The programme aims to provide information to children in Years 3 - 6, in the important area of personal development. The presenter, Rowena Thomas, is a Primary School teacher and a Christian. Her strengths lie in facilitating an inspiring an informative programme.
Presentations are engaging, age appropriate, open and honest. The presentation must be viewed with a parent present.
At times St Peter's Anglican Primary School is required to submit numerical data concerning students to the Federal or State Governments for assessment and funding purposes. Next week we will be taking part in the Nationally Consistent Collection of Data on School Students with Disability (NCCD). If parents would like further information on this process, they may use the following links:
The additional School Challenge will close on the same day, and a digital copy of the reading record with the additional books your child has read (not including the required books for the official PRC challenge) needs to be emailed to: administration@stpeters.nsw.
Thank you for encouraging your child to participate and develop a love for reading.
To access the Parent Payment System, visit: https://shop.icasassessments.com.au/pages/pps and enter the school access code: LGM070
We would like to welcome the Nellies family back to St Peter's.
Prep
Mason
Year 1
Peighton
Year 3
Connor
Please visit our School Website to apply: https://www.stpeters.nsw.edu.
Tuesday, 10 August 2021
1.30pm - 3.00pm: St Peter's Heart - Online Information Session
6.30pm - 7.30pm: Amazing Me - Online Session
Thursday, 12 August 2021
My Gateway 8 has been cancelled
6.00pm - 7.00pm: Prep & Kindergarten 2022 Online Information Session
Monday, 16 August 2021
IPSHA Athletics Carnival (Homebush) - Postponed
Wednesday, 18 August 2021
Rep Sport - BYE
Year 5 Camp - Postponed
10.00am - 11.00am: Year 7 Online Information Session
Thursday, 19 August 2021
Year 5 Camp - Postponed
1.30pm - 2.30pm: Prep & Kindergarten 2022 Online Information Session
Friday, 20 August 2021
Year 5 Camp - Postponed
We continue to juggle the complexities of Off Campus Learning (OCL) with amazing success at this point in time and I really would like to commend our parents on their support of their children throughout this process.
Stage One is a time where students build on the skills they have developed through the Early Years Programmes in Prep and Kindergarten. The students continue to be curious and ready to inquire and find out about the world around them. They love opportunities to explore both inside and outside. They enjoy free play and time to develop social skills and relationships. They start to recognise their strengths and understand that it is OK to make mistakes because this helps them learn.
Students continue to develop their phonics knowledge as they explore sounds they hear in words and the different letters that combine to make those sounds. These skills are used as students strive to become confident readers and writers. Mathematical understanding continues to be developed as students participate in a variety of hands-on activities.
My passion and enthusiasm as an experienced educator continues to be fuelled by the amazement and wonder of students in Stage One. I love to watch them explore, investigate, play and communicate with each other and the world around them. I love to watch them begin to use their growing knowledge and skills. l love to watch them become confident individuals and understand that God created us all for a different purpose.
I have always considered education to be an ongoing partnership between the school and families and in the midst of another time of Off Campus Learning this is even more evident than usual. Thank you for the support you are providing students as they navigate their learning throughout this time. Putting times of Off Campus Learning aside, experts agree that parent involvement in education is one of the biggest predictors of student success. This does not mean that you should attend every event at school, although you are always welcome, or feel guilty if you are unable to do so. It is more than that, it is taking an active interest in what your children are learning in school and helping them relate this to the world beyond school.Parents and carers provide extremely valuable learning opportunities at home and in the community which create connections between learning at school and learning outside of school.
Many parents tell me that their children never tell them anything about their day at school which can make it difficult. If you ask a question that can be answered with one word — yes or no — that’s what you’ll get. A one-word answer. Try asking open-ended questions instead. For example “What was the best thing you did at school today?” or “Tell me something that made you laugh today”or ‘What do you think you should learn more about at school?” Using Seesaw posts from the classroom as a conversation starter can also help. For example “I saw on Seesaw you are learning about technology and how it has changed. Can you tell me something you know that has changed?” You could then share about something that you know or encourage your child to speak to others such as a grandparent in this example.
As a teacher I love hearing and witnessing the connections students make between their learning and their world.
I am so excited to be working at St Peter's again. This school is such a positive part of the Campbelltown area. I’m really keen to build connections with everyone so I thought I’d briefly share some things about myself:
My Career
· Crusaders outdoor Camp Leader
· Independent Primary Schools Class Teacher
· Bible College student, Canada
· Swimming Teacher
· School PE & Sports Coach
My Favourite Things
· Basketball, Tennis & Golf
· Swimming
· BBQ Chicken
· RASHAY’S Restaurant
· Creating graffiti art
· Inspiring music
· Good conversations
My Family
· My amazing wife from Venezuela, Natali
· 2 sisters (Penny & Camilla)
· Mum & Dad (Roslyn & Allan)
Exercise and Wellbeing Tips
During this COVID lockdown, it can be very easy to get stuck staring at a screen all day.
Try and have regular breaks from this where your family gets up and moves their bodies. I’ve been going for runs up at the local park, doing push ups and lunges around the house. I think I might try some skipping and frisbee with my wife too.
Practise random acts of kindness. Do something to make whoever you are with smile or laugh. A teacher left 3 Mars Bars in my pigeon hole for me at work this morning. That certainly made me smile!
I look forward to meeting more of you in the months to come.