JSC Report Newsletter Week 7 Term 1
We would like to thank APS for giving us the opportunity to attend the Youth Leadership Conference on Tuesday 28th February.
This was a great opportunity for us to learn more about leadership skills. Some content I learned was about never giving up and some skills to become great leaders such as changing your environment and changing your perspective when things aren’t working. We also spoke about the importance of who you surround yourself with, is who you become.
Sophia: I learnt that I can be a Director, a Peer or a Supporter leader.
Wil Massara was an extremely inspirational guy. He started the Youth Leadership Academy when he was 15 years old. From all the things we learnt from the conference I will now try my best to be a great leader.
Ela: So be Brave, be Helpful, be Generous and be Kind.
In Other News:
Wattle House fundraising The event will be a drawing contest on 24 March Friday. Please bring a gold coin donation to vote on your favourite drawings.
Foundation The Foundation classes have been learning about nouns, writing the letter Q, and counting to 1-10 in chinese.
Year 5 & 6 have been writing a biography about the people on the Australian banknotes.
Also, in Chinese, they have been preparing to have a facetime call with our sister school, Zhinan Elementary School.
On Thursday the 9th of March they paid a visit to Collingwood College and Richmond High School and did some fun activities and games. We congratulate Year 5 & 6 for representing our school so well at these events.
Tuesday's P.E. Sessions 3/4/5/6 Students experienced an AFL clinic and got to meet some Collingwood Football Club players. It was really fun and we learnt a lot about the game and even got some signatures!
The new House names:
Green House will now be: Bamboo
Red House will now be: Grevillea
Blue House will now be: Jacaranda
Yellow House will now be: Wattle
By
Elanur and Annick
JSC House Captains
Elanur, Year 5 Annick, Year 5
Bamboo House Grevilla House
This year there are four students at our school with severe food allergies. The foods that these students are allergic to include:
Contact with these foods could result in the student experiencing anaphylaxis, which is a sudden, severe allergic reaction that requires immediate medical treatment and is potentially fatal.
We are seeking the support and cooperation of families to minimise the risk of these students coming into contact with these specific foods. Therefore we request that you follow these simple steps:
Thank you for recognising the need for ongoing vigilance to minimise the potential life threatening risk to these students.
Please note that we are NOT a ‘no nut’ school, rather this is a request to be mindful when packing your child’s lunch. We do not ban these foods from our school, as Allergy & Anaphylaxis Australia (A&AA) does not promote nut/food bans for many reasons. We do encourage allergen minimisation and have strategies in place for class room management of these students. A&AA does NOT encourage nuts to be brought into school or used in curricular or extracurricular activities. There is no reason why a student can’t have nuts for breakfast and nuts for afternoon tea once they are home. For most they are healthy nutritious foods that can be eaten away from children with nut allergy when possible BUT we do not ever want to presume nuts are never around because that is when accidents happen and people can be unprepared.
If you have any queries regarding this matter please contact your child’s classroom teacher.
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