Workshops and events coming up week commencing 28 November 2016
Coming Events Term 3 - Peterborough School
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Principal’s Report On the 19th and 20th of June I was
asked to participate in the
National Leadership Summit for
Disabilities. During the two days I
was fortunate to meet some
amazing advocates for people
with a disability one of whom was
Kurt Fearnley.
One of the things that he said
was “that if we don’t get
challenged we remain static and
static is not acceptable”.
I hope that as a staff and wider school community
we are able to continue to challenge our students
to reach their potential and to hold high
expectations for each one of them as they work
toward achieving individual successes both great
and small.
In light of recent comments made by Senator
Pauline Hanson I wanted to share some social
media thoughts by staff members:
Students who attend SSPs are not 'segregated' or
hidden. They are nurtured, educated and
extensively supported by specialist educators who
go above and beyond their duties to deliver
appropriate, individualised education. Many
families choose an SSP as the best learning
environment for their children - often after
unsuccessful attempts at alternate options - and that
choice is theirs to make without judgement. I am
proud to work in an SSP. I am proud of my students,
and their achievements, every single day.
Fair isn't everybody getting the same thing.
Fair is everyone getting what they need in order to
be successful.
I wouldn't trade my job for a single thing or the
people I work with! You know you have it lucky
when your escape from the horrible things going on
in the world is your workplace!
On a lighter note thank you to Tyler’s family and
friends, Lexi’s dad and staff for their weekend efforts
in re filling our sandpits.
Last week we welcomed a new student to
Peterborough School. Brendon has quickly made
friends and is a member of HS4.
Sue Corkery
The Peterborough Garden Project The final details of design are taking place for our
sensory garden project. Last week HS4 students assisted
Yallah TAFE students to measure the garden site and
discuss the design. The garden will be located at the
front of the school. It will be a calm place accessible to
all students in the school.
June Newsletter 29th June 2017
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Congratulations to Nancy
who was awarded her
certificate for 20 years of
teaching service.
As this is the last newsletter
before the holidays I would
like to wish everyone a safe
and happy two weeks.
School resumes for students
on Tuesday 18th July.
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In our High School classrooms.... H.S.6 had a very busy and productive term 2.
Students participated in day long post school
options experiences, went to community based
work experience for the first time, danced their
hearts out at dance festival, participated in special
events, started ‘boot camp’ exercises to build our
strength and endurance and practiced our BBQ
skills all over the Illawarra with Deb and Blake. Our
Italian studies were ‘bellissimo’ as we cooked pizza
(including the dough) and learnt about Italian
language, geography and history. Next term we
will learn about Italian Art. -Jennie Warren
Upcoming Events • July 17th - Staff Development Day
Staff will be completing a training update in
‘Health Care Procedures’.
• July 18th - Students return to start Term 3
• August 23rd - Book Week Assembly
• August 24th, 25th, 26th – Southern Stars
In our Primary School classrooms.... The Echidnas love books, especially those with
colourful pages. At the moment we are reading
books nominated for this year’s Book Week awards.
We have been very busy creating photo diaries to
share with our families and learning to match the
letters of our names. We love mixing together different
colours and textures during our sensory cooking
session. Whenever we have a birthday we all help to
make fairy cakes!
One of our favourite sessions of the week is music
when we are joined by our buddies from Warilla
Primary School. We enjoy learning new songs and
playing different instruments. Our all time favourite
song is about monkeys jumping on a bed.
‘My History’ is a unit we have been working on as we
look at photos of ourselves in different stages in our
lives. We have an area in our classroom where all our
photos are displayed so that we can look at them
anytime - Mel Davey
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Be a Pirate Day What a fun day for students and staff on the ‘Be a
Pirate Day’ in week 7. Lots of students and staff
came to school dressed in their pirate best.
Everyone had fun talking and acting like a pirate.
The SRC and Chrissie organised this fundraiser. We
raised $140 for childhood brain cancer. Ahoy Me Hearties!
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Dance Festival Performance
How fortunate were students, staff and parents
when we viewed a performance of ‘Charlie and
The Chocolate Factory’ in the school hall last week.
EVERYONE was blown away by the creativity of our
dance students. We were even given an encore.
Everyone is not only proud of our wonderful dance
students but also our wonderful dance festival staff.
Thank You Tim, Jacinta, Deb, Mia, Mechelle & Kaz
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