Deputy Principal News
A reminder that there are two days that our school is closed this term:
Wednesday 14th August for the EKKA holiday
Friday 30th August for a departmental Student Free Day.
There are still numerous students attending school not wearing the correct school uniform. Students are not permitted to wear alternate jumpers to school. If your child has misplaced their jumper, please check lost property near the Uniform Shop under A Block. It is essential that you clearly label you child’s jumpers and other items of clothing. We have a very helpful parent who regularly goes through the lost property and returns named items to the office to distribute to children. Students are also required to wear short white socks with their school shoes. Long socks and black socks are not part of our Uniform. Thank you for your support of our School Dress Code.
Our school has a very active Facebook page with daily posts to keep our school community informed of what is happening in our school. Our events are posted throughout the term to allow parents time to be prepared for the term ahead. Click on the more tab and then the events tab in the dropdown menu to go to our events.
The more you interact with the page by liking and commenting on posts, the more our page will appear in your newsfeed. A reminder that Facebook is not the best platform to ask questions that you need immediate or urgent replies to, as we don’t always see questions in the comment sections of a post. This is best done by emailing the teacher/admin or calling the office.
Facebook is also not a site for posting complaints or negative comments about staff or school processes. If you have some constructive feedback for the school or an issue that you would like to raise, we would respectfully ask that you make an appointment to speak with the Principal to discuss your concerns. Any inappropriate or derogatory comments will be removed from the platform.
Pillar Practice
Our three school pillars include Safety (Be Safe); Relationships (Be Respectful); and Learning (Be a Responsible Learner). Each fortnight at Assembly, a Pillar Practice is shared with staff and students that becomes our focus behaviour improvement. This fortnight, our Pillar Practice is around improving our behaviour in learning.
- Listen to Learn –showing respect by allowing the teacher to teach without interruptions and to listen with the purpose of learning.
- Be on Task - ignoring distractions and using their time to focus on the task at hand
- Ask for Help – being brave to speak up and ask for help with they need it
- Acting on Feedback - going back and making changes based on feedback to improve work
All class teachers are provided with a poster for their classroom and will explicitly teach our school expectations around the relevant pillar and behaviour. Students are reminded daily about our focus behaviour with the goal of improving this behaviour across the school. The Student Engagement and Behaviour committee reviews behaviour data across the school at their meetings to discuss future focus areas for identified behaviours of concern. This process is documented in our Student Code of Conduct and is part of our explicit teaching of behaviour in our school. You can support us by being aware of the current Pillar Practice and discussing the expectations with your children at home.
Student CouncilThanks to everyone for supporting the Student Council Pyjama Day. As a school community we raised $338 towards the legacy item.
Our next fundraiser will be the Subway Meal Deal on Monday 2nd September (Week 9).
The Charity being supported by the Student Council this term is the National Endagered Species Foundation. Students will be able to bring their favourite stuffed animal to school on Friday 6th September and donate a gold coin to this charity.
The Wellbeing Initiative for this term was focused on appreciation. Every student in the school was provided with a colourful Certificate of Appreciation that they were asked to give to a friend, teacher or staff member in appreciation for something that they do. Lots of certificates were given to classmates and teachers. Mr Colin also was presented with a lot of certificates for all the work he does looking after our school. Some of these certificates will be on display in the office for people to enjoy!
Thank you for your support of the Student Council.
After School Reminders
Please note the following reminders about after school expectations:
- Students are not permitted to play on either playground afterschool even under Parent Supervision due to Duty of Care still falling under the school’s responsibility, and the fact the playgrounds are leased by Camp Australia from 3pm.
- Students are not permitted to ride bikes or scooters through the school grounds.
- Children waiting with parents at tennis lessons are expected to follow our school rules of using walking feet at all times on the concrete (no running), and staying out of school gardens.
- Students waiting at South Pine Stop, Drop and Go are not permitted to play handball while waiting for their pick up as it slows down the flow of traffic when they are not ready to get straight into the car.
Parliament House Visit
Last Tuesday, Mrs Burrows and the School Captains Adelyn, Bronte and Isabella visited Parliament House as guests of Mr Tim Mander – Member for Everton. We had a lovely tour of many of the rooms in Parliament House including the library with books from floor to ceiling. We also got to sit where the politicians sit when parliament is in session! After our tour we had a BBQ lunch on the rooftop overlooking the river. It was a wonderful experience and we thank Mr Mander for his kind invitation to attend.
Tickets are on sale now! Don’t miss out!
Book Week
We are launching Book Week 2024 with our Book Week Parade on Friday 16th August. This event is for all year levels and parents and caregivers are welcome to attend. Weather depending, the Book Parade will take place on the multi-purpose court. In the case of rain, it will be moved to the EPAC.
The Parade is due to start at 9:15am with students making their way from classrooms at 9am.
Ms Tina Burrows
Deputy Principal