PBL & Social-Emotional Learning

  Be a safe in all Environments – I keep my hands, feet and   objects to myself.

Why teach the behaviour?

Children must learn to keep their hands, feet and objects to themselves at all times. They need to demonstrate an understanding of personal space. When children are upset they need to use their words to express their feelings rather than using their hands, feet or an object to show their feelings. It is important that all children keep their hands, feet and objects to themselves and follow our school expectations, so all children feel safe.

Children who can keep their hands, feet and objects to themselves are able to demonstrate respect for their teachers and classmates. Other children are more likely to want to associate and be friends with them. This skill is a life-long social skill that children will need to master to form and maintain appropriate relationships.

BridgeBuilders: Apologise

Apologising is one of the most powerful ways to be a BRIDGE BUILDER. A heartfelt apology can show the other person that you understand that what you did hurt them, and it should involve either a response to fix the problem or an acknowledgement that you won’t repeat the behaviour. However, apologies are often delivered poorly or over-used, and they fall short of being effective. It is important to teach children the skills and language that help this strategy be more effective. Remind children to look at the person when they are saying sorry, and to use their name and apologise for what they have done that has caused the hurt. They can then either commit to trying not to do it again or offer to do something to fix it. To really be effective in building bridges the person who received the apology will either say “Thanks for saying sorry.”, “Apology accepted.” or ‘I forgive you.’

Active School Travel

Walking Wheeling Wednesday’s

Wednesdays at Craigslea, are Walking Wheeling Wednesdays! Each Wednesday, classes are surveyed on how students travelled to school. The class with the highest percentage of active travellers are acknowledge with our AST Star Trophy and the use of our sports/games box for the week.

We also have the Golden Boot Trophy, which is awarded to the class that has over the month, had the highest percentage for actively travelling to school by a certain mode. For May this will be the highest % of walkers (if you park and stride this will be included in this count). Our first golden boot winner was a tightly fought competition and we are proud to announce 5C are the winners!!

In June, the Golden Boot Trophy will be awarded to the class that has the highest percentage of bike riders.

Check out how your class is going with actively traveling to school:

How will you actively travel on Wednesdays?    #activeschooltravel

Nationally Consistent Collection of Data on School Students with Disability (NCCD)

Every year in August, all schools in Australia participate in the Nationally Consistent Collection of Data on School Students with Disability (NCCD). The NCCD process requires schools to identify information already available in the school about supports provided to students with disability. These relate to legislative requirements under the Disability Discrimination Act 1992 and the Disability Standards for Education 2005, in line with the NCCD guidelines (2019).

Information provided about students to the Australian Government for the NCCD includes:

• year of schooling
• category of disability: physical, cognitive, sensory or social/emotional
• level of adjustment provided: support provided within quality differentiated teaching practice, supplementary, substantial or extensive.

This information assists schools to:

• formally recognise the supports and adjustments provided to students with disability in schools
• consider how they can strengthen the support of students with disability in schools
• develop shared practices so that they can review their learning programs in order to improve educational outcomes for students with disability.

The NCCD provides state and federal governments with the information they need to plan more broadly for the support of students with disability.

The NCCD will have no direct impact on your child and your child will not be involved in any testing process. The school will provide data to the Australian Government in such a way that no individual student will be able to be identified – the privacy and confidentiality of all students is ensured. All information is protected by privacy laws that regulate the collection, storage and disclosure of personal information. To find out more about these matters, please refer to the Australian Government’s Privacy Policy (https://www.dese.gov.au/about-us/resources/department-education-skills-and-employment-complete-privacy-policy-0).

Further information about the NCCD can be found on the NCCD Portal (https://www.nccd.edu.au).

If you have any questions about the NCCD, please contact Natalie Marhinin, Deputy Principal – Student Services (nmarh1@eq.edu.au) or call the school.

Key Dates for 2024 Prep

Have a great fortnight of learning and fun,

Natalie Marhinin and Erin Wiles