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THE YEAR REP – YOUR POINT OF REFERENCE

By Krista Pisani Bencini, Exec Secretary, SEPTA

Possibly one of the salient achievements of the current SEPTA Executive Committee was coming up with the concept of the “Year Rep” in 2020. The Year Rep is a parent representative (or two) from each year group who volunteers to act as a point of reference for the particular year in connection with various matters which would typically be directed at SEPTA. The main purpose behind the Year Rep concept is to create a channel of communication between parents and the school, through SEPTA, in a more structured fashion, with a view to creating an even better environment for the students.

The Year Rep is available to receive suggestions and questions as they arise and to then group them and direct them to the appropriate body – be it SEPTA or the school head or class teacher or the communications officer. This does not exclude direct communication between parents and the school. On the contrary, the Year Rep is an additional way in which SEPTA tries to increase its efficiency, as the main parent teacher association at St. Edward’s College. Year Reps act entirely on a voluntary basis and volunteers are always welcome.

We encourage you to reach out to the relevant Year Rep in your group so that they may add you to the WhatsApp group for that year. Joining the group and communicating with the Year Rep is a great way of not only voicing any suggestions, but also of getting to know other parents and building a better SEC community for us all.

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New game plan by Gymnathlon

Neville & Aidan Borg , Gymnathlon

The new Gymnathlon training course. Started last week at St Edward’s College. The first session was dedicated to getting to know each other, getting to know the team and also to get used to staying in the gym without parents.

Each child received a game plan which will be guiding him/her during the whole Gymnathlon course and for which he/she will be collecting the stickers. Please make sure that children have it for every session.

Based on the game plan, parents can understand well what skills are being practiced in each and every training and those which will follow. The skills are marked with a 'big' red circle and children will receive big stickers for it.

We warmed up with the game " Fish in the river" which got children into the right sport mood and then practiced the first skill which is "Crawling and rolling".

The whole training was followed by our monkey 'Max'. All children will have a possibility to take Max at least once at home and take care of him until the following training. Max loves sports and he would be very happy if you could write in the notebook in his backpack, the sports activities your child did during these days.

Article supplied by Gymnathlon

New books, new worlds

The Literacy and Information support unit have published this month’s suggested reading lists for various age groups. These list of books, windows on new worlds, may be accessed through this link.

We only have one lifetime allotted to us, but, through books, we can live multiple lives and an infinite number of roles: King, beggar, thief, hero, magician, ghost...imagination is the only barrier and the mind is very clever at imagining.

Enjoy reading

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