Raising Kids in a Digital World: Tonight 7.00pm

One of the clear learnings we are identifying

through the provision of on-line learning is the

need to address how our students interact

online. To assist you in understanding the impact

of social media upon your child, the school will

be providing a Cyber Safety Parenting Workshop

(click title to go to the registration page) on

Monday 24th of August at 7.00pm.

The presentation will be provided by Martin Mc

Gauran a primary school teacher, Google

certified teacher and expert in digital

technologies as well as Carley McGauran a

psychologist and mother of three.

This session will focus on raising kids in a digital

world as well as Screen Time vs Green Time.

Please watch their welcome clip to gain an

understanding of how they can support you and

your child/ren https://youtu.be/k7nEpfnDaqE

Term 3 Concludes for Students On

Wed. 16 September

Term 3 will conclude for all students on

Wednesday 16th September. No remote

learning nor on-site supervision will be provided

on Thursday 17th & Friday 18th September.

Thursday & Friday is to be used by teachers and

staff to prepare for Term 4, undertake assessment

analysis and prepare learning materials for when

we return to school.

No learning packs will be delivered in the last

week of Term 3, however they will be delivered

on the Thursday & Friday of the week

commencing Term 4 if we are still in remote

learning.

WEEK 6 0F 10 FRIDAY , 21ST AUGUST , 2020

Prayer for a Pandemic May we who are merely inconvenienced

Remember those whose lives are at stake.

May we who have no risk factors

Remember those most vulnerable.

May we who have the luxury of working

from home

Remember those who must choose

between preserving their health or making

their rent.

May we who have the flexibility to care for

our children when they're schools close

Remember those who have no options.

May we who have to cancel our trips

Remember those who have no safe to stay.

May we who are losing our margin money

in the tumult of the economic market

Remember those who have no margin at

all.

May we who settle in for a quarantine at

home Remember those who have no

home.

As fear grips our country

Let us choose love.

During this time when we cannot physically

wrap our arms around each other,

Let us yet find ways to be the loving

embrace of God to our neighbors.

Emilia M(3JT) teaches her little sister Michaela all about division.

Tending to Your Wellbeing on

Wednesday Afternoons

One of the clear learnings we are identifying

through the provision of on-line learning and

being confined to our homes during COVID-19 is

the need to attend to our mental health and

wellbeing, especially when you spend so much

time caring for the wellbeing of others.

Our students and staff have adapted amazingly

well to learning and teaching from the screen.

However, none of us ever expected that we

would be spending so much time on and in front

of a computer.

For this reason, staff at Resurrection, each

Wednesday at 12.00pm, are going off-line to

tend to their own wellbeing. At the same time we

are asking all parents and carers to encourage

their own child/ren to also go off-line, to put their

devices down, to take a break from any type of

screen-time, and to get out and about, fill their

lungs with some fresh air, or simply check in with

a Specialist Learning Grid that engages them in

a fun activity that does not require screen time.

The initiative to create some time in the week to

tend to well-being is out of concern that

teachers, children and parents will burn out if we

continue at the pace we have been moving. This

is particularly so, if Remote Learning continues

well past September 13.

In the newsletter this week, there are many

examples of students tending to their own

personal talents or simply getting out and

exploring nature. Wellbeing Wednesday

provides a little additional and focused time to

do these things.

Charlotte (1KZ) is missing going to church so she decided to make her own out of icy pole sticks.

Eucharist

This term the Grade 4 students have been

learning about the Eucharist. The Eucharist

is the sacrifice and sacred meal that recalls

Jesus’ death and resurrection.

Today in the Eucharist we celebrate Jesus’

great love for us. We are preparing to

celebrate our First Eucharist later this year.

Here are some of the amazing artworks that

the Grade 4 students created when

reflecting on the significance and

importance of the Eucharist.

2021

Prep Enrolments

We have begun the process of sending out 2021

Prep Acceptance Letters. It is very important that

if you are hoping to enroll your child into Prep

next year that you contact the office as soon as

possible as places are becoming limited. If you

know of family friends who are also seeking a

placement for their child, could you please let

them know to contact the school on 8312 6312.

