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Week 7 Term 2

Acknowledgment to Country

Coming up in Week 8

Monday 17th June

9am - 10:30am Stay and Play (Preschool site)
The Push-Up Challenge

Tuesday 18th

JC 12:45pm - 1:45pm Menslink Tribe Group yr6 Boys
SC 7am - 4:30pm Bungonia 103
SC 10:10am - 11:10am Chilled skills group - early Intervention Team
The Push-Up Challenge

Wednesday 19th

SC 3pm - 4:30pm Game on session three, Run, Jump. Catch and Throw ( SC Basketball Courts)
The Push-Up Challenge
9:30am - 2:30pm Dance Nation Rehearsal (Convention Centre)

Thursday 20th

The Push-Up Challenge

Friday 21st

The Push-Up Challenge
10am - 11am Dance Nation
10:10am Cultural Integrity Meeting
JC 12:15pm - 1:45pm 1/2 Bushplay

Coming up in week 9

Monday 24th

9am - 10:30am Stay and Play (Pre-School site)
The Push-Up Challenge
SC 7am - 4:30pm Bungonia 103

Tuesday 25th

JC 12:45pm - 1:45pm MensLink Tribe Group yr6 Boys
The Push-Up Challenge
SC 10:10am - 11:10am Chilled Skills Group - Early Intervention Team
SC 11:30 - 12:40pm Stromlo 102

Wednesday 26th

The Push-Up Challenge
9:30am - 2:30pm Dance Nation Rehearsal at The Convention Centre
SC 3pm - 4:30pm Game On Session 3, Navigate and Agility (SC Basketball Courts)\

Thursday 27th

The Push-Up Challenge
JC 9:15am - 12:15pm 5/6 Excursion
5:30pm - 9:30pm Dance Nation Performance Evening at The Convention Centre

Friday 28th

The Push-Up Challenge
10am - 11am Dance Nation
JC 12:45pm - 1:45pm -1/2 Bushplay
P&C PJ Day - Junior and Senior Campus All Day

Message from the Principal

Parent Portal – new communication tool

In week 9/10 we are introducing a new Parent Portal, a secure online platform (not an app) used to share student information between you and your child’s teachers.

Using the Parent Portal on your mobile phone, tablet, or computer, you will be able to:

notify us if your child is sick or explain an absence
book parent-teacher interviews
receive academic reports
receive our school newsletter
receive messages from your child’s teachers
make payments
access the school calendar and your child’s student timetable.

You can start the sign up and identity verification process now so you’re ready to go. Head to the Education Directorate website Parent Portal page for all the details.

Parent Portal access

To access Parent Portal you will need to create or have access to an ACT Government Digital Account and complete the level 2 identity verification.

The mobile number, first and last names for your Digital Account must be an exact match for those the school uses to contact you. If you already have a Digital Account in which any of these are different from what’s on the school’s records, you can:

contact the school to have your mobile number in the school records changed, so you can use your existing Digital Account (recommended), or
make a new Digital Account just for use with Parent Portal.

You can sign up now and complete the Identity Verification process at any time to get ready for our launch this term.

To complete Identity Verification with your Digital Account, you must provide the details of one primary AND one secondary Australian identity document (e.g. Drivers Licence number, Medicare Number). These identity documents details will be verified against your account name and Date of Birth, using the Australian Government Document Verification Service (DVS).

Primary identification document

Australian Birth Certificate
Australian Citizenship Certificate
Record of Australian Immigration Status (ImmiCard)
Australian Visa
Australian Driver Licence
Australian Change of Name Certificate
Australian Marriage Certificate
Australian Passport (current or expired up to 2 years)

Secondary identification document

Current Australian Medicare Card
Australian Passport (if it is not used as the primary document)
Centrelink Concession Card
Australian Driver Licence (if it is not used as the primary document)

Both primary and secondary identity documents must be in the same name. Details of these identity documents will be verified, using the Australian Government Document Verification Service (DVS) to confirm your first name, last name and date of birth.

If any of the documents have a different name or an incorrect date of birth, you will need to contact the issuing authority for the document (e.g., Medicare, Australian Passport Office, etc) to have it reissued with corrected details.

