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Student Services

8 ways to calm down kids

All kids have a hard time regulating their emotions at some time in their life. Some have a harder time than others. For those that need a bit of extra help, these calming tools that they can do anywhere, will provide them with the skills required to calm down in any situation.

1. Count to 5.

Counting a is great way to help kids learn how to stop and think before reacting with emotion. Impulse control is difficult for young children. This strategy gives them an opportunity to think before they act.

2. Take a deep breath.

Deep breathing is a great relaxation method. It helps their heart rate slow down and calm their bodies.

3. Blow into your hands.

This technique promotes deep breathing. By blowing directly into their hands, the child receives feedback and can feel the strength of their breaths.

4. Place hands in pocket.

This provides kids with physical restraint. An alternative to this can be sitting on hands or clasp them tightly.

5. Acknowledge antecedents to anger.

It is important for kids to understand what happens to their bodies when they become angry. They can observe their face using a mirror

6. Make a fist, then relax the hand.

Squeezing hands into a tight fist and then releasing is a great way to remove existing tension in the body.

7. Do a body scan.

Start at the head and work down the body to notice areas of tension and relax those muscles one by one.

8. Ask for a hug.

Hugs release love hormones and calm the body. Hugs make everything better. Find someone you love and hug it out.

Student Services

Nurse

A few reminders for the term ahead:

• Please make sure that we are all washing our hands with soap and warm water to prevent the spread of germs.
• If your child does become unwell please keep them home from school until they are well enough to return. This means a minimum of 24hrs symptom free for infectious illnesses (vomiting/diarrhoea), absence of fever without medicine or with a clearance from the G.P.
• If your child is displaying COVID symptoms we encourage you to get your child tested and notify the school.
• Please make sure that your child eats a nutritious breakfast before school so that they have the energy to focus and learn in class
• Ensure that students bring their drink bottles to school everyday filled with water only.

Medical Updates:

• Please return any outstanding asthma/allergy/anaphylaxis action plans asap
• If your child's medical condition has changed please notify the school with an update from the G.P

COVID19 and Hayfever:

Now that we are in Spring, hayfever is quite common. If your child suffers from Hayfever please make sure allergy medication is given prior to coming to school.

Your child will not be excluded from school if they are displaying symptoms of hayfever. Students will not be accepted to school if they have a Fever (37.5>) and a respiratory symptom (Cough, sore throat, sneezing, runny nose)

Please inform the school on 9301 5800 if your child or close contacts have a suspected case of COVID-19 and self-isolate until testing results are clear.

Student Wellbeing Hub

The Student Wellbeing Hub implemented Weekend Wellbeing Challenges during term 3. It was great to see students using their imagination and coming up with some amazing submissions.

Well done to all who participated!

Nurse

Foundation

On Friday the 7th August, FC students celebrated their 100 day of learning via zoom. The students were eager to present their 100 day projects and participated in a variety of activities. Some of these included, a 100th day workout, a drawing of what they would look like if they were 100 years old, 100 day writing prompts and many more fun activities. Students were also provided with activities to complete at home. It was wonderful to see everyone participate and enjoy the sessions.

FC 100 days of learning

Foundation students have been learning about weather in our world and how seasonal changes in the environment affect life.

On Thursday the 13th August, FC students dressed up in their favourite season and participated in a variety of interactive activities to which they enjoyed.

Gallery Title: FC Favourite Seasons

Events

Well Being Friday. Students enjoyed celebrating Crazy Hair Day and Footy Colour Day by wearing their favourite football team jersey.

Events

Grade 1

Grade 1C

Dear Sirius College Family,

I would like to start this submission off with thanking each and every single one of you for completing this term successfully. It has sure been a long term with a lot of hard work put in by students, parents and staff. Without the dedication of staff, parents and students we wouldn’t have been able to complete the term.

During this term our amazing students in Year 1 have been busy writing Procedural texts and even modelling them. Students were able to make homemade sock puppets, play dough and even made delicious cereal. All year 1 staff are very proud of all the time and effort students and parents have invested in learning this term.

Unfortunately, this term, as we have been learning remotely, we missed out on having an assembly. So, this term we also had our first virtual assembly which students were very excited to see. We had a tour of our new campus and cannot wait to get back to learning on site!

Finally, we also had crazy hair day/casual day. It was great to see students join our Zoom sessions with crazy hair and giggle during our sessions. It was a great little break from all the hard work they have been doing.

Overall, it has been a great term! The year 1 team absolutely loves their zoom sessions where they get to connect with their beautiful students. We appreciate all the effort that our students and parents have put in to remote learning and cannot wait to see you all once again.