We understand that learning takes many forms

and that learning skills such as persistence,

resilience, mindfulness and adaptability are

essential. Therefore, we have partnered up with

local organisations in Melbourne to provide our

students with some exciting, interesting (and

challenging) learning experiences we are calling

Fun Friday. We are very excited to offer our

students these experiences on Friday the 4th and

Friday the 11th of September. The Fun Friday activities will be conducted via

the schools Google Meet platform. Your child's

classroom teacher will send out the link via

Google Classroom/Seesaw as well as the given

time for your child's class. Please feel free to join

your child in their Fun Friday activity, you may find

you enjoy learning these new skills as well! Where possible, we have provided the materials

needed for these Fun Friday sessions in the

learning packs (that will be delivered to your

house on either Thursday 27th or Friday 28th of

August). There are some materials that you will

need to provide for your child, but they are

mostly household items that should be readily

available. Prep & Year 1 – Dance provided by

Supersonic Dance School Comfortable clothes for dancing in

(shoes off please)

A safe place to move around (please

move things out of the way that you may

trip over)

Year 2 – Yoga provided by Ginny Moon

Yoga Comfortable clothes for moving in (shoes

off please)

A towel (or yoga mat) to use

An area that you can lay down/move

around in safely

Year 3 – Juggling provide by Westside Circus

Comfortable clothes for moving in

Juggling balls that have been made prior

to the sessions with the resources

provided by the school

A safe place to move around in

Year 4 Magic Tricks provide by Alex the

Magician Comfortable clothes for moving in

A safe place to move around in

Items in your zip lock bag (provided by

the school) for Week 8&9 o X1 playing cards o X2 paper clips o X1 rubber band small o X1 rubber band medium o X3 paper towel o X2 toothpicks o A4 Paper to cut into 3cm strips

You will need to make sure you have o Scissors o Sticky tape o Plain piece of paper o Adult size plastic cup o Child size plastic cup (make sure

the cup is made of plastic, and

doesn't have a handle) o X1 20 or 50cent coin

Year 5/6 – Science experiments provided by

Mad about Science A space in your kitchen to conduct these

experiments

Items in your large zip lock bag provided

by the school o X1 Sandwich size zip lock bag o X2 Cotton tips o X1 Straw

Items you will need to provide for Week 8

(Crazy Kitchen Chemistry) o Baking soda (1 tsp) o Vinegar (1/4 cup) o Detergent o Two cups o Deep plate or shallow bowl o Milk (full cream) o Food dye (two or more colours OR

black pepper) o Cotton tip o Bowl o Measuring spoons o Mixing spoon o Baking soda (1tsp) o Citric acid (1tsp) o Icing sugar (4tbsp)

Items you will need for provide for Week

9 (Harry Potter Science) o Pepper (alternatives include

paper or confetti) o Plastic bottle (optional) o Lemon or milk o Paper o Paint brush (optional)

o Iron (use with adult supervision) o 1 tsp baking soda o 40mL vinegar o Spoon o Cornflour o Water o Cup o Food dye o Glitter (optional)

Thank you for your ongoing support during this

time, we hope that you and your child/ren enjoy

these Fun Friday activities

PEP Diorama Pictures

Planning for learning

at Resurrection When planning for learning at Resurrection, we

have a plan to collect data through a range of

tests over the course of the year. This year has

seen our data plan impacted significantly due to

COVID19 and remote learning.

In order to ensure that we are still collecting data

that is relevant and able to be used, we are

dedicating Week 9 of this term to be a data

collection week. From Grades 1-6 all children

will be engaged in PAT testing from 7th

September – 11th September.

The purpose of the testing is for the

school/teacher(s) to:

Know what your child’s strengths are

Identify areas to focus their teaching on

Inform future planning to meet the needs

of students

The purpose of the testing in NOT:

To get everything right

To pass the test or fail the test (these are

not tests set like this)

To get to the next level

We urge all parents to allow the children to work

independently on the tests. If parents help, then

the results will not be accurate and we won’t be

able to target learning activities to your child’s

needs. Also, when children produce errors, it

helps support our knowledge of them as learners.

Depending on the Grade level, students will

engage in a variety of tests. The range of tests

are PATR (Reading), PATM (Mathematics), PATS

(Spelling), PATG&P (Grammar & Punctuation)

and eWrite (an online writing platform).

Retesting in all levels will occur at other times

throughout the week. Please note that not all

children will not be assigned more than one test.

If the children were at school for these tests, we

would have strict test conditions. We are seeking

your support in providing a similar environment at

home to allow your child to participate fully.

