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DATES TO

REMEMBER

AUGUST

Thursday 30th

and Friday

31st

Healthy Harold

Visiting

SEPTEMBER

Wednesday

15th

Cross Country

Friday 28th

Last day of school

for staff and

students

OCTOBER

Monday 15th

Staff and

students return

for Term 4

Learning for Life

66 Eton St, SUTHERLAND NSW 2232 T 02 9521 3433 F 02 9545 3316 E minerva-s.school@det.nsw.edu.au www.minerva-s.schools.nsw.edu.au

MINERVA SCHOOL

Book Week, KLA Day, Volleyball, Rock Painting , Treasure Hunt and more ….

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PRINCIPAL’S MESSAGE

Dear parents/carers,

The start to Term 3 has been a very busy and eventful one. I would like to take this

opportunity to thank all parents/carers and family members who have attended and been

actively involved in many of our whole school events. This term we celebrated another KLA

day (Literacy focus) where we witnessed the painting of many amazing rocks. These rocks

will form the basis of a feature at the entrance to the school. This day again was combined

with a Coffee and Chat session focusing on the Occupational Therapy approaches being

utilised and the toolboxes being developed for each individual student. The hard work and

commitment of the Learning for Life team is having great and profound benefits to the

students in enabling them to self-regulate their emotions.

During Book Week celebrations we witnessed students and staff dressing up in their

favourite characters and sharing their experiences with books. Thank you Ms Jenny for

organising the performers and to all the parents and families who attended. The day ended

with an exciting and enjoyable treasure hunt where all students participated and should be

commended for their efforts and behaviour.

Throughout the first 5 weeks of this term, I have visited classes and have had students

visit me to showcase their work. It is amazing and very pleasing to see the great progress

and achievements being made by the students each and every day. The idea of visiting

classes and having students visit me is a major priority of mine and I am very proud to

witness the teaching and learning that is being delivered each day by the dedicated and

passionate staff at Minerva.

An important focus for staff at Minerva School is their on-going professional development

and career progression. This term a number of staff have attended courses and

experiences including implementing the new Literacy progressions into their teaching and

learning, teaching PDHPE to students with additional needs, aspiring executive courses,

Occupational therapy in-services and many other opportunities. It is this staff dedication

and willingness to continually develop their knowledge and skills that ensures that all

students are provided with up to date and relevant learning experiences.

The ‘Crunch n Sip’ project is being utilised each day and has seen an increase in students

consuming healthy fruits and vegetables and also drinking water. Students have also been

recording their physical activity as part of the Premier’s Sporting Challenge.

It has been a great start to term 3 and I look forward to the remainder of this term.

Dates for your Diary:

Week 6

30-31st August Healthy Harold

And Final week of Water Safety Program

Week 7

5th September School Cross Country

28th September Last day of Term 3

I hope everyone has a great end to term 3 and thank you for your involvement and support.

John Mazzitelli Principal

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Schools Plus Project — Learning For Life

Hello Carers and Families, OT Christine here. I want to officially welcome

every family to the Learning for Life project! At the beginning of Term 3, we

expanded the scope of the project to include every student at Minerva. I have

been able to visit every class, meet with all of the teachers and plan to meet

the unique sensory needs and preferences of all students.

The amazing Learning for Life team has been busy setting up Zones of

Regulation displays in each classroom, trialling the sensory activity of the

fortnight and developing regulation toolboxes for the playground.

Thank you to caregivers who attended the KLA day and the Learning for Life

presentation “Ideas to help your student get into and stay in the GREEN

ZONE”. To facilitate access to sensory tools for regulation, we are hoping to

have a sensory tool borrowing library set up soon, so you can check out items

like a Bosu Ball, fit ball or mini trampoline to trial at home with your student.

If you have any questions, suggestions, feedback or comments- I would love to

hear from you on christinemcmordieot@gmail.com.

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Happy Birthday to the following students for the

month of May,

Martin, Luke and

Preston

Better Start program for children aged up to 12 with disability

Free group information sessions on the NDIS (National Disability Insurance

Scheme) and starting school in NSW. Information, resources and support to

help families to access early intervention services and NDIS support.

Organised by Carers NSW.

More information: Phone 1800 242 636 or email betterstart@carersnsw.org.au

HAPPY BIRTHDAY to the following students for

the month of August and September — James,

Chris and Julian, Ulysses, Malachi, Ewan, Kurt and

Joshua S.

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Ahoy Maties

Arrrrr its Book Week time again

and all hands hoay!!

Dress up fun and Finding Treasure

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The Premiers Reading Challenge ends on the 31st August.

Congratulations to all parents and teachers supporting our student and for

students meeting the challenge. Here’s a few Book Snaps from PRC reading

created on Ipads using Book Creator.

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Crunch & Sip Newsletter snippets

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BOOK WEEK

Thanks you so much to Storyline Inc. Lilli and Ann for visiting our library for

Book Week celebrations. They took us on an imaginary adventure to find

treasures in the mostunexpected places. Students participated in music, song,

puppetry and apple eating.

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Students redeeming their

golden tickets for a free

book.