If you are unable to complete the identification process, it means we are unable to give you access to Parent Portal currently. Please be assured that the school will continue to share all information available in the Parent Portal with you using existing channels. We will host a few support sessions to help families get connected to the Parent Portal. Stay tuned for dates and times.

If you have any questions, please contact the school.

Homework

Homework is a contentious topic. For every student and family that want homework there are generally two who do not want it. Much of the research concludes that homework can have a positive but minor effect on student achievement overall. What does this mean for your child/young person? The answer is complex, as every family is different.

As a generalisation in the early years of primary school reading at home multiple times each week with an adult is highly beneficial. It is a way to connect with an adult whilst practising emerging reading skills. All reading is valuable; sometimes your child might read to you, you might share the reading by taking turns or you might just read to your child. All these methods have different benefits.

Around the middle years of primary school reading is still beneficial, particularly starting to branch out and read a wider variety of texts e.g. fiction and non-fiction. It can also be beneficial to practice number facts such as multiplication and division facts. The more practice students put into these facts generally the faster recall they have which can positively impact their learning in mathematics as concepts get more complex.

In years 7-10 the focus is on student’s learning to manage their time, prioritise completing tasks in a range of subjects, completing tasks to the best of their abilities, learning to submit assignment drafts for feedback and being well prepared for the next day. There is always work for students to explore at home via Google Classroom or resources such as Mathspace an online tutoring program that all Year 7-10 students have access to.

Don’t discount the importance of the following as valuable learning opportunities at home:

Helping to do the shopping e.g. reading labels, reading numbers/price tags.
Household chores such as setting the dinner table, matching socks from the washing, packing the dishwasher.
Engaging in discussion at the dinner table (builds conversations skills and vocabulary).
Cleaning the bedroom.
Sorting the recycling.
Attending sport, music practice sessions.
Instrument practice.
Following areas of passion/interest e.g. the Olympic Games are coming up. What country is that flag from? Where in the world is it? What is the temperature like there? Looking at times/scores/points/medal tallies etc.

Learning is everywhere. We can all work together to capture the moments and to teach children and young people how to persevere when things are hard.

Below is an article from the Raising children Network website that address homework for 5-15 year olds that might be of interest to you.

Homework: children and teenagers | Raising Children Network

Warm Regards

Julie

Junior LSU News

This term in the Acacia Unit we are:

looking at art

In art, we are focusing on the different patterns that we see in the shapes we see around us. We are learning through this that it is OK to make mistakes as we are making drafts first before getting to our final copy and we can incorporate them into our designs. Everyone is discovering that we can do our best which is enabling us to produce great works of art. This is leading to great delight in what each other is creating and gives us opportunity to appreciate what each of us is doing in and through our art. We ALL are having a LOT of fun😊

looking at shapes around us

This term we are looking at two-dimensional (2D) shapes and three-dimensional (3D) objects in mathematics. Although we mostly knew already how to draw these, we are learning so much more about them as we explore what makes them a certain type of shape. We had opportunity to create a booklet for other children to guess our shapes by the clues written to describe them. As well as shapes we have also been looking at odd and even numbers and what happens when we add or subtract them.

looking at Australia

This term we are looking at Australia, its states and territories and their capital cities. When we first had a try and drawing the outline of Australia it was very hard but over the weeks as we practise each week we are getting more accurate…

looking at being ‘ready to learn’

Having revamped our mornings towards the end of last term we are seeing each student feeling calm. As a result of taking this time to make sure we are focused, centred and ready to learn lets that happen. This enables us to make the most of each and every opportunity we are given to do our best.

~ Marjorie Waugh, Jill Downs, Bec Brown, Marg Denne, Sam McClory, Jen Heywood & Greg Pratt (JFlex Staff).

Spotlight on Staff: Greg Pratt, SLC yr 3-6

How long have you worked at CCS?

5 weeks

Describe your role at CCS?

I’m the 3/6 team leader, and each week I spend a bit of time classes in years 3 to 6, and in the Flexible Education unit. And Kindy duties, so many Kindy duties.

What do you enjoy about working with young people?

A classic, but explaining a challenging concept to a student and getting that reaction where they show they have a new understanding for the first time.

Describe your work in Education in 3 words:

Respectful, caring, consistent

Passionate about?

