Class updates and info

Hi everyone,

As you may have noticed, on the home learning sheet I have asked for donations of yarn. We will be using this to make tomboys in swimming week (wk 9), and some of our learning in week 10 will be based around what we make. Thanks to the families who have begun to bring in some wool for this!

Swimming is next week. There are still a few notes to come back to school.
We will be leaving school at 1.00pm, and returning at 3.10pm. Please help your child to be organised with bags and labelled items.

Here is some information about watching your child’s swimming lessons:

Watching their children at swimming lessons is highly valued by CLGPS parents and is a privilege that we would like to see continue in future years. A number of concerns have been raised by the staff at Westminster Pool related to the safety of students and visitors and to ensuring that students are able to have the best learning experience possible.  It is important for the learning and safety of students that

  • noise level is kept to a minimum (eg take phone calls/conversations outside)
  • students remain focused on their instructor
  • Toddlers are not brought into the pool area
  • The pool deck is kept clear and accessible for staff and students
    o   No prams
    o   Visitors sit back from pool deck areas where instructors are working with students
  • No photography in the pool area
  • If supporting younger students with getting changed, parents only help their own child. If adults help other students, adults must have a DCSI clearance and RAN training and chat to the class teacher about helping.

If you would like to come to watch your child swim, there is a sign up sheet outside of Room 15. Please add your name on the day you would like to attend

What’s The Buzz?

Lesson 4 was about being friendly:

Friendly face

  • a soft, relaxed face
  • smile
  • looking at the person’s eyes or face to show you’re interested

Friendly body

  • relaxed body
  • stand tall, shoulders back
  • arms by your side
  • stand about an arm’s length away

Friendly words

  • greetings: “hi”, “hello”, “hey there”
  • asking questions about the other person, and listening to the answer
  • offer a compliment

Lesson 5‘s focus was Competition, Winning and Losing:

Five facts about playing games:

  1. When you play games you will win, lose or draw
  2. Winning is exciting, it feels good
  3. Losing is disappointing, it does not feel good
  4. Angry or whining losers look bad and people don’t enjoy playing with them
  5. Play to have fun during the game, not just to win at the end

Whether you win or lose, to be a good sport you could:

  • thank the other team
  • congratulate others
  • say “good game”, “well played”
  • ask if they want to play again
  • compliment others

I’m looking forward to seeing you all on Thursday for LUTA! I hope you haven’t been waking up with the songs in your head like I have…

Erin

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