Dear Parents and Carers,

It is the end of term and end of Semester and we know that everyone is tired and looking forward to a break. Thank you to all of our parents for your ongoing support for your child’s learning this term. We have had quite a number of Learning Showcases, Masses, liturgies, carnivals, events and assemblies. It is always wonderful to have your support in recognising students’ achievements. The children really appreciate your interest and support.

Something to Revisit in the Holidays
Children find sitting and concentrating for long periods of time quite challenging.  Teachers have a lot of strategies up their sleeve for keeping students focussed and switched on. GoNoodle is a free website our teachers are using to channel classroom energy with short interactive brain breaks. It includes a series of desk-side activities that help children achieve more by keeping them engaged and motivated throughout the day.

Using exercise, science and cutting-edge research, all of GoNoodle’s brain break activities are designed to be healthy for the body, engaging for the attention, and beneficial to the brain in specific ways.  The activities encourage the transformation of the classroom from listless to engaged in five minutes.  GoNoodle makes earning minutes of healthy activity a game that a class can play together or an individual can play at home. It motivates children to set goals for minutes of activity and rewards them for being diligent.

Children can use GoNoodle at home by setting up their own accounts under the supervision of their parents at www.GoNoodle.com. There is no expectation that they do as teachers use their own accounts for the classroom.

I hope every family has a truly restful time over the school holidays and the opportunity to relax a little with the break in routine.

Thank you for your ongoing care and partnership in your child’s learning.

God bless.

Rachel Smith
Principal