Showing students that school, and learning, can be a whole lot of fun if they want it to be.

What do people not know?

Nah, I’m an open book. Just ask me, I’ll tell you. 😊

Years 1/2 News

Literacy

In year 1/2, we have been learning how to write complete sentences. A complete sentence must have a noun and a verb. Adjectives describe the nouns. They make sentences more interesting. Here are some examples of our descriptive sentences.

1/2T read the book Dogasaurus by Lucinda Gifford. We looked at the adjectives and nouns in the opening sentence and created our own sentences based on it.

1/2 HL read the text ‘When I Grow Up’ by A. Daddo. The class found simple sentences in the text that contained a noun and a verb. They then added detail to those sentences by choosing different adjectives in our sentences. Afterwards, we talked about how the images created changed according to the choice of adjectives.

Original sentence: Meet Pirates.

Original sentence: Taming locks.

Mathematics

In Mathematics the year 1 students have been learning about 2D shapes. Students were able to make familiar shapes with paddle pop sticks, matchsticks, and playdough. They even tried combining multiple shapes to make a large creation.

Year 2 has also been learning about shape and the features that shapes have, including straight, curved and parallel lines. We have also learnt the difference between regular and irregular shapes

Assembly

During week 6 we ran our second assembly of the year. We did a dance and shared our learning from science. Here are some pictures:

UR Fab and Social Emotional Learning

Understanding and responding to feelings and behaviours

We have learnt about lots of different things including

Making sure your body’s “revs” are just right for a task, and not too fast or too slow
Identifying feelings
How different feelings feel in our bodies
Strategies for when you feel upset or angry

CCS Boxing Club

“It’s an exciting time at CCS!

Boxing has hit the school with great momentum this term. After a long development process, a boxing club has fired up for both the JC and the SC in a trial stage that will hopefully continue and expand in the future to come. Immediately from the get-go, this program has been a success and it’s easy to see why.

Boxing is an incredible sport for developing anyone’s skills and abilities which extend beyond just the physical. For our young people, they are provided the opportunity to push themselves both physically and mentally in a rewarding way while engaging in social and co-operative activities. They not only improve upon their fitness and co-ordination, but also their emotional regulation and self-development. Boxing revolves around discipline and focuses on how you improve as an individual. It is a fantastic, positive outlet for many who may struggle to find one.

If proof of the above is needed, all you need to do is look at the students already engrossed in the program! They all jumped at the opportunity and haven’t looked back since. For some of them, it’s not a stretch to say it’s one of the most exciting and impactful parts of their school week.

The future is looking bright for the Boxing Club and those within it. The chance to expand and welcome even more of your incredible young people to this awesome opportunity is an exciting endeavour. I look forward to seeing where it leads and guiding them as they reach for their individual goals.”

Cheers,

Jake

Spotlight on Staff : Deb Brice, Front Office Admin

How long have you worked at CCS?

I started here at Caroline Chisholm Pre-School in part time role in 2007, I now work in the front office.

Describe your role at CCS?

Woo, where do I start? I have learnt so much from these little people. And I enjoy their company.

Describe your work in Education in three words

interesting, educational, fun.

What are your strengths? what are you passionate about ?

Wanting everyone to know how special they are.

What is something people do not know about you?

I love to walk at 5am with my hubby.

Years 3/4 News

Maths

Over the last two weeks in maths, we have been learning all about strategies to help us solve multiplication problems.

In Year 3 maths we have been learning different ways to solve multiplication facts of the twos, three, fours, fives and tens times tables. We have been using lots of different hands-on resources to help us visualise and represent multiplication problems. We used counters to help us visualise arrays and equal groups when solving simple multiplication problems.

Art - Indigenous artworks

This term in art we have been exploring different Indigenous Australian artworks. We have looked at different techniques used by Indigenous artists and used these different techniques as inspiration to create our own artworks. So far this term we have explored how Indigenous art is used to create a story of connection to place. Using our own connections to the local area we created aerial maps of Chisholm and created our own symbols to represent certain features around our local area. We will soon begin to explore connection to animals and nature and use this inspiration to create another two wonderful artworks. Stay tuned to see all our wonderful art from this term.

