Deputy Principal Pen
Deputy Principal Pen
We have now past the half way point of the term, and the end of the school year is fast approaching! The weather is finally warming up and students are enjoying the warmer water in the pool! It won’t be long before we are cheering on our swimmers at the Junior and Senior Swimming Carnivals!
I was recently given the opportunity to attend the Positive Schools Conference and listen to a range of excellent presenters talk about developing a community of wellbeing; the power of resilience; equity at the heart of wellbeing; on-line risks for young people; and mental health and the value of teaching students about their brain. This learning will help us to continue to support our staff and students and implement programs to promote wellbeing in our school community.
Finally, we recently celebrated World Teachers’ Day. I would personally like to acknowledge the outstanding work of the teachers at our school, who everyday make a difference to the lives of the children that they teach. Thank you to the parents and carers for entrusting your children into the care of amazing teachers!
Student Leaders 2023
Over the last couple of weeks, Year 5 students have continued to attend the Student Leaders Workshops with Mrs Robinson and myself. Students have learnt about the concept of leadership; and the 4Cs of leadership – consistency, collaboration, citizenship and communication. They will conclude the sessions with information on how to write and deliver their speech. Applications are due at the office by 3pm on Thursday 17th November with shortlisting occurring with a panel of teachers and administration after school. We wish all the applicants the best of luck!
Pillar Practise
This fortnight, our Pillar Practice has moved to the Pillar of Relationships with a focus on respect for others. Teachers will be reminding students about the different ways they can show respect for all staff and students in our school with some reminders about being kind, polite, calm, helpful, honest, punctual, attentive and positive. As we all become more tired towards the end of the year, it is a good time to remind students of our Relationships Pillar to ensure we continue to show respect to others.
Student must be commended for the vast improvement in using their ‘walking feet’ around our school as a result of the Safety Pillar Practice and the introduction of Walking Feet Gotchas. Many students have been selected from the Gotcha Box to receive their special ‘walking feet’ keyring in recognition of their efforts.
A reminder that a frequent check-in of our Facebook page, will keep you up to date with the many things happening such as poppies being sold for Remembrance Day and the opening of the Book Fair this Friday! Term Four is a very busy term and to help families to plan ahead, all upcoming events are located in the events tab down the side of our newsfeed. Please take a moment to go through the events and add them to your diary to allow plenty of time to prepare your schedule so you don’t miss out on anything! Remember also, that the more you interact with the page by liking and commenting on posts, the more our page will appear in your newsfeed. Messages and questions on our Facebook page can be overlooked, so this is not the quickest and most reliable way of getting clarification around school events. It is always best to ring the office or email the class teacher.
Student Council Fundraising
This term, the Student Council will be running two meal deals. The first “Sub and Drink’ meal deal has closed on line and will be delivered tomorrow! Meal deals will be delivered to students in their classrooms by 11am.
The second meal deal with go live after the first one to avoid confusion. It will be held on Thursday 24th November. This will be a Pizza and drink meal deal!
Thank you for your ongoing support of the Student Council as they fundraise for their Legacy Gift to the school.
Morning Routines
A friendly reminder that under C Block (Year 2A and Prep B) is out of bounds before school for children and adults. All students are to be waiting under D Block before school unless they are with a parent. Students in the care of their own parent are required to wait under E Block. For duty of care, all other areas are out of bounds as they are not supervised before school. When students are waiting with parents, it is important that are expected to remain seated and to not run around playing, to keep our ‘before school expectations’ consistent for all students. Thanks for your assistance with our morning routines.
