Dear Parent and Guardians, 

Welcome to Week 4, the Term is certainly flying by. We are busily practising our Christmas Concert songs for Starry Starry night and also our Assembly Prayer for Week 5. We are making a Slideshow for our Assembly Prayer so if you have any photos of your family helping out others, being kind or raising money for charities please email them to mturner@cns.catholic.edu.au to be part of the Slideshow. 

Geography 

For Geography homework last week, the students had to choose a natural resource and create a poster to encourage members of the community to use this resource more sustainably. 

Reminders 

Library and Homework 

Library Day is Wednesday – please ensure Library bag is packed on that day and Homework is due in each Thursday and will be sent out on Friday 

Health and Physical Education 

Teacher: Melanie Turner (Thursday) 

Physical Education is Thursday – please wear Sports Uniform on that day 

Health Lesson 

Teacher Simmons (Thursday) 

Daniel Morcombe Program 

Fact sheet for Parents 

The Department of Education and Training, in partnership with the Daniel Morcombe Foundation, has developed the Daniel Morcombe Child Safety Curriculum for Queensland students. 

The Curriculum consists of classroom lessons across three phases of learning: Prep - Year 2, Years 3 - 6, and Years 7 - 9. 

The Curriculum, available to all Queensland schools, aims to develop student knowledge and skills to recognise, react to and report unsafe situations. The Curriculum is aligned with existing curriculum frameworks and was developed in collaboration with a wide range of stakeholders including Queensland Child Safety Ambassadors Bruce and Denise Morcombe. 

How the curriculum will be taught 

The Curriculum is based around three key messages: Recognise, React and Report. 

• The Recognise message encourages students to be aware of their surroundings and to recognise warning clues. 
• The React message helps students to consider choices that may keep them safe or help make them safe again as quickly as possible. 
• The Report message encourages students to report unsafe incidents to an adult. 

Teachers use a variety of materials, including interactive whiteboard activities, worksheets and safety books, to deliver the Recognise, React and Report messages. Developmentally appropriate scenarios are also being used to explore and discuss safety situations that children and young people may encounter in the home, at school or in their environment. 

Students are encouraged to share the resources they complete in class with their families to help keep parents informed about the content being discussed and to promote discussion about safety in the home. 

Resources for Parents 

Parent Guides for each of the phases are available online at www.education.qld.gov.au/child-safety-curriculum. 

The guide outlines what students will learn in the safety lessons in school. It also provides advice to parents about how safety messages can be reinforced at home and suggests some suitable resources to use with children. For more information about the Daniel Morcombe Child Safety Curriculum go to our website at www.education.qld.gov.au/child-safety-curriculum. 

Auslan 

Teacher: Meg Newall (Friday) 

Communication 

If you have any questions or queries, please email us on 

mturner@cns.catholic.edu.au and sulanas@cns.catholic.edu.au 

and we will endeavour to return your email within 24 hours. 

Regards, 

Mrs T and Ms U.