Greetings all

Term 1 is quickly disappearing very fast and the remaining few weeks will be a busy time for our Senior sector.

Today we are going on excursion to Caloundra to see the performance ‘Lovely Day’. This is the first outing for our students for 2023 and is directly linked to student QCIA goals and certificate. Our Senior students rotate subjects and programs with different staff and class groups depending on the individual goals being learnt.

Volunteering

Students have learnt and discussed what it means to be a volunteer. We have been looking at locations that we can attend and volunteer our time and learn new skills whilst helping others in the community. Through the Healthy Options unit, we have been exploring The Australian Guide to Healthy Eating to help inform our decision making over healthy and unhealthy food choices. The students have participated in a tasting session with a range of foods from each section of the guide. This had interesting results!!

Life and Living

This week we have been discussing our daily routines. The students worked together to create a poster about their routines throughout the day.  The students will be engaging in practical skills and routines required for independent living, this will include hygiene practices, accessing local transport options and accessing community organisations such dentists, doctors, hairdressers and the local library.

Let’s Get Physical

Students have been exploring the benefits of being physically active and sharing their preferred activities. During weeks 4 to 7, students have been introduced to Yoga in a basic yoga session including simple poses and stretches. This has been quite popular with many of the students looking forward to their session on either a Tuesday or Wednesday. (See photos below) In coming weeks leading to the end of term, students will change to a different activity exploring gym equipment in the community.

Well-Being

Students have begun exploring different emotions and feelings, how do they feel and look at different ways to manage these or strategies that can be used. We will look further into the ‘Zones of Regulation’ that is a program to assist student how to manage their emotions. We acknowledge through Well-being that all emotions are important and relevant to how we feel and situations we are in. the important thing is that we understand how we can manage these and keep ourselves in a place of wellbeing.

Artistic Exploration

Our students have been exploring a variety of mediums in art each week to develop and promote their artistic abilities. Our excursion to the Events Centre, Caloundra was a success, students really enjoyed experiencing 50 years of music in the making. Our students were model citizens and should be very proud of how they represented the school. We even got to meet in person Alisha Todd, one of the lead singers who originally went to Gympie High school.

Active Citizenship

Students have been involved in the creating and upkeep of the school’s parade presentation including, editing and uploading new information as well as capturing the rest of the school following the school rules. Students have also engaged in rules in the community and what it might look like and sound like to be a responsible citizen at our school and the wider community.

PBL Production Crew:

This is a new and exciting subject. Our students will be involved in creating video’s, posters and other digital products to promote the school wide rules and systems. It is a wonderful opportunity for our students to role model and capture the great things that students are engaging in our school community.

Thanks

Kate, Deb C, Liz, Gavin, Michelle, Chrissie and Anne-Marie