Dear Parents and Guardians,  

Welcome to Week 6. It has been a very busy couple of weeks and it is hard to believe that we are halfway through Term 1. 

Personalised Learning Plans (PLPs)   

Over the next few weeks the teachers will be 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 of this Term.  

Visitors   

Week 7: Next week from Monday 6th March to Friday 10th of March Ms Heather Alison our School Counsellor will be visiting us in Weipa providing her service to St. Joseph's School. Also next week from Wednesday 8th March to Thursday 9th of March we have Vicki Reinmann - Psychologist Inclusion from Cairns Catholic Education visiting and supporting teachers and students.  

CIRCLE OF SECURITY PARENT TALK  

Ms Heather Alison  our School Counselling will be holding a session to lay the foundation for a possible parent training group in Term 2 & Term 3 which would run during her visits to Weipa called Circle of Security Parent Talk. 

About the Circle of Security Parent Talk - At times all parents feel lost or without a clue about what our child might need from us. Imagine what it might feel like if you were able to make sense of what your child was really asking from you. The Circle of Security® Parenting™ program is based on decades of research about how secure parent-child relationships can be supported and strengthened. 

Using the COSP™ model developed by the Circle of Security originators, our trained Facilitators work with parents and care-givers to help them to: 

• Understand their child’s emotional world by learning to read emotional needs 
• Support their child’s ability to successfully manage emotions 
• Enhance the development of their child's self esteem 

• Honor the innate wisdom and desire for their child to be secure 

If you have any questions please feel free to contact me at a convenient time that suits.   

My email address is   mturner@cns.catholic.edu.au   
   

Kind Regards,     

Melanie Turner.