Principal's Pen
A picture says a thousand words, and if you look at the photos from the colour run, you will see what I mean – the smiles say it all. Unfortunately the weather was not our friend on the day, but it didn’t matter as students ran the colour circuit. Thanks for your support in getting behind this event. There will be substantial funds to put towards the goal of building a roof over our multipurpose court. Congratulations to the highest individual fundraisers Ava, Isobel and Carter, who were delighted to receive congratulatory presents and winning classes 3B, 5/6A and 5A who all received a treat from the tuckshop.
Thank you to the team behind the event, in particular our P&C Secretary Ainslie who worked tirelessly to ensure everything ran smoothly. To the rest of our P&C Executive, Jacqui, Patricia and Bec as well as the amazing parents who volunteered on the day, a huge thank you for braving the wet and cold and the ever changing order of events as we tried to dodge the rain. Thanks also to Vanessa from Two Ducks Photography for the amazing photos which captured the fun so well.
Our School Captains recently enjoyed a visit to Parliament House. The tour included historical and current information on the workings on parliament and a look at some of the amazing rooms and artifacts, including the Hansard Library and the Mace. Our Captains looked right at home seated in the House of Representatives!
Once again there have been issues with appropriate home social media use by some of our students. It is important to note that it is extremely difficult for us to address cyberbullying when students have home access to sites that are age inappropriate – ie 13years+ social media sites. Please be aware of the sites your children have signed up for and discuss how to be safe on social media with them. There are some excellent resources on the following website that you might like to have a look at - keeping your child safe online It is also timely to remind parents of the need to be aware of the varied views of sharing children’s images on social media. We only ever publish photos of students where we have media releases or permissions and parents need to be aware that many of our students do not have these permissions granted. If you upload photos of your children, please be mindful of who might be in the background.
Thanks to the support of parents, student pick up is working well at the front of the school at the moment, but the Laurel Street Stop Drop Go area, while not busy, is experiencing some teething issues. The green striped poles in Laurel Street mark the Stop Drop Go zone. If using this area, parents need to stay within their vehicles and keep moving forward as cars load and leave. Cars joining the zone need to do so from the back of the line – no vehicles should pull over in front of other cars already queued. Please work with us to get this pickup area running smoothly and keep our children safe.