From the Assistant Principal's Desk
VIRTUAL BOOK WEEK CELEBRATIONS
Our students and staff engaged brilliantly in Book Week activities last week. Thank you to our parents and carers for supporting your children to get dressed up and enjoying reading lots of fantastic quality books over the course of the week. Please enjoy a showcase of our wonderful students and staff dressed as their favourite book characters.
ZOOM MEETINGS
Teachers and students have enjoyed the three Zoom meetings per week over the past two weeks. They have given teachers an opportunity to do some explicit teaching which is great. Stage 3 have started additional small group Zoom meetings as well.
From Monday, Kindergarten will be placed into smaller groups for their Zoom meetings so their meeting times will be different. There will be two simultaneous groups occurring with Mrs Cuff and Miss McMahon. Parents and carers of Kindergarten students need to check Seesaw on Sunday night for their child's Zoom meeting time.
Whole school Zoom Meeting Times
Mondays: Zoom Weekly Welcome Meeting. Teachers will share prayer with students, announce the weekly awards and provide one instructional lesson or focus.
Wednesdays: Well-being Zoom Meeting. This will be our regular well-being catch up via zoom, except teachers will also introduce an engagement activity such as a kahoot, a quiz, a challenge, a word or number hunt to open up and encourage conversation and connection.
THIS WEEK AT THE WEDNESDAY WELL-BEING ZOOM WE ENCOURAGE EVERYONE TO WEAR YELLOW TO SHOW OUR SUPPORT OF R U OK? DAY.
Fridays: Zoom Meeting with one instructional lesson or focus.
| Years 5 & 6 | 9:00am |
| Kindergarten | Group 1- 9:15am, Group 2- 9:45am |
| Years 1 & 2 | 9:30am |
| Years 3 & 4 | 9:45am |
REMINDER OF PB4L EXPECTATIONS ON ZOOMS
Students are expected to abide by our school rules during remote learning and when accessing the Zoom platform. Our school rules are Be Respectful, Responsible and Safe. In line with the CEDoW Social Media Policy and CEDoW Responsible Use of Technology Agreement, the following expectations apply when accessing Zoom:
- Wear your school jacket/jumper or sport shirt to show you are a part of the St Brigid’s community and are ready to participate
- Turn your video ON so your teacher and classmates can see you
- Have your microphone on MUTE until your teacher asks you to speak
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Wait your turn - teachers will give you a signal to use to speak, such as raising your hand
- Always listen and be respectful when others are speaking by staying focused and not speaking while another person is speaking
- Find a quiet place without distraction, bedrooms are not recommended
- Be on time for your scheduled Zoom meeting
- Be mindful that all Zoom meetings are recorded so adhering to the school rules and expectations are very important.
SHOWCASING NON-DIGITAL TASKS DAY
Below are some snapshots of the works students have completed during a Non-Digital Task Day. We hope the students are enjoying a break from screen time with these days. Our next Non-Digital Tasks Day is:
| Week 9 | Tuesday 7 September |
| Week 10 | Thursday 16 September |
Year 5
Xavier
Sophie
Year 4
Eliza
Sofia
Year 2
Kip
- Parents and carers are encouraged to take the day off from supporting their children with remote learning and let our Year 6 Leadership Team do the teaching for the day.
- Year 6 Leadership team have been busy creating fun, active, engaging and exciting videos for our students on this day.
- Students in K-6 will be able to watch and participate in story time sessions, artful sketch sessions, yoga, cooking and fitness sessions throughout the day.
- Parents and carers can put their feet up, grab a cuppa and listen to a meditation for R U OK? Day which will be sent out on Compass next Thursday morning.
- Teachers will be using this day as a planning day for Term 4 Remote Learning as for the first 4-5 weeks that we are still in remote learning in Term 4, there will be some changes to all classes.
- Students are welcome to post a photo of themselves engaging in the learning on their Seesaw or Google Classroom accounts for their teachers to see. There will be no teacher feedback provided on this day.
