Newsletter Term 3 Week 10 2019

Dear TWCS Families, 

Our Year 6 students returned safely from their Canberra trip last week and I want to thank all the students for the way they conducted themselves throughout their time away. They had a packed itinerary visiting many of the sites and places of interest Canberra has to offer and I know there were many tired young people who returned on Thursday evening! Our sincere thanks goes to Paula Burns and Linda Wooley for coordinating and leading this significant learning experience for our Year 6 students.

Dear Families,

On Friday 20 September we welcomed the return of Fr Peter as the celebrant for our Reception 'G' class Mass.  The final class Mass for Term 3 will be held this Friday 27  September, with our Year 3/4 class celebrating the Feast of St Vincent de Paul at 9:00am in St Aloysius Church. 

Competition, Winning and Losing

As the Wellbeing and Sports coordinator the topic of competition, winning and losing is a constant topic I am discussing with families, colleagues and sports associations. As the current trend is for some sports associations to move away from competitions that involves scoring, winning and losing we cannot dismiss the need for children to learn how to build social and emotional skills in relation to competition, winning and losing as this will be a part of their lives as they grow up.

Tri Skills Gymnastics Incursion Program

Starting in week 6 of next term the students will be involved in the Tri Skills Gymnastics program. This will be a 4 week program with a weekly incursion for all of the classes. This gymnastics program is an enjoyable carefully sequenced progression of lessons that develops each student's ability to enjoy and perform movement sequences combining effort, space, objects and people. 

Cultural Artist in Residence – Kira Bain

Every Friday for the last few weeks the 5/6 class have been fortunate to be working with a Cultural Artist in Residence – Kira Bain. With Kira, although we have been learning many facets of the Kaurna language and Indigenous cultural and beliefs, our main focus has been on learning how to say the Acknowledgment of Country in the Kaurna language – as you can see from the video we are slowly getting our tongues around this rich language.

Hello TWCS families,

P & F will be hosting the TWCS End Of Year Celebration at the Western Youth Centre. This is a great time to come and celebrate the year that was, mingle with new friends you have met and catch up with families you haven't seen for a while. Bring the footy, cricket set and lets have some fun. Pop this date in your diaries, Friday 6th December 5pm, it's going to be an enjoyable night!!

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