Issue 25 - Saint Ignatius College

FROM THE ACTING DEPUTY HEAD
TEACHING & LEARNING
JUNIOR SCHOOL
Tuesday 13th September 2011
Information Paper #2:
Further information about the curriculum document
Made in the Image of God
Last week I wrote to introduce you to the Made in the Image
of God curriculum.
Made in the Image of God is the personal development
curriculum developed by Catholic Education SA and
mandated by Archbishop Philip Wilson for use in SA Catholic
schools.
Catholics believe that God creates freely out of love. Humans
are created out of love and are called to love. Humans are
intrinsically good because they are of God.
God saw everything that he had made and indeed it was very
good. [Genesis 1:31]
I concluded last week by mentioning that this curriculum is
divided into three band level standards.
• R-2
• 3-4
• 5-6
Within each band level are the four strands of content.
Staff at the Junior School are currently investigating links
between the three stands of ‘Being Human’, ‘Being Connected’
and ‘Being Moral’ with existing Health, Child Protection
and Social Education curricula within the school. This will
ensure that our various health, development and protection
programs are in line with each other.
On the Monday student-free day, staff attended a workshop
about the ‘Being Sexual’ strand, facilitated by Catholic
Education Office consultant, Ms Marianne Hughes. This
strand will replace the Human Growth component of the
Junior School Personal Development Curriculum which has
been in place for many years. Staff were re-introduced to the
curriculum and then spent the afternoon devising learning
units, which are both psychologically and developmentally
appropriate for each year level.
An overview team, consisting of both parents and staff, is
being formed to look at the program before its proposed
implementation in Term Four.
More next week.
[Dr] Steve Greaves, Acting Deputy Head;
Teaching & Learning; Junior School
2011 School Based Immunisation Program
3rd VISIT REMINDER FOR PARENTS OF YEAR 8 STUDENTS
Thursday 29th September, 2011
2nd HEPATITIS B – boys & girls,
3rd HUMAN PAPILLOMAVIRUS (HPV)- girls only
Year 8 – School Based Immunisation Program
2nd dose Hepatitis B Vaccine – Year 8 male & female
students
3rd dose Human Papillomavirus Vaccine – Year 8 female
students only
The Eastern Health Authority (EHA) – www.eha.sa.gov.au
will soon be visiting your child’s school to complete the
Hepatitis B and Human Papillomavirus (HPV) immunisations
for Year 8 students where consent has been provided.
If you did not receive an immunisation consent form
from your child, please ask at the school office for one, if
unavailable contact EHA on 8132 3600.
If any information you gave on the original consent
form has changed, please inform the Authority’s
immunisation staff before the date of vaccination on
8132 3600.
Please notify us if:
• Your child has already completed the Hepatitis B
and/or HPV program with another provider.
• You wish to withdraw your consent.
• Your child’s medical condition has changed.
Remember: It is your responsibility to advise the
vaccinator on the day of immunisation of any change
in the information on the consent form, in particular,
your child’s medical condition. A signed and dated note
presented to the vaccinator on the day of immunisation,
from a parent or guardian in your child’s diary is
acceptable.
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