Defence
Welcome to all of our new defence force families who have either just posted into Brisbane in recent weeks, moved from other schools or have a child joining us in Prep. I am your Defence School Mentor (DSM) available on Thursdays and Fridays in 2020. I support children who are dependants of full-time ADF personnel during times of parental absence due to exercise or deployments, transitioning in and out of our school due to postings and facilitate welcoming, integrating and farewelling activities for our students and families
I aim to support students social and emotional wellbeing and promote community engagement and support services for our schools ADF families. I have spent time getting to know all of our new students and I hope you have had an opportunity to go through the welcome pack with your child. If you are a new ADF family to Enoggera and have not received a pack as yet, please let me know.
We have a weekly Defence Kids Club on a Friday at 2nd break in the school library and your child is welcome to join in the weekly fun and games. This is an opportunity to meet other children with serving parents, who may have lived in the same locations, have parents absent at the same time or share similar experiences and make new friends. I aim to host one social event per term, either a morning tea for parents with guest speakers when available, at local venues or afternoon teas for the whole family, at a local park. Given that a number of newly posted families are still in temporary accommodation I will be holding our Welcome Morning Tea in week 3 of term with more info to follow via email.
I look forward to meeting you in coming weeks and hope your child is settling in at ESS.