Skipping

This term across the Junior Campus students have been participating in Jump Rope for Heart. A lot of the students in year 3/4 have been taking any opportunity to get outside and be active by skipping either individually or with their friends. It has been wonderful to watch the students getting involved at school.

Jump Rope for Heart

Jump Rope for Heart!

We’re skipping through the term!

Jump Rope for Heart is well underway and it’s great to see so many children out in the playground skipping with smiles on their faces. Caroline Chisholm Junior Campus has already raised $1,135 so far!

It’s not long until our Jump Off Day (Date TBA) so keep on practicing those tricks! And don’t forget to share your online fundraising page with friends and family to raise money for a great cause!

Still need to sign up online? It’s easy just follow this link and enter your details at

www.jumprope.org.au/parents

P.S. Don’t forget our skipping goal of 10 hours! Currently, we’ve completed 6 hours only 4 hours to go!

A big congratulations to our top 5 fundraisers so far!

Mitchell R raising $212.20
Isabel R raising $154.18
Erika P raising $125.54
Matilda VD raising $123.79
Madeline S raising $115.41

Student Voice

Student Voice at CCS

Our JC House Captains for 2024 are:

COOINDA	Abi S and Grace W
JUMBANNA	Saxon H and Lewis M
KARINGAL	Lacey C-B and Leila S
MULLAYA	Carus B and Maddison L

Student Advocates (Semester 1)

Year 1/2 – Lacey M, Quinn M, Anthony V

Year 3/4 – Hudson B, Eleanor B, Kaleb M

Year 5/6 – Sophia L, Tessa M, Amelia P

Flex Space – Mia N, Eeva V

Our student leaders have been working hard to implement change and bring the school community together. So far, this has included:

our advocates working hard with Jordan Rodger as Waste Warriors, making CCS a more sustainable school
a door decorating contest in Term 1 based on our school values of respect, responsibility and perseverance (plus an upcoming Term 2 contest with the 2024 Paris Olympics as our theme!)
planning for a mini-Olympics in Term 3
designing new school values banners for display in the JC hall
lunchtime clubs led by our House Captains – board games/drawing, netball and skipping/ball game rotations

Peer Support Program

Our Year 5 and 6 leaders are also essential to our new Peer Support mentoring program. Currently, we are working with the fabulous Year 9 and 10 (and one exceptional Year 8!) student leaders to establish and embed positive peer relationships, resilience and wellbeing practices.

In our first session, our senior leaders led small groups of 5/6 students in discussions around what we feel and where we feel it when we’re under pressure and/or feeling anxious, how physical movement can help to reduce these feelings, and goal making for the week ahead. We also completed our push-ups for the day for the Push Up Challenge and performed some awesome dance moves to “I’m Gonna Be (500 Miles)”.

Our student leaders will be guiding their peers through this program, which we will continue to build on over the coming weeks, and terms. Broad topics for discussion and small group sessions will include resilience, sense of self, connectedness and sense of possibility.

What do students gain from this?

Developed communication skills
Self-awareness
Social skills
Motivation
Empathy
Self-confidence

Stay tuned for more updates on the program!

Jayne McDonald

Year 9 News

Please ensure your child is wearing the correct uniform to school. The uniform shop is open on Thursday afternoons. We have a new school hoodie – you can take your child to go and try on a size before ordering through the uniform shop.
No Mobile Phone Policy is going quite well! We appreciate the work on the home front to support this new policy that has passed. Please remind your child to charge their chrome books ready for use each day at school.
We will be coming into a busy assessment period Please encourage your child to use a diary or keep up with their ‘to do’ assigned tasks on Google Classroom. They could also use the newly timetabled study lines to catch up also.

YEAR Meetings

Each Tuesday morning, the year group meet during Contact Class time (9am for 10 minutes). Announcements are read from the Year Coordinator including reminders that are important for that week. During this time, there have also been stories shared from both the Year Coordinator and Executives. You may like to ask your child for more information about the following stories:

Hawke’s learning from music lyrics.
Briggs percentages of where we spend most of our time.
Briggs Reconciliation Day beautiful hike.
Hawke’s sporting analogies.

