Diversity
Dear Parents and Guardians,
Wow - Week 5 already, the term is certainly full steam ahead and there have been may events already Assemblies, CES Visitors, Day for Daniel, Prep Transitions and many more exciting events to come over the term including Starry Starry Night, Awards Morning and Year 6 Graduation.
Zones of Regulation
The Zones is a systematic, cognitive behavioural approach used to teach self-regulation by categorising all the different ways we feel and states of alertness we experience into four concrete-coloured zones. The Zones of Regulation uses four colours to help children self-identify how they’re feeling and categorise it based on colour. The curriculum also helps children better understand their emotions, sensory needs, and thinking patterns. They learn different strategies to help them cope and manage their emotions based on which colour zone they’re in.
The Green Zone
The green zone is used to describe when you’re in a calm state of alertness.
Being in the green zone means you are calm, focused, happy, or ready to learn. This is predominantly the state you want your child to be in. It’s also the state most needed in the classroom in order to learn.
The Yellow Zone
The yellow zone describes when you have a heightened sense of alertness. This isn’t always a bad thing, and you still have some control of your actions when you’re in the yellow zone. Being in the yellow means you may feel frustrated, anxious or nervous. But, it could also mean you’re feeling excited, silly, or hyper – which is okay in the right situations.
The Red Zone
The red zone describes an extremely heightened state of intense emotions. When a person reaches the red zone, they’re no longer able to control their emotions or reactions. Being in the red zone means you’re feeling anger, rage, terror, or complete devastation and feel out of control.
The Blue Zone
The blue zone, on the other hand, is used when a person is feeling low states of alertness or arousal. When you’re in the blue zone you may be feeling down – sad, sick, tired, or bored. You’re still in control, as you are in the yellow zone, but with low energy emotions.
At this time of year when school life is very busy it is important to check which Zone we are in and to takes steps and strategies to get ourselves back to the Green Zone.
Visitors
This week we have the wonderful Lorraine Carroll - CES Speech Therapist and Zinna Alyward - CES Occupational Therapist visiting Weipa providing their services to St. Joseph's School.
Also this Week, Sandra Van Rooyen - Consultant Inclusive Education from Cairns Catholic Education will also be with us. Sandra will continue to provide her service to St. Joseph's School throughout the week.
Last week we had Ms Sandi Brown, our new School Counsellor visiting St. Joseph's School Weipa and working with Staff, Parents, and Students.
Reynolds Raffle
On Friday the 18th of October at the Golf Club the Reynolds drew the winning tickets for the North Queensland Cowboys signed 2024 Jersey and the Brisbane Broncos signed 2024 Football.
Many people attended the event to support the Reynolds family and with the support of the St. Joseph’s School community and the Weipa community we raised $4817.25.
We would like to Thank the North Queensland Cowboys for their Donation of a 2024 signed Jersey and Brisbane Broncos for a 2024 signed Football.
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.
