Page 2 - Harvest Connect Volume 23 Issue 7

IMPORTANT DATES
Term 3, Week 4 - Monday 15th August Science Week - August 15th - 19th
Stage 2 Bush walking Camp - August 15th - 17th
9:00am - 10:30am Playgroup
Tuesday 16th August
9:00am - 11:00am Year 10 Immunisations - 2nd visit 9:05am - 9:45am Secondary Assembly/Chapel 11:45am - 1:15pm Musical - Matinee Performance 7:00pm - 9:00pm Musical Performance - Night 1 of 2
Wednesday 17th August
8:45am - 3:00pm Little Sprouts
10:00am - 2:15pm Year 3 Horizon penpal visit 11:45am - 1:15pm Musical - Matinee Performance 7:00pm - 9:00pm Final Musical Performance
Thursday 18th August
2:15pm - 2:55pm Primary Assembly/Chapel
Term 3, Week 5 - Monday 22nd August 9:00am - 10:30am Playgroup
1:15pm - 2:45pm Year 9 Beach Hike
Tuesday 23rd August
9:05am - 9:45am Secondary Assembly/Chapel
Wednesday 24th August
6:00am - 5:30pm Year 5/6 SACSA Netball 8:45am - 3:00pm Little Sprouts
2:00pm - 8:00pm Subject Marketplace
Thursday 25th August
6:15am - 5:30pm SACSA Netball Year 7/8 Boys & Girls 2:15pm - 2:55pm Primary Assembly/Chapel
Friday 26th August
6:00am - 5:30pm SACSA Yr 9/10 Girls & Boys Netball 9:00am - 10:30am Book Week Costume Parade and Morning Tea
Term 3, Week 6 - Monday 29th August
8:00am Stage 1 Bushwalking Camp August 29th - 31st 9:00am - 10:30am Playgroup
Tuesday 30th August
9:05am - 9:45am Secondary Assembly/Chapel
Wednesday 31st August
8:45am - 3:00pm Little Sprouts
Friday 1st September
9:00am - 2:30pm Harvest vs Horizon Netball and Football
There are many benefits of a site-based school well- being dog, with numerous research studies that have shown the benefits of well-being dogs in schools, including:
• Cognitive - companionship with a dog stimulates memory, problem-solving and game playing
• Social - a dog provides a positive topic for mutual discussion, encourages responsibility, well-being, and focused interaction with others
• Emotional - school dogs improve self-esteem and acceptance from others and lift mood, often provoking laughter and fun. Dogs can also teach compassion
and respect for other living things and help to relieve anxiety
• Physical - interaction with a furry friend reduces blood pressure, provides tactile stimulation, assists with pain management, provides motivation to move and walk, stimulating the senses
• Reading - reading to dogs is proven to help children develop literacy skills and build confidence through the calming effect the dog’s presence has on children and that a dog will listen to children read without being judgemental or critical. This comforting environment helps to nurture children’s enthusiasm for reading and gives them the confidence to read aloud.
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