Below are the conditions we seek your support in

ensuring the following:

A quiet, clean space for the testing

period

Do not read the questions to your child

Allowing your child to complete all

questions independently

Students can use a pen or pencil during

the test to record their thinking/working

out.

Calculators may not be used in the Maths

tests

Please instruct your child to:

o Work as carefully as they can.

o Not to spend too long on one

question, even if it is hard.

o After they complete the last

question, review their work and

check that they have answered

all of the previous questions.

o Once they have completed their

test, click Finish on the last page.

To support the above, teachers will be actively

online with the students at the time of testing.

Teachers have access to Hapara which is an

online management tool which allows then to

see the screens of all children in their class.

Teachers will engage with children to redirect

them if they navigate away from the PAT testing

page.

The following is a table that outlines which the

tests scheduled for each level and their

days/times.

Monday Tuesday Wednesday Thursday

Gr. 1 PATM

(9:00-

10:30)

(retesti

ng if

require

d)

PATR

(9:00-

10:30)

Gr. 2 PATG

&P

(9:15-

10:00)

PATM

(10:15

–

11:00)

PATS

(9:15-

10:00)

Gr. 3 Mond

ay

(9:00 –

10:00)

Tuesda

y

(9:00 –

10:00)

Thursday

(9:00 –

10:00)

Wednesd

ay

(9:00 –

10:00) Gr. 4

Mond

ay

(9:00 –

9:55)

Tuesda

y

(9:00 –

9:55)

Wednesd

ay

(9:00 –

9:55)

Gr. 5 eWrite PATR PATM PATG&P

PATS Gr. 6

Sincerely,

Grant Lewis

Deputy Principal – Learning & Pedagogy

This week we have multiple students scoring

multiple medals in Mathletics. Congratulations to

Carlisle C (4JM) who scored his 2nd silver medal

in Mathletics this week.

Well done also to AJ L (4JM) and Lance A (4JM)

who have each picked up their 3rd silver medal

in Mathletics this year.

To achieve a silver medal, each student needed

to score five bronze medals (1,000 points in one

week) over five different weeks. It is terrific to see

so many students utilising Mathletics to improve

their Maths skills. Keep up the good work!

Well done to 4LD for the Bronze Medals that you

have received in the last fortnight with 31

students now heading to silver awards.

We would also like to congratulate the following

students from Grade 3 who have done

themselves proud also.

Ashton Bugeja in 3LF received a Silver certificate

for mathletics.

Congratulations to Christina L (3MD) for earning

a silver medal for Mathletics.

Congratulations to Stallon F. (3MD) for earning a

silver medal for Mathletics

Ethan Do 2AO was delighted to receive a bronze award for all his hard work on Mathletics

Accessing On-site Supervision

On-site Supervision in Schools Onsite supervision will only be provided for

extreme circumstances. The safest place for a

child to be supervised is in their home or with

extended family. With this in mind, only those

who fall under the following criteria will be

provided with on-site supervision:

Parent/s who are identified as a “permitted”

worker based on the criteria outlined by the

Chief Medical Officer and cannot work from

home and alternative arrangements cannot be

made for the supervision of their child/ren. Please note that it is incumbent upon all

businesses to provide the employee with a

“working permit” if they are required to work on-

site. A child is in “out of home care” and is at extreme

risk. A child falls under the disability category and

cannot be supervised at home and who also fits

into one of the above categories. Parents seeking on-site supervision must

email Ruth Lavery no later than 1.00pm

Friday 28th August.

Please use the following email address: rlavery@rskingspark.catholic.edu.au

Your email must provide the following: Copy of “Working Permit” as prescribed by the

Department of Justice & Community Safety. o A copy is required from both parents if living in

the same household. o Law enforcement, emergency services workers

or health workers are not required to provide a

“Working Permit” but to state in the email their

role and place of work. Why you are not able to have your child/ren

supervised at home or in another safe

environment? What days and hours of on-site supervision is

required? o Days & hours of on-site supervision will be

validated against the “working permit/s”

information provided. Please note that on-site supervision will

not be provided if the application has

not been received by 1.00pm on Friday

28th August 2020 and you have not

fulfilled the above requirements.

Delivery & Collection of Take

Home Readers and Library

Books.

