TWCS Newsletter Term 4 Week 2 2021

Welcome to Term 4 and hopefully a bit more sunshine. This term has started with a real sense of connection and community. I have been filled with joy at number of parents, grandparents and children who have come up to me as I start my time at Tenison Woods, introducing themselves and asking the very simple question ‘how are you Mr Catalano?’ This simple question has meant a lot for me, it shows how connected, compassionate and socially aware the children are here at Tenison Woods. Thank you.

In All things Love 

Plenery Council 

What is a Plenary Council? 

A Plenary Council is the highest formal gathering of all local churches in a country. The last Plenary Council in Australia took place in 1937. 

Why are we having it? 

There are many reasons for having a Plenary Council: Pope Francis has invited the local Church to dialogue; the contemporary society of Australia has changed significantly; and the Royal Commission into Institutional Response to Child Sexual Abuse has been a significant and influential event that requires deep consideration and response. 

The staff at Tenison Woods have been involved in Visible Learning with Corwin for 3 years. This week, our amazing Corwin mentor, Lyn Coote flew over to mentor the leadership teams from TWCS and Kingwood for our final two sessions. Lyn has supported staff and Impact Coaches over the past 3 years and has been an integral part of our growth and progress as a school. Through her guidance, staff have become more confident using learning intentions, success criteria, timely and effective feedback and solo taxonomy in their classrooms.

Our final term of Reception is off to a great start! We have very excitedly welcomed our pre-service teacher Miss Wu to our classroom for her 5 week teaching placement. We have been exploring subtraction in our Maths lessons. We have been learning how to subtract numbers using number sentences, number lines and worded problems. In our Digital Technologies lessons with Kim, we have been learning about positional language using Beebots. Using the story Rosie’s Walk, we coded the Beebots to move to each place Rosie went. Using the iPads on Seesaw, we created our own code. For most of us, this was brand new learning. Using our growth mindset and the Character Strength of Perseverance, we met the success criteria “I can create a code to show direction.” In Science we have been exploring “How Things Move.” Using a Venn Diagram and our Learner Qualities of Think and Connect, we sorted our toys into the categories, push, pull or push and pull. We are looking forward to continuing our learning this term before we make the big move to Year 1.

Welcome back to Term 4 of 2021. It is great to see the sun shining. These days always seem to bring with it bright, active and excited children, eager to be outdoors and playing with their friends. Research tells us that there is more to the saying “sunny disposition” and that being outdoors in the sun helps improve our mental health, from an increase in positivity in moods, reduction in stress, improved sleep patterns and exposure to vitamin D. 

Hi TWCS Families, 

During the school holidays we held a Twilight Picnic on the school oval. We had a fantastic turn out and it was lovely to see the kids across multiple year levels playing and having a great time. We hope to hold another event similar to this during the summer holidays. 

The deadline to secure you ticket to the Quiz Night is fast approaching. Sales close Friday the 22nd October so don’t miss out! 

On the 10th November we will be holding another Pizza Lunch. Orders will only be accepted via Qkr! If your child has any diary’s requirements we ask you contact the P&F via email before the order cut off date. 

Term 4 Newsletter