FROM THE PRINCIPAL
Dear Parents and Carers,
DANCE Week 8 has been another busy and for many of our students a really fun week as we have learned our 2020 dances with Aleeta. On Monday, I visited the hall to observe the first stages of crafting some of the class dance performances. It would have been hard to envisage that in four further lessons, and then practise, practise, practise with their teacher, our choreographer extraordinaire Aleeta could create the magic that we experience in the school concert.
As Covid restrictions continue to limit adult presence on site at school, and therefore our capacity to have a concert audience, we are still planning the best ‘concert’ experience we can for the students. It will be the 2020 version, as is true for many events in our school and our lives this year. We have been able to engage Ross Mannell to create the concert DVD for families to purchase and enjoy into the future. More information about this will be sent out by the end of term.
SRC New Rep
Mahala has joined the SRC. Welcome Mahala.
Eating the Garden
BOYS AND PLAY Many of our boys (not so many of our girls) are demonstrating the need for a physical release of their energy. We see this in attempts at rough and tumble play at school, most of which is mutual and starts as ‘play,’ however it is not supported by our ‘hands and feet to self’ aspect of safety at school.
What we are doing:
- Some mornings before school we are taking a large group of students to the flats for an energising run,
- Encouraging other ways to expend energy at playtime – climbing on the playground together, playing in the soccer or league tag game, playing the chasing game…
- Looking at other options for physical activity – eg bringing the tug of war rope to playtime
What you might consider at home:
- Before school exercise, games, fitness. If your child is up and active how can they have some energy release time to get the oxygen pumping? 10 min riding their bike in the driveway, bouncing a ball outside, trampoline time?
- After school team or individual sport, swimming, bike riding, running around, ….
- Rough and tumble!
Have a great weekend.
Blessings
Jo