Year 9 English Documentaries News ~ Written by Isabella Moore

Last term in English we studied documentaries. We were learning to understand the techniques people use to inform, educate, and persuade audiences. We watched the acclaimed documentary ‘Blackfish’ which explored the life of a killer whale named Tillikum, who was taken from the wild and held in captivity at SeaWorld in Orlando. Through the twists and turns and Tilkum’s life, we were all left considering if holding animals in captivity is the right thing to do.

For our final assessment task, the challenge was over to us to create our own documentaries. In groups, we picked an issue, filmed interviews, found music, found, or created b-roll footage, and used all our persuasive skills to create a final documentary that would impact viewers to feel, think or do something. The topics varied from water quality to school funding, to iPad kids, to racism. Each class selected their top three documentaries to go to the CCS Documentary Film Festival where all of Year 9 watched the finalists and voted for the CCS Documentary of the Year, while we ate popcorn.

The calibre was very high, and we have documentaries making a difference already - one of our documentaries has been shown to the Principal and Executives about reducing canteen line wait times and next steps are underway. Another is going to be sent to a politician about how public schools are funded. The CCS Documentary of the Year for 2024, voted for by Year 9, was created by Mylo, Norman and Ash, titled “Night Owls.” You can view it here: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=DeOXp0_SWyQ&t=7s.

Hospitality News:

On Tuesday, 2nd April, during Week 10 of Term 1, our Hospitality Green and Orange classes engaged in a flavourful battle in the Sandwich Bar Competition. Students put their culinary skills to the test, crafting gourmet sandwiches with creative names and unique ingredient combinations.

In the lead-up to the event, students developed their recipes as part of a theory task, meticulously planning every detail from the name to the ingredients. On competition day, they had one hour to bring their creations to life, judged by famous teachers on the following criteria: Presentation, Creativity, Cost for Value, and Taste.

The winners emerged from the fierce competition with exceptional sandwiches. Congratulations to Tanna & Michael from the Orange class for their winning creation, "The BLT," and to Colby & Owen from the Green class for their standout sandwich, "The S.S.S." Special mentions go to our runners-up: Marnie with "The 3 in 1 Brekkie" and Ollie & Amaya with "The Praiseworthy Pesto."

Well done to all participants for their hard work and delicious entries!

Harding Miller Scholarship

Interview with Isobel & Tyler Rae (2 Yr. 9 students)

What is the Harding Miller Scholarship?

The Harding Miller Scholarship is a foundation that strives to assist girls around Australia from the start of year 9 by providing them with money, a new Chromebook, a pre-paid card and tutoring to further enhance their learning in the future.

How has this been helping you?

Harding Miller Scholarship provides us with multiple tools to enhance the value of our education. Such tools include, a new Chromebook, a pre-paid card for expenses and an amount of money for tutoring, as well as multiple websites that provide further assistance for certain subjects. By providing us with these tools, it widens our horizons as learners and providing us with opportunities that we would’ve have never been given if we hadn’t applied for this scholarship.

Photographed on the left: Tyler Rae and Isobel with their Harding Miller coach, Louise McNee. She is the main supporter for the students when they have any enquiries.

How did you apply for the scholarship?

We were approached by a teacher in Year 8, who encouraged us to apply for the scholarship. Deciding to apply for it, was a true blessing as it got us to where we are today.

When and what was the event, you attended?

The event was held to congratulate scholars for receiving the scholarship by presenting us with awards to proudly display in our homes. The event was held during last term, on the 6^th of May, It was a great way to meet new people that have a love for learning, as we do and meeting the staff that will encourage you all the way through your scholarship. It also provided with ways and resources to get the most out of the scholarship.

Can you explain how the event was ran?

The event started out with a networking of all the scholars to get to know each other, then there were the workshops for helping with communication skills with others. After that we had the rehearsal of the main event including accepting the award, then a few breaks scattered in between that and the meeting of our coaches and lastly the main event receiving of the awards with all loved ones watching.

What was your highlight and how did you feel?

The highlight of the event would be meeting all the other scholars. It was wonderful to be surrounded by ambitious girls and gain support from Harding Miller Organisers and Staff. The overall experience of the event was unforgettable and eye opening for all the other opportunities that may be presented in the future. It instilled hope for ourselves that we will be able to push through adversity and overcome any challenges that we may face. It shows us that we are supported and cared for. It is with both pride and gratitude that we can say we are one of the Harding Miller’s Scholars of 2024.

