Wrapped with Love Knitting
Today we were joined by many parishioners and grandparents, who helped our Mini Vinnies Team to learn how to knit. They will knit squares which will be sewn together to make blankets as part of the Parish Wrapped with Love initiative. Some of the volunteers will return on Tuesdays at 11am to keep supporting these children.
Tell Them From Me Survey
Today families will have received our school’s “Tell Them From Me” survey. This survey replaces the DOLSIS survey from years gone by. It is a much shorter survey and easier to read. Along with the student and staff surveys, the data from this survey will be analysed and will be used to guide the School Improvement Agenda over the next few years. We are aiming for at least 75% of families to complete the survey to ensure we get a broad picture of our school community.
If you haven't filled the survey in, please go to this link to complete it:
http://tellthemfromme.com/2022sjplaurieton
Whole School Write
Over the past couple of weeks, we have presented the same writing stimulus to all our students in K-6 to create an independent piece of writing. We do this at the beginning of each term. This allows us to see how each student engages in the writing process with minimal teacher input and to assess students' growth and achievement in writing.
This assists our planning in English units and for support and extension in writing. This term, our students have been engaged in writing a persuasive text about why it is important to put rubbish in the bin. After watching some educational videos and discussing some images of environmental problems, students had lots of ideas and persuasive arguments to use in their writing.
For extra motivation, we will be selecting some of the best writing samples to present in our own short clip/podcast to share with our community. We hope to share this with you soon.
Best wishes from the leadership team