Dear Parent and Carers,

I do hope everyone had a lovely Easter break with family and friends and I am sure the students are refreshed and ready for term 2. Although it was a short week, we have had a smooth start to the term .It was wonderful to see the students well settled and engaged in their work when I walked around the school on Tuesday morning. We look forward to another term of learning and celebration.

I wish to thank all of you who joined us in our school assembly at the end of last term. It was great to acknowledge the achievements of some of our students who received their awards with much pride.

Congratulations to the following students who received the Principal’s Achievement Award:

Akual Madut- for excellent work in Numeracy in the Primary Learning Area

Joel Abrogar - for excellent work in Numeracy in the Secondary Learning Area

Sarah Mekonen - for excellent work in Visual Arts (Specialist subjects)

Congratulations also to Eva Egry and David Jok who were the recipients of the Term PBS awards.

Teaching and Learning

This term we continue to focus on building the capacity of staff to support the students to improve their numeracy skills whilst communication remains another area of high priority. Students at the school will also be learning about how things move. The Learning Area leaders will keep you posted on what activities students will be doing in their teams and classrooms.

ANZAC Day

This pivotal day in our calendar reminds us all of the sacrifices that have been made by those past and present, in serving our great countries. It was impressive to witness discussions in some classrooms on this subject. Lest we forget.

Education Week 2019

This year, Education Week will run from Sunday 19 to Saturday 25 May, and the theme is ‘Celebrating Careers’. Our students will be working on identifying their strengths, skills and interests over the next few weeks. We will be celebrating Education Week with families on Thursday May 23rd and would like to see many of you join us. We hope that students can come dressed as a job that they would like to do or is of interest to them.

Uniform

The cold weather has arrived and winter uniforms may need to be purchased. Just a reminder that our school colours are red and navy blue.

Parents strengthening group Tuesday 30th April

Parents/Carers afternoon tea – at the Y Cafe 2pm Monday 6th May

Parent/carer volunteer working group 9.30am Tuesday 14th May

Curriculum Day NO SCHOOL FOR STUDENTS Friday 7th June

Melbourne Cup Day Tuesday 5th November

Edition 11 – 26th April 2019

SEE SAW

We now have 31 families logged onto the See Saw app. I hope you are enjoying looking the videos and photos of your child at school. It great to read the comments from family members. I also wish to thank Lara Eleftheriou for her support to staff and families. Congratulations to families and staff who are using this app so effectively. If you need assistance to log on, please see Lara in the office or let your child’s teacher know.

Home School Partnership Volunteers

Thank you once again to all of you who volunteered for the Resource making session last term. Our next session will be on Tuesday 14th May from 9.30am.

Parent/Carers afternoon tea at the Y Café

We look forward to seeing you all for a chat and coffee at the wonderful Y Café.

Parent Strengthening Group

Please see the dates for the strengthening group for term two in this newsletter.

Please note that Friday June 7th will be a Curriculum Day at school and students will not be attending on that day.

Regards,

Ashwini

EVERY CHILD, EVERY OPPORTUNITY, EVERY DAY

POSITIVE BEHAVIOUR SUPPORT (SWPBS) AWARDS

26th April 2019

POSITIVE BEHAVIOUR SUPPORT (SWPBS) AWARDS

CONGRATULATIONS ZAC, DUKE AND YONAS!

Drawing by Tommy Lee

Yarraville SDS Strong Parents Group

Come along and join us for

Morning Tea

At Yarraville, Special Development School

117 Blackwood Rd, Yarraville

Tuesday 30th April 2019, Tuesday 28th May 2019, Tuesday 24th June 2019

9.30am – 11.00 am

Connect and chat with other parents from your school. Share ideas and find out about supports and services in your

local area Suggest information sessions you would like to have at the

school.

New parents are warmly welcome

To find out more information about the group contact

Annette on 9680 8489

Please see below Autism resources and information links, they are a great way to increase understanding and acceptance.

Students with Autism Guide to Helping Kids with Autism Sleep Better Autism Resource Center Creating an Autism Friendly Home Autism Support Network Resources Moving with Kids with Autism 30 Ways to Celebrate Autism Awareness Month Traveling with Kids with Autism

Volunteer Working Group

To all the parents and carers out there, we would love to see you and help with resource making for our students, it’s also a great time to have an informal chat with other parents/carers

We look forward to seeing you all!

Where: - YSDS Library

When: Tuesday 14th May

Time: 9.30am