Dear Families,

We are very excited to introduce our newest member of our community – Joey!!!

Along with our new school values - Excellence, Connection and Gratitude we have introduced 5 Learner Dispositions.

We strongly believe that if your child is skillful in applying these dispositions they will thrive. Having set dispositions helps us as a community keep focused and have a common language to support students.

Our Learner Dispositions are:

At our most recent assembly the Mrs Steciuk’s year 4/5 group role played ways we can use Learner dispositions to overcome challenges. The teachers will continue to develop the teach how the dispositions can be used. I strongly encourage you to also use them at home.

Congratulations to all those students who achieved our first set of new certificates awarded for showing these dispositions.

AGM

Don’t forget to attend our AGM on Wednesday 22^nd March at 7pm to hear about our new Strategic Plan and to meet Joey! The AGM booklet will be provided with reports tabled so we can use the meeting as a great opportunity for you to hear about our future plans as we continue aim for excellence at St Joseph’s Kingswood. For more information about the AGM evening, please click here. Nominations for the three Board positions close on Wednesday 15th March. Please click here to access the link to nominate.

As I write, our year 6 students are on the way home from camp at Kangaroo Island. It sounds like they have had an amazing time …. I hear the food was great! The year 5’s will be heading off at the end of the term for their camp in the hills.

A reminder that following Monday’s public holiday we have a pupil free day next Tuesday 14^th March. The staff will be undertaking training with Autism SA to develop their knowledge and skills to help children with needs and in turn enable staff to more effectively work with all students.

Jodie Higgins

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