Our PB4L focus for next week (Week 9) is Self Respect

In the explicit teaching lessons the expected behaviours taught will be:

• Completing my work to the best of my ability
• Following the school rules
• Accepting responsibility for my own actions
• Being honest
• Learning from my mistakes

Examples of behaviours that negatively impact on Respectful, Responsible and Safe Respect for Self to be taught include:

• Not trying my best
• Not following the school rules
• Being dishonest
• Blaming others for my behaviour

Our PB4L focus for Week 10 is Respect for Others

In the explicit teaching lessons the expected behaviours taught will be:

• Looking at others when they are talking
• Speaking courteously to others
• Accepting other people’s differences
• Listening to other people’s opinions
• Encouraging friendships
• Keeping personal space

Examples of behaviours that negatively impact Respectful, responsible and safe behaviours when Respecting Others to be taught include:

• Minding someone else’s business
• Taking someone else’s belongings
• Speaking unkindly to someone or about someone
• Bossing people around
• Physical aggression
• Invading someone’s personal space
• Keeping friends to myself

We would very much appreciate your discussing these weekly focuses with your children and reviewing the expected and non-acceptable behaviours in our endeavour to see that St Patrick’s is a more respectful, responsible and safe learning community for all.

PB4L Data

It is with pride that I inform you that over the last two weeks 49 students were given Citizenship, Merit, Library or Uniform Awards or Playground Affirmation Awards whilst there were 8  incidents of Inappropriate behavior recorded.

Please continue to act respectfully, responsibly and safely.

PARENT TEACHER STUDENT CONFERENCES

You will soon be alerted via COMPASS of our upcoming Parent/Teacher/Student Conferences. This Term these conferences will be conducted by telephone call. In the COMPASS notification will be information of how to book a meeting time with your child(s) teacher(s). Please avail yourself of this opportunity as the teachers are looking forward to discussing each child’s response to learning and teaching thus far. Teachers may wish to discuss attitudes, behaviour, goals and homework amongst other matters, some of which may be grade specific. Further it is an opportunity for you to discuss with teachers any concerns and/or aspirations you may have for your child.

AFTERNOON DISMISSAL

Please be advised that there are now two points of dismissal for families collecting students from the Kembla St Entrance. To reduce congestion at the Kembla St entrance families who wait at the gate to walk their child/ren home or to a parked car will meet the child/ren at the single gate nearer to the convent.

Students who are picked up by adults in a car will continue to use the same gate that we presently use.

Mr Gavan Hoctor - Assistant Principal