Hi all,

What a busy term! While Term 3 has had its ups and downs the strength of the Kuraby Special School community has been evident in our every day work together. Staff here at Kuraby have demonstrated their commitment to student learning through the planning and delivery of engaging learning experiences that have met the needs of all learners. As we move into the final term of the year I want to express my appreciation to all staff for their dedication and commitment to all the students at Kuraby Special School. Thanks also to families for your support in our work together. We look forward to seeing students back after the holidays! Farewell Joel This week we farewell Joel Davey as he is moving to Canada over the holidays. Joel has been a teacher at Kuraby for the last 5 years and will be missed by the entire school community. We thank Joel for his efforts supporting our students and wish him well for his Canadian adventure! Staffing changes Next term we welcome Fiona back from Shailer Park State School. Fiona will resume her previous role supporting our Senior students in Term 4. Shu has extended his leave until the end of the school year, with Sharmila and Serena continuing in their roles replacing Shu. Kristin has been successful in an application to work as an Advisory Visiting Teacher (AVT) in the area of Vision Impairment in Term 4. Kristin will be working at Narbethong Special School on Wednesdays in Term 4 in this role. Additionally, Kristin is extending her work with one of our Middle classes to four days next term. Kristin will be replaced in the Early Years by Ashleigh and Don. Ashleigh is a new teacher to Kuraby who has come to us from Geebung Special School. Ashleigh is a very experienced special education teacher who we are lucky to have with us at Kuraby. Thanks to families for your understanding in relation to these changes. Teacher Aide Day On Monday we celebrated Teacher Aide Day. Our Teacher Aides play a key role in student learning and do a wonderful job of supporting our students. We celebrated with a beautiful morning and afternoon tea kindly baked and organised by Helena, Tori and our Senior students. Thanks to all of our Teacher Aides for the great work you do every day here at Kuraby! Term 4 Swimming In Term 4 all classes will have an opportunity to swim on either Thursday or Friday for a 5 week block. Andy will be supporting classes in the swimming program. Teachers will communicate your child’s swimming timetable through communication books. Student-free Day reminder A reminder to families that Monday October 21 is a student-free day. All staff will be participating in TeamTeach training on this day. TeamTeach is an approach to managing challenging behavior that focuses on identifying the function of student behaviours and implementing de-escalation strategies and techniques. The student-free day is a great opportunity for all staff to be trained in this approach. 2020 Enrolment Morning On Thursday November 14 we will be holding our enrolment morning for students and families who are looking at joining our wonderful school community in 2020. The P&C are joining us on the morning as we share with prospective families key information about who we are and what we do here at Kuraby Special School.

Have a safe and happy holiday break. Steve

Kuraby Special School

Newsletter

Positive Behaviour for Learning Focus of the Week and Awards

Focus of the week for this week: I report inappropriate content to staff

Awards received at Assembly: . Maddi, Lewis, Isaiah, Lucy, David M, Jacob, Lennon, Ahmed, Bianca, Jayden,

Anthony, Marcus, Riley, Katrina, Abdullah, William Tr, Kirsten, Zaid, Eli, Abraham, Xavier,

CONGRATULATIONS to Early Years S for earning the most

CARE tickets last week.

Update from Kate

We are pleased to announce that we will be participating in the inaugural Day for Daniel Fun Run on 25th October. The funds raised will be donated to the Daniel Morcombe Foundation.

Bruce and Denise Morcombe established the foundation in May 2005 in loving memory of their son Daniel. Since its inception, the Daniel Morcombe Foundation has worked tirelessly to educate communities on child safety strategies and support victims of crime involving children. The safety of the children in our community is paramount and we are proud to support the Daniel Morcombe Foundation continue its mission of keeping children safe.

All fundraising is completed online, so once you’ve received your sponsorship forms and parent letter from your child, jump online at dayfordanielfunrun.com.au and create their personalised student profile page.

With school holidays fast approaching it is imperative to set up your child’s profile. Once your page is created you can start sharing your fundraising link with family and friends and get fundraising! Not only will every donation raise awareness for child safety, raising just $10 will also earn your child a prize! Your first donation enters you into the draw to win a $20,000 Webjet Ultimate Family Experience! Also every donation is tax deductable so please share far, wide and often.

We encourage you all to do your part in ensuring that the Day for Daniel Fun Run is a huge success. Hopefully that means full student engagement and community support.

If you have any questions about the event or need help setting up your child’s profile, please contact Kate Johnston on 3457 6777 or the Fun Run on 1800 386 786.

A parent letter with more information will be sent home with students today.

Hope you all have a great break, we will see you all on the 8th of October.

Happy Holidays!

Kate

Date Claimers:

Assembly: every Friday

2:30pm. All parents & carers

are welcome.

My Time:

Every Friday 9:15am all

parents/carers welcome after

drop off.

P & C Meetings:

TBA

School Banking:

Every Thursday

Last day of Term 3:

Friday 20th September

First day of Term 4:

Tuesday 8th October

Pupil Free Day:

Monday 21st October

Day for Daniel:

Friday 25th October

Wear Red

Ditto:

Thursday 31st October

Senior Formal:

Friday 22nd November