A huge thank you to so many families that

had prepared and left out books for us to

collect last Thursday & Friday. It has been

fantastic to see how so many families are

making use of the book delivery system and

encouraging their children with their

reading.

If you live in one of the following areas as

listed below, could you please make sure

that your books (and only library books or

take home reader books) are available for

collection, in the envelope provided (it has

Friday 21st August marked on it) left in an

obvious location, on the day stated beside

the location.

Grade 5 and 6 students who have ‘book

club’ books do not need to be returned until

directed by your teacher.

If your home location is not shown on the list

below, we most likely will be dropping by

your place on Thursday as early as 8.00am.

Due to rain falling in the next few days, it is

important that books are placed in a dry

place for collection.

Route 1: Other (3.5hrs) This route is made up

of all other locations that are not listed

below – Please have books ready for

collection by 9.00am Thursday.

Route 2: Sydenham / Taylors Hill / Taylors

Lakes (2.5hrs)– Please have books ready for

collection by 9.00am Friday.

Route 3: St Albans (2.5hrs)– Please have

books ready for collection by 8.00am Friday.

Route 4: Kings Park (3.5hrs)– Please have

books ready for collection by 8.00am Friday.

Route 5: Delahey (1.5hrs)– Please have

books ready for collection by 9.00am Friday.

Route 6: Deer Park / Derrimut (1.5hrs)– Please

have books ready for collection by 9.00am

Friday.

Route 7: Fraser Rise / Hillside (1.0hrs) – Please

have books ready for collection by 9.00am

Friday.

Route 8: Burnside / Caroline Springs (2.0hrs)–

Please have books ready for collection by

9.00am Friday.

Route 9: Cairnlea (1.5hrs)– Please have

books ready for collection by 9.00am Friday.

Route 10: Albanvale (2.0hrs)– Please have

books ready for collection by 8.00am

Thursday but know that they may not be

collected until Friday. It all depends upon

how much can be packaged by midday

today.

You’ve Got Talent

The next Picasso? Artist Nevaeh M (3MD)

Ava N (3MD) helping to prepare and cook dinner for the family.

Louis (1KZ) is making the most of this rainy day and playing indoor basketball.

Lily Jade D (3MD) baking doughnuts.

Shyam R (3JT) practising division with items around the house.

Delilah and Noah K making fairy bread together.

Dylan L. in 2AO playing a lovely rendition of

'Cockles and Mussels' on the piano during

show and tell. This is a famous song from Ms.

O'Flynn's home town in Dublin, Ireland and

it brought back wonderful memories of her

friends and family back home.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ruNdU6bGE5E

Charlotte (1KZ) is baking cupcakes while in isolation. Yum!!!

Louis (1KZ) has become his parents' sous chef.

During Week 6 remote and flexible learning,

the Year 5s had a dress up day with students

dressing as their favourite book characters.

It was decided that this would be our dress

up, as we understand the joy and value of

reading books.

We had many students dress up from their

favorite books, such as the Green Pea from

the Princess and the Pea, 11 from Stranger

things, Matilda from Matilda, Cat from The

Cat in the Hat, Darth Vader from Star Wars

and Tohru from Fruits Basket. This was an

enjoyable way to finish the week!

Chelsea S, a new student to our school, was

thrilled to receive 'Student of the Week'.

Well done on a great start at Resurrection

Chelsea!

PEP Zevi T - For enthusiastically

completing home learning tasks

and sharing them on seesaw.

Keep up the great work Zevi. Miss

Grech and I are so proud of you!

Lucy Le - For consistently

uploading your home learning on

Seesaw and learning your star

words. Well done Lucy. Miss Grech

and I are so proud of you!

PSB Isabella T - For consistently

uploading your home learning on

Seesaw and always trying your

best during 1-1 reading sessions.

Well done Isabella, Signora Grech

and I are so proud of you!

Emily K - For consistently

uploading your home learning on

Seesaw and developing

confidence to speak during whole

class Google Meets. Well done

Emily, Signora Grech and I are so

proud of you!

PDC Stefan A - For thinking about the

first sound when reading an

unknown word. Mrs Touron and I

are very proud of all your efforts!

Elizabeth B - For uploading your

work everyday, on Seesaw and

demonstrating confidence when

asking others questions during

Show and Tell. Awesome work

Elizabeth!

