St Jerome's Newsletter
Week 2, Term 4 (Thursday 18 October 2018)
Dear Parents and members of our school community,
Prayer to Protect Life
Loving God, I thank you for the gift of life you gave and continue to give to me and to all of us.
Merciful God, I ask your pardon and forgiveness for my own failure and the failure of all people to respect and foster all forms of life in our universe.
Gracious God, I pray that with your grace, I and all people will reverence, protect, and promote all life and that we will be especially sensitive to the life of the unborn, the abused, neglected, disabled, and the elderly. I pray, too, that all who make decisions about life in any form will do so with wisdom, love, and courage.
Living God, I praise and glorify you as Father, Source of all life, as Son, Savior of our lives, and as Spirit, Sanctifier of our lives.
Amen.
Fostering Lifelong Learning
To foster lifelong learning means to impart a passion for learning to all. As parents and teachers our role is to inspire our children and challenge them, exasperate them, and ultimately open their eyes and to provide a foundation for lifelong learning.
Below are 7 pieces of timeless wisdom that embody what lifelong learning means. These tenets will guide you and your children to a unification of goals for better learning in and beyond the classroom.
Seven Pillars of Wisdom That Foster Lifelong Learning:
1. Ask essential questions: We foster lifelong learning by being willing to ask essential and meaningful questions. These are the questions that drive learners to practice deep thinking and to search for knowledge that matters. Deep questioning leads to exceptional thinking when answers lead to more questions and more in-depth inquiry.
2. Embrace mistakes: At some point, every learner will make a mistake. Depending on where the student is at personally and academically, it may seem like the end of the world to them. Every student has the right to learn from errors, and to know that mistakes don’t define us—what we learn from them does. Be sure to support “useful failure”.
3. Lift up others: Part of maintaining a safe learning environment both at home and at school is encouraging your child in tough times and in encouraging children to be supportive peers. In a world of diverse and unique individuals, everyone will both triumph and struggle repeatedly. Foster lifelong learning by supporting your child and encouraging your child to support their peers in tough times and make that journey more rewarding.
4. Open your mind and heart: Lifelong learners always use the head and heart in equal measure, and keep both wide open to new discoveries and experiences. The wisdom we as adults can give learners here is this: be open to transformation. It comes through the process of learning, unlearning, and learning all over again.
5. Value teamwork: One of the hallmarks of modern learning is the ability to collaborate with real and virtual partners. Many hands make light work—and in the case of learners, more enjoyable work as well. Collaboration Fluency is a way to foster lifelong learning skills through stellar teamwork. In the classroom teachers can make it part of their daily practices to find ways for their learners to explore group work. In addition, at home parents can take every opportunity to work together with their children collaboratively to solve a problem.
6. Stay curious: The day we stop being curious is the day we stop learning. Life will present us with choices as to how we react to occurrences and situations that shape that journey. Our children are on a path of learning in school that continues well beyond the classroom walls. A healthy and positive curiosity mindset is the greatest gift we can give our children to continue that journey with.
7. Be globally minded: The Global Digital Citizen understands that we can govern technology for the benefit of both ourselves and others. It is a citizen that views the world as an interconnected community. Additionally, it is a citizen that realizes we share technological and human experiences regardless of culture, status, or political/religious beliefs. These are the kinds of citizens we work for our students to become. It begins in your home and continues in the classroom.
REMINDER
2018 Student Residential Address and Other Information collection notice
Please go to the embedded link and read the attached notice from the Australian Government Department of Education and Training.
As the school is responsible for providing the requested details to the department, can you please ensure that we have the requested information by the end of this month, only if we do not have your correct information :
i . Current student/s residential address
ii. Names and current residential addresses of the the student's parents(s) and/or guardian(s).
Pre Primary and their wonderful Vegetable Stall
Acting Principal
Music News
Australian Girls Choir Open Day
Congratulations to girls who recently took part in the AGC assessment workshop at school. By now you should have received your personalised assessment report - either posted to your home or via your school. Everyone is welcome to come along to Open Day on Sunday October 28, which will give girls the opportunity to try a complimentary class and attend an information session.
PH 1800 338 142 for more information or visit www.ausgirlschoir.com.au
Book Club – Issue 7
Book club orders must be finalised online
by Friday 26th October 2018
Any orders placed after this date will incur a delivery fee and be delivered to your home.
Please use LOOP on scholastic website.
No cash payments or paper orders taken
Information from the School Nurse
Colour Blindness
Colour blindness means that a person cannot distinguish some colours or see the colours differently to other people. Very few people who are colour blind are ‘blind’ to all colours. Commonly, the colours seen differently are greens, yellows, oranges and reds.
An information leaflet on colour blindness will be distributed to all year 6 students this term Please take the time to read the pamphlet.
For more information and see the Colour Blind Awareness and Support Group on https://apac01.safelinks.protection.outlook.com/?url=http:%2F%2Fwww.members.optusnet.com.au%2F~doverton%2F&data=02%7C01%7C%7C3b3461bb62094977946a08d633342a6d%7Cc5852f2336334f29b38651da53e35e23%7C0%7C0%7C636752696472497603&sdata=zLN51otINj5fAAR6H95BEa7leXc3V1N0YhW9RqybeU4%3D&reserved=0
If you have any concerns, colour vision testing can be performed by some general practitioners, eye specialists or optometrists. You can also contact your local Community Health Nurse.
Scoliosis
Scoliosis is an abnormal sideways curvature of the spine. It can be detected by a simple examination of the back.
The normal spine has three curves – one in the neck, on in the upper back and one in the lower back. These curves can be seen from the side, but when you look from behind the spine should appear straight. If the spine has a sideways curve, this is scoliosis
An information leaflet about Scoliosis will be distributed to all year 6 and 7 students. Please read the information provided and check your child for scoliosis as described in the leaflet.
If you have any concerns, please contact your General Practitioner or Community Health Nurse.
Kind Regards,
Melanie Rodrigues|Community Health Nurse
Fremantle- Melville Region|Child and Adolescent Community Health
Child and Adolescent Health Service
90 Cordelia Avenue, COOLBELLUP W.A. 6163
T: +61 8 9314 0100|M: 0409 091 443
E:melanie.rodrigues@health.wa.gov.au<mailto:melanie.rodrigues@health.wa.gov.au>
Delivering a Healthy W.A.
P&F News
The St Jerome’s P & F is quite an active group and without support the activities and tasks can be quiet overwhelming. The support of parents friends and businesses is crucial to its continued success. We look forward to seeing new faces on the executive committee next year.
Events scheduled for term 4.
28th October - Golf Day. Save the date, flyers will be sent home soon.
2nd November - Grandparents Day, Donations for a P & F raffle on the day would be much appreciated.
11th November - Family Portraits. (save the date, flyers will be sent home soon).
30th November - Carols night, last years carols night was a wonderful evening. Pencil it in your calendar as this time of year can get busy.
P & F executive committee.
Community News
WAAPA Summer School 2018/2019
This Summer WAAPA at ECU, Mt Lawley is offering an exciting performing arts program for students from Years 1 to 12. The Summer School includes classes in RAP, Acting, Dance, Drama, Screen Performance, Music Theatre and of course, how to perform Shakespeare. For information about the fantastic courses on offer please visit WAAPA Summer School or contact Gabrielle Metcalf at g.metcalf@ecu.edu.au
Contact Details
Email: admin@stjeromes.wa.edu.au
Website: www.stjeromes.wa.edu.au
Location: 38 Troode Street, Munster WA, Australia
Phone: 08 9499 9500