Newsletter Week 4 Term 3 2024

Hi Everyone, 

Faith in Focus - Feast of the Assumption - August 15

This week, we celebrate the Feast of the Assumption of Mary, the Mother of God. This special occasion commemorates the moment Mary was taken up into heaven, body and soul, to be with God.
Reflecting on Mary’s life with children, we remember her deep faith and steadfast trust in God and that she said 'yes' to God's call.
We use this celebration to encourage children to look to Mary as a model of faith and devotion. Her example teaches us how to live with trust and dedication in our own lives.
We will celebrate the Feast of the Assumption at Mass on Thursday 15 August at 9:15am.

Religious Literacy -What is it, Does my child need it?

Corpus Christi is proud to offer all students learning opportunities that support their academic, social, emotional and spiritual growth.

There are many day to day experiences for students that create opportunities for faith, culture and life to connect, to be explored and nutured. 

One way our school aims to achieve this, is through developing students' Religious Literacy.

Religious literacy is defined as entailing the ability to discern, explore and analyse the fundamental intersections of religion and social, and cultural life through multiple perspectives.

Through our Religious Education lessons, our well-being and social/emotional programs, our prayer and worship, through our social justice initiatives and in our personal interactions, CCW aims to nurture students' Religious Literacy.

Staff have undertaken professional learning and reflection in 2024 to unpack our shared vision and understanding of Religious Literacy and its impact on the students in our care.

We encourage you to take some time to read the belief statements below, which CCW staff have collaboratively created and jointly share as the vision for supporting the Religious Literacy of each child. 

This term, students in Year 1 -6 set off along the Learning Highway – the one that we stay on for life if we know how to attend and focus, how to plan and organise our time and resources, and how to be resilient and persist when the learning becomes difficult or repetitive.

Learning to learn, means understanding and practising the attitudes and behaviours that support higher level processing and that means starting with developing the inside skills that help a child to self-regulate and to choose positive and helpful ways to stay calm and optimistic despite challenges. For every child, knowing how they learn best – their patterns of motivation and procrastination and how to develop a Growth Mindset matter to later learning success.

The Executive Functioning skills of avoiding distractions, approaching a task with success in mind and applying strategies that increase learning persistence, confidence and resilience are the focus of our Term 3 Highway Heroes lessons.

Recently, students have been learning about tricks to 'Getting Things Done'.Your child has to do and remember a lot in a school day; lessons to learn, rules to follow,
friends to make, friendship issues to sort out, new teachers, different demands... And
then there are after school commitments, chores, homework… Creating systems for
success that help your child to Approach tasks confidently - with persistence and using
their Supa Thinking - makes sense in their busy lives – and yours too. 

Having an Approach is a successful step towards Getting Things Done. Classes have been discussing the TRIPLE A's for GETTING THINGS DONE.

Take some time at home to talk with your child about how you approach a task, even when you don't feel like doing it. 

Resilience is one of those skills that all kids need and should have. It refers to their ability to cope and adapt in situations when confronted with challenges such as adversity, trauma, tragedy, or even stress. It is essential to their mental health and wellbeing as part of their journey to adulthood. It is a skill that can be learned from an early age through the support of an adult role model.

However, being resilient does not mean your child won't experience any difficulties, but it will better equip them to manage those situations.

Over-protective parenting can be viewed as being unhelpful towards the building of resilience. Although this may be a natural instinct, potentially experiencing failure is all part of the process. Encouraging children to take healthy risks will help them trust their capacity to deal with uncomfortable situations and increase their capacity for courage.

In this edition of SchoolTV, parents will gain an understanding of how to support their child’s brave behaviour to help them adapt and build resilience.

We hope you take time to reflect on the information offered in this edition of SchoolTV and we always welcome your feedback. If you have any concerns about your child, please contact the school counsellor for further information or seek medical or professional help.

Here is the link to the Resilience edition of SchoolTV

https://waratah.catholic.schooltv.me/newsletter/resilience

Winter Uniform - School Tie

A survey is now available for parents and community to submit a preference on the current uniform modification.

The survey will be sent out via Compass today and remain open for 2 weeks.  

Modification of the school uniform will only be implemented if the modfication is supported by a 60% majority of responses. Any modification would not commence until May 2025. All specifications for the winter uniform will remain unchanged for the remainder of 2024.