Tyler Rae and Isobel received their award from Laura Nuttall A representative of the Greens political party.

Outdoor Education (OED) Highlights:

Throughout Term 2, the OED classes have been focusing on surfing and roping activities. To practice their skills, leading into camps later in the year, they have attended some fun excursions, see some highlights below 😊.

Peer Support Program:

Exciting news, we kick started a Peer-Support/Mentoring program with Year 5/6 students at the Junior Campus (JC) and our current and emerging leaders in years 9 and 10 (and one exceptional Year 8).

The year 9 students said it went terrific. We went over the JC during time block one and began with some ‘get to know you’ games. We also discussed that feeling anxious was a normal thing. The small groups then combined into a large group and had some fun participating in a fitness dance. We performed star jumps, squats, and push ups to the song “I’m Gonna Be (500 Miles)”. The year 9s really enjoyed building friendships with the year 5/6 students, as well as establishing bonds for when they come to high school over the next couple of years. In the future, they are hoping to run sessions about Physical Education, Wellbeing and English. ~ Lucy, Reta, Lachlan & Misa ~

Spotlight on Staff : Dylan Cannell, Secondary English, HPE Teacher

How long have you worked at CCS?

I've worked at CCS for 2.5 years

Describe your role at CCS

I am an Educator and a problem solver in ways to get students engaged in learning.

What do you enjoy about working with children/young people?

I enjoy seeing when the student's realize what they are able to accomplish.

Describe your work in Education in three words

Strategic, Passionate, Resourceful

What are your strengths? what are you passionate about?

Some strengths might be versatility and initiative. I am passionate about encouraging students to work hard now for a bright future later.

What is something people do not know about you?

I play AFL on my weekends

Need help dealing with violent or distressing online content?

The eSafety Commissioner has a number of free webinars to help support you navigating online safety for you and your family. The Website has many informative resources to explore relating to protecting and educating your family and children about the importance of online safety and being online in a safe way.

The following are just some of the available Webinars

Upcoming Webinars from the eSafety Commissioner

These live webinars give parents and carers the knowledge, skills and tools to support their children to have safe online experiences. The include eSafety 101, Wellbeing and digital technologies, consent and online boundaries, and setting your child up for success online.

Online Safety for every family

These short videos and easy-to-read advice sheets will give you the confidence to talk with your children about online safety. They include tips to help them stay safe, and important information about what to do if something bad does happen online.

The eSafety Guide

Find out how to protect your personal information and report harmful content on common social media, games, apps and sites. Entries are for information only and are not reviews or endorsements by eSafety.

Free Period Products

Access to free period products

A reminder that free period products are available at our school for anyone in the ACT who needs them.

They can be accessed at any time during the school day from the front office by staff, students, school community members and visitors.

If you have any questions, please speak to our front office.

You can read more about the initiative at: ACT Government>Free Period Products or visit www.act.gov.au and search ‘free period products’.

Library and Building Trust Fund Donations

Online Safety tips for Families

Cyber Security Tips for Families

Keeping our students safe online is a top priority. The Australian Cyber Security Centre provides resources to help parents protect their children from cyber threats. We encourage all parents to review the following guides:

Protect your children online: A guide to cyber security for parents and carers covers key tips including:

Using antivirus software and backing up data regularly
Staying informed on the latest cyber threats
Teaching kids to recognise online scams and how to report them.

Security tips for online gaming has helpful tips to protect against security risks such as viruses and account takeovers:

Importance of Multi Factor authentication
Password protection
Use of legitimate software.

Online shopping shows you and your children how to safely shop online.

Know your emojis to keep kids safe

Do you know that a chili emoji can have multiple meanings? Or what the acronym PIR or the number 9 stands for?

The Australian Federal Police (AFP) led Australian Centre to Counter Child Exploitation (ACCCE) is urging the community to understand the double meaning of emojis and acronyms, to keep kids safe. They offer some top tips for parents, and recent examples of emoji use and acronyms popping up with youth online. For more information, read the online article Knowing your emojis to keep your kids safe | Australian Federal Police (afp.gov.au)