Working in Partnership with Families

The parents of our Campbell House learners have recently participated in Parent-Teacher Interviews. These interviews are a valuable way for the School and families to work together to remain fully informed about their children’s current learning and development.

Steady, ongoing communication between home and School is of high importance to the educators in Campbell House. Teachers carefully prepare for the Parent-Teacher Interviews seeing it is a privilege to share in your child’s learning and development.

The role of the teacher during the Parent-Teacher Interview is to inform, suggest, assist and guide parents on how their child is progressing in the early learning program and share ways in which the child can be supported, or extended, from an educator’s perspective.

Working in partnership, parents and teachers always discuss ways to enhance opportunities for children to pursue their learning and independent thinking, to create, cooperate, collaborate and negotiate. When School and families work together in partnership, it creates a positive, powerful foundation, which is so important for building happy, contented learners.

“Children thrive when families and educators work together in partnership to support young children’s learning.”
Early Years Learning Framework

We thank parents for their interest and participation in all that is happening in the ELC classrooms. We trust all parents who attended the recent Parent-Teacher Interviews found them to be beneficial as we now progress through the second semester of 2021.

Thrive by Five

Recently a TED Talk was presented by seven-year-old Molly Wright from Sydney on the subject of ‘How every child can thrive by five’.

This simple yet, powerful message, reiterates the importance of quality interactions with children under five and, the positive impact this can have on children’s brain development, wellbeing and learning during these formative years.

Please click on the thumbnail to view Molly’s TED Talk.

Out of School Hours Care – Week 4 Activities

Upcoming activities for Term 3 Week 4 detailed here.

St Catherine’s School offers an Out of School Hours Care program to all ELC and Junior School families. The program is implemented by our provider ‘After the Bell’, and operates within the ELC building. Parents are reminded that if you need to use the Before School Care or After School Care service, registrations need to be made in advance with ‘After the Bell’. Please allow up to five business days for your registration to be processed before your child can begin attending the program. Registration is free. All families are encouraged to register so that you can use this service in the event that you are unable to pick up your child.

Before School Care – 7.00am to 8.45am

After School Care – 3.00pm to 6.00pm

Registrations can be completed via the ‘After the Bell’ website.

Please phone 9758 6744 for all enquiries.