Team Mango We All Belong!
A Conversation can Change a Life
R U OK? day is comping up soon - Thursday 8 September.
R U OK? inspires and empowers everyone to meaningfully connect with the people around them and to start a conversation with anyone who may be struggling with life.
You don't need to be an expert to reach out - just a good friend and a great listener.
Use these four steps and have a conversation that could change a life:
- Ask R U OK?
- Listen
- Encourage action
- Check in.
Before you can look out for others, you need to look out for yourself. And that’s ok. If you're not in the right headspace or you don't think you're the right person to have the conversation, try to think of someone else in their support network who could talk to them.
To help you decide whether you’re ready to start a meaningful conversation, ask yourself the following.
- Am I ready?
- Am I prepared?
- Picked my moment?
For more information see: https://www.ruok.org.au/
Focus of the Week
The Care Class focus that will be delivered this Friday is ‘Care for others”. We will be consolidating this focus throughout next week.
Students will be learning how to care for others and show empathy towards each other. Teaching children about caring starts with compassion or an awareness of other people’s feelings. It’s important to teach children about emotions as it helps them better understand the person, the situation, and how they can respond appropriately to both.
When we are kind and caring towards others, life is so much nicer. When we show others that we care we feel good, too.
Dinner time conversation question starters could include the following.
The Countdown is on to… Wandani Arts Fest
Across the week of September 5 – September 9, we will celebrate all things arty at Team Mango, culminating in our art show with art auction on the Friday night. This is our first whole school gathering in quite some time and we’re really looking forward to it!
For those new to Team Mango, each class creates an art piece with their buddy class and we auction these pieces during our Friday night Arts Fest event. Our fabulous friends at Ray White, North Lakes provide us with real life auctioneers to set the auction pace! Each child in the whole school has an individual art piece on display and we try very hard for the display to look like a real art gallery and throughout the Arts Fest week, classes visit the art gallery and see the art displayed.
Last year, we held the event at Gigum Hall. We weren’t able to do our usual real time auction because we weren’t able to gather with such a large group, but this year, we’re excited to be back! “Doors” open from 4.30 pm on September 9, with the official commencement at 5 pm. We anticipate the evening will end before 7.30 pm.
Over the coming weeks, we will seek volunteers for a range of jobs including:
- Set up and pack up
- Food preparation and food sales
- Helping students to engage in a range of activities (supported by our wonderful staff):
Maker Space- Range of craft and construction activities and challenges
STEM Activities- Range of Science and Maths challenges.
Calico painting- We’re going to collaborate to paint large pieces of calico! We need enthusiastic sewers afterwards, who can turn our large, painted pieces of calico into tote bags (which we will sell from the café).
Mandala Art and Henna- We’re going to decorate the paths with mandala and decorate our arms with “henna”. We need volunteers to assist!
Story Telling- We’ve invited story tellers to come and engage with our students. We’d love parents to assist with supervision and engagement.
Mosaic Art- Our Italian teaching team would love our parents to join in with their mosaic activity
So save the date and keep an eye out on facebook and in upcoming newsletters for information about how you can volunteer to assist. If you’d like to register your interest to volunteer now, please email Ms White at mwhit37@eq.edu.au
ICAS Assessments
Over the next few weeks ICAS Assessments will continue in the Lab as per the timetable attached. Please remind your child that they will need to bring their device and have their headphones if sitting the Spelling Assessment. Mrs Koch will send reminders to classroom teachers on the day.
Personal Project – Walking in my Artist’s Shoes
Over the next two weeks students looking for an enrichment project are invited to enter our Arts Fest Competition – Walking in my Artist’s Shoes. This mini project can be a solo piece or done in collaboration with family members. Whilst there is a task card attached students are able to creatively represent their artist in any way of their choosing. All projects should be handed into their classroom teacher no later than Wednesday 31 August 2022.
