Term 2 Week 2

Colour Blindness
Children who are colour blind can see as clearly as other people but can’t tell the difference between some colours or see colours differently from other people. Very few people who are colour blind are ‘blind’ to all colours – most often they see red and green as very similar.

It’s good to know if a child is colour blind because they may have difficulty at school with activities that use colours, such as drawing and sorting blocks, and with computers. Please read through information on colour blindness provided by Raising Children Network.
If you have any concerns, colour vision testing can be performed by some General Practitioners (GP), eye specialists or optometrist. You can also contact your local Community Health Nurse, Rockingham EIC,9528 0800.

Scoliosis
Scoliosis is an abnormal sideways curvature of the spine. It can be detected by a simple examination of the back. The normal spine has three curves – one in the neck, on in the upper back and one in the lower back.

These curves can be seen from the side, but when you look from behind the spine should appear straight If the spine has a sideways curve this is scoliosis.

Please read through the scoliosis information provided by Raising Children Network and check your
child for scoliosis as described. If you have any concerns, please contact your General Practitioner or Community Health Nurse,
Rockingham EIC,9528 0800.

Undescended testes
Screening for undescended testes is recommended for boys at school entry (~4-5 years of age). Around 2-4% of boys have an undescended testes at birth. But sometimes the testes (also known as testicle) is in the scrotum at birth but is pulled up into the groin or abdomen at around 4-10 years of age. This happens because the cord that attaches the testicle to the abdomen doesn’t grow at the
same rate as the child.

Undescended testes don’t fully sit within the scrotum. The condition isn’t painful but can increase the risk of several other health issues such as decreased fertility and testicular cancer. For those boys who develop an undescended testicle later in childhood, the ‘ascending’ testicle often needs surgery between 5 years and 10 years.

Please read through the information about undescended testicles provided by Raising Children Network and encourage your child to check themselves as described there. If you have any concerns, please contact your General Practitioner or Community Health Nurse, Rockingham EIC,9528 0800.

Welcome back to Term 2 families. It has been a busy start to the term, and it is not long until our first Pupil Free Day of the Term. This is upcoming on the 7th of June, so please make sure you book using the Xplor app for this exciting day. A poster will be released soon with the activities for the day so keep your eyes peeled. We are also in the process of designing our Vacation Care Planner for July! Any ideas for Vacation Care would be appreciated and can be emailed to oshc@sots.wa.edu.au

As a quick reminder to all OSHC families, please make sure you are booking as early as possible for Before and After School Care. Unfortunately, spaces are limited and OSHC are having to cap numbers at this time, and we do not want you to miss out. All bookings are made via the Xplor app, if you have any issues with this, please let a member of the team know.

We are very excited at the moment in OSHC as families are now welcomed back into the service. Please come inside and say hello to the team who are looking forward to seeing all your smiling faces. Please remember to use the iPad to sign your child/ren in and out at the entrance of OSHC.

ELC would like to welcome all our families back and especially those starting with us this new term! What great timing because you are able to come to the classroom and look at all our work and contribute to our learning journey.

As we continue to create the sense of Belonging , Being and Becoming, we welcome our families who have not sent their family photos to please email it through to the ELC account so that we can include this in our family tree.

This week our learning journey started with ‘Environmental sounds’ as we set our foundations of letter sounds. We went for adventures all around the school grounds and spend some time listening even in the garden centre.

Hello! Fr. Pier here.

I pray you are well.

Every year we have parents of our Catholic schools students who choose to revive or explore their Catholic journey.

In the past we offered the Rite of Christian Initiation of Adults (RCIA), which helps to understand the contents of our faith.

Something was missing: a space where people could deepen their personal relationship with Jesus and our community.

This space is essential: with a living relationship with Jesus, the Catholic journey is a joy. Without it, it is a chore.

People will gauge with their leaders when they are ready to move towards RCIA, which is more like headspace.

This year we started from this space of experience, which we called Gateway.

We have just started.

If you wish to deepen your journey or start it altogether, you are welcome – come with your personal story.

When: Fortnightly Tuesday’s 3-4pm

Term 1: : 3rd May, 17th May, 31st May, 14th June, 28th June

Where: The Garden Centre

Who: Students (Year 1-6)

Please note: Pick up is from the front of the school at 4pm