as a Respectful Relationships school where respectful relationships are the best relationships, click here for our Parent to School Code of Conduct Policy.
Best wishes for the week ahead
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Gratitude - acknowledging the goodness in our lives.
We began our Staff Meeting last week by taking time out of the busy schedule to reflect and share one aspect of our work life that we are grateful for. Being thankful is such an important practice to hold onto in this fast-paced, sometimes negative focused, world we live in.
Most of us associate gratitude with saying “thank you” to someone who has helped us or given us a gift. From a scientific perspective, gratitude is not just an action. Gratitude is a positive emotion, which is really important because it helps people connect to something larger than themselves as individuals – whether to other people, nature, or a higher power.
Research shows that when children exhibit gratitude, it's the behavior that most closely correlates with life satisfaction and happiness for that child. It's also linked to less stress and depression and more optimism. Gratitude is also a powerful tool for strengthening interpersonal relationships.
In order to practice gratitude, the first step is to pay attention - noticing and becoming aware of blessings that we normally take for granted.
Here are some tips to further develop gratitude in your children.
1. Role model gratitude and teach your kids to think gratefully.
Express gratitude often--by speaking it, writing it, gifting it.
2. Be present and empathetic with your child.
Spending time with your children is, of course, good. Spending time when you're fully present, enjoying each moment, and ready to express empathy and understanding is priceless.
3. Nurture their strengths.
Doing so builds confidence. Confidence builds self-appreciation, which makes it easier to see and appreciate things around you (as you're not busy combating feelings of inadequacy). You can even encourage your children to directly use strengths (like writing, speaking well, being kind-hearted) to show gratitude.
4. Encourage them to accumulate growth, not gadgets.
When you encourage a child to focus on developing deeper connections with people or the community and on pursuing experiences that excite their interest and help them achieve growth, it's much more likely to foster gratitude.
5. Give them a hand in lending helping hands.
Encourage your child to look for opportunities to help others, again role modeling it yourself as a closely held value. This is one of the most direct routes possible towards encouraging gratitude.
6. Help them find what matters to them.
When kids find something that's important to them, something bigger than themselves, (like a social issue, cause, or form of service), they realise they're a player in something more important. Gratitude comes from an appreciation of that larger picture and what they can do to affect it.
Paul Anderson
Student Wellbeing Leader
You may be aware of a recent report of a local school child being approached by a person unknown to him, in the Kingston Downs Drive vicinity. A report has been made to police.
We ask you to remind your children to refrain from engaging with people unknown to them and when possible, walk, ride and scoot to and from school with a friend or a group of friends.
EARTH FEST
At the moment, Earth Fest will be our annual community event however this can only happen with volunteers. If you have or your business have skills to help us make next year even more successful, please email earthfest@staroceangrove.catholic.edu.au
For future planning we would love your feedback - please fill out the survey below:
SURVEY MONKEY LINK
https://www.surveymonkey.com/r/S6HXNBK
Thanks again to all of our supporters of Earth Fest 2019.
The Earth Fest Team
Bellarine Community Health Dental Service
Oral health therapists will be visiting Our Lady Star of the Sea Primary School on Monday 27 May. The visiting dental health service provides a screening check to children at Our Lady Star of the Sea, upon request from parents/guardians via the consent form attached. BCH Parent Consent Form
The service is free to students and may incur referral to Bellarine Community Health Dental Service.
If you would like your child to have a FREE dental screening, please return completed consent form to the school office by Friday 26 April.
If you do not wish to participate in the school screening program, you are welcome to contact the Bellarine Community Health Dental Clinic to arrange an appointment for your child. All primary school aged children, are treated free of charge.
If you have any further questions, please feel free to contact Bellarine Community Health dental team on 5258 0828.
Term 4 2020
Friday 16 October: Respectful Relationships "Gratitude Day"
Monday 19 October: Book Week Dress Up Day
Thursday 22 October: Footy colours casual clothes day and Gold Coin donation for Cherished Pets Ocean Grove.
Friday 23 October: AFL Grand Final Public Holiday, school closed
Sunday 25 October: School working bee 10am - 12pm - Purple Hub TBC
Tuesday 3 November: Melbourne Cup Public Holiday, school Closed
Friday 6 November: Mission Fete Day
Monday 9 November: School Photo Day Individual and Class Photos
Tuesday 10 November: School Photo Day Family Portraits
Monday 23 November - Tuesday 24 November: Year 6 Camp Wyuna
Tuesday 24 November: Prep 2021 Parent Information Session 6 - 7pm TBC
Thursday 26 November: Prep 2021 Parent Information Session 6 - 7pm TBC
Friday 27 November: Staff 2021 Planning Day, student free day
Monday 30 November: Year 3 Camp Wyuna
Tuesday 1 December: Year 4 Camp Wyuna
Wednesday 2 December: Year 5 Camp Wyuna
Wednesday 2 December: Prep 2021 Orientation Day 9.30am - 11am TBC
Tuesday 8 December: Prep 2021 Orientation Day 9.30am - 11am TBC
Thursday 17 December: End of Term 4
Please note: Please refer to the Parent Calendar for all dates
