Dear Parents and Guardians,   

Welcome to Term 3, Week 6. The Term is certainly flying by and there are many exciting events still to come including Book Week, the Colour Run and the Schoo Dance just name a few. 

Personalised Learning Plans (PLPs)  

 Over the next few weeks the teachers are in the process of writing Personalised Learning Plans (PLPs). Personalised learning is a process that supports a wide range of students with additional learning and support needs. This includes students who may require support in one or more of the following areas: learning (including high potential learners), behaviour, social/emotional, cultural/language (including international students, boarders and learners of English as an Additional Language or Dialect) and those who have educational support needs arising from disability.  

Teachers, with the support of the Leader of Diversity, and in consultation with parents, collaboratively decide which adjustments and/or goals are to be targeted and determine appropriate strategies and supports to be implemented. It is the teacher’s responsibility to implement these planned strategies in order to support students to meet their goals.  

Teachers will direct School Officer support and plan for adjustments on a weekly basis. Teachers communicate weekly with School Officers regarding student progress and make adjustments as needed.  

Evidence is collected regularly and uploaded to ENGAGE. PLP meetings are set 6 monthly and will determine if current goals have been achieved before setting further goals. The teachers will meet with Parents of PLP students in Week 8, 9 and 10 of this Term. 

Visitors  

This week we have had the pleasure of Tosca Grainger - Dee our School Counsellor visiting us again in Weipa providing her service to St. Joseph's School from Monday 15th August - Friday 19th August and offering the Building Great Kids Program to the Parent community. 

Bringing Up Great Kids is a reflective, mindful, respectful program that provides parents with an opportunity to reflect on their parenting journey 

The program content is detailed below. 

Program Content 

The Bringing Up Great Kids’ program supports parents and carers to: 

•  learn more about the origins of their own parenting style and how it can be more effective. 
• identify the important messages they want to convey to their children and how to achieve this. 
• learn more about brain development in children and its influence on their thoughts, feelings and behaviours. 
• understand the meaning behind children’s behaviours, and how to respond to children’s underlying feelings and needs. 
• explore new ways of communicating with children. 
• discover ways for parents to take care of themselves and to find support when they need it. 

Later during the Term, Lillian Miller - Consultant First Nations Education from Cairns Catholic Education to our School. Lillian will continue to provide her service to St. Joseph's School during Term 3. 

If you have any questions, please feel free to make contact with myself at a convenient time that suits. My email address is  mturner@cns.catholic.edu.au   

Kind regards,   

Melanie Turner.