Head of Primary P-4 Del Monte

On Thursday September 8 as a College we will be marking R U OK day. On this day the students will be engaged in a variety of activities across both Campuses. On the Santa Maria del Monte Campus we will commence with an assembly on Thursday 8 September led by our Year 2 students introducing the importance of the day. The theme will be helping our friends, classmates and family by having conversations.

During this assembly the students will also engage in a student to student experience where the Gioia House students will share some of the strategies that they use when they are not feeling ok and how they help their friends.

On Friday 9 September the children are invited to wear a splash of yellow. Please note the students will still wear their normal school uniform with an added splash of yellow. Some ideas for a splash of colour are wearing yellow:

shoelaces
hair ribbons
socks
scrunchies
head bands
Hats

During R U OK? day the children will engage in age appropriate activities that incorporate ways to have an R U OK? conversation with their friends and families. The children will also continue to learn about how to be a good friend and how to utilise their support networks. Our Year 10 leaders will visit the campus and work with our students in the classrooms on the day.

The R U OK day activities will complement the social and emotional learning that the children already engage in their pastoral, personal development and health lessons. In the next Veritas Voice we will share some of the activities that the children completed as well as some of the learning we are already engaging in to build positive relationships and care for our friends.

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Year 4 Camp

On Wednesday 17 August the Year 4 children engaged in their first 2 night outdoor learning experience at Tallong. I too was very excited for my first experience of Tallong!

Here is what some of the Year 4 students had to say about the experience.

One of the highlights was the flying fox because it was very fast and exciting. The food was very delicious and there were many types, including dessert. “Cheffrey” made most of the food. Cabin time was very fun, talking to my friends. Julian Park

The new things I learnt were how to use a compass, camouflage myself, and how to ride a mountain bike. I ate some food I had never seen or tried before. I loved it so much. I hope my mum will make the food Geoffrey made for us. I also made a lot of new friends and we all used teamwork. Isabelle Boustani

A huge thank you to our fabulous teachers for taking such great care of our Year 4 Campers!

Learning Walks

Below are the dates for this Term’s Learning Walks. The children are very much looking forward to showing you all of their wonderful learning. The children in the Literature Building are also looking forward to showing you their new classroom environments!

Below is a copy of the dates and times of learning walks for your reference.

Friday 9 September	2:40-3:10 pm Kindergarten Learning Walk
Monday 12 September	2:30-3:00 pm Year 1 Learning Walk
Tuesday 13 September	9:00-9:30 am Year 2 Learning Walk
Tuesday 13 September	2:30-3:00 pm 3 and 5 Day Prep Learning Walk
Wednesday 14 September	9:00-9:30 am Year 4 Learning Walk
Thursday 15 September	9:00-9:30 am Year 3 Learning Walk
Thursday 15 September	2:30-3:00 pm 2 and 5 Day Prep Learning Walk

Upcoming Community events

Father’s Day Stall – Wednesday 31 August -Class will do their shopping throughout the school day

Fathers’s Day Breakfast – Thursday 1 September 8:00 am on the Santa Maria del Monte Piazza

Father’s Day Mass – Thursday 1 September 9.15am at the Santa Sabina Chapel

Colour Fun Run – Friday 16 September. We will be having a fun run organised by the P&F! The Colour Run will take place after lunch on the Senior Campus. This event will be a P&F fundraising event. We are very much looking forward to the afternoon.

Prep and MBH Athletics Carnival – Friday 16 September 9:30am to 10:30am. We will be having a Prep and Mary Bailey House Athletics carnival. The event will take place on the Del Monte Field and Prep and Mary Bailey house families are more than welcome to attend and cheer on our little athletes!

LitterArty Schools Waste-Art competition

Congratulations to Flynn Lee and Audrey Tita from Year 1, Alfred Jin from year 2 and Ava Anderson and Sofia Mirarchi in Year 4 for making the final selections for the Volvo Ocean Lovers Festival Litterarty waste-art competition with their artwork. Their entries were highly competitive and earned them a spot in the exhibition which was viewed by the public as part of the festival.

Mobile Phones

Just a little reminder about mobile phones and SMART watches. The agreed acceptable use of mobile phones and wearables at the College is determined by the student’s academic school year level. Here is an excerpt from our College Policy for the Santa Maria Del Monte Campus.

3.2 Students in Years P-4

● are not permitted to have a mobile phone at all during the school day on their person or in their school bags. If they do own a mobile phone, they are to hand it in at the Del Monte Office upon arriving on campus and collect it at dismissal when leaving the campus. Students are to ensure their phone is switched off when handing it in at the office.

● must make sure that if they are using wearables/smart watches that all notifications are switched off during the school day. Wearables are not to be worn at all during assessment tasks, particularly during tests.

The full policy can be found on veritas Online

Kindest regards

Joanne Giannini