1TN Dwayne L- For reading his books

using wonderful expression. Keep

up the amazing work you are

doing at home Dwayne!

Sophia T - For consistently being on

time, ready and organised for all

our lessons. Your diligence is

amazing and always

appreciated!

1KZ Anei A - For willingly putting his

hand up to ask meaningful

questions during Show and Tell.

Well done Anei this shows you are

listening to the speaker.

Ajak S - For asking questions during

Show and Tell. Well done Ajak this

shows you are listening to the

speaker.

1AH Zoe I - For using Literacy Planet

and Mathletics confidently during

remote and flexible learning. Well

done on being a self motivated

learner!

Kohoe T - For consistently trying

your best and for asking questions

during show and tell. Well done,

Kohoe!

2AF Liam S - For always being on time

and prepared for learning! You

are also respectful to others and

consistently do your best! Well

done Liam!

Margarette D - For working hard to

complete all tasks and for trying

her best! Well done Margarette!

2BM Madison M - For working really

hard in your Maths and Literacy

focus groups. You are counting

really well and able to share a text

to self story. Keep up the good

work and well done, Madison.

2AO Chelsea S - For working hard to

complete home tasks and always

trying your best. Well done on an

amazing start at Resurrection

Chelsea!

Jeremiah M - For an entertaining

and enjoyable performance on

the xylophone during show & tell

this week. Well done Jeremiah!

3JT Chuol A - For being an

enthusiastic learner in teacher

groups and trying your best.

Charlize T - For asking questions to

clarify learning tasks and

completing her learning with

great effort.

3LF Mangtong T - For consistently

completing his work during Online

learning.

Isaiah Khua B - For asking clarifying

questions during show and tell to

gain more information from the

presenter.

Esther V - For her deep thinking

and making comparisons

between the book and the movie

while watching Matilda.

3MD Akok A - For his improved attitude

towards remote learning. Well

done for logging in on time and

participating in some class

discussion.

Christina L - For challenging herself

to achieve a silver medal for

mathletics. Well done Christina.

4LD Monica L - For always applying

herself to online learning and for

showing enthusiasm in google

meets.

4JM Mary S - For using her reading skills

to gather knowledge about the

planet Mars. Well done Marvellous

Mary.

4SB Darlene S - For always uploading

your learning to Seesaw and

sharing it with your classmates with

such pride. Well done Darlene!

5SS Shaun V - For always being an

active learner in Mathematics and

Literacy focus groups. Well done

Shaun!

5MS Nicholas C - For putting greater

effort into his work and asking for

help when he doesn't understand

a task.

5MG Olivia G - For showing an

improved confidence in her focus

group by discussing her thoughts,

ideas and predictions about ‘The

Black Bandit’

Revanth B - For making an

amazing start to his time at

Resurrection. You have

completed your work, asked

questions and contributed to

group discussions.

Trish T - For showing positivity and

providing feedback on your peers

Billy Cart designs. You have set the

tone for how the Google

Classroom will run and have

brought happiness to all.

6SG Xavier B - For always applying

himself to online learning and

completing set tasks. You show

great enthusiasm to your learning

by asking questions to clarify your

understanding.

6TF Jonathan P - For improved

application to his work,

completing tasks and filling in the

Tracking Sheet

6SC Jacob R - For frequently asking an

excellent array of questions to

confirm his and others

understanding of the tasks that

have been set.

ITALIAN SIGNORA GRECH

2BM Isabel W - For a fantastic effort

creating a diorama of a farm and

adding animals, barnyard, gates

and hay. Well done with writing

the names of the animals in Italian.

Bravissima!

4FB Ethan C - For learning and

recording the Italian song

‘Buongiorno Signora’. You sang

the song with confidence and

correct pronunciation. Bravissimo!

4FB Allegra R - For learning the song

‘Buongiorno Signora’ and

uploading it to Seesaw. Your

pronunciation of the words was

very clear. Bravissima!

4FB Jacob M - For your consistent

efforts in learning the Italian song

‘Buongiorno Signora, singing with

confidence, correct

pronunciation and adding actions

to the song! Bravissimo.

4FB Ava M - For having a go at

learning the words to the song

‘Buongiorno Signora’.

PSB Isaac M - For your wonderful

singing of the song ‘Andiamo alla

Festa’. You sang with clarity,

confidence and enthusiasm.

Fantastico!